Xiao Tiancheng left Kaifeng Prefecture and rushed to Qingzhou.

Along the way, his face was as deep as water and his heart was worried and uneasy.

"Shangshu, the minister is worried." In the carriage, a man who looked like a general looked at Xiao Tiancheng and said.

Xiao Tiancheng took a deep breath, looked calm and said calmly: "The Xia people should be able to hold on. It is not that easy for the Song people to destroy Xia."

Although he said this, he still couldn't hide his worries. The Song people mobilized more than 300,000 troops this time, and the young emperor led the army in person. With the previous contact with Zhao Xu, it was difficult for Xiao Tiancheng to worry whether he was worried.

Time, time, Xiao Tiancheng only hopes that time will be faster, so he will rush to Qingzhou and convince the young emperor of Song to give up his attempt to destroy Xia.

The general didn't say much, he was also worried.

The Liao Kingdom could not withdraw troops to intervene. Even if their emperor came to the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun, it was just a psychological deterrence. Without a real dispatch of troops, it would be difficult for the Song people to be stopped.

Such a good opportunity to destroy summer, no one would have given up easily!

At this time, Qingzhou was full of joy and good news every day. The spoils escorted from various places could no longer be filled with the four gates, and people were counting them overnight every day.

There were also various prisoners and surrendered generals all over the city of Qingzhou.

Gyeongju City is very busy, the atmosphere is very warm, with an unprecedented passion.

Zhao Xu is also very busy every day. He has to deal with the memorials transferred from Bian Jing and also keep an eye on the situation in front of him. Even Zhao Xu plans to cross the Songxia border and go to the cities he just occupied to check out.

Of course, I couldn't go there, everyone in the Qingzhou area stopped him.

At this moment, Zhao Xu stood at the top of the city and watched the soldiers carry cattle and sheep into the city.

These days, the city has fallen in love with eating cattle and sheep, and all the ways to eat it were allocated by military and civilians, eating meat and drinking wine in big mouthfuls.

"The official family, the lamb legs are steamed, a little salty." An aunt in her forties came to Zhao Xu with a plate of cut lamb legs and said with a smile.

"Hey, okay, thank you Aunt Li." Zhao Xu hurriedly took the plate.

Aunt Li has been cooking for Zhao Xu for a while, and she is not so restrained at all. She looked at Zhao Xu and said, "Official family, what other flavors do I want to eat? I'll make it for you. By the way, do you want to drink some wine?"

Zhao Xu had already picked up the lamb leg. Although it tasted a little, it was a bit special. In addition, it was a spoil. Zhao Xu felt very comfortable eating. He smiled and waved his hand and said, "No, this is good. By the way, do you have any sauce? Reserve a little. Someone will come in a few days and I want to entertain you."

"Yes, yes, yes." Aunt Li said happily when she heard this: "I'm not hiding it from the official family, the Zhou family next door is very good at making trouble. I'll go find them."

Zhao Xu nodded and said, "I'll bother Aunt Li."

Aunt Li is an ordinary woman. She joined the army with her father-in-law. Her family was in Qingzhou. She had never seen the emperor. She was so excited that she could cook for the emperor.

She wanted to say a few more words to Zhao Xu. The legendary emperors were all arrogant and could not be looked at directly. The official in front of her was gentle and polite, and had no airs, which made her feel inexplicably happy.

However, when Yu Guang saw Zhang Feng coming, she hurriedly and clumsyly saluted and walked down quickly.

Xiang Gong Zhang was strict in his military administration. She was not afraid of Zhao Xu, but she was afraid of Zhang Feng.

Zhang Feng didn't care about Aunt Li. Seeing Zhao Xu eating the legs of lamb, he raised his hand to salute, and then said, "The official family, the Xia army was huddled in Xiping Prefecture, and reinforcements gathered everywhere. Xiping Prefecture and Xingqing Prefecture, there are probably 100,000 people, and there are also sporadic counterattacks everywhere..."

Zhao Xu chewed the meat, turned to look towards Xingqing Mansion, and said, "As expected, block them in Lingzhou, consolidate the city we occupied, and time is on our side."

