The legendary Li Jiqian's twelfth - died of carelessness and arrogance

Li Ji moved to Lingzhou, and there was another reason why his heart could not be exposed, that is, compared with Xiazhou, Lingzhou was far away from the front line of the Song-Xia War, which could also allow him to obtain a greater safety factor, and he didn't have to worry about being taken by others all day long. He himself knew that on the regular battlefield, his army was far behind. Moreover, Lingzhou "controls Heshuo in the north, leads Qingliang in the south, and according to the upper reaches of the road, chokes the key points in the west", after moving the capital to Lingzhou, Li Jiqian can completely obtain greater development space to the west.

After moving the capital to Lingzhou, due to the great increase in popularity, the surrounding party and Tibetan departments came to join him, and Li Jiqian's military strength became stronger and stronger. The Song Dynasty had to swallow this bitter fruit, so it took the initiative to negotiate peace with Li Jiqian, and after this peace, the Song Dynasty took the initiative to cede the Sui and You Prefectures, which originally belonged to the Dingyan Army, to Li Jiqian. At this point, the five states of Dingnan have completely returned to the hands of the party members.

At this time, Li Jiqian began to reconsider his major policies.

But something happened at this point.

In the party tribe, there are two tribes, Niu Yang and Su family, these two tribes live far away, and they don't have to worry about being attacked by the Song Dynasty military, so they repeatedly follow Li Jiqian to invade the country, and they are the active supporters and executors of Li Jiqian's armed anti-Song strategy. In fact, the reason is very simple, the Song Dynasty did not give them benefits.

Soon after, the leaders of the Hexi Party Xiangfan tribe, the Nanshan tribe, and the Yeshi tribe led more than 100 accounts to join the Song Dynasty, and Song Zhenzong appointed these leaders as the commanders of their own clans. It is said that the position of "commander" means noble leader in the vassal language, and the Tibetan and Qiang people attach great importance to this title. When the Zhulang clan, the Nanshan clan, and the Yeshi clan won the title, the Niu Yang clan and the Su family were envious. In order to obtain such a title, at that time, without contact with the Song Dynasty, the two tribes suddenly sent troops in the Xiazhou area to attack other party tribes and won some victories. They reported their exploits (killing more than 200 households) to the Song Dynasty government, expecting a reward from the imperial court. When Song Zhenzong received the report, he felt that this was a positive example and had a great role as an exemplary leader, and not only gave him the title of commander, but also rewarded the two clans materially. After Li Jiqian heard about this, he ran day and night, completely ending the nest of these two clans, which shocked the Tibetan tribes in the Xiazhou area. Li Jiqian realized that in order to achieve a permanent victory, the only way to achieve a permanent victory was to further expand his power and obtain real benefits from each tribe. Facts have proved that the southeast and the north cannot expand, only the way to develop westward, and it cannot be delayed any longer.

The first target he chose was Xiliangfu (present-day Wuwei City, Gansu Province), which was part of the Song Dynasty at the time.

After the founding of the Northern Song Dynasty, the Western Liangfu was set up in the Liangzhou area, but no officials were appointed, and it was the Tubo people who actually ruled the Liangzhou area. Later, the Song Dynasty sent Ding Weiqing to Liangzhou to buy horses, and the Tubo people asked the imperial court to appoint officials to Xiliang Mansion, and the imperial court pushed the boat down the river, so Ding Weiqing was appointed as the prefect of Xiliang Mansion. In fact, it was the Song Dynasty and the Tubo leader Pan Luozhi who jointly governed Liangzhou.

However, unexpectedly, Li Jiqian (who must have also had Zhang Pu's opinion) suddenly led a large army to the east - and with great fanfare!

The east of Western Xia, of course, is still the territory of the Great Song Dynasty. However, there was also a tripartite junction between the party, the Song and the Liao at that time. To the east, the five states of the party are the northernmost border of the Song Dynasty, which was called "Hebei" at that time, and the most front-end Fengzhou has reached the area of the Yijin Huoluo Banner and the Jungger Banner in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, and a little further north, where Li Jiqian did not dare to go because it was the territory of the Liao people.

If Li Jiqian followed this route eastward, he would have provoked both the Song Dynasty and the Liao State. Of course he wouldn't do that, it was the Song Dynasty that he dared to provoke.

