When the demise of Western Xia was a foregone conclusion, the war in the northwest with many climaxes, surprises, and twists and turns finally came to an end.

Neither the Liao State nor the Great Song Dynasty were ready for a full-scale war, and the immediate priority was to divide the inheritance of Western Xia, and then annex and digest it.

Han Gang and the Zhejia plan to seize Fengzhou was to compete for the inheritance of Western Xia.

"It goes without saying that the Western Xia lost the country and lost all its old capital. Although the Great Song Dynasty suffered a large loss, it was able to get Yinxia and Ganliang, so it was not a bad loss. However, Yelu Yixin's advantage is big, which makes people hate! ”

After listening to Zhe Keshi's words, Huang Shang said disdainfully: "Destroying Western Xia and occupying Xingling is indeed a stroke of genius." However, the number of party members in the land of Xingling is particularly large, and the Khitans want to take possession of the land, and I don't know how many people will die. ”

Zhi Keshi smiled and said: "So the younger brother said that Yelu Yixin took advantage, not Da Liao." What's more, the loss of Liao, what does it matter to Yelu Yixin? The power of the divination people has been weakened—the Western Divination is also a member of the Divination—and the Western Xia, which had defeated the Liao State in the past and left many blood feuds, also perished; The Great Song Dynasty worked hard, but the largest fruit on the tree was easily picked away by Yelu Yixin, which made the Great Song Dynasty embarrassed. With fame, profit, revenge, and by the way, the opponent has lost face, and Yelu Yixin's status will be in full swing. ”

Han Gang was looking at the official document, heard the conversation between the two, and raised his head and said, "With Yelu Yixin's actions, he should arrange those forces that are biased towards him, but are not completely obedient to his orders, to Xingling. In the process of exterminating the party clans, their strength was gradually consumed. He won't suffer. ”

Well, in fact, this is Han Gang's idea, if he were to do it, he would definitely do it.

Huang Sheng shook his head, still disdainful: "I didn't expect Yelu Yixin to be so narrow-minded." ”

"Do you remember Su Qin, who wore the seal of the Six Kingdoms? He sent Zhang Yi to Qin for what to do. The interests of people and nations cannot coincide. Don't say that the ministers are the emperors, don't they also have Sui Yang and Shang? ”

Although Han Gang thinks that more than half of Yang Guang's reputation is due to the one who insists on looking at his own life, and Di Xin is also grateful to King Wu, Duke Zhou, and even the sons of the hundred schools in the Spring and Autumn Period for their unremitting slander all year round, but at this time, there is no need to be different.

Han Gang sighed with deep feelings, "Yelu Yixin is a powerful minister, not an emperor. Between the future of the Liao State and his own position of power, which one do you say he will choose. And in his eyes, most of them think that only by consolidating their power can the Liao State have a future. ”

"There are actually quite a few such people...... Isn't there a Xu Xi recently? There are also ministers and politicians in the court. "Zhe Keshi has no scruples, and he laughs and laughs unrestrainedly.

Huang Shang is even more bookish, and he doesn't think it's a big deal to scold a few words from the court princes. followed Zhi Keshi and scolded Wang Xianggong and Lu for participating in politics.

Han Gang glanced at Zhe Keshi, and then lowered his head to look at the official document.

The Zhe family's mind this time is not small, and most of them are also stimulated by the Liao.

Whether it is the old Fengzhou or the new Fengzhou, it can actually be regarded as the radiation range of the family's potential.

The first generation of Fengzhou was Wang Jia, the head of the Wang family, and it was his decision to attach to the Great Song Dynasty and build Fengzhou City. It was also his decision to marry the Fold family. His son, Wang Chengmei, who is also the second governor of Fengzhou, married the daughter of the folded family, and the third generation of Wang Wenyu had to call Fold Yuxun and Fold Yuqing as his uncle. And Zhe Yuqing and Zhe Yuxun also have a younger sister who is married to Yang Ye.

For Zhi Keshi, the two great-grandfathers and great-uncles of Zhe Yuqing and Zhe Yuxun are not far apart, but they are also people from decades ago. But on weekdays, it is rarely talked about.

