Cui Xian was worried at home and complained: "Is it really that you are the only one in the country?"

Hangzhou is good, it is rich, stable and prosperous, it is really not possible. It is also possible to change to a prefecture. If you leave Hangzhou, you can go to Suzhou, Luoyang, and Kaifeng. Why do you have to go to the northwest? It is cold and bitter? This is not a critical factor. The war is in danger, and going to the northwest will be serious.

"Xian'er, how can I refuse your Majesty's trust in me so much? It's really not possible. After the Northwest Post, I took leave and went home to rest for a while, and wrote a book."

"Is Your Majesty accurate? Even if you go to the northwest, why do you agree to be the deputy envoy of Privy Councilor?"

Zheng Lang did not answer, he thought of three words in his mind, Dingchuanzhai.

Although Sanchuankou and Haoshuichuan were defeated, they were still prosperous, but Dingchuan Village was the most painful. The reason for this was that Ge Huaimin, the second-generation official, was unruly and Wang Yan was mediocre.

If you don’t take the position of Chief Minister as a deputy minister, you may not be able to control Ge Huaimin, a naughty young man.

It was this fierce battle that destroyed Zhao Zhi's last little confidence.

Later, when we discussed peace with the people of Xixia, there were some benefits, but Zhao Zhen was really happy about this?

Why did he ask for a scattered burial before his death? He didn't have to be buried with anything else, but just brought a jade horse into the tomb? How painful it is!

So Zheng Lang planned to go to Jingyuan Road, and since last year, he has repeatedly speculated on this history in his mind.

But once he goes, history is hard to say.

If history doesn't change much, if he replaces the weakest Wang Yan, the four commanders in the northwest will become Pang Ji, Fan Zhongyan, himself, and Han Qi.

These four people will make Yuan Hao disgusted to death.

"Official, if you really want to go to the northwest, I promise you too. Just don't want the Deputy Envoy of Privy Councilor. A gentleman is innocent and the crime of possessing a jade pendant." Cui Xian said again. No matter how smart and capable Cui Xian is, he could not think of Zheng Lang's thoughts. A 24-year-old deputy prime minister of the East Prefecture would add many opponents out of thin air?

"Xian'er. Don't worry, let's call Sun Quanbin and ask what happened in the northwest."

"good."

There is only one promotion order in the edict, and no others are mentioned.

He called Sun Quanbin and sat down. He told the whole story. Many Zheng Lang also saw it from the imperial court's residence newspapers. Some of them had not arrived yet, some even Sun Quanbin knew the inside story, and even Zhao Zhen didn't know the truth.

Zheng Lang remembers when he was in school in his previous life. Historical books recorded the war with the people of Xixia. It was nothing more than the battle between Sanchuankou, Haoshuichuan and Dingchuanzhai. Zheng Lang was still young at that time. After reading this history, he always thought in his heart that the Song Dynasty was really weak.

Later I realized that this idea was wrong. In addition to these three battles, the Song Dynasty had countless battles of all sizes and small with Xixia in recent years. Di Qing alone, and the two sides fought 25 battles in the first and second. He defeated Jintang City and narrowed Youzhou. Tu Suixiang, Maoluo, Shangluo, and Qingqi tribes also paid a heavy price. The scattered arrows reached seven times and were injured many times.

Di Qing is a microcosm, and there are more battles that happen one after another.

First, the Xixia people attacked Sai'an Village and Anyuan Village.

Zheng Lang had always wanted to abandon these two villages for the time being, but Wang Xin was not willing to let it go. Zheng Lang was afraid of trouble and eventually left the two villages behind.

Later, Zhao Zhen replaced Zheng Lang, and something happened eventually.

Although Zheng Lang strengthened the two camps, the great victory in Sanchuankou made more enemies in Xixia. In May, Zhao Zhen dared not save him. Sai'an camp was lost. The prison guard Wang Jiyuan died in battle and Gao Yande was captured.

This is what the newspaper said.