His goal to the east could only be slightly shifted downward, which was Linzhou in the Song Dynasty. This is why he went straight here after the last time he defeated the Qingyuan Army.

Linzhou, this is a very legendary place name. In "Yang Family General", the first generation of the Yang family's hero, the volcano king Yang Gon (real name Yang Xin), is based in Linzhou, and Mu Guiying, the strongest female general of the Yang family, can also find the prototype here. They are called "Volcano Army" and "Shenmu Village" respectively. Since the end of the Tang Dynasty, this land has been in turmoil until the establishment of the Song Dynasty, and it has also been subjected to the invasion of the Khitans at all times, so the folk customs here are extremely strong, and the combat effectiveness of the border people is no worse than the Kyoto Forbidden Army of the Song Dynasty.

Li Jiqian was once beaten by Cao Bin's son Cao Wei in Linzhou. But he must fight Linzhou, and he must fight harder, that is, let the Song Dynasty see, and also make the Song Dynasty confused! This time, he brought 20,000 party cavalry to surround the city of Linzhou, just like Zhao Guangyi surrounded Youzhou back then, it was surrounded on all sides, and half of the way to live was left for the people in the city. Isn't it stupid to look at? It is said that he wants territory, not the lives of the people in the city, so why is he so desperate and forcing the people in the city to fight with him?

This is where Li Jiqian is clever, and it also proves that he is indeed prepared. Because this move is hitting the key point of Linzhou City, because there is no water source in this city...... As long as the people in the city are blocked, there are only two fates for the soldiers and civilians of the Song Dynasty. One, to live and die of thirst in the city; Second, go out of the city and duel with the party members.

The limit of human tolerance for water scarcity is much lower than the ability to endure hunger, and it may only take 48 hours for a hungry human to lose the ability to exercise. Li Jiqian thought, look at what else you Cao Wei can do!

However, Li Jiqian's information is wrong, because Cao Wei is not in Linzhou City now, he has been promoted, and it is Lin, Fu, and Xunlun who are deployed to be responsible for the security of the entire perimeter, and his station is still hundreds of miles away from Linzhou. The person who is really responsible for guarding the city is Zhizhou Wei Jushi.

This name is the same as Pei Ji in Lingzhou City, which was previously unknown. But history immediately proved that the vast majority of the border guards of the Song Dynasty were brave and conscientious men.

Faced with danger, Wei Jushi thought of attacking, in fact, this was the only way to survive in Linzhou City. Cao Wei knew this even better, when the party had just besieged the city, he sent reinforcements, and it was Li Jizhou, the Jinming inspection envoy. But it's a pity that Li Jiqian has long thought of this, he opened the posture of encircling the point to send reinforcements, so that Li Jizhou lost the first battle, for safety Li Jizhou retreated, Li Jiqian's encirclement of Linzhou did not move at all.

After that, Cao Wei was silent, but he couldn't be blamed, there was a secret in it. The reason why he was able to suddenly cut off Li Jiqian's grain route last time was largely due to the complex composition of his army, because every tribe needed grain and grass. Therefore, it is okay for Cao Wei to rely on them to rob grain and grass, but if he wants to really fight, he does not dare to use these attached acquaintances (that is, the party members who have surrendered to the Song Dynasty). Just like Li Jizhou just now, he is an acquaintance, it is said that the name Li Jizhou is still looking at Li Jiqian's family and asked the Song Dynasty court, this person has always been loyal to the Song Dynasty after being attached, but at this time, as long as it threatens his fundamental interests, he will not listen to the orders of the court, not to mention that Li Jiqian is different at this time, he has become the idol of the party members, an unprecedented sun that has been raised to the party people who can be seen when they look up, in front of this sun, those party people will not contribute, Or does Cao Wei still dare to use these people on the battlefield?

At this moment and then, Cao Wei's assistance has become a problem. So at a critical juncture, Wei Jushi could only rely on himself. The battle has entered the stage of fighting for life from the very beginning, every moment is related to water and life, the history books say that Linzhou City "repeatedly surprises and surprises", and Wei Jushi rewarded and recruited warriors to quietly slide out of the city along the long rope at night and sneak attack the camp of the party members.

