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The Chinese army passed through the Hengshan area, did the Western Xia court know?

Know.

In fact, the Western Xia court knew at the first time that the Chinese army was attacking the Hengshan area.

But in this regard, the Western Xia court has no way - the Xia army has already dealt with Ren Dejing's rebels, and it can't be withdrawn at all, take a step back and say, even if the Xia army doesn't fight with Ren Dejing's rebels, when Ren Dejing's rebels are about to hit the national capital, the Xia army does not dare to take the risk and retreat, because that means a big rout, and it is possible to smash the last bit of hope of Western Xia into it.

Therefore, the Western Xia court could only watch a large number of Chinese troops pass through the Hengshan area, and then completely cut off the connection between the Hengshan area and the Western Xia.

Hengshan's unique geographical environment makes it not only the territorial dividing line between China and Xia (including the former Song and Xia countries), but also the "fate dividing line" between the two countries.

Since Song Zhenzong "conferred Deming" on Hengshan and Lingxia Prefecture, the party really has the foundation for the founding of the country.

It can be said that without Hengshan, there would be no Western Xia country.

On the other hand, the reason why the original Song Dynasty has not been able to destroy the Western Xia is because the Western Xia has the Hengshan area - in the offensive, the passivity of the Song army without the Hengshan area is extremely obvious, after losing the natural front-line supply base of Hengshan, the Song army can only rely on the people to carry grain across the 700 miles of Hanhai for supply when attacking the Western Xia, once the logistics can not be helped, the Song army can only retreat without a fight.

Song Zhezong once said, "If you get Hengshan and Tiandu, it will also be very immortal." The imperial court is often trapped by the Westerners, and they go out of bounds to enter the desert land, seven or eight journeys and even Lingzhou, there is neither water and grass, nor is there any human population, and before they meet the enemy, our division has been trapped. The Westerners came, although they had waded into the sand, but in their territory, every time they gathered troops in Hengshan, they were trapped in the jam, and if they entered our territory, they would get something, so the Westerners often profited. ”

From this passage of Song Zhezong, it is not difficult to see that the Western Xia, which owned the Hengshan region, can be said to be basically invincible to the Song Dynasty.

Now, Dazhong effortlessly got the Hengshan area that the Song Dynasty had been unable to get for more than ten years, so that the Western Xia completely lost its geographical advantage and strategic initiative, and even, the Chinese army that could be attacked and retreated and defended only needed to work harder to enter Xingqing Mansion.

But at this time, the Chinese army stopped advancing and put on a posture of "sitting on the mountain and watching the tiger fight".

This made the Xia army and Ren Dejing's rebels, who were supposed to be fighting fiercely, can't help but slowly stop the fierce fighting.

Subsequently, Li Renxiao and Ren Dejing coincidentally sent envoys to the Hengshan area to see Wu Jue, wanting to see Wu Jue, to be precise, wanting to see Li Yan behind Wu Jue, what does it mean?

The first to send an envoy was Li Renxiao, who sent his important minister Li Renli to meet Wu Jue.

This Li Renli, although he is a member of the party, is proficient in Chinese characters, talented, good at singing, and seems to be a famous Confucian in the world.

Moreover, in the early years, when Li Renli was serving as a military supervisor in Weizhou, he was reprimanded by his brother Li Renzhong's suicide note because he privately accepted money from the officials, and reluctantly thought that the official was upright, and Li Renli returned the property he received, and from then until now (even until his death), there is no grain storage in his home.

It can be seen that Li Renli has a superb character.

Such a person has always walked right, behaved properly, and was eloquent, and the key is not afraid of life and death.

And he came here to argue with Wu Jue why Dazhong wanted to worship the alliance, and why he wanted to take advantage of the weakness of Western Xia to attack Western Xia?

