"Old husband, Tubo has taken it." "So fast?" Wen Yanbo murmured. In his mind, there was no problem for Wang Ju to capture Tubo, but the problem was that Wang Ju delayed until the beginning of summer before sending troops to Kuozhou tepidly. If we don't do it right, we won't even be able to capture the entire Huangshui area this year. In fact, other people have similar ideas. In their minds, Tubo is the great country, not Jiaozhi and Dali. In fact, Jiaozhi is not as weak as they imagined. If Wang Ju doesn't sweep in a large number of refugees, and mixes the refugees with troops to sweep them in and fight them uniformly, even if Wang Ju wants to eat Jiaozhi, he will I don¡¯t know how many soldiers had to be sacrificed. After actually capturing Jiaozhi, the Song Dynasty spent four or five years constantly suppressing it. Including Zhang Dun leaving Jiaozhi, there were still localized battles in Jiaozhi. It wasn¡¯t until Wang Ju became prime minister again the year before last that there were no more troops in Jiaozhi. Gradually everything became quiet. Tubo seemed to be very powerful, but that was the time of the Tubo War, and it was already in decline in the hands of Dong Felt. As for how Dong Felt appointed Ali Gu as his successor, Wang Ju has not yet figured out, but this step is unclear. Chess caused Tubo to lose its strong cohesion again. Therefore, in history, since Ali Gu, Tubo was first captured by the Song Dynasty, destroyed by the Northern Song Dynasty, and was cannibalized by the Xixia Dynasty. Later, it was appeased by the Jin Kingdom. When the Yuan Dynasty came, it became the territory of the Yuan Dynasty. When the Ming Dynasty came, it became the territory of the Ming Dynasty. 's territory. Without cohesion, He Huang would be just like that. In terms of individual warriors, Tubo soldiers are very strong, but this tribal alliance system lacks cohesion. It can be said that Tubo is not as good as Dali when Wang Ju sent troops. But other people don't think so. What they think is that Tubo defeated the Xixia people many times. Whether it was during the Zushiluo period or during the Dong Zang period, Xixia launched nearly ten large-scale invasions in total, and was successively defeated by Tubo. Defeated, and even defeated the Xixia people miserably several times. I was really wrong, and it cannot be said that Wang Ju started slowly from the beginning of Xia. In fact, he defeated Taoshui and Dingxi City from Aligu. The Song Dynasty had already taken action. In the spring, sending envoys to various ministries to appease them can be regarded as taking action. "But Wen Yanbo was in his hometown and was not very well-informed, and he didn't know the inside story. The officials in the capital also congratulated Zhao Xu. Zhao Xu said: "My lords. Even so, it is still far from the peak of the Tang Dynasty." Fan Chunren was anxious and immediately said: "Your Majesty, you must not learn from the Tang Dynasty. At its peak, the Tang Dynasty's territory reached Persia (referring to Persia). During the reign of Emperor Gaozong of the Tang Dynasty, the west encompassed the entire Aral Sea, and Jiling City in the southwest reached Iran), but because it was too far away, it was beyond our reach. In just a few years, all the Persian Jisi states were lost. Although they still occupied the river, they were defeated. This is why our ancestors used jade axes to cross the river, so as not to harm the power of China." "I understand," Zhao Xu said. In fact, Zhao Xu just said it. The smile on his face was overflowing, and his mood could be seen. It is true that in terms of territory, the Song Dynasty was far inferior to the Tang Dynasty. However, although the Tang Dynasty was large, most of it was in Jisi areas. Although the Song Dynasty was small, there were very few Jisi areas, including the country in the southwest of China. Basically, more than 90% of the areas can be directly managed. It¡¯s hard to say about the Western Regions. In fact, the Hehuang area is now controlled by the Song Dynasty. Was it during the Tang Dynasty? Did the Tang Dynasty take over the Jishi Mountain area? No! Did the Tang Dynasty control the entire Jiuqu region? No! Even on both sides of Qinghai Lake to the west of Chiling, although the Song Dynasty would not directly send officials to govern it in the future due to local conditions, it still controlled it. He was very satisfied. But Wang Ju did not write this memorial to report victory. Of course, it was also a victory. At this point, it meant that the entire Qingtang City area was included in the Song Dynasty. But besides reporting victory, there are four other things. The list of the meritorious and sacrificial soldiers is a great victory, but there is a penalty for the defeat of Gaolianghe. After the victory, the court's rewards