Song Yi

Chapter 460 Chapter 454

This is a once in a lifetime opportunity to make a difference!

This was Du Wenhao's first feeling.

Although he has not discussed the price with Huizong, killing the militaristic Empress Dowager Liang and replacing him with the pro-Song Emperor Xia Hui is the result that Song Dynasty hopes for. Therefore, even if there is no quid pro quo, Du Wenhao will Use this opportunity to kill Queen Mother Liang and change the whole history!
After killing Queen Mother Liang, he had two choices, one was to support Emperor Xia Hui to regain the imperial power.The second is to kill Emperor Huizong together and support a puppet emperor!It depends on the conditions offered by Emperor Huizong at that time.

The reason why Du Wenhao refused Gao Taotao to send five hundred armored cavalry with him to Xixia was to make Xixia relax his vigilance and catch him by surprise.So he thought of using the newly formed special forces.

These special operations teams hadn't undergone relevant training yet, so he didn't know whether they could complete the task, so he decided to use this half day for simulated training.This is called sharpening the gun in front of the battle, and you will be happy if you are unhappy.

Therefore, after Du Wenhao met the Xixia envoys, he postponed the departure time until the next morning on the grounds of preparing gifts for the wedding.In this way, there is half a day for targeted training.

He said goodbye and left the palace, first came to Sanya, called Li Pu, and asked about the formation of the special forces.

Li Pu told Du Wenhao that 2000 people have been selected so far, and they are all the best of the best.And absolutely loyal.

Du Wenhao, Empress Dowager Liang invited him to see a doctor, and told Li Pu that she was going to take the opportunity to launch a coup d'état in the Xixia court.Li Pu also felt that although this plan was risky, it was an excellent opportunity to win in danger.Du Wenhao asked him how to formulate a battle plan.

Li Pu said that after the founding of the Western Xia Dynasty, it fully introduced the military and political systems of the Song Dynasty. At the same time, it also imitated the Song Dynasty in a large number of buildings, especially the layout of the capital and the palace. It is simply a reduced version of Kaifeng Bianliang.You can use the palace for exercises.However, the specific residences of the emperor and concubines are different.

Du Wenhao immediately found the floor plan of the capital and the imperial palace, and went to the Ministry of Rites with Li Pu, and found an official of the Ministry of Rites who had been to Xingqing Mansion many times and entered the Xixia Palace, and asked him to mark the palace on the map The location of the residences of the emperor, the queen mother, and the concubines is the location of the daily duties of the Imperial Forest Army and the Ouchi guards.He also told out all the differences between the Xixia Capital Palace and the Great Song Dynasty.

This official has been to Xixia many times and knows these situations very well.Make the location standard and clear, and make it clear.It's just that the defenses of the Xixia Yulin Army and Ouchi guards are many, so I don't know how to mark them.
Du Wenhao took Li Pu to the special forces training ground outside the city, and met the newly formed two thousand special forces members.

Du Wenhao said: "Tomorrow, I need 500 people to carry out a very dangerous mission. They may die. If you are willing to go, please come out!"

Two thousand soldiers took a step forward!
When forming the special operations team, Du Wenhao had already told Li Pu the purpose and requirements of the special operations team. When Li Pu selected the special operations team members, the first condition was that he was not afraid of death.So none of these players retreated.

Du Wenhao nodded with satisfaction, and selected 500 of them, almost all of whom looked ordinary, were not easy to be noticed in the crowd, and were relatively short and flexible.

He divided the 500 people into ten teams, each with 50 people, and asked the team members to elect one person as the leader.He and Li Pu took the ten team leaders, changed into the clothes of Ouchi guards, and led them to the palace.After letting them see the schematic diagram of the palace, he led them around the palace to familiarize themselves with the situation.

After it was over, Du Wenhao asked ten team leaders and five hundred special forces members to change into civilian clothes and not carry any weapons. They secretly sneaked into Xixia with various identities, and rushed to Xingqing Mansion, the capital of Xixia, day and night to wait for orders.

Du Wenhao transferred twenty luxury carts from the palace, and told the Xixia envoys that they were used to hold gifts such as gold, silver, jewelry, silk and satin to welcome relatives, and asked the envoys to look at a few boxes of them casually. All the large boxes filled with carriages have compartments, only the top layer is filled with silk and gold and silver jewelry, and the bottom layer is full of weapons such as swords, bows and crossbows.

Du Wenhao made all arrangements, it was already evening, he returned home, called all the girls, and said that he was going to Xixia on business and wanted Lin Qingdai to accompany him.

Ke Yao clamored to follow, but Du Wenhao refused to agree with a straight face.Wang Runxue also said that she was going to watch the excitement, saying that she had never been to Xixia. Du Wenhao thought about it, and Wang Runxue might be able to use it, so he agreed.It made Ke Yao pouted and the boss was unhappy.

In order not to attract the attention of the Xixia people, Du Wenhao deliberately brought only ten guards.In front of these ten are elite soldiers who can stand up to ten, led by Xu Huaqiang.

Early the next morning, Du Wenhao took Lin Qingdai, Wang Runxue, and ten guards, drove twenty carts, and set off together with the Xixia envoys.

Accompanying him were two officials from the Ministry of Rituals, and they also brought along the Imperial Forest Army in front of the Five Hundred Palaces who escorted Prince Bingsheng of Xixia.A group of people rushed to the border of the Song and Xia Dynasties in the starry night.

Not a day later, I rushed to the Economic and Strategy Department of Huanqing.

