The war in Hedong does not need to be mentioned. Because the whole battle situation has been developing in an avalanche trend since the day the war opened. Emergency documents from various states and counties flew like snowflakes to Zhao Ji's dragon case, but what could Zhao Da Artist do?

He also wants to hold a strong army in the world, clear the world, and calm the world, but he doesn't have it.

In the eyes of the world, the original status of the Western Army was on par with the Liangshan Army. Tong Guan's defeat did not discredit the Western Army, after all, they had fought for decades for the party and were the pillars of the Zhao and Song dynasties. However, the first battle between the Liangshan army and the Liao State broke the equilibrium.

Just because everyone in the world regards the Western Xia as weaker than the Liao State, it is natural to regard the Western Xia Army as weaker than the Liao Army. Rank Zhao Song in front of Western Xia, because Zhao Song's national strength is indeed comparable to Western Xia. But the party is a barbarian and the army is strong, which is also understandable, just like the Khitan back then. There are also many people who believe that the Western Army is not weaker than the Western Xia Army, just because of Hengshan. The Western Xia, which occupied Hengshan, took advantage of the geography, so that the Song army could not be used. In the eyes of many people, the Western Army and the Western Xia Army were on a par.

The Song-Xia War lasted for seventy or eighty years, and the Song army suffered a lot of losses, but relying on its strong national strength, it always sought progress in defeat.

This evaluation seems very unimpressive, but the war between Zhao Song and Western Xia can only be described in these four words. Did the Song army learn a lesson from the defeat again and again?

In the entire Song-Xia War, with Hengshan as the starting point, it was the last step to pick the fruits during the Zhao Ji Dynasty.

In the official history, in April of the first year of Xuanhe, Tong Guan took the seed master Dao and Liu Zhongwu as generals, and led the soldiers and horses of Yanyan and Huanqing out of Xiaoguan and attacked Hengshan. The Western Xia army was defeated, the elite Hengshan Qiang in the field was annihilated, and Hengshan was completely captured by the Song army. Fan Zhongyan, Han Qi, Li Xian and Zhang Ji planted the seeds, and finally Tong Guan picked the fruits during the Zhao Ji Dynasty.

From Fan Han's first discussion, to the large-scale summer attack in the year of Shenzong Yuanfeng, and then to Li Xian's dangerous construction, and finally in the year of Zhezong, Zhang Ji further improved it into a shallow attack. The decades-long strategic evolution, each improvement was an adjustment and correction made by the Song army after paying a heavy price, and finally proved the correctness of the Hengshan strategy after continuous improvement. It did bring a defeat to the Western Xia, and these failures accumulated into the Xuanhe year, which was a devastating blow.

After the defeat of Xuanhe, the Western Xia was already on the verge of extinction, although the core area of Lingxia and other places did not suffer losses, but the loss of Hengshan has made the Western Xia completely lose the geographical advantage and strategic initiative, and the Song army, which can attack and retreat, only needs to work harder, and can enter Xingqing Mansion. [Western Xia without Hengshan is like the Central Plains without the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun]

Unfortunately, with the rebellion of Fang La and the Jurchen rebellion, the Song Dynasty's foreign strategic focus was forced to shift to the north, and with the rebellion of Guo Yaoshi and the Jurchens to the south, the exhausted Song Dynasty was no longer able to send troops to destroy Xia.

The Western Xia gained a precious respite and took advantage of the Song and Jin battles to send troops to regain lost territory.

After the Battle of Fuping, the Song army, which lost the decisive battle, withdrew from Guanzhong and retreated to Sichuan and Shaanxi, and the Song army and the Western Xia army had no chance to clash, and the success of the Hengshan strategy was only as short-lived as the Song army's recovery of Yanyun.

That is the historical Zhao Song and Western Xia. However, in the current era, the old Zhao family has not completely picked the ripe fruit of the Battle of Hengshan, so they have to transfer the elite of the Western Army to the Central Plains, and they are forced to negotiate peace with the Western Xia.

