Seeing that the Western Army looked weak and sloppy, Chong Shiheng suggested to the court of the Great Song Dynasty that there was a Kuanzhou 200 miles northeast of Yanzhou, and requested that its abandoned fortress be built to resist the sharpness of Western Xia. The right can stabilize the situation in Yan'an, the left can lead to the corn in the east of the river, and the north can take the old land of silver and Xiazhou.

The court agreed to his suggestion and put him in charge of the project. The Tangut people attacked and fought many times, and Chong Shiheng built the city while fighting.

But there is no spring in the danger, and everyone thinks it is undefensible. After digging 150 feet into the ground, he came across a stone, and the masonry thought that the stone could not be chiseled, so Chong Shiheng ordered a crushed stone to pay a hundred yuan, and finally got the spring water. After the city was built, it was named Qingjian City.

This is the beginning of the early years of Jingkang, when even the Jurchens were known for their timidity and family army when they entered the Central Plains. Clear-eyed people understand a truth at a glance, in fact, Chong Shiheng still made two suggestions for himself in exchange for an opportunity to build a city and build a foundation.

It is precisely because of the successful construction of Qingjian City that Chong Shiheng has made the Western Army, which was already withered and unable to resist foreign enemies, truly rejuvenate its second spring.

He was also promoted to the Inner Temple Chongban and the Educated Youth Jian City because of that merit.

What did Zhongzhong Shiheng do after he had real power? In fact, he is still a civil servant. Internally, he led people to first reclaim 2,000 hectares of campland, recruit merchants, and lend money, so that the circulating goods won benefits, and Qingjian City became rich.

Externally, he used every opportunity to win over the tribal chiefs of those barbarians, and even untied the belt that the emperor rewarded him with and gave to those barbarian leaders.

Planting Shiheng planted melons and got melons, and he gave away all the belts given by the emperor. Later, when he was drinking with several barbarian leaders, someone learned of the enemy situation and reported it. Chong Shiheng was actually a literati who gave the drinking utensils to those barbarian leaders in a hurry. But he didn't want to exchange for the Qiang people, and many tribes took the initiative to invite him and help him fight away the invading enemies.

And then later. Because the Qiang people helped the war and the Shiheng made great contributions. The imperial court promoted him to the deputy envoy of Luoyuan and the governor of Huanzhou. Until that time, in fact, all of Shiheng's performances showed that he was not a general at all, but more like a civil servant......

When he was the state of Huanzhou, there were people called slaves from the Niu family in the Tibetan Department who had always been stubborn and never came out to meet the county guard. , I heard that Chong Shiheng was coming, and hurried to the suburbs to greet him.

He made a false agreement with the slave that he would come to his tent the next day. Go to comfort the tribe. It snowed heavily that night, and it was three feet deep.

The courtiers on the left and right said, "The terrain is too dangerous to go. Chong Shiheng said: "I am about to conclude my faith in Zhuqiang, and I must not break my promise." So he went along the way. The slave was sleeping in the tent, thinking that Chong Shiheng would not be able to arrive, and Chong Shiheng arrived overnight, and the slave got up and was shocked: "There has never been an official to my tribe before, you don't doubt us!" ”

So he led his men and bowed down on all sides, indicating obedience.

The Qiang chieftain Muen tribe was the most powerful, and Chong Shiheng once drank with him at night, and the maid came out to persuade him to drink. Soon Chong Shiheng got up and entered, peeking secretly through the gap in the wall.

Moon flirts with the maid in private. Chong Shiheng took advantage of his unpreparedness and suddenly came out, and Mu En was ashamed and fearful.

Chong Shiheng smiled and said, "Do you want her?" "Give him the maid at once. Because of this, he got the desperate effect of Moon

There were betrayals among the tribes, making the Moon's crusade invincible. There were two Wu clans, and when the clan could not recruit them, he ordered Mu En to send troops to kill the two Wu clans.

After that, more than 100 accounts were automatically attached, and no one dared to betray them. Therefore, the tribes were ordered to set up beacon fires, and when there was an emergency, they raised the beacon smoke of the alarm, and put on armor and prepared for the horses.

