By the time the sky was bright, all the grain and grass military supplies filled with more than 800 rafts disappeared into the Yellow River, and thousands of soldiers died in the Yellow River.

Thousands of Xixia soldiers stood on the shore, staring blankly at the rafts that were circling on the water, all the rafts were broken at the bottom, and the supplies fell into the Yellow River, and in just over an hour, all the supplies, including 200,000 stone of grain, were lost.

Unless the Western Xia fully plundered the cattle and sheep of the Qiang people, they could not rely on the food of the Han people on the Xihe Road to feed the army, but the consequences of plundering the cattle and sheep of the Qiang people were also very serious, which meant that the Western Xia could not gain a foothold even if they captured the Xihe Road, which was the national policy of the Western Xia, to win the Qiang people and plunder the Han people.

The grain and grass materials transported by the Western Xia were also destroyed by the Song army, and the grain of the Western Xia army could only last for ten days at most, and Richard had no choice but to order the withdrawal of the army to the north, which was not just what he meant, before that, the Son of Heaven had twice ordered the army to withdraw north to deal with the crisis in Xiping Mansion.

Brother Richard was reluctant to occupy a large area of land, and insisted on not retreating, but now that there is no food to replenish, he has to retreat, but even if he retreats, he still orders 10,000 troops to occupy Lanzhou and Huizhou.

With the retreat of the Western Xia army to the north, Li Yanqing also gave up the idea of occupying Xiping Mansion, but ordered Zhang Wei to hold the Weicheng and the first line of the village, Li Yanqing was not too greedy in the Western Xia, but left 8,000 people to defend the three strategic points of Weicheng - the village - the reward and the mouth of the mouth, and then led the other armies to retreat, as for the empty troops of the Western Xia in Baimachuan, Xiazhou and other places, he did not hesitate to give up.

Li Yanqing knew very well in his heart that their real enemy at this stage was the Jin State, not the Western Xia, and only by stabilizing the Western Xia could they devote themselves to the great cause of resisting the Jin Dynasty.

At the beginning of September, Jiao Yanjian, the secretary of the Western Xia Household Department, came to Jingzhao Mansion as Li Qianshun's envoy to negotiate with Li Yanqing about the withdrawal of troops and the exchange of people.

"Dutong, this Li Qianshun is very pragmatic, and directly sent people to Jingzhao to negotiate with Dutong."

It was the lord Bo Tang Kai who spoke, since Mo Jun became the prefect of Pingjiang, Li Yanqing has been lacking a capable staff member around him, so he recommended his staff Tang Kai to him, Li Yanqing appointed Tang Kai as the chief secretary of the Jingluo Mansion, Tang Kai has a good eye for people, and he is a native of Jingzhao Mansion, Li Yanqing also listened to his advice.

Li Yanqing smiled and nodded, "That being said, we still have to contact the imperial court in time, report to the official family, and obtain the authorization of the official family before we can start negotiations with Western Xia." ”

Next to him, Wang Gui put down the tea bowl and said, "Don't the officials trust Dutong very much?" Obey all words. ”

When Li Yanqing entered Jingzhao Mansion, he sent a letter to Zhao Gou, the son of heaven, suggesting that Yin Du Chong of Kaifeng Mansion be transferred away, and Zong Ze should be appointed as the Yin of Kaifeng Mansion to stay in Tokyo and Kaifeng Mansion, and Zhao Gou immediately approved Li Yanqing's request and transferred Du Chong back to Lin'an to serve as Taichang Siqing.

Li Yanqing also suggested that Li Gang should go to Jingxi and the two roads to serve as a pacification envoy and sit in Shandong, and Zhao Gou was also as good as a stream, and approved Li Yanqing's suggestion, and crowned Li Gang as the imperial historian and the pacification envoy of the Jingxi and Jingxi roads, and sat in Jinan Mansion to organize the people of the two roads in Beijing and the west to defend against the invasion of the Jin soldiers.

It was these two suggestions that made all the officials of the imperial court think that Li Yanqing was favored, and Wang Gui certainly thought that there was no need to waste time and effort to report to the Son of Heaven.

Tang Kai next to him smiled and said: "General Wang, although it takes a lot of time to report to the Son of Heaven, but this matter cannot go beyond the Son of Heaven, after all, it is a negotiation between countries, and it is actually a kind of arrogance for us to negotiate without the authorization of the Son of Heaven. ”

Wang Gui hurriedly waved his hand, "I just made a suggestion casually, don't ask me about this kind of brain-consuming thing, you decide for yourself." ”

Li Yanqing said to Tang Kai: "You go to receive Jiao Yanjian well, I won't come forward, tell Jiao Yanjian, please wait patiently, at most ten days, the power of attorney from the imperial court will arrive, if he really can't wait, then he can also go to Lin'an to negotiate." ”

"I understand my humble position, so I'm going to receive Jiao Yanjian."

Li Yanqing instructed again: "Remember, no matter what suggestions Jiao Yanjian makes, don't answer, just say that you need the attitude of the imperial court, don't be misled by him." ”

"You know what to do, please rest assured!" Tang Kai saluted and hurried away.