In this way, between Song and Xia, Zhao and Song really did not have a big victory of tens of thousands of enemies. Especially the decisive victory in the field! In that comparison, the Wuzi is the Western Xia Party Xiang Army is superior.

In this way, how can the people of the world not underestimate the Western Army and raise the Liangshan Army?

No one cares about the battle of Baozhou, Lu Qian is bullying less with more. Horizontally and vertically, with a heavy blow to the Liao army, the Liangshan army became the strongest soldier in the Central Plains in the eyes of the world. Now what is being compared to it is the more powerful Jurchen Jin soldiers, but it is no longer the Western Army.

Suddenly, Lu Qian gave Zhao Song a hard blow, a mental blow. When the name of the Western Army's strong soldiers in the world weakened the Liangshan Army, the entire Zhao Song Dynasty also weakened the boss.

In these days, the Hedong Road emergency document flew to Luoyang like snowflakes, but few officials of all sizes in Luoyang City paid attention to the war on Hedong Road. When it comes to Hedong Road, the most direct imprint is the flank of the arch moat.

Here and Gyeonggi, and Hebei Road, the biggest role is to arch the river Luo. Use their vast expanse to be Heluo's meat shield.

Now that the two roads in Hebei have been lost, Song Ting in Heluo already felt the crisis, and now he is shouting loudly to move the capital, move the capital! On the contrary, the crisis in Hedong has become a strong evidence of the relocation of the capital. It's ridiculous!

Xijing Luoyang, inside the Xuanren Gate. Cai's Mansion, known as Xiangguo's Mansion, opens its doors every day, and the traffic is busy. That flattery, there is an endless stream of people who smuggle their beards and shoot horses. Although Lao Xiangguo has been frequently reprimanded by the official family recently, this cannot destroy the slightest glory of the Cai family. You must know that Cai Zhen, the eldest son of the Cai family, Cai Shaobao, is the favorite minister of the current emperor and Wang Huang.

Since Cai Zhen first advocated moving the capital to Xijing, then he has seriously stepped onto the stage of history, first a bachelor of Xuanhe Palace, and then a scholar of Xuanhe Palace; At this age, he was promoted to the three divisions of Ren Kaifu Yitong, the envoy of the town navy, and the prince Shaobao.

Cai Jing also felt that his position was unstable because of the different circumstances, and he did not suppress Cai Yi as in history, so that the father and son turned against each other. In this life, Cai Jing and Cai Yi are old cows licking calves, fathers and sons are filial. The Cai family can be rated as one of the five good families of the Great Song Dynasty.

Therefore, the Cai family is still like a big tree, firmly rooted on the central stage of the Song Dynasty.

On the first day of April, the time had reached the first watch, the sky was dark, and the stars and moon rose in the night sky. But at this moment, there were two rows of guards in armor standing outside the gate of Cai's Mansion, with distinct swords and halberds, and they were very powerful. And unlike in the past, there were also a large number of sergeants guarding inside and outside the Nalide Square. And the Cai family has a closed door, looking cold.

The officials and people in Luoyang City all knew that this was not the case, but that Emperor Daojun had come to the Cai family.

The brothers Mu Hong and Mu Chun rushed all the way to Luoyang, and on the public they were officers under Cai Jiumen, the resettlement envoy of Jiangnan West Road, but in fact, they were confidants.

At the beginning, the two brothers rebelled in Jieyang Town, and between the Manichaean and Song armies, they took refuge in the latter without hesitation. There were also a few fights on the battlefield.

The two brothers have good martial arts, and they are ruthless, and they have also made some contributions on the battlefield. But there is no one above, and no matter how much credit is shared, it is divided among the above. Mu Chun was angry and wanted to kill people, but Mu Hong was assertive. went home and had a deep conversation with the old father, and the Mu family immediately sold the property and gathered tens of thousands of money. took the garlic strip gold as a stepping stone, and 'hit' all the way to Cai Jiu. When a hundred garlic sticks of gold were placed in front of Cai Jiu, Cai Jiu 'gave in'.

