Wang Ju didn't put up a fight, although he was too tired to do it in the past few days, and his face was sleepy, he immediately got up and greeted him.

But as soon as they met, they looked at Yang Hui's face in surprise and asked, "Lieutenant Envoy Yang, your face ......?"

"Don't mention this," Yang Hui said depressedly, but after thinking about it, he told him about what had happened, and even the matter of being forced to make an IOU, but the letter didn't say it, and he couldn't say it. While saying that, he looked at Wang Ju's face, Wang Ju's face was normal, just a little funny. Isn't it funny?

"Lieutenant Envoy Yang, Hengshan Qiang is famous for his fierceness, why do you want to leave White Leopard City at dusk, is there an urgent order from the imperial court?"

There's a fart urgency.

The reason why he rushed over immediately was just to stop Wang Jubing from coming to Yanzhou, but now Yang Hui is embarrassed to say it? It's true that this face isn't swollen.

He spread his hands and said, "I haven't held a position in Shaanxi before, where did I think of it." ”

"But fortunately, the lieutenant envoy was lucky and clever, and there was no accident, otherwise I would have been derelict in my duties, come with me quickly," Wang Ju took him to the big tent of the Chinese army, anyway, the sky was almost dawn, Wang Ju ordered the guards to prepare wine and meat, and frightened Yang Hui and his party.

"The envoy is coming, what is the edict of the imperial court?" Wang Ju asked.

"It's just that a few days ago, the official family received your recital, saying that they wanted to negotiate peace with Xixia, and the official family also took into account the hardships of the people and the heavy sacrifices of the soldiers, so they thought that peace was the best policy, so they asked someone to come and preside over this matter."

"Yes, although this battle has been won one after another, the sacrifices of the soldiers of the three armies are indeed heavy, which makes people's hearts ache." Wang Ju sighed.

Is this what you're going to say, or what I'm going to say? Yang Hui was depressed. I had to ask, "Why did you go to war again?" ”

Wang Ju replied. It's similar to Han Jiang's answer.

Yang Hui wanted to say something. In this case, take it when you see it, why do you still send troops to Yanzhou? But his face was beaten and swollen like this, was he embarrassed to say it? This must be a ruse arranged by this kid.

It was arranged by Wang Ju, what about the evidence? It can only be said that Wang Ju has this motive, and he came in a hurry, so he didn't want to spoil Wang Ju's affairs, so he had this arrangement. But can this prove that Wang Ju sent the people to do it? And it's really Wang Ju's envoy. That's terrible. These Tibetan people came to various places in Huanqing and Erzhou, but they were not even in the imperial court register, and they couldn't find it if they wanted to find it. But Wang Ju dared to instigate them to beat their own people, and in this enemy realm, he also dared to instigate them to kill themselves!

Don't ask Wang Ju if he has the guts, and don't look at how many people he killed in Gyeongju, just look at how he dealt with Chen Xiang that day in full view of the court.

and also made Chen Xiang unreasonable, and he was so angry that he fell seriously ill.

Thinking of this, he had a cold war for no reason.

Of course. Yang Hui will not reflect on why Wang Ju dealt with Chen Xiang so much, but if these people can learn to reflect. The Song Dynasty will not be so angry in the future.

But in this way, Yang Hui became extremely cautious and asked, "Zi'an, what arrangements do you have next?" ”

"It just so happens that I am going to write a report to the imperial court to ask the officials, and now that the three armies have won a great victory, it is not difficult to take Yanzhou in one go. But what to do after taking Yanzhou, I don't know very well. Now I have three ideas, the first is to see if I can attack Lingzhou in one go, maybe I can annihilate Western Xia. However, in this way, we need the full support of all kinds of officers and men in Shaanxi, and the rear side must also do its best to support the logistics of the three armies. ”

"It's not right," Yang Hui immediately shouted, but he stopped instantly, so he was shouting in front, and Wang Ju's eyes flashed with sarcasm behind him. Thinking about it, my face is swollen like this, and I still want to be peaceful!

