Song Jiu opened his eyes wide and looked at the front line.

After the Battle of Suicheng, Wang Xian asked to retire. Lao Wang was indeed old and the people who were in the seventh century were cold in the north and could not bear it. It was not that he wanted to retreat as a step forward. So the court replaced Lao Wang's position with his deputy Wang Chao.

Song Jiu vaguely felt something was wrong.

Although Wang Chao is more capable than Lao Wang, Lao Wang focuses on qualifications. If he can fight, there will not be too many people among the generals in Hebei, and at least ten generals have beaten Wang Chao.

There are two more changes.

Because of Wei Nengzhi's talent, Zhao Heng issued an order to transfer Wei Neng back to the Polu Army and let Li Chonggui defend Zijing Pass on his behalf. This person is Wang Shenqi's grandson-in-law, and he is also a general with both wisdom and courage. This candidate is not wrong.

But the next candidate made Song Jiu a little worried.

Under Wang Xian, Wang Chao could not have been able to serve as the three routes of Zhen, Ding and Gaoyang Pass like Wang Xian, so that the generals might rebel in anger and jealousy. Therefore, the positions of Gaoyang Pass were vacant, so Lu Mengzheng proposed to take his post as Xuanhui envoy.

Two Xuanhui envoys, Zhou Ying and Wang Jiying.

Zhao Heng considered it, but Zhou Ying was more familiar with the military, so he was appointed as the governor of the Yongqing Army and the deployment of Gaoyang Pass, and then served as the commander of the three-way platoon.

It was this appointment that Song Jiu had doubts and didn't know what the problem was.

I can't figure it out, but I still have to prepare.

When winter broke out, the court selected 50,000 young men and women from Cao, Shan, Song, Bo, Chen, Cai, Ru, Ying and other places to join the imperial guards. This brought the number of imperial guards to a huge amount of more than 510,000 people. After the selection, they were sent to the northwest for training immediately.

Even in spring, Tian Xi wrote a letter, and since the autumn, the rain was scattered. The waters and slaughtered in the neighboring capital caused disasters. Although it was a waste of disasters and injuries, it was a false reputation. It was a relief loan, which was not a practical matter. In addition, the country prepared the borders for the lack of soldiers, so it was selected by Cao, Shan, Song, Bo, Chen, Cai, Ru, and Ying and took them to the northwest. This was so untrustworthy that the people would not have any resentment! In ancient times, the people were the foundation of the country and the food was the heaven of the people. Now the country took the strong men as soldiers. It had lost the foundation of the country and the food was the wounded. It would be better for the people to have the heaven of the people! 50,000 people were separated from the farm acres. If the disaster was inflicted, the enemy would be able to benefit the foreign enemy.

You can't blame Lao Tian.

Lao Tian doesn't know the truth.

Not only did they go to the northwest to practice. Even the greening of Nanhetao this year was gone. The money saved was purchased in Shaanxi and the Northwest ethnic groups, and then marinated. In addition, a large number of pastoral livestock originally raised in military farms and fixed herds and herds, which led to soldiers eating and practicing, almost every meal was meat. Eating meat is a good thing, but it is eaten every day and has not been carefully cooked, so 90% of the soldiers were vomiting.

However, training is practiced, and even due to practical training, dozens of people were killed or killed during training.

This has attracted the impeachment from Yanchen.

However, it made them feel strange. No matter what they said, Zhao Heng was always indifferent. Chen Shu, the commander in charge of finance, never expressed his opinion. Although he was almost exhausted for financial management.

In the fifth year of Xianping, except for Song Jiu's use of money like crazy, the border was quiet.

Only the northwest moved. Cao Wei went to the northwest. He now has no old friend Li Jiqian as his opponent. However, there are many Tubo people living in Weizhou, Qiang people and Dangxiang people. Some began to express their loyalty to the Song Dynasty. Some were indifferent, including the Huluchuan Road, the most important Huluchuan Road and Shimenxia Road, which leads to Lingzhou.

When he went to Song Jiu, he deliberately called him to the Secretariat, mainly to form Qin Weiling Yuan Qing into a whole for easy defense.

Therefore, after Cao Wei went to Weizhou, he took the initiative to write letters to the leaders of various tribes, explaining the interests and giving both kindness and power. Most tribes still expressed their loyalty to the Song Dynasty.

But there are also many tribes who still turn a blind eye to it.

It happened that Qin Han made a contribution in Hebei and went to the northwest as the governor, so the two began to use troops and quickly destroyed many unruly tribes. In just one year, they went northwest to Quwu Mountain, southwest to Longshan, and north to Shaniuling, and all the tribes were convinced. But now they can't say that they have truly obtained such a vast territory, but they can barely say that they have formed a whole with Lingzhou.

