When the scouts came back to report it, almost everyone was overwhelmed.

Zheng Lang believed it.

In this battle, the soldiers went out of Tiandu Mountain, which was the first plan he initiated, and the old seed and Di Qing subsequently perfected the strategy.

The real inspiration is from Zhang Qi.

After the defeat of Xixia in history, the Liang clan also wanted to fight a turnaround battle, and the troops of the whole country were stationed on Tiandu Mountain, preparing to launch another offensive in the spring and regain the defeat.

So it gave Zhang Qi inspiration.

Tiandu Mountain was condescending and had always served as the forward position of the Western Xia people to launch an attack on the Song Dynasty, but it also had a disadvantage, it was too close to the forward position of the Song Dynasty. It's just that the Song Dynasty was mostly defensive and rarely launched an active attack, and this shortcoming has not been exposed.

Zhang Qi ordered Zhi Keshi to lead an army of 10,000 to divide into six routes and launch an attack in late winter, the coldest time of the year.

The key factors in this battle are similar to Zheng Lang's, and the troops are unprepared and fast.

Suddenly came to the foot of Tiandu Mountain, the Song army broke several times its own Western Xia army in this battle, bringing back more than 100,000 livestock, more than 3,000 prisoners of war, the main generals of Western Xia named A, Meile, countless nobles, plus a princess.

The Tangut people were shocked and begged the Khitan for peace, and the Khitan sent a group of men and horses to come over and give the Liang family a glass of poisoned wine, drink it, the Tangut can't let you, a crazy woman, drag it into the water, and finish it. We also have to count on the Western Xia to divide the Song Dynasty's forces for me. poisoned Liang and supported Li Qianshun to come to power.

Li Qianshun defected to the Khitan while suing for peace with the Song army.

The luck of the Tangut people was against the sky again, and it happened that there was a witch case in the palace of the Song Dynasty, which implicated many bigwigs who fell into the water, so they had to use the excuse that they had no money to fight again and agree to the Tangut people's request for peace.

This battle inspired Zheng Lang, and he had several advantages.

At this time, the enemy's garrison was far less numerous than the later one, and the attack was less difficult.

After doing some confusion, he launched a long-distance attack directly from Wuyan Xixia, the distance was only a hundred miles, and then the distance reached more than two hundred miles, and the difficulty of infiltration decreased.

Di Qing's command ability may be slightly above the fold.

Be more prepared, such as pack horses, carry trebuchet parts and weapons when you go, and pack captives back when you come back to increase the speed of retreat.

For the nobles, Zheng Lang also made preparations.

The Tangut people were born in the nomadic people, and later half-cultivated and half-herded, but they still preserved some ancestral habits in their blood. Khitan too, there is a good capital city not to stay, get a four-season bowl, while fishing and hunting while accompanying the camp to deal with government affairs.

The Tangut people did not have such a large space for movement, but some nobles did not like to stay in Xingqing Mansion and liked to come out for activities. There is a palace in Tiandu Mountain, there are good hunting places around, and there are temples in Tiandu Grottoes where you can burn incense and worship Buddha.

Di Qing's success will inevitably capture many nobles, and he is destined to go crazy when he meets beggars, so the ambush will succeed.

But I didn't expect that there was a prince.

Looking at the stunned generals, Zheng Lang's sophisticated brain was analyzing them one by one.

Regardless of the present, the present is definitely beneficial to the Song army.

Yuan Hao's third son has not yet been born, but he already has two sons, and the other son is also born to Queen Yeli, even if he loses Li Ningming, there is also a Ning Ling brother, but after all, he is his own nephew, and Yeli will go crazy when he meets a beggar. You will have more chances to expand the fruits of victory.

Guan Jian is in the future, what will be the result if he puts this prince on Jingyuan Road.

If it weren't for Di Qing's ability to catch this prince, Zheng Lang would hardly pay attention to him.

If possible, Zheng Lang was even willing to support this weak prince to ascend to the throne.

But impossible, even if he didn't practice qigong, Yuan Hao would not hand over the country to this weak and weak son.

The practical meaning is not much, the big thing is the symbolic meaning.