But Zheng Lang knew more, and Zhao Zhen was not right or wrong, because Yanzhou had too few troops. If there were too many troops, once it failed, from Yanzhou to the Security Army and the Jiuzhai he built himself, there would be a lack of soldiers' defense. Once it failed, Jiuzhai and the two cities would be very dangerous.

The few troops were divided, so they did not go to rescue, but served Yuan Hao.

It can be seen from the battle of Dingchuan Village that Yuan Hao used the tactic of accompaniment and attacking aid many times.

Although Sai'an Village was lost, Yanzhou City was preserved.

It is hard to say whether it is right or wrong. Zhao Zhen was in trouble. Pang Jidan was cowardly and demoted one after another. Wang Jiyuan and other generals died and their families sued Zhao Zhen for being weak, causing his family to die, so they were demoted again and again.

As Fan Zhongyan was the Transportation Commissioner of the Capital and the Governor of Yanzhou, there was no way, and those who could do it would work harder. While Fan Zhongyan was the Transportation Commissioner, he also had to guard Yanzhou well.

When the border affairs began, Zhang Shixun had no good plans. He was appointed as the Grand Tutor and was granted Duke Deng, so that he could retire. Old man, please retire.

Let Lu Yijian start again.

What should I do? After thinking about it, only Lu Yijian and Wang Zeng can hold important positions in this time of crisis.

But Zhao Zhen thought of another big troublemaker, Fan Zhongyan, who has almost made it his biggest task to overthrow Lu Yijian in recent years. Not only did he fight with Lu Yijian many times, but he also brought a large group of younger brothers to fight with Lu Yijian.

Fan Zhongyan was in the northwest at this time, and his younger brothers Han Qi, Yin Zhu and others were all in the northwest. If they fight... Zhao Zhen was sweating coldly and wrote a letter to Fan Zhongyan, saying that I would like to use you this time, which is Lu Yijian's recommendation, and he still has something to offer.

It turned out that Zheng Lang believed it too, but now he doesn't believe it. It is very likely that this is not the case. Zhao Zhen just made up a lie in kindness in order for Fan Zhongyan not to cause trouble for Lu Yijian.

Fan Zhongyan replied to a letter, saying that I have always only discussed state affairs and had nothing to do with Lu Yijian's personal information.

Zhao Zhen was very suspicious. What happened to Fan Zhongyan? After being deported in the past few years, his violent personality has changed and become feminine. What kind of sinister behind him?

Fan Zhongyan not only wrote a letter to Zhao Zhen, but also wrote a letter to Lu Yi. Those who are officials must not be punished by private crimes and public crimes. In the past, they were all for public affairs. The prime minister was elegant and rewarded Zhong Yan with great gratitude. He hoped to help the prime minister internally and externally to overcome difficulties for the country.

Zhao Zhi didn't believe in Fan Zhongyan's changes. After Lu Yijian received the letter, he thought about it for a long time and didn't believe it. In the end, Lu Yijian finally heard the voice of Fan Zhongyan's words. We will fight again, don't use the country as a tool for revenge. Fighting ahead, and providing the rear must be followed, otherwise we will not finish it!

Lu Yijian was also afraid, and in the following years, Lu Yijian did not make things difficult for Fan Zhongyan.

Moreover, the war has started in recent years and the country has been used excessively. It is Lu Yijian's ability to make the country safe. However, after the war, the gentlemen turned the guns and turned the guns in another way. They were very energetic and did not torture Yuan Hao, but began to torture Lu Yijian.

Who can explain the grudges in this?

But for the time being, everyone puts grudges aside and looks at the Northwest with all their hearts.

Fan Zhongyan went to Yanzhou. The reinforcements from the court arrived and assigned 18,000 defenders. It was better than in history. After Fan Zhongyan arrived in Yanzhou, it was desolate. Jinming Village was broken, Sai'an Village was broken. Yanzhou and the security army were all broken.

But at this time there was a super big bus in front of the two cities.

