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    Suzhou, located in the middle section of the Hexi Corridor, has been an important military and commercial city since ancient times.  Because Xixia was at odds with the Song Dynasty, and Xixia increased commercial taxes in order to make money, the Silk Road was often detoured from Tubo during the Song Dynasty. Therefore, all cities, including Suzhou, declined.  After the Song Dynasty acquired Hehuang, they renovated the trade road along both sides of Qinghai Lake and built a wide sand forest. After several years, the sand forest became shady, so more caravans detoured to the Southern Silk Road, resulting in  Business in the Hexi Corridor has shrunk even more, and Suzhou has also declined.  There are also several trails leading to Qinghai at the southern end of Suzhou. After the Song Dynasty blocked the roads last year, they once became important smuggling routes.  However, with the decline of the Caotou Tatars on the other side, and the road closures due to ice and snow, Suzhou's defense was not strict.

    However, this ice and snow weather also caused the Song Army to slow down its march. When Qu Zhenqian marched to Suzhou, Suzhou began to impose martial law throughout the city.  This is not the main thing. The main thing is the Heishui Town Yan Army Division.  To the north of the Hexi Corridor is a desert, which is the famous Tengger Desert in later generations. It is also a desert now, but it is not as bad as in later generations. There are many oases and even lakes in the desert.  For example, the lower reaches of the Shiyang River formed two lakes, with an area no less than that of Chaohu Lake in later generations.  The developed Shiyang River and Lake system has nurtured many nomadic peoples.  But this is not the largest body of water. The largest body of water is the Shandan River from the source of the Qilian Mountains to the Heihe River in Suzhou. After passing the ancient Great Wall, it is also called Weak Water.  The lower reaches of Weishui are located on the border of Xia and Liaoning, forming three lakes and Juyanhai. It is the coming of China's "Chapter 1", and no one pays attention to it.  The Song army sent troops to Ganliang.  Except for the Heishan Military Division who organized troops to support Suzhou, not a single soldier of Xixia had time to leave, and watched helplessly as the four states in the Hexi Corridor were lost.

    The Liang family was very good at playing rogue. When February came, preparations were completed and troops were sent to attack Lianglan Prefecture.  This was helpless. Xixia got the Hexi Corridor, but the Hexi Corridor was populated by various races. Everyone had their own ideas, so they spread out from the edge of the desert and invaded various places, and finally captured the Hexi Corridor.  Now that it was captured by the Song Dynasty, Xixia did not dare to repeat its old tricks, otherwise it would be cut off by the Song army and worked hard to supply it.  They can only attack Lanzhou and Liangzhou.  But on the other hand, as long as Liangzhou is captured, the Song army will be alone overseas and can only withdraw from Qinghai to the mainland, and the Hexi Corridor will be recovered again.

    But it¡¯s still not enough.

    The Liang family also sent envoys to blame the Song Dynasty for invading the Hexi Corridor.

    The Song Dynasty answered very confidently. It would not be difficult for the Song Dynasty to return the Hexi Corridor. It asked the Xixia people to clear the emperor's side, restore Han rituals, and let Li Bingchang take charge. At the same time, he killed thirty evil people, including the Liang family members, Ren Duolingding and other generals.

    If it is just to restore Han Li and Li Bingchang's personal rule, Liang will definitely agree. Guan Jian is the next thirty candidates. It is impossible for Liang to kill her. If killed, all Liang's arms will break off, and her end will be very serious.  Too bad, she can imprison her son, why can't her son be imprisoned?  Not even as good as the year when Wu Zetian died.

    The Liang family also knew that they could not get it back, so after hearing that Lianggan had been lost, they sent an envoy to ask for help from the Khitan.

