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- Brother Yeluyan stopped at Mingtang River, still unwilling to accept it, and sent an envoy to Lingzhou to ask Zheng Lang why he demonstrated against Khitan.
Zheng Lang replied with a few words indifferently: "Come if you want, why bother!"
¡°Actually, Zheng Lang will have a headache if it really comes.
This is Zheng Lang's bet on Brother Yeluyan's character, but Brother Yeluyan doesn't dare to make the decision whether he can come. However, whether he can come depends on what Brother Yeluyan will write in the report. If he wrote that the Song Dynasty was afraid of Khitan intervention and even used fake threats to scare the Khitan army, then the consequences would be serious. The troops led by Brother Yeluyan mainly came from Xishan. Many people still lived in Xishan. It was impossible to recruit 100,000 people urgently, but 20,000 to 30,000 troops could still be summoned. If the Khitan sends a large army from Youyun to threaten Hebei and Yanmen Pass, the two countries will inevitably go to war.
But if Brother Yeluyan writes about such difficulties, the Khitan monarchs and ministers will have disputes. By the time the decision is made, the overall situation of Xixia has been decided.
The former is unlikely.
Brother Yeluyan is so wise and cunning, another word is suspicious.
As the Prime Minister of Nanfu, he led 30,000 troops into Xixia, which was mostly a thankless thing. This was also the suppression of Brother Yeluyan by some Khitan people after Yelu Yixin lost power. In this case, Brother Yeluyan Most people choose to be wise and protect themselves.
Zheng Lang was not disappointed. Brother Yeluyan stayed with the 30,000 soldiers and horses in Mingtangchuan until more than a month later.
But the arrival of this Khitan army brought some troubles to the Song Dynasty. Brother Yeluyan was afraid that something would happen and did not dare to march. However, he received the envoys from the Yinxia tribes at Mingtangchuan in a swaggering manner. Under his instigation, various ministries rebelled even more.
By luck, they were blocked at the Mingtang River. Otherwise, as the Khitan army continued to advance deeper, even some neutral tribes would join the wave of resistance. Zheng Lang had no choice but to let Wang Zude lead 2,000 cavalry scouts to move around the Khitan camp. If they saw envoys from various ministries, they would immediately intercept and kill them. Brother Yeluyan did not show weakness and also sent out scouts to protect him. Every day, there is a tense situation in Mingtangchuan where guns may go off at any time.
Zheng Lang is watching him. He was also watching the Song army, not only waiting for domestic news, but also for food and weather.
The Song Dynasty used both grace and power. The grace was enough to be kind, and the power was fierce enough. Those who disobeyed would die!
We can¡¯t say it¡¯s wrong. For example, the Song Dynasty¡¯s ethnic policies in the south were generous enough, but what about the results? Many people, including later generations, blamed the Song Dynasty's salt policy for causing the Luzhou barbarians to rebel. But how Zheng Lang did it, first, allocated funds to build roads. Improve people's living environment, communicate with the outside world, and increase the business atmosphere. The second is to suppress and suppress again. No salt policy was implemented.
It cannot be moved. On the surface, the annual income of the salt franchise in the Song Dynasty was only about 1,000,000 yuan, but in reality, there were official corruption, hidden local expenses, and other reasonable and unreasonable gray income. The salt franchise had a go. Then these gray expenditures immediately turn into miscellaneous taxes and are imposed on the people. Under such circumstances, how could the Luzhou Salt Well not be controlled by the state?
Even if there is no salt monopoly, all large salt wells cannot be handed over to private individuals. This is not the case for the big businessmen and landowners in the Central Plains. Not to mention the shareholding contract between the governors of Hehuangfanhou, which only has share rights and dividend rights, but no management rights. The lifeline is controlled by the imperial court. If these large salt wells are handed over to local private individuals. Instead of handing it over to the people, but transferring the interests from the hands of the court to the hands of the barbarian leaders, countless Nong Zhigao will be produced in Luzhou Jiangnan.