But it can only be said that the two cities are not dangerous, and the situation is still not good. There are very few troops, including the 10,000 soldiers compiled by Zheng Lang, and the troops are only 40,000. The concentration is considerable, but the troops are divided into various places. The troops are seriously insufficient.

So Fan Zhongyan was positioned as the guard and continued to move the bus forward. Then he did another thing. In the past, the Song army did not care about their abilities, but led the troops to fight in order according to their official positions. Fan Zhongyan delegated power to the generals, allowing the generals to make free decisions and participate in the war.

Zheng Lang also said that we will rule from the middle. We will not rule from the middle. You can watch the battle and manage the villages. The benefits immediately emerged. First, Zhong Shiheng was delegated. I let go and do business and open up land. First, I opened up land and opened two thousand hectares of wasteland. The price of grain in the northwest was astonishing. Even if the output of one hectares and one hundred stones can produce 200,000 stones of grain, and at least 40,000 soldiers can feed at least 40,000 soldiers!

He started training the army again, hanging silver on the target of the arrow, whoever shot it was his own. First, it was promoted in the army, and later among the men and women in the city. Even if it was a criminal, as long as the archery skills were good, it would be released immediately. Qingjian only took a few months, from soldiers to the people, archery skills were set to a higher level. But where did the money come from? Recruiting merchants, asking merchants to give him principal, transporting luxury goods from the capital, exchanging local specialties with the local Qiang tribes, and earning the difference. Not only that, in order to win over the Qiang tribes, even women gave it to me, and I liked my concubine, okay, I'll give it to you. This is something Zheng Lang disagrees with. Even a concubine is his own woman, so what is it to give it to someone casually? In order not to lose trust, the heavy snow was deep and the knees, he also went to visit the Qiang tribes.

These measures quickly conquered the hearts of the Qiang people.

Zhong Shiheng actually had never fought any battles, but only two things were about digging out land and uniting the tribes, he was indispensable. The later counter-espionage plan was even more magical.

After a few months, Yanzhou was originally the weakest link, and it turned into a piece of iron plate.

Yuanhao saw that Yanzhou was not easy to chew, so he turned the gun. It happened that Yanzhou's neighbor, Shaanxi Provincial Strategy Pacifier, Han Qi, was very disdainful of Fan Zhongyan and Zong Shiheng's actions. What are you doing? You are so peaceful and you have lost all your face! Especially Fan Zhongyan, do you do this, is it still Brother Fan that I recommend?

In fact, it cannot be said that Fan Zhongyan is conservative, delegating power to all the soldiers, opening up land and doing business, almost giving Yanzhou military power, civil rights, and financial power. To be honest, it has a sense of separatist power in the vassal states. But Fan Zhongyan is still a conservative person in his bones.

Everything I did was just to increase the strength of Yanzhou and protect the safety of Yanzhou. I did not seriously think about how to deal with Xixia.

As a result, the conflict with Han Qi intensified.

No one has noticed that Han Qi is going to fight, Yuan Hao is going to fight, and the war has been transferred from Yanzhou to Huanqing and Jingyuan.

Han Qi went further than Fan Zhongyan. Not only did he want to fight, but he also wanted to spread the battle to the enemy's territory and fight to the decisive battle in Xixia.

He was planning to attack Xixia, but Xixia first attacked him and took the lead in attacking Sanchuan Village on Jingyuan Road. Yang Baoji died in battle and Sanchuan Village was lost. But this time the Song army reacted very quickly. The next day, Liu Jizong, Li Wei, Wang Bing and others led their troops to rescue him, but the enemy was too small and we were all invincible. Wang Gui led three thousand iron cavalry to rescue him, from Wating Village to Shizibao, he was surrounded by the Xixia people and killed until evening and broke out of the siege.

When he came to the city of Zhenrong Army, he asked Zhenrong City to increase troops and asked me to kill the people blocking the road first, and then go to rescue Sanchuan Village, but the Zhenrong Army refused to agree. Wang Gui retreated and asked the soldiers on the city to be second, saying to the soldiers on the city: "Then give me some food."