Li Yanqing sat down and took a sip of tea, and then said to Wang Gui with a smile: "What are you looking for me?" ”

"It's about training the new army."

Wang Gui said with a bitter face: "Now the morale of the army is a little unstable, and the soldiers are worried about the lives of their families, can they be resettled as soon as possible?" ”

The new army that Wang Gui said was the Song Nu Army, and the Song Army rescued 300,000 Song Nu back to the Great Song Dynasty in Xiping Mansion this time, and recruited 30,000 young and strong soldiers from the miners to train the new army, which was fully responsible for Wang Gui, but the families of the 30,000 new troops are currently living in no fixed place and are temporarily placed in several refugee camps in the north of Jingzhao Prefecture.

Li Yanqing thought for a while and said: "You go back and tell the soldiers of the New Army that I plan to settle this group of Song people who rescued the southbound in Yaozhou, Huazhou and Tongzhou, and the government is currently measuring the land, and there will be a specific plan soon, so that they can train with peace of mind, and the government will not let their families suffer anymore." ”

Wang Gui hurriedly got up and saluted: "I understand my humble duties, so I will go back and tell the soldiers." ”

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Wang Gui said goodbye and left, Li Yanqing paced back and forth in the lobby with his hands, the Western Xia war has gradually come to an end, but many troubles brought about by the Western Xia war have also surfaced, the most headache at present is the resettlement of refugees, some refugees are fleeing from Xihe Road and Qinfeng Road, there are about four or five hundred thousand people, living in the area of Fengxiang Mansion, these refugees are not a big problem, and when the Western Xia withdraws the army, they will naturally return to their hometown.

The key is the Song slaves who were rescued from the Western Xia, and now there are more than 340,000 Song slaves rescued from Xiping Mansion alone, and they will exchange civilians with the Western Xia, at least 200,000 people, these more than 500,000 returned population are naturally valuable resources, but they must be managed well in order to give full play to the resource advantages of the population, otherwise it will backfire and become a long-term unstable factor.

For those who are willing to return to their hometowns, first of all, the local government must have a plan for proper resettlement, whether it is to open up wasteland and open up farmland, or to rent official land, it is necessary to give the refugees a way out, and in addition, the housing problem must also be properly resolved.

Now Li Yanqing deeply feels that what he lacks now is not a military general, but a capable magistrate, especially the Jingzhao prefect, although the current prefect Ma Shan has a very good relationship with him, but in all fairness, Ma Shan's ability is still too poor, especially in dealing with the people of Hedong, there have been many tragedies, and there are still a lot of sequelae.

For example, a lot of vacant land in Jingzhao City was forcibly occupied by Hedong immigrants, which led to armed fights for land from time to time, so that the people of Jingzhao City were extremely disgusted with Hedong refugees and had many contradictions, which was a concrete manifestation of Ma Shan's inaction.

When Li Yanqing gained a firm foothold in Jingzhao, it was inevitable to transfer Ma Shan away, Li Yanqing had already written to Zhao Gou, the Son of Heaven, suggesting that Ma Shan be transferred back to the imperial court as an official, I believe that Zhao Gou would not let him down, but the successor made it difficult for Li Yanqing to decide for a while.

According to the agreement reached between Li Yanqing and the imperial court, Li Yanqing, a local official on the Northwest Third Road, has the right to recommend, which is generally recommended by Li Yanqing, and then appointed by the Ministry of Officials.

At this time, there was a soldier in the hall who reported, "Qi Yu Dutong, General Wu of Yan'an Mansion asks to see you!" ”

Li Yanqing hurriedly put aside other thoughts for the time being, nodded and said, "Please let him in!" ”

After a while, Wu Jie, who was wearing a military uniform, walked into the lobby quickly, knelt down on one knee and said, "See Li Dutong for his humble position!" ”

"General Wu, please excuse me, sit down and speak." Li Yanqing asked Wu Jie to sit down with a smile on his face, and asked the soldiers to serve tea.

Wu Jie sat down and said with a smile: "Li Dutong led the powerful Western Xia, which made my Great Song raise his eyebrows, and he only hated himself for not personally participating, which is very regrettable." ”

Li Yanqing smiled and waved his hand, "Western Xia is empty, we seized the opportunity, how about it, I heard that the Jin soldiers have attacked Yan'an Mansion?" ”

Wu Jie shook his head, "It's not an attack, it's just harassment, the two thousand so-called Jin soldiers are actually the Great Song Xiang Army that surrendered to the Jin State before, and their combat effectiveness is very weak, they crossed the Yellow River on a raft at night, trying to raid Yan'an Mansion, but they were ambushed and surrounded by us, and none of the two thousand people fled back, and they were all thrown into the Yellow River to feed the fish." ”

"What about the casualties of the brethren?"

"There were more than 30 casualties, Vice Marshal Zhang said, and this is the first time in many years that the casualties have been so small."

Li Yanqing's heart moved, and a thought suddenly came to him, he pondered for a while and asked, "Is General Wu interested in coming to Jingzhao Mansion to serve as the prefect?" ”