When the Song Dynasty failed to attack Xia in the five routes, the Liang family led a group of women's army to launch a crazy pursuit of the Song army.

She was injured then.

Later, Liang fell ill and suffered a crushing defeat in Pingxia City. Liang's condition worsened, but the confidentiality measures were done well, and the Song Dynasty did not find out.

Then Fengxue Dingtiandu, and hearing this, Liang was furious and died soon after.

But at this time, the Song army was attacking Xiaoguan again. Xixia was worried that the news would be unexpected, so it concealed the death of Liang. This was also the reason why the Song army did not see any reinforcements from Xixia when they attacked Xiaoguan for three consecutive days.

This made the Xia army in Xiaoguan dejected. The Xixia soldiers who belonged to the Xiaoguan area opened the door and surrendered. The soldiers who did not belong to the surrounding areas quickly fled when other soldiers opened and closed the door and surrendered.

In fact, it was really nervous in Xixia at that time, because not only Liang died, but Liang Yi was also seriously ill.

Don’t ask if the weather is cold. If it’s so cold, it’s still attacking Tiandu at night.

If the Song Dynasty had advanced to the top and the Liang family was destroyed at this time, and the country would be in danger.

But Zhang Feng had already stopped.

First, we can appease the surrounding tribes, defend the fortresses and support from the people, which can only be called obtaining or occupying.

But it would not be like some scholars and officials who used brain-free money to buy peace. Now Wang Ju has repeatedly said this issue. National issues are just like educating their children. Caring for them is necessary, but they cannot spoil them. The stick may not necessarily hit a successful son, and spoiling them may not necessarily be filial. Everyone can do the same. Looking at the rebellion of many barbarian areas of the Song Dynasty, it was not as the bricks said later. The Song Dynasty had the courage to abuse the barbarians. On the contrary, they were mostly spoiled. In the end, they didn't know why. For example, Nong Zhigao, you are an independent king, and the hatred of Jiaozhi is related to the Song Dynasty! But it doesn't work, and they usually don't make any contribution to the Song Dynasty. On the contrary, they took in a large number of fugitives, and the Jiaozhi people defeated them and did not dare to make things difficult for the Jiaozhi people, but instead used the Song Dynasty to vent their anger.

What Zhang Yue did was very simple. He promoted the tax policy of the Song Dynasty and did not spend money to deliberately buy comfort. However, compared with the heavy taxes in Western Xia, the tax in the Song Dynasty undoubtedly made the Qiang people in the surrounding area feel that they were living in heaven.

Then Zhang Feng arranged manpower to explore the road.

It turns out that there are only two roads on the front line of Jingyuan Road and Huanqing Road. One is the road from Yuanzhou to Pengyuan County. Wang Ju bought a Tubo horse in Qinzhou in Huachi and took this road. In fact, this road no longer belongs to the front line, but to the rear.

There is another road, that is, from Tiansheng Village to Ganxing Village, then to Huluquan Village and Xiyao City. However, when this village was built, it was mainly to appease the Qiang tribes in Yuanzhou, such as Mingzhu Miezang. The two fort villages were built, and the exchanges between these foreign tribes and the people of Xixia were cut off. They could not get along with Xixia, so they naturally became honest, just like the current Xijuncheng Yu Zang Huama.

No one asked if this guy was one of the orphans entrusted ministers before Li Liangzuo's death. As long as you do not secretly contact Xixia, you will still be given a lofty status.

However, this road was surrounded by enemy territory, and the road was rugged, which once resulted in the abandonment of the two cities.

Wang Ju picked it up during the Battle of Qingzhou and played an important role.

The status of the two cities then declined again. In military terms, it is easy to attack but not to defend. The main reasons are that the roads are rugged, and the other is that they are surrounded by enemies on all sides.

