Chapter 400: Northland (19)

After Liu Min returned to the Chinese army's tent from the leech ditch, he took off the white protective clothing on his body and changed into a military uniform.

The robe was red and reached to the knees of the legs; The red robe was wrapped in a pair of gold chain mail, and on the feet were soft-soled pearl-embroidered boots; The helmet is silver-white, with a red tassel on the top, and an apricot yellow cloak over a small robe with arrow sleeves.

Liu Min's outfit made Li Fang and several important ministers of the court almost burst out of their eyes; They would have thought that Yan Jindao, the "fairy" sister, was so dignified and beautiful, she was simply the flower of the country.

The dress can only reflect one aspect of Liu Min, and Liu Min's stunning appearance surprised Li Fang and several people: Danfeng eyes, dropped eyebrows, slender figure, delicate skin, moist as warm jade, soft and greasy; The cherry mouth is red and delicate; Add a touch of seductiveness.

The expressive point of the beauty of the appearance is a pair of intelligent and flexible eyes, which are a little naughty, a little naughty, but not sassy and heroic, gentle and elegant and noble.

Liu Min's true appearance made Li Fang, Lu Mengzheng, Zhang Qixian, Lu Duan, and Kou Zhun look at each other.

It is difficult to see such a dignified and beautiful woman in the Song Dynasty, but if you belong to the immortal throne, everyone can still understand it.

The dignified and beautiful woman is dressed in military uniforms, which is more reminiscent of the heroines of ancient times.

She was the queen of the Shang king Wuding, and established immortal feats for the consolidation of the Shang Dynasty.

During the Shang Dynasty, the northern enemy constantly waged border wars; It posed a serious threat to the Shang Dynasty.

The woman volunteered to lead the army to punish the enemy, but Wu Ding thought that she was a woman and hesitated.

Later, through divination, Wuding decided to send women to raise troops; The woman is good at leading the army to fight the enemy and become famous in one fell swoop.

After that, Wu Ding let Nuhao serve as the commander, and Nuhao defeated more than 20 surrounding Fang countries in the east and west.

At that time, the number of combat sorties was not large, and it was generally only a thousand; It's about the same as a large-scale fight.

However, according to records, when Nuhao attacked the Qiang side, she led more than 13,000 troops at one time, which means that almost half of the country's army was handed over to her.

Not only can she lead troops to fight, but she is also the main priest of the country, and she is often appointed to preside over various ceremonies such as worshipping the heavens, ancestors, and sacred springs, and serving as divination officials.

The Shang Dynasty was a superstitious country of ghosts and gods, and the so-called "major affairs of the country are in worship and worship".

The woman is good at fighting again, and she has the power of sacrifice and divination, and even Wu Ding is afraid of her.

Shang King Wuding has three queens before and after, and the woman is his original match; However, Wu Ding had more than sixty wives, and the woman was only one of them.

It is worth noting that the woman does not live with Wu Ding, but often stays in her fiefdom.

This phenomenon never happened again in later Chinese history.

Wu Ding's wives and female generals have at least a few women in addition to women, and there is also a woman Xing whose name is recorded, whose status is second only to women's good, and who has also led many expeditions and managed agriculture and internal affairs for Wu Ding.

The weapons used by the woman are a dragon pattern bronze and a tiger bronze jade, one of the two weapons weighs 8.5 kilograms, and the other weighs 9 kilograms.

Li Fang and the others were amazed by Liu Min's outstanding beauty, and even more policed her means of immortalism; can use a generator to brighten the gourd-shaped light bulb to illuminate the night, the mystery of Liu Min's identity; even let Li Fang bow and worship several court lords.

However, Kou Zhun is different, Kou Zhun has never believed that the beautiful woman in front of him is a golden knife; Isn't the golden knife Liu Min? But Kou Zhun couldn't explain the white protective clothing, generators, first-aid medicines, and white paper light bulbs that Liu Min had gotten; I had to doubt my own judgment.

After Liu Min stood in the big tent of the Chinese army in full uniform, Kou Zhun couldn't help but take a few steps forward; Stared at Liu Min with straight eyes.

