Here's where the opportunity comes.

In September, despite the opposition of the Song Dynasty, the Western Xia suddenly sent troops to Gyeongju and did not capture any forts, but this attack killed more than 1,000 Gyeongju people and plundered countless captives.

Crazy Liang.

Before sending troops, the important minister of Western Xia, who was also a famous general of Western Xia, made Zheng Lang a little jealous of Wei Minglang who repeatedly stopped him, but Liang did not listen, on the contrary, because Wei Minglang met a high position of merit, and like Yuan Hao, he gradually treated this person coldly.

After the court received the news, Zheng Lang put down the affairs in his hand and wrote an article, which was published in the newspaper.

When Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Chen Tang wrote to Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty that between the barbarian mansions on Touqi Street in Yixian County, in order to show that those who commit crimes against the strong Han will be punished even if they are far away! This meant that the severed heads should be hung in the places where the barbarians lived, so that they would know that those who dared to invade the powerful Han Dynasty must kill them, even if they were far away.

Although Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty did a little too much, it was precisely because of this sentence that those who committed the Han Dynasty would be punished even if they were far away, which inspired many people with lofty ideals to defeat the Hu Lu who came again and again. But now Zheng Lang is a little confused, and he can still understand the Khitan Gouhe, the Khitan is strong, and the war between the two countries will cause great harm to the Song Dynasty.

In fact, it is the record of the Song Dynasty and the Khitan, and it is not necessarily that every battle must be defeated, and the Khitan has been defeated many times, and the Khitan has negotiated the alliance under the city of Lanyuan, not to see the so-called benevolence of the Song Dynasty, but the boss to shoot and kill, and have been blocked many times, and even suffered many defeats, and he was forced to negotiate peace with the Song Dynasty.

However, now, a large number of coins have been given, and since the alliance, a total of nearly 20 million silver silks have been given, and the actual value is more than 30 million. However, every time the Khitan envoy came, the long street of the prancing horse, even if it was a fierce war between the Khitan and the Western Xia for several years, and it was embarrassing to ask for my dynasty. The messenger arrived. Still arrogant. The scholar was depressed. Why?

Not to mention, after all, since the alliance with the Khitan, the Khitan has not stopped making small moves, but it has not really sent troops to the Central Plains. It's worth the money.

But what about Western Xia?

It turned out to be only a Qiang slave who lived in the land of Yinxia and Xia, and invaded several states such as Yansui Youling, which was the highest tone of the highest officials of the Song Dynasty, and for the first time, Lingxing Yansui was attributed to the territory of the Song Dynasty in a high-profile manner. and at war with our dynasty. Won less and lost more, Qingli fought several battles, killed hundreds of thousands of captured enemies, if it were not for the country's financial constraints, and encountered rare disasters, it could destroy the country. Later, Di Qing once won the six states of Western Xia, why was he so afraid?

In order to love the people, the court did not want to make trouble, allowed peace, and gave him a large number of coins and rewards. did not hide the rebellion, Di Qing took the initiative to send troops to help. Defeat the traitors for Western Xia. It cannot be said that it is unkind and righteous. But soon, Li Langzuo invaded. His Majesty ascended the throne for the sake of loving the people, and forgave again. But how did Western Xia do it? Even if there was a dispute in Suizhou, the imperial court agreed to exchange it, but it was only the price of dozens of small forts near Tumen. The Liang clan was extremely vicious, first sent troops to kill more than 1,000 Song Dynasty soldiers in Liugou Fort, and invaded Gyeongju again after a few months. Where is the backbone and blood of the big man? Why do you face an opponent who is weak and inferior to yourself, and repeatedly fear reluctance? Could it be that the people of Qinzhou, Qingzhou and Shaanxi are not the people of the Song Dynasty?

I don't understand, please let me know the answer.

The article is extremely inflammatory.

This is where Zheng Lang's opportunity lies.

As long as the country is not weak, disappoints the people, and makes proper use of the invasion by foreign enemies, it is an opportunity to unite national unity, and it is also an opportunity to divert internal contradictions.

Gou is only a minority of the top class, may not account for one thousandth of the population of the Song Dynasty, but this group of people may account for more than half of the Song Dynasty's power resources, so it seems that the Song Dynasty has the upper hand with the Gou faction, but in fact it is not, more than ninety percent of the people of the Song Dynasty are at least diplomatically radical, and most of the people think that the country is weak and live in humiliation. Otherwise, it would be impossible for the legend of the Yang family general to spread.

Zheng Lang said at the court meeting, maybe he wore out his mouth, and he may not be able to persuade two-thirds of the ministers to support it.

As for some people, the country's finances are tight.

Finances were not tight, and there were not many scholars who wanted to fight.

However, with the financial constraints, they have a reason to make peace.

