This reclamation order is the tone set by Hong Tao for the future development of Liangzhou, no matter whether the imperial court will return Liangzhou to Qinfeng Road in the future, or set up a road for it alone, it will not invest too much financial resources and manpower here in a short period of time.

Because the financial situation of the Great Song Dynasty is not very good at present, and after this war, it is also a bit stretched, and it really can't afford to invest too much except to ensure the necessary military strength.

This is also the reason why Hong Tao dares to toss blindly, since the imperial court has no capacity building, then come by yourself. Whether they are happy or not, no one can say anything after Liangzhou's economic development has achieved initial results, so they can only pinch their noses and acquiesce.

As for whether the reclamation order can make Liangzhou prosper quickly, Hong Tao thinks he can try. This thing is to borrow from the western development strategy of the US government in later generations, and leave the things that the government is unable to do to the private sector. The effect, needless to say, was very successful.

Since this method is suitable for the Americans, it will be possible to ensure that it can be obtained from ancient China. The ancient Chinese were no weaker than the Americans at the time, and Hong Tao firmly believed that as long as there was enough stimulation, the Song people would become pioneers with sharp blades in their hands.

As long as a small number of pioneers are successful, and with proper publicity, a large number of followers will come to try their luck. There was a large amount of surplus labor in the Northern Song Dynasty, and it was better to go to Liangzhou than to let them fool around in the city or serve as tenants in the countryside.

Liangzhou is also suitable for this mode of development, it is located on the border, there are few people and many land, it is not realistic to move honest mainlanders to continue to live the original life, the most suitable is a group of pioneers with their heads pinned to the waistband of their trousers.

As long as the new armies can withstand the onslaught of ill-intentions, these pioneers will be able to take care of their own security, and the human potential to protect their land is limitless.

The first and second generations who grew up in this state are no longer as gentle as the Song people in the mainland, and they will naturally be full of aggressiveness. What Hong Tao wants is this kind of aggressiveness, there will be more places to rob in the future, how can he be a robber without greed and aggressiveness.

Of course, this kind of aggressiveness is not all good for the rulers, and the government will be uncomfortable if the people are too strong.

But Hong Tao will not be uncomfortable, he and these people's interests are the same. Most people will not oppose the leader who will bring his own lord, but will only hate the court that wants to take away his land. If there are more such people, Hong Tao feels that he is safer.

Regarding the situation in Liangzhou, the Great Song Dynasty and Emperor Shenzong did not intervene, or even ignored it. Part of the reason is that there is no need for supplies from the imperial court here, and the attention is naturally low. What's more, the war is relatively tense, and everyone focuses on the other four armies, especially Lanzhou.

With the loss of Liangzhou City, the scales of this great war completely tilted to the side of the Song Dynasty. Empress Dowager Liang not only did not dare to send reinforcements to the front line, but also had to transfer troops from the north to defend the Gyeonggi stronghold.

The Western Xia army, which could not receive effective reinforcements, was more and more at a disadvantage, and the first to show defeat was still Zhuo Luo and the Southern Military Division. They are new recruits who have just changed guards, and they do not know much about the terrain and climate in this area, so they cannot make full use of their advantages.

In addition, Li Xian's Xihe Road and Wang Hou's Qinfeng Road were attacked on both sides, and they had to retreat from Zhuo Luo City, and even a large area of defense areas west of Kaluo River and Jisang City were lost one after another, and they withdrew to Lingbo Mountain before relying on the mountain to stabilize their position.

The losses of the Luo Zhuonan Military Division were not too large, after all, the cavalry ran faster than the infantry, but its retreat exposed the flanks of the Xishou Baotai Military Division.

Li Xian asked Wang Hou to continue to put pressure on Zhuo Luo and the Southern Military Division, and then quietly touched the Yellow River with all the cavalry on both sides, and used dozens of large wooden platoons down the river from Lanzhou to smoothly cross eastward, and raided the Xishou Baotai Military Division from behind.

This is more ruthless, the two sides are cavalry, and no one wants to run against cavalry. However, the Xishou Baotai Military Division also has to take into account the more than 20,000 Song Bu troops on the front. Under the joint attack of the infantry and cavalry, after losing most of the main force, he also retreated to the front line of Lingbo Mountain, and was considered a difficult brother with Zhuo Luo and the Southern Military Division.