Liu Min had long sensed everyone's doubts and worries about himself from the strange eyes of Kou Zhun and the ministers.

But Liu Min doesn't seem to care about these at the moment, even if Kou Zhun treats her as the real Liu Min, she doesn't blame; Because Liu Min will still appear in the court of the Great Song Dynasty behind him, Liu Min will not change his appearance in the court of the Great Song Dynasty; It's not a big deal that Kou Zhun has known each other for a few years.

After Liu Minping was relieved, he walked back and forth in the big tent of the Chinese army with vigorous steps; Calm as water, he got straight to the point: "General Horse asked the little girl to talk about the content of the four-pronged approach, and the little girl should start to talk!" ”

After Liu Min finished saying this, he swept his eyes around and said solemnly: "The beginning is clear, and the four-pronged approach is the way to survive since the expansion of the Tianxiang Army; It is also a strategy and magic weapon to defeat the enemy, and the little girl said that there was anything wrong, and I hope that Li Zhizai will judge a few adults! Of course, you can deny it completely, but you must come up with a practical plan before denying it completely; Or deny that it is invalid! ”

Liu Min is a carrot and a stick, one hand is hard and the other is soft, not to mention the more than a dozen ministers of the Great Song Dynasty she faced.

So what? In Liu Min's mind, it is necessary to look at the ability rather than the status.

Li Fang saw Liu Min's straightforward opening, and said with a smile: "Miss Fairy, you can talk about it, a few of us are listening, and we know everything!" ”

Liu Min glanced at Li Fang and said: "The so-called four-pronged approach is to crack down, encircle and annihilate Li Jiqian, prevent and control the epidemic, transport salt, dredge the Luohe River to transport coal, and smelt Shidingbian oil to raise military salaries. ”

As soon as the sentence came out, the audience was in an uproar, and the specific content of the four-pronged approach seemed to be a book from heaven that made Li Fang, several court ministers, and the second monk puzzled.

Kou Zhun bluntly raised his arm and said: "Girl, you speak more clearly, and the old minister understands a little bit when he mentions the light of the basket bucket!" ”

Liu Min smiled and said silently in her heart: "If you don't understand, that's right!" It's just to make you don't understand, and then answer them one by one! ”

Liu Min thought about it in his heart, looked at Kou Zhun and smiled, and said, "Since Master Kou can't understand, the little woman will answer them one by one!" ”

"Li Jiqian is now shrinking into Xiazhou City, and he doesn't dare to come out because of the epidemic; In the name of epidemic prevention and control, we knocked on the gate of Xiazhou City and annihilated it! It's for the first tube! ”

"Okay! This is a cry in the art of war! Zhang Qixian said excitedly: "Encircling and annihilating Li Jiqian is one aspect, and regaining the salt possessed by Yanzhou is the biggest goal!" ”

Zhang Qixian paused as he said and said: "Encircling and destroying Li Jiqian is the first tube, so is it the second tube to recapture Yanzhou City and occupy the salt!" ”

"Master Zhang is clever!" Liu Min took the opportunity to praise Zhang Qixian and said: "You are worthy of being a member of the Privy Council, in one sentence; While encircling and annihilating Li Jiqian, he marched westward to occupy Yanzhou, which had several salt mines, which was the economic lifeblood of Li Jiqian's survival; As long as our army cuts off his economic lifeline, Li Jiqian can't help himself if he doesn't want to perish! ”

Zhi Yuzhong interjected: "The girl's first plan sounds reasonable, but the city of Xiazhou was built by the Xiongnu Helian Bobo when he was the king of Xia, and the city is strong and easy to defend and difficult to attack; If you want to take it down, it is no less difficult than Shu Dao, and it is difficult to go to the blue sky! ”

"The young general of the folded family is too worried!" Liu Min said disapprerovingly: "This little woman has long considered this!" Xiazhou City is easy to defend and difficult to attack, but the epidemic in several surrounding counties has surrounded them and cut off all contact with the outside world; In the name of epidemic prevention and control, it is not easy for them to open the city gates! ”

"Then if Li Jiqian escapes!" Lu Chengyu picked up and said: "Li Jiqian is a hero, I heard that our epidemic prevention and control may open the city gate; But what should I do when I see that the situation is not good and I escape! ”