Compared to his father Cao Bin, many people have reported that he was harsh in military use. There is an example. Jia Tong, a famous Shandong scholar, went to visit Cao Wei in the northwest, and Cao Wei visited him. Jia Tong was very surprised. Why did he come to my house and he didn't take a single guard. It was not until he sent Cao Wei out that he found that there were actually three thousand iron armor troops deployed outside the door, but the three thousand iron armors were silent from people to horses, as quiet as if no one was present.

However, after receiving the news, Song Jiu praised it very much.

It is better not to learn from Li Guang as a military general. Let’s not know how to learn from Cheng. Look at the famous generals in ancient and modern times, from Li Jing, Cheng and others in the front, and then to Yue Fei, Qi Jiguang in later generations, who did not pay attention to military discipline?

It was precisely because of Cao Wei's fierce fighting performance that the leader of the Liugu tribe, Baljie, sent foreign officials to pay tribute and expressed his sincerity. Zhao Heng appointed Baljie as the governor of Shuofang and inspector of the west of Lingzhou. From then on, Lanzhou and Liangzhou also belonged to the Song Dynasty in name.

This is not easy.

Although Paljie expressed sincerity in history, it was forced by Li Jiqian.

Now without Li Jiqian, if Cao Wei had no performance, they might have had unnecessary friction and hostility with the Song Dynasty.

So Zhao Heng changed Cao Wei to the magistrate of Qinzhou, and was appointed as the magistrate of Jing, Yuanyi, Wei, and Zhenrong. The country's number one enemy is now the Liao Kingdom, the second enemy is still the Liao Kingdom, and everything else is Jiaozhi Dali must be placed behind, and the southern Dongman who is so easy to deal with must also be placed behind. However, it cannot be said that it is okay in the northwest. The north must continue to appease, and prevent the Liao people from instigating rebellions. Lingzhou must not relax, so that the Liao Kingdom will suddenly attack from behind Yinshan to Helan Mountain. But the most important thing is the southwest direction, where is there a piece of land called Hehuang. There is a group of people living in Hehuang, called Tubo people, and the power is not small. It is said that the number of people reaches more than 500,000 households.

In April of the sixth year of Xianping, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

At this time, the weather gradually became hotter and the Liao army would not go south again.

Therefore, Xifu issued a series of orders, which should be changed, and the rest should be done as a whole.

Especially for many cavalrymen, there is no good ranch on the border of Hebei, they must be replaced, either go to the northwest to train, or rest in the capital.

Of course, the planting of trees also stopped.

This tree planting also had a great confusing effect. If the Song Dynasty was determined to be enterprising, why did you spend so much money to carry trees in Hebei? The South Hetao is almost the same. Where is the desertification changed? You have to consolidate the soil and stabilize the soil.

However, at this moment, the Liao army headed south again.

It has nothing to do with Xiao Yanyan, but is a general attack jointly initiated by Xiao Dalin, the commander of the Nanjing army, and Yelu Guanu, the Prime Minister of the Southern Palace.

Upon hearing the news, Wang Chao gathered 60,000 troops to meet at the Weilu Army City. However, Wang Chao expected that when the Liao army arrived at the entrance of the Great Wall, he suddenly detoured and rushed to Wangdu along the west side.

This made Wang Chao feel a little depressed. He didn't have many cavalry in his hands. He went to the northwest or rested in the capital.

So he had to draw out the poor two thousand cavalry from the army, fight with the Liao army first, and stop them from going south. He led the army to form an array and then follow. But he was still not relieved. Just after the round of garrison, half of the army was new recruits, even if they were not new recruits. Everyone was a little unfamiliar and difficult to cooperate. In addition, his tens of thousands of soldiers were infantry, and from the Polu Army City to Wangdu, he would inevitably be a little tired, his troops were not as strong as the other party, and most of them were infantry, and the tired army would be a little unfamiliar.

Therefore, he asked Gao Yang Guan Zhou Ying for help.

The question that Song Jiu was worried about came, and Zhou Ying quickly gave an answer, and I had to be ordered by the Privy Council to lead the troops to fight.

Is his approach right? No. First of all, according to official positions, Wang Chao is his superior and has the right to mobilize him. Moreover, since Zhao Kuangyi and Song Jiu initiated military system reform, the right to set the front-line commanders' right to act urgently if they have any matters and temporarily take advantage of the situation.

When I arrived at the Privy Council, I discussed it again. Then I sent it to the front line, and the daylily became cold.

However, Zhou Ying is good at playing with her old age, and Wang Chao has no choice but to fight alone.

The two armies started a battle outside the northern suburbs of Wangdu. When the Liao army wanted to take the Song army a little tired, they launched an attack, but the two attacks failed and were beheaded more than 2,000 levels. Xiao Talin quickly led the main force attacking Wangdu to return to rescue and constrain the formation.

