Han Qi kept chattering on the road. Even if the court wants to discuss peace and know, you can't say that those ministers were greedy for life and death, and you were a firm war pro-war faction. This statement further encouraged their power. Why not fight? It is better to be peaceful earlier, so as to avoid sacrificing soldiers and wasting national wealth.

Zheng Lang murmured in his heart, I don’t want to, but the country is the final word, or I am the final word. What Zhao Zhen said is not the final word!

But Zheng Lang admired Han Qi very much. In history, when Xixia attacked Zhenrong Army, Han Qi's last news was that Wang Yan did not send anyone to inform him, and took the initiative to send general Ji Zhi to lead thousands of soldiers to support him. Unfortunately, compared with the other three routes, Qin Feng Road had too few troops. Ji Zhi led his troops to Watingsai. He heard that Ge Huaimin died in battle and set up camp at Watingzhai to meet the enemy and repel the Xixia army. Because of the small force, he had to withdraw. Han Qi also sent the general manager Xu Huaide to lead the 12th battalion of infantry to station in Fengxiang to support him. However, he had fewer troops, and this battle became a real fight.

Compared with Han Qi, Fan Zhongyan was the first to get the news, earlier than Wang Yan of Jingyuan Road. However, the reaction was a little slow. Until Dingchuan Village was defeated, Yuan Hao's troops were directed to Chang'an. Fan Zhongyan sent Li Piliang and Zhang Jianhou to Yuanzhou to support him, and he led 6,000 troops to support him from Bingjing. Fan Zhongyan would not have selfish intentions, which was caused by his military thoughts. Then Pang Ji sent Wang Xin and Di Qing to rescue him, and many of them were won. It was the cooperation of several groups that made Yuan Hao dare not go straight in. After a few turns in the inland of Shaanxi, he returned to Xixia.

I have to ask why the canal was repaired after the rain. When the Xixia army fought with the Jingyuan Road troops and horses, what were these troops doing? That was to be stubborn.

Zheng Lang values ​​Han Qi's spirit.

If all of them became ministers of the slanderous faction and the Song Dynasty lost its enterprising spirit, how could Zheng Lang work alone?

This attitude has been reflected so far. Although Fan Zhongyan agreed, the atmosphere of waiting and watching was very strong. After receiving the letter, Han Qi rushed over immediately and took the initiative to prepare most of the troops and actively responded to the challenge. Although Xing'er said that he was trying to seize the merits, this is also an attitude. Pang Ji has not replied yet. I guess he is planning to plan. He lost the opportunity last year, but this year is different. What should I do? New questions have come to my mind again. The more I think about it, the more I feel, the more I feel miserable it.

Zheng Lang would not have hope for Tai Shi Pang’s military thoughts.

Anyway, I have notified you, and you are happy to pick up the bargain. If you don’t pick it up, you can’t blame me for not saying anything.

Han Qi was so irritable that Zheng Lang asked: "Where does the high-level view come from?"

"Records of the Grand Historian, the original story of Emperor Gaozu, the terrain is convenient. His soldiers below him are like lying on a high house and hiding the water." How could this stump Han Qi? But immediately said: "Winning knowledge is wrong. High house and hiding the water is indeed wonderful, and there is also boating against the current and reaching the other shore. The more you go against the current, the more united everyone is. The boatman controls the boat and the boatman is back. Only the boatman can go upstream. Xingzhi retreats. Could it be that our dynasty will always be harmonious? First he was humiliated by the Khitan, but now he is humiliated by a small Xixia?"

This is another point of view.

But it cannot be said to be completely correct. Five years after the Northwest Battle, Bao Qingtian came out of the mountain and was the commissar of Shaanxi at that time. He also wrote a letter. Since Xibi's efforts, Guanzhong has grown up and withered, and the goods have become expensive. It has been affected for so long.

Thanks to Zheng Lang, because Zheng Lang's actions, whether it is food or money, are better than in history. However, after more than three years of battle, the country's finances are tight and the people are burdened with heavy burdens, so it still cannot be improved much.

This is the decisive factor.

It probably didn't make sense to Han Qi, so Zheng Lang had to say, "Brother Zhigui, it's not that I don't want to fight, I made arrangements in the north."

It is only now that the truth about this matter was revealed to Han Qi.

