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In the Liangyi Hall of Yanfu Palace, Tong Guan knelt on the ground in fear, shameless to face the angry Son of Heaven Zhao Ji.

"How did I explain to you at the beginning, my position in Taimiao will depend on this battle to open up the situation, I gave you the money, food and materials of the two roads, allocated 300,000 soldiers for you, and mobilized 500,000 people, do you know how much food the court consumed? Half of the armor of the Ordnance Prison Warehouse was given to you, but how did you repay me? The army of more than 100,000 will be wiped out in a battle, even if you kill a dog, you have to cut it several times! But you.... You've disappointed me so much. ”

Zhao Ji has never reprimanded Tong Guan so harshly, since Tan Zhi was appointed as the supervisor of the Northwest Road, Tong Guan already knew that he was in a catastrophe this time, but he was unwilling, even if he completely collapsed, he would have to arrest a person with a back.

Tong Guan wept and said: "The old minister has failed His Majesty's trust, and he has long been eager to die to apologize, how can this defeat not be completely the fault of the minister, can you implore Your Majesty's quasi-ministers to plead a few sentences?" ”

Zhao Ji turned around and said angrily: "You still dare to quibble? ”

"The minister doesn't dare to quibble, it's all the minister's responsibility, but the minister wants to state some facts."

"Say it! There is a limit to my patience, and you weigh it yourself. ”

Tong Guan finally got a chance to make a statement, and he hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, all of this is to start with a new firearm Shaking Thunder. ”

Zhao Ji was also extremely concerned about Song Jun's firearms, and he frowned, "What earth-shattering thunder?" I've never heard of it. ”

"Your Majesty, this is a kind of firearm just invented by the master, it is extremely powerful, when it explodes, the explosion sound is like destroying the world, people and animals within a radius of dozens of zhang are dead, they used the earth-shaking thunder to blow up Yinchuan City, and then used the earth-shaking thunder to capture Shizhou City, it can be said that all the achievements of the Eastern Front Army are based on this new firearm......."

Zhao Ji was suddenly surprised and delighted, there was such a powerful firearm, and he asked urgently: "How did you make it?" ”

"Your Majesty, the problem is here, Lao Chen heard that there was such a powerful firearm, and immediately sent someone to ask for the formula and drawings from the seed master Dao, but the seed master Dao pushed back and back, saying that the two craftsmen who invented the earth-shaking thunder were blown up, and there was no formula and drawings, and finally only gave the old minister twelve earth-shaking thunders, if the old minister knew the formula and drawings, he would definitely make hundreds of earth-shaking thunders, even if he was surrounded by the 200,000 troops of the Western Xia, what should he worry about, he could completely annihilate the enemy army, continue to wave his army to the capital of the Western Xia, and completely destroy the Western Xia, but..... There are only twelve earth-shattering thunders in the hands of the old minister! ”

Tong Guan secretly changed his concept and put the responsibility for his fiasco on the Seed Master Dao, who refused to give him the formula of the earth-shaking thunder, so that he was defeated by the Western Xia army, not mentioning that he had fallen into the enemy's lure strategy, not to mention that he was actually defeated by the enemy's 40,000 cavalry in a battle.

Zhao Ji was really diverted by Tong Guan, and he asked puzzledly: "Why is Master Dao unwilling to give you the formula for the new firearm?" ”

"The old minister is also puzzled, maybe.... Perhaps the master was afraid that the Western Front Army would attack too smoothly and seize the limelight on the Eastern Front. ”

"Nonsense!"

Zhao Ji suddenly reprimanded angrily: "The Dao of the Seed Master is not that kind of person at all, don't treat others in vain with the heart of a villain!" ”

"The old minister is guilty, but ..... Does Your Majesty know the fact that there is no Song Army in the Northwest? ”

"What do you mean by that?"

"Your Majesty, the people of Hedong never mention the Song army, and the 100,000 troops in Hedong are all called the army of the family, the army of the family!"

Zhao Ji trembled, slowly walked to the window with his hands down, and said coldly for a while: "Don't quibble, this time the whole army of the Western Front will destroy you, you can't escape the blame, you will resign from the Privy Council today, go home and think about it for a few years!" ”

Tong Guan was secretly happy in his heart, and he only dismissed him from his post and retained his lieutenant and official rank, which meant that he still had a chance to make a comeback.

"The old minister failed His Majesty, and he deserved to die!"

Zhao Ji waved his hand very impatiently, "Stand down!" ”

Tong Guan kowtowed three times, got up and retreated, Zhao Ji still stood in front of the window with his hands down, and after a while, he snorted coldly, "Hmph! Breeder Army. ”

.........

Three days later, Jiao Yanjian, the special envoy of Western Xia, arrived in Bianjing, and the two sides officially began lengthy peace talks, which took a month and a half, and Jiao Yanjian repeatedly went back to ask for instructions twice, and it was only in early November that the two sides finally reached a peace agreement.

The Western Xia reasserted their vassal status to the Song Dynasty, no longer using the honorific title of emperor, but instead the title of king, and the Song Dynasty promised to withdraw its troops from the Western Xia and restore them to the borders before the Great War, with each side releasing prisoners of war.

In addition, the Song Dynasty continued to give 150,000 horses of silk, 70,000 taels of silver and 30,000 catties of tea to the Western Xia every year to encourage border trade between the two sides, which was actually the restoration of the terms of the Qingli peace between the Song and Xia.