To tell the truth, a hundred garlic sticks of gold are only 1,000 taels of gold, and they are worth 10,000 yuan. He Cai Jiu is not unused, but the gold of Huang Chengcheng is piled up, and the visual sense brought to people is extremely powerful. It is far more impactful than a large field and acres, a manor, and 10,000 yuan of money!

This Mu family brother is just a local powerhouse, how big can the industry be? All the way, gold bars are often used, and now there are 100 garlic bars of gold. Cai Jiu has been born for decades, but he has never seen a character who uses gold like gold.

Later, the two brothers of the Mu family, one became the deputy envoy of the Jiujiang regiment, and the other became Cai Jiu's follower Yuhou. It's worth the money!

Now the two brothers went straight to Luoyang with their relatives and fast horses, and they were non-stop along the way, and when they arrived at Luoyang City, they were all dusty. The night was getting dark, but fortunately, there was still no curfew in Luoyang City, and the group went straight to Cai's mansion.

In this way, he was stopped by the guard squad of Zhao Guan's family outside Lide Fang, and after verifying his identity, the group did not arrive at the gate of Cai's house, but went to the corner gate on the right.

As soon as he got off the horse, he saw a person in charge who had already led people to wait in front of the door. Mu Hong didn't dare to slack off, and stepped forward and said: "The villain came to see the old Xiangguo on the order of Jiu Yanei, or the uncle." There are 100,000 people in a hurry. The letter in the nine yamen is in his arms, and he doesn't dare to leave his hand when he doesn't see his real body. "Speaking of the prime minister's seven officials, this is not nonsense. As he spoke, Mu Hong handed a gold ingot to the steward, who smiled heartily.

The steward said: "How can the old Xiangguo and the uncle get out?" I have already had an order to let your brother meet in the courtyard and Sanyanei. "But it was the quality inspection soldiers and horses of Na Lide Fang who had already reported to Cai Fu. The steward said that he asked someone to lead the horse, and then let someone lead the Mu family brothers to rest with him.

The three of them entered the corner gate, and the steward on the road said: "The two of you came unfortunate tonight, the holy car is here, and I didn't have the opportunity to meet the old minister and the uncle." However, Sanyanei is also a good one. "At the beginning, he was the secretary of the provincial school, and then he was the manager of Jixian School, and he was tired of the left of the official, and now he is the secretary and the young superintendent, and his literary talent is very high. That is, the personal secretary of Zhao Da artist.

The great artist really likes the Cai family very much. At a banquet in the palace, he asked Cai San [Cai Chong] to drink, and repeatedly poured him with a large cup, Cai Chong's alcohol was not high, and he said that he could not drink again. However, the nature of the great artist is high, how can he allow it, and the person who makes the drinking order is very irritated by Cai Chong. bluntly said that even if Cai Chong was drunk to death, Sima Guang would also die. Although this sentence can show that the essence of a great artist really shouldn't be an emperor, Cai Chong can be compared to Sima Guang, and it can also be seen that he attaches great importance to it.

Brother Mu Hong and Mu Chun are the right-hand men under Cai Jiu, how can they not know the name of Cai Cheng, the third elder of the Cai family, and they are relieved to hear that it is the third yamen of Cai Mansion.

The brothers didn't dare to find out where the emperor was entertained, but since Cai Sanyan was a powerful figure in front of the emperor, they would definitely not dare to stay away if they wanted to see them. Thinking so, the two of them walked with the steward for half an hour, passing through the side courtyards and passing through the corridors, and they heard the beautiful sound of silk and bamboo coming into their ears. Walking inward through a long corridor, they saw a brightly lit place in front of them. Although you can't see the whole picture, you can see dozens of gauze lanterns, hanging high and low, and the colorful bushes shine like day.

Looking through the open courtyard gate, it is seen that it is a red felt paving the ground, and the five-colored brocade banner is erected around, and the red candle that is long is held with a copper plate, and the row is lit, and the clan embraces a silk color mountain. There are twelve screens facing south, each of which is exquisitely embroidered, and seems to be embellished with gold and silver threads and broken beads, shining brightly. Under this screen, there is a row of people in red and blue shirts, each holding a sheng flute, drumming and cymbals, blowing and playing there. Through the screen, you can also see the graceful woman who occasionally flashes inside, and the butterflies seem to sing and dance through the flowers.

