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    After defeating Wei Sheng, Chao Yong left 40,000 people including Shi Wengong, Guan Sheng, Hua Rong, and Qin Ming to clear out Tian Hu's remaining forces, and returned to Tokyo with Wu Song's 10,000 troops.  .

    Just one day away from Wei Sheng, he received the news that Zhe Keqiu led his troops to raid and captured Taiyuan.  After Daliang sent troops to the east of Hedong, the Zhejia sent troops to capture Lanzhou, and then marched eastward to attack Xianzhou, as if they wanted to capture all the state capitals northeast of the river.  When Chao Yong led his troops into Hedong and Tian Hu focused his attention on the south, Zhe Keqiu suddenly led his troops south and captured Taiyuan.

    Although Taiyuan Prefecture is an important place in the east of Hedong, Tian Hu did not pay too much attention to it after taking it. He just regarded Taiyuan as a source of money and food and plundered it wantonly, causing Taiyuan people to resent.  After the Zhejia Army invaded Taiyuan, the soldiers and civilians in the city responded internally. Tian Hu's 20,000 soldiers and horses were all wiped out by the Zhejia Army who had experienced hundreds of battles.

    ¡°Obviously, the Zhejia Army was following Chao Yong¡¯s instructions and working hard, but they did not want to consume too much of their troops. Otherwise, after capturing Lanzhou, they would go south to attack Taiyuan, and then threaten victory.  Marching eastward to attack Xianzhou, although it was also about seizing the city occupied by Tian Hu, it was also suspected of conserving strength for errands.

    Therefore, Chao Yong just wrote to the court, asking Feng Zhekeqiu to be the deputy commander-in-chief of Hedong and Guan Sheng to be the commander-in-chief of Hedong.

    Guan Sheng was born in Hedong, and with the help of Xuanzan, Hao Siwen, Tang Bin, Wen Zhongrong and Cui Ye of Baodushan, it was enough to suppress the situation in Hedong. However, after the others wiped out the remaining forces of Tian Hu, Chao Yong returned to another  Appointment available.

    The prince¡¯s personal soldiers escorting the Xixia prisoners were faster than Chao Yong and his party, but they did not go directly to Tokyo, but waited for the prince in Yangwu.

    After the two teams reunited, they headed for Tokyo.

    The scale of welcoming the crown prince's triumphant return was unprecedented. Chao Yong led 10,000 troops and escorted Li Renai, Yelu Nanxian, and dozens of people from the Xixia royal family to Kyoto. There were also dozens of vehicles loaded with rare treasures collected by the Xixia dynasties.  car.  The queue for the class teacher was not long.  But the queue to greet them was endless.

    The Emperor of Daliang ordered that, except for the left and right ministers and those involved in political affairs, all the remaining officials in the capital would go out of the city ten miles to greet him.

    ¡°In fact, there is no need for the emperor to issue an edict. Which official in Tokyo does not want to please the popular prince. Although thousands of officials go out to welcome him, the prince may not be able to see them.  Even if they see it, they may not be able to remember them, but if they don't go, there is no chance that others will accidentally tell it in front of the prince.  Or the prince or prime minister can hold a boat and will not hold grudges, but the court is full of the prince's confidants, and these people may not let go of those who are disrespectful to the prince.

    ¡°The officials alone lined up for nearly a mile, which shows that there are many officials in Tokyo.  This is why Daliang streamlined many officials in the Song Dynasty.  However, there are many functional departments in Tokyo, and they are in charge of national affairs. The number of officials in the city is far beyond what ordinary cities can compare with.

    ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? off out to the city's elders who came to welcome them. In the past, officials would also find some squires in the city, and some older people in the city who were over 60 years old to make a show, but the number was not very large.  If there are too many, the censor will impeach.  The people in the city will also complain.

    Because the overall life span is not high, the elderly after reaching the age of sixty have been treasures in all dynasties. Many emperors once invited the elderly to the palace to hold a longevity banquet or something.  to show their civility.  The world is peaceful and the people are healthy. Only in prosperous times will there be many old people.  As long as you live to be sixty years old, the court will give you some rewards.  Even if you are broke.  No need to worry about food and clothing anymore.  And many times, he would be invited by local officials to greet his superiors on behalf of the people in the city.  If you are worn out.  Local officials will also put you in some new but not extravagant clothes.

    But this time, the people in the city lined up directly into the city from ten miles away.  Moreover, Tokyo officials did not organize them. People came out of the city spontaneously, hoping to see the prince's heroic appearance in advance.

    Decades after the founding of Xixia, it harmed Shaanxi for decades. Although the Song Dynasty also achieved many victories against Xixia, it seemed that Xixia was about to be destroyed several times, but every time it failed, although sometimes it was because of pressure from the Liao State, but  Most of the time, there was a problem with the Song Dynasty's own soldiers and horses, or there was a problem with the Song Dynasty court.  Therefore, Xixia could only let Xixia plunder the people of Shaanxi again and again. Although the people of the Central Plains were not oppressed by Xixia soldiers and horses, they had to pay for it.  No matter how much it is, Sui coins are a shame to the people of the Central Plains.

