Walking into the big tent of the Chinese army that had just been tied, the big tent had not yet been implemented, and all kinds of items were piled up all over the table, Li Yanqing pulled two chairs and invited Lin De to sit down, and went to make tea with his own soldiers.

"I don't know the ins and outs of this Qiang riot at all, Governor Lin should know, you might as well tell me about it."

"I only know a little bit of the skin."

Lin De groaned and said, "To be precise, this time it is not the Qiang riot, but the black party riot. ”

"Black Party Item!" Li Yanqing suddenly became a little sensitive to the name Dangxiang.

Lin De understood Li Yanqing's surprise, anyone would be surprised, he explained with a wry smile: "In fact, this black party has little to do with the Western Xia side, since the beginning of the Song Dynasty, they have been the people of the Song Dynasty, for more than a hundred years, no matter what the living habits or accent or whatever, they are almost integrated with this side, their old chieftain Yeli Plain I am familiar with, a few years ago the Song army and the Western Xia war, Yeli Plain also sent 3,000 young people to help the Song army carry grain. ”

Li Yanqing was puzzled, so he asked again: "In this case, why did there be a riot this time, and I have heard that there was a riot before, what is it?" ”

"In the past, it wasn't a riot at all, at most it was to beat the tax collectors out with sticks, and then they went to the Gyeongju government to make trouble and protest against our increase in taxes, but this time it was different, it was really a riot, but there was also a reason for it."

"Tell me why?"

"Actually, it's very simple, the old chief is dying, the two brothers are vying for the throne, Yeli Plain wants to pass the chief to the younger son Ye Lisheng, Ye Lisheng has studied in Jingzhao Mansion, and focuses on having a good relationship with the imperial court, but the eldest son Ye Lifeng has a close relationship with the Western Xia, this time he estimated that he got the secret order of the Western Xia, so he used the land promise to coax several other tribes to join him in rebellion, Ye Lifeng also wanted to take the opportunity to seize the position of the chief, probably that's the case."

Li Yanqing laughed, "This is not understanding the fur!" It's just like the parties. ”

Linde's face flushed, and he squirmed and said, "Yeli Plains gave me a letter before, telling me all the causes and consequences. ”

Li Yanqing perked up and hurriedly asked, "Is the letter still there?" ”

Lin De saw that Li Yanqing was really interested, so he took out a letter from his arms and handed it to Li Yanqing, Li Yanqing smiled: "This word is well written!" ”

"This is the dictation of Yeli Plain, the youngest son Ye Lisheng wrote, that kid and I have dealt with, he studied in Jingzhao Mansion for four years, if you wear Han clothes, you are a weak scholar."

Li Yanqing nodded and said with a smile: "This time the black party riot, I still hope to finally solve it through negotiation, as long as Governor Lin assists me, I will add Governor Lin's name to the credit book, how about it?" ”

Lin De was overjoyed, with the credit, he could redeem the credit, he bowed deeply, "Thank you for your help, the lower officials will remember it in their hearts!" ”

Li Yanqing will not believe Lin De's words, it is impossible for the black party to have nothing to do with Western Xia, it can only be said that some people want to balance between Song and Xia, and do not want to participate in the struggle between Song and Xia, so as not to encounter the disaster of extermination.

Based on this understanding, Li Yanqing will not go to extremes, and exterminate the entire black party Xiang, that is not realistic, he has a plan before setting off from Jingzhao, the best way is to fight and pull, first use heavy punches to teach the black party a lesson, do not leave one that should be killed, eat them all out, and never be soft on the compensation that should be paid, and then negotiate with the black party on this basis, the ultimate goal is to make them obey and no longer cause trouble.

Of course, many people are speculating whether Li Yanqing sent the captured women and children to Jingzhao Mansion as slaves, but in fact, Li Yanqing did not have this idea, he still planned to release these women and children back to the tribe, their fathers, brothers and husbands should die, but they were innocent.

Lin De left, Li Yanqing began to think about the next move again, he sent someone to invite Han Shizhong and Cao Xing, and at the same time let Mo Jun and Liu Fang also participate in the discussion of restarting, these two actually have strategies, but they don't have the opportunity to play their strategies.

Han Shizhong is a fiery man, and he doesn't know how to be modest, he took the lead in saying his thoughts, "Since it is only sixty miles away from their lair, then we can simply attack the lair and let the brothers fight happily, I think it is also a kind of exercise." ”

The reason why Han Shizhong dared to say this was because they captured 2,500 war horses and formed two cavalry battalions, which gave Han Shizhong the confidence to fight with the party army.