Therefore, as soon as he saw Wu Jue, Li Renli took out the oath of the two countries and generously recited: "Emperor Dazhong respectfully sends a letter to His Majesty the younger Emperor Daxia: Abide by the covenant and abide by the alliance. The land west of Hengshan-Tiandu (including the Hengshan area) was sent to my brother, and the three divisions were sent to Xingzhou for delivery. The armies of the border states, each guarding the border; Households in the two places shall not be invaded; or if a thief escapes, they shall not take one another in. As for the crops in Longmu, the north and the south should not be disturbed. The two dynasties are along the border cities, and each still stands, repairs the moats and plugs, everything is as usual, and it is not allowed to build another city god and dig a river. Outside of the oath, each has nothing to ask for, and must work together for a long time. Since then, the security of Li Shu, the town guarded the seal, the quality of the gods of heaven and earth, sued in the temple community, the descendants guarded together, and the spread was endless. There is this alliance between Chongqing and Chongqing, and it is not to enjoy the country, and it is clear that it will be destroyed. ”

After reading it, Li Renli put away the oath and said: "Emperor Shengwen (Li Qianshun) of our country replied: 'Although Lone is not talented, dare to abide by this covenant, I would like to tell heaven and earth, the descendants of the oath, there is an alliance between Chongqing, and the gods are dead. Emperor Shengwen of the Later Kingdom sent Princess Yinchuan, Princess Xining, Princess Huining, 10,000 cattle and horses, 100,000 Tan sheepskins, 100,000 porcelain, 10,000 catties of Helan stone and other treasures of Western Xia to thank His Majesty the Emperor Dazhong for his kindness. ”

Seeing that Wu Jue was speechless by him, Li Renli raised his voice a little more and said: "The two dynasties have talked well, in the past ten years, suddenly your dynasty has exceeded the alliance and approached the border with soldiers, and has not been afraid of the sky?" Since ancient times, the oath has been violated, and the country has not been long. His Majesty the Emperor of your dynasty is an elder, and he should remember the feelings of his ancestors and the righteousness of his neighbors, and use his strength to eliminate great disasters together, so as to be the demeanor of a great country. But today, you raise troops to the border and seize the people's land, what kind of system have you become? ”

After quietly listening to Li Renli's accusation, Wu Jue took out the "handwritten letter" written by Li Renxiao to Li Yan and pushed it in front of Li Renli, and said, "King Shu, look at this letter." ”

Li Renli picked up the "handwritten letter" written by Li Renxiao to Li Yan with some confusion and read it slowly.

The more I read, the more shocked Li Renli became!

Without waiting to finish reading, Li Renli pressed the letter on the table and said, "Fake, how could my emperor write such a letter!" ”

Wu Jue said leisurely: "So, the handwriting on this letter is not Lord Xia's?" The jade seal on it is not the private seal of the Xia Lord? ”

Li Renli's moral character is so high that he can't do it at all, and he resolutely refuses to admit that this is Li Renxiao's handwriting, he can only say hesitantly: "It's like it, but it's not ...... same thing."

Wu Jue interrupted Li Renli and said, "Why, does King Shu still think that this letter is forged by my emperor?" ”

This matter can be big or small, Li Renli didn't dare to talk nonsense, he could only say very tactfully: "Xing...... Maybe it's Ren Dejing's traitor's trick! ”

Wu Jue said: "Then your country's Lord Li Zhizhong is also fake?" This letter was handed over to our emperor by his own hand. ”

Li Renli is a gentleman.

What a gentleman is good at is arguing with reason, not having a bottom line compared with hooligans.

Therefore, in the face of Li Yan's hooliganism, Li Renli couldn't help but be a little short of words, and said, "Maybe...... It may be that Li Zhizhong colluded with Ren Dejing, or it may be that Ren Dejing's people secretly transferred the ......"

Wu Jue said leisurely: "Is it possible that this letter asking for help is what Lord Xia meant?" After all, Lord Xia was only twelve years old, and in the face of so many troubles that came to him, it was not impossible for him to choose to give up Western Xia in exchange for a lifetime of wealth. ”

"This ......"