The sneak attack was very fruitful, and in the dark night, Li Jiqian's men and horses could not distinguish between friend and foe, and killed each other, suffering heavy casualties. However, Li Jiqian still stabilized his position, responded to all changes with no change, and fought for time. Wei Jushi has been fighting day and night, but as the days go by, the water ...... The city of Linzhou still failed to regain the water source.

However, Li Jiqian did not calculate after a thousand calculations, and at this time, in the non-rainy season, a sudden heavy rain came in Linzhou City.

That morning, Li Jiqian walked out of the tent, raised his head to the sky, took a breath of rainwater, and shouted "bitter"!

So, he immediately thought about retreating. As long as there is water in Linzhou, Li Jiqian will not have the advantage of time.

And at this time, Zhang Jin (deputy commander of the strongest front army) suddenly appeared, he personally led the army to help, and then the war was only on the 5th day, and he still wanted to have a big fight with Li Jiqian, but he was very disappointed, he didn't see Li Jiqian at all, Li Jiqian had slipped away as fast as possible!

Li Jiqian's realistic attitude is indeed commendable, in the past five days, half of his soldiers have died, more than 10,000 people! However, as long as he is given two more days, he will take Linzhou City, which will have a huge psychological effect on the Song Dynasty and increase the troops in the east.

Yes, Li Jiqian just wanted the people of the Great Song Dynasty to know that he, Li Jiqian, was a little annoyed with the east, and he must make a big deal in the east, and he could even unite with the Khitan here and attack the Song Dynasty.

I want to say a few more words here, Wei Jushi and Li Jiqian don't know that Zhang Jin came here with troops without permission, and he doesn't have the emperor's edict!

The heavy troops stationed in Taiyuan Mansion in the Song Dynasty were not allowed to use a single soldier by the emperor's edict, and with the prestige of Pan Mei back then, when rescuing Zhang Qixian, he was also blocked back by Zhao Guangyi from the halfway road, so it can be said that Zhang Jin took a great risk to come to the aid of Linzhou. Fortunately, afterwards, Zhao Heng of Song Zhenzong did not blame Zhang Jin, but deliberately issued an edict to reward Zhang Jin, which was a huge encouragement, and the shackles of the Song Dynasty border soldiers seemed to have loosened a little from this time.

However, it turned out that this was just an illusion, and Song Zhenzong's subsequent measures were to reduce the rights of military generals. Therefore, Zhang Jin's unauthorized dispatch of troops and receiving a commendation is an exception, it is said that Song Zhenzong's psychology is that because you are fighting Li Jiqian, it is considered a special approval.

In December of the sixth year of Song Xianping (1003), that is, four months after the attack on Linzhou, Li Jiqian gathered the people of the whole clan, this time with great fanfare, and the goal was to directly target the southerner Huanzhou and Gyeongju in the Song Dynasty, and to uproot the important towns of the Song Dynasty's frontier in one fell swoop, so that they would become the second and third Lingzhou!

In the face of the menacing Li Jiqian, the civil and military ministers of the Manchu Dynasty all advocated that they must be dealt a hard blow, otherwise, let this hooligan become bigger, and the country will not be a country!

But Zhao Heng's reaction was unexpectedly calm, and he only said one sentence - Li Jiqian was cheating, and his target was the west.

Still in the suspicious gaze of the Manchu Dynasty's civil and military ministers, Song Zhenzong added, "It's too far, it's too late." ”

Yes, just as the army of the Great Song Dynasty was rushing to Huanzhou and Gyeongju day and night, Li Jiqian suddenly turned around and went west, and went straight to Liangzhou, and before Ding Weiqing, the official of the Great Song Dynasty, the prefect of Xiliangfu, came back to his senses and became Li Jiqian's prisoner. It should be known that the city wall of Liangzhou is much stronger than the city wall of Lingzhou.

This was expected by Zhao Heng and Zhang Qixian. In fact, when Li Jiqian was besieging Lingzhou, they had already left a back hand, and when Li Jiqian was smug, the god of death had slowly approached him.

Pan Luozhi, the Tibetan leader who was in Liangzhou at the time, could not believe that Li Jiqian had succeeded. He was stunned, and the war suddenly came, only to realize that they had been thinking wrong about Li Jiqian all along!