From morning to evening, I have been killing for a day and haven't eaten yet.

After eating and drinking, the enemy also chased after him.

Wang Gui asked for more troops and did not enter the city. Instead, he said to his subordinates: "The military strategy is to attack the crowd with few people. It will be dusk. Now it is late. If we suddenly kill back, we will definitely catch them off guard."

The people of Xixia were not panicked. They were originally coming to fight. A general from the Xixia army came out to shout, "Who dares to be enemies with me?"

Have to fight one-on-one.

Wang Gui rushed over and was stabbed into his right arm by the enemy's spear, but Wang Gui whipped his left hand with an iron whip, breaking his head. Another general came out, and Wang Gui held his spear with his arm and then killed him with an iron whip. Then he rushed the army to attack the enemy. At this time, he could see the difference between the Song army and the Xixia army. Liu Ping could use one thousand soldiers to fight with 100,000 Xixia troops in Wulongchuan for three days, but the Xixia people were defeated and immediately defeated. The Song army chased him all the way, and Wang Gui was shot three arrows in the darkness and his war horse was shot to death, so he had to stop.

Once Wang Gui stopped, there were not many people left in his hands. He fought hard for a day and a night, but he had no choice but to stay in Zhenrong Army. Three days later, Guo Zhigao led his army to Sanchuan Village. But three days was enough for the people of Xixia to do a lot of things, trapping Sanchuan Village, Shizibao, Liufan Village, Qiangou Village, Qianhe Village, Zhaofu Village and Liubao Village. The Song army had 5,000 people. Guo Zhigao's army arrived and retreated.

In fact, this was another tactic of Xixia people surrounding the points to fight aid, surrounded Sanchuan Village, and attacked the reinforcements of the Song army. However, this time the Song army responded quickly and fought bravely. The Xixia people failed to succeed. In the end, they had no choice but to plunder and retreat in a hurry.

It's still the speed of bullying the Song army.

However, this time Xixia encountered a strong opponent, and Han Qi immediately fought back, Baibao City!

Baibao City is located two hundred miles northeast of Qingzhou. It is an important military town for the Xixia people. It has been a thorn in the eye on the northwest border of the Song Dynasty, and it also leaves Han Qi's defense area.

But for the strong Han Qi, as long as he wants to hit it, no matter whose defense area it is!

Baibao City was also a mistake of the Song Dynasty. To the west was Ye City of Dangxiang people, and to the east were Jintang City of the Song army and the Baoan Army. However, the Song Dynasty did not pay attention to it, so the Xixia people built a military fortress along the mountain, which became an important iron nail inlaid between Yanfu Road and Huanqing Road.

However, the terrain of Baibao City is dangerous and the Xixia people in the rear can help at any time, so it is not easy to attack.

On September 18th, a group of guests came to Rouyuan Village, thirty miles from Baibao City. Because they were too close to Baibao City, Ren Fu summoned the heads of various tribes in the name of patrolling the border. On the 19th night, the leaders of each tribe arrived and held a banquet. When they were having a happy meal and drinking, Ren Fu suddenly announced that they would attack Baibao City.

The Song army and the foreign army joined forces to go north through the Rouyuan Valley, crossed the dressed Liang, Guo Kelang, and went east along the Baibao River. At the fourth update, Wu Ying, who captured Houqiao Village, came to the Baibao City first. At this time, when the Western Xia defenders were sleeping soundly, the Song army suddenly arrived and caught off guard. After only two hours of defense, the solid Baibao City was captured by the Song army.

It was another replica of Houqiao Village, which washed away all the weapons and supplies and burned them all. The Song army carried the seized supplies back.

Xixia sent troops to chase after him, Ren Fu set up an ambush halfway and killed nearly 500 Xixia soldiers again. The Xixia army retreated in panic.

This is a major battle that took place last year.

But the bigger battle, Haoshuichuan, happened this spring. (...)

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