It will greatly encourage the morale of the countrymen, but on the other hand, Li Yuanhao will also go crazy. He would rather his son commit suicide than be humiliated in the hands of the Song people.

Then it will be like the mad woman Empress Dowager Liang in history, regardless of the consequences of the country, she launched an army of 300,000 and 400,000 to attack Jingyuan Road.

In fact, it is also an opportunity, as long as the whole country supports itself, let the troops of Qin Fenglu and Huanqing Road support him, and then transfer 100,000 to 150,000 forbidden troops from the capital, and a large number of weapons and materials, then he can fight with Yuan Hao on Jingyuan Road.

Will the Guan Jian Imperial Court support itself?

Even if you support it, can you decide it quickly, otherwise even if you send reinforcements, it will be too late.

Also, after three years of fighting with Western Xia, the national strength of both countries has been harmed, and the Khitans are coming to pick up cheap fruits.

They still did not have the courage to send an army to attack the Song Dynasty, and they were afraid of losing, but they would send envoys to extort money. Once the two countries bet all their chips on the battle of Jingyuan Road, will the Khitans take advantage of the capital's emptiness to launch an attack on the Song Dynasty?

Zheng Lang is not very easy to say.

If in a few years, the Khitans get benefits, and Li Yuanhao on the other side comes to take the lead, maybe the situation will be different.

The current Khitan is afraid of death and arrogant, and it is difficult to guarantee that they will not send troops in the end.

Or take this prince who actually has no effect to the capital, that trouble is even greater, and it is not easy to gather troops on Jingyuan Road, but Yuan Hao will mobilize the troops of the country to attack Yanjun Road and Huanqing Road, anyway, the son can't get it back, so it's better to take the Song people to vent his anger. It's a lose-lose situation.

Zheng Lang's precise brain was calculating repeatedly.

It's hard to get a good result. Angering Yuan Hao, it must be a burning of jade.

But the first to burn were himself and the people of Jingyuan Road.

After calculating all the consequences, I wrote a letter to the imperial court, and it was possible to catch the prince of the Tangut people, or do it according to my idea, and tell him what he thinks. Either leave the crown prince, but he must be left on Jingyuan Road, the imperial court let Qin Feng and Huanqing send troops to support him, and immediately send more than 100,000 troops from the capital, and after Yuan Hao evacuated from Linfu Road, Zhang Kang, Zhang Qi, Zhe Jimin, Wang Ji and Wang Kai, as well as Wang Xin of Yanlin Road and Yang Wenguang of Huanqing Road, all transferred to Jingyuan Road and let me command.

Explain Zheng Lang's safe surname.

This can also be seen in his political thinking.

Although it seemed radical, it was the knowledge of later generations that allowed him to see the shortcomings of the Song Dynasty better than anyone else.

Political theory is not really radical, and he opposes Wang Anshi's adventurous approach, as well as Sima Guang's conservative approach.

Militarily, Zheng Lang disapproved of Fan Zhongyan's prudent approach, and Zheng Lang thought Han Qi's approach was impetuous.

This counterattack still has nothing to do with radicalization, it is only when he sees the lack caused by Yuan Hao's attack on Fulin Road that he exploits this huge gap, which has nothing to do with any radicalization.

The big victory may not be successful, but first of all, it will make itself invincible.

And the wealth and large population of the Song Dynasty provided the foundation for his steady play.

Ming Chu didn't say anything, in fact, he mentioned that the court chose the answer, but Zheng Lang didn't write the answer, but asked Zhao Zhen and the bigwigs to write it, so that someone would have trouble with it in the future.

After all, it's a prince!

After it was written, regardless of the middle of the night, it was rushed to the capital with 800 miles.

He glanced at the generals with his eyes, and many of them cheered after being dumbfounded. Only the old species frowned.

Zheng Lang's heart was settled, which reflected the wisdom of the old species.

There is indeed this person by his side, Zheng Lang feels very relieved.

The old breed cannot be exaggerated, not necessarily better than Li Yuanhao's military talent, but at least it is better than Yeli Yuqi. said: "General, I'm afraid that Yeli will go crazy." ”

"Zheng Xianggong, I'm also worried about this matter, it's best to send a fierce general to Tiandu Mountain to support Di Qing."