Yang Hui's tone softened and he said: "The financial pressure of the imperial court is still very heavy, so how much financial support can be drawn up to support the battle of destroying the summer?" ”

Knowing that there is financial pressure, why do you oppose the change? But Wang Ju didn't want to discuss this reason, but nodded: "Yes, after the victory of Rouyuan Village, I saw that the overall situation was decided, and I have been thinking about this matter. If it stops, this great opportunity is also a once-in-a-century opportunity, and it would be a pity to give up. ”

On the surface, this is indeed a good opportunity, the Western Xia brought 300,000 soldiers and horses, so that the Song Dynasty killed two-thirds, but in fact it may be more than that. But that's just scratching the surface...... But where will Yang Hua understand? Wang Ju said again: "This is the best policy. There is also a middle strategy, occupy Yanzhou and stop the attack. We don't want other areas, only Yanzhou City, get Yanzhou, Western Xia will no longer have the benefit of green salt, the country will become poorer and poorer, maybe a few years later, I will not attack and Western Xia will die. ”

"I'm afraid I can't hold it."

"Why can't you hold it, as long as I send a heavy army to garrison Yanzhou City, transfer a large amount of grain and grass into it, and then rebuild and strengthen the city wall, it is not the director of Western Xia to attack the city. Isn't Yanzhou just occupied? ”

This statement is also incorrect, but Yang Hui still can't understand these plausible truths, and he can't figure out how to distinguish them?

"The last is the next policy, first occupy Yanzhou City, after this battle, plus Dong Yu is plundering Hexi, then in a few months, Western Xia can not gather a large army to counterattack Yanzhou, we can use this time, in the south of Yanzhou Hengshan to build a fort road, sweep the unruly Fan villages, this Hengshan area in the hands, in the future our military situation in the northwest will not be so passive. If the Western Xia used Hengshan to plunder the border of our dynasty, our dynasty could also use Hengshan to plunder Yanzhou in the north, and the shrimp and toad village, Qinggangxia, and Qingyuan army in the west. Of course, if the Western Xia negotiated peace on this, and the two countries valued peace, it would be a blessing for the people in the world. ”

Do you still have the world in your eyes? Yang Hui was sarcastic in his heart, but he was wrong again, this is really for the sake of the world. Now that Wang Jubu has become stronger with the Song Dynasty, a few decades later, the Central Plains will usher in a catastrophe. In fact, the Jin country is a little better, and one hundred and ninety years later, that will be the real catastrophe.

But Wang Ju didn't want to argue, and Yang Hui didn't want to argue either, but he thought in his heart, is there no fourth option, withdraw the army back.

Originally, he came immediately, and he planned to talk about it, and immediately withdraw his troops back, otherwise he would completely anger Xixia, even if Xixia did not counterattack now, wait for them to ease up a little. And to launch a crazy revenge. Great wars like this. Just come once every few years. Then Song Chaoxiu wants to get better.

But now that the face is beaten like this, how can you say it?

In fact, it is also a crooked reason that can be said. Although many soldiers died in this battle, the rest of the soldiers were well tempered. It was a lot of money spent, and some people have calculated that the direct and indirect expenditures of the three divisions plus the local governments for this war have been converted into 20 million yuan, not including the rewards and pensions after the war. Such a rare victory, can the rewards and pensions be less, can they not be thick?

But have you ever thought about how much the Western Xia paid for this battle, how young it would take to recover its vitality, as for revenge, such a big defeat, as long as it comes three times in ten years, the Song Dynasty will be destroyed by itself if it does not attack.

However, last night's scene left Yang Hui speechless, and Wang Ju was also relieved of his wordiness. Why waste this tongue?