The people don't care much, Zheng Lang deliberately instigated, the Liang family was too arrogant, and over the years, since the autonomy of the peace, the Western Xia has been constantly committing offenses. As soon as Zheng Lang's article came out in front, countless scholars wrote articles to attack the court.

Even if they are allowed to make mistakes, there must be at least a limit. The Tangut people have no bottom limit at all, they can fight if they want to, and they can make peace if they want to, and the country has the largest army in the world, and the military expenditure can reach 100 million yuan a year, how can it be so much? In this case, why raise so many troops? Even small countries like Dali and Jiaozhi can't live so depressed.

The court doesn't know what to do?

Zheng Lang has always been a radical, and this time he did a good job, whether it was talking to Suizhou with the envoys of Western Xia, or his performance in "taking the overall situation into account" in Liugou Fort, he was impeccable.

But this time it went too far.

Even some neutral ministers began to turn against each other in their hearts.

Of course, there are more ministers who are unwilling to make trouble, and the country is already eventful, and there is a deficit dragging, so I hope that the northwest will be quiet, otherwise the country will be dragged down by the outbreak of a major war.

However, the opposition below was turbulent, and these people did not dare to speak. Public opinion was shouting, but the court was quiet.

Zhao Ji sent Zeng Gongliang, Zheng Lang, Fu Bi and Lu Gongzhu, Wang Qi, and Sima Guang into the inner palace for discussion. The two people in the East Mansion, the two people in the West Mansion, and the two people in the two systems are all the highest governors of the two governments and two systems. Even the governor of the council did not have the right to participate in the conclave.

After the dispersal, two edicts were issued, and the first edict officially prepared the state of Yanzhou, so that Fan Chunyou knew Suizhou.

The second edict was to put an end to the Western Xia year's gifts, and to close down the two major markets and some private markets.

After two edicts, there was finally a dispute in the court.

No matter what the reason is, even if it is to close the field and interrupt the year, but if Suizhou is not officially established, the northwest will be restless. But another part of the ministers strongly supported why the Western Xia could encroach on the land of the Song Dynasty, and the Song Dynasty could not swallow the land of the Western Xia, and it could not even be called encroachment, but the Wei Mingshan brothers themselves took the initiative to defect to the Song Dynasty.

When the Liang clan heard about it, they sent an envoy to discuss the border, but the Song Dynasty did not allow it, and our Song Dynasty would not be like your Western Xia. Even the messenger dared to kill. But don't set foot in our Great Song Dynasty territory either.

The more tough the Song dynasty was. The more ministers are against.

Attention really shifted.

But what the ministers of the court and China did not know was that a secret edict had arrived in the city of Weizhou.

……

October comes, and the grass is yellow in front of the Gorge.

If it gets colder a little colder, snow will fall in the northwest. Zhang Ji sat alone on the head of the city, holding a scroll. Look at the book.

Wang Shao asked: "Husband, do you really want to go back to the court to participate in the examination department?" ”

"Zichun, don't let down Gong Zheng's good intentions." Zhang Qi said. There are several types of examinations, one is the examination of the scholar after passing the Jinshi examination. This is the perfect system in the middle of Renzong, and it is also a move that he can't help himself, Zhao Zhen has a good heart, and every time he takes an exam, he ranks at least six or seven hundred scholars of all kinds, and many can reach nearly a thousand. There are too many officials, and they are further buried, restricting the time for officials to enter their careers, and actually delaying the further flooding of official quotas. In addition, there are several examination subjects sponsored by important ministers of the DPRK and China, with the first being a good square. There are very few places available for these examinations. Some often only have once in several years, and only a few people at a time. For example, the good prescription is the right department. In the entire Zhao Zhen Dynasty, few people were hit.

Zheng Lang allocated many civil and military ministers and generals, but they were not sponsors, and there had never been sponsors.

After passing the examination, he will enter the pavilion again, grind the anniversary for half a year, and then release it, even if he continues to be released to the border, he can be regarded as a real scholar, and like Han Qi, Fan Zhongyan and others, he will not be characterized as a military minister. In this regard, Zhang Kang suffered a lot.

Entering the scholar doctor and becoming a member of the scholar doctor will have the same fate as the military generals and military ministers.

So after Zhang Qi heard about it, he left gratefully.

He passed on Zheng Lang's kindness to Wang Shao, but Wang Shao didn't listen to it and said: "Since I failed the exam, I have traveled to Tubo, Shaanxi, and I haven't studied for a long time. Although Zheng Gong is kind, he is not hit, not to lose his face, but to lose Zheng Gong's face. ”

actually rejected Zheng Lang's kindness.