    The Khitan has had a good relationship with the Song Dynasty in recent years, especially last year when the Song Dynasty donated seeds, many Khitan ministers praised the friendship between the Song Dynasty and the Song Dynasty.  And there is another aspect that can also be seen in the friendship between the Song Dynasty. After the Song Dynasty occupied Hehuang, the Khitan princess whom Dong Xiang didn't take seriously was granted the title of the Great Princess of the Northern Dynasty. She was given three thousand pieces of silk, one thousand taels of gold, and three thousand silver.  two.  In fact, the miserable Khitan princess Ling Jiemo had no say in Tubo at this time. Why did the Song Dynasty reward her so highly?  This also proves that the Song Dynasty respected the Khitans.

    But the Khitan did not want the Song Dynasty to invade the Hexi Corridor. With this ambivalence, they sent envoys to the Song Dynasty to inquire.

    The Song Dynasty immediately gave a reply. At first, Di Qing got the six states of Xixia, and it was the six most important states in Xixia, where his hometown was, but he quickly handed it over to Xixia.  It's the same this time. Xixia was treacherous and chaotic, and the Liang family held military and political power. They never had a friendly attitude towards the Song Dynasty, and they violated the border every year.

    However, Li Bingchang advocated the restoration of Han rituals, worked diligently and loved the people, and made great achievements.  Therefore, the Song Dynasty sent troops to the Hexi Corridor to force Xixia to return power to Li Bingchang.  As long as Xixia returns to power, the Song Dynasty will return the Hexi Corridor to Xixia.

    After the Khitan heard the report from the envoy, they suddenly believed and doubted it. It seemed that the Song Dynasty had always been stupid in diplomacy, and it was true that Di Qing returned to the six states.  Plus since the war started.  The Song Dynasty did not send more troops to the northwest, but most people believed it.

    To a certain extent, the Khitan's mentality is the same as that of the Song Dynasty when Xia and Liao fought. It is best for the two countries to fight to the death.

    This kind of mentality of watching a good show and a mentality of flickering belief and suspicion, coupled with the fact that the Khitan is also coveting the grain seeds after autumn.  Therefore, the Song Dynasty sent troops to the Hexi Corridor and remained silent.

    The Three Kingdoms are wrangling, but the governance of Ganliang has begun.

    Zheng Lang recommended Zhao Tingzhi, so the imperial court appointed Zhao Tingzhi to preside over the pacification task. In order not to show his intention to occupy the Hexi Corridor, SongThere was no road to Ganliang, and Zhao Ting was only given the post of Ganliang pacifier.  Cooperate with Zhang Kai to appease the people.

    Then a large amount of materials were shipped from Shaanxi.

    Because of the ban on commerce in the Song Dynasty and the heavy consolidation and economic collapse of Xixia, the people in the entire Hexi Corridor lived a very miserable life.  At one time, a horse could only be exchanged for half a piece of silk, and prices rose to such an extent.  But the Song army occupied the front, and a large amount of silk cloth, tea, porcelain, iron paper, medicinal materials, spices, grain, alum and wine came rolling in from behind.

    It is not provided free of charge.  That would be a waste of money and money. Zheng Lang also warned repeatedly that ethnic policies are like educating children. They should not despise, abuse, or mistreat them, but they should not be spoiled or pampered.  If you become an uncle today, if something goes wrong tomorrow, these tribes will cause trouble or even rebel.  How we govern the people of the Central Plains should also be how we govern the various tribes.

    So these goods are delivered to the local people in two ways.  The first is commercial exchange, but it is not the current price, but a very fair and reasonable price, through fur livestock and some local specialties, to exchange these goods back.

    This is enough, and prices will soon stabilize.

    besides.  That is to move a small amount of goods and hand them over to the people in the form of freight forwarding, so that the people and prisoners of war can cooperate with the Song Dynasty to build more than a dozen forts at some important checkpoints and expand the current main roads.

    At the same time, rumors secretly spread that the four prefectures of Gansu and Liang would also implement the climate system.

    The main purpose of the subsidy system is to win over various ministries.  It brought all the ministries back together, divided the influence of Dong Zang's royal family, and weakened the autonomy of each ministries, so that Hehuang could be quickly stabilized, and the court could manage and control this area.