Now, Li Renli is not sure whether this "handwritten letter" was written by Li Renxiao, after all, when Li Renxiao wrote this letter, Li Renli was not by Li Renxiao's side.

Li Renli could only say in the end: "Then please ask Marshal Wu to withdraw from the Hengshan area first, and when we find out this matter in Great Xia, we will definitely give your country an explanation." ”

Wu Jue didn't think about it and said: "I'm sorry, a certain family is a soldier, and a soldier takes obedience to orders as his duty, and the order received by a certain family is to eliminate the rebels in the Hengshan area, and then go west to take over Western Xia, without the order of my emperor and the imperial court, a certain family will swear to carry out the previous order to the end!" ”

"Don't ...... in your big school"

Li Renli wanted to say: "Don't deceive people too much! ”

Fortunately, Li Renli saw in time that Wu Jue's face was already sinking like water, and he did not hide his killing intent, and the deputy envoy also pulled Li Renli at a critical moment, and at the same time whispered in Li Renli's ear: "This matter was decided by the Dazhong Imperial Court, how dare Wu Jue, a general who fought on the front line, dare to listen to the rash withdrawal of our troops in Western Xia?" Therefore, this matter needs to be considered in the long run. ”

Li Renli felt that the deputy envoy was reasonable, so he put down the word "farewell" and left.

A day later, the envoy sent by Ren Dejing, that is, Ren Dejing's younger brother, Ren Decong, the former Western Xia Taiwei, also arrived at Wu Jue.

After Ren Decong came, he said with a flattering face: "Thank you to the imperial court for supporting our Ren family to recover Western Xia, it's just ...... Our Ren family does not dare to bother the military horses of the imperial court, and we can solve the affairs of the Western Xia, and after the pacification of the Western Xia, our Ren family will meet the court and bring the whole Xia up and down to the court, so please also ask the marshal to return to the court. ”

Wu Jue didn't talk nonsense, and directly showed Ren Decong the "handwritten letter" written by Li Renxiao to Li Yan.

After Ren Decong saw it, he was also shocked and said, "No...... Unlikely, right? ”

Wu Jue glanced at Ren Decong and said, "Your Ren family is about to wipe out the Li family, is it strange that Lord Xia made such a decision?" ”

Hearing Wu Jue say this, Ren Decong was suddenly speechless!

Thinking about it, their Ren family has already led an army of 300,000 to suppress the border, and Li Renxiao is about to become someone else's Xixia in exchange for the Li family's wealth, which is too normal.

After thinking about these things, Ren Decong was a little worried: "That...... What is the court going to do? ”

Wu Jue's face was blank, and he said: "How can you ask about the court's plans!" ”

Ren Decong heard this, and hurriedly said: "Yes, yes, yes......"

While speaking, Ren Decong took out a list of gifts from his cuffs, then unfolded it and pushed it in front of Wu Jue, and said: "Our Ren family naturally didn't have the courage to inquire about the plans of the imperial court, but I also asked the marshal to give us a few words of guidance to our Ren family in front of everyone who is Han, so that our Ren family will take some detours." ”

The first item on this list of gifts is the ten beautiful maids.

It can be seen that Ren Dejing and others inquired very clearly about Wu Jue's interests and hobbies.

Under the ten beautiful maids, they are: gold ingots (one ingot, fifty taels), silver ten thousand ingots, Helan stone thousand catties, and so on......

Glancing at the long list of gifts, Wu Jue waved his hand, and then except for a few of Wu Jue's cronies, everyone else left Wu Jue's Chinese army tent.

When all the cronies who were not Wu Jue were out of Wu Jue's Chinese army account, Wu Jue picked up the list of gifts that Ren Decong gave him and looked at it slowly, and said while reading: "Prime Minister Ren and Taiwei Ren are polite. ”

As soon as he saw that Wu Jue had kicked out all the irrelevant people, and picked up the list of gifts to look at it carefully, and saw the greedy look on Wu Jue's face, how could Ren Decong not know that he had succeeded in bribing Wu Jue?