Zheng Lang looked at everyone, in fact, the generals who could be used were only Jingtai, Zhao Xun and Liu Hu, and the other generals, without looking at their performance, just look at their performance in Dingchuan, you can know their ability.

There are Ge Huaimin's mistakes, and there are also the incompetence of the generals.

There are only a few generals who can be used, and if you send one general, you will use one less general in the next ambush battle.

However, Zheng Lang gritted his teeth and said, "General Jingtai, you immediately lead four thousand cavalry to help General Di Qing." ”

"Whoa." Jingtai was ordered to go out, the stakes were very high, regardless of the fact that it was nearly three watches, he immediately gathered people and set off to Tiandu Mountain.

You have to rush for time, set off from Haoshuichuan, catch up with Di Qing's troops, and it may not be until noon tomorrow. And after a night of rapid marching, there will also be some fatigue in the men and horses, but there is a new change in the crown prince, and it has to be done.

It's all messed up.

Zheng Lang stared at Zhao Xun with his eyes again, originally let Jingtai lead the ambush army into Shimenxia, but once Jingtai went, he could only be led by Zhao Xun. Lao Chong is a wise general, but he is not a brave general who charges into battle, and the Chinese army also wants him to sit down and respond sideways, cooperate with him to command the three armies, and make suggestions.

Zhao Xun nodded his head heavily, which means to say, Zheng Xianggong, please rest assured of me.

Zheng Lang was a little hesitant, according to the analysis of historical records, Zhao Xun's ability was above Jingtai, but the battle to quell the rebellion made Zheng Lang smell a trace of danger.

Zhao Xun made a great contribution in this battle, but the opponent was just a group of scattered rebels, and his side was superior to the other party regardless of the number of soldiers or combat effectiveness. If Liu Hu leads this army, the same can be done. As a result, he finally increased his troops by 10,000 troops, and Liu Hu was still attacked in the rear.

It shows that in terms of safety, Zhao Xun still has shortcomings.

Later, he was called to discuss the policy, and compared with the old species, he could see the gap between Zhao Xun and Zhao Xun.

The opponent is not a traitor, but a wild beggar, and the surname is completely different.

Among the generals, Zhao Xun is already good, and he is young and has room for growth, Zheng Lang is still a little worried, so he said: "General Zhao, Jingtai's army will be handed over to you." In addition, General Liu Hu also accompanied him as a deputy army, and responded to each other. ”

There was no general in Shuzhong, and Liao turned into a pioneer, and continued to use Liu Hu to cooperate with each other to make up for some of Zhao Xun's shortcomings.

"Whoa." Zhao Xun puffed up his chest and replied.

Zheng Lang consulted with the old breed again.

Fan Chunyou said: "Zheng Xianggong, do you want me to go back and ask my father to send a support army." ”

At this time, the main army out of Huanqing Road was not only Yang Kai, but also Yang Wenguang, who was also appreciated by Fan Zhongyan.

I have to admit that Fan Zhongyan is very capable of knowing people.

Ge Huaimin can't do it, but he can't do it, and the recommended Di Qing, Yang Guangwen, Guo Kui, etc., have all become famous generals.

He left Yanzhou and brought Yang Wenguang with him.

At this time, in the city of thin waists, when he was fighting with the three tribes of extermination, Yang Wenguang made great achievements again.

But for Fan Zhongyan, Zheng Lang always had some distrust, hesitated for a moment and said: "Okay, you go back immediately, so that your father had better send Yang Wenguang and more than 10,000 men and horses to support my side." ”

Fan Chunyou was ordered to leave.

After renegotiating again, I had to change the plan.

It was also expected by Di Qing that once the prince was caught, Ye Li would be desperate, and all the original plans would have to be changed.

Therefore, spies were sent back quickly to report back.

Roughly formulated the general direction, ordered to bring the explosives and stone throwers in the rear of Weizhou City, and when it was critical, he did not dare to hide it anymore. Five thousand archers were also recruited from various states, firstly to increase their strength, and secondly, to prepare for the construction of the city, and to engage in a protracted battle and negotiation with Yeli Yuqi.