"Will the Khitan be so short-sighted?" Han Qi didn't believe it.

"Let's wait and see."

"I still don't believe it." Han Qi said evilly. Sending a few small rooms can turn the enemy country upside down. If so, what should soldiers fight bloody battles?

"Brother Zhigui, let me make an analogy. After this battle, if His Majesty supports the main war, you and I support continuing the war against Xixia and completely drag down Xixia, will it be successful?"

"Your Majesty agrees, and it will definitely succeed."

"Will the ministers really obey His Majesty's will?"

"Xingzhi, your words are so strange. As a minister, if you don't listen to the words of the emperor, who will you listen to?"

"Why are all the concubines in His Majesty's harem dragged out of the harem?"

"Your Majesty accepts advice."

If this continues, how could Zheng Lang convince Han Qi? Fortunately, he didn't convince anything. Zheng Lang was very self-conscious. This Xiaosha brother was probably angry with him, so he tried his best to be serious. Don't even hold a grudge in my heart, muttered in his heart, and quickly changed the subject and said, "Brother Zhigui, you should be a Khitan emperor, be foolish and incompetent, and the whole country is a slander. You are prone to be deceived, and you are all short-sighted people."

"No, I have heard of that little emperor, and it's okay to be in power, otherwise the timing would not be so good."

"..." Zheng Lang was injured and simply shut up and stopped talking.

"That little song is not beautiful." He didn't want to speak, but Han Qi couldn't stop talking.

“What song?”

"Princess Xingping's song."

"Brother Zhigui, I don't have the leisure and elegance to make music. I composed a few songs in Hangzhou, targeting some unworthy children of Buddhism. I had time to do it, so I could carefully craft them. When I arrived in the capital, I hurriedly wrote a song, allowing the Washe to sing, deliberately encouraging the two messengers of the Khitan. The song had more than 5,000 words, and it took me less than two hours to finish it. Of course, it was vulgar."

The literary achievements of the Song Dynasty were very high, especially in the attainments of Ci, many Ci realms were extremely beautiful. Not to mention Ci, just look at the names of Ci cards, such as Dian Jiang Li, Su Mu Cha, Rain Bell, Crane Soaring into the Sky, Yulou Chun, Full of the Pavilion, Xijiang Yue, Beautiful eyes, Golden Wire, Nian Nu Jiao, Yi Caly Red, etc., which are already very pleasing to the eye.

Zheng Lang deliberately used Princess Xingping to ridicule the Khitan song, although the idea was good, the lyrics were indeed rough and irritable.

What's the relationship? The song is fake, but the counter-espionage strategy is real. Besides, those excellent works that have been sung are not repeated. How long did Wang Anshi think about the word "green" before it became the spring breeze and the south bank of the river. What good songs can be written in two hours? Is it still hoped that online novels will have a Dream of Red Mansions?

"Talents that know knowledge..."

"Brother Zhigui, did I have time at that time?" Zheng Lang said as he slapped his horse and started to gallop.

The horse stepped across the vast Huangchuan, the mountains were yellow, the grass was vast, and the yellow clouds were running around in the sky, and there were some other colors, the blue sky, the clear river that was blue. Han Qi felt uncomfortable. He grabbed the horse and asked, "Xingzhi, when will the Khitans take action?"

"I don't know, things have to be done step by step. First, we will have a confrontation with them. The court has made three conditions. If you want a princess, there is nothing else. The Khitan will definitely not agree. Either add 200,000 to mediate the Xixia. Or if you don't mediate, you will add 100,000. What choice will the Khitan make? Once mediate, Yuan Hao will hold a grudge. If you instigate a little, the little emperor of the Khitan will inevitably lead troops to raise an army to punish him. Will Yuan Hao be the one who bows his head and admits his defeat?"

"No." Han Qi shook his head. The two campaigns of Tubo almost wiped out 100,000 heads. This was not long before the whole country was in trouble in current affairs, but he did not give up the attack on the Tubo people. If he wanted this person to admit defeat, he would not cause trouble unless he led his troops to take down Yinchuan Plain and Hetao, so that he would not have a place to hide, so that he would not cause trouble.

"Zhigui, will he fight?"

"how long?"

"I don't know. About two or three years, about one or two years, how dare I go to the Khitan without fighting? Wouldn't I want to be a minister in the Khitan?"

