The forty-ninth round of the fake hunting Xi Yin chased the summer soldiers

It is said that Li Qianshun, the king of Western Xia, sent Bari Gongliang as an envoy in March of the second year of Tianhui to present an oath to Wu Qimai, the emperor of Jintaizong, and the oath included "It may be conscripted, that is, it should be obeyed...... or through the roads of the country, and not hindering them." In the leap March of this year, Jin Taizong Wu Qimai also sent Ah Hai and Yang Tianji to envoy to the Western Xia Kingdom to give an oath. The oath contains the words "according to the conscription, what is requested should be allowed".

For this reason, Li Qianshun, the king of Western Xia, and Wu Qimai, the king of Jintaizong, also made a heavy oath. In October of the third year of Tianhui, Jin Taizong Wu begged to buy an edict and ordered the Eastern and Western Route Armies to separate ways to attack the Song Dynasty. After sending troops, Mu Han suddenly remembered Li Qianshun, the king of Western Xia. He secretly thought in his heart that if Li Qianshun could make a move in the west, he would undoubtedly contain a considerable part of the Song army.

From a large amount of information in his possession, Mu Han learned that on the long border between the Northern Song Dynasty and the Western Xia Kingdom, the Northern Song Dynasty had heavy troops. If these troops continue to come to the aid of Taiyuan, it will bring him unimaginable difficulties. If Li Qianshun could hold them back, making it difficult for a single soldier to cross the Yellow River, he would be able to concentrate his forces to besiege Taiyuan without any worries. So, how can we make Li Qianshun tempted? A merchant loves treasure, and a king loves land. Tempting him with land will inevitably lead Li Qianshun to the bait. What's more, there is also the oath offered by Li Qianshun as a constraint, and I think Li Qianshun will not easily refuse.

Thinking of this, Mu Han immediately decided to send Samu as an envoy to the Western Xia Kingdom, and agreed to send troops to attack Linzhou, and the exchange was to return the land of Tiande, Yunnei, Jinsu, Heqing and Wuzhou to the Western Xia. Muhan is a man who cherishes land like gold, and now it is more painful to cede these large tracts of land to others than to rip the flesh of his heart. But now, he has to do it again. However, he still thought in his heart: "The land is not like something to eat or use, and if you eat it, you will have it gone." But the land was placed here, and now it belongs to someone else, and when you want it, you can take it under an excuse. ”

Li Qianshun, the king of Western Xia, was very happy when he heard the conditions given by Mu Han, and immediately convened hundreds of civil and military officials to discuss. One minister said: "The two countries have just exchanged oaths, and there has been no joint action on major issues." This is the first cooperation, so I can't help but show great sincerity. Some ministers said: "The capital of the northwest road of the Jin Kingdom promised to cede the land of the four armies and eight pavilions to us, and this condition is not unfavorable. However, it is precisely because this condition is so generous that people cannot help but express doubts, can this be sincere? ”

Li Qianshun, the king of Western Xia, listened to everyone's words and said: "Anyway, this time it was the Jin State who proposed that we send troops as a sign of solidarity, and they also took the initiative to agree to these conditions. Rapprochement has just been established between the two countries. The ink on the affidavit is still dry. If we do not agree to send troops, then we will not be able to come up with a valid reason for the time being. If they refuse to cede to us the land of the Four Armies and the Eight Pavilions, it will be their fault. As a result of the discussion, it was finally decided to send troops.

In February of the fourth year of Tianhui, Li Qianshun, the king of Western Xia, sent troops to attack the Apricot Fort defended by the Northern Song Dynasty Security Army. Liu Guangshi is the son of Liu Yanqing, born in Jiangmen, quite understands Tao strategy, and has made many military exploits in the army. When he heard that the Xia people were attacking, he immediately led his army to Apricot Fort for reinforcements.

Apricot Fort is built at the mouth of a valley, and in front of it there are two large mountains, facing each other, very steep. If the Western Xia army wanted to attack Apricot Fort, it had to pass through the middle of the two mountains. Liu Guangshi led the army one step first, and he didn't care about entering the fort, so he seized two hills. According to the condescending command, the dangerous way was controlled.

After the arrival of the Western Xia soldiers, they saw that the dangerous place had been occupied by the Song army, and at first they tried to storm it, but soon found that the strong attack would not only be useless, but would also cause large casualties. He stopped attacking and seemed to have given up on his plan to capture Apricot Fort. In the evening, they fired a cold arrow into the mountain, and there was no more sound. In the early morning of this day, Liu Guangshi sent people to investigate, only to find that the soldiers of Western Xia had disappeared without a trace and did not know where to go.

In fact, Li Qianshun, the king of Western Xia, sent his soldiers south to attack Xingzi Fort, which was just a trick of deception, and his real goal was to pay attention to the land of the four armies and eight pavilions that Mu Han had promised to give. Sure enough, almost at the same time, Li Qianshun, the king of Western Xia, personally led 10,000 elite horsemen to cross the Yellow River from Heqing and Jinsu to the east, and swept through Tiande, Yunnei, Jinsu, Heqing and Wuzhou and other four counties and eight pavilions in just a few days. It can be said that it is invincible, and there is little strong resistance.

