"Zeng Gong, how is the battle in Gyeongju?" Yang Hui asked.

After receiving the edict, it took him only three days to ride from Kaifeng to Chang'an.

A thousand miles, three days, enough hard work.

Or some people question that this speed is not desperate if riding a horse, but only slightly faster. But comparing Dasu, isn't the road condition from Huangzhou to Ruzhou better than the road condition from Baibao City to Anjiang Fort? And it's only a few hundred miles away. But for the sake of comfort, I had to take a boat down the Yangtze River and then turn to the Grand Canal, which turned out to be miserable halfway...... Another example is Biwen Yanbo received Zhao Shu's edict to go to Chang'an, and he has not reached Tongguan after walking for more than half a month. I'm old, I have to take a car, and I can't bump, isn't that slow?

Therefore, as a scholar who enjoys his life, it is a miracle to arrive in Chang'an at this speed.

Zeng Gongliang understood this point, and immediately identified Yang Hua's position.

Although Zeng Gongliang is old, Zeng Gongliang's wisdom cannot be underestimated, just like Zhao Ji and Han Qi fighting wits and methods, he hid in the shadows and did not offend Han Qi publicly, but secretly laid some tricks, and finally teamed up with Zhao Ji to force Han Qi away, and finally really embarked on the road of No. 1 Prime Minister.

But being smart was mistaken by being smart, and in the midst of the huge opposition from conservatives, Zeng Gongliang chose to compromise in order to keep his position, and then withdrew from the center of power.

But no matter what, he is much stronger than Yang Hua.

You can't pretend to be stupid and crazy, and say I don't know, so why don't you do it?

I can't say I know.

Don't look at Wang Ju's extremely glorious fight, maybe the ministers who hate him will be even more.

Without him, Gou An is the mainstream understanding of scholars.

Perhaps future generations will see this history. I can't figure it out. Actually, it has its own reasons. First, the Song Dynasty was a policy of guarding the inside and the outside from the beginning. As a result, the self-brainwashing of the scholars themselves was created.

Under this purpose, the policy of emphasizing literature over military force and the general of the central emperor came out together, so the combat effectiveness of the army became worse and worse, and as a result, the more defeated each battle, the more defeated the scholars were, the more opposed the war became.

Therefore, from the beginning of the alliance of the Yuanyuan to the failure of Song Zhenzong's five-way expedition, the Gou'an faction gradually gained the upper hand. After the three major fiascos of Qingli. The Gou An faction finally became mainstream.

Don't ask the reason, there are many reasons, what if it fails? It is a big victory, what should I do if the Western Xia is extremely vicious, regardless of the life and death of the people, and repeatedly launch retaliatory wars, even if they win again and again, because of the expenses brought by the war, how to solve the financial pressure, can the people afford it? Or what if the Liao State came to participate in the peace on the side? The more you think about it. The more you dare not fight.

Anyway, the two planes are stacked in opposite places, and the form is almost identical. Even the external pressure is about the same, and the Western Xia, which is more rogue and untrustworthy than the Wa State, is no less than the Liao State of the American imperialists. It's just that the territory of the Song Dynasty is a little smaller, squeezing land and finance, science and technology, and civilization, standing at the top of the world, and a little tougher.

Of course, a country's strength is inseparable from finance, but being rich does not mean that the country can be strong, even if it is like the Song Dynasty, the economy occupies 60% of the world!

This kid ran so desperately to Shaanxi for Wang Ju's inexplicable peace agreement, but I think about his position.

How can Zeng Gongliang say that he knows?

said that he knew, so this kid will be furious, how can he express his position? Support Yang Hui, don't make a mistake, it will inevitably offend the emperor. If you don't support Yang Hui, maybe Wen Yanbo and others will have to drink a pot for yourself.

And this kid is bold and brave in order to get out of position.

Therefore, figuring out Yang Hua's intentions, Zeng Gongliang clarified his thoughts again, and he said slowly: "I heard that there is another fight ahead. ”

"Isn't it a peace negotiation?"

"What's the difficulty, that Liang Yibury almost raised the power of the Western Xia country and mobilized an army of 300,000 to come, but he failed several times and suffered heavy losses, how could he be willing to negotiate and go back?"

