Chapter 43: Killing the General and Becoming Famous All over the World, Zhao Zhen Bestowed Guandao on the Country when the War Started

June 11, the second year of Jiayou, late at night.

Xixia's famous general Yeli Wangrong died in Daizhou.

At dawn, it rained heavily.

The governor of Daizhou, wearing a straw raincoat, looked anxious, and came to the Yanmen barracks regardless of the wind and rain.

At this moment, Wei Yuan was in the big tent.

Shi Xianzhi's face was gloomy, "The most urgent task is to stabilize the Xixia envoys first."

On the side, Xu Changzhi frowned and said, "Yeli Wangrong's injuries will never kill him, and General Wei has held back."

Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Shi Xianzhi, "That's not important, what's important now is that people are dead!"

Moreover, he died in Daizhou.

Wei Yuan looked at the two anxious people, sitting as steady as a mountain, not panicking at all,

"Did Yang Shousu say anything?"

The matter is irreversible, and the more it is at this time, the more calm you must be, and you must not lose your composure.

This is also the military strategy taught to him by Zhang Fu.

Shi Xianzhi shook his head, "Nothing has been said yet."

Wei Yuan said in a deep voice: "Eight hundred miles of urgency, report this matter to His Majesty quickly, close the city gates, no matter who it is, no one is allowed to enter or leave Yanmen."

As soon as the voice fell, Xu Changzhi said anxiously: "Absolutely not!"

Wei Yuan looked up at him, "Why not?"

Xu Changzhi said: "It's okay to close the city gates, but report to His Majesty. In case His Majesty wants to keep things quiet, Brother Wei, you."

Wei Yuan knew what he was worried about, "It's come to this point, it can't be concealed."

Shi Xianzhi said: "General Wei is right, paper can't cover fire."

Wei Yuan had just arranged for someone to go to the capital to report this to the emperor.

A guard came to report that the Xixia envoys were making trouble outside the camp.

Wei Yuan, Shi Xianzhi, and Xu Changzhi looked at each other and left the camp together.

When they arrived at the camp gate outside the tent, all kinds of noisy voices came into their ears,

"General Yeli is a meritorious official of our Great Xia. Wei Yuan killed our general and needs to give us an explanation!"

"That's right, let Wei Yuan come out!"

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Seeing this scene, Wei Yuan frowned deeply. Just as he was about to walk out of the camp, he was stopped by Shi Xianzhi,

"General Wei, leave this matter to me. The more at this time, the more you can't show up."

Wei Yuan nodded and bowed, "Thank you very much, Governor."

Shi Xianzhi walked out of the tent and first comforted the members of the Xixia delegation, and then persuaded them with emotion and reason, so that they retreated temporarily.

Seeing this, Xu Changzhi asked curiously: "Why did he help Brother Wei?"

Wei Yuan said: "The famous Xixia general died in Daizhou. Of course, I am to blame, but as the governor of Daizhou, how can he be immune to it?"

Xu Changzhi sighed: "I don't know what the government will say."

Wei Yuan was silent.

Xu Changzhi said again: "How can this man die so suddenly? I'm afraid there is something fishy."

Just after he finished speaking, Li Chuan came to report something,

"General Wei, the Xixia envoy Yang Shousu has led more than ten people and galloped south, probably to the capital."

Xu Changzhi was anxious, "Send someone to stop them quickly!"

Wei Yuan shook his head, "If we stop them, I'm afraid we won't be able to explain ourselves, not to mention that we are in a passive position now."

Xu Changzhi blurted out: "Just watch them go to the capital?"

Wei Yuan took a deep breath, "Xixia sent envoys this time, I'm afraid they are not here to discuss the so-called trade."

Xu Changzhi was shocked, "Brother Wei, you mean. Yeli Wangrong's death is a hero of Xixia!"

To be frank, Yeli Wangrong was a founding general of Xixia and had a very high prestige in the army.

After his accident, even if Xixia wanted to sit down and talk with Dazhou, the soldiers of Xixia would not be willing.

Wei Yuan said nothing more and turned back to his tent.

Now, he had done everything he could.

It all depended on the emperor's intention.

If the emperor chose to keep things quiet, then Wei Yuan would face death.

However, he was never one to be bullied.

"Changzhi, I have a favor to ask of you."

Wei Yuan said in the tent.

Xu Changzhi said, "Brother Wei, just speak frankly."