People have their own ambitions, and they can't be forced, Zhang Qi didn't persuade him, and even Zheng Lang didn't write a letter to persuade him again. But Zhang Wang and the others also underestimated Zheng Lang's attention to them, thinking that Zheng Lang was a pillar of the country and a pillar of the country, and it was good to be able to show concern for them, where did they have the time to write letters and persuade them again and again?

Wang Shao smiled slightly and said, "Qianfu, although Gong Zheng is well-intentioned, he just ended up with Di Wumu, so what?" Thousands of years later, do the people remember the names of some scholars, or do they remember the name of Di Wumu? Good man, when you make meritorious contributions, why are you obsessed with false fame! ”

is also right or wrong, thousands of years later, seventy percent of the people know Di Qing, forty percent know Wang Shao, but no more than one percent knows Lu Gongbi and Han Jiang. But they neglected the ability of the scholar to erase the pen, as the three best generals in the middle of the Northern Song Dynasty, Di Wangzhang's achievements and reputation happened to form an inverse proportion. Di Qing is the second, but his reputation is the highest. Zhang Qi made the greatest contribution, killing 200,000 Western Xia soldiers, which directly led to the death of the Liang family, but his reputation was the smallest.

Zhang Qi smiled and said: "Zichun, maybe it's not bad for you to think like this, but I don't like it, the eldest husband may not necessarily study Banchao to write from Rong, he can also learn from Zheng Gong, who is both civil and military." ”

"Hahaha," he stood on the side and listened to the two of them tugging sourly, his eyebrows furrowed, and when he heard this, he finally couldn't help but laugh.

Wang Shao couldn't help laughing.

It's not that Xiao Zhang Qi can't do both civil and military, Zhang Kai's articles are good, and his knowledge is also good, can he learn from Zheng Lang? Zheng Lang has now launched three reforms, each time with a vigorous impact, which is also forced by the needs of the national form.

Even so, many concessions have been made to appease some of the damaged heroes. In short, this is a rare good minister in the world who is moist to the bones. Not to mention anything else, just rely on Zhang Qi's usual conspiracy and tricks, which are real conspiracies and tricks, both vicious and shameless, and he felt cold sweat when he heard it, where did he see the word Wenrun?

Isn't it a big joke to learn from Zheng Gong?

Zhang Qi snorted and explained: "Can't I learn from it?" ”

"Don't, don't," he smiled, wiped the corners of his eyes, and said, "Let's watch the training." ”

The three of them stood at the head of the city and looked out into the wilderness.

The Pingxia Maegawa is the best place for training, and every time winter comes. There was no fighting. There are also many troops who are training in some groups. There are many horses. After Wang Shao came, he had a divine arm bow, and Wang Shao thought of a training method.

Cavalry is not trained, and cavalry is trained by cavalry. Infantry is trained by infantry. It is not easy for infantry to train as cavalry, and cavalry must not only be able to ride a horse, but also be able to dodge and move on horseback. It is also necessary to cooperate with each other properly and queue in an orderly manner. This difficulty is quite large, there are 100,000 cavalry in Shaanxi, only 50,000 Han soldiers, and the rest are Tibetan soldiers.

But for the infantry to learn to ride horses, it is not required that they have high riding skills, but only that they can ride horses and gallop as fast as possible. In actual combat, use horses to carry troops, increase speed, and after reaching the destination. Dismount in advance, so that on the premise of not dispatching hundreds of thousands of troops. Because the northwest has become an important place for raising war horses, it can speed up the army. At least a very fast horse infantry assault army could be formed.

There are not many divine arm bows made by the imperial court, and there is no problem with the quality of steel.

There are still some technical difficulties that have not been overcome.

This will not gradually mature until the establishment of the third steel supervision in Hangzhou next year. Whether it is bows and arrows or weapons and armor, the scale of production is relatively small, and it is only supplemented. Of course, it is also related to the state's financial revenue, large-scale weapons replacement, many, many money, from swords, guns, bows and arrows to armor, even if the cost drops, a soldier and soldier will have to change their clothes, and it will cost more than 50 times.

But the quality of this batch of arm bows should be better than the quality of the god arm bows that appeared a few years later in history, and since the appearance of the successive research and development, and finally control the arm strength required by it in one stone, one is the maturity of the machine technology, and the other is that the toughness of the steel replaces the wrought iron.

Not much, five thousand divine arm bows were produced before and after, but three thousand were handed over to the Huaide army. At the same time, there was a batch of artillery, as well as a large amount of grain and grass. Grain and grass are also very important, and when war comes, an additional army will be added from the rear to enter the Wyede army.