After that, Li Qianshun took the opportunity to invade the lands beyond the river. After five or three attempts, Li Qianshun entered the siege of Zhenweicheng, an important frontier town in the Northern Song Dynasty. Zhenweijun is more than 300 miles away from Fuzhou, and it is located in a remote and most isolated place. At that time, Zhu Zhao was the prisoner of the soldiers and horses of Zhenwei City, and he was the governor of the city. When he saw the soldiers of Western Xia swarming in, he personally led the whole city to defend the old and young infant city. The Western Xia soldiers attacked in all directions, and the battle was extremely fierce. Zhu Zhao recruited more than 1,000 Xiaorui soldiers and said to them: "The Western Xia soldiers have a clear understanding of the reality in the city, know that the small soldiers in the city are weak, and have a heart to despise me. If you attack it by surprise, you can collapse it with one blow. ”

That night, until the dead of night, Zhu Zhao's troops came out and raided the camp of the Western Xia soldiers. Western Xia did not expect that the enemy would attack the camp at night, and panicked for a while. The city clamoured to help and slaughter the multitude. Zhu Zhao collected the army and returned to the city and rewarded him greatly.

Li Qianshun, the king of Western Xia, lost a while and was very angry, so he ordered his soldiers to rush to the city with a wooden goose ladder to attack it. When Zhu Zhao saw it, he hurriedly ordered him to be shot with an arrow. At the moment, the arrows are raining, and the wooden goose ladder is difficult to approach the city. Wu'er Siqi, the general of Western Xia, dressed in a jacket and under the cover of a felt shield, came to the city and invited Zhu Zhao to talk.

Zhu Zhao was dressed in regular clothes, climbed to the top of the city, and asked, "Who are you, but you pretend to be this bear, which makes people laugh." If you want to see me, now I will stand here, and please tell me what you have to do. Wu'er Siqi listened, went to the shield, tended to move forward, counted the mistakes of the Song Dynasty's dishonesty, and said: "Dajin asked me to attack the Beijing Division, for the alliance under the city, and draw the river as the boundary." Taiyuan is going down at dusk, and all the bases of Linfu are all owned by me. What kind of confrontation does the public have, but he does not surrender? ”

Zhu Zhao replied: "The emperor knows that he is treacherous and misleading the country, and he has not hesitated to change his ways, and now he is in the crown prince's place. Now that the new Son of Heaven is new, don't you know? With that, he took out the text of the Zen edict and read it aloud. When the soldiers of Western Xia heard this, they were all stunned.

At that time, there were a lot of people descending from the nearby cities, and Zhu Zhao's old man said from the side: "The affairs of the world have reached such a point, what is the use of being a loyal minister?" Zhu Zhao heard this, and reprimanded angrily: "You are a pig and a dog, and you dare to tempt each other with words here, I only have one death." But they cursed and shot them with arrows, and they all fled.

The Western Xia soldiers besieged the city for four days, and attacked day and night. Many of the walls were destroyed. Although it was repaired with it, it was already inadequate. The city was about to be destroyed, and Zhu Zhao and the generals killed their families and put the corpses in the well to show that they had no hesitation. The Western Xia will lure the Song soldiers who defend the city, so they have to take the opportunity to enter the city.

Zhu Zhao led the crowd to fight in the streets, and since the twilight, the Western Xia soldiers suffered heavy casualties. Zhu Zhao jumped out of the gap, the horse lost its front hooves, and fell into the trench. The Western Xia soldiers wanted to capture them alive, but when they saw Zhu Zhao angrily fighting his sword, no one dared to step forward. He shot it with random arrows, and then sacrificed his life for the country, and Zhenwei City was taken by Western Xia.

Wanyan Xiyin was the right supervisor of the marshal and drove the army to the south. At that time, the Tianzuo Emperor of the Liao State had been captured, and Yelu Dashi, after being captured and fled, gathered the remnants, and it is said that he had reached the west of the city of Kedun, where he established himself as emperor. However, Li Qianshun, the king of Western Xia, repeatedly wrote to Lou Mu, blaming the marshals for betraying the alliance, and often had troops entering his territory, and plundered many times.

Wanyan Xiyin once played Jin Taizong Wu begging and said: "I heard that the Xixia people once sent people to meet with Yelu Dashi to take the land of Shanxi counties. From the perspective of the ministers, the Western Xia Alliance should not be credulous. After Jin Taizong Wu begged to buy it, he attached great importance to this matter, and specially wrote to Wanyan Xiyin: "The matter of Western Xia should be handled flexibly and prudently according to the actual situation. Xixia said that our army entered the territory, and I don't know if it is a fact, but it can be investigated. As for the conspiracy between the Tanguts and Yelu Dashi, this is very important news, which must be ignored, and should be strictly guarded against. ”

From then on, all matters related to Western Xia were handled by Wanyan Xiyin, and Mu Han wanted to give Xia people the land of the four armies and eight pavilions, and the main purpose was to lure Western Xia to send troops to attack Linzhou, so as to respond to the Jin soldiers' attack on Taiyuan. As a military contingency strategy, it should be said that there is no doubt. However, the Tangut people took advantage of the topic to play and profit from it. did not send troops to respond first, but first sent the army to collect the land of the four armies and eight pavilions, which made Wanyan Xiyin feel very shocked. At that time, Wanyan Xiyin was still in the Taiyuan army, and Mu Han had already gone south with the army. Wanyan Xiyin rode away from Taiyuan and came to see Sticky Han.