"Zeng Gong, can you elaborate on it."

"Element, the old man is sentenced to Yongxing Army." Zeng Gongliang said.

In fact, the details were not clear to Zeng Gongliang, and the news was delayed, such as the battle of Rouyuanzhai today, which he had not heard in Chang'an City. However, some still know, such as Cai Ting's surprise attack on Tiandu Mountain, and yesterday's battle of Malingchuan.

Moreover, Cai Ting and Wang Ju sent a messenger to report that they had already left Chang'an and went to Kaifeng.

However, Zeng Gongliang was reluctant to say it.

Yang Hui was helpless, he couldn't say that Zeng Gongliang spoke rudely, he sentenced the Yongxing Army, and he was in charge of the affairs of the Yongxing Army, if he stretched out his hand to Gyeongju, the final result might be ripped off.

Seeing that it was already dusk, I had to rest first.

But Zeng Gongliang was also a little confused, why would the emperor send this person to Gyeongju to preside over the peace?

It is very unreasonable, it is war or peace, he is standing in a neutral position, and the reason why he cooperates with Wang Ju is not because he supports war, or because he supports Wang Ju. At least the current Wang Ju will not let Zeng Gongliang put down his body and fold.

This reason is mainly Zhao Ji, Zhao Ji is the main battle faction, and it was the Western Xia who took the initiative to invade, if Zeng Gongliang did not support it, and hindered Wang Ju, where the feedback was to the emperor, Zeng Gongliang would also drink a pot.

So Zhao Ji asked Yang Hui to come to the northwest, so that Zeng Gongliang couldn't figure it out.

On the other side, they are shouting.

All the soldiers brought by Guiniang Lang were soldiers, so they shouted in the party language.

Of course, Liang Yi would not enter the city, but this disgusted him.

This is Wang Ju's deliberate arrangement, and putting Liang Yi back will add many variables to Western Xia. When people die, whether they are right or wrong, they are martyrs. Even if it was caught, for the sake of "international friendship", the Song Dynasty did not obediently release Liang Yi to bury him. In this way, it is better to release it now, so no matter what variables are produced in the future, it will be beneficial to the Song Dynasty.

What about humiliation, in order to be in power, the Liang family also did not use the Song Dynasty to establish authority, and repeatedly humiliated the Song Dynasty.

What Wang Ju is doing now is just using his way to return his body.

Liang Yibury took his cronies and fled to the side path.

Not only him, but now many summer soldiers have all bombed the camp and fled to these mountain trails.

Yan Da entered the city, Yao Lin and Qin Bo entered the city, and Gao Yongneng and Gui Niang Lang also entered the city, but now there are only Gao Yongneng and Gui Niang Lang buried in the city. The rest of the chase continued.

However, it was not to eat all the fleeing armies in front of Western Xia. That's impossible. In the end, half of the hundreds of thousands of Western Xia soldiers and horses could be killed and captured, and Wang Ju was very happy. Just like now that the Western Xia has bombed the camp and fled together, how much can the Song army capture? This must not be greedy, you have to let them blow up the camp, you have to let them escape, otherwise they will all be blocked. The first is that there is no such force, and the second is that if the Western Xia mermaids are killed, it will bring heavy casualties to the Song army.

Therefore, what Yanda did was mainly to chase each other through guò, pursue all the way, and with the help of this momentum, take down the small villages in Hengshan along the way.

Different from the Song Dynasty, the fortresses of the Song Dynasty were relatively large, just like Dashun City. It reached 800 acres, which is larger than the area of many county towns in the Song Dynasty. Generally slightly more important forts. It is also similar to the Liyuan Fort with an area of 250 acres, and even a small fort like Donggu Fort has reached the size of 60 or 70 acres.

But the forts of Western Xia are very small, just like the Hengshan area, there are more than 800 forts, in fact, each village is different from the military village of the Song Dynasty, and ninety and a half of the villages are not military villages, but villages. Each village built the village in a dangerous place, and it was a place for the people to live in their spare time, and it became a military village in wartime.

From the White Leopard City through Hengshan, nearly a hundred miles of mountain roads, each village reached more than forty or fifty, the village was small, only a simple wall, and many villages Ding Zhuang was transferred to the army together. It was not very difficult to break through, but it was a stockade, a fortification, and there were five or six official small military villages along the way. Therefore, it can save time and reduce unnecessary sacrifices.

