Chapter 559: Substitute for the Dead Ghost (II)

"Report, a secret letter from the security forces," said a guard who hurried in.

"Put it down."

"Huh," the guard put down the letter and withdrew, and Wang Ju opened it to read. The letter was written by Jing Sili, the main reason is that after Guo Kui took Pingrong Village, he was recalled by the imperial court before he could rebuild it, and then Zhao Tuo took over as the governor of Yanzhou.

The frequent transfers of the Song Dynasty were quite normal, and it seems that I heard that Guo Kui was promoted this time.

It's just that Yanzhou suddenly stopped using soldiers to Tumen, and Han Jiang returned to Yanzhou, but there was still no Chen Bingtumen, this is not a matter for Wang Jufen, if Gongwei occupies this section of Hengshan, it is enough to get Jintang City.

In fact, Wang Jujian yƬ Guo Kui took the opportunity to take Pingrong Village and Tumen, which was for the sake of Yanzhou and had nothing to do with Gyeongju as a whole.

However, he felt a little strange, so he sent his guards to the security army to ask Jing Sili for news.

Jing Sili quickly replied.

As far as he knew, Zhao Wei did not agree to use troops to Tumen, but after Guo Kui successively won Jintangcheng and Pingrong Village, Western Xia was prepared in Tumen, and Wang Ju took away so many soldiers and horses. Therefore, Zhao Wei was worried that he would fail, and last year Yanzhou used troops in Luowucheng, and the soldiers and people were tired of war, so they could no longer use troops continuously.

So after Han Jiang returned to Yanzhou, the orders didn't work, and the two were tearing up.

Of course, Jing Sili said it very implicitly, which is about what it means.

Wang Ju put down the letter and felt a little dazed, Zhao Ju was arguing with reason.

Even if the Western Xia gathered troops in Tumen, how many soldiers and horses could be drawn, weren't they afraid that they would use troops in Xifutu and other villages?

He took away part of the soldiers and horses in Yanzhou, that is, the 10,000 soldiers and horses brought by Gao Yongneng, and asked Jing Sili to bring back 2,000 soldiers and horses. And many of them are soldiers brought by Gui Niang Lang. Those are all strong people in the area of the Niang clan. It has nothing to do with Song Junji. The other is the officers and soldiers of the eighth battalion brought by Yang Wenguang. They were also brought back with two battalions of officers and soldiers.

Could it be that because of this, there are no soldiers available in the entire Yanyan Road?

It is also a fact that the military and civilians are tired, but it depends on what the situation is. Although Yanzhou supported a lot of soldiers and horses to come, the income from the two green salts of Jintangcheng and Shunningzhai will be returned to the rewards of Yanzhou's meritorious soldiers and the pensions of martyrs, which not only includes those who came to Gyeongju to participate in the war, but also includes the soldiers of the three armies who conquered Jintangcheng and Pingrongzhai.

This income is quite expensive, and there is also the imperial court. Stimulated by this reward, the soldiers are still tired!

Besides, why did Zhao Du have a horned cow with Han Jiang?

Thinking of this, Wang Juluo was a little worried, and wrote a letter to Zhang Qi, asking him not to hand over the salt money raised from Yanzhou to Yanzhou no matter what.

The money must be distributed only after everything is over.

Wang Ju is not greedy for ink as Zhao Tuo, but is worried that someone behind Zhao Tuo is instigating.

Of course, Yanzhou has nothing to do with him, although he is also the pacification envoy of Shaanxi.

Wang Ju was afraid that Zhao Di would be able to make excuses. If these three troops and horses are transferred back, then the entire front-line forces will immediately become empty. Stake this money. It will be able to detain the officers and soldiers of Yanzhou. It's a big deal to go to the capital together when the time comes. Although this Shaanxi pacification envoy is a joke, if it really comes to the time of ripping, he also has the right to do so.

The letter was written, and someone was sent back to Gyeongju.