Du Wenhao is the commander-in-chief of the Western Expeditionary Army. The former enemy commander-in-chief Lu Gongzhu and deputy commander-in-chief Qu Zhen led the troops for more than a hundred miles. He was supposed to host a banquet, but Du Wenhao was in a hurry to go to Xixia to treat the Empress Dowager Liang. I have to eat, and I don't even care about listening to the return of the war.

But there is one thing he must do, and that is to meet Cai Tou, Cai Jing's relative who does business in Xixia.Now Cai Tou has developed into Dasong National Security Bureau and serves as the director.

At first glance, Cai Tou looked like a very shrewd businessman, with a shiny face, a grinning face, nodding and bowing in a very humble way, and when meeting Du Wenhao, he gave Du Wenhao a lot of strange and rare treasures as a gift.Although Du Wenhao didn't value his gift, he once felt that this guy could still hand it over.

Therefore, Du Wenhao didn't bother to say more, let him go to Xixia with him, and allowed him to bring some goods along the way.Cai Tou hurriedly agreed. He had his own business in Xingqing Mansion, the capital of Xixia, and hurried back to prepare several large trucks of goods, and drove them into Du Wenhao's convoy, and headed for Xixia in a mighty way.

The Xixia envoys had already sent people back to Xixia territory to report to Prince Bingsheng. Prince Bingsheng had already rushed to the border to wait. After Du Wenhao arrived, the two sides met and showed each other their identity certificates.

Prince Bingsheng knelt down and wailed loudly, begging Du Wenhao to save his mother's life.Du Wenhao naturally agreed.

Bingsheng entered the territory of the Song Dynasty and was escorted back to the capital of Bianliang by five hundred imperial guards.Xixia also sent officials from the Ministry of Rites and [-] heavy armored cavalry to meet and escort Du Wenhao to Xingqing Mansion, the capital of Xixia.

Entering the territory of Xixia, the customs gradually changed. The people I saw along the way were all men with shaved heads, pierced ears, and big silver earrings.It is very similar to the dress in the TV series "Dragon and Babu". It seems that the director of the TV series still has an understanding of ancient Western Xia costumes and hairstyles.

Most of the Xixia dwellings in the river valleys are adobe houses. When you enter the grasslands and deserts, they are almost all tents. There are groups of cattle and sheep grazing. From a distance, it looks like white clouds falling on the grasslands, which makes people feel refreshed.

Du Wenhao didn't care about admiring the scenery. This matter related to Song Xia's future, so he marched forward overnight.

However, the transportation in ancient times was too backward. Although they traveled day and night, they still received the bad news two days away from Xingqing Mansion——Empress Dowager Liang passed away!
The officials of the Ministry of Rites of the Western Xia Dynasty knelt down and wept.

Du Wenhao naturally wouldn't cry, but he still had to pretend to wipe away his tears.But I kept thinking in my heart.

Empress Dowager Liang passed away suddenly, disrupting her plans, what should I do?
Du Wenhao immediately asked Caitou to send people to the capital first to find out whether Emperor Huizong was in charge, or if someone took over the position of Queen Mother Liang.

They walked forward for another day, and the scouts who had rushed to report earlier reported that the capital was heavily guarded, but so far Emperor Huizong has not announced that he will be in charge, nor has any imperial edict been issued.The country's military administration is temporarily taken over by Liang Yibu, the son of the younger brother of the Empress Dowager Liang.

Du Wenhao understood that Emperor Huizong of Xixia did not get the expected imperial power as he wished.If so, Huizong will definitely contact him.Du Wenhao decided to observe calmly first, not to take risks blindly.Wait for the best shot time.

The officials of the Ministry of Rites of the Western Xia Dynasty stopped crying and hurried back, and the group continued to rush forward day and night.

When they were about to arrive at Xingqing Mansion, Li Pu took a few special forces members and pretended to be Cai Tou's shopkeeper in Xingqing Mansion to greet them and join Du Wenhao and the others.Together they entered Xingqing Mansion, the capital of Xixia.

Compared with Bianliang, Xingqing Mansion is incomparable. Its scale and prosperity are much worse, and its population is also much smaller. However, it is the largest city in Xixia.

At this moment, starting from a dozen miles outside the city, the Xixia Yulin Army guarded them. After they entered the city, senior officials from the Ministry of Rituals invited them to welcome them, and welcomed them into the Royal Inn very politely.

The streets in the capital are full of teams of patrolling soldiers, no less than the posture of Song Shenzong and the Empress Dowager Cao when they died.Strict checks were carried out on all people entering the city, and everything they brought was checked in detail.

Du Wenhao was an envoy of the Great Song Dynasty and was accompanied by officials from the Ministry of Rites of the Western Xia Dynasty, so he was exempted from inspection when entering the city, and he was able to pass without hindrance.Du Wenhao was very thankful for his previous caution, hiding all the weapons in the box of the cart where the gifts were delivered.

Du Wenhao asked to see Xia Huizong, but he was also politely declined, saying that he was planning a funeral at the moment and would arrange a meeting in due course.

Du Wenhao and the others were not restricted in their actions. Except that they could not enter the imperial city, they could move freely in the capital. This was better, and they would not feel like being under house arrest.But wherever he went, officials from the Ministry of Rites followed with the Imperial Forest Army.

Wang Runxue and Lin Qingdai were full of curiosity about the capital of Xixia, and asked Du Wenhao to take them shopping.Du Wenhao took Lin Qingdai and Wang Runxue to wander around the streets in the capital.

(End of this chapter)