It's just that the Zhejia family has expanded and rooted deeply in the clouds, and Tai is half of the credit of Zhe Yuxun and Zhe Yuqing. The big families in the clouds are basically related to the Zhe family in a more or less recent or distant way. These relationships are intertwined into a large net, so that the Zhejia family will stand tall in the clouds.

However, if the Liao occupied the old Fengzhou and collected all the Western Xia land east of the desert to the south, they would semi-enclose this salient in the clouds. The crisis of the collapse of the family is imminent, and no matter how tight the relationship network is, it will not be able to block the blow of the saber. The folded family had to work hard.

Han Gang had already sent a message to Li Xian, and he needed his assistance in this matter.

A few days later, Li Xian, who was summoned back to Taiyuan by Han Gang's envoy Pegasus, finally arrived, three days earlier than Han Gang expected.

Li Xian, who was in a hurry, looked anxious, and as soon as he saw Han Gang, he split his head and said: "Longtu, the old Fengzhou can't be taken, can't be taken!" In the old days, more than half of the territory of Fengzhou was in the hands of the Liao people. If you force it to take it, it will be a big mess. ”

After Han Gang was stunned for a moment, he suddenly laughed: "I know that I have misunderstood." Toyosu and Toyosu are not the same. This time, what I want to occupy is Fengzhou City, which was occupied by Yuan Hao. No matter how confused Han Gang is, it is impossible for him to grab land from the Khitans at this time. ”

Listening to Han Gang's words, Li Xian was also stunned. Just like when we talk about Kaifeng, sometimes we refer to the city of Tokyo, a small area surrounded by a 50-mile wall, but sometimes we refer to the entire Gyeonggi Road. Toyosu Castle can indeed be said to be Toyoshu.

After a while, he breathed a sigh of relief, sat down on the chair softly, and laughed at himself: "I'm really in a hurry, I just cared about the road along the way, and I didn't think about it." With the wisdom of the dragon map, it is true that he will not be so confused. ”

Zhi Keshi and Huang Sheng pursed their lips beside them, wanting to laugh but not daring to laugh. Han Gang said with a smile: "It's also because they are worried about state affairs. ”

Li Xian's misunderstanding is indeed a big one.

The same place name, ancient and modern locations are often very different. For example, Weizhou, ancient Weizhou is now Gongzhou, formerly known as ancient Weizhai, which is really located on the shore of Weishui; The current Weizhou is on Jingyuan Road, and the Jingwei water flows through the state. Another example is Yulin, until now, Yulin is at the eastern end of the Yellow River, but a thousand years later, Yulin has moved to the vicinity of Yinzhou City, thousands of miles away.

Gufengzhou is far away in the north of the Yellow River, located in Jiuyuan, which was taken from the hands of the Huns in the Qin period, and in the Tang Dynasty, it was still the famous surrendered city. After that, it was occupied by the Liao Taizu Yelu Abaoji, and it is especially under the jurisdiction of Xijing. There is no need to think about this Gu Fengzhou, and there will be no chance in ten years.

Although the old Fengzhou is in the south of the Yellow River, it can span a great extent. In the early Song Dynasty, the north and south of Montenegro were the gathering places of the 36 Tibetan tribes. When the head of the Wang family, Wang Jiaju, was attached to the people, and was ordered to establish a city and build a state, and even the remnants of the Tibetan tribe living on the north side of the Yellow River were attached. However, it is all in the nature of fetters, just like Yongzhou in Guangxi covers a wide area, even comparable to the land of the road, and the left and right rivers all belong to Yongzhou, but the following is full of fetters.

The area under which the old Fengzhou went to the north once crossed the Yellow River and was under the Black Mountain, which should be regarded as the former set area in the Hetao Plain. However, after the Khitan people expanded their power and increased their control over the northwest, Han Gang did not expect to take advantage of this.

Han Gang invited Li Xian to the White Tiger Festival Hall, and pointed to a city sign on the side of a newly made sand table: "What I want is Toyosu City, and a small core area nearby, not the whole territory of Toyosu. ”

Li Xian looked at the sand table and nodded slowly.

The location of the old Fengzhou City, 200 li northwest of Fuzhou - Fuzhou here, refers to Fuzhou City - was built after Wang Jia was attached, close to the Song Dynasty, located on the side of the Quye River, a tributary of the Yellow River.