Li Yanqing didn't say anything, and looked at Cao Xuan with a smile, "What about Old Cao's thoughts?" ”

Cao Xing pondered for a moment, "I agree with Commander Han's plan in principle, but I think we can do it a little more carefully, such as doing a good job of intelligence, how many cavalry are there in the black party?" How is the equipment? Only by knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent can one win a hundred battles! ”

Han Shizhong's face was slightly hot, and he also admitted that Cao Xing had replenished it very well, especially the intelligence was very important, and he was a little inconsiderate.

"What do you think about Mo and Liu joining the army?" Li Yanqing looked at Mo Jun and Liu Fang with a smile again.

The two glanced at each other, and Mo Jun smiled: "Actually, I talked to Liu Senjun about this matter when I was in Jingzhao, and we agreed that we should think about how to end it before the war started, and now that time is running out, the commander should start thinking about this issue." ”

Li Yanqing nodded, he understood what Mo Jun meant, "I've been thinking about this matter, let's have an in-depth exchange when we go back, now we are only talking about war." ”

Liu Fangkou said with a smile: "We don't have enough experience in fighting, but I think we should give full play to our advantages and reduce casualties as much as possible." ”

Li Yanqing thought about it, and then said to Han Shizhong and Cao Xing: "Let's focus on intelligence first, and after understanding the details of the other party as much as possible, we will decide on a specific tactical plan." ”

"Obey!"

Han Shizhong and Cao Xing hurriedly went, and Li Yanqing said to Mo Jun again: "The thing I said today, have you done it to join the army?" ”

"Is it Gong Zuwen's business?"

"Exactly!"

"I talked to him, and I said that Li Tongzhi is considering appointing you as a partial general, but he hopes that he will start as a subordinate general, and then slowly be promoted to a partial general after killing the enemy and making meritorious contributions."

Li Yanqing smiled: "It's quite modest, so be it!" Transfer him to Jingzhaojun first, and then I will consider his specific position later, this is not up to him. ”

"I know, I'm going to go through the formalities for him!"

Mo Jun turned around to leave, but Li Yanqing stopped him again, "You said just now how to end the war, in fact, I also have ideas, the war must be fought, and the negotiation must also be prepared, Governor Lin is more familiar with the black party, you go and talk to him in depth, and strive to come up with a negotiation plan, and you and him will be responsible for the negotiation in the future." ”

"Ignorance, understood!"

Li Yanqing said to Liu Fang again: "The distribution plan of the war horse is still readjusted, the following battalions have great opinions, you go to find out the bottom first, and then take into account the overall consideration, and at the same time take into account that there will be new war horses, come up with a new distribution plan as soon as possible!" ”

Mo Jun and Liu Fang left, only Li Yanqing was left in the big tent, he paced back and forth in the big tent, this was his first time as the commander to lead the troops to fight, he had to consider the problem from the perspective of the boss, it was obvious that the Western Xia provoked the Black Party Rebellion, that is, to contain the Song Army, once the Black Dang Xiang Riot was quickly extinguished, what did the Western Xia use to contain the Great Song Dynasty, think about it, except for the transfer of interests, the Western Xia really had no other way.

Li Yanqing has faintly felt that the death of Wanyan Aguda has made Xixia see a glimmer of hope, and they are afraid that they also want to take advantage of this troubled water to fish, where is the fish? Either Xijing of the Liao State, or Yelu Yanxi.

Li Yanqing thought about it, but these were too far away from him, and it was imperative that he put down the riots of the black party as soon as possible and give a beautiful report to the imperial court, which was related to his foothold in Jingzhao Mansion and even Shaanxi Road.

........

Two days later, Yan Qing and the scouts came back one after another, bringing a lot of information, and after Zhang Hu sorted it out, the context gradually became clear.

Hei Dangxiang is only one of the many Qiang people in the northern area of Shaanxi Road, although it is relatively strong, but the number of tribes is only between eight and one hundred thousand, and the young and strong people who can participate in the war are about fifteen thousand, but their equipment is not bad, basically they have leather armor and spears, and there are about 8,000 war horses.

From the analysis of these intelligences, Li Yanqing immediately realized that after he attacked with heavy punches, he should also have a move to win over, pacify the peace-seeking faction, so as not to force them into a hurry, and finally the two factions united to deal with the Song army.

Thinking about this clearly, Li Yanqing decided to stand still and at the same time ordered the release of some of the captured women and children to go home, which was a gesture, and he believed that the other party would respond soon.