Xining Prefecture is a position close to the throat, and the eloquent and talented people believe that as long as Xining Prefecture is held, it will be able to control the only reliable logistics supply line of the Western Xia Army - the Xiliangfu Grain Road.

As long as the logistics line from Xiliang Mansion is theoretically within the radiation range of the Tubo cavalry, it can limit the range of action of the main force of the Western Xia army, and they cannot stretch the battle line endlessly.

However, if Xiliangzhou falls, in addition to the main grain in the Hehuang area falling into the hands of the Western Xia, it is also equivalent to the Western Xia army fully opening up the logistics strategic channel. At that time, the maneuver range of the Western Xia army would expand more than five times in a frenzied manner. Therefore, once Xining Prefecture, an important city in the east, is lost, it is not safe to retreat to the west of Qinghai Lake.

This is the reason, after the defeat of Dong Yu, the third son of the Huangshui Fork Battle, he saw that Huangzhou was in an emergency, but he couldn't send troops to rescue Huangzhou, because at that time, the elusive Baa Department did not surface, and if the troops were divided, maybe the rescue force would be ambushed.

Now that Huangzhou has lost it, although it has suffered heavy losses, it will not die. He knew very well that if he held Xining Prefecture, even if the eastern area of Hehuang fell into the hands of Western Xia, the aid of the Song State could still be barely transported from Langzhou, although the loss of Huangzhou would lead to a detour, but after all, it could.

If even Xining Prefecture is really lost, and the bordering territory between the area controlled by the Gang Lao regime and the Song State is basically cut off, and it is necessary to pass through some secession tribal areas from below to transit assistance, then there is a possibility that something will happen.

If in times of peace, the tribes will not dare to mess around. But now that they are facing the risk of "losing the country", the 70,000 troops of Western Xia are pressing the border, so those tribes in the south may be ready to move at this time. It's called a stick to beat the water dogs.

Based on this grim situation, as early as before the fall of Huangzhou, he sent an envoy to Bianjing, in addition to asking for more assistance, but also directly asking the Great Song Dynasty to intervene militarily.

But the situation changed too quickly, Dong Yu was too stupid and too wasteful, and the Great Song Dynasty court still officially replied, and in the time that everyone expected, Huangzhou had fallen to the brutal attack of the Manba Department and the Zhuo Luolan Department, and was washed in blood.

The world was shocked, and the pattern will change......

The visible movement of the world is approaching, and on one side is the Tibetan envoy who complains with blood and tears, asking for rescue. But on the other hand, the anti-war faction and the Xia-phobic faction within the Great Song Dynasty began to tug of war.

There is no problem with assistance, but Fu Bi is also hesitant about military intervention, and the construction opportunity that the Great Song Dynasty can see is coming, and at this time, not many people want to fight, and they don't want to offend the Western Xia people.

Even on the issue of assistance, the Xia phobia faction disagreed, saying that it was possible to annoy the Western Xia and cause the Western Xia to directly attack the Great Song border.

Fu Bi, who was in a dilemma, still decided to give food support, and urgently issued an order to Qinfeng Road Langzhou and Jishi Army to organize the first phase of 20,000 stone of grain to cross the Yellow River and deliver it to Xining Prefecture. However, Fu Bi, who did not agree to military intervention, also urgently issued an order for the Jishi army to retreat thirty miles, ordering that there should be no conflict with the Western Xia expeditionary force in any situation.

Now the Great Song Dynasty is messy.

Because Han was afraid that the war would burn to the Song Dynasty for border security, he strongly ordered the Jishi army to cross the Yellow River and garrison it and push forward ten miles, which was already a bit of an opportunity to invade the territory of Tibet, but politically it was equivalent to "expressing serious concern". As a result, the orders of Fu Bi Zhongshu and Han Qi's Privy Council clashed again.

It is certain that the Hehuang region could not fall into the hands of Western Xia. But whether to intervene militarily or not, Han Qi is also uncertain.

