Han Qi chattered on the road. Even if the imperial court wants to negotiate peace and know it, you can't say it, originally those ministers were greedy for life and afraid of death, and you were a firm main battle faction, which added to their momentum, and what else to fight, it is better to make peace as soon as possible, save the sacrifice of soldiers and waste the country's wealth.

Zheng Lang muttered in his heart, I don't want to, but the country is up to you, or I have the final say. Zhao Zhen doesn't count!

But Zheng Lang admired Han Qi's point, when the Western Xia attacked the Zhenrong army, Han Qi finally got the news, Wang Yan did not send anyone to inform him, and took the initiative to send the general Ji Zhen to lead thousands of soldiers to support. Unfortunately, compared with the other three roads, Qin Fenglu has too few troops. Ji Zhen led his troops to Watingsai, heard that Ge Huaimin had died in battle, and camped in Wating Village to meet the enemy and repel the Western Xia army. Because of the small number of troops, it had to be withdrawn. Han Qi also sent the general manager Xu Huaide to lead the 12th battalion of infantry troops to be stationed in Fengxiang as a countermeasure. It's just that he has few troops in his hands, and this battle has become a real soy sauce.

Compared with Han Qi, Fan Zhongyan was the first person to get the news, earlier than Wang Yan of Jingyuan Road. But the reaction was a little sluggish, until Dingchuan was defeated, Yuan Hao's troops pointed to Chang'an, Fan Zhongyan sent Li Piliang and Zhang Jianhou to Yuanzhou to respond, and he led 6,000 men and horses to support from Suijing. Fan Zhongyan would not hide his selfish intentions, it was his military thinking that caused his hesitation. Later, Pang Ji sent Wang Xin and Di Qing to the rescue, and many of them were successful. It was the cooperation of several roads that made Yuan Hao dare not drive straight in, and after a few turns in the interior of Shaanxi, he returned to Western Xia.

I have to ask why the ditch is repaired after the rain, and when the Western Xia army and the soldiers and horses of Jingyuan Road are fighting, what are these military horses doing? That's the tip of the horns.

Zheng Lang values Han Qi's spirit.

If all of them become ministers of the Gou and Steal An faction, the Song Dynasty will lose its enterprising spirit, how can Zheng Lang work alone?

This attitude is still reflected in the present, although Fan Zhongyan agreed, the wait-and-see atmosphere is very strong. After receiving the letter, Han Qi immediately rushed over and took the initiative to prepare most of the army and actively respond to the battle. Although Xing'er said that he grabbed the credit, this is also an attitude. Pang Ji has not replied so far. I guess I'm going to make a plate. I lost the opportunity last year, but this year is different, and there is the pressure of the Khitans, what should I do? A new question came to mind again, and the more Pang Taishi thought about it, the more bitter he became.

Regarding Pang Taishi's military thoughts, Zheng Lang will not have hope.

Anyway, it's noticed, you're willing to pick up the cheap and pick it up quickly, and you can't blame me for not saying it if you don't pick it up.

Han Qi was so irritable that Zheng Lang asked, "Where does the lofty building come from?" ”

"Historical records, Gaozu Benji, the terrain is convenient, and the soldiers under him are in the princes, such as living on high houses and building water." How could this stump Han Qi? But immediately said: "Okay, wrong." Although it is wonderful to have a high house, there is also a boat against the current to reach the other side. The more the boat sails against the current, the more united everyone is, the boatman drives the boat, and the slender man carries the fiber, so that the boat can go upstream. Xingzhi has retreated, am I always reconciled? First humiliated the Khitan, and now he is actually humiliated by a small Western Xia? ”

This is another point of view.

But it can't be said to be completely correct, five years after the Northwest Campaign, Bao Qingtian went out of the mountain, then served as a transfer envoy to Shaanxi, and also wrote a book. Affect that long.

I want to thank Zheng Lang, because Zheng Lang's actions, whether it is food or money, are a little better than in history. However, after more than three years of fighting, the state finances are tight, and the burden on the people is heavy, but there is still not much change.

This is what determines the surname.

It is estimated that it doesn't make sense to talk to Han Qi, so Zheng Lang had no choice but to say: "Brother Zhigui, it's not that I don't want to fight, I made arrangements in the north." ”

Only now did this matter confide the truth to Han Qi.

"Will the Khitan be so blind?" Han Qi didn't believe it.

"We'll see."

"I still don't believe it." Han Qi said unconvincedly. Sending a few small lines can turn the enemy country upside down, if so, what do you want the soldiers to do in bloody battles?

"Brother Zhigui, let me make an analogy, after this battle, if Your Majesty supports the main battle, you and I both support the continuation of the war against the Western Xia, and completely drag the Western Xia down, will it be successful?"