When Han Qi mentioned this, he was speechless. No matter what, Zheng Lang's courage made him admire.

Zheng Lang didn't want to continue to get fussed with him, so he turned his head and asked Yang Jiujin: "You have been doing well in the past few years?"

"Bachelor, my subordinates are doing well, but they are not used to eating, so they eat more sea fish there."

"It was my negligence," said Zheng Lang. He really didn't expect that he had eaten Japanese cuisine in his previous life, and it looked very beautiful. But it was mostly lettuce and sashimi, which almost vomited. From then on, he never touched this so-called delicacy. At this time, I didn't know that the Japanese food was like this, but when it was near the coast, it was not a dish, and he ate more sea fish. It was estimated that the food there would still be half-cooked. For an adult who grew up in Kaifeng, he would definitely not like this eating habit.

“How about the Northeast?”

"The weather is very cold, the people are sparse, the lives are poor, and the habits are fierce." Yang Jiujin obviously could not see the threat of the future Jurchens. He whispered: "Bachelor, what the subordinates are worried about is in the mine."

“On the mine?”

"Some Japanese gradually learned the truth and asked from time to time that they were not as kind as the people of the Central Plains said, but were actually more greedy than the people of Xixia."

"Yang Jiujin, your words are deeply touching my heart." Zheng Lang said with a smile. But it is not a long-term solution. Both mines are rare large mines, and they are very shallow and easy to mine. It's a pity to abandon them. Riding on the horse, thinking about it, and saying, "I will make some arrangements later when I arrive in Dibeicheng."

When talking about this mine, Han Qi didn't understand and consciously shut up his mouth.

The first stop is Dibeicheng.

Zheng Lang often patrolled various areas, especially the northern fortresses. If he had not patrolled for a long time, Yuan Hao would be suspicious. Therefore, this corps would openly go from Dibei City to Longgan City, to Yangmulong City, Sanchuan Village, Dingchuan Village, and then go to Zhenrong Village, and go to Dongshan Village and Pengyang City. While patrolling, he cooperated with the mobilization, and pretended to be slow and careless, and acted as if he wanted to return to Weizhou, which lured Yuan Hao into a trap.

When fighting with Yuan Hao, he could only compare who was more cunning. Then he used the blood of Song Jun to fight against the group of scattered soldiers and brave men under his command.

The Song army in Dabeicheng was arranged very reasonably.

After Zheng Lang's reduction in the severance, the entire Jingyuan Road had only 62,000 troops on the board, and the number of cavalry followed. But as Zheng Lang said, fighting through cavalry in the field, normal circumstances may not be able to gain an advantage. In addition to military discipline, the Xixia people may have the upper hand in cavalry fighting and horse archery. Therefore, these 25,000 soldiers were scattered in various villages and forts on the front line. One was training, the other was to defend the city, and the vast areas in the north evacuate to the south, leaving a large number of open areas, which could be used as pastures to save horse material expenditure.

The rear must send many troops to defend, from Jingzhou to Weizhou, there are many cities, towns, villages, forts, and important levels. The only troops that can be drawn out are only these 25,000 infantrymen. However, these 25,000 infantry were forced to hand over to Ge Huaimin for helplessness, which would give people unlimited imagination space.

The strategy of luring troops will be successful if used well. If used poorly, Yuan Hao will be destroyed before entering the ambush circle. At that time, Dingchuan Village will definitely be defeated. This is a double-edged sword. Zheng Lang transferred Zhao Xun and Wang Ji and gave them secret orders to prevent accidents.

In addition to the two of them, there were also some generals in the army, such as Cao Ying, Zhao Zheng, Liu He, and the foreign general Xiang Jin and others who were personally met by Zhao Zhen. They were not particularly powerful generals, but they also had the power to fight. They had made military achievements in Shimenchuan in two battles.

However, in order to establish prestige, they were deliberately treated coldly.

Zheng Lang also knew about this and pretended not to know it.

Ge Huaimin took them to the big tent, stared at Han Qi suspiciously, and asked in a low voice: "Is it going to start?"

Han Qi was puzzled. As the most important commander on the front line, how could Ge Huaimin not know about such a big thing?