Now Han Qi is thinking about something new, because of the existence of the policy of Fubi, the Great Song Dynasty is an ally of the Great Song Dynasty, so from the perspective of righteousness, if the Hehuang region is in the hands of the Great Song Dynasty, the Great Song Dynasty is embarrassed to occupy it, but if it is seriously concerned now, when the Western Xia people conquer the Hehuang region, the soldiers are lost and the generals are tired, and the Great Song Dynasty will shoot black and eat black, there is no embarrassment.

This was Han Qi's initial idea.

However, the existence of the Xia Phobia faction is destined to have great resistance to the idea of Han's brain shell.

It is true that now is the best financial situation since Zhao Zhen took office, and the Guangnan campaign was beaten beautifully by Di Qing, and the battle of suppressing bandits in Shuzhou in Huaixi and Funing County in the northwest was beaten very beautifully by Wang Yan, so even if the army has not been really reorganized, the current morale of the army is also the best time since Zhao Zhen took office.

However, conservatives believe that it is okay to take advantage of this good situation to protect themselves and develop themselves, and they must not intervene in the war now, and there may really be one or two elites who can fight, such as Di Qing's descendant troops, and Shenjiyan's descendant Funing army. These are tried-and-tested elites.

But there are still too few elites, this is where everyone is worried, and the mainstream view is that the Great Song Dynasty still does not have the strength to go out for military intervention.

At this moment when everyone was noisy and undecided, the news of the pill came one after another: the remnants of Dong Yu's troops fled after losing more than half of the troops, and Huangzhou fell and was baptized in blood.

This was a surprise to everyone.

Immediately after the beginning of June, Zhang Fangping's proposal in Beijing arrived at the imperial court, and Wang Yan also persuaded Wang Anshi with a family letter at the same time.

Coupled with the continuous blood and tears of the Tibetan envoys, Fu Bi, who had always been chivalrous and wanted to preserve his previous diplomatic achievements, finally decided to promote the review of Zhang Fangping's "Several Suggestions on the Entry of the Great Song Dynasty Volunteers into the Hehuang Battle......

Mid-June.

The detailed rules for the dispatch of the Volunteer Army are still under discussion, and the newspapers from the west are overwhelming, saying that the Manba Department gathered 40,000 troops to forcibly march in the rainy season, and collected grain and grass everywhere, resulting in blood and tears everywhere in the Hehuang area, and many people poured into Langzhou of the Song State for refuge.

There are also documents from Tubo: crying again that Xining Prefecture is in an emergency, and in order to prevent all the Hehuang region from falling into the hands of Western Xia and the lips and teeth are cold, he asks the suzerain, the Great Song Dynasty, to be responsible and intervene militarily as quickly as possible.

At the same time, Sima Guang, who had made the last diplomatic effort, also gave up, and the Song Ministry of Rites sent to the Western Xia to communicate with him, demanding that the Western Xia "immediately withdraw the troops and stop the inhumane acts in the Hehuang area", but the Western Xia did not respond to the cold treatment, resulting in the Song State Rites Ministry officials still stranded in Xingqing Mansion with nothing to do.

At this moment of urgency, in desperation, the Volunteer Army's entry into Hehuang was supported by some people, and it was officially set as a non-public national policy.

The appointment of marshal ministers has become a problem, and Han Qi advocated using Wang Yan to command, on the grounds that the northwest bandit suppression campaign was extremely beautiful, and the little boy already had the ability to command the war and reduce casualties.

But there are many opponents, the reason is that Wang Yan is too young and his level is too low, although his resume can be regarded as brave and good at fighting, but he has not been tested much.

Even the emperor is against it, there is no reason, Zhao Zhen's health is getting worse and worse, and now he is reluctant to put the prodigy on the battlefield where the situation is difficult to understand.

In this regard, according to the recommendation of Wang Anshi and Zhang Fangping, Di Qing, who had to fight for the country for dozens of battles, once again paid in pain.

"This time there is no military number, for the sake of humanity and justice, we will go to the Hehuang area to fight. Let's go! ”

In the pouring rain, the Bianjing Military Academy took over the festival talisman awarded by Han Qi on the field, and the nearly fifty-year-old veteran Di Qing waved his long sword and set off with 1,500 elites.