The troops of Xixia were hit hard, and even if they raised 100,000 people, they could not regain the previous offensive. The longer the time, the more they could make the Song Dynasty gain a foothold!

Zhang Feng said: "Yes, I think so too. Letters come from everywhere, and now I need to be more stable. In addition, I heard that there are some conflicts in Lingzhou, and Empress Dowager Liang is very dissatisfied with the envoys of Liao Kingdom."

Zhao Xu smiled and said, "If you don't commit suicide, you won't die. Let them do it. By the way, Xiao Tiancheng is coming?"

Zhang Feng looked slightly solemn, pondered for a moment, and said, "Yes. The official family planned to form an alliance with the Liao Kingdom before, but now it's probably not possible."

Zhao Xu shook his head with a chuckle, and in Zhang Feng was a little surprised, he thought about it in his heart and said with a tip: "I have never thought about forming an alliance with them. Judging from the current situation, the rebellion in Liao Kingdom is already very serious, and it is still a matter of whether Liao Kingdom can hold on. Compared with the old Liao Kingdom, we must be wary of the newly emerging forces."

Zhang Feng was stunned and was a little confused at Zhao Xu's words.

Zhao Xu also knew that he was talking a little early, so he ate the meat again and said, "Let's not talk about this for now. I will talk about it in the Liao Kingdom, and the plan will not change."

Zhang Qi knew that Zhao Xu had plans in his mind, and when he saw that Zhao Xu did not say anything, he did not ask, and said, "I ask the official to stay in Qingzhou, I will go and have a walk."

Zhao Xu sighed in his heart. This identity here made him unable to move forward too much.

Zhang Yu left the city the next day, and his first stop was Pingxia City.

At this time, Lingzhou City suddenly became nervous.

Xiping Prefecture, also known as Lingzhou, was originally guarding against the Song army. It has been martial law and has not dared to relax day and night, but the keen people still noticed another kind of tension mixed in it.

Xiping Prefecture, the rear of the government office.

A group of people gathered in front of Queen Mother Liang's bed and watched Queen Mother Liang lie there, her face was pale and twisted, her lips were purple, her eyes were open, her mouth and nostrils were bleeding.

Beside the bed, Li Qianshun, Wei Ming Ashan and four or five important officials were stunned and shocked at this moment, and could not say a word.

The palace maid not far away, the inner prisoner knelt all over the ground.

A doctor-like, kneeled from the ground with fear and turned around, tremblingly, saying, "Your Majesty, the Empress is poisoned..."

Li Qianshun's breath was rapid, his eyes opened angrily, and he shouted, "What poison did you get? What did your mother eat just now? Who has been here?"

As soon as he finished speaking, an eunuch lay on the ground, his body trembling violently and said, "Empress, I've eaten a bowl of soup. Just now, the Liao envoy came..."

Everyone's expressions changed drastically, looking at each other, not daring to speak, and all looked at Li Qianshun.

Wei Ming Ashan didn't say anything and frowned.

The sudden death of Queen Mother Liang surprised him, but there was an indescribable weirdness in it.

The Liao envoy came, and it was the Liao envoy who poisoned the Queen Mother Liang to death?

This is unreasonable!

However, who dares to attack Empress Dowager Liang in Xiping Prefecture and who has the ability to do this?

Wei Ming Ashan's eyes searched in this temporary bedroom and stared at his side faces, but when he saw Li Qianshun's back, he opened his eyes suddenly, lowered his head quickly, and gritted his teeth hard.

‘It should be...it's impossible...'

Wei Ming Ashan's heart is cold.

"Weiming Ashan!"

Suddenly, a loud shout exploded in Weiming Ashan's ears.

Wei Ming Ashan was shocked and looked up and saw Li Ganshun staring at him with a calm eyes and a domineering look.

Wei Ming Ashan was frightened. Seeing Li Ganshun's gaze, he tried his best to keep calm. He quickly raised his hand and said, "I'm here."

Li Ganshun thought Wei Ming Ashan was panicked, and looked down at him with his hands behind his back, saying, "My mother suddenly suffered a disaster. The Song people will definitely not miss this opportunity. Now, I ask you, what should I do?"
Chapter completed!