But how could Ge Huaimin pay attention to the scout? If he pays attention, Zheng Lang would not be despised to this point. He used the commander No. 2 of Jingyuan Road as a bait. Zheng Lang did not say the specific situation. He just said lightly: "The scouts in front came to report that it was Tiandu Mountain gathering countless soldiers and the enemy's enemies gathered in Tiandu Mountain. It was impossible to take a detour to attack Huanqing Road, but we could only be our Jingyuan."

"I see."

What do you know? Zheng Lang is very suspicious.

After walking around, he said a few more words to Zhao Xun, and then left. He quickly checked the other forts to prevent Yuanhao's army from moving south, and only in the narrow area to the west to north of Dibei City. The Song Dynasty successively established Zhangjia Fort, Sanchuan Village, Liufan Fort, Huaiyuan Village, Dingchuan Village, Gangou Fort, Ganhe Fort, Zhaofu Fort, Yangma City, Lianhu Fort, Dingxi Fort. Everything has its advantages and disadvantages. These forts blocked Yuanhao's attack. However, they were seriously divided into troops.

Break from Zhangjiabao to Changgan City.

In fact, it seems that I have taken a quick look, and orders have been issued.

When he saw Zhang Ji, Han Qi looked at him a few more times. First, his record was outstanding, with 900 to 10,000, 600 to 30,000, and 30,000 to 30,000. The soldiers led by his subordinates were also of different quality. The worst time with the grain bribe team led by Wang Ji and Wang Kai, there were almost more than 5,000 grain bribes with no combat effectiveness, but they won every victory. If this person was replaced, what would Haoshuichuan be like in the battle?

There is no comparison, and it is really a bad situation. Even Zhang Ji cannot escape the thickness of the 100,000 army. But no matter whether it is Zhang Ji, Di Qing, Zhang Kang or Wang Xin, the entire army will not be trapped in a situation like Good Shuichuan. Unless they are the deputy generals, they are not the head coach, and they have to obey the orders of the head general.

Zhang Ke's hideous appearance also made Han Qi take a look.

Zheng Lang's love for Zhang Ku was from the bottom of his heart, and even specially invited a skilled doctor from the capital to diagnose the residual injuries on his body. It is easy to get a thousand troops, but it is hard to find a general. If there were ten Zhang Ku in Shaanxi, Yuan Hao would be very sad. Without Han Qi's persuasion, Zheng Lang would also incite the court to attack the people of Xixia after the Khitan and Xixia.

it's out of the question.

Sit down and discuss carefully.

The next day, he was about to leave, and a person came from the capital, saying that he was a visitor to Miao Jizong's family, and asked to meet Zheng Lang.

Zheng Lang frowned slightly.

Miao Jizong was the father of Concubine Miao, and his wife was Zhao Zhen's nurse. Therefore, the Miao family began to make a fortune. It was not necessarily a bad thing. Miao Jixuan, who was Miao Jizong's brother (note). What's the matter with him at this time?

I guessed it, but I didn't like it.

It was said that when he came in, a middle-aged hero handed over the letter, it was written by Miao Gui. He couldn't tell the truth from his husband, and he was very righteous in the world and did not dare to distinguish it. So he wrote a letter privately asking his father to hand it over to Zheng Lang. The letter was written in a beautiful and charming tone and pity.

But after reading the letter, Zheng Lang immediately burned the letter with a fire note and said to the visitor: "Let's reply, tell the concubine, don't worry about it. Since the court has increased the tribute of 200,000 yuan, the Khitan will not ask for the princess. They regard themselves as the country above, and they also have their own dignity. Although the Han princess is good, they may not take it to their hearts. Also, I am a foreign minister and the imperial concubine is a harem. They interact with each other and are not in line with the system."

Zhao Zhen’s Emperor Guo died inexplicably, Yang Shang’s second beautiful sister was pulled out, Chen Xiaomei’s wife was not allowed to worship the queen, and Zhao Zhen’s harem was also in chaos. At least they could understand one truth: these ministers cannot be provoked, and some concubines were smart, so they met a certain minister, interacted with each other, and were connected. It was either that kind of relationship, or we would join forces to communicate with each other, you would say good things for me, and I would say good things for you. Some ministers were really moved.

But Zhao Zhen had too many suns in the morning, so Wen Yanbo, Pang Ji and others wanted to get a bargain, but instead got shot.

There is no need to provoke this slut.
To be continued...