Seeing that Wanyan Xiyin was only coming with a few guards, Mu Han knew that there must be something important, and immediately said: "What a right prison army, to make a long story short, if you have anything to say, just say it directly!" ”

Wanyan Xiyin said: "We don't know anything, we have been fooled by the Western Xia people. ”

After hearing this, Mu Han shook his head and said, "I think he is a mere country of Western Xia, how can he be able to trick us!" ”

Wanyan Xiyin said: "Although Dutong doesn't believe it, this matter is a fact. Undoubtedly, it is an ironclad fact. ”

Sticky Han listened, his eyes widened, he was quite surprised, and asked: "The Xixia people have such great courage, the right prison army, you can make it clear." ”

Wanyan Xiyin said: "According to the original idea of the capital, the Western Xia people should send troops to Linzhou first, and then we will give them the land of the four armies and eight pavilions as appropriate." However, the Tangut people have now turned this matter upside down. They first sent troops to seize the land of the four armies and eight halls, and their arrogance can be said to be unexpected! ”

When Mu Han heard this, he was very angry and said: "This Xixia people are too much, they regard us as such people, and they even take our words as wind in their ears!" Hmph, if you don't give them a little color, he won't know that I'm sticky! Since they can seize the land of the Four Armies and Eight Pavilions, we can take back the land of the Four Armies and Eight Pavilions. Yes, take it back! I want to tell the Tangut people not to get carried away, but to be sober and sober. Li Qianshun should understand this truth: Whatever land he wants, unless we give it. Otherwise, it would be harder for him to get it than to ascend to the sky, unless the sun came out from the west. Right capital eunuch, you can do it, teach the Tangut people a lesson, and take back the land they have seized. ”

After hearing this, Yan Xiyin hesitated for a while and said, "Dutong, this matter must be considered in the long run. Now that we have an alliance with the Tanguts, and we have the promise of the capital to send troops to cede the land. If this incident causes discord between the two countries, or if it leads to war, the situation will not be easy to manage. ”

After hearing this, Mu Han laughed and said: "What a right prison army, you are really thoughtful and thoughtful. It is precisely because you have to see farther than others that you are asked to do this. This time, you must let the Tangut people take a look at our methods, let them eat Coptis chinensis dumbly, and they can't tell if they have bitterness! Well, that's it, we must achieve our goal, but also don't leave it to the Tangut people to be honest. ”

Wanyan Xiyin listened, and secretly thought in his heart: "Dutong, you have given me a problem. At present, the relationship between Kim and Xia is very delicate, and this matter is difficult to do. However, he knew that it was useless to refuse, and he was quite confident that he could handle the matter. So, I took my leave.

Wanyan Xiyin passed by Taiyuan, and met with the golden general Yinshu, who was in charge of locking the city for a long time, and told him that there was something else to do, and he was going to leave Taiyuan for a while. Yinshu didn't ask too much, just smiled knowingly and nodded. He didn't stop and urged the horse to go north.

From Taiyuan to the north, the terrain is gradually higher, and the mountains are one after another, continuously. The mountains are covered with lush forests, and wild animals are often found among them. In the middle of the journey, Wanyan Xiyin suddenly said to the guards beside him: "Look, there are a few wild deer there, go and catch two of them, we just have a hearty and delicious picnic." ”

The three guards were ordered to gallop away. At this moment, the five wild deer, which were grazing freely on the edge of the woods, seemed to be alert, and at first raised their heads, pricked up their ears, and looked around in trepidation. Suddenly, they screamed a few more times, spread their hooves, and sped westward. The three guards pressed their mounts and pursued them from behind. Soon after, they disappeared under Wanyan Xiyin's nose.

When several guards found nothing and came to Wanyan Xiyin's horse in despair, I saw him with joy on his face, and happily said to himself: "Okay, just do it, do it!" ”

When the guard heard this, he said in puzzlement: "Right Prison Army, what are you talking about, you can see that your mood is not bad!" ”

Wanyan Xiyin smiled: "Hehe, this is something that has nothing to do with you. Confidential, confidential, can't tell you. ”

The guard said, "Right Prison Army, you can't eat a picnic." The wild deer were running so fast that we chased after them, and we chased them, and we couldn't see them. Alas, what a shame, we really don't have the ability to catch even a few wild deer. ”

Wanyan Xiyin smiled again and said: "It's okay, this time you can be regarded as a great meritorious" The guards also laughed together when they heard this, and said: "Hehe, if you don't have the ability, it can be regarded as a meritorious service, it's really fresh, I haven't heard of it." ”