Therefore, Yang Hui changed the topic and asked, "Xia Jun is so weak?" ”

"I can't say it's weak. Their strength is their individual combat effectiveness, and their disadvantage is poor coordination, and although the soldiers are fierce but not strong enough. In addition, there are many cavalry long, and the short armor is not as good as our army. ”

"Then why the rout?"

Wild Dragon Basheng almost rolled his eyes on the side, and I want to say that you don't want to think about who is the boss.

But Wang Ju didn't want to show his merits, and said flatly: "The reason for the rout is still because of the terrain. Pan Mei Yang Ye won a great victory in Yanmen, why did the number of kills and wounds of the Liao army not be as good as the battle of Mancheng? Because our army forced the Liao army to the west mountain. When it came to the mountains, the cavalry could not play a role. In the same way, Gao Jixuan's defeat of the Xia army in Sansongling was also because he lured the Xia army to fight in the mountains. In addition to the mountainous areas, there are also narrow valley areas, and it is not easy for the enemy cavalry to give full play to their advantages, such as the two battles of the Rabbit Hair River, which is a narrow valley terrain. And the entire Huanqing Erzhou is mostly such a terrain. As long as it is properly arranged, it is easy to defeat the enemy. However, in the Pingchuan area on the west side of Xiazhou, our army will be defeated. ”

That's as simple as that.

But under Wang Jujie's humble attitude, can he still be picky?

The sky gradually brightened, and the trumpets blew loudly in the morning light.

The three armies got up together, then washed and cooked, and the rest of the people waited for the camp to prepare for departure, in an orderly manner, and people spontaneously felt a kind of confidence and solemnity.

Wang Ju said: "Lieutenant Envoy Yang, we are about to march to Yanzhou, can Lieutenant Envoy Yang go to Yanzhou with us?" ”

Can this and that go, and he and the letter of the country are in the hands of a group of Tibetan people, Yang Hui immediately shook his head.

"Baa Sheng, immediately arrange a team of soldiers and horses to escort Lieutenant Yang back to White Leopard City." After Wang Ju gave the order, he also took out an ingot of dozens of taels of silver and handed it to Yang Hui. All the money Yang Hui brought with him was taken away by Fanzi, and the silver ingots should be given to Yang Hui as travel expenses on the way back.

The three armies set off, and Yang Hui went back.

But he kept thinking about a question on the road, whether it was instigated by Wang Ju.

At dusk, he returned to Gyeongju.

When Han Jiang saw his appearance, he also asked in surprise, "Elemental, what's wrong with you?" ”

Yang Hui was so depressed that she had to talk about it again.

Han Jiang's face was strange, but he was actually surprised and laughed in his heart, thinking, Wang Ju was really black-hearted.

Of course, Yang Hui didn't have the face to stay in Gyeongju anymore and rode back.

However, he was beaten so hard that when he arrived in the capital, he still had a large bruise and swelling on his face.

At this moment, even Zhao Ji was surprised, and asked the reason, Yang Hui was speechless, so he had to say what happened again.

"Yang Qing is wronged," Zhao Ji comforted, but he also thought it was funny, even if you kid want peace, you can't roar like that, isn't it begging? But he also wondered in his heart, was it arranged by Wang Ju? Not only did he have such doubts, but many people had such doubts. But what about the evidence? There is no evidence, not even groundless wind, how can impeachment?

And it's not easy to impeach now, after the news of the Gyeongju victory reached the capital, every household in the capital put up lights, just like the New Year.

Why does everyone yearn for the Han and Tang dynasties, it is not that the life of the Han and Tang dynasties is better than that of the Song Dynasty, and in terms of life, none of the previous dynasties are inferior to the Song Dynasty. The main reason is that the Han and Tang dynasties were strong, but on the other hand, the Song Dynasty, as a big country, took out so much silver, cloth, and tea every year to buy peace, and the people lived a suffocating life.

At this time, whoever impeached Wang Ju just didn't know each other.