In fact, the repeated invasions of the Western Xia also dragged down the finances of the Song Dynasty. If the border is peaceful, even if the garrison is stationed, a large number of soldiers can be sent to Jingzhao Mansion to eat. The food supply in Jingzhao Mansion, even if it is grain, the cost will not exceed 100 Wen, and the more you go to the front line, the more expensive the freight will be, and when you reach the Huaide Army, the cost will increase to more than 500 Wen, and if the waste is serious, it can be close to 1,000 Wen. Western Xia was pressing, and all the troops had to be transferred to the front line for defense together, and the cost of just one food consumption could not be calculated.

However, the large-scale transfer of army materials also well disguised the transfer of materials, grain and grass of the Huaide army.

Before the war began, the logistics were secretly prepared.

However, the three of them waited left and right, but they did not see any orders from the imperial court. Without an edict, they would not dare to act on their own.

When the northwest wind rose, Wang Shao looked at the yellow clouds in the sky, covered his eyes with his hands and said, "I didn't expect the wind and sand to blow here." ”

"Zichun, you just pay attention. Zheng Gong Yu Dingchuan said that the problem of wind and sand, and the war with Western Xia, wind and sand are the worst. When autumn and winter come, there will be a lot of wind and sand, and no matter where we send troops from, they will be located downwind, and the wind and sand will be light-eyed, and the battle will be unfavorable. Spring and summer are coming, although it is beneficial to our army, but the northwest wind direction is different from the Central Plains, and occasionally there will be northwest winds, even if it is not, our army has the upper hand, it is just a fair battle. Said Tane.

"Oh."

Chong Mo said in a low voice: "I heard General Di say a sentence, when Zheng Gong was in Dingchuan, he expected that there would be a conflict between the Western Xia and the Khitan, in order to let the two countries form a fierce war, so he used some equipment to blow the wind and make Yuan Hao realize the power of the wind and sand. This enabled Yuan Hao to achieve a great victory in the river meander. ”

"Zizheng, let's talk about it," Wang Zhang and the others became curious.

Chong Mo said in a lower voice: "Zichun, Qianfu, don't say to the outside, in fact, Xia Liao is evil, and it is mostly because Zheng Gong used anti-intrigue to get the credit." It was the war of several years, the national strength of the Liao State withered, and I went to Hebei and Hedong to start peace, not just to increase the number of coins. The same is true of Western Xia, so I don't know when the imperial court will turn the finances around......"

The reason is not complicated, the finances are not good, at most what can be done is like a surprise war in the future, it is impossible to launch a general attack on Western Xia.

"Zizheng, Zichun, this is also what Zheng Gong has done, why laugh at me?"

Wang Shao and Chong Ge rolled their eyes directly. Zheng Lang's tactics are not your strategies!

As he was talking, a few horsemen galloped in the distance, and when they arrived at the foot of Pingxia City, they happened to see three people on the head of the city, and shouted loudly: "Cai Zhizhou has an order, please Wang Zhijun, Chongtong Judge, and Zhang Judge to go to Weizhou City in a hurry." ”

Han Qi went to the Daimyo's Mansion, and there was no one in Shaanxi to take charge of the affairs of the Five Roads, and the entire Jingyuan Road affairs were handed over to Cai Ting.

When the three men heard this, they found horses and turned them on. With an attendant. Rush to Weizhou City.

Meet Cai Ting. Cai Ting sent the others down, leaving only one eunuch, and said to Wang Shao, "Before you leave, what arrangements does Gong Zheng have?" ”

The edict arrived. Thinking of the transfer of some weapons and materials in the imperial court in the past, can Cai Ting still not understand?

"Yes, Gong Zheng asked us to take the opportunity to attack the Tiandu Xixia Palace and promote my Great Song Guowei." Wang Shaodao.

"It's hard."

"It's hard. But we made careful arrangements and waited for the order of the imperial court. ”

"Wang Zhijun, you may be competent?"

"Cai Zhizhou, don't worry."

"Don't worry, if you succeed, you will raise your country's prestige. If it fails, not only will the three armies lose their morale, but it may also implicate Zheng Gong's reforms. Cai Ting said suspiciously. At the same time as he received the edict, he also received a secret letter from Zheng Lang, once the attack began. Give Wang Shao the maximum authority and try to meet his requirements. Try not to get involved too. Cai Ting also knew Wang Shao's Pingrong strategy, Guan Jian was that Wang Shao had no real combat experience, and with a strategy, he could represent how to do it, which was very doubtful. For example, Yoon Su wrote many military strategies, and his actual military capabilities are just like that. Not only him, but also the Tangut people thought so. Most of the literati of the Song Dynasty were virtuous, boastful and capable, and they really went to the battlefield, but they misled the country and harmed the people.

The victory in this battle did not help much in the reform, and perhaps the number will be meritorious, after all, unlike the last time, this is a military operation agreed by the edict.

But for Zheng Lang, there will be some controversy, some good and some bad.

