September is coming in a blink of an eye.

The weather is getting colder.

Xixia ambassador to Song Zhongsun Guge suddenly entered the palace and asked to meet the empress Li Xiushu, who was still nominally "massed" in the Song Dynasty.

When he saw Li Xiushu holding Li Zuixiao in the bedroom, Zhao Dongting was also there.

Only Zhongsun Guge knew about the relationship between Zhao Dongting and Li Zuoxiao. Although he smiled bitterly in his heart, he would not worry about Zhao Dongting's presence.

The empress of Xixia was completely "captured" by this young Song Emperor.

After performing the ceremony, Zhongsun Guge said to Li Xiushu: "Emperor, the Grand Master has sent a secret letter, please check it out."

After saying that, he took out a secret letter from his sleeve and handed it to Li Xiushu.

Li Xiushu opened the secret letter and read it, but handed it to Zhao Dongting directly, and asked with a smile: "What do you think?"

Zhao Dongting read the letter and said, "If there is enough food and grass and sufficient troops, the sooner the better, so as to avoid the longer the night and more dreams."

The letter was written by Zhongsun Qifu himself.

He and He Liandong intend to send troops to pacify the four major military departments and ask Li Xiushu to decide.

It has been nearly a year since the Western Xia Civil War.

During this year, the Central Plains was very calm. The Song and Yuan dynasties were peaceful, and the four major military departments and the empress group in the Western Xia territory also remained calm.

In a year, the Empress Group has undoubtedly been slightly restored.

Although the great damage caused by the last civil war has not yet recovered, the two arms of the Song Dynasty were successively transported to the Xixia territory, which also gave them the strength to fight again.

Even if the four major military commanders must have accumulated strength during this period, they may not be the opponent of the Western Xia imperial guards.

The two batches of arms of the Song Dynasty were all 50,000 dragon guns, grenade launchers, and sky cannons.

So much arms are enough to arm the current Western Xia imperial guards, giving them the combat power beyond the reach of the four major military commanders.

For Li Xiushu, Zhongsun Qifu and others, the four major military departments are really like a thorn in their throats. If they don’t get rid of them for a day, they will not be happy for a day.

After hearing what Zhao Dongting said, Li Xiushu did not hesitate anymore and said to Zhongsun Guge directly: "You reply to the Grand Master, I agree. Let the Grand Master and Lord Helian coordinate fully."

In his heart, Zhongsun Qifu intended to use Heliancheng and Zhongsun Zhouting as the head coaches, and Li Xiushu had no objection.

Although she is too dependent on Zhongsun and Helian now, this is not a good thing for the long-term development of the court, it is also helpless.

The Helian and Zhongsun families are the foundation of the empress group.

Of course, I have to say that. Zhongsun Qifu was loyal to the Western Xia royal family. If he was still there, the Zhongsun family would never have trouble.

Even if Zhongsun and Helian families go to the opposite side of the Western Xia royal family in the future, Li Xiushu and Zhao Dongting will help, and they are not afraid.

She is now Zhao Dongting's woman. Zhao Dongting cannot sit idly by and watch Xixia be controlled by any family, and the Song Dynasty undoubtedly has the strength to destroy the entire Xixia.

"I obey the order."

Seeing that Li Xiushu agreed, Zhongsun Guge bowed and then retreated outside the palace.

Although he served as the ambassador to Song in the Song Dynasty, he undoubtedly hoped that Helian and Zhongsun families would have the Western Xia imperial guards to pacify the four major military departments as soon as possible.

In this way, their Zhongsun family's status can rise again.

After returning to the Ambassador's Mansion, Zhongsun Guge immediately wrote back to the Xixia Zhongxing Mansion.

If nothing unexpected happens, war will be ignited in Xixia.

Under such circumstances, Li Xiushu naturally could not stay in Changsha City.

Not long after Zhongsun Guge left, she said to Zhao Dongting: "I plan to go back to Zhongxing Mansion as well. To launch troops to destroy the four major military regions, I must stay in the capital."

Zhao Dongting nodded and said, "Then you have to be careful. The four major military departments have a good foundation. Although you don't need to be in charge of the commander, you should also beware of the masters they raise."

"Um."

Li Xiushu chuckled and said, "Of course I know this. I will never let it happen again when the four major military masters quarreled with Zhongxing Mansion."

Last time, more than ten Zhenwu masters and other Zhenwu realm masters made a big fuss in Zhongxing Mansion, which made Tingchao Mansion pay a huge price. It was enough to make Li Xiushu, Zhongsun Qifu and others learn from their mistakes.

But Zhao Dongting was still a little worried about the strength of Tingchao Mansion, and pondered for a moment, "How about... I'll send an order to Chen Yidao and ask him to lead a few masters of the sword tomb to protect you?"