"General Pony, this worry exists!" Liu Min said bluntly: "If Li Jiqian escapes from Xiazhou City, it is better for us, and we may annihilate him in the movement!" ”

Liu Min cleared his throat as he spoke, raised his voice and said, "There are two places where Li Jiqian can go when he escapes from Xiazhou City, one is Dijinze, and the other is Liangzhou on the Hexi Corridor!" ”

Liu Min suddenly mentioned Liangzhou in the Hexi Corridor, and everyone present was dumbfounded; But there was one person who showed joy in the midst of the astonishment, and he was the Privy Envoy Zhang Qixian.

After the founding of the Song Dynasty, Xiliang Mansion was established in Liangzhou, but in fact, it did not formally establish its own political institutions, and only restrained the ethnic minorities; The real ruler of Xiliang Province was the leader of the Liugu tribe, Zhe Zhi.

After Zhe Zhi became the chief of the Liugu Fan Tribe, he was proclaimed as the Liangzhou Thorn History.

Since then, the ruling power of the Liangzhou Tubo Alliance has been firmly in the hands of the Tubo.

After the death of Zhe Kui Zhi, his son Zhi Kui A Yu Dan succeeded to the throne, and Song Taizong Chunhua paid tribute to the Song Dynasty in the second year of Chunhua as "the right to know the West Liangzhou, and the left chamber to escort the envoy".

After the death of Ayu Dan in the fourth year of Song Chunhua, his younger brother Yu Longbo (i.e., You Longbo) succeeded to the throne; Song Taizong officially appointed him as "Baoshun Lang General".

During the reign of Yu Longbo, the party rose, and its military strength has gradually become stronger, and Liangzhou has become the primary target of the party's attack.

The party continued to invade the people and livestock of the Liugu and Tibetan tribes, and the Liugu and Tibetan tribes suffered heavy losses and faced serious threats to their survival; Faced with the treacherous situation of strong enemy pressure, he blamed Long Bo to further strengthen his rule over the Tibetan tribes; With the strength and prestige of the Song Dynasty, the demand was renewed.

In the second year of Song Zhidao, Yu Longbo asked the Song Dynasty to send the commander of Liangzhou; So the Song Dynasty edict Ding Weiqing "knew the state affairs and gave it a seal".

Ding Weiqing was originally an official sent to Liangzhou City by the Song Dynasty, and was retained by the Tubo people because of his "great abundance in the realm".

At this time, Lingzhou had been besieged by the party members, and Tubo "sold horses to return to Lingzhou, but was omitted by the party", so Ding Weiqing was stranded in Liangzhou.

The Song Dynasty complied with the request of the head of the Liugu Fan Department and appointed Ding Weiqing as the commander of Liangzhou; Commander-in-chief of the Liugu Fan Department and the Liangzhou region military.

Yu Longbo also went to Beijing to pay tribute regardless of the difficult and dangerous road, and Yu Longbo went to Beijing to pay tribute in order to form a good alliance with the Song Dynasty to resist the attack of the party; It has obvious political and military overtones.

However, Yu Longbo was unable to organize the Liangzhou troops to effectively resist the attack of Western Xia, and his prestige and status continued to decline; Pan Luozhi, who came from an aristocratic background, rose to prominence.

Pan Luozhi not only replaced Yu Longbo as the governor of the Liangzhou region, but also surpassed Ding Weiqing, the assassin of Liangzhou, appointed by the Song Dynasty; And in charge of the military and civil affairs of the Liangzhou region.

At this time, the party continued to intensify its invasion of Liangzhou, and seized the suburbs of Lingzhou in the Song Dynasty and besieged the lonely city of Lingzhou for a long time.

In order to resist the party, Pan Luozhi sent envoys to the Song Dynasty many times, and was willing to cooperate with the Song Dynasty army to "fight for succession"

Zhang Qixian, a member of the Privy Council, has always advocated conferring the title of Pan Luozhi and co-establishing party items with the Liugu Fan Ministry; The eunuch Li Jihe and Zhang Qixian had the same opinion.