Cai Ting is not in the court, of course he doesn't know that in fact, the benefits are great, and diverting everyone's attention is the biggest benefit.

However, if it fails, it will be no small matter.

Originally, the reform had a lot of controversy, and there was another big defeat, and countless basins were buckled on top of Zheng Lang's head. can make the reform fail. Cai Ting is also a reformist, and once it fails, there is no possibility of rejuvenating the country.

Although he knew that Zheng Lang had some ability to recognize people, Cai Ting was really uneasy.

"Cai Zhizhou, please rest assured, although I lack actual combat experience, Seed Zheng has made up for this." Wang Shao said.

"That's good, at the same time as I received the edict, I received a secret letter from Gong Zheng. not only entrusted you with great power, but also asked a certain to cooperate with you, and even asked the military envoy of Li Zifan in the palace to cooperate with you. ”

"Cai Zhizhou, if you speak, it doesn't matter if you talk to a certain family," Li Xian said. At this time, he was far from having the status of later generations, Zheng Lang was very serious, and deliberately recommended him to come to the Western Army to supervise the army, which made him a little flattered. Another point is that Zheng Lang almost does not associate with the eunuchs in the palace, but he has never been evil to them, unlike some scholars, who trample the eunuchs into the mud pit, and the eunuchs in the palace should not be evil to Zheng Lang either.

"That's good, Wang Shao, Chong Ge, Zhang Qi, take the order."

The three of them bowed down to receive the order, and Li Xian announced the order, mainly to order them to launch a counterattack on the Tiandu Palace before the end of the year, but they could act at the opportunity, if the palace was heavily defended, they could find a certain military camp in Tiandu Mountain to launch an attack and abandon the palace. How to decide, give them the right to act cheaply.

will be outside, and the king's order will not be granted.

But in the Song Dynasty, it was rare for a cheap person to act.

Wang Shao said: "The ministers must live up to the grace of God. ”

After receiving the holy decree, the three of them stood up, and Cai Ting said: "Wang Xingjun, a general, and the imperial court has transferred a few generals." ”

As he spoke, he clapped his hands, and the soldier brought a few people from outside. Cai Ting made an introduction,

The first is the former famous general Wang Kai's general Dou Shunqing, who had many outstanding performances in the Northwest War, and had envoys to the Khitan, the Khitan people heard that they were good at shooting, and they asked for wine to shoot, each shot was hit, and obtained two bows to show their excellence, Dou Shunqing disdainfully did not bow, a pull was broken, and it can be said that it was a strong bow that could be taken out as a demonstration, and the bow was broken with only one strength, which shows the strength of its arms. He came to the northwest as the governor of Jingyuan Road, but this position was vacant, and it would actually be filled with the Huaide army, under the command of Wang Shao.

Cai Ting said this, with a wry smile.

Zheng Lang inevitably attaches too much importance to this Wang Shao, let Chong Ge live under him, let Dou Shunqing also live under him, don't look at the wrong person.

The second is Liu Changzuo, the son of Liu He, the general who died in Dingchuan Village, took Yinlu as the lord of the right pandian Zhiwei Yuan, and only did one thing, the Qingtang Dynasty gathered troops to collect salt in the well, and after many years, Liu Changzuo was ordered to go to interrogate, and the chiefs asked, does the Han family want to take my salt well? Liu Changzuo said. The country is rich all over the world. Why do you want to fight with you about this? Come with the chiefs. The wine and feast are from the west to the peace. He didn't have any military exploits, but after being named by Zheng Lang, he didn't think it was bad. It was also stuffed into the Wyad Army.

The third and fourth are also the sons of Yao Bao, the general who died in the first battle of Dingchuan Village, Yao Yu and Yao Lin brothers, the brother Yao Yuyin is the right class Dianzhi, and the younger brother Yao Lin is the commander of the regiment, and now he is not famous. Turned it over.

The fifth person is Miao Zhu, the son of Miao Jing, a general who has contributed to the defense of Linzhou, and he is the deputy envoy of the reserve treasury with the commander.

The sixth person is Wang Guangzu, the son of Wang Qi, a famous general who died tragically in the Battle of Haoshuichuan.

After the introduction, Cai Ting said: "Zheng Gong repeatedly told me in his letter that these six generals are the choice of the moment, and the important military generals of the country in the future. ”

It is six talents, an important helper for you, and you must not use it as cannon fodder.

"Whoa." The three of them looked at each other.

Except for Dou Shunqing, he didn't know anything about the other five generals.

It doesn't hurt to take it home and wander around. Just get it.

Cai Ting said: "In addition, Yang Sui, the deputy head of Jingyuan Road, is also a famous general of the moment. If necessary, three people can also be used. ”

"Well," the three said in surprise.