As long as this road is opened, then the army will be able to approach Yanzhou!

Gao Yong asked Gui Niang Lang to bury the soldiers of the security army to stay and guard the White Leopard City, not to let the Xia army escape into the city, and the rest of the task was the same as Zhao Yuqing, taking care of the grain and grass in the city, and so on would open the city gate and watch the prisoners of war and war horses captured by the Song army, and there was also a task, that is, to cook, and after making dry food, immediately send the Fan cavalry out of the city and send it to the pursuing Song army.

The order was given, and Gao Yongneng also chased after him with his subordinates.

However, his palace is behind, and the task is not to pursue, but to collect the prisoners of war and horses captured in front of him, and take over the various cottages along the way.

There was still a battle in front of the White Leopard City, and there were still some people in the Xia army who did not want to die. But their resistance did not work at all, although Zhao Yuqing's troops stayed in Anjiang Fort, Gao Yongneng and other armies entered the White Leopard City, but Wang Ju still has the powerful Wang Junwan Sixth Brigade in his hands, as well as the subordinates of Dou Shunqing, Yang Wenguang, Liu Ru, and Liu Shaoneng. is the one in Yanzhou, and Yang Wenguang's personal command ability has also made up for this shortcoming. Even without Wang Ju's orders, they each extinguished these stubborn Western Xia soldiers.

This was only a small number of people, and most of the Xia troops desperately fled in all directions. However, this is not Dashun City, which failed like that year, and finally allowed many Xia troops to successfully escape back to Western Xia. Now this is the White Panther City, which is really located under the foothills of Hengshan Mountain,

This means that if they want to go home, then they will face the real mountains, and they will no longer be those dirt valleys behind them, but the White Leopard City on the main road is controlled by the Song army.

Then this road home will be difficult, you can imagine.

And not only did they want to go home, but there were tens of thousands of Song troops behind them who were constantly chasing and killing. Therefore, many Western Xia people wisely fled to the side of Jintang City, which was also the direction of Liang Yi's escape.

However, Liu Ru had already gone to the road in advance to block it.

He can let Liang Yi buried, but he won't let go of other Xia soldiers. This forced the officers and soldiers of the three armies of Western Xia to flee to the mountains on both sides, and it became a difficult way home.

As the sky grew dark, Wang Ju ordered all the cavalry to escort the prisoners of war into the White Leopard City to rest.

In this area, there is no need for cavalry to capture prisoners of war, but tomorrow there will be a fierce battle.

…………

"Han Gong, Zi'an has taken the White Leopard City." Zhang Qi said.

The main thing is the White Leopard City, which is built against the mountain, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and its danger is no less than that of Anjiang Fort. Although the Song Dynasty had won twice, whether it was Wang Qi or Liu Shaoneng, they all sent people to the city by surprise to get their hands on it. And because it was located in enemy territory, although some Xia troops were touched, they all withdrew.

This military fortress, if it is heavily guarded, blindly attacked. Even if the morale of the Xia army is low. Do not pay for the lives of thousands of officers and soldiers. I don't even want to take it down.

Now that the White Leopard City has been captured, some small villages in the rear don't have to worry.

Han Jiang breathed a sigh of relief and said, "This son has such a big appetite, and he actually succeeded." ”

Although he had already received the information of the victory in Rouyuanzhai, his expression was still one of disbelief.

"Isn't Han Gong happy?" Zhang Qi said.

However, he was very disdainful in his heart, and at the beginning it seemed that the situation in Gyeongju was very bad, why don't you come to Gyeongju, Lian Fan has won a big victory, and he rushed to Gyeongju immediately. Zhang Ji can't be blamed for having such an idea. Han Jiang went to Ningzhou, at that time Wang Ju had already won the victory of Gyeongju City and Yele Town, but Han Jiang didn't know, he only knew that Dashun City had fought a glorious victory, at least Gyeongju could keep it as long as there were no serious mistakes.

Keeping it safe is the biggest victory.

So he came to Ningzhou to look for Wang Ju, but Wang Ju was not in Ningzhou, so he came to Gyeongju the next day.

