Chapter 664: Mission Accomplished
Li Dezhong's actions were also beyond the expectations of the Tang army, and the old man Zong Ze was even more stunned, he had never seen the Western Xia army surrender in his life, especially the large army of nearly 4,000 people, which was a shocking contribution to the Song Dynasty, even if it was a marquis.
It seems that Su Yuanjing's kid's suggestion this time is still very far-sighted, recruiting the Tang State to deal with the Liukou of the Western Xia Army is indeed a high move, but it's a pity that this Tang State is not really recruited, it's just an equivalent exchange, how good would it be if the imperial court had such a lion, then what are you afraid of in the future Western Xia or Northern Liao?
Thinking of this, the old man couldn't help but feel a faint pain in his heart, after his understanding of these days, he also understood how the Tang Kingdom - or Liangshan developed, in the final analysis, it was all by those traitors and... The traitorous ministers deceived the holy monarch to force rebellion, and even more than half of them were originally the army of the imperial court, what the hell is this called, a good hand of cards is played like this.
Du Jia expected this, unlike Chamur's stunned young man who was not yet fully civilized, this Li Dezhong is no longer much different from the Han people in terms of talking and dressing, and the degree of civilization is obviously much higher, but on the other hand, it also shows that he thinks things more rationally, unlike Chamul, who has a tendon, even if there is a wall in front of him, he must hit his head a few times before he believes it.
But I don't know why, in comparison, Du Jia respects people like Chamur more, the Song Dynasty - or their entire Han people are too civilized and read too much, resulting in a lot of worries, looking forward to the future, and the blood is also suppressed a lot, otherwise how could it be suppressed by a small Western Xia Kingdom for so many years?
He suddenly felt a little excited, although he won this battle but was not as happy as he imagined, he waved his hand and signaled his subordinates to take care of these Western Xia prisoners, Wu asked in a low voice if they were still like before, Du Jia thought for a while and said: "The killing caused by this group of Western Xia troops is not heavy, and they took the initiative to surrender, plus they have also killed and injured most of them, so these people will bypass it for the time being, but they all tattoo words on their faces, and their weapons are confiscated, and they are all under control." ”
So far, the Tang State has completed the agreement with the Song Dynasty, and the two rogues of Li Dezhong and Chamur have all been settled, and they have also harvested a large number of materials, especially more than 5,000 Xixia war horses can be said to be the biggest harvest, which is difficult to buy with money, although there are mutual markets on both sides of the Western Xia and Song Dynasty, but the war horses on the Western Xia side have always been strictly forbidden to export, just like the gunpowder and weapons on the Song Dynasty's side, they can only rely on smuggling and other means to get a hundred and eighty horses each time, For example, there are 5,000 horses, and even the Great Song Dynasty itself probably does not have so many.
And most of them were started when Li Dezhong surrendered this time, so Du Jia showed mercy to their subordinates and did not cripple them.
Zong Ze sighed and said to Du Jia at this time: "His Royal Highness the Tang King is really a trustworthy person, this time he defeated these two Western Xia barbarians, I don't know what else to do next?" ”
In fact, how much Zong Ze hopes to let Du Jia and them return to the imperial court, but he now knows that it is impossible, the relationship between the people and the court on the Tang side is extremely complicated, and many people have suffered from the Song Dynasty, so although they are also Han people, they have no good impression of the imperial court, and it is not easy to maintain the current scene.
Du Jia smiled faintly and said: "Congratulations to the old general, this time you can complete the task, you can go back to your Daojun Emperor to give an account, this king hopes that you can be added to the rank and knighthood, it is better than cheap and high and those traitors, as for our Tang army, since we have all come to Yongzhou, we might as well go to the Baiyin Mansion to have a look." ”
Baiyin Mansion is one of the trading conditions between the Song Dynasty and the Tang State, "rewarded" to the Tang State, which is also the first city that was jointly broken by the two Western Xia armies after the invasion, and the destruction is naturally the most powerful, originally the Song Dynasty thought that it had been lost, so it was happy to give a favor to the Tang State, but Emperor Huizong never thought that the Tang State would wipe out the Western Xia Liukou so quickly, and the city would be safe again.
Zong Ze sighed in his heart, sighed and said: "That's fine, I don't know what happened to the soldiers and civilians there now, the old man has nothing to do when he goes back, so I just accompany you to go there again to have a look, and it is close to the border, I haven't visited the border army for many years, so I just took this opportunity to see my old friends." ”
The soldiers of the Tang Army, who accompanied him all the way, also had a good impression of Zong Ze, knowing that he was a truly sympathetic and jealous of the Great Song General, but he was not reused, if the imperial court and military were all people like him, the situation would not be so bad, and they all welcomed Zong Ze when they were willing to go with him for another while.
Du Jia also knew that everyone was working very hard during this time, so he ordered everyone to rest and adjust in place, and instructed the logistics to have good wine and meat, except for the three thousand tiger army led by Yue Fei, the rest of the soldiers were not allowed to drink, and everyone was naturally elated, drinking happily, and resting in the middle of the night.
By the way, due to Yue Fei's great achievements this time, Du Jia also made him the position of the commander of the palace of the fourth grade, and at the same time served as his own personal guard general, leading all the tiger guards, and it happened that Yue Fei himself was also wine-colored, which was very suitable for this position.
At noon the next day, the soldiers of the Tang Army all woke up, and the fatigue accumulated before, whether physical or mental, had recovered after this carnival, and everyone drove towards the direction of Baiyin Mansion with great interest.
Because the cavalry is very fast, it will be more than ten miles outside the Baiyin Mansion in less than two days, but at this time, Tanma suddenly reported an urgent military situation - it is said that the Xixia Kingdom has sent another 200,000 iron cavalry, and the leader is the lord Li Qianshun, who has come to the border at this time, and the small species is only slightly Xianggong naturally does not dare to slack off, and he also personally led all the 300,000 border troops to fight-for-tat, and the two sides are facing off on the border at this time.
Zong Ze was shocked when he heard this, and hurriedly begged Du Jia to support the seed division for the sake of everyone being Han, otherwise if the Song army lost, then the Western Xia army would be driven straight into the border of the Great Song Dynasty.
(End of chapter)