"Your Majesty agrees, and it will be successful."

"Will the ministers really listen to His Majesty's will?"

"Xingzhi, your words are really strange, as a courtier, if you don't listen to the words of the saints, who will you listen to?"

"Why are His Majesty's harem concubines dragged out of the harem?"

"It's Your Majesty's advice."

If it goes on like this, how can Zheng Lang convince Han Qi. Fortunately, it wasn't convincing, Zheng Lang was very conscious, this dashing brother was probably angry with himself, so he tried his best to be more serious. Don't even hold a grudge against me, muttered in my heart, hurriedly changed the topic, and said: "Brother Zhigui, you should be the Khitan Emperor who is mediocre and incompetent, and the whole country is a minister, easy to be deceived, and all of them are short-sighted." ”

"No, I've heard a little about the little emperor, and it's okay to be in politics, otherwise the timing won't be so good this time."

"......" Zheng Lang was injured, and the surname Suo shut up.

"That little song is not beautiful." He didn't want to speak, but Han Qi's mouth was idle.

"What tune?"

"Princess Xingping's tune."

"Brother Zhigui, I don't have the leisure to do music. He composed a few songs in Hangzhou, aiming at some unscrupulous children of Buddhism, and he had time to do so, so he could be finely crafted. When he arrived in the capital, he hurriedly wrote a song and let Vashe sing it, deliberately angry with the two Khitan envoys. It was more than 5,000 words, and it took me less than two hours to finish, which was vulgar, of course. ”

The achievements of the Song Dynasty were very high, especially in the attainment of words, and many words were extremely beautiful. Don't say words, just look at the name of the word card, dot the lips, Su curtain cover, rain bell, crane chongtian, Yulouchun, Man Tingfang, Xijiangyue, eye charm, golden wisps, Nian Nujiao, a calyx red, etc., is already very eye-catching.

Zheng Lang deliberately used Princess Xingping's song to ridicule the Khitan, although the intention was good, the words were really rude.

What does it matter? The song is fake, but it is true with a counter-plot. Besides, those excellent works that have been sung, which one is not repeatedly scrutinized, how long did Wang Anshi scrutinize for a green word, and it became a spring breeze and the south bank of the green river. What good tunes can be written in two hours, and you still expect the online novel to appear Dream of Red Mansions? .

"Learn ...... by doing"

"Brother Zhigui, did I have time at that time?" Zheng Lang said and patted the horse galloping up.

The horse stepped through the vast Yellow River, the mountains were yellow, the grass was boundless, the yellow clouds in the sky were scurrying, and there were some other colors, the blue sky, the clear river that was so green that it was blue. Han Qi was uncomfortable, so he turned his horse to catch up and asked, "Xingzhi, when will the Khitans do it?" ”

"I don't know, things have to come step by step, first negotiate the covenant with them. The imperial court issued three conditions, to have a princess, and nothing else, and the Khitan would definitely not agree. Either add 200,000 to mediate Western Xia. Either don't mediate, add 100,000. What choice will the Khitan make? Once mediated, Yuan Hao will hold a grudge even more, and if he instigates a little more in the middle, the little emperor of the Khitan will inevitably lead the army to ask for the guilt. Will Yuan Hao be the one who bows his head and admits defeat? ”

"No, it won't." Han Qi shook his head, and the two expeditions to Tibet made him almost lose 100,000 heads. This was not long after the country, when the current politics were difficult, but he did not give up the attack on the Tibetans. If you want this person to admit defeat, unless you lead your troops to take down all the Yinchuan Plain and Hetao, so that he has no place to hide, he will not raise troops to make trouble.

"Childish, will you fight?"

"How long?"

"I don't know, about two or three years, about a year or two, how dare I go to Khitan without a fight? Do you want to be a minister in the Khitan? ”

At the mention of this, Han Qi was speechless. Anyway, Zheng Lang's courage made him feel admired.

Zheng Lang didn't want to continue to drill with him, so he turned his head and asked Yang Jiujin: "How have you been doing in the past few years?" ”

"Bachelor, my subordinates are doing well, but they are not used to eating, and they eat more sea fish over there."

"It was my negligence," Zheng Lang said. I really didn't expect that in my previous life, I had eaten Japanese cuisine, and it looked red and willow green, which was very good-looking, but it was mostly lettuce sashimi, and I almost vomited. Never touch this so-called delicacy again. At this time, I don't know that the food of the Japanese country is like this, but near the seashore, it is not a cuisine, and it eats more sea fish, and it is estimated that the food there will still be half-cooked and half-cooked, for an adult who grew up in Kaifeng, this eating habit will definitely not be liked.