Wei Yuan nodded and said, "From today on, we will disperse our people on the pretext of strictly prohibiting the city gates. We must ensure that Daizhou is always in our hands."

Xu Changzhi frowned and said, "Things haven't reached that point yet, have they?"

Wei Yuan smiled bitterly, "It's just a precaution. Besides, what are you thinking?"

"Even if the emperor really wants to push me out, my teacher still has the red book and iron certificate in his hand."

Xu Changzhi frowned. Throughout the ages, the most useless things are the red book and iron certificate and the gold medal of immunity from death.

After he left the tent, Wei Yuan found Lin Zhaoyuan again and said:

"Two letters, one for my eldest sister and the other for my second sister."

"The premise is that you heard in Yangzhou that the government has punished me."

"I will send you thirty people, let them disguise themselves and go to Yangzhou one after another."

"When the time comes, after my eldest sister and second sister see the letter, escort them here."

"If the government does not punish me, burn the letter immediately."

Wei Yuan did not tell Lin Zhaoyuan the content of the letter.

He hoped that the two letters would not be used.

At present, he has no money and no food. If it really comes to that, even if he does not have the ability to rebel, he will never let others slaughter him.

At least with Daizhou and Yanmen, he has the capital to negotiate and mediate with various forces.

He is unwilling to leave everything to fate, so he can only take risky measures and make preparations for both.

After Lin Zhaoyuan left, Wei Yuan sighed secretly:

"If I were the emperor, I would never let my ministers take the blame to keep things quiet."

"But the Emperor of the Zhao family hopes that these preparations of mine will not be used for the time being."

"Unfortunately, my current foundation is still too shallow."

In the middle of June of the second year of Jiayou.

The memorial sent by Wei Yuan, who had traveled 800 miles in an emergency, was delivered to the Xuanzheng Hall, in front of the desk of Emperor Zhao Zhen.

At this moment, Zhang Fu, the six ministers, Han Zhang and other central ministers were all here.

Zhao Zhen let them read the memorial written by Wei Yuan one by one.

Afterwards, Zhao Zhen slowly said: "Wei Yuan defeated Yeli Wangrong, which greatly boosted the ambition of our Heavenly Dynasty."

"But the Xixia envoy used this incident to frame my Great Zhou. What do you think?"

Han Zhang and others were silent for the time being.

Zhang Fu spoke first: "Your Majesty, you can always find a pretext to accuse someone. It's obvious that they want to use force against our Great Zhou!"

Yanda, the commander of the Imperial City Division, bowed and said: "Your Majesty, according to the spies, after the Xixia envoys left Daizhou, they sent people to spread rumors wherever they went."

"It is said that Wei Tuanlian killed their Xixia's great hero Yeli Wangrong."

"Xixia will not let this matter go!"

At this time, Han Zhang suddenly said: "Your Majesty, Xixia's wolfish ambitions are obvious. Even if Wei Tuanlian is pushed out, I am afraid that Xixia will take the opportunity to blackmail our Great Zhou for a sum of money and food."

"Otherwise, this war is inevitable. Please make a decision as soon as possible."

He expressed his own views and thoughts.

Zhao Zhen nodded and said shockingly:

"Send someone to tell the Xixia envoys not to come to Beijing. If they want to fight, just fight. There is no need to resort to these means."

"The people of the Imperial City Department said that Wei Yuan broke all the weapons in his hands in the battle with Yeli Wangrong."

"Wei Qing is good at using swords, so I will reward him with a Guandao and ask him to defend Yanmen. At the same time, let the world know that Wei Qing defeated the famous Xixia general Yeli Wangrong, so as to boost the ambitions of the people of my Great Zhou."

"Zhang Fu, as well as the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Households, urgently raise the money, food, and soldiers needed for the expedition."

At this point, Zhao Zhen slowly stood up, turned his back to everyone, walked out of the hall, and murmured:

"If Xixia wants to fight, then fight."

Zhao Zhen's statement surprised everyone.

But thinking about it carefully, it is reasonable.

Although their emperor does not like to start a war, he has never been afraid of war at every critical moment.

For example, when Xixia declared its founding, Zhao Zhen sent people to attack Xixia despite the objections of his ministers, which led to the battles of Sanchuankou and others.

Although there were some defeats, Zhao Zhen also vented his anger.

Now, Xixia has not only been established for decades, but also wants to use this war to stop being a vassal of the Great Zhou. Zhao Zhen, no matter what, could not help it.