Yang Sui is also a veteran, and King Ping has made great achievements with Nong Zhigao and Jiaozhi when they fought with Jiaozhi. With the help of this person, victory is more likely.

In fact, they didn't know that if the middle five people were used well, that one would beat Yang Sui.

Weapons and heavy generals are not counted, and there is one of the most important ones next.

Cai Ting said: "Wang Zhijun, you come with me." ”

"Whoa."

Cai Ting took him to a quiet small house behind the state government, where a man about fifty years old sat in the house, and Cai Ting stepped back, leaving only Wang Shao.

Dahan introduced himself: "Wang Zhijun, I am Zhou Yuan, the head of the special service battalion. ”

Wang Shao was in awe.

There is a special service battalion in the imperial court, and they all know it, but what members they have and how they are constituted have become the core of the country's secrecy, and the secret service battalion is extremely mysterious in the eyes of outsiders.

He said, "I've seen Mr. Zhou. ”

"Wang Zhijun and Zheng Gong are very optimistic about you, so don't be polite to me. I came to Weizhou first to provide you with intelligence help. ”

"Thank you to the saint, thank you to Gong Zheng, thank you to Manager Zhou." Wang Shao was overjoyed, and with the detailed intelligence assistance of the special service battalion, he was undoubtedly a tiger with wings.

"Everyone is for the Great Song, no need to thank you, the second I will provide you with a help, but before that, please remember one sentence, what you heard today cannot be disclosed to the second person, even if it is the closest relative."

"Please make it clear."

"Well, I will assist you, I can only stay in Weizhou to assist you, and after a while, I will arrange for three people to go to Pingxia City with you, and they will keep in touch with you."

"Okay," Wang Shao said, but there was still a hint of confusion in his eyes.

Zhou Yuan saw his doubts and said: "In this battle, Zheng Gong is optimistic about you, otherwise it will not be my turn to come forward, because I still have a name, and I don't have a Tibetan Qingdu." ”

In the front, he said that there was no navy blue, and Wang Shao almost foamed at the mouth in the back, and thundered.

However, he reacted quickly, Zhou Yuan may not be known by a few people, there are too many people who do not know Tibetan Qing, and even many Western Xia people can know it, of course they can't go to the front line. Suddenly, a strange look flashed in his eyes.

"Yes, it is worthy of being a person that Zheng Gong is optimistic about, and he actually guessed that the other five members did not hide the six tigers and were all senior spies of the special service battalion."

"I, I," the corners of Wang Shao's mouth trembled. Because one of the six people is sitting in Tiandu Mountain at this time, Li Kaitai. This person has been famous in Western Xia for a long time, and has made great achievements in Liao, Song and Tubo, in order to deal with this person, Wang Shao and Chong Ge racked their brains, dared to love for several months, and has been planning to deal with their own family.

"First of all, I will bring you a good news, Xixia immediately besieged Suizhou City, bringing a large number of soldiers and troops, this is a good time to surprise Tiandu Mountain. The second is Li Kaitai, who will cooperate with you in action, and can mobilize some troops to leave Tiandu Mountain when it is critical, so that you can move. But there are two premises, one is not to damage his reputation, Li Kaitai will have a greater reuse in the future, if because of the battle of Tiandu Mountain, let the Liang family shirk responsibility and kill him, even if he has merit, it will outweigh the losses. The second is to do it beautifully, so that outsiders can not doubt it. ”

"Okay, I know, I will definitely plan it well," Wang Shao replied earnestly. These five people have become important generals in Western Xia, and once they are used properly, they will play an irreplaceable role. Just for a surprise attack, losing one person, that's a bit more than worth the loss.

"Not bad. Not bad. Zhou Yuan praised again.

Wang Shao thought of another question. Suppress the surprise in your heart. He asked, "So, the imperial court will soon recover Western Xia?" ”

"Why did Wang Zhijun ask this?"

"Age ......" Wang Shao said euphemistically, they are all about fifty years old, and the life span of soldiers is short. If they die of old age, they lose their value. I don't know the process, but I think that the imperial court will spend a lot of effort on the five people, and the recovery of Western Xia has dragged on for a long time. The five key figures could not be used, and the losses were too great.

"Yes, since Wang Zhijun asked, I might as well tell you, Zheng Gong's intentions are still as you wrote in Pingrongce, first run Hehuang, and then run Western Xia. Even if the Western Xia is recovered, it will not be until about ten years later. But it doesn't matter, entrusted by Zheng Gong. The imperial court issued an order to the five generals more than ten years ago to keep a low profile. Treat the hidden diseases and injuries on the body one by one, and at the same time minimize the travel, and also reduce the possibility of going to the front line to fight and get injured in person. ”

There is less travel, hidden injuries are healed, and if you maintain them properly, your life will be extended. And it is also related to the life experience of the five generals, although he defected to the Liang family and Liang Yi in time, but he did not hide before, and then defected to Li Liangzuo, and then to the Liang family, and his reputation is not very good. Take the initiative to avoid leading the army, one is to maintain the body, and the other is to avoid suspicion. Low-key people will always be liked. Liang also likes it and gives them reuse respectively. Including Zhao Shanjin led the troops to be stationed in Tiandu Mountain.