Wang Ju suddenly smiled dumbly, it was not the Song Dynasty, the same was true of Western Xia, some people wanted to attack the Song Dynasty, and some people opposed the attack on the Song Dynasty. Xiao Feng's sworn brother Yelu Hongji in Liao is even more lively......

Thinking of this, he said, "Baasheng, accompany me out of the city to the salt pond." ā€

The group came to the salt pond.

There are many people in the salt pond who are mining salt.

This was also Wang Ju's idea, and he asked the rear salt merchants to trade with some tea, cloth and daily necessities. Then it was transported to Yanzhou along with grain and grass, and then these materials were used as a reward to let the people in Yanzhou City and outside the city collect salt, and then transport the salt to Lutuokou. Then the salt was transported back to the five forts by the people and prisoners of war under the supervision of the officers and soldiers. Returning to the head, re-transport some grain, grass, tea and cloth to Yanzhou.

I believe that half of the people have a hateful attitude towards the Song Dynasty, but in order to live, they have to bow their heads, and many people have joined the ranks of salt mining and transportation.

Some women wiped tears from the corners of their clothes while working.

"Now that I know how to cry, when I came to Song Realm to loot, why didn't I know how to cry!" The wild dragon said hatefully. He is a member of the Yeli tribe, and he was severely suppressed by the Western Xia a few years ago, so he hated the Western Xia and the Western Xia soldiers and civilians.

"You can't say that, people's hearts are flesh and blood, and you can only blame Tang Taizong."

"Tang Taizong?" The wild dragon was surprised.

In history, Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhao Kuangyin, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty and Li Shimin are all capable people.

But these people also make big mistakes.

Zhu Yuanzhang not only came up with the terrorist organization of Jinyiwei, but also mistakenly believed that he would not compete with the people for profit, and came up with an unsound tax system, which was worse than Jinyiwei and the East and West Factory.

Zhao Kuangyin cut the military power.

Li Shimin's mistake is also not small, it has nothing to do with the two expeditions to Goryeo, but the other two, one is to marry Princess Wencheng, and it is just to marry Princess Wencheng, anyway, it is not his biological daughter, at most Li Daozong is helpless and depressed at home. The main reason is that Li Shimin took Li Daozong's daughter, and also took countless craftsmen. The fate of these craftsmen is miserable, but with their arrival, the techniques of Tubo have progressed rapidly, and well, a few decades later, the Tubo army will come to Qinghai.

The other is to settle the Hu people.

If Princess Wencheng marries and takes a craftsman (Wang Zhaojun is out of the plug but does not have a craftsman), it can be said that there is no precedent to follow. However, there is a history to be learned from this resettlement of the Hu people. The territory of the Qin Dynasty was not too large, from Longzhou in the west, to the north and south Hetao in the northwest, including the Lingxia Plain, and to Liaodong County in the northeast, but wherever the territory went, it was dominated by the Han people. However, in the Han Dynasty, the Hu people were settled in the south.

The princes of the Sima family were in civil strife, Liu Yuan took advantage of the situation to raise troops to establish a country, he was the leader of the Huns, but where was the main body of the Huns at that time, and the state!

Five Hu Chaohua begins!

However, this precedent Li Shi didn't seem to see, maybe he was trying to restrain Li Jing and other heroes, maybe he regarded himself as the Heavenly Khan. But bitter to his descendants.

Without Li Shimin's leadership. Li Jiqian, who came. That came from Western Xia?

Perhaps this battle brought great pressure to Wang Ju. At least before the Hengshan Fortress was built, his pressure had not been resolved, so that he forgot what he had said, that no matter what good government is, if future generations do not carry out appropriate corrections and improvements, sooner or later it will develop into bad government.

Even if Li Shimin's two policies were mistakes, he was not the main person responsible, and the main responsibility was Li Shimin's great-grandson Li Longji.