The battle continued the next day, and the Liao army still could not defeat the Song army. However, although Wang Chao could fight, he was not a genius and was not much better than Xiao Talin. Therefore, although the Liao army was not engaged in attacking, Wang Chao led the Song army, which was relatively weaker, and did not know how to take advantage of the situation to win.

But in general, Xiao Talin was a little smarter, and this change of course made all Wang Chao waste all the arrangements. Therefore, Wang Chao had to order the rear to send food and grass. So Wang Chao had another leak, and it was not wrong to send food and grass. So many people had to eat. However, when he ordered the food and grass to be sent, he did not order many soldiers to protect him. Therefore, Xiao Talin successfully robbed the food and grass.

The camp of 60,000 Song troops was very long. On the east side was Wang Jizhong. He first got the news that the food and grass were robbed. He was not very far away, so he led his men to inspect. Xiao Talin immediately saw that this was a fighter and sent Yelu Guanu to intercept him and surrounded Wang Jizhong. During this time, Wang Jizhong was disconnected from the main force of the Song army and had to break through to the Xishan Mountain and try to escape to the Polu Army. There were still several famous generals and some soldiers. However, the Liao army surrounded him tightly, and Wang Jizhong had to fight and escape. When he arrived at Xishan Mountain, Li Fu and Li Sheng, deputy generals of Zhenzhou, saw the situation.

Miao, he fled first, but Wang Jizhong was outnumbered and finally was captured alive. Seeing that Wang Jizhong was defeated and his food was burned, Wang Chao had to retreat to Dingzhou. Xiao Talin took the opportunity to go south to capture various prefectures and counties. However, at this time, Wei Neng, Yang Yanzhao, Li Jixuan and others took the initiative to stand up and sent troops to support him. However, Li Jixuan may not have figured out the situation. His army was stationed on the Xuhe line, not far away, but the march was slow and he looked a little cowardly. It was impossible to cowardly. Maybe he was considering how to win in this situation, or whether he could win.

Therefore, when Wei Neng arrived, he became a lonely army. However, he was not afraid at all. He sent Wei Zheng and Liu Zhixun to encircle the small path and then attacked him head-on. In this battle, the Liao army suffered heavy casualties. Although the gap between the two sides was too big, Wei Neng could not defeat the Liao army. However, when Xiao Talin saw Li Jixuan and the Song army rushing over one after another, he stopped and retreated when he saw that he was about to do so.

After Xiao Talin's entire army withdrew to Liao, Zhou Ying came late with the edict.

Wang Chao must have made mistakes in this battle, but he was not completely defeated like Cao Bin. As for the beheading of more than 2,000 people, there were more than 2,000 people. For example, in the Battle of Sandu Valley, the Song army said that he beheaded thousands of people. It was not until the battlefield was taken down that tens of thousands of Tubo corpses were counted. At that time, the battlefield was under the control of the Liao army, so this number was reduced. In addition, Wang Jizhong's bloody battle, Wei Neng defeated the enemy, and the Liao army also sacrificed nearly 10,000 people. Of course, the Song army was even more miserable, with more than 15,000 troops.

However, this battle greatly boosted the morale of the Liao Kingdom, and also captured a senior general like Wang Jizhong... and also gave Xiao Yanyan confidence and courage.

After the war, Zhao Heng sent people to inquire about the truth and demoted Li Fu and Wang Sheng to Lingnan, but did not ask Zhou Ying. Song Jiu did not say anything else, but brought a financial statement, which marked the number of money and silk used for military expansion and preparations in recent years, and then said: "Your Majesty, what would happen to the world if you put these money and silk on the people?"

Zhao Heng was helpless and asked: "How to deal with Song Jiu."

"Transfer to Chuzhou."

Chuzhou is a good place and has flourished over the years. It is no longer the ghost town that was slaughtered by Chai Rong before.

In fact, it is to keep this cowardly general away from the main battlefield of the future.

It was not considered a serious punishment, but after the edict was issued, Zhou Ying was reluctant.

Such frequent invasions are already very abnormal. So Song Jiu once again proposed to withdraw some money and silk to build or expand Zhucheng, Hebei, and then draw some money and silk to reward soldiers from Hebei Zhuxiang, and provide excellent standard weapons.

In fact, since Song Jiu reformed the military system in Zhao Kuangyi, the rural soldiers were considered auxiliary troops, and their treatment was not as good as the banished soldiers, but they were similar to the banished soldiers. In addition, the arable land was divided for their families and farmed. But the difference was that the rural soldiers would enter the battlefield, and as auxiliary troops, the banish soldiers provided labor.

However, this time, the court issued a large subsidy, which was to strengthen their training and train them to take the people away to various cities or forts in time when the Liao people invaded.

This time the cost is more, not the subsidies and distribution of standard weapons by the township soldiers, but the cost of building cities and forts.

But it's still a precaution on the surface.
Chapter completed!