What about the weaker peoples? What about the little-known buns? The Tubo people forgot that hundreds of years ago, the Shatuo people, who were more backward and barbaric than the Dangxiang people, escaped under their noses and became the masters of the northern part of the Central Plains, so is the current Li Jiqian destined to be just a little thief? !

As the real master of Liangzhou, Pan Luozhi and his own people could only choose to flee, and the Hexi Corridor was hit by Li Jiqian in this way, biting off the fattest piece of meat.

We often refer to the Hexi Corridor, the famous Hexi Corridor refers to the west of the Yellow River in Gansu Province, between the Qilian Mountains and the Beishan, about 1,200 kilometers long from east to west, 100-200 kilometers wide from north to south, the past dynasties are the throat of the eastern part of the Central Plains to the Western Regions, the most famous "Silk Road" between the Han and Tang Dynasties passes through here, that is, the modern is also the main road between the mainland and Xinjiang, the strategic significance is incomparably significant.

Well, taking Liangzhou is equivalent to controlling the Hexi Corridor, and now Li Jiqian is a little complacent. His wish has been realized, not only won the Lingzhou City that has restricted the development of the party members for generations, but also opened up the Hexi Corridor, and the party members should have their own country at this time! Then, it is necessary to purge the enemy and stabilize the rear - the west has been regarded as the rear by Li Jiqian.

Li Jiqian killed the prefect Ding Weiqing, renamed Xiliangfu Liangzhou, and brought it under his rule. Then, Li Jiqian set off quickly, that is, he captured Xiliang City in October, and Li Jiqian led people to rush out of Xiliang City in November and killed him further west. He wanted to take advantage of the victory to pursue, seize Pan Luozhi in one go, and uproot the power of the Tubo people.

Tibet weakened from the late Tang Dynasty, the country was divided, the ethnic groups were scattered, and they did not belong to each other. After Li Jiqian led the resurgence of the Dangxiang clan, he mainly faced the Tubo Liugu clan (the Tubo people who actually ruled the Liangzhou region mentioned earlier). Because they are both nomadic and their territories are adjacent to each other, there are often skirmishes between the two sides. Li Jiqian also sent people to recruit surrender, but failed, and the messenger sent was also killed by the Tubo, and now he has taken Xiliang Mansion, and the contradiction with the Tubo people has intensified, and he will uproot the Tubo power.

Especially before the eastward advance, Li Jiqian heard that the Panluo branch had sent people to Kaifeng to pay tribute, and the imperial court had given Panluo a lot of rewards, so he wanted to do a robbery.

This is also a major feature of Li Jiqian, he has done this kind of thing many times before, either to rob the Tibetan or to regain the Falcon, and he is also familiar with the road.

This kind of thing doesn't seem to be difficult, the other party is a mission at best, if you can't even do this kind of thing, then Li Jiqian doesn't have to go out to mix, and he can go home to retire.

Li Jiqian sent people to rob the Tibetan mission, and the Tibetan envoy Wu Fu Shengla desperately broke through the siege before he picked up a life.

In fact, it didn't matter to Li Jiqian how many people he killed and how much property he took in this battle, what mattered was that he grabbed something very important from Pan Luozhi - the official notice of the brand seal.

As soon as Li Jiqian saw the official notice, he was angry: This is not a bully!

It turned out that the Song Dynasty had already granted Pan Luozhi the envoy of Shuofang Jiedu.

Shuo Fang, that is the place where he Li Jiqian, the Great Song Dynasty actually gave it to Pan Luozhi! At this time, it should be understood, why Li Jiqian fought the three eastern states of the Song Dynasty, not only to contain the Song army, but also to warn, that is, he, Li Jiqian, can unite with the Khitan to attack your Song Dynasty. It's just that he has not been swayed by emotions, and still according to the established strategy, he has conquered Liangzhou, and at this time, his army appeared in front of Pan Luozhi.

Pan Luozhi is a person who understands, when he saw Li Jiqian's dense army with his own eyes, he was afraid, he was afraid from the bottom of his heart, such a powerful army was not something that he and his men could contend with.