This timing is too coincidental.

But what to do, he is the prime minister of the dynasty. Shaanxi Road Xuanfu envoy, the real number one boss in the whole Shaanxi. Although it has nothing to do with him in developing a combat plan. But nominally, I still have to ask for instructions.

"That's good, that's good."

"We're going to get down to business."

"Hmm."

There are many things to do, including that immediately Han Jiang wants Guo Kui to send troops to Jintang City, and the White Leopard City is taken, and the Song army will come to Yanzhou in a few days, so won't the nail of Jintang City be removed?

removed the nail of Jintang City, and had to go out of the Great Wall Ridge of the Security Army.

In fact, it is the ancient Great Wall based on the Great Wall of the Qin Dynasty, but Qinzhou only repaired to the Liangzhou area, to the Western Han Dynasty and successively extended to Yumen Pass, northwest to Juyanhai, and later the Xiongnu defeated, the Han Dynasty is invincible in the world, and there is no need to repair it. Li Shimin of the Tang Dynasty was the Khan of the Heavens, the king of all races, and he would not have built the Great Wall. Therefore, the Great Wall was damaged in many places when it arrived in the Song Dynasty. There is a section of the ancient Great Wall under the Donggu Stone, which is a fragment. This section of the Great Wall of the Security Army is one of the main bodies of the ancient Great Wall, extending from Lingzhou, most of them are still preserved, although many are damaged, the main body is there.

When Fan Zhongyan was in Zhiyanzhou, he placed Pingrong Village on the Great Wall Ridge Road, which was divided into two cities, east and west, and the area of the two cities was not large, only dozens of acres. Later, as the Western Xia slowly encroached, coupled with the weakness of the border ministers, Pingrong Village changed hands to the Western Xia people again.

Therefore, Wang Jujian took advantage of this great opportunity to take Jintang City, and easily recaptured Pingrong Village again, and sent people to rebuild and expand, so that the Song Dynasty could control the Great Wall Ridge Road, not only did it have no worries after returning to the Niang clan, but the Western Xia people would not invade the original Wangjiazhai like Wang Ju Boy.

Of course, if Tumen can be taken back, then the entire Yanzhou and the security army will be as stable as gold, and they can confidently and boldly confront Western Xia in Suizhou in the future.

"But ......" Han Jiang hesitated, Wang Ju's idea was good, but Guo Kui might not buy his face.

At this time, he didn't know that the imperial court had issued an edict to replace Han Jiang with Zhao Kui, but even if he knew, Han Jiang's order might not work, because Zhao Kui had always been very close to Guo Kui. It can only be said that Zhao Dian has little qualifications, and he will be somewhat jealous of Han Jiang.

"It's really not good, Han Gong, you have to work hard again, and go back to Yanzhou to preside over the overall situation." Zhang Qi said bewildermently.

What can you do if your old man stays in Gyeongju, you have to take credit, and we will share the credit with you in the future, it's a big deal to say a few good words on the recital, saying that your old man also participated in the command. But don't get in the way of Gyeongju!

Anyway, Han Jiang hurriedly came over to fight for merit, which made Zhang Qi feel very disdainful in his heart.

Wang Ju only thought about the war, and he didn't think about it deeply.

In fact, Han Jiang said that he came to the northwest, not because he made a mistake and was demoted, but because he had many consecutive wars with the Western Xia, and the Song Dynasty was worried about accidents, so he was asked to come down and take charge of the overall situation.

As a result, Wang Wenliang was asked to send troops to Jintang City, but Wang Wenliang did not dare to attack, which in turn provoked the Xia army to invade the security army city.

Let the seed man run Luo Wucheng, although it can't be said to be a fiasco, but in the cold weather last year, the people of Shaanxi Road and Hedong Road, as well as tens of thousands of troops, finally Luo Wucheng had to give up.

Then he recruited 300,000 Xia soldiers to commit Gyeongju.

If it continues to develop like this, if you don't fight for a little credit, if you don't get it right, it will be like in history, and you will really become a certain edge of the road, and you will not be able to return to the capital. Think about it, the five governors of Shaanxi Road, no matter which one of them, can they be as majestic as the prime minister? (To be continued......)