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The crusade against Western Xia went smoothly, and the three armies advanced step by step. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

The first to achieve a major victory was the Eastern Route Army, which laid siege to Jingzhou, and after a few days the city was crumbling. The Western Xia defenders of Jingzhou saw that the guards were unfavorable and there was no hope for reinforcements, so they had to lead their troops to break through.

However, Zhi Kexing immediately mobilized troops and horses to pursue and besieged the Jingzhou Western Xia army by the Wuding River.

At the same time, Chong Ge led a large army from Suizhou to attack Mizhi Village. It's a pity that the onslaught for many days has never been overcome!

At the same time, the remnants of the Western Xia forces near Suizhou, Mizhizhai, and Wudinghe Jingzhou Army, totaling 50,000 people, got in touch. Finally cooperate with each other and prepare to outflank the seed department.

When he received the news, he did not panic, and sent someone to report the fold while calmly coping with it. He sent his elder brother Chong Yong to guard the gate of Mizhi Wall, so that the Western Xia soldiers in the city could not go out to cooperate.

Later, an ambush was set up in the valley between the two mountains, and three routes of soldiers and horses were arranged to wait for the Western Xia army retreating from the Wuding River. Soon after, the Western Xia army evacuated from Jingzhou passed through this area, and suddenly heard the horn sound, and the Song army fought from both sides. The Tangut people were caught off guard, they couldn't organize resistance at all, and the dam collapsed in a moment!

Zhi Kexing arrived in time again, blocking their only retreat in the direction of the Wuding River. The cultivators charged in time to divide and surround the Western Xia army, so that the Western Xia people were divided into several parts, and they could not take care of each other. After a morning of fierce fighting, none of the 40,000 Western Xia troops survived, and the entire army was annihilated.

The dead stretched for dozens of miles, and the entire valley turned red and stained red with blood. In addition to destroying the enemy, this battle was not only annihilated. A large number of horses and armor were also seized.

The results of the battle in the valley were heard. The defenders of the Western Army in Mizhi Village immediately panicked. Frightened. They knew that they were weak and had no reinforcements coming for the time being, so they couldn't resist the powerful front of the Song army, and it was a dead end to hold on.

The guard general Ma Nu begged for a long sigh, very helpless. He has been fighting hard for many days, and the belief that supports his perseverance and not giving up is reinforcements. Now that the reinforcements are finished, they no longer have the confidence to hold on.

Mizhi Village has become an isolated city. The isolated Tangut people could no longer hold on, and abandoned the city and fled without waiting for the division to return. I am afraid that the speed will slow down and fall into the encirclement of the seed again.

There is no doubt that the Eastern Route Army has made a good start. The first battle was successful, occupying the lands of two states, and also annihilating tens of thousands of Western Xia troops. The most important thing was to boost the morale of the Song army, which was undoubtedly a heavy blow to the Western Xia.

The Middle Route Army also lived up to expectations, and Liu Changzuo and Jing Siyi gradually approached Lingzhou City, which was one of the most important cities in Western Xia.

Lingzhou conquered. The entire Ning/Xia Plain was completely exposed to the Song army's advances. Liu Changzuo seized the opportunity, and the army immediately advanced along the Hulu River. Strive to break the Lingzhou as soon as possible. The Middle Route Army has 80,000 horses, which is the largest number of troops, and it is also more powerful to attack the city.

As for the Western Route Army, it has now reached the area of Liupan Mountain, and there are no major military achievements for the time being. However, it has only been a month since the war began, and there are many opportunities for meritorious service in the future.

Oh, yes! However, in just one month, the Song army had such a brilliant record. The Western Xia Dynasty was in a state of defeat and retreat, and the people in the country were even more panicked and unstable.

Liang Yibury was also a little unable to sit still, it turned out that he had indeed made a worse plan, but he didn't expect the situation to be so bad. The advance of the Song army far exceeded expectations, and the Western Xia defenders were vulnerable? Or was the Song army too strong?

It seems that we have to adjust our thinking, since Song Jun is coming quickly, let them come!

Liang Yibury made the worst plan, it was a big deal to temporarily abandon the land south of the Yellow River and see who was more ruthless?

At the same time, in early September, the news reached Bianjing, the capital of the Great Song Dynasty.

When Zhao Ji heard the news, he felt a little uneasy.

I didn't expect Zhao Zhao's actions to be so fast, which was greatly beyond expectations! At the current rate, could it be that by the end of the year, Zhao Zhao would be able to pacify Western Xia?

Damn Guo Kui is still fighting hard with the Jiaozhi people in the south, and he has obviously issued several secret edicts to him to return to Bianjing earlier, but ......

Of course, the withdrawal of troops from the south also requires an opportunity and a reason, if you retreat in a hurry for no reason, you can't find a suitable reason, and you can't explain to your subjects!