Di Qing's department rushed to the western border of the Jishi Army as soon as possible, reorganized the Jishi Army and transferred manpower, and then entered Xiliangzhou as a volunteer.

At that time, the water of the Bianhe wharf swelled sharply, and it was a mess.

In addition to the blockage of the river by the ships of various merchants, people have begun to panic, because it can be seen that there are already floods in many places.

The possibility of a flood that had been predicted by the gods became more and more likely.

Di Qing, who was waiting for the military ship on the dock in a hurry, saw people complaining, crying, and scolding his mother. They were asking why Wang Yan's Fukang Canal project had been halted at that time.

Because of this, the previous assistance to Tibet was not strong, and the decision to intervene militarily was delayed. Because as early as June, there is a sixty percent chance of the flood predicted by Wang Yan.

Wang Gongchen and Sima Guang have now become the target of the fire, and it was these two people who opposed Wang Yan's Han Qi Fukang Canal plan at that time.

Sima Guang is quite honest and barely fair, so the rain is getting heavier and heavier, and now he blushes and doesn't speak, he doesn't go out, and he doesn't reply when he is scolded.

But Wang Gongchen is not so well-behaved, and he is also tearing up within the court, Wang Gongchen transferred the contradiction and began to take responsibility Wang Anshi and Zhang Fangping's "Volunteer Army Plan" is playing the piano indiscriminately, and when his military strength is insufficient and the food accumulation is insufficient, he still dares to interfere in the human rights of the Tibetan barbarians?

"This is self-inflicted, it will destroy my Great Song Feng Shui and encounter divine punishment." Wang Gongchen probably meant this, this is the justification given to him by the Taoist staff under his command?

Waiting for the ship to be shipped now thinking about Zhexi, Di Qing, who has always been cautious, can only smile bitterly. Politics has nothing to do with Di Qing, but if it is really at this juncture, the Great Song Dynasty has to tighten its belts to supply aid to Tibet and the combat needs of the volunteer army due to the outbreak of a food crisis in Shuizhai.

Therefore, this war promoted by Wang Yan behind the scenes, in the eyes of the military commander Di Qing, there is nothing to be optimistic about.

"Du Te gave Lao Tzu a retreat, the Privy Council ship came, and Lao Tzu hurried to go on an expedition."

Di Qing, who was thinking in the heavy rain, suddenly heard the officers under his command use whips to drive away dock workers and merchant ships, but he couldn't ask, in this humid weather, Di Qing had dozens of old injuries on his body, and he died of pain all over his body.

In the chaos, they cursed and drove away, and finally they could board the ship, and the soldiers suddenly shouted, "Di Shuai, what's wrong with you"?

Then I saw that Di Qing was even unsteady on his feet and fell to the ground.

Han Qi's military order had been issued, and he couldn't delay, so he pulled Di Qing onto the ship, quickly loaded the military supplies, and then set out along the river.

This time all the way west, given that Di Qing's reputation among the scholars and doctors is too bad, how much trouble will he suffer, and will the replenishment of military supplies go smoothly? For these expeditionary soldiers, they have no bottom in their hearts, but there is no way, this is the beginning of the second half of the third year of Jiayou.

At that time, no one believed the prophecy of the gods, and the heirloom project Fukang Canal was refrigerated, and everything happened at the same time. This is destined for the Great Song Dynasty to help the government to hold Xining Prefecture in the season when the house leak coincides with the overnight rain, and needs Di to be injured when he is young and sick......

Northwest Funing Army.

Knowing that his father was in command when he was old and sick, he would be thrown into the Hehuang war zone, Di Yong was already restless and eager to try.

It's a pity that the Privy Council has other arrangements, except for the Qin Fenglu Jishi Army, no other military department has been authorized by the Privy Council to go out into battle.

The people who compare are soft-spoken and can't interfere. For these Di Yong's emotions, he was scolded by Lu Huiqing, saying that you want to toss a flower out of a small army leader?