    Once upon a time, everyone in the world was looking forward to destroying Xixia, but this wish made them wait generation after generation.  The emperors of the Song Dynasty also worked hard for it generation after generation, but as emperors passed away one generation after another, Xixia passed it on from generation to generation.  Even so, the emperor of the Song Dynasty was unwilling to fully trust the frontier generals and let the frontier generals do their best.  That might destroy Xixia, but it might also lead to a situation where the emperor could not lose his power, repeating the history of wearing yellow robes and military generals usurping the throne. This was also the thing that the emperors of the Song Dynasty were most wary of.

    Daliang was destroyedAfter the Song Dynasty, Xixia sent troops to invade the border. People originally thought that Xixia might take the opportunity to annex Shaanxi, or even invade the west of Beijing and harass the capital.  Just like Tubo during the Tang Dynasty, it frequently sent troops to invade.

    However, no one expected that after Chao Yong led troops to reinforce Xixia, he would defeat more with less. He first defeated the army of Xixia Jin King Chage, and then defeated the army of Xixia leader Li Qianshun. He also captured Li Qianshun alive, and then beheaded him in public.  The first demonstration showed Daliang's domineering attitude.

    In fact, Chao Yong led troops to attack Cha Ge and Li Qianshun. The forces of both sides were almost equal. Nearly half of the troops of Cha Ge and Li Qianshun were lost in the Zhenrong Army and Deshun Army. The remaining troops were only 100,000, while Chao Yong led the troops.  There are also 90,000 soldiers and horses.  If Cha Ge and Li Qianshun joined forces, it can be said that Chao Yong defeated the many with less, but they were defeated by Chao Yong one by one, so it can be said that they were just two battles of equal strength.

    But when Cha Ge and Li Qianshun led the army, they claimed that each route had 200,000 troops. Most people thought that since the Western Army asked for help, it would be overwhelmed by the Xixia troops. The Xixia troops were basically preserved.  Complete, which means that the prince defeated 400,000 soldiers and horses.

    Daliang did not say that the prince defeated 400,000 soldiers and horses, but he also did not say how many soldiers and horses were defeated. He only said that he defeated Cha Ge and Li Qianshun.  On the one hand, it is because it is impossible to estimate the remaining troops of Brother Cha and Li Qianshun, and on the other hand, they may not have the intention to continue to promote the prince to the altar.

    However, the imperial court did not lack the rewards from the Western Army, so many people still calculated from the rewards from the imperial court how many Xixia soldiers and horses Liu Zhongwu led his troops to kill and wounded, and then knew how many Xixia soldiers and horses the prince defeated.  But there is no doubt that Chao Yong defeated the Xixia elite, not the cannon fodder of the young master.

    The 100,000 Chage soldiers and horses that Liu Zhongwu killed and wounded are definitely not comparable to the 100,000 Xixia soldiers and horses that the prince defeated.  Therefore, both those who are truly aware of it and those who are not aware of it all admire the prince's record of defeating the armies of Cha Ge and Li Qianshun.

    When everyone thought that Chao Yong was already comparable to famous generals of all dynasties.  Chao Yong once again did something that shocked everyone.  He led a surprise attack of 5,000 people and entered Xixia. He defeated Xingqing Mansion, the capital of Xixia, and then destroyed Xixia with 50,000 soldiers and horses, completing a task that hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses in the Song Dynasty could not complete for several generations.

    From now on, the Han people no longer need to "reward" Xixia coins, and the people of Shaanxi no longer need to be plundered by Xixia soldiers and horses.

    After this battle, the backbone of the Han people straightened up again.

    As soon as the news of the demise of Xixia came, the envoys from the Liao Kingdom came quickly.  In the past, envoys from the Liao Kingdom came to the Central Plains mostly to discuss increasing the annual currency.  Blackmail the Han people.  However, Daliang never promised to give Liao coins, not to mention that the prince had defeated the Liao army before.

    The Liao State did not dare to extort the New Year coins from Daliang. As the people guessed, the envoys sent by the Liao State were not to extort the New Year coins, but to discuss the border between the two countries.  We are a country of brothers and will not invade each other.

    Of course, this brotherly country is not a brotherly country like the Liao Kingdom and the Song Dynasty in the past. The two countries are brotherly countries in the Chanyuan Alliance, but the subsequent conditions are all beneficial to the Liao Kingdom.