and pensions must be issued immediately, so that the soldiers of the three armies can always maintain good morale. And this morale is the most important thing for the next two years. The front line needs to supplement food, grass and supplies. Although this battle attracted the main force to Pingxi Fort and the Qingtang area was not seriously damaged, the entire Qingtang area began to lack food and grass, and the soldiers of the three armies were also short of food. These grains must be transported to Hehuang in time. If the ministries can successfully survive this winter and spring, it will further make the people of the ministries return to their hearts. And the candidate for Zanpu, and the new interpretation of this Zanpu is that he is not a king, but equivalent to the king of Hehuang County. In name, he has a higher official position than Duan Zhengming of Dali, but in fact he has less freedom than Duan Zhengming, but this Zanpu The establishment of the government would help the court appease the people in this area. It is still very important to appease. Don't occupy the front, and the war breaks out again in the back. If Hehuang is lost, then the use of troops this time will be meaningless. The last thing is to seize the time to immigrate, or to sayArmy. This battle in the Qingtang region suffered heavy losses. After the Battle of Pingxibao, Wang Ju forced Ali Gu to lead warriors of all ethnic groups to fight with Xixia. As a result, after this battle, only about 10,000 of the 30,000 Tibetan army remained, and six were damaged. into military strength. Not only the losses in the Battle of Pingxibao, but also the losses in Maoniu City and Ali Gu's eastern expedition to Taoxi, resulted in the loss of nearly 40% of the young men in the Qingtang City area. Wang Ju also moved some nobles and forced them to relocate to Weiyuan. They were surrounded by party members so that they could never gain power. Therefore, a large number of vacuum zones appeared in the Qingtang area, which was just used to resettle the border troops. If the Qingtang Dynasty is stable, the entire Huangshui River and even Jishi Mountain will be stable, and the most important thing is not the military strength, but the food. Even in the next year, food will be the most important focus. Whether it is directly distributed or used as relief work, the people of the Qiang and Tube tribes have enough to eat, so they will not be deceived by some thoughtful people. More than 40,000 frontier soldiers took their families to farm. Even if one household could produce fifty more shi of grain, it would save the court two million shi of grain. Think about the two million shi of grain transported from the Wei River to Qing Dynasty. Tangcheng, and even the more distant Shazhou area in the future, will have to consume a lot of money. This strategy has already seen some results, such as the immigration of several thousand households in Beisuizhou last year, the immigration of several thousand households in Huizhou, and the immigration of more than 10,000 households of border troops in Hezhou. Not to mention ethnic integration, they are all Han households are good at planting, not animal husbandry. The autumn harvest is coming soon, because the planting of more than 30,000 households actually saved a lot of food for the court, and it was also food produced at the front line! Even shipping costs are saved. But the battle is not over yet. Liang Yibu finally gathered an army of 150,000 and began to march towards Xiazhou. The two core areas of Xixia. The first is the area from Lingzhou to Xingqing Mansion, but some people in Lingzhou have been forced by the Song Dynasty to migrate to Weiyuan, followed by the Yinxiayou area. We can't let the Song Dynasty poach another half, then Xixia will sit back and wait to die. The army quickly rushed to Youzhou, but the main army of the Song Dynasty had already arrived in Longzhou. Now Liang Yibu had only two choices, one was to divide his troops. The section of the Great Wall built in the Song Dynasty was actually the Great Wall of the ancient Qin and Han Dynasties. However, this section of the Great Wall had not been repaired for a long time, and there were many ruins left. The Song army led the people to repair it, but they could only repair it roughly, and it was impossible to really build it again. There is not enough time to build such a long and majestic Great Wall, so we can directly allocate part of our troops and go directly from Xiazhou to Shizhou and Yinzhou. The other thing is to assemble the main force. Fighting with the Song army in Longzhou. The army kept coming, and the scouts also brought a lot of news. The rear of the Song army heard that Liang Yibu was leading an army and had already asked the people in the villages to return, while the