At the end of this year, Pan Luozhi transferred a letter to Li Jihe, claiming that "he will send troops to fight Li Jiqian, and he is willing to hear the period when the imperial court will send a division." It is hoped that the Song Dynasty will jointly send troops and attack from east to west. Due to the cowardice and fear of war in the Song Dynasty, they failed to agree to Pan Luozhi's request.

Liu Min proposed that Li Jiqian might go west to Liangzhou at this moment, and Zhang Qixian first excitedly slapped his palms and applauded: "Okay, good, Miss Yan's idea is exactly what I want!" ”

The first and second of the four-pronged strategies proposed by Liu Min were fully affirmed by the ministers of the imperial court, and Liu Min proposed the third pipe - dredging the Luohe River to transport coal.

Liu Min said that the third of the four-pronged approach was to dredge the water of the Luohe River to transport coal, and Kou Zhun was the first to get excited.

Kou Zhun is a native of Guanzhong, and he has worked in the Yongxin Army; Familiar with the mother river of his hometown, he gushed out:

If the Yellow River is the mother river of China, then the Luo River is the mother river of the people of Beidi and Guanzhong.

The Luo River has a poetic name - Qi Fu, an ancient and mysterious river that originates at the southern foot of Baiyu Mountain in Yanzhou; The yellow ribbon crosses the high mountains and mountains obliquely into the eastern part of the Guanzhong Plain, and enters the embrace of the Yellow River after the Zhaodu first meets the Wei River in Tongzhou.

From the perspective of river culture, the Luohe River Basin is a place where farming peoples and nomads, grassland culture and Central Plains culture converge.

It is in this inclusive and inclusive world that Chinese civilization continues to flourish, and all ethnic groups are also growing and growing in continuous exchanges and integration.

The Luohe River Basin has a profound historical and cultural accumulation, such as the ancestor of the Chinese nation, Xuanyuan Yellow Emperor, the word Shengcangjie, and geography such as Qiaoshan and Black Canyon.

The Luohe River water that nourishes all things brings abundant products and rich culture to the people on both sides, archaeology proves that the climate of the Luohe River basin is mild hundreds of millions of years ago, herbaceous plants such as artemisia, chrysanthemum, quinoa and so on are everywhere, pine, cypress, spruce trees are high and dense, the Luohe trough is shallow and slow, human beings live by water, flowers and trees, birds, beasts, insects and fish on both sides of the bank are many different, it is indeed a beautiful and fertile place with beautiful mountains and waters.

The sand on both sides of the Qifu River,

Ten miles around the embankment full of peach blossoms.

The 10,000 acres of peach forests on both sides of the Jiuqu Luoshui River, the flowers are in full bloom in the spring and March, a pink world, the paradise peach orchard is as beautiful, and even the water of the Luohe River has become a fragrant "perfume".

The Luohe River first guards the largest desert oasis in the inland of China, Shayuan. In ancient times, the sand garden is the primitive deep lake, when Yu controls the water, it breaks the middle strip and the Qinling Mountains are connected, and the water is led down, and the water is made of sand. The sand garden is spiritualized because of Luoshui, and it is much more ethereal, more beautiful, more mysterious, and more charming than other desert landforms......

Kou Zhun spoke eloquently, which is simply a lyrical bard.

Liu Min couldn't help laughing, pointed his finger at Kou Zhun and said, "Lord Kou is worthy of being a well-educated person, and talking about a Luo River is like a poem; But you're a bit of a rhetoric, we're just talking about dredging the Luo River and making water transport; I don't need so many flowery words! ”。

Kou Zhun was a little embarrassed. Liu Min said solemnly: "The water of the Luo River flows from the north into the Wei River and then into the Yellow River, and there are thousands of merchants in Bianliang, Tokyo; They can't do without coal for cooking, baking and heating in winter, and they don't even leave salt; Why don't we use the Luo River to transport coal and salt from the north to the capital? It not only solved the urgent needs of the merchants, but also raised food and salary for the Tianxiang Army; Why not kill two birds with one stone! ”

Liu Min's third-management strategy was naturally praised by the ministers, and the fourth-management plan of oil smelting won warm applause from everyone......