    For the tribes in the Hexi Corridor, whether it is the governance of Xixia or the Song Dynasty, it is the same. Anyway, they all have no autonomy, so they are not very opposed to this.  On the contrary, under the rule of the Song Dynasty, the tyranny of the Xixia rule would not occur, and even because of the rule of the Song Dynasty, the Silk Road would flourish again.  The various profit concessions in the horticulture system made them feel unexpectedly happy.

    But before the Song Dynasty¡¯s ambitions were exposed, the Song Dynasty did not publicly admit the matter.

    Attacking the Hexi Corridor is a "trusteeship", forcing Xixia to restore its monarchy, and it will be handed over to Xixia.

    This is said, but not done.

    Then the Song Dynasty forced a large number of nobles from the four states, as well as some tribes who were loyal to Xixia and bravely resisted the Song army, to Xixia.  There are quite a few people in this group, after all, Xixia has been in business for so many years.  But their property was not touched and they were allowed to bring their wealth and slaves back to Xixia.

    It was not because of the Song Dynasty¡¯s good intentions, but it was also to lay the foundation for the future. After all, after occupying Xixia, it also had to be governed. If it was done too much, the people of Xixia would resist heroically, making governance more difficult, and even more difficult to conquer.

    The temporary expulsion is to quickly stabilize the three states and prevent anyone from rebelling.

    The Song Dynasty quickly captured the Hexi Corridor, which shocked the Western Regions, not to mention the people in the country who cheered with joy.  Even the Karakhan Dynasty sent envoys to Liangzhou to pay homage to Zhang Kai.  But this year, the Karakhanid Dynasty was in constant turmoil. First, it was defeated by the Seljuqs in the previous years, and the Great Khan Nasr was forced to ask for peace. In this year, the "Sultan of the East and the West" justly  Khan Nasr died, and the throne of Khan was succeeded by his younger brother Hizr. However, Hizr died again soon, probably in the autumn, and Hizr's son Ahmed succeeded to the throne of Khan.  Ahmad had a cruel character and had serious conflicts with the religious authority. A few years later, Islamic judge Abu asked Seljuk to send troops for help, occupied the river, and exiled Ahmad to Isfahan.  Therefore, Zheng Lang was not interested in this once powerful and glorious country.

    Zhang Kai did not understand the current situation of Kara Khan and had not received Zheng Lang's instructions. When he saw that Kara Khan sent an envoy to see him, he received him very warmly.  In addition, the even weaker Xizhou Uighurs also sent envoys to Liangzhou.  Zheng Lang was no longer interested in the tribes west of Chiling, not to mention the Xizhou Uighurs.  If it weren't for Shazhou's geographical location, even Shazhou Zheng Lang wouldn't be very interested. Otherwise, it was too far away from the Song Dynasty.  Therefore, without Zheng Lang's guidance, Zhang Kai could only play freely.

    Karakhan sent envoys for the sake of friendship.  Or something else. At this time, countries in the Western Regions still yearned for China. After all, the Song Dynasty was the center of world economy and civilization.  But the Xizhou Uighurs were a little worried. Zhang Kai repeatedly stated that the Song Dynasty would not get involved with the Xizhou Uighurs.  It even implicitly stated that the border after the Song Dynasty extended from Shazhou in the west to Shazhou in the south and Majun Mountain in the north of Guazhou in the north.  This is the territory where the Xixia people now have people, and it will be impossible to expand.

    Not only the Xizhou Uighurs and Karakhans sent envoys, but also the Haibei Caotou Tatars west of Chiling, the Achai tribe in the Dafeichuan area, the Tuosima tribe at the source of the Yellow River, and the Huangtou Uighur tribe in the south of the Caotou Tatars.  It is helpless to wait for the tribe to send envoys.

    The Song Dynasty occupied Hehuang and Shazhou in the west, but there was no strong unification in the highlands of Tubo.Backed by the power of one.  The Qinghai area almost became the inland sea of ??the Song Dynasty.