remaining armies retreated to various forts and cities for defense. Liang Yibu thought again and again, Xixia was not good at siege warfare, and his troops looked huge in number, but their actual combat effectiveness was far less than that of the original Xia army. Once the troops were divided into the rear of the Song army, the rear of the Song army only had to defend the cities and forts. Village. It is equivalent to weakening the strength of one's own army. What's more important is that the rear of the Song army is Hengshan. This section of Hengshan has been occupied by the Song Dynasty. It was really impossible to build related forts at eight important intersections last year. They retreated to the rear of Hengshan, and Xixia was helpless. In fact, there is another option, which is to divide the troops at Fulin Road. At this time, Fulin Road's troops are very empty, and maybe they can use the strategy of encircling Wei and rescuing Zhao. But the journey was too long, and Liang Yi was defeated after passing through Dingxi City. They were even more afraid of being defeated one by one by the Song army. ??????????????????????????????????????OUT??? The two armies started fighting across the ancient Great Wall that was so ruined that it was almost invisible. Liang Yibu launched several attacks without success. Zhang Qi launched several attacks with no success either. So the two armies were deadlocked here. But this stalemate is very unfavorable to Xixia, because every day of stalemate means a lot of consumption. How can Xixia withstand such huge consumption now? Then came the news of the tragic defeat of Pingxi Fort. After Wang Wenyu took Maoniu City, he sealed off the entire Qilian Mountains. However, when Ren Duo Baozhong and Ali Gu fought, some timid Xixia soldiers began to flee blindly, and most of them were in the battle. They were captured one by one, but a very small number of them starved to death because some of the soldiers had no food or water on the way and were lost in these mountains and rivers. Only a few dozen of them were lucky enough to escape, and Or they escaped from the vast mountains such as the Qilian Mountains. Therefore, it has nothing to do with cleverness. It can only be said that they are unlucky. It wasn¡¯t until Wang Ju quickly arrived in Lanzhou that the tragic news from the front reached Liang Yibu. After receiving this news, all the Xixia armies were dejected. Although the ordinary soldiers below did not know this news, their morale was equally low. A more deadly Song army arrived, and Huanqing Road??Song Army. Liang Yibu was not unprepared. The section of Hengshan from Longzhou to Hongzhou was still in the hands of the Xixia people. Opposite was the Changcheng Ridge in Yanzhou. This section was also controlled by the Xixia people. It became the only Hengshan area controlled by the Xixia people. Now Xixia has strengthened its vigilance in this area, and even rebuilt some tall forts last year. But instead of sending troops from Changcheng Ridge, Zhong Shidao sent troops directly from Dingyuan Army and went straight to Hongzhou. Hongzhou's troops were relatively empty at this time, so Liang Yimi had to immediately divide his troops to defend Hongzhou. However, as they approached the city of Hongzhou, Zhang Shouyue and Qin Gui led two cavalry forces to attack. After the Battle of Pingxibao, the Song Army captured nearly 30,000 war horses one after another. In fact, from now on, the cavalry and the Tibetan Army in the entire Hebei and Hedong, including Shaanxi Road, can have one war horse per person. Of course, Hebei The cavalry in Hedong just got war horses, and it would take several years to become combat effective. However, there was no problem for the Fanluo Army. Once they had war horses, they were qualified cavalry warriors. The disadvantage is the lack of relevant cooperation, but the army in Xixia is also in disarray, especially the army organized by these conscripts, which is not even as good as the lazy forbidden soldiers in the capital of the Song Dynasty. The two armies met on a narrow road at the foot of Hongzhou City, and the Xia army was defeated. Zhong Shidao led the main army and then attacked and captured Hongzhou City. Liang Yibu felt something was wrong and wanted to temporarily retreat to Youzhou. Only then did Zhang Kai show his sharp teeth. The three armies launched a fierce attack. The Xia army was defeated and fled to Youzhou. Zhongshidao had known this result for a long time. His tens of thousands of troops did not go to Longzhou to join Zhang Kai's main army. Instead, they went directly along the west bank of the upper reaches of the Wuding River and headed towards the Xia Army's retreat. Some of the Xia Army escaped, but Zhong Shidao captured most of the Xia Army who escaped behind in