In the middle of July of the third year of the founding of Yasukuni, the harvest season is coming.

Xihezhou City, the ancient city of Didao, at this time is also shrouded in the joy of a bumper harvest. In addition to the joy of the harvest, the military reports from Huangzhou and Shanzhou also immersed this small city on the northwest front line in a rare joyful atmosphere. It was not because the Xining army had won a great victory, but because the Xining army's losses in this Hehuang Kaibian were minimal.

Moreover, the western part of Shanzhou, which is the farthest away from Xizhou and the most difficult to control, has been handed over to Renduo Baozhong, who returned to the Great Song Dynasty.

This means that the righteousness and military service undertaken by the people and generals in Xizhou are much lighter than imagined.

In addition, the prince of Xifan, Xi Luosa, and his followers were also arrested by the Renjia family in the city of Renduoquan and are now on their way to Xizhou.

The capture of Xi Cheng Luosa also means that the rebellion of the people of the Great Song Empire after the Tsao Luo Dynasty suffered the heaviest setback. Coupled with the previous fiasco in Huangzhou and Shanzhou and a large number of Ding Zhuang's losses, it can always make the Tibetan people there settle for decades, right?

The only thing that worries the people of Xizhou now is that because of the rebellion of Renduo Baozhong, it is likely to trigger another round of decisive battles between the Western Xia and Song dynasties!

In Didao City, on the section hall of Xihe and Jingyuan passing through the two roads to appease the envoys, Lu Huiqing, who is also the commander of the two roads, is sipping the cloud mist camellia sent by the official family, while smiling and looking at the recital of the victory drafted by the staff for him.

In the hall, several scribes sat precariously, and no one spoke. They looked at Lu Huiqing and waited for his question.

These people are all Lu Huiqing's staff.

"What is Zhong Xiaoweng doing?"

Lu Huiqing suddenly spoke, with a bit of playfulness in her tone.

He is in his early 70s, and he has been in the office for decades, and he has seen too many ups and downs, and that bit of edges and corners, that bit of sharpness, has long disappeared, leaving only the old treacherous and cunning.

And the old traitor is more difficult to deal with than the little traitor, that is, he can clamp the fox's tail tightly, so that the opponent can't find the problem.

This time, Lu Huiqing was an old fox who didn't show his tail in the Xining and Jingyuan armies. In the previous war, he, the two-way marshal, seemed to have no sense of existence at all. He did not go to the front line to inspect, nor did he give any orders to Wang Hou, Tong Guan, and Zhang Shuye. Of course, he did not interfere with the command of Taoxi Shuaiji.

He is a handsome handsome, and his only job is probably to revise the good news that the staff has drafted for him.

Then, Lubu Feijie was sent to Kaifeng Mansion.

If it weren't for Zhong Fu's suspiciously high number of beheadings and prisoners in front of the palace, he would just have not seen it, and directly reported it and pulled it down.

Anyway, now that Huangzhou, Shanzhou, and Kuozhou have been taken, Renduo Baozhong has also surrendered. The instructions of the official family have been completed 100% by the Xihe Army! He is a handsome clay sculpture and wood carving, and he is also indispensable.

At this time, the most important thing is not to make persistent efforts, but to seek stability!

As an old fox, Lu Huiqing couldn't be clearer about Song Jun's anticlimactic problems. At the beginning, the monarch and the ministers were united, united from top to bottom, and the soldiers used their lives. You usually get off to a good start. But with a good start, the next bad thing should come.

Because the Song army liked to divide powers, the three armies often did not have a clear commander. At the beginning, all aspects could cooperate, and they made do with a few battles. But if you want to fight to the back, fight for merit, drag each other and even dismantle the stage, the big drama is about to start to be staged, and there will be very few accidents.

In addition, Lu Huiqing couldn't be clearer about the problems of the Kaifeng Imperial Court. The imperial court in Kaifeng Mansion couldn't figure out the situation on the battlefield at all, and could only rely on the performance of the ministers, the supervising army, and the horses to grasp the situation.

And these recitals tend to exaggerate victory when the war is going well and the enemy situation when the war is unfavorable.

Therefore, when it is victorious, the imperial court usually is blindly optimistic, and then raises the original goal, leaving the front-line troops to accomplish the impossible. And in the event of defeat, they will be frightened by reports from the front and make unnecessary concessions to the enemy.

Cai Jing and Su Dongpo, who are now in power in the center of the Great Song Dynasty, have no experience in presiding over military affairs. Although the official family is eloquent, he is too young and has no experience. So it's easier to be fooled!

Therefore, in the eyes of Lu Huiqing, a fox who has become a fine fox, it is already an unexpected joy that the Xining Army can fight to the extent it is now. What else can be expected? Destroy Western Xia in one fell swoop? Impossible...... Capture Zhuoluo City and Qin Wangchuan? If Zhong Fu does not dismantle the stage, he may succeed.

But now, the Xining army and the palace army have lost their spirit, and the Western Xia side has also taken precautions. It is impossible to succeed in a sneak attack, and the strength of a strong attack is not enough.

Therefore, it is the best policy to bluff, intimidate Brother Mingcha, and attract the main force of Xingqing Mansion to come for reinforcements.