Use both grace and power. The foundation was laid for the Song Dynasty to rule here safely in the future. But now, it has become a problem for the Song Dynasty.
A single threat led to countless rebellions and endless military campaigns.
?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? Lencing more supplies, food and grass to relieve the people.
It was precisely because of the food and grass problem that the Song Dynasty stopped by the Yellow River.
What¡¯s more, time enters September and immediately rushes to October. Hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses in the Song Dynasty are fed, clothed and housed. When the cold winter comes, plus the resettlement expenses of the people, it will also be a disaster for the Song Dynasty. disaster.
Liang also had the same idea.
Dangxiang people are not useless, they are not only tenacious, but also have a sense of pride in their hearts. There is a poem in Dangxiang language called "Ode to Masters" circulated in Xixia: Why don't you follow the Xiqiang (Tubo), the Xiqiang has bowed to me, mainland affairs I am in charge, and the government officials are assisting me. I have never allowed myself to be controlled by China, who has bowed to me. The royal family in my area has been uninterrupted, and Mi Yao (the name of Mi Yao in the Xixia clan in the Tang Dynasty) has been passed down from generation to generation by the crown prince.
When Zheng Lang heard this, he couldn't help but feel happy.
From this poem, he immediately thought of the stick yyjingsh¨¦n of later generations.
In order to raise food and grass, the Song Dynasty, from the generals at the front to the big bosses in the capital behind, almost turned their hair gray. The Xixia side was very calm. They first sent heavy troops to guard more than a dozen crossings on the Yellow River, and then sent people to harvest the autumn grains, and evenSow winter wheat in sufficient space to prepare for next summer's grain harvest.
There were also battles. Some tribes in the Hengshan area resisted, but the scale was not large. Most of the areas were crawling around in the Hengshan area. There were casualties every day, but Zheng Lang didn't pay too much attention to it. Most of the suppressed troops were for military training. At the same time, a large number of casualties were also caused by the surrendering tribes. In the future, these tribes would have hatred against the rebellious tribes, and then those tribes would lose their survival in the future. space, without living space, the harm will not be great.
Either Zhang Kai led the army to regain Beihetao, Xixia stationed some troops here, but mainly to prevent Khitan invasion. In fact, there are not many people here, and desertification has occurred in the western region. Instead of the original sky under Yinshan Mountain, The wilderness is vast, with windblown grass and low sight of cattle and sheep. Xixia also transferred its main troops and supplies to Xingqing Mansion. Therefore, Zhang Kai's army was not so much about recapturing Beihetao as it was about advancing in Beihetao, and then dividing its troops to station in Beihetao one after another. There were battles, but they were all very small.
The rest became quiet.
Time has quickly entered late September, and the weather has officially gotten colder.
Zhongyi¡¯s army entered the Bingzhou area, and Qu and Yao¡¯s cavalry also arrived in Hebei. Only Zhang Yu¡¯s army was still halfway up the Taihang Mountains.
Hearing the news, Zheng Lang was determined.
This is the result of personal style. In his youth, Zheng Lang also liked to take risks. Later, he had to deal with more things and his character became more and more cautious. In addition, something happened on Jinghu South Road, and later reforms, every decision was implicated. The fate of countless people, so the character becomes more and more stable.
This kind of stable character may not be very good. Who dares to say that the war will be 100% successful when the national strength is not much different. In moderation, you need to take some risks. Therefore, from a military point of view, Zheng Lang may have succeeded in many things and achieved great victories in several battles, but each victory would cause many casualties and consume a lot of money. In this regard, they are far inferior to Zhang Kai and Wang Shao. Especially when fighting against the Khitan, Zheng Lang's character will most likely end up like Zhuge Liang's Northern Expedition.
It can¡¯t be said that it is not good, although it is too stable. But there will be no mistakes or accidents. At least this kind of character is enough to deal with Jiaozhi and Xixia.