time. This battle. Liang Yibu had 150,000 soldiers and horses, but less than half of them were able to escape in the end. The rest were either killed by the Song army or captured. Zhang Kai ordered his army to set up camp on the banks of the Wuding River. He divided his troops and attacked Xiazhou again. After capturing Xiazhou City, he expelled the people outside the ancient Great Wall, including those in Hongzhou, towards Nanhetao. It¡¯s now the end of July. It is impossible for the Song Dynasty to conquer Xixia this year. If they are not greedy enough, when winter comes, if the Liao Kingdom sends another large army to assist, it may become the disastrous defeat of the previous expedition to Xia. And Wang Ju and Zhang Kai are precisely people who are not greedy. Therefore, this year we still occupy the territory on this side of the ancient Great Wall, and then we will repair this section of the ancient Great Wall slightly before the severe winter arrives, and once again encourage the poor people in Hedong to migrate to this area. But this year it will be much easier to mobilize the people. After all, everyone was a little afraid last year, but with the arrival of autumn. If the people who migrate here gain something, more people will be moved. In his letter, Wang Ju also deliberately used the other side to explain this matter. There are also wars and threats from the indigenous people on the other side. However, there are still many extremely poor people who are willing to migrate to the other side in order to survive. Therefore, as people's lives improve, and they can write letters to their families, relatives and friends, many poor people in the rear will also be moved. Moreover, the proportion of extremely poor people in the Song Dynasty was so large that there was no need to worry about the number of immigrants. So, this is Tuoba¡¯s lair. It will be seriously diluted by the Han people and will not become a hazard to the Song Dynasty in the future. Moreover, the arrival of these immigrants and the settlement of them will cost a lot of money now, but next year, a lot of food will be purchased from these people, and the cost savings will offset this year's expenses. In fact, the main purpose of doing this is to shake the foundation of Xixia, not to occupy the territory. In addition to the Hengshan area around Changcheng Ridge, which must be occupied, including Hongzhou and Youzhou, Wang Ju is not interested this year. Similarly, Lanzhou and Hexi The Kaluochuan area was also rich. However, after the war, Wang Ju did not send troops to the west of Hexi to capture the Kaluochuan. After doing this, there is another great advantage, which is the Liao Kingdom. Why should we be expelled to Nan Lhetao? Nanhetao is the famous Mu Us Desert in later generations, but the current terrain is ultimately different from the terrain in Wang Ju¡¯s later generations. Although the terrain in the northwest has deteriorated seriously since then, it is still not as bad as in later generations. Just like Juyanhai, there are only a few small lakes left in later generations. Now the area of ??the two "sea" is almost equivalent to the area of ??Poyang Lake during floods, so they are called seas. There is also the Shiyang River in the north of Liangzhou. Its upper source comes from the two Shiyang swamps in the Tengger Desert. They all dried up in later generations, but now the area of ??the two lakes is almost the same as that of Chaohu Lake. . Several large deserts in Xixia are rarely inhabited in later generations, especially the Tengger Desert and Badain Jaran Desert. However, there are now a large number of nomads living in the three deserts, and these nomads sometimes harass Xixia. Xixia also built three castles in the Badain Jaran Desert to frighten these few people in the desert.?Herding group. "However, this kind of terrain is very unsuitable for the Song Army, including the Liao Army. Therefore, Liao Xingzong conquered Xia and returned with a great defeat in this desert. When Li Jiqian rose up, he used this desert area to hide and seek with the Song army. After his defeat, he sent envoys to surrender and fled into the desert himself. The Song Dynasty was forced to I had no choice but to watch Li Jiqian grow stronger day by day. In the future, this will still be one of the most troublesome areas in the Song Dynasty. So since last year, the Song Dynasty has been expelling people into this desert. These people were driven into the desert with nothing. They had to eat and drink. If they were forced to fight with the tribes in the desert, the power of the tribes in the desert would be weakened. In fact, it is a scaled-down version of Wang Ju¡¯s tactics to attack Jiaozhi. The stalemate on the front line continued until the beginning of October. The people of Hongxia