    The two sides regard Baigou River as their national boundary. From now on, any thieves or fugitives who cross the boundary will not be allowed to stay in each other's territory.  Civil servants in the Song Dynasty were afraid of war.  There is both fear of military personnel performing meritorious deeds and fear of war.  Under their constraints, it was impossible for the Song army to cross the border.  However, soldiers and horses from the Liao Kingdom often came across the border to hunt grass and valleys.  Quite often.  These Liao soldiers who came to attack Caogu would fall into an ambush by the Song army. At this time, the Liao State could say that these Liao soldiers were fugitive thieves who had crossed the border. According to the covenant, the Song Dynasty could not detain them.  They can only be handed back to Liao for punishment.  But after returning, the Liao Kingdom would naturally not punish these Liao soldiers as real thieves.  Therefore, Song soldiers often found out helplessly that the thieves they handed over to the Liao Kingdom last time came again.

    In the two dynasties along the border cities, everything was as usual, and no city gods were allowed to be built.  Neither side can build cities or forts on the border, just like neither side can research nuclear weapons or weapons of mass destruction in the future, so as not to trigger a military competition. On the surface, it seems fair.  But if you think about it carefully, there is no doubt that the Liao Kingdom benefited from this, and the Song Dynasty suffered.  The Liao Dynasty was strong on its iron cavalry, while the Song Dynasty was strong on its strong bows, crossbows and cities.  When the two countries fought, most of the time the Liao invaded, and the Song Dynasty could only rely on cities and strong bows and crossbows to hold on.  Without the ability to build cities, the Song Dynasty's combat effectiveness was reduced by half, and it was more convenient for the Liao Kingdom to invade.

    The Song Dynasty rewards the Liao Kingdom with 100,000 taels of silver and 200,000 pieces of silk every year, which are delivered to Xiongzhou.  Needless to say, although it was nominally a yearly coin rewarded by the Song Dynasty to the Liao Kingdom, it was actually a naked robbery.

    The two sides set up forays at the border to carry out mutual trade.  It seems fair, but the Liao Kingdom's demand for items from the Central Plains is greater than the Central Plains' demand for things from the Liao Kingdom.  The war horses that the Han people wanted most, the Liao Kingdom would never sell to the Song Dynasty.

    This time the Liao envoys came to Beijing. The well-informed people in the capital were the first to come from the Liao envoys.?Immediately you can see the car loaded with gifts.  In the past, envoys from the Liao Kingdom would bring some gifts to the Emperor of the Song Dynasty, but they were all symbolic and not very many.  But this time the Liao envoys' carriages and horses carrying gifts stretched for several miles, even more than the Song Dynasty's carriages and horses that gave Liao coins.

    The Liao Kingdom was not as wealthy as the Song Dynasty, and it did not have as much money as the Song Dynasty. However, the Liao Kingdom also had many specialties, which could be sold at very high prices when brought to Tokyo.

    Sure enough, the envoy from the Liao Kingdom was frightened by the achievements of the Prince of Liang in wiping out Xixia. Baba came to ask for a covenant to prevent the Prince of Liang from leading troops north to wipe out the Liao Kingdom.  I don¡¯t dare to think about the old Sui coins. I just want to form an alliance as equals and not invade each other.

    After the prince defeated the invading troops of the Liao Kingdom, the Liao Kingdom sent envoys to the prince to seek peace and establish an alliance to non-aggression.  Because they were still fighting against the Kingdom of Jin in the north, they did not dare to start another war with Daliang, who could defeat them.  But the prince ruthlessly rejected them, forcing them to divide their troops to guard Nanjing Road to prevent Daliang from suddenly sending troops north to capture the Sixteenth Prefecture of Yanyun.

    After Yelu Yanxi's personal expedition to the Central Plains failed, the Liao Kingdom was debating the matter of sending people to sue Daliang for peace. However, Yelu Yanxi still placed his hope in Xixia and wanted to see if Xixia could defeat Daliang.  Even if Daliang defeated Xixia, Tian Hu, Wang Qing, and Tong Guan would still be in control of the Central Plains.  They don't have to worry that Daliang will immediately send troops north to seize the Yanyun Sixteenth Prefecture.

    ¡°However, the prince of Daliang defeated the armies of Chage and Li Qianshun with the force of autumn wind sweeping away fallen leaves, and then led his troops to destroy Xixia, seizing the core Xingling and Yinxia areas of Xixia, and conquered many Dangxiang tribes.

    The whole Liao Kingdom could no longer sit still. Daliang showed its strong military power, and there was no suspense about unifying the Central Plains. Their spies in the Central Plains also got the news. The cities in various places that did not belong to Daliang surrendered one after another, and the people of the Central Plains wanted to return home.  .  In addition, Daliang subdued all party ministries.  He has obtained a lot of cavalry and has the strength to capture the sixteen states of Yanyun.  It is possible to send troops north or east at any time to capture the Nanjing Road or Xijing Road of the Liao Kingdom.