However, he was even more reluctant to make him surrender. He is also an emperor of the soil on the Tibetan side, although he is a little poor, but he yells at his subordinates all day long, and his small days are also quite nourishing. If he surrenders, according to Li Jiqian's usual practice, I am afraid that he will not let himself live too comfortably, and it is possible that he will be secretly slaughtered one day.

However, Panroch seems to know how to govern others the way they would be. This way of people is actually very vulgar and old-fashioned, and our ancestors began to use it a long time ago, and its name is - deception.

This "way" is familiar to Li Jiqian.

Therefore, he did not believe that he could be deceived by himself, so he sent someone to ask for surrender, and he agreed without even thinking about it.

Zhang Pu could see at a glance that it was not quite right for Pan Luozhi to surrender now. He said to Li Jiqian: "Fighting a war is a major matter, and the key lies in clearly observing the enemy's situation. Pan Roch has been against us for many years, and now we have not been able to dampen his spirit before he surrendered, and there must be some deception in this. It is better to take advantage of his current trick to be carried out, capture him in a battle, and the other tribes will surrender. Now we are guests, others are masters, and if we are alone in this place, it is very dangerous. ”

Originally, Li Jiqian has always respected Zhang Pu's opinion, basically he will do whatever Zhang Pu says, but this time he actually rejected Zhang Pu's correct opinion, he said: "After I got Liangzhou, he was already alone, and he surrendered because of his strength, so why deceive?" What's more, the killing is ominous, don't be suspicious, this will affect the other tribes to submit to me in the future. You go back to Xiping Mansion first, and I should appease the remnants of the Pan Luo branch to avoid future troubles. ”

Of course, there is another point, that is, Li Jiqian may have realized that his troops were so tired and tired that he wanted to peacefully solve the weak Tibet.

When Zhang Pu heard Li Jiqian say this, it was inconvenient to persuade him again, so he had to go back first. But he was still very uneasy in his heart, and it should be said that he was worried about going back.

At that time, Zhang Pu was also lucky, because he thought that Li Jiqian was a lucky general. In that year, the Song general Cao Guangshi attacked Jinze, his mother and wife were captured, and he and his younger brother escaped. His subordinates tried to murder him and secretly fired cold arrows at him, he was shot in the nose, and the wound did not heal, but he finally came back to life. Song Taizong sent Li Jitou to exterminate him, but he was defeated by Li Jizhuo, and fled with an arrow in his body, but later defeated Li Jisou.

Hopefully he'll have that luck this time.

It should be said that Li Jiqian will not be unprepared to accept the surrender of Pan Luozhi. Therefore, the surrender began without flaws, and Pan Luozhi made the surrender ceremony magnificent and magnificent, and took out all the foundations of his Han culture that had been smoked for many years. The more Li Jiqian looked at it, the happier he became, and he was very useful in the whole process of surrendering.

Until the end of the surrender ceremony, Li Jiqian's joy had not gone down. However, as the surrender was about to end, his guard relaxed, and even some smug expressions appeared.

At the beginning, when he Li Jiqian deceived Cao Guangshi, it was when Cao Guangshi came to surrender and killed him, but this time Pan Luozhi held a surrender ceremony, and when he completely relaxed his vigilance on the way to see him off, he released a dark arrow on him, and it was not a person, it was a group of people, and Li Jiqian's body was shot with five arrows.

Li Jiqian and his guards have not been in exile for more than 20 years, they can't just die in the hands of Pan Luozhi, they cover Li Jiqian's struggle to fight their way out and go straight to Lingzhou. must return to Lingzhou, this is the only thought of Li Jiqian, who was hit by five arrows in his body, at this time. As long as you can go back, there is still hope, as long as you can go back, even if you throw Liangzhou away, you can make a comeback back in Lingzhou.

He returned to Lingzhou as he wished.

However, the arrow wound was too severe. Only forty-one years old, when he was dying, he still thought about "plundering the Tibetan horses in the west, recovering the Falcon soldiers in the north, and then driving the south to herd."