Immediately following Dayan, who was far away in Beijing, a private letter arrived in Funing County, asking the governor Lu Huiqing to authorize Di Yong to go out and form a volunteer army.

Regarding this news, Di Yong, Ma Jinsi and others were all bloody. However, Lu Huiqing squirted out a mouthful of old tea.

I really didn't figure it out, why was Wang Yan cold, and he still had to "authorize" the Funing army to go into battle? If this is the private authorization of his father Wang Anshi Xiangye, it will not be said, of course it is not in accordance with the rules, but it can also be out of battle. But Wang Yan is now the "director" of the Machinery Industry Bureau, and he is almost like a bare-bones commander, but he has opened this brain?

The Great Demon King is simple and rude, and the threat in the letter is already obvious, if Lu Huiqing does not act and evacuates the industry in the future, Lao Lu's political achievements will become negligence.

Wang Yan's reason is also very righteous and bright: if the volunteer army cannot hold the Hehuang area, and the strength and mentality of Western Xia are greatly expanded, then it is not safe to put high-tech industries on the northwest border.

This is a hooligan, for this reason, he is to bring down Funing County, and he is also Guangwei at the court level.

And the reason is that Dayan helped Lao Lu find a good one: although the rest of the military departments have not been authorized to go out into battle, but now that the martial law order has been lifted, since the Great Song Dynasty volunteers have entered the Hehuang area to fight, damn it, you Funing County sent dozens of hundreds of people to the Hehuang area in the situation of "Red Cross rescue volunteers", why don't you dare? Who's going to say you're wrong?

Lao Lu thought that it made sense, since the national policy this time was the "Volunteer Army", then there was nothing wrong with taking these guys on vacation, and Di Yong, these turtle sons, would take a hundred people into the Hehuang area to carry out humanitarian work in the situation of volunteers.

In this regard, Di Yong obtained Lu Huiqing's authorization to go out into battle, brought nearly 100 "instructors", and took the "letter of introduction" written by the consul of Funing County, Yinzhou in the Great Song Dynasty to the Emperor, and secretly went to Xining Prefecture one step ahead of Di Qing to participate in the united front and propaganda work in advance.

The Funing army does not need to go into battle, as early as the early stage of planning, Wang Yan has analyzed that Di Qing's military quality is absolutely fine, he just can't do political and mass work well, and some key lines are flawed.

Therefore, militarily, Di Qing is responsible, and with his 1,000 elites who break Nong Zhigao, it is not a big problem to reorganize the Jishi Army by the way. Wang Yan only needs a few dozen instructors to be stationed in the volunteer army in the name of Red Cross aid, and try to solve some political and propaganda problems.

Another person can't do these things, even if Wang Yan goes in person, because Di Qing will really cut people on the battlefield when he is irritable. Therefore, the "cadre company" composed of this instructor can only be led by Di Yong, so that Di Qing can coordinate well and reduce the friction to a minimum.

Di Yong is the true biography of Wang Yan, as long as there are no problems with the principled route of some big Yan, the Hehuang War Zone does not have to worry too much, even if the loss will not be very serious, you can continue to increase the scale of the volunteer army, under the supervision of Di Yong, as a training army to evolve the bloodline of the team.

Then after winning the battle of Xining Prefecture, there will be another batch of available elites in the Great Song Dynasty. This is the purpose of Wang Yan.

With Di Qing here, the Hehuang Theater is not fighting a marching formation, and no military tactics will pose an effective threat to Di Qing. So this time it was in the territory of Tibet, the Western Xia and the Great Song Dynasty had a comprehensive tug-of-war of logistical national strength.

This was no problem in the past, and it could drag Xixia until the lamp ran out, and he didn't want to take a breather for ten years.

But the biggest problem now is that at that time, the Fukang Canal was stillborn, and this time the flood was menacing, and it may threaten the safety of Gyeonggi. As a result, now it has become the dark period of the Great Song Dynasty, and Wang Yan, who has always believed that man will conquer the sky, can only temporarily ask God to bless him in his heart......