Zhao Zhao's original plan was to recover Yongzhou, drive the Jiaozhi people out of the Great Song Dynasty, and then counterattack the Jiaozhi territory, which was a shame. But now, in such a situation, there is no choice but to settle for the next best thing.

Just recover Yongzhou and drive the Jiaozhi people away, so that the country is benevolent! However, in order to maintain the face of the Great Song Dynasty, it is naturally best to have a big victory or a victory of a similar scale before leaving, so it is naturally best to withdraw the army calmly.

Guo Kui also fully understood the meaning of the official family, but on the battlefield, the situation is changing rapidly, where can he grasp it? In the face of the powerful soldiers of the Great Song Forbidden Army, the Jiaozhi people retreated to their own territory.

The Great Song Dynasty can't just retreat, and it is necessary to teach the Jiaozhi people a lesson, at least to have a deterrent effect. If the Song army retreats on the front foot and the Jiaozhi people make a comeback, it will be a shame.

As a result, Guo Kui invaded the territory of Jiaozhi, and the soldiers of the Great Song Dynasty who participated in the war had a strong sense of revenge, so they rushed to kill very fiercely. But people are not as good as the sky, Jiaozhi is located in a humid and hot area, and after the Song army soldiers went deeper, there was a situation of unaccustomed water and soil. This in turn led to an epidemic, which caused a sharp decline in the combat effectiveness of the army.

The originally good situation also took a sharp turn for the worse, and Guo Kui's army encountered the Jiaozhi army at Fuliangjiang. Originally, the situation was not bad, but under the epidemic, the Song army was declining. The Jiaozhi people occupied the right time and place, and soon turned defeat into victory.

Guo Kui suffered a crushing defeat in the Battle of Fuliangjiang, and after losing 20,000 men, he hurriedly retreated to the border between the two countries. The Jiaozhi people turned defeat into victory, their morale was uplifted, and they were ready to move again.

As a result, Guo Kui did not dare to withdraw his troops easily. Zhao Ji can't afford to take this risk, otherwise he really can't explain it to the people of Guangnan Road.

If Guo Kui doesn't come back for a day, Bianjing will be empty for a day, and he must always be on guard against Zhao Zhao, and Zhao Ji will have trouble sleeping.

Zhao Ji's physical fitness is not very good. In the past few years, he has also been in power with great effort. It's a lot of mental drain. The physical condition is not as good as before. In order to let the concubine have more children, Zhao Ji worked very hard in the harem, and when he was unable to do so, he also used some tiger and wolf medicine.

This year, I have been worried and depressed. As a result, he is more and more indulgent in his private life, and his body is getting worse and worse. Now he is often in anxiety and suspicion, and his physical condition is even worse.

Now it is a critical juncture, and Zhao Ji does not dare to let outsiders know that he relies on a large number of drugs prescribed by the imperial doctor to maintain a state of abundant qi and blood and good health.

At this time, everything is not going well, and Zhao Ji can't raise him with peace of mind.

Zhao Zhao's progress in the northwest was too fast, and he couldn't rest assured. Originally, this battle was won and the Western Xia was destroyed. As the emperor's own merits, it seems now. It may all fall on Zhao Zhao.

As for whether Zhao Zhao and Xixia are both defeated, it is really hard to say, Xixia is too vulnerable. The first few battles have all failed, and now they have taken the initiative to retreat, and there are Western Xia generals who led the army to surrender directly, what are you kidding?

What if before Guo Kui came back, Zhao Zhao ended the battle against Western Xia, and with a great victory, he waved his army to attack Bianjing?

Zhao Ji was worried, thinking of this, he had two more years in his heart. First of all, it is necessary to speed up the installation of its own forces in the Western Army, or at least play a role in dividing and disintegrating. There is no news from Wen Jiyuan and Zhang Dian who were sent before, the role they can play is very leisurely, and it will take a long time, Zhao Ji can't wait.

The second is the issue of military exploits, the credit for the Western Xia war cannot belong to Zhao Zhao alone, and he must also participate in it. Although he has the right to be in charge of military and political affairs in the northwest, he is the leader in this matter. But he is the emperor of the Great Song Dynasty, and the whole world is not the king's land, is there anything else in the Great Song Dynasty that the emperor can't participate in?

As for the specific measures, it is necessary to directly intervene in the war against the Western Xia, and the generals must have their own descendants.

Zhao Zhao immediately issued an order, with Wang Zhongzheng, the inner deputy governor of the inner capital, as the main general, and Liu Renliang as the deputy general, starting from the east of the river, crossing the Yellow River to Linzhou, and attacking Western Xia. Not only that, but he also told that both the restraint and the cultivation should obey the temperance of Wang Zhongzheng.

Who do you know? To put it bluntly, it is the chamberlain in the palace. Sending a eunuch to fight on the front line is really a bit ingenious.

Zhao Ji naturally did this for a reason, now he is suspicious, ordinary generals don't trust it at all, lest they send out a white-eyed wolf. Biting yourself, or being absent-minded and not doing things, the consequences are very bad. On the contrary, it is the eunuch in the palace, who has been a confidant for many years, and he is absolutely assured.