Recovering the old Fengzhou City, because it is to grab food from the mouths of the Khitans, although the difficulty is not low, it is much easier than capturing Xingling. The location of Xinfengzhou is the reconstruction of the Luobo River in Fuzhou, which is one hundred and twenty miles northwest of Fuzhou City. Although Fuzhou and the old and new Toyosu are not on the same line—the old and new Toyoshu are located due east and west—it is not much to go a hundred and ten miles west from the new Toyoshu. The most important thing is that Qu Yechuan went south, and it flowed through the state of Linzhou, Xinqin. It is much more convenient to go north directly from Linzhou than to the west from Xinfengzhou.

Li Xian looked at the sand table intently, and after a while, he raised his head and stared at Han Gang tightly: "The purpose of the Dragon Diagram should not be in Fengzhou, but in Linzhou, Jinning Army, and even the land of Yinxia. ”

"After looking at the sand table, it's really a lot more intuitive, right?" Han Gang laughed, Li Xian was right, the purpose of him and the Zhe family was not limited to the old Fengzhou, "The purpose of retaking the old Fengzhou is to recapture the Quye River and its tributary Zhuolun River [now Ulan Mulun River] basin. Controlling these two rivers is equivalent to closing the door for the Liao people to go south from Xijing Road. The Western Xia territory east of the desert [present-day Mu Us Desert], that is, the large land west of Linzhou and Jinning Army, and the north of Yinzhou and Mida Cave, were returned to the Great Song Dynasty. ”

From Linzhou along the Quye River, about 200 miles is where the old Fengzhou is located, and a little to the west, it is a place with water, grass and trees, which is named after Ordos in later generations.

Han Gang has been speculating on the geography of the western side of the Yellow River during this time, which is corroborated by his increasingly blurred memory. The location of Yulin can basically be determined in the vicinity of today's Mida Cave and Yinzhou. From Mida Cave to the north of the Quno River, there is no need to climb over the mountains and mountains, and there is no too rugged terrain. This road was originally the main road connecting Guanzhong to Jiuyuan [Baotou] north of the Yellow River. Although Han Gang can't remember clearly, he thinks that in the future, he will also build a road along Yulin to the north and lead to Ordos.

At Han Gang's suggestion, Huang Shang pointed to the sand table with a white wooden stick and explained: "After the official army recaptured the old Fengzhou, they flattened the defense line, so that the land in the clouds of Linfu Feng could even be directly supported by the Yinxia garrison, and in terms of defense, the west was an uninhabited desert, and it was necessary to walk more than a thousand miles to reach Xingling." In other words, if you want to attack from Xingling, you have to walk through the desert for more than a thousand miles. ”

The finger-thick wooden stick drew an arc along the yellow desert border, "If you give the Liao people a step ahead, Hedong Road will not only be guarded from the north, but also from the west. The trumpet array, along with Yinxia, will also fall into the danger of being attacked at any time. If the official army can seize it first, it will be enough to strengthen the defense of the north in the future, although the Liao people can make a detour from the desert, but the consumption is so great that it is impossible to drive the army along this road. ”

Huang Shang put away the wooden staff, "Guarding the old Fengzhou, the consumption of money and grain is not a few." However, compared with the situation where Yinxia and Hedong have to strengthen their defense, it will save most of them. Moreover, this large area of land in the west of Jinning and Linzhou, south of Quye River, and north of Mida Cave can be regarded as a good pasture, which can be used to raise a large number of horses. If you think about trading, it is a million profits. ”

It is much easier to move troops and horses along a river valley than to cross mountains and mountains. Between the old Toyoshu and Rinshu, soldiers could be transported through the valley of the Kuno River. Recovering the Quye River and the Zhuolun River basin in Toyosu and its surroundings, and setting up a walled fort defense line here, can allow the east and west sides of the river and the north of Yinxia to get a large buffer land, and it is also a good horse grazing land.

controlled the Quye River and the Turbidity Wheel River, and sealed the southward gate of the Liao people. The land of Western Xia, with the desert as the dividing line, belonged to the Khitan in the north and west, and the Great Song in the east and south. This is the best result that can be achieved right now.

Li Xian turned around and waved his hand at Han Gang: "The intention of Longtu's summons, Li Xian has already understood. Li Xian is willing to play the same book with Long Tu and receive the old land of Fengzhou. ”