and Xia prefectures were almost expelled together, and Zhang Kai also asked the sergeants to harvest the crops grown by the people of the two prefectures. The ancient Great Wall over there was almost built, and the Changcheng Ridge Duan Hengshan also built three or four forts, and the Song army slowly withdrew the army, ending the stalemate. But this stalemate will undoubtedly make Xixia¡¯s economy worse. At this time, Helan Shi did the same thing. In fact, it was easy to do last year, but Ali Gu betrayed. Wang Ju was forced to postpone the summer expedition, so it was postponed this year. Han Yun began to sell a large number of Helan stones. The reason why the price of a good Helan inkstone now even exceeds that of Duan inkstone is that Wang Ju and the imperial court jointly hyped it up, and the output is now very low. Ninety percent of it is either circulating in the market or hoarded in Han Yun's hands. It's not that there are no Helan stones, but with the current technology and manpower of Xixia, it is no longer possible to mine more Helan stones. However, millions and tens of millions of Helan stones were suddenly thrown onto the market. If all of them were made into inkstones, each of the literati and poets of the Song Dynasty could have two or three Helan inkstones, so there would be no reason to consider rare things as valuable. In just one month, the price of Helan stone has been reduced to its original value. Even the best Helan inkstone is less expensive than a piece of Yi inkstone. This sell-off has affected countless people. Especially Xixia, Xixia also made copper coins, and the workmanship was pretty good, but due to the lack of copper, the amount of coins minted was very small. Therefore, Xixia is almost equivalent to a country without its own currency. Therefore, the equivalent amount of wealth is less standard than that of the Song Dynasty. The copper coins they produced themselves can be ignored, too few. They mainly include copper coins, gold and silver, cloth and silk from the Song Dynasty, their own livestock skins, and jade from the Western Regions. Now there is one more important thing to add. That is Helan Stone. As the wars failed one after another and the people were in dire straits, prices in Xixia were also soaring, including tea from the Song Dynasty. The increase in prices of cloth, porcelain, and other Song Dynasty commodities was equivalent to a decrease in the price of livestock. Therefore, many tribes and nobles are hoarding Helan stones, and most leaders have also learned the knowledge of distinguishing the quality of Helan stones. Nowadays, the hardness of Helan Stone is far better than that of livestock, and even better than that of copper coins and silk in the Song Dynasty. Invisibly, it is equivalent to the most important currency in Xixia. Think about the impact of the depreciation of legal currency on the people during the Republic of China, or the impact of the severe depreciation of the ruble on the collapse of the Soviet Union during the last years of the Soviet Union. Some nobles even borrowed large amounts of debt in order to hoard Helan stones. Even in the Xixia treasury, they also control a large number of Helan stones and regard them as the most important wealth. But in the blink of an eye, the value of Helan Stone depreciated hundreds of times, or even nearly a thousand times. How much impact did it have on Xixia? It can be said that the wealth of the entire Xixia has shrunk by more than half. Some nobles were forced to commit suicide. More than half of the remaining nobles, because of this incident, their worth is no longer that of a noble. It is almost the same as that of civilians. It is not as good as those who still have the wealth in their hands. There are some tribal leaders with cattle and sheep. Not only Xixia, but also some merchants in the Song Dynasty were forced to lose their families because of this attack. "However, no one sympathizes with this. You follow the hype, the price of Helan Stone rises, you become rich, and Xixia also becomes rich. When the Song army retreated, Liang Yibu also immediately retreated the three armies and hurried back to Xingqing Mansion to discuss with Xiao Liang. "Brother, we can't count on the Liao Kingdom," Xiao Liang said. "As the Song Dynasty sent troops to Yinzhou again, Xixia sent envoys to Liao for help. The Song Dynasty sent a large army to destroy Xixia. Please save us quickly. But Yelu Hongji is currently having a headache over Liaodong. Moreover, Wang Ju is sending troops to Tibet, which is coming to attack Xia. Yes, you should fight slowly, we have no intention of caring about you. "But Xixia didn't know that there were changes in Liaodong, so this precious brother and sister hated the Liao Kingdom and also had no hope for the Liao