Wang Ju sent Yang Hui away, with the three armies slowly north, because with a large amount of baggage, the speed is not fast, at dusk came to the mouth of the camel, this is the south gate of Yanzhou, only forty miles away from Yanzhou. When Song Zhenzong attacked the summer on the fifth route, Li Jiqian sent troops to stop the Song army, but was broken by Li Jilong's general Tian Min. However, because the five roads did not cooperate well, especially Wang Chao and Fan Tingzhao were unfavorable in dozens of battles in Wubaichi, the generals were out of schedule, and the soldiers were poor. Li Jiqian took the opportunity to return to obedience, and Song Zhenzong had no choice but to go down this step, grant Li Jiqian the assassin of Xiazhou, release Zhang Pu and return it, and let the three armies withdraw.

Yan Da, Yao Lin, Qin Bo and Gao Yongneng fought all the way, not only robbing dozens of large and small villages in Hengshan, but most importantly, snatching this camel mouth.

Therefore, they worked harder than the Western Route Army the night before yesterday, and pursued them until noon the next day, when the three armies grabbed the camel's mouth before they stopped. At this time, Song Jun was very sleepy. Moreover, after passing the camel pass, the terrain became flat, which was also conducive to the play of the Western Xia cavalry.

So Yan Da followed Wang Ju's instructions in advance, and set up a camp at the mouth of the camel to rest, waiting for Wang Ju's arrival.

Wang Ju rested here, and he also had to wait, waiting for the army of the West Road to come.

The Western Xia army was defeated, and the rest of the Eastern Route Army fled into Yanzhou, including Liang Yi buried. At this time, there were a lot of troops in Yanzhou City, and the offensive and defensive trend became that the Xia army had the advantage of the city wall.

On the morning of the next day, Liu Changzuo arrived at Luhukou with tens of thousands of troops.

The three armies marched together to Yanzhou, and when they arrived in Yanzhou, Wang Ju ordered to set up camp. Now the shape shì is reversed, and it is the Song army that has the advantage in strength, not the Western Xia. That is, the Western Xia gathered troops again from Xingqing Mansion, and they had to drive more than 300 miles. Moreover, the rear forces are almost assembled, and it will take longer to gather forces that can threaten the Song army again.

Defend the city, Liang Yi thought to himself.

We won't counterattack anymore, but there is no problem with holding Yanzhou City, but fortunately, because the rear raised grain and grass a few days ago, there is still a lot of grain and grass in the city, which is enough to maintain the consumption of the three armies.

Night fell.

However, I didn't expect that the Song army suddenly came out of the three armies and launched a cloud ladder, which was an authentic siege ladder. However, because the ladders are inconvenient to carry, the number is also very small, and most of them are simple siege ladders captured from the Tangut people.

In addition, there is a large row of strange shelves, on which are placed objects that resemble firecrackers, but they are larger than firecrackers, and they stand diagonally on these shelves, facing the city.

What the hell are the Song people doing? Liang Yi buried it with a hairy face, and he frightened Wang Ju.

At this time, a group of Song troops carried siege ladders and approached the city wall. Behind the shelf, there were many Song soldiers holding torches and began to light those "firecrackers".

Liang Yibury didn't understand, why did Song Jun set off firecrackers at this time?

It was the sound of firecracker explosions, only louder and crisper than the previous firecracker explosions, and then meteors pierced the night sky and scattered above the city, blooming beautiful flowers.

"It's beautiful," sighed the people of the city.

But these beautiful flowers brightened the eyes of Xia Jun on the head of the city, and even sprayed directly on their faces, burning their faces.

Just when they lost their minds, the Song army carried various siege ladders at the head of the city, and many Western Xia soldiers were still confused, and the Song army had climbed to the top of the city. It would have been better if their morale had been boosted, but by this time their morale was low, and only a few were resisting, and the rest had left the city again and began to flee westward.

The flowers in the sky are still blooming one after another, but Song Jun has already opened the gate of Yanzhou. (To be continued......)