It's a negotiation, this prince Zheng Lang intends to release!

And the release is more meaningful.

But it is necessary to drag the army of Yeli Yuqi and drag it in the Wuyan Gorge.

Then from Weizhou to Mingsha City, the Song army will be invincible, maybe send a cavalry to go outside Lingzhou City to scare the Western Xia people.

The prince will return it to you, but if you want to get the prince, then you will have to pay a heavy price.

After the arrangement was completed in a hurry, the eldest family breathed a sigh of relief.

Anyway, this is great news. Now I am afraid that these bigwigs in the court will be greedy and unwilling to go to war with the whole country, and then order Zheng Lang to escort this prince to the capital to vent his anger, and Jingyuan Road is really sad.

Then everyone stared at the outside of the tent, and the sky outside was getting brighter.

A new day is coming.

Because of the appearance of a prince, the fruits of victory will expand, but also a huge meat grinder.

Zheng Lang looked at the sun and said, "It's so red." ”

It seemed to be a large cloud of blood in the sky.

……

The speed was very fast, and on the evening of the fourth day, Zheng Lang's recital actually reached the Privy Council.

At this time, all the bigwigs of the Privy Council were on duty, and when the little official on duty saw it, he was so frightened that his whole body trembled like chaff, and after thinking about it, a small official said: "The matter is very important, hand it to the emperor immediately." ”

Even if a few bigwigs in the Privy Council are there, they will be handed over to the emperor.

At this time, the big man in the court had some subtle moves. Song Zhen and Lu Yijian were at odds, and not long after Zheng Lang left, he and Yang Jian were successfully taken to the place by Lu Yijian.

Wang Juzheng was appointed as the governor of the council, and Ren Bu was appointed as the deputy privy envoy. The first few bigwigs in Xifu, Yan Shu, Wang Yiyong, and Du Yan still did not move.

But look at these bigwigs in Xifu, who really understands military affairs?

Zhao Zhen is hugging Sister Zhang, this is a very interesting woman.

His father was Jinshi Zhang Yao, who died of illness just after becoming a petty official. The mother was helpless and took her daughter to Zhang Yaozuo's cousin Zhang Yaozuo, but Zhang Yaozuo refused, on the grounds that I was an official in Sichuan, which was too far away and inconvenient. In order to make a living, Sister Zhang's mother had no choice but to join the mansion of the eldest princess of Qi as a kabuki.

When Zhang was eight years old, he was brought into the palace by the eldest princess and raised by the palace man Jia. This year, Zhao Zhen happened to see Sister Zhang when he was feasting in the palace, and she was regarded as a celestial and was named a talented person on the spot.

The history records that it is clever and wise, good at welcoming and moving, that is, well-behaved, smart, changeable, and good at observing faces.

Zheng Lang has never seen her, but according to historical records, among the celebrities, there are three beauties in this era, and the Zhang family must be counted as one.

He is not evil, and the Zhang family is very kind and gentle. At some point, it has become a kind of spiritual sustenance for Zhao Zhen, but unfortunately he does not live long.

Or did one thing, her uncle Zhang Yaozuo was very shameless, Zhang's mother and daughter didn't care when they fell into the middle, when she was developed, she actually had the ability to make Zhang's amnesia and brainwash her, so she thought again and again in front of Zhao Zhen that she wanted to promote my uncle and make a fortune.

Then lead out another person, Bao Zheng.

It seems that among the things that Bao Zheng has done, this seemingly trivial thing and letting Zhao Zhen become the prince are the two most famous.

That Bao Qingtian......

In fact, it is nothing, Zheng Lang's impression of this woman is not only not evil, on the contrary, very good.

As an emperor, Zhao Zhen is very hard, and some rare joys, including this Zhang family, and because of his short life, Zhao Zhen fell into grief.

At the moment, Zhao Zhen doesn't know that sometimes Zhang's Wen also brings some bright spots to his heavy burden.

While enjoying the gentleness of the beauties around him, he stared at his brows and dealt with the twists and turns.