Ren Decong smiled and said: "The marshal is a first-class hero in the world, our Ren family has always wanted to climb the marshal as a friend, these are just small gifts, let's come to the future." ”

Hearing this, Wu Jue put down the gift list, and then said: "Since Ren Guoxiang and Ren Taiwei are so sincere, then a certain family will make a friend of the Ren family." ”

Ren Decong hit the snake and said with a stick: "I also ask the marshal to give us a few words of advice." ”

This time, Wu Jue changed his previous attitude and said, "Okay, what do you want to know?" ”

Ren Decong hurriedly asked, "What does the imperial court mean?" ”

Wu Jue hesitated for a moment and said, "The minimum strategic goal is to occupy the Hengshan area. ”

When Ren Decong heard this, he hurriedly said: "But Your Majesty promised my eldest brother that Xixia handed it over to my eldest brother to guard!" ”

Wu Jue smiled slightly and said, "Oh? How did the official family promise your eldest brother? ”

"This ......"

Ren Decong was a little speechless.

Dazhong supported Ren Dejing's rebellion against the Western Xia, after the matter was completed, Ren Dejing led the Western Xia to return to Dazhong, and then the Ren family replaced Dazhong to guard the Western Xia, all of which were put forward by Ren Dejing, Dazhong just didn't object, and Li Yan accepted Ren Dejing's daughter, named Ren Dejing's daughter as a concubine, and gave Ren Dejing a generous return gift.

So, how do you ask Ren Decong to answer Wu Jue's question?

But—

Ren Decong is not incompetent.

He quickly said: "Yes, the court did not promise my eldest brother anything, but it also did not object to the conditions put forward by my eldest brother, and His Majesty named my eldest brother's daughter as a concubine, and rewarded my eldest brother again, these are enough to show that the imperial court acquiesced in what my eldest brother proposed, of course, the imperial court can also not recognize these, then the prestige that Your Majesty has accumulated over the decades ......"

Wu Jue scolded: "Bold! ”

Wu Jue crawled out of the pile of dead people, and the murderous aura on his body was not adulterated at all, so he not only made Ren Decong swallow back the words behind, but also made Ren Decong's heart tremble!

Ren Decong hurriedly calmed down, and then explained: "Don't blame the marshal, borrow me 10,000 guts, I don't dare to slander Your Majesty, it's really our Ren family who have gambled the lives of hundreds of our family for this matter, so I'm a little anxious, so I'm a little unscrupulous." ”

After listening to Ren Decong's explanation, Wu Jue's face improved slightly, and then said: "It is said that a certain family is only responsible for fighting, and it is inconvenient for me to speak about the affairs of the court and your Ren family, but I will give you a few words of advice for the Ren family." ”

Ren Decong hurriedly said: "Marshal, please say, the Ren family has never been ungrateful!" ”

Wu Jue was silent for a while, and said: "First of all, a certain family can clearly tell you that no matter what it is, this Hengshan area, the imperial court will definitely take it back, I won't say the reason, you will definitely be able to figure it out." ”

It's not hard to figure it out.

Only by occupying the Hengshan region can Dazhong threaten the Western Xia at any time, so that the Western Xia will not dare to fight if they want to fight as before, make peace if they want to, and disobey the control of the Heavenly Empire.

Taking a step back, even if Dazhong really let the Ren family guard Western Xia for generations, the Hengshan area would never give it to the Ren family, otherwise, why would Dazhong support the Ren family's rebellion and continue to support the Li family?

This point, in fact, before Ren Decong came to see Wu Jue, Ren Dejing and others had already analyzed it.

Furthermore, and most practically, when have you ever seen a jackal spit out the meat that has already been eaten in its belly? In the same way, Dazhong finally regained the vital Hengshan area, how could it be possible to spit out the Hengshan area again?

Therefore, the purpose of Ren Decong's visit this time is not actually to return to the Hengshan area, but to explore the goal of Dazhong, and to find out if Dazhong will fulfill his previous promise, that is, let the Ren family guard Xixia on his behalf?

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