At this point, the war between the Song and Xia Dynasty that had lasted for more than 20 years finally came to an end, and the Son of Heaven Zhao Ji sent envoys to Shizhou to order the Seed Master Dao to withdraw the army, and at the same time reward the three armies, vigorously commend the meritorious soldiers of the Hedong Army, and Xuan Seed Master Dao entered Beijing to report on his work.

More than 100,000 Song troops slowly withdrew from Shizhou City and marched towards Yinzhou, and two days later, the Hedong Army began to retreat from Yinchuan City, and all the war materials and captured money, food, and military materials were all transported back to Taiyuan.

At this time, it was already a cold winter, there were two heavy snowfalls on Hengshan, the mountains were dyed white, the snow in the Grand Canyon was knee-deep, and the 50,000 troops were cleared of snow in front of the road.

They also caught up with the last chance to pass through Hengshan, and in ten days at most, by mid-November, the weather would be even colder, and after the snow condensed into ice, the mountain would be covered with heavy snow, and it would be difficult to move an inch, and they could only wait for the next spring to return to the Great Song Dynasty.

The dam in Tiger Roaring Gorge has long been frozen solid, but the Song army must dig the dam so that the Wuding River can resume its watercourse when the snow melts next spring.

The task of digging the dam was handed over to Li Yanqing, in fact, it was very simple, as long as Li Yanqing cleared the mud bags, after the ice and snow melted, the river would naturally flow to the south.

"Commander, the soil is so frozen that it's useless to burn it, let's use the earth-shattering thunder to blow up the mud bag!" Wang Gui stood on the dam and shouted.

The soldiers could not pry open the mud bags with iron drills, and although burning them with fire oil had some effect, it would take at least a few days to remove them, and they did not have so much time, and they could only rely on the power of the earth-shaking thunder.

"There are only two earth-shattering thunders left, you can do it yourself!"

"Two is enough!"

Wang Gui commanded the soldiers to dig two big holes in the mud bag wall, the big holes were fifty steps apart, six feet deep, the soldiers put two earth-shattering thunders into the depths, and poured fire oil, until the fire oil was poured a foot away, the soldiers retreated to a hundred steps away, hiding behind a boulder.

Wang Gui's ribs had not yet fully grown and he must not open the bow, but he couldn't help but eagerly say, "Let me shoot this arrow!" ”

"Don't you kid want to live?"

Li Yanqing smacked him on the head in annoyance, snatched the bow and arrow from his hand, Wang Gui had no choice but to hold his head and mumble away.

Li Yanqing stretched out his bow and arrows, and pulled the bow full of orders: "Ignite!" ”

The soldier ignited the rocket, and as soon as Li Yanqing loosened the string, the rocket crossed an arc and shot a hundred steps away, just shooting on the oil oil, and the two oil lines burned at the same time, and the flames spread rapidly to the holes on both sides.

Everyone squatted behind the boulder, covering their ears hard, and in a moment, there were two loud and dull explosions on the side of the dam, but it was not as earth-shattering as before, everyone looked over, only to see thick smoke billowing out, mud and rocks flowing down, the dam was blown open two large holes, and the mud and sand wall began to loosen.

Li Yanqing was overjoyed and urgently ordered a thousand soldiers to go up to dig the dam, and it only took half a day for the dam to be completely dug up, leaving only an ice wall several zhang high, but the lake was not completely frozen, and there was water gurgling out at the bottom, flowing south along the riverbed......

Li Yanqing immediately reported the situation of the demolition of the dam to the commander Planter, and Planter Dao smiled slightly: "I'm afraid there will be a flood at the beginning of spring, but it's better than a drought, this year the Wuding River was intercepted by the Western Xia Army, which seriously affected the harvest downstream, and I have ordered the soldiers to send grain to the Suide Army door to door to compensate for their losses."

Li Yanqing scratched his head and smiled: "Do you want the recipe and drawings of the earth-shaking thunder?" ”

Seed Master Dao nodded, "I want to go to Beijing to report on my work, and the formula and drawings of the Heaven-shaking Thunder must be handed over to the Son of Heaven, otherwise someone will impeach us." ”

"If the marshal is not here, who will preside over the Hedong Army?" Li Yanqing asked again.

"The will of the Son of Heaven is to let Vice General Yao preside, and originally I wanted to let the seed master ..... But it doesn't matter, there will be no war between the two countries for at least a dozen years. ”

Li Yanqing sighed and said: "Wang Gui wants to return to Beijing to participate in the martial arts, and he wants to take a month's leave to return to his hometown to worship his deceased mother and teacher. ”

Seed Master Dao understood in his heart that Li Yanqing wanted to avoid Yao Zhongping, so he nodded and smiled: "As long as you arrange the affairs of the Intelligence Department, I will give you two months of leave!" ”

"Thank you, Dashuai!"

Five days later, the army arrived in Taiyuan Mansion, the seed master Dao set off to the capital to report on his work, Wang Gui got the news that Niu Gao had returned to the capital a month ago to prepare for the exam, Wang Gui temporarily bid farewell to Li Yanqing, and hurriedly went to the capital.

Li Yanqing arranged the affairs of the Intelligence Department, and then took Yang Liang to ride a horse and galloped in the direction of Jingcheng. For mobile phone users, please browse M. Reading for a better reading experience.