There was not much good news, there were almost no bright spots in the Northwest Campaign, and because of the financial pressures in all parts of the country, there were many contradictions, including the exploitation of the common people, which he did not want to see.

"Northwest, ah......" Zhao Zhen looked at the west helplessly and muttered.

The northwest recital entered the palace.

After Zhao Zhen saw it, his expression was not very good, he didn't know whether he was excited, happy, or other emotions, and hurriedly said: "Tell you to enter the palace." ”

"Whoa."

"All the ministers of the East and West have all passed into the palace."

"Whoa."

The eunuch went down, and Zhao Zhen continued to watch the twists and turns.

It only said that the prince of Western Xia might be caught, but he has not been caught yet.

But years of experience also made Zhao Zhen know Zheng Lang.

Generally, if there is no controversy, the court will be consulted. If there is a controversial matter, it is often done first and then said, so that everyone can see the benefits and then report it to the court.

Sometimes it makes him laugh.

But among the ministers, Zheng Lang was his favorite courtier.

is not only a small relationship between the two since they were teenagers, but also Zhao Zhen regards Zheng Lang as his cronies and confidants.

The court fought back and forth, in fact, Zhao Zhi's most reassuring courtier was Zheng Lang, but for the sake of protection, this feeling was not revealed.

Don't look at Yang Kai making trouble, it's not him alone, there have been some ministers who have opposed some of Zheng Lang's measures before, and Zhao Zhen has blocked them. Zheng Lang did not disappoint him, although he did some controversial things, he produced more good results, and paid great attention to a degree. Therefore, Zhao Zhen will not be able to step down in front of his courtiers because of his disguised protection of Zheng Lang.

The only defect is that Zheng Lang's age has become his constraint.

Zheng Lang said that it was possible, and solemnly analyzed the consequences of capturing the prince of Western Xia, which was about ** not far from ten.

But...... Just let it go?

It is better to put him in a prison car and march from Shaanxi to the capital to vent his anger!

Zhao Zhen was really angry.

It is not as unbearable as Zhang Kang thought, such as setting up four ways to appease the envoys, plus a lot of names in front, this right is no less than the Tang Dynasty's Jiedu envoy, how big is the right, if Zheng Lang catches Ge Huaimin's obvious criminal evidence, even if Ge Huaimin is killed in Jingyuan, it is not overstepping.

Of course, this is a theory, if Zheng Lang really does this, there will be a lot of trouble, but it is not difficult to get the imperial court to transfer Ge Huaimin away.

For example, under his anger some time ago, the edict he ordered, no matter who he is, as long as he has side merit, even if he is a military general, he can set up a halberd in front of the door and self-proclaimed family temple, which is also a disguised improvement of the rights and honor of military generals.

These are all measures that are contrary to the ancestral legal system.

Later, Di Qing was also appointed as a privy envoy, but because of the ancestral legal system, it had been twisted into a literati's net, and in the end, even Zhao Zhen was defeated under this legal system.

Then look again.

Zhe Jimin knows, and Wang Kai also knows, why didn't he write Gao Jixuan.

Zheng Lang thought about it, but Gao Jixuan suffered some hardships in the battle outside Linzhou because of his age, and he was not in good health after entering Linzhou.

Although he is a famous general, he can't afford to toss.

Yang Wenguang and Wang Xin and Zhao Zhen also knew that Wang Xin's battle in Yanzhou was very impressive. Although Yang Wenguang has not made great contributions, he has repeatedly made some small contributions.

Zhang Kang and Zhao Zhen also knew about it, and criticized this person a few months ago. also knew that he arrived in Fuzhou, but I don't know under what circumstances Zhang Kang came to Fuzhou. As for Zhang Kang's magic, it has not been shown now, so Zhao Zhen also wondered, is this also a capable general?

Also, who are Zhang Qi and Wang Ji?

Zhao Zhen was very dazed.

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty said to Wei Qing, Guo Xie can come from your mouth, not Haoqiang is also Haoqiang.

This is Zheng Lang's recital, can it appear on Zheng Lang's recital, the general who solemnly asks for it, will it be bad?

Why don't you know.