Now that the front line has been pushed to Xiaoguan, the military status of the two fortress villages has further declined. However, it is conducive to trade and trade. Influenced by Wang Ju, Zhang Yu also attaches great importance to road construction. It is not the fortress village, but these two fortress villages have truly given up. If the people are willing, they will become a small-grao market, and in fact, there will be no military role in Ganxing Village and Tiansheng Village. The main construction is still roads, which will be further broadened.

Now the exploration is the third new road, Dayanshan, Pingyuanzhai, Dingbianzhai, Sandiangou, and until Pingxia City. I did not dare to move forward. Qinggang Gorge ahead is still under control of Xixia, but if this road is communicated, Huanqing Road and Jingyuan Road front will undoubtedly be more closely linked, which is conducive to trade and trade exchanges. At the critical moment, the two forces can also use this road to communicate whether there is or not and help each other.

But it's very cold now, and if you want to build a road, you have to wait until the beginning of spring next year.

For the time being, it is just exploration to lay the foundation for road construction next year.

In fact, it is not these two paths. In the past two years, the Song Dynasty allocated a total of 31 million guan to be used for infrastructure, and a state army could almost distribute 100,000 guan!

Therefore, road water conservancy is being built on a large scale nationwide.??

However, this sign indicates that the Song Dynasty ended when it was better.

So Xixia sent envoys to Yanzhou to report the funeral.

Everyone's eyes flashed with happiness.

Wang Ju said, "My husbands, let me say a few words. First, Li Liangzuo and Li Bingchang and his son used Han rituals. Liang used foreign rituals. If those who used Han rituals could take it down, it would be beneficial to assimilation. But if they didn't take it down, it does not mean that Li Liangzuo and his son had a good impression of our dynasty. They used Han rituals and only used Chinese systems to govern the country, which had nothing to do with whether they had a good impression of our dynasty."

"Secondly, although Liang's family died, she asked her niece to be the Empress of Xixia. In addition, Liang Yimeng and other Liang family members controlled the government affairs, Li Bingchang was still a puppet. As long as the Liang family controlled the national affairs, they would only have deeper hostility towards our dynasty, not the deepest."

As Wang Ju said, Li Bingchang saw that his abominable mother finally died, and another abominable person, his uncle Liang Yimang, also began to be seriously ill and was about to die.

However, before Li Bingchang took power, he realized that his situation was worse than before. His wife controlled him in the inner palace. Although Liang Yimeng was seriously ill outside, he had successfully handed over the regime to his son Liang Yimeng.

In fact, when Xixia was reporting the death, Li Bingchang also began to fall ill in bed because of his depressed mood.

Wang Ju also said: "In fact, the territory of Xixia in Li Yuanhao's hands has not expanded, but why is it called a hero? It is not only military merits, but also a country. Once the country is established, it will be orthodox. Therefore, the political situation in Xixia has become a mess in recent years, but it has never been divided. Whether it is the Liang family's detained Li Bingchang, or Liang Yi's burial may turn Li Bingchang into a puppet again, it has little impact on attacking Xia. If he is not strong enough, how can he try to take advantage of the opportunity?"

In other words, Liang's death cannot be expected to be friendly to Song Xia.

But if you want to attack Xia, no matter whether the Liang family dies or not, it will not have much impact. It is even better to manage the Helan Stone well, which will be more beneficial than the political turmoil in Xixia.

Wang Ju still has one sentence that has not been said, that is, this Xiao Liang family is even more arrogant than the Da Liang family!

However, Wang Ju still underestimated the upcoming chaos in the political situation in Xixia and the time for him to go on is so timely!

Fan Chunren said: "But if it is passed to the Liao envoy, it will be impossible to avoid explanation."

Not to mention being tough. Because he wanted to attack Xia, even Wang Ju couldn't come.

The Liao Kingdom is too powerful.

The Liao envoy also came, and Yelu Xiang and Jia Shixun came to congratulate Zhengdan.

First, they spoke politely to each other, and Yelu Xiang immediately asked politely: "Your Majesty. Last year, your country had no reason, so why did the dispute over Pingxia City start?"

Wang Ju said on the side: "Empress, do you have any questions? Come and ask me, because all the military arrangements are all orders from some middle and lower levels."