Mu Hong and Mu Chun really opened their eyes, and the two of them had to stop to look, but fortunately, they were in charge of the matter, and the eyes of the people around them also retracted.

When he arrived at the side yard and waited, Cai Yi came over after a while, wearing a civilian dress, a gauze hat, and three locks of mustache to cover his mouth.

"The villain Mu Hong/Mu Chun, I have seen Sanyanei." The Mu brothers saluted respectfully.

"Where's the people?" Cai Ling looked at Mu Hong, who had a round head and thin eyes and thin eyebrows, and asked. This kind of person who is not very elegant in appearance will be snuggled up to his henchmen by Lao Jiu, which must be something extraordinary.

"My ancestral home is Jiangzhou, and I am a native of Jieyang Town, under the Jieyang Mountains." Mu Hong replied.

"Jieyang Town, Jieyang Ridge, do you know Zhang Shun and Li Jun?" Cai Cheng became interested as soon as he heard the word Jieyang, and asked again.

Mu Hong was silent for a while, and replied: "I don't dare to hide it from Yanei, in the past, I had a lot of dealings with Zhang and Li." Because he was young and vigorous, he acted stronger, which made the villagers dislike, so he arranged villains and grasped that the brothers and Zhang Li Ershui bandits became three tyrants. ”

Cai Yi was also stunned when he heard this, and then laughed. "I don't want the ninth brother to have a good man like you, it's really a pleasure. You brothers have peace of mind, and you have a good future ahead. Mu Hong and Mu Chun were overjoyed when they heard it.

Speaking of this, Cai Yi sat down on a chair next to him and said, "Bring me the letter." ”

It is not so much an epistle as a good news. Mu Hong's face was full of smiles, knowing that the news had not yet been transmitted to Luoyang, the nobles in front of him would be overjoyed.

Sure enough, Cai Cheng took it with one hand and took it apart and took a look. Immediately said "huh", held it with both hands, and then laughed. That is a suitable person, and the popularity of a literati can be said to be gone.

"God bless the Great Song! God bless the Great Song also! Hahaha! Cai Cheng looked at it, clutched the good news tightly, and was excited. But there was a new breakthrough in the Jiangnan war.

The Western Army fought for more than a month and entered Taiping Prefecture from Chizhou. Break the prosperity, for Wuhu and when Tu. The latter was personally guarded by the Manichaean emperor's uncle, Fang Yuan, and after being besieged, the internal and external areas were cut off, and the situation became increasingly difficult. However, the Western Army was also in danger of exhaustion after a long battle. If so, Fang La, with Fang Xiang as his commander, led an army of 100,000 to the rescue. He fought many times with the Western Army, and was completely defeated by the Western Army not long ago, suffered heavy losses, and retreated to Jinling.

The brothers of the seed family wanted the army to break Wuhu and Dangtu, and caught Fang Yuan, so they came to ask for merit in front of the king. But after Cai Jiu of Jiangzhou got the news, he immediately sent the Mu family brothers to Luoyang to report the good news. But he knew that Cai Jing, the big backer, had not had a good time recently, so he was busy giving Cai Jing a credit.

He is the chief minister of the Song Dynasty, and the Western army has such a great victory in the south of the Yangtze River, can it not be the credit of the chief minister? This is leadership.

It's no wonder that Cai Ying applauded loudly after seeing the letter. It couldn't have come at a better time; It also helps with the relocation of the capital.

Compared with the original move from Tokyo to Xijing, this move from Xijing to Gangneung was too much to provoke the courtiers to slander. Because in this way, it is almost saying that the imperial court has given up Hedong and Hebei, and has given up Gyeonggi and Jingdong. This is too embarrassing for the court.

But now that the Western Army has won a big victory in Jiangnan, it is destined to relieve the pressure on the imperial court. Cai Cheng knows that great artists are willing to move their capitals.