Kingdom. Liang Yibu looked worried.??Wang Ju has come to Lanzhou, and often goes to the front line to inspect, and even rides to Xiaoguan for personal inspection. This shows that the Song Dynasty has basically pacified Hehuang, otherwise Wang Ju would not be able to escape. But Xixia became more and more miserable year by year. Although the Song Dynasty did not invade Xiazhou Yinzhou again, Xiazhou Yinzhou basically turned into a pile of ruins. In the past two or three years, it was not able to recover. Although Lingzhou and Yanzhou areas had done Some measures were taken to make up for it, but the vitality was also severely damaged. What's even more terrible is that the Helan stone work caused many families to be destroyed, including the Xixia treasury, which was reduced by half. Not long after the autumn harvest ended, many people did not have enough to eat, and many people at the border took the initiative to flee to the Song Dynasty. But for some reason, this The Song Dynasty did not take in the people of Xixia. On the contrary, it expelled them. Think about what Xixia will be like next spring. Liang Yibu took a few steps and said, "Little sister, it's really impossible. Let's surrender to the Song Dynasty." "Surrender?" Xiao Liang shouted sharply. "It's not really surrender, it's surrender." "What's the difference?" "We sent envoys to the Song Dynasty, first to plead guilty, second to cede territory, to admit that the Song Dynasty occupied the Yinzhou, Longzhou and Huizhou areas, and thirdly, not to Granted, the fourth is to promise to give the Song Dynasty 10,000 war horses every year. ""No!" Xiao Liang immediately objected, this woman is even crazier than Daliang. "Little sister, listen to me. This Taibao is so powerful that we are no match for him. That's why we lost consecutive battles. The voices of the nobles and tribes in the country who opposed the war have also become stronger. In this case, we continue to be at odds with the Song Dynasty. Maybe the country will rebel on its own, and the Liao Kingdom will not support it, and Daxia will be destroyed soon!" Liang Yibu explained that this was also the result of his reflection during this period. "We have put forward such humiliating conditions, but the Song Dynasty still does not agree. Then our tribes in Daxia will unite, and at the same time, we can pass these conditions to the people of Liao and let them know the seriousness of the matter." "Song Dynasty If we are short of horses, firstly, if we don¡¯t give them a large number of war horses, some ministers will be moved. Moreover, there will be many ministers in the Song Dynasty who are unwilling to fight, so the Taibao will not get the support of many ministers. If the Taibao continues to force a war, our army will face the enemy with a mournful spirit, and its morale will be high. Maybe the Liao Kingdom will also come to help Daxia Kingdom through this dangerous period. " Not happy. Liang Yibu said again: "Little sister, is the so-called promise really important?" Well, this sentence made Xiao Liang's eyes light up. The Song Dynasty and the Liao Kingdom still valued this promised thing, but for Xixia, it was just like fart. "Also, do you know the saying that great achievements shake the master? Why did the Taibao say that in three years, he brought the Song Dynasty to great rule, and now he destroyed Tubo. After his achievements have reached this point, he can no longer stay, so he said three years ." "Why did he do this?" "What a wise man!" Liang Yibu said disdainfully. But he didn't know that it was this kind of integrity that allowed this nation to remain standing. Even if the Manchus entered the customs, this kind of spirit would never be found in the Han pair, or they would not be able to understand it. . "And we can also send out scouts to spread some rumors. For example, that Taibao is ten times more powerful than Liu Yu." "Who is Liu Yu?" "Little sister, you should read more. Liu Yu was the founding emperor of the Southern and Northern Dynasties and the Southern Song Dynasty. He was originally a general in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and his ability to lead troops in combat may be better than that of the Taibao. Later, he led the Jin troops to conquer Guanzhong. Because of his great achievements, some ministers in the Eastern Jin Dynasty were dissatisfied with him, so they immediately led a large army to replace him. He became the emperor of the Jin Dynasty and became the emperor himself. " "Eh" "As long as these measures can be implemented, we will get through these two years of difficulties. Once the Taibao leaves the Song Dynasty, we will be able to rise from the ashes again!" To be continued) ¡ôGo to Yunlai Pavilion to get the view. ¡ôFor mobile phone users, please visit http://m.piaotia.net.