With these troops stationed in Hebei and Hedong, even if the Khitan troops were sent out, the Song Dynasty would not be able to set up a large formation this time, which would be able to drag the Khitan army for a period of time.
At the same time, Zheng Lang also lamented the decline of Khitan. If Xiao Yanyan had seen Xixia in such a critical situation when he was still alive, there would have been no need for him to use any conspiracy. A hundred thousand troops would have arrived at the three passes of Hebei Province.
Only then did Zheng Lang focus on Hexi.
The attack begins.
An attack launched from an unexpected place by Xixia.
The Tatan tribe.
To the west of Helan Mountain is the desert. It is also the famous Tengger Desert in later generations, but before the water and soil deteriorated in ancient times, the Tengger Desert not only had large lakes such as Juyan Sea and Shiyang Lake, but also many oases.
In the late Tang Dynasty, there were four roads leading to the Western Regions. The second southern road is the Lanzhou-Liangzhou Road, the Southern Silk Road of Tubo, and the second northern road is the road from Helan Mountain to Juyanhai. There is another road from Yinshan to Juyanhai.
By the time of Shenzong, there were fewer and fewer oases in the desert, but there were still some.
There are some completely different nomadic peoples living in these oases. Because it is difficult to manage, the Xixia people can only control their own people, which makes these ethnic groups unruly and unruly. There is a large tribe to the west of Helan Mountain called the Tatan tribe.
Li Hao and Qu Zhenbing came out of Yanhai, but the Xixia people didn't pay much attention. So when the Song army came to Lingzhou City, Qu Zhenbing went out of Helan Mountain to contain the Xixia army. There was no real attack on Helan Mountain, it was just a containment effect. The Liang family had to divide their troops and garrison them in Helan Mountain. Qu Zhen made a small circle, from outside Helan Mountain to the banks of the Yellow River, crossed the Yellow River, and joined the three armies.
This military operation seems to be for containment, but it actually has another purpose, which is to get in touch with the Tatan tribe outside the Helan Mountains. Some materials from the general are left to the Tatan tribe for bribery and wooing. Qu Zhen then crossed the Yellow River with lightly armed troops.
Quzhen left Helan Mountain and Lingzhou fell again. Liang had to place grain, grass and other supplies at the rear of Helan Mountain and send troops to guard it.
But the Xixia people did not expect that when the Xixia generals stationed heavy troops on the front line, the Tatan people suddenly crossed the Helan Mountain and attacked the Xixia granary.
After hearing the news, the faces of Xixia people turned earth-colored. When winter comes, the army of the Song Dynasty is having a hard time, and they are also having a hard time. Even if there is still food and grass in Xingqing Mansion, what will they do next spring?
Of course, the Tatan tribe will also give Zheng Lang a headache in the future, but for now, don¡¯t worry about them.
The most terrifying thing is not how much food the Tatans burned and robbed, but that a piece of news spread among the soldiers and civilians in Hexi.
Xixia sticks to the riverIn the West, the biggest source of confidence is food and grass. It has been going on since the beginning of May, and the actual war started even earlier. The two countries have been at odds since last winter. There was a stalemate on the front line, and the Song Army regained Hexi. This would waste a lot of supplies.
And this news is precisely aimed at this point. The Song Dynasty not only had to support the army, but also some people from Hedong. Some were temporarily resettled in Guanzhong, and some stayed in their original places. The number of these people was not small, from Yinzhou to Huizhou, with such a vast area, has close to two million people.
But it¡¯s not too much. There was a severe drought in Xining for seven years, with the number of victims at its peak reaching more than 20 million. That drought lasted for nearly two years. The Song Dynasty got through it safely and regained Hehuang Lanzhou in the middle.
" Could it be that this little material now stumped the Song Dynasty.