This is the general direction of the future military of the imperial court.

Wang Shao had mixed tastes, and returned to Pingxia City with two people and six brave generals.

Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, the Liang family sent an envoy to renegotiate peace, and he was annoyed and angry, and first sent an envoy to the Liao State to ask for a seal. To deal with the Song Dynasty, try to make friends with the Khitan, and it would be even better if you could divide the troops to contain it. This was the idea of the Western Xia ministers.

Yelu Hongji was busy hunting all day long, and he was very happy.

He didn't have much interest in Western Xia, on the contrary, he was not evil to the Song Dynasty. If the Western Xia reached the moment of life and death, perhaps the Khitan would send troops to help. But at this time, don't think about it, my father has been defeated by Western Xia repeatedly, and he really doesn't remember hatred?

didn't even give a single seal ribbon, and even sneered at Yelu Yixin, a favored minister, in front of the envoy of Western Xia: "Xia people, they are wolves, and they will never be fed." The Song Dynasty helped their money in disguise and supported them against our country. He also helped him to quell the rebellion, and gave him a gift, but he invaded many times. If this country is strong, I will never be at peace in the southwest. ”

It wasn't what he thought of, but Zheng Lang's envoy to the Khitan who taught him. But the real truth aside, it seems that Western Xia is like that.

Yelu Yixin smiled and said: "It means that the Song Dynasty is weak, if it is our dynasty, even if it takes its six states, what is the use of handing it back?" ”

Humiliated by this, the messenger had no face to stay any longer.

Liang couldn't ask for help, but he frantically fought alone, and let Liang Yibury lead the army to attack Suizhou, and Liang Yibu led the pro-army strong cavalry company to attack Shun'an, Suiping, Heishui and other villages (in the southwest of Suizhou, it is a barrier for the famous mountain people). The Song Dynasty had a defense, and there were not many walled forts built in Suizhou, but each village was strong and tall. When the Western Xia army arrived, they did not fight with them in the field, but only defended, and before they reached the trenches of Zhuzhai, the Song army had several rounds of strong bows and crossbows, as well as artillery strikes, leaving hundreds of corpses and fleeing.

Liang Yi was furious, and from the northwest, he led all the troops to the city of Suizhou. After attacking for ten days in a row, not only was it fruitless, but this time more people died. So the army was stationed in Dingxian Mountain outside Suizhou City, so that Dingxian Mountain was full of fireworks, and the spy told Guo Kui, who was sitting in Suizhou City, Guo Kui said: "This is a retreat, so I want to make a false noise." ”

But this time, Guo Kui didn't want them to withdraw the army easily.

Therefore, he unfurled the women's clothes at the head of the city, and sent spies to sneak into the front of the Western Xia military camp and distribute humiliating documents. There is a kind of continuing to attack Suizhou, and if you don't have it, you will run back like a turtle grandson.

Liang Yi was ashamed and angry, and was about to withdraw his troops, but in a fit of anger, he attacked Suizhou again.

Something happened in the South.

Song Xia has already turned his eyes into hatred, and there is no need to be polite.

Under the seduction of Wang Shao, many tribes successively crossed the Douling and fled to the Song Dynasty.

Even Suizhou has been compiled, and besides, these people?

For the Song Dynasty, these people didn't matter, so it was also the reason why China was reluctant to go to war since ancient times. It is rare to achieve war by war in China, and Jiaozhi was the best result, but the capital of Jiaozhi was captured, and it was saved for many years that the Song Dynasty could achieve war by war. In most cases, war can only harm the Central Plains, and nothing can be achieved to feed the war with war. But these Qiang are different, and the Central Plains are rich. It's settled life again. In the event of an invasion. will be plundered. Not only wealth, but also population. The Song Dynasty had no shortage of population, but these Qiang were in short supply.

Seeing the tribe fleeing, the Tanguts couldn't sit still. The Western Xia guards of the Reward Mouth took a thousand Western Xia soldiers and pursued these tribes.

Chased to Guziling and encountered 500 Song soldiers.

The Tangut people hesitated for a while, seeing that these Song soldiers abandoned their horses. Instead, he put the horses behind and sent someone to take care of them, got off the war horses one by one, went forward two hundred steps, and took the initiative to meet the battle, and the Western Xia guard laughed loudly, and rushed over with a thousand men.