This is December of the sixth year of Song Xianping (1003), Li Jiqian returned to the light, knowing that he was about to die, he began to arrange the future in an orderly manner. He knew very well that once he died, although his son Deming was assisted by Zhang Pu and a group of loyal old ministers, it was still very difficult to suppress his unruly subordinates, and Deming also needed to consolidate his dominance when he was established. Song Ting learned that he was dead, and if he made a big move, the foundation he had worked hard for decades would be over. So he repeatedly emphasized that Deming should be attached to the Song Dynasty, and he said to Deming: "If you go to the table once, if the Song court does not allow it, you will watch it again, and if the Song court does not agree to it, you should not stop." Li Deming cried and nodded.

Li Jiqian said to Zhang Pu again: "You and I raised troops together, and we are like brothers." Deming grew up in the army and endured a lot of hardships. It is really difficult to let him rule the Ling and Xia regions now. You and the others did their best to assist him, although they can't compete with Song and Liao, if they can maintain the old land and glorify their ancestors, I will have no regrets. ”

After speaking, he swallowed calmly.

At this point, I must say a few words about Panroch.

The following year, the first year of Song Jingde (1004), Pan Luozhi died.

The party members are brave and martial, and have a strong revenge mentality, and their custom is that they will take revenge and be ashamed of not taking revenge. If the party members of any tribe are bullied, as long as they shout, the party members of the nearby tribe, regardless of men, women and children, will definitely hear the sound, and when they arrive, they will roll up their sleeves and fight, and never talk nonsense, their firm determination to take revenge, their persistent desire for revenge, and the spirit of revenge that they will not give up until they reach their goal have always been famous. Even those who are not capable of revenge must gather the women of their neighbors, and everyone will eat and drink to their heart's content, and rush to the enemy's house in groups and set fire to the enemy's house. The custom of the Dangxiang clan is that fighting with women is a bad thing, so when they encounter a large group of women shouting and going to their homes, the enemies generally have to avoid it. This method of revenge can be said to be risk-free, tried and tested, and it is actually the only choice for revenge.

Li Jiqian's tribe includes the Mi Bang and Ri Ji Luo Dan clans, these two tribes are Li Jiqian's old tribes, and they are also Li Jiqian's super fans, and they can't worship him very much. Seeing that the idol was killed, the two clans found it difficult to accept it for a while, and vowed to avenge Li Jiqian.

After thinking about it, they also came to the same way as others, and decided to attach themselves to Pan Luo Zhi first, and then see the opportunity to kill Pan Luo Zhi and avenge their leader.

Generally, tactics like fake surrender require the cooperation of the inside and the outside to be successful, and the two clans of Mi Bang and Ri Ji Luo Dan naturally need someone to cooperate, otherwise even if they can kill Pan Luozhi, it is estimated that they will not be able to escape.

The two clans packed up and attached themselves to the Zhelong clan under the Pan Luo branch, and then they secretly sent people to Li Deming and asked Li Deming to send troops to attack the dragon.

In this way, when Pan Luozhi heard that the Dragon Clan was beaten, he would definitely lead his troops to come to the rescue, so that they would have a chance to kill Pan Luozhi.

After Li Jiqian was killed, Li Deming secretly swore that this revenge must be avenged.

Dad is in his prime, only forty-two years old, it is a good time to expand the power of the party and get rid of the control of the Song Dynasty, but I didn't expect to be killed by a small Pan Luozhi, if this big revenge is not avenged, how can he be the leader of the party in the future, the old ministers left by his father are not easy to control, if the revenge of killing his father is not revenged, they will not obey their leadership in the future. Therefore, this revenge will be avenged!

We have reason to believe that when Li Deming accepted his father's last words, his eyes must have been full of anger.

When the two clans sent a messenger came, Li Deming keenly felt that this was an excellent opportunity, and if he didn't seize this opportunity, it would be difficult to take revenge in the future. Therefore, Li Deming immediately sent elite soldiers to feint against the Dragon Clan.

As soon as he heard that his tribe had been attacked, Pan Luozhi rode his war horse and led more than 100 horsemen to the rescue (note this number).

Pan Luo didn't feel that he had few soldiers, and he planned to attack the front and back to crush the enemy army in one fell swoop. He arrived at the Dragon's Tent that night. That same night, Pan Rochi was ordered to kill him in his tent by the two tribes of Mira and the Gilrodan.

It is said that when Pan Luozhi died, Li Jiqian's laughter was heard