Facing Wang Ju, Yelu Xiang also had a headache. Pingxia City was defeated. Liang asked for help from Liao. The monarchs and ministers in Liao also discussed the specific story. The specific story was not clear, but the Liao Kingdom also learned about it and kept scolding Liang for being unconscious. After the killing god came, he continued to provoke the Song Dynasty. Wouldn't it be that he was looking for death?

Then everyone analyzed Wang Ju's strength, and someone said that this son was equivalent to the combination of Han Derang and Yelu Xiuge.

This evaluation is high enough. Even if Wang Ju has a big finger, he is at most similar to Han Delang in terms of internal governance, and he will not surpass Yelu Xiu Ge in terms of military affairs.

Also, Wang Ju was always dissatisfied with Zhao Xu's checks and balances, but he also ignored it. If Zhao Xu had not wanted to strive for progress, he would not have given him too much room to display his talents.

But this evaluation is not too high, because it has big fingers. Wang Ju is indeed more powerful than ordinary people.

Everyone gasped after hearing this comment.

Therefore, Yelu Xiang looked embarrassed and said, "Why are you talking to Taibao?"

"Yelu Observer. Let me make an analogy. Do you need a reason to attack the enemy of Bubu or Wugu?"

"The state of Xia is still a little different from that of your country and the state of Shubu compared to our state."

"Okay, I plan to think that Xixia is equivalent to Goryeo for your country, so that's almost the same."

Yelu Xiang nodded, unable to say that the Western Xia was equivalent to the Liao Kingdom compared to the Song Dynasty, and the Western Xia did not have that ability.

"If you give Goryeo hundreds of thousands of dollars of silk tea every year, but Goryeo still repeatedly invades your country, what will your country do?"

The answer was good, and many ministers were drinking secret charms in their hearts.

There were also many middle- and low-level officials attending banquets in the hip hall, but outside the corridor. Although they couldn't hear clearly what was said inside, eunuchs kept walking around and putting on food and drinks, so they also brought out the questions inside. After hearing this answer, a buzzing sounded outside immediately, and many people couldn't help but whisper, "Okay."

History says that the Song Dynasty was very weak and not that weak, but sometimes it was really weak. Not to mention how the envoys of the Liao Kingdom came to the capital, even the envoys of the Western Xia Dynasty were also very rampant.

When Emperor Yingzong of Song ascended the throne, Wu Zong, the envoy of Western Xia, made a big fuss. In history, when Emperor Zhezong of Song ascended the throne, Xia envoy Chun asked Eluo Yu to come to the capital, and said to the voice: "There was a challenge in the west of Yuanfeng, and Wuming was born, and Shenzong knew his mistake!"

The anti-shen Yun is a nice saying, but in fact it is to yell at Xiao Zhezong that Yuanfeng is facing the west, your Song Dynasty master is unknown, and even your dead father knows that he is wrong, so he has to return the occupied land to us Xixia (Mizhizhai, Lanzhou and other places).

At that time, Xiao Zhezong was only eleven years old, which was the spring of this year, but it was no longer simple.

No matter how small he was, the emperor was difficult to refute, so he immediately changed his expression and stood up and left the palace.

It’s a pity that the emperor was humiliated, and no one of the old party members such as Sima Guang came forward to resolve Zhao Xu. On the contrary, Sima Guang came. If it weren’t for Fan Chunren and Lu Gong, they would have almost handed over Xihe Road to the people of Xixia.

So I threw away Zizhi Tongjian and then stripped Sima Guang's hypocritical cloak. This person is really ugly.

But it also shows the weakness of the upper class of the Song Dynasty. The envoys from the two countries came to the capital of the Song Dynasty, which was really arrogant.

Yelu Xiang was speechless for a moment, and after a while, he asked again: "But the Xixia newspaper said that you are going to Shaanxi this year and want to pacify Xixia."

"The news of Xixia is quite well-known. I will go to Shaanxi next year, and I really want to pacify Xixia."