¡°In fact, feeding 20 million disaster victims in the Central Plains may not be able to feed 2 million people in Xixia, but how do ordinary people know the difference?
The news spread, which somewhat weakened the morale of Xixia.
The Song army began to forcefully cross the Yellow River.
In fact, it was only at this time that everyone understood the reason for Zheng Lang's caution.
The preparations for the Song Dynasty's expedition to Xia were not inadequate. The politics, economy, military, logistics, weapons, seasons, people's hearts, intelligence, and various conspiracies and national policies were indeed successful. Xixia was only compressed in Hexi. A large area of ??land with a radius of several hundred kilometers.
"But facing the critical moment of national life and death, Xixia soldiers fought bloody battles with the Song army on every inch of land.
From the east of the river to the west of the river, there are three major ferries: Huaizhou border Huedu, Lingzhou border Ludu, Xiongzhou border Guojiadu, and more than a dozen small ferries.
After three days of strong attack, the Song army captured the two small ferries of Dingyuandu and Bipudu.
But the casualty rate of both sides was much higher in Xixia than in the Song army.
Although they had the natural dangers of the Yellow River in hand and built many fortifications on the other side of the river, the Song army's firepower was so powerful that they even directly carried various weapons on boats and bombarded the other side. As for how much money the bombardment would cost every day, Xixia people would not bother to calculate. What they saw was how many people died every day during the bombardment of the Song army.
On the fourth day, the Song army was allowed to capture two small ferries.
The Liang family was anxious and sent envoys to Lingzhou to negotiate with Zheng Lang. They were willing to comply with Zheng Lang's request, return all the power to Li Bingchang, and deal with a group of so-called evildoers at the same time.
But before the envoy arrived, two Xixia generals, Li Duanming and Li Kaitai, began to discuss with their cronies.
Under further pressure from the Song army, the Liang family will inevitably make further concessions. But these two people followed Li Yan and Ren Duo Lingding with their cronies to kill Li Qing and imprison Li Bingchang. They were also one of the so-called traitors. Ren Duo Lingding was the leader of a large Xixia clan and was in charge of the zuoyouxiang together with the Liang family. He can deal with Ren Duo alone, but he will definitely take it out on Li Duanming and Li Kaitai, whose father does not care about his mother and does not love him. If Mr. Liang takes action against the two of them, he will definitely take action against their cronies.
In response to this situation, the two asked these cronies what to do.
Finally, under their intentional or unintentional inducement, their subordinates decided to support the two rebels against the Liang family, fight back from the front to Xingqing Mansion, execute the Liang family, and support Li Bingchang. If they advance, they can fight the Song army to the end, and if they retreat, they can seek peace.
After the discussion was concluded, the two men immediately abandoned the defense of Hue Crossing and led the army towards Xingqing Mansion.
They didn't succeed, and they didn't even enter the gate of Xingqing Mansion. But this time, Xixia was in chaos. Moreover, the Song army easily took Hue Crossing and forced them to Xingqing Mansion.
Li Duanming failed to attack Xingqing Mansion, and the Song army forced them over again. After being "forced", under their deliberate or unintentional inducement again, his cronies took the initiative to persuade Li Duanming and Li Kaitai to surrender to the Song Dynasty. At this point, Feng Gao and the other four have endured decades and finally returned to the embrace of the Song Dynasty, but their identities cannot be exposed for now. The two were forced by their generals, and more than 30,000 troops surrendered. After this surrender, the remaining troops no longer had the will to fight, including Ren Duo who was guarding Ludu, and they also surrendered.
On the seventh day of October, Zheng Lang led a mighty army to the gate of Xingqing Mansion.
At this point, in a sense, Zheng Lang is about to realize the horse riding on the Helan Mountains as written in Yue Fei's Man Jiang Hong. (To be continued) - Didn't finish reading? Add this book to your favoritesI'm a member and bookmarked this chapterCopy the address of this book and recommend it to your friends for pointsChapter error? Click here to report
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