However, Wang Ju did not explain much. He said: "In this way, Yelong Baasheng, pass a few orders for me, and send people to publicize among these people, they were also the people of the Great Song Dynasty at the beginning, if they didn't support Li Jiqian, how could they fall to this point today." ā€

"Okay, that's a good idea."

"It's not good, it's my negligence. Secondly, officers and soldiers will be sent to inform them that if they have children who join the army and invade Gyeongju and do not return. Send someone to write a letter and write down the exact name and place of origin, so that their children can cooperate with our army to participate in labor and forgive their crimes. If there is a change, they can be released and sent home. I will send people to screen them one by one and send them to the various prisoners of war in Yanzhou in the rear. ā€

"Let them go again."

"Let's put a batch back, first, it can calm the hearts of these people, after all, our Great Song Dynasty will really take it back sooner or later. Second, it can also block the mouths of some people in the court. Finally, another order was issued, according to each person's table, to release some Yanzhou soldiers back appropriately, but not too much at the beginning, to control the number, and release several batches of ...... every day"

"I see, then there is hope on both sides, at least these people will not rebel against us."

"You're thinking too much," Wang Ju said amusedly. Resistance, these people are mostly old and sick women and children, what do they use to resist the Song army?

However, the prisoners of war in Yanzhou were not in Hengshan.

This also has to be screened, the Hengshan area should be released also, all the unreleased put in the rear to escort the supplies, grain and grass, in a few days, Hengshan is pacified, the very small number of prisoners of war of various tribes who resist to the end will never be released, then they have to be sent to the rear, all the way to the rear, continue to escort grain and grass materials.

The surrounding areas of Hengshan in the past, including Yanzhou, were placed behind the line from Dashun City to Huai'an Town, which was to prevent them from escaping close to home.

But it can also be said to be a hope, in fact, even if all of them are released, at most half of the children can go home, and the others are all killed by the Song army.

Among them are some women, that is, Ma Kuijun, Wang Ju has repeatedly ordered that it is not adultery, but since they have joined the army as soldiers, there is no need to be polite, and they will be used as Ding Zhuang in the back. Wei must have the power of the bottom line, and benevolence must also have the benevolence of the bottom line!

However, this is not a big problem, at most it will stimulate the enthusiasm of the people, and it may not be of much use in the future. The main thing is that Wang Ju saw the appearance of these people, and his heart softened again......

After a while, Wang Ju rode back to the city.

But as soon as he entered the city, he got several pieces of good news, all of which were heard by the spies from the front.

The first news was that Dong Yu saw the defeat of the Xia army, and Ren Duo Lingding rushed to Hexi with the remnants, wanting to take advantage of the opportunity, so he immediately confronted him, but he didn't expect to lose both. The two armies are now in a stalemate, and Western Xia has no choice but to draw part of the troops from the poor troops of Xingqing Mansion and kill them to Hexi.

Wang Ju couldn't help but shake his head when he saw this news, it was not that Dong Yu wanted to take advantage of it, but that Dong Yu's appetite had also become bigger and wanted to occupy the Hexi Corridor. But this is very beneficial to himself, at least during this time, Western Xia can't take care of Yanzhou.

When their army returned, the fortresses of Hengshan were almost completed, and at that time, Western Xia could only sigh.

The second news was what he expected.

Wang Ju is under great pressure here, rebuilding his homeland, building so many forts, building roads, logistics materials, and crossing the mountains and mountains, especially in the enemy's territory, although he has a lot of troops in his hands, but these forces are scattered, each with its own tasks, so that he has been unsteady in his heart, and he is afraid of leaks. So much so that the rebel troops in Huanzhou have not yet made arrangements.

But over there, Liang Yi buried him and cried without tears.

Liang Yongneng came up with an idea for him, and after Liang Yi heard it, he immediately returned to Lingzhou. Song Ji made N strict mistakes, just like a little ghost, following Liang Yi behind him, I have no talent, at least I am loyal to you. But he followed, Song Jun kept burying Liang Yi, so Song Ji also escaped safely.