The two armies were getting closer and closer, and the Song army raised the strong crossbow in their hands, and the Western Xia people didn't care, this was not on the plain. It can only be engaged in a shuttle formation, and the bow and crossbow have limited lethality. After two shots, the Western Xia army had already pounced in front of the Song Dynasty.

But this time he was wrong, seeing that the Tanguts were getting closer and closer, Wang Shao remained silent until the military horse in front of the enemy army entered fifty steps, Wang Shao shouted: "Shoot." ”

It is a strong crossbow, and it is the strongest crossbow, and the range may not reach two hundred and forty steps, but it can reach two hundred steps, which is a terrible distance. In just two waves of shooting, more than a hundred Western Xia soldiers fell. In fact, if you continue to charge, you may not have no chance of victory.

However, the Tangut people had an inferior nature, and some people in later generations commented that the Jin army was defeated repeatedly, repulsed once, and used the speed of cavalry to cruise into the distance, regrouped, and continued to kill. It was such a stubborn battle again and again that defeated the Liao State and the Song State and forced the Song Dynasty to the south.

When describing the Tangut people, it is said that they are defeated. With just one defeat, the army will immediately flee. It was not so unbearable, but it proved that the Western Xia army did not fight much tenaciously.

Seeing that the bow and arrow of the Song army were so sharp, most of the soldiers in front of them fell off their horses one after another, and turned around and fled one by one, Wang Shao said: "Get on the horse." ”

Later, Dou Shunqing and Xiao Yao led the horses over, got on the horses one after another, and then chased after them. Miao Zhu also led a thousand cavalry to fight from the rear. In the campaign, he chased out the north of Douling, not only killed this enemy army, but also destroyed the four garrisons of Western Xia, and killed more than 1,200 enemies in 11 battles. So the trails north of Douling were opened, and Wang Shao sent envoys to hook up very early, and seeing the opportunity to come, many tribes continued to flee to the territory of the Song Dynasty.

The Western Xia army was defeated, so he had to ask Tiandu Mountain for help.

Li Kaitai, the general of Tiandu Mountain, took the initiative to ask for orders and led 3,000 soldiers and horses to enter the Xiangyikou. Li Kaitai's arrival at the Xiangyikou coincided with the time when the Qingning tribe of Western Xia fled south.

The Western Xia is dominated by the party and the Han people, the Han people have a surname of one hundred and thirty-eight, Liang Chen, Su Xin, Mei Ding, Xue Mou, Cao Jiang, Kou, Geng Jixu, etc., most of them are common, and there are also some uncommon surnames, such as Meimou Chuan Zhiqi Zhi Qi Jiu Zi Lu Zi Jiu Juqiang Pen Kou Russian Kai Punishment Family Rou Meng, but it is one of the surnames of the Han people in Western Xia.

There is also the surname Fan, with the name of Wei first, followed by the sixty surnames such as Wuzang, Medicine Girl, and Lang Yan, in fact, the sixty surnames are sixty big tribes. In the middle, no migrants can be ranked, but the Qingning clan is among them, ranking fifty-seventh.

After hearing the news, Li Kaitai was furious, led the army to catch up, launched a brutal killing and poking against the Qingning tribe, and forcibly moved the remaining clansmen to Xingqing Mansion. The bloody crackdown finally put the wind of flight down. Wang Shao was furious, led his army out of Xiao Pass, and launched an attack on Xiangyikou.

That's the hardest part.

Even Zhou Yuan was curious when he heard the news.

"Li Kaitai" transferred 3,000 elite soldiers, which is easy to understand. He is in Tiandu Mountain, and it will be even more difficult. Therefore, he took the initiative to invite soldiers to come to the reward port.

When it comes to the reward, no matter how Wang Shao tosses in Tiandu Mountain, no matter what happens to Zhao Shanjin.

But why is Wang Shao sending troops to reward him?

Defeated Cho Sun-jin, Cho Sun-Kim had. If it was defeated by Zhao Shanjin, the Song Dynasty would lose a large number of men and horses, and it would hurt morale.

Under the rise and fall of one another, it will have a very bad impact on the next military deployment.

There is no need for this at all.

But it seems that although the previous battles were not big, Wang Shao's performance was still remarkable, why did he do something to add to the snake?

Not only was Zhou Yuan puzzled, the news continued to spread to the capital, and the capital was opposed, but this time it was also the same, Wang Shao got the edict to act, it was the imperial court order, which was different from the nature of the military action.

The voices of the people are supporting, but the opposition voices in the court are the majority. A strange scene.

Zheng Lang didn't care about this, on the contrary, because of his concentration, it was very beneficial to his reform. All he focused on was the situation of the war.

After receiving the battle report from the front, even he felt confused. (To be continued.) )