After this battle, the two armies lost a lot of grain, grass, and horses, and they could not maneuver in a short period of time, so they could only hold on. The Song army was also unable to continue the offensive because the battle line was too long, and the two sides were at a stalemate on the western front.

This kind of stalemate has been such a stalemate in the past few decades, and I am used to it. But the Western Xia could not afford to hold on, it was not only facing an enemy like the Great Song Dynasty, but also a Liao State in the east.

For this big battle in neighboring countries, the Liao State reacted relatively slowly, and it was not until the end of May that there was any movement, and more than 20,000 people were sent to the Tiande Army and the Heqing Army in Xijing Road.

Then he cautiously tried twice from the Hetao area, and found that the reaction of the Black Mountain Weifu Military Division was not too intense, so he increased his troops to the Liaoxia border in a big way, and the meaning was very clear, taking advantage of your illness to kill you.

If the Liao State can take down all the Hetao areas, it will be a very happy ending. In addition to the plains near Xingqing Mansion, the two lands of Hetao and Liangzhou are the richest in the entire Western Xia Kingdom.

This may be the last straw that broke the camel's back, and the Western Xia court saw that the worst was about to happen. His side has just shown fatigue, and another enemy is going to take advantage of the weakness, and if he lets this bite it, he will be half-crippled if he doesn't die.

What to do? It's still the same old thing, asking for peace with the Great Song Dynasty, admitting mistakes and adding sweetness. This trick has been tried and tested many times in the past, and I think this time it will not disappoint.

And this time the posture of the Western Xia court was lower, the Empress Dowager Liang was worthy of being a ruthless woman, she actually released her son Li Bingchang to continue to be the emperor, and then sent Du Luowei to Kaifeng in the name of the emperor to confess his guilt in person, and her attitude was very sincere.

It is said that a small number of people in the country hate the Great Song Dynasty, and now they have set things right, and they are extremely remorseful, and they are willing to bow their heads and respect the Great Song Dynasty from now on, etc., just to avoid the war from continuing to spread and the lives will be ruined.

At this time, it was almost July, and Hong Tao's new Liangzhou City had just had a rough foundation, and he was happily planning how to launch the winter offensive, and this letter from Shen Kuo cooled down his enthusiasm.

Shen Kuo said in the letter that the court had three attitudes towards the Xixia prayer for peace, one was the main battle, led by Wang Shao and some border army generals, and they wrote to the court that they could no longer be credulous.

One is the main peace, which is dominated by Sima Guang and some border army generals. They think that if they continue to fight, it will be a lose-lose situation, so it is better to take it while it is good, ask for more useful land, and by the way, give it away every year.

In this way, the Great Song Dynasty can also recuperate for a period of time, and after decades of fighting, even if the treasury is a little tight, many drawbacks have begun to appear, and if they are not rectified, there will be endless troubles.

And there is a Liao State staring at it next to it, in case the Great Song Dynasty and the Western Xia are inseparable, it takes the opportunity to send troops, and the ending of the Great Song Dynasty is likely to be stealing chickens and rice.

There were also some courtiers, mainly reformers led by Wang Anshi, who were neither in favor of immediate peace nor in favor of continuing the offensive, but came to two sides and a thin mud. The battle still has to be fought, the judgment has to be discussed, and by the way, staring at the Liao State is a bit of a single-minded meaning. 、

When exactly should it stop, when should it be discussed, and when should it continue to fight, they couldn't say why, but they just emphasized that they wanted Western Xia to be able to fight against Liao, and at the same time it would not pose too much threat to the Great Song Dynasty.

"Wang Jiefu is getting more and more confused, how can he have such extravagant hopes, I really think that the Xia and Liao people are two fools." Hong Tao can agree with the first two opinions, but regrets the IQ of Wang Anshi's faction.

But anyone who looks ahead and does not know how to make trade-offs will not make great achievements. How could Wang Anshi suddenly become more conservative than the old party from a resolute pioneer of reform who disregarded personal honor and disgrace for the sake of his ideals? The only explanation is that it is inflated.

At the beginning, he and Emperor Shenzong were in a challenging position to break the convention, and tried every means to fight the old party, which was relatively pure. However, after his own intervention, he provided a lot of impetus for the reformers, and gradually gained the upper hand in the struggle.