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It was late at night on June 11, the second year of Jiayou's reign.

The famous Xixia general Yeli Wangrong died in Daizhou.

At dawn, it rained heavily.

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

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

Shi Xianzhi said with a gloomy face, "The top priority is to stabilize the Xixia mission first."

On the side, Xu Changzhi frowned and said: "Ye Li Wangrong's injuries will definitely not lead to death, and General Wei has spared his efforts."

Before he finished speaking, Shi Xianzhi interrupted: "That's not important anymore. What's important now is that people are dead!"

Moreover, he still died in Daizhou.

Wei Yuan looked at the anxious two people, sitting as firm as a mountain without any signs of panic.

"Did Yang Shousu say anything?"

The deal is already done and things are irreversible. The more this time comes, the more calm we must be and not get into trouble.

This is also the art of war taught to him by Zhang Fu.

Shi Xianzhi shook his head, "I haven't said anything yet."

Wei Yuan said in a deep voice: "Baibaili haste, report this matter to Your Majesty as soon as possible, close the city gate tightly, no matter who you are, no one can enter or leave Yanmen."

As soon as he finished speaking, Xu Changzhi said anxiously: "Absolutely not!"

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

Xu Changzhi said: "It's okay to close the city gate tightly, but please inform Your Majesty. If Your Majesty wants to settle the matter, Brother Wei."

Wei Yuan knew what he was worried about, "The matter has come to this, and we can't hide it."

Shi Xianzhi said: "General Wei is right, paper cannot contain fire."

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

A guard came to report that the Xixia envoy was 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 noises came to their ears.

"General Ye Li is our great hero in Great Xia. Wei Yuan killed our general. We need an explanation!"

"Yes, 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. At this time, you cannot show up."

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

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

Seeing this, Xu Changzhi asked curiously: "Why is he helping Brother Wei?"

Wei Yuan said: "A famous Xixia general died in Daizhou. Of course I can't blame him, but as the governor of Daizhou, how can he be immune to his own injuries?"

Xu Changzhi sighed: "I wonder what the officials will say."

Wei Yuan was silent.

Xu Changzhi said again: "Why did this person die just because he said he was dead? I'm afraid there is something fishy in it."

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 hastened southward. They should be heading to the capital."

Xu Changzhi became anxious and said, "Send someone quickly to stop them!"

Wei Yuan shook his head, "If we were stopped, we might not even be able to explain why. What's more, we are in a passive position now."

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

Wei Yuan took a deep breath and said, "The envoys sent by Xixia this time are probably not to discuss the so-called mutual trade."

Xu Changzhi was shocked, "Brother Wei, you mean that Ye Li Wangrong died because he was the hero of Xixia!"

It goes without saying that Yeli Wangrong was the founding general of Xixia and had a high prestige in the army.

Once something happened to him, even if Xixia wanted to sit down and talk with Dazhou, Xixia's soldiers would not be willing.

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

Now, he has done everything he can.

It just depends on what the emperor wants.

If the emperor chooses to settle the matter, then what awaits Wei Yuan is a dead end.

However, he has never been a master at the mercy of others.

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

Inside the tent, Wei Yuan said.

Xu Changzhi said: "Brother Wei, just say it bluntly."

Wei Yuan nodded and said: "From today on, we will disperse all our people on the grounds that the city gate is strictly prohibited. We must ensure that Daizhou is always in our hands."

Xu Changzhi frowned and said, "The matter hasn't reached that stage yet, has it?"

Wei Yuan smiled bitterly, "It's just a precaution. Besides, where did you want to go?"

"Even if the officials really want to push me out, my teacher still has the iron certificate of the alchemy book in his hand."

Xu Changzhi frowned. Throughout the ages, the most useless things are the iron coupons of elixirs and gold medals for immunity from death.

After he left the tent, Wei Yuan called for 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 officials punished me."

"I will send you thirty people in disguise and go to Yangzhou one after another."

"At that time, after my eldest sister and second sister see the letter, I will escort them here."

"If the officials don't punish me, they will burn the letter immediately."

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

He hoped that those two letters would not be used.

Right now, he has no money or food. If he really gets to that point, even if he doesn't have the ability to rebel, he will never let others take advantage of him.

At least having Daizhou and Yanmen would give them the capital to negotiate and mediate with all parties.

He didn't want to leave it to fate, so he could only make dangerous moves and make preparations.

After Lin Zhaoyuan left, Wei Yuan sighed secretly:

"If I were the emperor, I would never let my ministers take the blame just to calm people down."

"But Emperor Zhao hopes that these preparations I have made will not be needed for the time being."

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

In mid-June of the second year of Jiayou's reign.

Wei Yuan sent people eight hundred miles away to rush to deliver the memorial, and it was delivered to the Emperor Zhao Zhen's case in the Xuanzheng Hall.

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

Zhao Zhen asked them to read the memorials written by Wei Yuan one by one.

Afterwards, Zhao Zhen spoke slowly: "Wei Yuan's victory over Ye Li Wangrong has greatly boosted my ambition for the Celestial Empire."

"But the Xixia envoy used this matter to frame me and put the blame on Dazhou. What do you think?"

Han Zhang and others remained silent for the time being.

Zhang Fu was the first to speak: "Your Majesty, why would you hesitate to accuse me? They are obviously going to use force against me, the Great Zhou Dynasty!"

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

"It is said that the Guards killed Ye Li Wangrong, their great hero in Xixia."

"Xixia, I won't let this matter go!"

At this time, Han Zhang suddenly said: "The official family, Xixia's wolfish ambitions have been exposed. Even if they push the guard regiment training out, I am afraid Xixia will take the opportunity to blackmail me for money and food for the whole week."

"Otherwise, I am afraid that this battle will be inevitable and I will ask the officials to make an early decision."

He expressed his opinions and thoughts.

Zhao Zhen nodded and said shockingly:

"Send someone to tell the Xixia envoy to stop coming to Beijing and to fight if they want. There is no need to resort to these means."

"The people from the Imperial City Department said that Wei Yuan broke all the weapons in his hands during the battle with Ye Li Wangrong."

"Wei Qing is good at using swords, so I will reward him with a Guan Dao and tell him to guard Yanmen well. At the same time, I will tell the world about Wei Qing's victory over the famous Xixia general Ye Li Wangrong, so as to boost the aspirations of our people in the Zhou Dynasty. Ambition.”

"Zhang Fu, as well as the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Household Affairs, are urgently raising money, food and troops for the expedition."

Having said this, Zhao Zhen stood up slowly, turned his back to everyone, walked outside the hall, and murmured:

"If Xixia wants to fight, then let's fight."

Zhao Zhen's statement deeply surprised everyone.

But if you think about it carefully, it makes sense.

Although their Emperor, His Majesty, does not like to start wars, he has never been afraid of wars at every critical moment.

For example, when Xixia announced the founding of the country, Zhao Zhen ignored the obstruction of the officials and sent people to attack Xixia, which led to the battle of Sanchuankou and other battles.

Although there was some defeat, Zhao Zhen also got angry.

Nowadays, Xixia has not only been established for decades, but also wants to use this war to no longer surrender to the Zhou Dynasty. Zhao Zhen can't help it no matter what.