"you"

"Yelu Observer, after hearing what happened, will your country win or lose in the alliance of Chanyuan?"

"Victed."

"Seriously? Go and read this historical record. Fortunately, the king led more than 100,000 troops to set up a formation in Dingzhou for no reason. Otherwise, the tens of thousands of cavalry of your country might have come and gone. But that's the case, can our dynasty destroy your country or not. Therefore, the right way to make peace with your country is to make peace with your country. It was precisely because of this alliance that there was more than 80 years of peace. But on the other hand, this is the same. Our dynasty went deep into your Liao Kingdom, and the two attacks were also defeated. Then to Xixia. Our dynasty attacked Xia twice, but both of them were useless. But your country also attacked Xixia. What was the result? Even the late emperor of your country almost lost to Hequ."

"That was the carelessness of the late emperor."

"If Yelu Observer, if he said this, he would be a cunning judgment. If we were not careless in the reign of Emperor Taizong of the Three Army, he would immediately reward the soldiers of the three armies with money and silk, then the morale of the three armies would be boosted. How could the defeat of Gaolianghe? If General Cao Bin protected the food and grass from the beginning, how could the defeat of Qigou Pass be? If General Gao Zunyu was not greedy for me and asked Liu Changzuo to continue to attack Lingzhou City, his three armies marched steadily, camped on high places and approached slowly, what would happen to Xixia? In fact, the truth behind these cares is that they go deep into the enemy territory, and the right time, place and people are not with me, so we cannot have the perfection of the other side in the arrangement. Therefore, more defeats are more than victory, and it is a battle to attack the country. Do you understand what I say? "

"Xixia listened to the rumors"

"It's not a rumor. After the Battle of Hequ, did your country swallow their anger? No, 6 sent troops to encircle and suppress Xixia for several years. Almost broke through Xingqing Prefecture. Since then, Xixia has begun to respect you Khitan. This is the case for me to go to Shaanxi, and I have to beat them up. Only then can the border be truly peaceful. If you do this, will your Khitan still stop you?"

If so, Liao Kingdom will stop it.

It would be better that you fight to the death.

Yelu Xiang believed and doubted, and Wang Ju continued, "Don't underestimate the right time, place and people. Just like after the defeat in Qigou Pass, our elite soldiers died in countless cases. Your country still attacked our country several times, and only Junziguan had gained a little. What about the remaining battles? Even your invincible brave general Yelu Xiuge was hit by our country twice in Tanghe and Xuhe. Or just like now, our country cherishes this peace very much, but if your country finds a strange reason to turn over and tear up this peace, our country will not be afraid. Why, because our country does not want to invade your country, but your country wants to invade your country, and the army comes to my territory, and I am here, so your army will not come. At that time, the two countries were in constant wars and the people were in pain. There was also such a huge year, so don't expect you to have it."

This sentence has several meanings.

I went to Shaanxi just to seek justice, which is what you have done in Liao Kingdom.

If you Liao Kingdom is not satisfied with this, then start a war.

But from beginning to end, I never had the idea of ​​regaining Yan Yun.

Therefore, the war will only be the invasion of our dynasty. At that time, the right time, place, people and people will be in me. With my talents, I will definitely defeat you. And if the victory or defeat is not mentioned, at least this 500,000 yuan will be lost. Don’t really think it is 500,000 yuan, that is silk or silver. If it is shipped to the border, it is worth nearly one million yuan. If the Liao Kingdom loses such a large income every year, what will happen?

This is very important for the right time, place, people and people. Similarly, I am not sure to destroy the Western Xia.

The little house is a fool, most of them are true, including not wanting to recover the Yanyun area. It is also true. Unless Zhao Xu can live for ten years and continue to trust Wang Ju, then Wang Ju will be sure to recover the Yanyun area. But before that, Wang Ju must do one thing to detonate the Jurchen first.

But in the face of Wang Ju's reputation, Yelu Xiang had to believe it.
To be continued...