"How's the Northeast?"

"The weather is very cold, the people are scarce, they live in poverty, and the surname Xi is fierce." Yang Jiujin obviously couldn't see the threat of the future Jurchens. He whispered again: "Bachelor, my subordinates are worried about the mine. ”

"On the mine?"

"Some Japanese people gradually know the truth, and ask from time to time, they are by no means like the kind people in the Central Plains say, in fact, they are more greedy than the Xixia people."

"Yang Jiujin, your words have won my heart." Zheng Lang said with a smile. However, it is not a long-term solution, these two mines are rare and large, and they are very shallow, easy to mine, and it is a pity to abandon them. Riding on horseback, he thought for a moment and said, "I'll go to Dibei City later, and I'll make some arrangements." ”

When it came to this mine, Han Qi didn't understand, and consciously closed his mouth.

The first stop is the first back city.

Zheng Lang often patrols the realms, especially the northern villages, and if he doesn't patrol for a long time, the suspicious Yuan Hao will be suspicious. Therefore, this guild will go from the first back city to the cage city, to the sheep Mulong city, Sanchuan village, Dingchuan village, and then to Zhenrong village, to Dongshan village, Pengyang city. While patrolling, he cooperated with the transfer, and then pretended to be slow and careless, making it look like he was going to return to Weizhou, luring Yuanhao to be fooled.

Fighting with Yuan Hao, you can only be more cunning than anyone. and then use the blood surname of the Song army to fight the group of stragglers under him.

The Song army in Dibeicheng was arranged very reasonably.

After Zheng Lang's reduction, the strength of the entire Jingyuan Road on the card was only 62,000 people, and the number of cavalry followed. But as Zheng Lang said, fighting through cavalry in the field, under normal circumstances, may not have an advantage. In addition to military discipline, the art of horseback fighting, and horse archery, the Tangut people may have the upper hand. So the 25,000 soldiers were scattered in various fortifications on the front line. One is training, the other is defending the city, and the people in the vast area in the north have been evacuated to the south, leaving a large amount of open area, which can be used as pasture to save the cost of horse feed.

The rear must send a lot of troops to defend, from Jingzhou to Weizhou there are many cities, towns and villages, important checkpoints. The only troops that could be drawn out were 25,000 foot soldiers. However, these 25,000 foot soldiers were handed over to Ge Huaimin by Zheng Lang in desperation, which would give people unlimited imagination.

The strategy of luring the troops, if used well, will be successful, and if it is not used well, Yuan Hao will be annihilated before entering the ambush circle, and then Dingchuan will definitely lose the battle. This is a double-edged sword, Zheng Lang transferred Zhao Xun and Wang Ji and gave them secret orders in case of accidents.

In addition to the two of them, there are some generals in the army, such as Cao Ying, Zhao Zheng, Liu He, including the Fan general Xiang Jin and others who were personally received by Zhao Zhen.

However, in the hands of Ge Huaimin, in order to establish his prestige, he deliberately treated them coldly.

Zheng Lang also knew about this and pretended not to know.

Ge Huaimin took them to the big tent, stared at Han Qi suspiciously with his eyes, and asked in a low voice, "Is it going to start?" ”

Han Qi was inexplicable, such a big matter, as the most important commander on the front line, how could Ge Huaimin not know?

But how could Ge Huaimin attach importance to scouts, if he did, he would not let Zheng Lang despise him to this extent, and use the chief of No. 2 Jingyuan Road as a bait. Zheng Lang didn't say anything about the specific situation, but said lightly: "The scout in front came to report, saying that Tiandu Mountain had gathered countless soldiers, and the enemy was gathered in Tiandu Mountain, and it was impossible to make a detour to attack Huanqing Road, it could only be our Jingyuan." ”

"I see."

Know what? Zheng Lang was very skeptical.

turned around, said a few more words to Zhao Xun, and then left. I quickly checked out the various other forts. To prevent Yuan Hao's army from going south, only in the narrow area from the west to the north of the first back city, the Song Dynasty successively set up Zhangjiabao, Sanchuan Village, Liu Fanbao, Huaiyuan Village, Dingchuan Village, as well as Gangou Fort, Ganhe Fort, Zhaofu Fort, Yangma City, Lotus Fort, Dingxi Fort and other medium-sized villages. There are pros and cons in everything, and these fortresses blocked Yuan Hao's offensive pace, but seriously divided the troops.

From Zhangjiabao to Cage City.

In fact, it seems that all the way has been watching, and one order after another has been issued.