Now Song Ji is in Lingzhou.

But he never imagined that a bigger flying disaster was about to befall him.

After Liang Yifu returned to Lingzhou, he was immediately arrested and then tortured. If the torture continues, even the steel will make you wrap your fingers softly, and it will be Song Ji. Unable to stand the torture, Song Ji was tortured into a trick.

Liang Yi buried Song Ji and returned to Xingqing Mansion to present Song Ji's confession to the Liang family.

What does the confession say, it is absolutely impossible to let Song Ji Qu Zhao was the one who tempted Liang Yi to bury the army, so Liang Yi buried is not a fool with no brains.

Therefore, Liang Yongneng used torture to extract a confession from Song Ji to confess, in fact, before he fled to Western Xia in Gyeongju City, he had been secretly bribed by Cai Ting and Wang Ju, and obviously defected to Western Xia, but in fact he was a deeply hidden spy of the Song Dynasty. Therefore, in the first battle of Dashun City, he deliberately took Ye Liangma into the ambush circle of Huachi County, and first folded their part, which caused the Xia army to suffer a serious loss, and it was his persuasion that Li Liangzuo stood on that hill and personally commanded, and finally led to a great defeat, and Li Liangzuo himself was seriously injured and died soon after.

It's too ruthless.

In any case, Li Liangzuo is also the first emperor of Western Xia, but his death is a shame for Li Liangzuo, so it is not Li Liangzuo's fault, but Song Ji, Wang Ju, and Cai Ting were killed.

But there is a stalk buried here, since the first emperor was deceived, wouldn't it be reasonable for us to be deceived? You can question my Liang family's children, but dare you question the dead Li Liangzuo.

The stalk is buried, and there is the following confession, this time the troops, originally according to the opinion of Ren Duo Lingding, it will be foolproof. But it was precisely because of Song Ji's demagogy that everyone agreed to send troops from Dashun City again.

Because Song Ji was a secret chess game played by Cai Ting and Wang Jubu, the Song Dynasty had already gotten the news, so there were various arrangements, and finally the Xia army was defeated.

One qiē, all of them are Song Ji's fault, and they have nothing to do with other people, Li Liangzuo is right, other generals in Western Xia are right, and Liang Yibu is also not wrong.

After the Liang family saw this confession, they may or may not be aware of it, but even if they are aware of it, they will not break it, otherwise the Liang family will encounter an unprecedented crisis.

So this confession was posted, and Song Ji's family of five was tied up at the city gate, Song Ji knew that it was not good, and saw that his wife and children were also tied up, and shouted that he was wronged, Liang Yongneng blocked his mouth with a cloth, and then shot him alive with arrows.

But the people really believe it, the Song Dynasty did it once before, Chong Shiheng used Wang Song to make a secret chess, and as a result, Yeli Yu begged to death, and even finally laid the root of Li Yuanhao and Ning Lingge's father and son turning against each other.

And the result of the war also made the people believe that the Song army has always been very weak, even if it has become stronger over the years, it is impossible to be so strong.

Therefore, many people who did not know whether their children were alive or dead were filled with righteous indignation, and as soon as the arrows stopped here, the other side rushed up and ate their flesh alive. Liang Yongneng was not finished, and arrested dozens of Song Ji's friends and domestic servants in a row, and also tied them to the downtown and beat them to death.

"It's still the civilization of the Song Dynasty." Wang Ju sighed after hearing this.

At least the Song Dynasty didn't engage in ethnic punishment.

He roughly guessed this result, and actually released Song Ji back at that time, first, to confuse Liang Yi to bury it, so that the Xia army would not retreat immediately.

Secondly, another intention is to save the Liang family from the crisis.

It's just that Liang Yibu is not very smart, and he has only seen the role of this chess piece until now. However, he planned to tell Han Jiang, but he was stupid to listen to Han Jiangsheng. (To be continued......)