It is not nonsense for eunuchs to lead the army, there have been precedents before, but there are many cases of serving as supervisors. This Wang Zhongzheng does have some special features, he followed Wang Shao in the northwest in his early years, had some military exploits and combat experience, and also served as a regimental training envoy in the local area. Therefore, it makes sense to send him there on the surface.

In order to show their sincerity, Wang Zhongzheng and Liu Renliang also deliberately brought 20,000 soldiers from Hedong and a number of people to cross. So as to tell the people of the world how much strength he, the emperor, has contributed to the battle against Western Xia. At the same time, he also showed that he was kind to the King of Qin and fully supported him in the battle.

With such good intentions, it was difficult for Zhao Zhao to refuse! Especially the breakthrough of Linzhou is even more wonderful.

Linzhou and Fuzhou belonged to the Hedong Road in terms of administrative divisions, and the King of Qin was in charge of the military administration in the northwest, which was actually west of the Yellow River. But if it is really true, Lin and Erzhou seem to be excluded.

Fuzhou is the territory of the folded family, and Zhao Ji can't get involved at all, but Linzhou can still make a fuss.

Let's see Zhao Zhao's reaction, right? I hope Wang Zhongzheng and Liu Renliang don't let themselves down!

It's just that after the news was announced, the courtiers didn't seem to react very well.

Some people openly dissuaded it, saying that it was right for the official family to send Wang Zhongzheng to lead the Hedong reinforcements to support. However, Zhi Kexing and Chong Ge were originally dispatched by His Royal Highness King Qin, but now they are suddenly controlled by Wang Zhongzheng, wouldn't it disrupt the deployment ordered by King Qin? Should it be consulted with the King of Qin, or should the King of Qin dispatch and arrange for Wang Zhongzheng?

Zhao Ji turned a deaf ear, and just deduced that the generals of the Great Song Dynasty would cooperate with each other in the frontline and work together for victory. As for the specific control and command, it is very vague and unwilling to determine it carefully.

The officials insisted, and the courtiers couldn't do anything, the decree had been issued, and Wang Zhongzheng and Liu Renliang were already preparing to set off from Hedong. Everything is in vain, everyone can only infer the situation from the situation and complain casually.

Many people do not agree with the official move, and do not complain, and some even believe that this move is likely to lead to the disrupted deployment of King Qin, or even lead to failure......

Zhao Ji was very annoyed, but he endured it all the time and didn't say anything!

But when he heard that Wang Anshi was among these people, Zhao Ji's mood completely changed.

Wang Anshi has some different contradictions in his treatment of King Qin, but now there is no big deal, and it doesn't matter if he is not implicated.

However, Wang Anshi was still very concerned about the attack on Western Xia.

In particular, the situation is very good, which is even more gratifying. According to this rhythm, it is not impossible to gradually conquer Lingxia and destroy Western Xia.

Such a great thing is naturally very gratifying. Wang Anshi has been looking forward to this day for many years, and his dream of destroying Western Xia, cutting off the right arm of the Liao State, and restoring the old realm of the Han and Tang Dynasties can be realized.

Regardless of anything else, Wang Anshi hoped that King Qin would win beautifully as soon as possible and lay the foundation for the prosperity and strength of the Great Song Dynasty. Wang Anshi is too stubborn, too gentlemanly in many things, and sometimes he doesn't listen to things outside the window, so that he ignores the mentality of the official Zhao Ji in this matter.

Recently, he has been busy with the matter of changing the law, delayed for a year, and has had to start all over again for many periods. Zhao Ji is also quite satisfied with her, and looks forward to the improvement of the fiscal revenue situation by the end of the year. Originally, the relationship between the monarch and the minister was relatively harmonious, but Zhao Ji sent Wang Zhongzheng and Liu Renliang at this time.

From a purely military point of view, Wang Anshi felt that this would make the command of the Eastern Route Army too chaotic, and they would not be subordinate to each other and could not cooperate with each other.

Therefore, in front of several New Party backbones and students, Wang Anshi expressed his concerns. As a result, this worry cleverly came into Zhao Ji's ears.

Zhao Ji was suddenly shocked, what is Wang Anshi going to do? He sympathizes with Zhao Zhao? Although he knew Wang Anshi's personality and temperament, Zhao Ji was still very unhappy in his heart.

He felt that he was good enough for Wang Anshi, and now at such a critical time, Wang Anshi should repay his kindness.

But he actually sympathized with Zhao Zhao and even opposed his own measures, what did he want to do?

Zhao Ji felt very uncomfortable in his heart, he felt that Wang Anshi was one of the few people who could be completely trusted. But in the current situation, could it be that he has already betrayed him?

Why? The expression on Zhao Ji's face gradually became gloomy, and he decided to test it himself! (To be continued.) )