Li Xiushu's eyes turned lightly, "So you care about me so much?"

Zhao Dongting raised his eyebrows and laughed: "We are all old husbands and wives, isn't this what we should do?"

Although this statement did not actually have any explicit teasing, it still made Li Xiushu, who grew up in this feudal era, blushed and couldn't help but spit lightly.

Zhao Dongting just smiled happier, "If you think I am performing well, wait for you to come back and serve me well."

Even at Li Xiushu's age, he was still ashamed. He stomped his feet and ran towards the house.

Zhao Dongting stood in the yard and laughed.

Li Xiushu has a different charm compared to Le Chan and other women in bed.

After a while, Li Xiushu took Zhao Dongting's imperial edict and many enshrined enshrines of Tingchao Mansion to leave the Song Dynasty Palace and headed towards Jinghu North Road.

Because the itinerary was quite hasty, it was impossible to set up an empress's ceremonial guard. Everyone in the team traveled in a condom.

Zhao Dongting was not worried that Dao Tomb would resist the orders. After all, when the Wuding Sect was established, the sects had agreed to the court for orders and would never shirk responsibility.

He didn't feel that the Song Dynasty was peaceful now that the sects would have the confidence to not sell his face. On the contrary, the more peaceful the Song Dynasty was, the more those sects would pay attention to the orders of the court.

It was so soon that several days passed.

When Zhao Dongting was fine, he still brought Li Goudan to develop artillery in the Military Science Department.

Li Goudan has just been exposed to physics knowledge and he cannot have any useful suggestions.

The great Song Dynasty was full of talents, but no one could help Zhao Dongting in the development of artillery.

On that day, Zhao Dongting walked out of the Military Science and Technology Department with a wry smile, but there was no progress.

As soon as he left the gate of the Military Department's Office, Xuan Xue was walking towards her with a hurried look on her face.

She went to Zhao Dongting, "Xuanxue meets the emperor."

Zhao Dongting smiled and waved his hand, "Please get up. Are you... here to find me?"

Xuanxue stood up and nodded, "I didn't see you in the imperial study. It was Eunuch Li who said you are here."

Then he got closer and said with a serious expression: "Master, we have sent some news from the spies from the Weifu Army Division in the Heishan Mountains of Xixia."

Seeing her appearance, Zhao Dongting couldn't help but frown slightly, "What news?"

Xuan Xue said: "Recently, the Tuoba family, which controls the Weifu Army of Heishan, has close trade exchanges with Xijing Road of the Yuan Dynasty."

"The Tuoba family had trade with the Yuan Dynasty?"

Zhao Dongting frowned slightly tighter, "What kind of goods are they trading?"

Xuanxue shook her head, "It's extremely secretive if you can't find it out."

Zhao Dongting couldn't help but ponder.

The Tuoba family is in charge of the Weifu Army of Heishan. It is not strange that they have trade deals with vendors in the Yuan Dynasty. But if this transaction is too secret, it will be absolutely abnormal.

Then Zhao Dongting asked again: "Which company is trading with the Tuoba family on Xijing Road in the Yuan Dynasty? Do you know?"

Xuan Xue said: "It's still being investigated."

Then he thought about it and said, "By the way, the spy said that the goods they traded should be extremely heavy and were transported by carriages, and the goods were hidden in the dark boxes. After the carriage, there were deep ruts on the slightly muddy roads."

“Extremely heavy…”

Zhao Dongting pondered again, "Is it food and grass? Or armor?"

Both of these are things needed by the army. If the Tuoba family really made such a deal with the Yuan Dynasty, it would be natural to do it in a hidden way.

After all, the Black Mountain Weifu Army probably doesn't want the Empress Group to think that they are actively preparing for the war. Because of this, the Empress Group's preparations will only be more fully prepared.

Xuan Xue had no conclusion in her mind, so she could only say: "I don't know. I just hope that the people below can find out what clues they can."

Zhao Dongting nodded slightly and stopped talking. However, his heart became a little solemn.

If the Tuoba family and the Yuan Dynasty had a sex relationship, perhaps the other military commanders would be unwilling to be lonely. It is very likely that Li Xiushu would not be able to pacify the four military commanders this time.

Even if the Yuan Dynasty had no arms, it was a country that once dominated the Central Plains. With the support of the Yuan Dynasty, the power of the four major military departments would definitely increase.

He didn't want to send someone to tell Li Xiushu about this matter. Because even if he told Li Xiushu before the truth was revealed, it was obviously useless.

With Zhao Dongting's mind, no matter how he thought that the Yuan Dynasty had mastered the arms manufacturing technology.
Chapter completed!