When Ge Huaimin was defeated, Chong Shiheng led thousands of Qiang soldiers to rescue Jingyuan, and did not dare to lag behind. He once advised the officials and the people to shoot arrows, and if they were at fault, they would be exonerated if they were shot.

When someone says thank you or asks for something, they often make a decision because they can't be shot. Therefore, everyone is self-motivated, and they are all good at archery, so for several years Western Xia did not dare to approach the realm of Huanzhou. [7]?

Later, he was promoted to the envoy of the East Dyeing Institute and the jurisdiction of the soldiers and horses of Huanqing Road. Fan Zhongyan ordered him and Jiang Kai to build a thin waist city, Chong Shiheng was sick in bed at the time, immediately got up, led the soldiers to build day and night, and the city was successfully repaired and died.

At first, Chong Shiheng was in Qingjian City, and the Western Xia Emperor Li Yuanhao did not surrender. Its nobles Yeli Ganglangling and Yeli Yuqi brothers have talents and strategies, and they are all known as kings.

Li Yuanhao was in power with pro-trust, and the border ministers planned to use stratagems to drive a wedge between them. In the second year of Qingli (1042), Yan Yan Jingluo sent Pang Ji twice to write letters to Liu Zheng, the Taishou of the security army, bribing the Fan Department to break the ugly in order to send the letter to the Yeli brothers, but Jingyuan Lu Wang Yan and Ge Huaimin also sent people to give books and gold treasures to Yu Qiye Li.

It happened that Yeli Ganglang Ling ordered Lang Buried, Xiang Qi, Mei Niang and other three people to visit Chong Shiheng and ask for submission, Chong Shiheng knew that this was deception and said: "Instead of killing them, it is better to cause discord." "Leave them to supervise the merchant tax, and ride in and out of the house from very favored. [

At that time, there was a monk named Wang Guangxin, who was brave and good at riding horses and archery, and was familiar with the mountains and rivers of Tibet. Chong Shiheng sent troops, often let him as a guide, many times to level the Qiang people's tent, Shangjiao let him serve as the third class of borrowing, changed his name to Song.

Chong Shiheng wrote a credit wax seal and sent Wang Song to give Yeli Ganglang good things, saying that Lang Buried and others had arrived. The court of the Great Song Dynasty knew that the king had a heart for the Han Dynasty, and appointed him as the envoy of the Xiazhou Festival, with a monthly salary of 10,000 yuan. The banner festival given by the Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty has arrived, urging him to return. It is painted into a turtle shape with jujubes, which means that it returns early.

Yeli Ganglang was greatly frightened after receiving the letter of Leng, and captured Wang Song from his own office and gave it to Li Yuanhao, Li Yuanhao suspected that Yeli Ganglang Langling betrayed him, did not let him return to the office, and imprisoned Wang Song in the well.

The minister Li Wengui reported to Shiheng with the will of Yeli Ganglang, and explained that he did not understand the meaning of the letter sent, and if he agreed to make peace, he hoped to give a word. Chong Shiheng reported the matter to Pang Ji.

At that time, the imperial court had planned to recruit Li Yuanhao, and Pang Ji summoned Li Wengui to show the country's intention of leniency and openness, and sent envoys to report back.

Li Yuanhao got the report, released Wang Song, treated him politely, and asked him to come back with Li Wengui. From then on, they successively sent envoys to ask for submission, so they called the vassals the same as before.

When Chong Shiheng heard that the Yeli brothers had been killed, he wrote a sacrifice and crossed the border to pay tribute. Pang listed Wang Song's achievements and stated that when Li Yuanhao did not make peace, Wang Song was sent to risk the hardships and dangers to separate Li Yuanhao's monarchs and ministers, so he formed a guess.

Li Yuanhao therefore made peace with the Great Song Dynasty and asked for priority to be promoted to Wang Song's official. Wang Song was thus promoted to the third class. Later, Wang Song, who was born as a monk, was called to Zichen, and then promoted to the post of waiter and cabinet gate.

Whether it is governing the land, or building the city, or even dealing with the cattle man Li Yuanhao later. In fact, Chong Shiheng has always been unqualified to be a leader, and what he did was just to give the Western Army a second spring and create a seed army that shocked the world during the Xuanhe period. (To be continued.) )