Seeing Zhang Qi, Han Qi took a few more looks. First, the battle record is outstanding, 900 against 10,000, 6,000 against 30,000, 3,000 against 30,000, and the soldiers led by his subordinates are also uneven, the worst time with Wang Ji and Wang Kai led by the grain team, almost more than 5,000 grain soldiers without any combat effectiveness, but the victory again and again. If this person were to be in command, what would the battle of Haomizukawa look like?

There is no comparable surname, and he really fell into that bad situation, even Zhang Qi couldn't break through the thickness of the 100,000 army. But whether it is Zhang Qi, or Di Qing, Zhang Kang, or Wang Xin and others commanding, it will not make the whole army fall into the situation of Haoshuichuan. Unless they, as lieutenants, are not the commanders, and have to listen to the orders of the commanders.

Zhang Qi's hideous appearance also made Han Qi take a second look.

Zheng Lang's love for Zhang Qi came from the bottom of his heart, and he even specially invited a wise doctor from the capital to diagnose the residual injuries in Zhang Qi's body. Thousands of troops are easy to get, one will be hard to find, if there are ten Zhang Qi in Shaanxi, Yuan Hao will be very sad. Even without Han Qi's persuasion, Zheng Lang would encourage the imperial court to act against the Western Xia people after the battle between the Khitan and the Western Xia.

It's impossible.

Sit down and deliberate.

The next day, when he was about to leave, a person came from the capital, saying that he was a guest of Miao Jizong's house and asked to see Zheng Lang.

Zheng Lang frowned slightly.

Miao Jizong is Miao Guifei's father, and his wife is Zhao Zhen's wet nurse, and the Miao family began to make a fortune. It's not necessarily a bad thing, Miao Jixuan in Linzhou City is Miao Jizong's brother (note). What's the matter with sending someone to find yourself at this time?

I guessed it, but I didn't like it.

Passed him in, a middle-aged strong man, handed over the letter, it was actually written by Miao Gui, and her husband couldn't tell why, and he didn't dare to distinguish the righteousness of the world at every turn, so he wrote a letter and privately begged his father to transfer it to Zheng Lang. The handwriting on the letter was charming, and the tone was pathetic.

But after Zheng Lang read the letter, he immediately burned the letter with a fire fold, and said to the person who came: "You go back, tell the concubine, don't read the princess, the court has increased the tribute by 200,000 years, and the Khitan will not ask the princess." They claim to be the upper kingdom and have their own dignity. Although the princess of the Han family is good, it may not be in their hearts. Also, I am a foreign minister, and the concubine is a harem, and they interact with each other, which is not in accordance with the system. ”

Zhao Zhen's Guo Huanghuang died inexplicably, Yang Shang's second beautiful sister was pulled out, and after Chen Xiaomei's wife was not allowed to worship, Zhao Zhen's harem was also messed up. At least let them understand one truth, these ministers can't be provoked, and some concubines are shrewd, so they are in a certain minister, and they interact with each other and are linked to each other. It's not that kind of relationship, it's just that let's work together to ventilate inside and out, you say good things for me, and I say good things for you. Some of the ministers were really moved.

But Zhao Zhen had a lot of sun, so Wen Yanbo, Pang Ji and others wanted to pick up the cheap, but they were shot.

There is no need to provoke this tickle.

The comer was still hesitating.

Zheng Lang nodded heavily and said, "Please trust me." The concubine wants to gain a foothold in the harem, and the more she can't panic at this time. Go ahead. ”

Wake up again.

I have done my best.

The comer hesitated for a moment and left.

Zheng Lang also left, turned to Yangmu Longcheng, and went to Zhenrong Village.

When he arrived at Zhenrong Village, Wang Ji sent someone to send a secret letter, saying that there were many rumors in the army of Dibeicheng. Some people say that Ge Huaimin is a person who is indiscriminate, some people say that Ge Huaimin used his relatives to threaten Zheng Lang and ask him to lead the troops, and some people say that it was Ge Huaimin who sent people to release the rumors. said that Ge Huaimin was furious and punished several sergeants in a row, but the rumors became more and more fierce, and the extinguishing continued, and the army's heart was shaken.

Zheng Lang said to Han Qi: "Brother Zhigui, do you see it, Yuan Hao's spies actually spread the news to our army. ”

"Will it be bad for us?"

"No, it won't." But Zheng Lang also attached great importance to this matter, and wrote a letter to Zhao Xun and Wang Ji.

Then he went to Dongshanzhai and turned to Pengyang City, and received news that Yuan Hao's troops were out of Tiandu Mountain. An army of 100,000 spread out of the haunted Yanxia and rushed straight to Huluchuan. The war began.

It will be a bloody battle and a battle of wits. Before the start of the war, both sides cast countless large nets, and in the end, who will be the fisherman and who will become the fish in the net, will soon be revealed.