The exploits of Fulin Road were indeed more or less hidden by various scholars.

Later, Zhao Zhen also knew something, but Zheng Lang didn't know about Zhao Zhen's considerations.

In any case, the main body of the meritorious service of Fulin Road was the Zhejia army, which was a Qiang people, and the orthodox ministers were overshadowed in the northwest in comparison.

If the military exploits of Fulin Road are publicized, it may not be conducive to the stability of the court.

This is the king's balancing act.

Then this great victory was almost neglected by history after all aspects of concealment. Some people want to find out, but they can only slowly find the truth from the history books that continue to be continued.

But now I don't know, so the prime ministers came in, and Zhao Zhen asked in the first sentence: "Who are Zhang Qi and Wang Ji?" ”

Yan Shu replied: "Zhang Yu is a commander in Fuzhou, and Wang Ji seems to be a small soldier, Your Majesty, why do you ask them?" ”

"Look at it," Zhao Zhen handed Zheng Lang to the prime ministers.

It's all about the same, like drinking chicken blood, swinging.

Zheng Lang's previous recital was delivered to the capital with an ordinary recital, that is, the gentleman, the king is son has not yet been sent to the capital.

This twist and turn did not arrive in the capital, these people could not know the ins and outs of Zheng Lang's battle, they were at a loss, how could they fight, and no one heard the slightest rumor?

Then they all smiled bitterly, and sure enough, it was still the original Zheng Xingzhi, first cut and then play!

Zhao Zhen asked, "Zhuqing, what do you think?" ”

There are two choices, either according to Zheng Lang's strategy, and finally send this prince back.

Needless to say, in order to get this prince, many people will die.

Or get ready to go shopping.

These bigwigs are not fools, if they really detain Yuan Hao's son to the capital, for the sake of face and prestige in the country, Yuan Hao is not crazy, but crazy.

Zheng Lang said that the Khitan also made the minister have scruples.

Although Zheng Lang repeatedly said that it was impossible for the Khitan and the Tangut to wear the same pants. However, once these two countries decided to wear the same pair of pants, the thought of this, these ministers all shivered.

Zheng Lang has already given them a choice, but who is embarrassed to say it?

Zhao Zhen patrolled around everyone's faces, and finally Zhang Dexiang said stubbornly: "Let's wait for the exact news to come." ”

Lu Yijian also said tacitly: "The minister also agrees with Prime Minister Zhang's words. ”

"Let's go." Zhao Zhen said helplessly.

But this night, several bigwigs and Zhao Zhen who knew the inside story almost didn't fall asleep.

The next day happened to be the morning dynasty, the news did not come, and several bigwigs did not dare to discuss, but their expressions were very strange, and they kept looking outside the hall.

There were other ministers, but Zhao Zhen was also absent-minded.

The following group of ministers are dumbfounded, what are they doing?

The courtiers who played hastily finished playing, and according to the past, they were going to disperse, but Zhao Zhen did not announce it.

Fu Bi said: "Your Majesty, please declare the dissolution of the dynasty." ”

You have something to say, please let go if you have a fart, we still have official business, what are you doing standing here stupidly?

Zhang Dexiang sighed and said, "Wait a little longer." ”

Waiting for news from the northwest, such a big matter, several prime ministers dare not call the shots, and if they don't get it right, they will be infamy.

Zhao Zhen came back to his soul and said, "Let's have a banquet." ”

Let the minister go to the palace for a banquet, and it is not a matter to stand in the court, and wait while feasting.

But the left can't wait, the right can't wait. Ouyang Xiu couldn't help but ask Zhang Dexiang in front of him: "Zhang Xianggong, what is the matter?" ”

It's like they've lost their souls.

"Prince of Western Xia."

"What's wrong with the prince of Western Xia?"

"The prince of Western Xia is in Tiandu Mountain."

"What's the matter?"

Zhang Dexiang was upset by his question, and said, "Zheng Lang sent someone to arrest the prince of Western Xia." ”

The sound was not loud, but there was a broken sound at the table, and several cups fell in the hands of the ministers.

None of the ministers behaved normally, and some even almost foamed at the mouth.