    However, Zheng Lang was still not very interested in this place, and the technical strength could not keep up. The imperial court sent officers and soldiers to arrive here. The transportation cost was too high, and it was mostly high mountains and snowy ridges.  It is difficult to dig roads. To control and manage the complex terrain, a large number of officers and soldiers must be stationed. However, the water and soil damage here is serious, the land is vast and sparsely populated, and there are even no homes in many places. The gain outweighs the loss.  If stationed less.  It cannot be controlled, and it may even be handled improperly, causing unnecessary conflicts.

    Therefore, the policy is still the same as before, and the continued restraint is a real restraint. The court only accepts worship in name, but does not have any involvement in the place.

    These areas are equivalent to diplomacy.

    There are also the Hehuang tribes.  The imperial court set up one hundred and forty ministers. After all, the reign was not long, and there would be no more than forty people who really wanted to return to the Song Dynasty.  Without the benefits brought by the weather conditions, this number would be even lower.  There are more neutral ones, at least fifty or sixty.  There are also some people who are disgusted with the rule of the Song Dynasty, but do not dare to rebel. There are also twenty or thirty nobles in this group.  In addition, there are about twenty other horoscopes.  There are many tribes in his hands and they are powerful. In addition, although Fan Chunren calms people's hearts, his methods are a little soft, so he is a bit unruly.  Some time ago, Zhang Kai ordered soldiers from various tribes to be summoned, and all the twenty tribes had their own yang and yin.

    But when the Song Dynasty got the Hexi Corridor, everyone was dumbfounded.

    They have some power in their hands, but under the division of the Song Dynasty, other tribes may not help them resist the Song Dynasty.  Even the tribes in their own hands may not rebel. Even if the front rebels, other clan leaders will want to replace them.

    The Song Dynasty got the Hexi Corridor, and Hehuang was separated by the Hexi Corridor, which meant that it had no contact with Xixia. Without Xixia's side response, they could not stand alone.  Even Dong Zhan was forced to work 50,000 people by the Song Dynasty. It is doubtful how many people Ali Gu could bring back.  On their own, it would be difficult for them to have the strength to fight against the Song Dynasty.

    After receiving the news, these people were all a little frightened.

    As expected, revenge came. The Song Dynasty did not deal with them, but forcibly issued an ultimatum to the various tribes who refused to obey orders in winter, asking them to send troops to Lanzhou.  Not only were they forced to send troops, their numbers were also increased two to three times.

    They certainly didn¡¯t have much good intentions, but due to the power of the Song Dynasty, everyone had to agree.  Even if they continued to wait and see, the imperial court immediately issued an edict. In order to appease and win over these powerful marquises, the imperial court not only awarded them marquises, but also granted them some official positions.  The wait-and-see faction did not move as promised and sent soldiers, while those who continued to wait and see were demoted.  The official position can be big or small, or it can be regarded as a dispensable honor, but the problem can be serious.  This is not intended to be a stern warning.  In desperation, he could only send out soldiers shyly.  These soldiers arrived at the front line one after another, and the Xixia counterattack began. Under Zhang Kai's deployment, these soldiers were assigned to the front line.

    For those who sacrificed their lives, generous pensions were given according to previous measures.  But its nature is the same as that of Xixia. It is afraid that there will be too many Han people and it cannot be controlled, so it uses Han people as cannon fodder to reduce the number of Han people in Xixia.  The pension was provided, but after several months of defense battles, less than two out of ten of the strong men sent by these tribes came back safely.

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    The Three Kingdoms are wrangling, each tribe in Hehuang has its own thoughts and plans, and the front line is constantly fighting, which makes the people of Xixia even worse.

    Unconsciously, spring gradually deepened, and it was time for the Song Dynasty to really take action.  To be continued.  If you like this work, you are welcome to come to Qidian to vote for recommendations and monthly votes. Your support is my biggest motivation.  Mobile phone users please go to n
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