    Of the five roads in the Liao Kingdom, there are only three roads left in the Liao Kingdom: Nanjing, Xijing, and Shangjing Road. Most of the territory in the Shangjing Road is where various grassland tribes live, and is not under the real rule of the Liao Kingdom.  It was not the source of Liao¡¯s money and food.  There are countless cultivated lands in the sixteen states of Yanyun, and there are also countless Han people who know how to cultivate. This is the important land of the Liao Kingdom for money and food.

    The Liao Kingdom did not dare to imagine the situation without Nanjing Road and Xijing Road, but they also did not dare to send troops to threaten Daliang. They could only send envoys to Daliang to sue for peace, hoping to persuade Daliang to let Liao continue to retain Yan.  Cloud sixteen states.  Resist the Jin Kingdom.

    But the Emperor of Liang ruthlessly rejected the Liao Kingdom's request for an alliance, even though the Liao Kingdom was willing to pay tribute every year and lease the sixteen states of Yanyun.

    When Daliang officials deliberately spread the idea of ??Liao envoys going south, the people in Tokyo walked much straighter.  Everyone felt proud.

    With the fall of the Song Dynasty and the rise of Daliang, the Han people can no longer be bullied by others.  No envoy from any country can rampage through Tokyo with his entourage, and then blackmail the Han people with the scimitar at his waist.  After all the foreign envoys entered Tokyo.  Everyone must behave themselves, and Daliang is not afraid of war.  The lives of the people are more valuable than the lives of foreign officials. Foreign envoys who hurt the people in the city, no matter what official position they hold in their country, will be punished according to the laws of Daliang.  Instead of being beaten down by foreign envoys on the grounds that the people frightened their war horses.  No envoys dared to go to the main hall to threaten the emperor with war. Instead, they wanted to beg the emperor of Liang not to send troops to them.

    When the people want to come, this kind of thing happens only when the Tang Dynasty and the Han Dynasty were healed, and the beam had so prestigious just after the founding of the country. There is no doubt to surpass the Tang Dynasty and the Han Dynasty.

    Daliang's civil and military skills are also unprecedented. Wenzhi can be said to be without governance. Daliang has exempted all corvee and agricultural taxes. Daliang's income is commercial tax and tax. Of course, most of them are corrupt officials captured through war, harming the people.  The property of a wealthy family.  It can be said that most of Daliang's martial arts was based on martial arts, and Daliang's martial arts was undoubtedly created by the prince of Daliang.

    Coupled with the prince's series of extraordinary deeds, everyone believed that the prince was a god who came down to earth to save the people of the world and establish a strong dynasty.  Of course, in their thinking, the people of the world are the people of the Central Plains, and the establishment of a dynasty must be for the Han people.  But this is not wrong at all. Although Chao Yong did not exterminate the Dangxiang tribe, he gave them great tolerance, but it was also to slowly assimilate them and turn them into Han people.

    Therefore, after the news spread that the prince¡¯s troops and court officials were out to welcome the prince, the people in the city went out of the city to welcome the prince, in order to see the prince who was descended from the gods earlier.

    People outside the city also came early and stood on both sides of the official road to greet the prince.  The people on the inner and outer three floors also gave the soldiers who ensured the prince's safety a headache, but the emperor had a decree?There was no need to drive the people away, so the people could wait for the prince on the roadside.

    Finally, the prince's dragon flag appeared on the official road in the distance, and then slowly approached.

    The prince did not disappoint everyone. He rode a splendid black horse and walked at the front. No one cleared the way, and there were no personal guards on both sides. Only the soldiers on both sides of the official road maintained order.

    Yu Baosi, the dangerous Taoist god who was nearly ten feet tall, held the prince's four-clawed golden dragon flag with one hand and followed behind the horse, followed by the prince's personal soldiers.  Behind them was the carriage escorting Li Renai and Yelu Nanxian.

    On this day when the Han people were showing off their power, Li Renai, mother and son, were quietly hiding in the carriage, licking their wounds.

    Chao Yong dismounted at the place where hundreds of officials greeted him, performed a simple ceremony, and then mounted his horse again and headed for the city.

    ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? Follow the prince to the city, preparing to participate in the celebration ceremony held by the palace for the prince.

    Chao Yong rode his horse all the way, waving to the people on both sides from time to time, always maintaining a warm smile on his face, and not deliberately maintaining dignity.

    "But in the eyes of the people, the prince who takes the lead is a god descended from the earth, and his every move is so immortal.

    After Chao Yong passed by, the people on both sides of the road also followed the prince towards the city.  Not only to see more of the prince, but also to go to Xuande Tower to ask for a glass of celebratory wine.

    This celebration can be said to be a universal celebration. Not only was there an imperial banquet in the palace, but people also prepared drinks in front of Xuande Tower. As long as you queued up in front of Xuande Tower, you could have a glass of imperial wine.
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