Chapter 46 The Duchess of England Presents a Visiting Card

Li Yuanhao needs to launch a campaign to make his Xia Kingdom no longer pay tribute to the Great Zhou.

The Liao Kingdom hopes to reduce the strength of the Great Zhou, because in the eyes of the Liao Kingdom, Xixia is not a threat.

Zhao Zhen hopes that after this battle, the situation can be stabilized for ten years of peace.

In these ten years, or a few years, the focus can be placed on domestic affairs.

Not only leaving a mess after his death, but also leaving his own flesh and blood.

All three parties have planned to launch this campaign.

Today, the situation on the border has touched the hearts of many people.

At this moment, Daizhou.

Wei Yuan personally welcomes the arrival of the king's army.

Zhang Fu when he is in charge of the expedition and Zhang Fu when he is free are completely different.

Perhaps, only when he leads the troops to the expedition, he is the famous general who makes Liao and Xia countries tremble with fear.

"Stop talking nonsense, and tell me quickly what the current situation is."

This is the first sentence Zhang Fu said when he saw Wei Yuan.

As they were heading towards Yanmen, Wei Yuan said:

"Since Yeli Yuqi came to the outside of the pass, a total of six sieges have been launched against Yanmen, all of which were large in scale."

Zhang Fu nodded and said: "How are our casualties so far?"

Wei Yuan said: "There are 10,000 border soldiers, and so far, 4,000 combat soldiers have been killed or wounded, leaving only 5,000."

The battle to defend the city was so tragic, it can be seen that it was quite difficult.

Zhang Fu suddenly stopped and saw the bloody armor on Wei Yuan's body. He couldn't help but say with relief:

"With you guarding Yanmen, I am relieved."

Then, he looked at the Guandao in Wei Yuan's hand and asked with a smile:

"Is the sword that His Majesty gave you still easy to use?"

Wei Yuan smiled and said: "The sword used by Taiwei Yang back then is naturally easy to use."

Zhang Fu smiled and said: "Old General Yang also guarded Daizhou. Now you have taken over the sword he used and are also guarding Yanmen. This is the inheritance of my Great Zhou soldiers."

It is not an exaggeration to say that it is the inheritance of the nobles.

Although Yang Ye had used this knife before, he rarely used it.

This is because the knife weighs 86 jin, and it is said that the knife used by Guan Erye weighs only 82 jin.

Such a heavy knife, except for Wei Yuan, who was born with supernatural power, no one can use it at will.

Therefore, the weight of the knife is placed here, whether it is chopping or breaking armor, it has a miraculous effect.

After all, the impact of a weapon weighing nearly 100 jin on armor is not something that ordinary people's internal organs can withstand.

Wei Yuan said: "Back then, Yang Laolinggong was captured by the Liao army and died of hunger. Now, I will hold this knife and will avenge Yang Laolinggong."

Zhang Fu nodded.

Wait until he came to the tent.

Zhang Fu's face changed, and he looked at the generals solemnly, and immediately ordered:

"You have followed me in battles for many years, and you should be familiar with my fighting style. I don't like to defend the city, and it is imperative to go out to meet the enemy."

"Where is Wei Yuan, the vanguard of the left wing?"

Wei Yuan bowed and said, "I am here!"

Zhang Fu said, "I order you to lead my 80,000 troops to attack your old rival, Yelu Yixian, in Gangcheng."

Wei Yuan clasped his fists and said, "I obey your orders!"

Zhang Fu looked at Gu Yankai, "Yeli Yuqi, I'll leave it to you."

"Whether you can wash away the shame of Sanchuankou depends on how you fight against Yeli Yuqi in the first battle!"

"This is a hard bone. Even if it's hard to chew, I'll chew it even if my teeth break!"

Gu Yankai laughed and said, "General Zhang, to be honest, I've been waiting for this day for nearly 20 years! Finally, I have a chance to avenge my previous shame!"

In the battle of Sanchuankou, Gu Yankai was a general with the army.

Zhang Fu smiled and nodded and said, "Pass the order down, the whole army will rest for three days, and three days later, the left and right vanguard armies will raid the enemy camp!"

"Remember, you only need to win the first battle, and you must not fight for a long time. This is the highest military secret. If anyone leaks it, he will be killed!"

As soon as the voice fell, all the generals bowed in unison and said, "Yes!"

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A few days ago.

On the canal.

The Sheng family went to Bianjing by water.

In a large ship, Wei Shuyi lived in the cabin.

Minglan came and saw her mother kneeling in front of a statue of Bodhisattva, muttering something.

When she got closer, she heard a few words,

"Bodhisattva bless me to be safe."

Minglan knelt behind her, prayed for a while, and then slowly said:

"Mother, are you worried that uncle will be in danger?"

Wei Shuyi opened his eyes, got up and came to the bed, and said:

"I asked your father, this time the two countries invaded, it was a national war, a life-and-death battle for hundreds of thousands of people"

"Mother, I am really worried."

Minglan didn't know how to comfort her, because she hadn't slept well these days, and she was always worried about her uncle.

"Mother. Uncle is so powerful, he will be safe."

After a long silence, Minglan only said this sentence.

These days, Sheng Hong has been resting here with Wei Shuyi.

So, he told Wei Shuyi a lot of things.

Sheng Hong said that since Wei Yuan killed Yeli Wangrong, his prestige in the army has been rising.

He can even be compared with Lord Gu.

In this battle, one of them was the left vanguard and the other was the right vanguard.

Whenever Sheng Hong talked about these things, he seemed to be glad that Wei Yuan was his "relative".

But for Wei Shuyi, he only cared about Wei Yuan's safety.

Sheng Hong also thought that he could use Wei Yuan's influence when he was an official in Beijing in the future.

However, Wei Shuyi didn't have this idea.

She couldn't possibly implicate her own brother for herself and for the Sheng family.

A few days later.

The Sheng family finally arrived in the capital.

Sheng Hong's father bought a house in Bianjing.

Sheng Hong and his family moved in.

On the day he arrived in the capital, Sheng Hong bathed and changed his clothes, dressed in official uniform, and went to the palace to meet Zhao Zhen.

At the same time.

Duke Ying's Mansion.

Madam Zhang received news early that the Sheng family had arrived in the capital.

A local official of the fifth rank coming to the capital would not attract too much attention.

After all, there were a lot of fifth rank officials in the capital.

At this time.

Madam Zhang was ordering the servants at home to prepare a generous gift, planning to go to the Sheng family tomorrow to "visit" Wei Yuan's eldest sister Wei Shuyi.

"Ding'er, the gifts prepared for your elder brother Wei's elder sister are ready."

"Mother has written a visiting card herself, and you will deliver it to the Sheng family later."

"Remember, do not give the visiting card to anyone in the Sheng family, only to your elder brother Wei's elder sister."

Mrs. Zhang told her eldest son.

Zhang Ding frowned and said, "Mother, logically speaking, shouldn't this visiting card be given to the mistress or the master of the house?"

"Is it inappropriate for us to bypass these two people and directly hand the visiting card to the eldest sister of the Wei family?"

Mrs. Zhang shook her head and said, "Mother is not visiting the Sheng family. Is their Sheng family worth visiting?"

"Besides, others can say whatever they want, why do we care about these?"

Zhang Ding smiled, "Son knows."

Let the eldest son of the Duke of Ying personally deliver the visiting card to Wei Shuyi.

It can be seen that the Zhang family is full of respect for Wei Shuyi.