Of course, the staff of Xining and Jingyuan Shuaisi understood Lu Huiqing's thoughts, and one of them hurriedly got up and said: "Back to the prime minister, that Zhong Xiaoweng is planning to set up the Hexi Jingluo Pacification Division, and he also wants to squeeze out Zhang Jizhong to serve as the governor of Lanzhou. ”

Lu Huiqing frowned, and said to herself: "Don't you still want to accept it when you see it?" ”

The staff hurriedly analyzed: "How can he accept it?" The Western Thieves first suffered a crushing defeat in the Haoqian River, and then Renduo Baozhong led most of the Renjia family to defect. Their right wing, the Zhuo Luo Military Division, went to at least 30,000 troops! Moreover, he had to wash the relatives who remained in the army of the right wing. The combat strength of the entire Right Wing Army is at least half! Not to mention low morale and panic. ”

Lu Huiqing heard this, but sighed softly.

In fact, Zhong Wanwen has already missed the opportunity, and every day of delay, the certainty of victory is one point smaller.

He drafted a recital for the old man, suggesting that bluffs and small-scale engagements be used to attract the troops of the Western Thieves to the Right Wing Army, so as to create a chance for victory in the decisive battle on the Eastern Front. ”

Another staff member asked in a low voice: "Xianggong, did you just give Tao Jiefu the first credit for destroying the Western Thief?" ”

Lu Huiqing snorted: "Isn't the old man's credit enough?" If Su Dongpo is gone, there will always be a right phase. Why regenerate branches? Besides, being stirred up by Zhong Xiaoweng like that, Wang Hou and Gao Yongnian lost their energy. Tong Guan also said that he would go to Beijing to report on his work, and Gao Yu also said that the army in front of the palace was exhausted and wanted to go back to Kaifeng Mansion to rest. How can this battle be fought? Can the people and horses on Xihe Road do it? ”

"Maybe we can transfer troops from Jingyuan Road." A staff member said, "Zhong Fu took the cultivation master, I'm afraid he has the intention of using Jingyuan soldiers." ”

Lu Huiqing smiled: "Let him go and ask the court for orders by himself!" Anyway, the old man didn't support him to take the enemy lightly. ”

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Lu Huiqing didn't know that the Western Xia Right Wing Army at this time was when people's hearts were terrified to the extreme.

Because Renduo Baozhong surrendered after the defeat, the 20,000 army was defeated at the Haokan River, and when the whole army was about to be annihilated, he had to surrender to the Great Song Dynasty. Such a situation can be more shocking than the simple Renduo Baozhong being co-opted by the Great Song Dynasty with the land of the Qing and Tang Dynasty!

Barbarians are fearful of power and not virtuous! The defeat of the 20,000-strong army was a crushing defeat, and the surrender of the near annihilation was taken for granted by many. If you can't fight and still don't surrender, are you waiting for people to kill people in Renduoquan City and slaughter a clan of old and young?

Moreover, the conditions given by the Song Dynasty to the Renjia family are really very tempting, all the Qingtang lands west of Zongge City, including the Qingtang City that even Xia Jingzong Yuanhao has not been able to defeat.

At this time, the relatives of the Renduo family on the front line of Zhuoluo City, including several generations of in-laws of the Renduo family, have become untrustworthy - the land of Qingtang to the west of Zongge City is big! To the west, it was even possible to conquer the Achai tribes and the Huangtou Uighurs near Qinghai, opening the way to the Western Uighurs and the Black Khan Uighurs. Expanding to the southwest of Zongge City can also subdue the Tubo and Tusi Ma tribes, and even expand their power to the snowy plateau!

With such a large territory, how could the Renduo clan be able to eat it?

Therefore, the tribes close to the Renjia family in the right wing army of Western Xia all had the intention of defecting! In the future, I followed the Ren family, and I was used as a meat shield against the Great Song Dynasty by the famous family!

Under such circumstances, Brother Wei Mingcha could not immediately purge the army on a killing spree, nor could he sit idly by and ignore this situation of fluctuating people's hearts. It can only be appeased while removing the Ren family or the generals who are close to the Ren family. But these removed generals are not alone - Western Xia, like the Liao State, is the world of the world's chosen clans, and even if there are lonely officials, it is impossible to lead troops in the Right Wing Army. So when these people left, they all pulled away the clan soldiers they brought, and these people were all elites! And Brother Wei Mingcha should be afraid of causing a mutiny, giving the Song army an opportunity, and he did not dare to kill these generals and elites who left.

As a result, the elite of the Right Wing Army was rapidly lost, and its combat effectiveness also declined sharply!

In this regard, in addition to asking Xingqing Mansion for help, Brother Wei Mingcha can only prepare for the worst! On the one hand, he sent his henchmen to the garrison to take control of Renshou Mountain City, and prepared the things to ignite the fire, which would burn the stored grain that was too late to be transferred at any time; On the one hand, Brother Cha also moved the Right Wing Military Division from Zhuoluo City to Qin Wangchuan, controlled Qin Wangchuan's granary, and sent people to continuously transport the grain from Renshou Mountain City to Qin Wangchuan for storage in case of long-term needs.

Obviously, what Renduo Baozhong could think of, Brother Wei Mingcha also expected at the first time.

However, for Zhuoluo City, Gaizhu City, Shuibo City and other strongholds. Brother Cha had nothing to do, before he got a large number of reinforcements sent by Xingqing Mansion, the number of elites in the right wing he could control was too small, and it was impossible to divide the troops at all, so he could only prepare to hold on to the enemy in Qin Wangchuan.

If Zhong Fu launched an attack at this time, even without the participation of the palace army, he would definitely be able to advance to the front line of Qin Wangchuan very quickly!

As for Xingqing Mansion, after learning of the crisis on the Western Front, it has fallen into a panic.

In addition to asking for help from the Great Liao Shangguo and desperately mobilizing the army, Wei Ming Qianshun and his ministers could only burn incense and worship the Buddha, praying that the Buddha would bless the Song army from attacking for the time being, so that Cha Ge would have time to adjust the defenses......