- In addition to river work, another major event is war. **

This time, it was not the Khitan, nor the Liao, nor the Tubo people who provoked the war, but the southwestern Jiaozhi.

Jiaozhi, this territory that once belonged to the Tang Dynasty, took advantage of the rebellion of the five dynasties to obtain the de facto **. After the establishment of the Great Song Dynasty, it quickly became a vassal of the Great Song Dynasty. At first, he could be honest and obedient, but fifty years ago, after the general Li Gongyun usurped the country, established himself as the ruler, and established the Li dynasty, his attitude towards the kingdom underwent subtle changes.

Although he is still a tributary, he actually harbors evil intentions, relying on the high emperor to envelop the chieftains in the border mountains and encroach on the territory and people of the Great Song Dynasty. For decades, the Song Dynasty regarded Guangyuan Prefecture as its own, as well as Yongzhou, but in fact it was already ruled by Jiaozhi.

The Jiaozhi people were very cunning, and easily refused to meet with the soldiers of the Great Song Dynasty, but drove the tribes of Guangyuan Prefecture to enter the Kou, or simply pretended to be Guangyuan Barbarians.

Nong Zhigao is the leader of the Nong Division, one of the four departments in Guangyuan Prefecture, his father was disobedient and was killed by the Jiaozhi people, he was disobedient, and was arrested by the Jiaozhi people and locked up for several years, because he found that killing people did not solve the problem, so he was put back again.

is such a subordinate prisoner, who can disturb half of the Song Dynasty and make the Jiaozhi people realize the external strength and middle cadres of the Celestial Empire.

After Li Rìzun became the king of Jiaozhi, he simply abolished the tribute and did not go to court, and the intrusion on the Great Song Dynasty became even more intensified. However, because all the attention of the Great Song Dynasty was focused on dealing with the problem of dealing with the north, coupled with the serious financial crisis, it could only adopt the method of calming things down and not seriously considering it.

This made Li Rìzun even more unscrupulous. In February last year, Siyu, Gusen, Tielang and other mountains in Kouqin Prefecture plundered countless people and animals in 19 villages. In January of this year, under the pretext of Wei Huizheng, the Tusi of the Great Song Dynasty, he secretly took in the people who fled into the country, and ordered Jiaozhi to lead the army into the territory of the Song Dynasty.

The Great Song Dynasty inspected Song Shiyao and others to send troops to resist, repelled the invading enemy, and pursued into the territory of Jiaozhi. Kill quite a few Cochin soldiers.

Li Rìzun was furious, and soon joined forces with Jiatong to invade the border of the Song Dynasty, this time with an army of 500,000. In fact, there were 50,000 people, far more than the Song Dynasty expected. As a result, the Song army was defeated, and Song Shiyao and other generals were killed. After the victory, Jiaozhi did not withdraw his troops, but waved his troops north, and Yi Yiyi took the opportunity to make a big profit.

When the military information reached the Song Dynasty, the court was shocked, and the imperial court immediately ordered the Guangxi capital to transfer Wang Han and quickly organize troops to retreat from the enemy. (.) However, in recent years, the relationship between the imperial court and the Western Xia and Liao dynasties has been tense, and the garrison of Dali has already been exhausted when they see that Guangxi is fine. Wang Han only cobbled together 30,000 troops, lest he be copied and Yongzhou lost. Don't dare to divide your forces to meet the attack.

As a result, the Jiaozhi people were allowed to burn and loot everywhere, and the Guangxi border was already full of mourning...... Bianjing Imperial Palace, in the Imperial Hall.

"I didn't expect it to come to this!" Zhao Zhen sighed loudly: "Wang Han is also a general, why did he fight so confused?" ”

"Your Majesty is angry, Wang Han is old. The old man naturally seeks stability. Zeng Gongliang replied: "What's more, Wang Han wants to ensure that Yongzhou is not lost, and he has to protect the Yunnan Copper Road, and the troops will inevitably be stretched." Moreover, most of the people living in the southwest of Yongzhou are local Tu people, not Han people. Wang Han naturally has to divide the weight. ”

"Regardless of the local Han, they are all my people of the Great Song Dynasty." Zhao Zhen shook his head and said: "Bondage, restraint, envelopment." If you only save the Han people and ignore the local people, the Han barbarians will become more and more alienated from Germany, and there will be no more peaceful people in Guangxi! ”

"Your Majesty." The ministers praised.

"Don't be a sycophant." Zhao Zhen shook his head and said, "It seems that it is not enough to count on Wang Han, and we have to transfer troops to support him." See, where do you send troops? ”

"Back to Your Majesty," now that he finally got his wish, Wang Gongchen, who was promoted to privy envoy, said: "The adjustable soldiers are nothing more than Guangdong, Hunan, and Dali, but the soldiers on Jinghu South Road, who have been training for many years and have no actual combat experience, I am afraid that they will be overwhelmed; Guangzhou has few soldiers and is an important town, even if it sends troops, it is only a drop in the bucket, and it will not help. After a pause, he said: "Only Dali has 50,000 garrisons and actual combat experience, so it can be called." ”

As soon as the prime minister heard it, they knew that he was pretending to be a public servant. Zhao Zongshi's party has always regarded the 50,000 Dongchuan Army as Zhao Zongji's team, and has long wanted to transfer it out of Dali to digest it. I am afraid that once this army leaves Yunnan, it will suffer the fate of first being consumed and then dismembered.

"No, Dali is attached at the beginning, and people's hearts are undecided. The Duan family, the Gao family, and the Yang family are strong and ambitious. If the army goes out of Yunnan and is taken advantage of to occupy Dongchuan City, my Great Song Dynasty will not only lose the copper source, but also lose the worry of Dali! Wang Qi had to speak hard.

"Brother Yuyu is a layman." Wang Gongchen said with a smile: "We can let the three families send troops together to help suppress them, and let the Dongchuan army take them out of Yunnan, with the hostages of the three families in hand, who dares to fight the idea of Dongchuan City?" ”

"What does Han Aiqing think?" Zhao Zhen Kangxi stared at Han Qi and asked, since he became Fu Bi's deputy, Han Qi has been silent and golden, and the official family will never open his mouth if he doesn't ask.

"What the king said is very true." Han Qi replied: "It is indeed the most suitable to send out the soldiers of Dali." ”

"But then this army becomes a hodgepodge." Zeng Gongliang said: "The three families are already full of contradictions, and they may not be sincere to our dynasty, but I am afraid that when the time comes, they will each have ghosts, but it will become an obstacle." ”

"It's not hard. Longtu Pavilion is a straight bachelor, guarding Dongchuan Junfan Town, and has been guarding Dali Town for many years, and it still has a deterrent effect on the leaders of the three families. Wang Gongchen said: "With him, he shouldn't be able to turn the sky." ”

"Fan Zhen should not be in charge." Sun Bian said lightly: "This is the ancestral system. "In order to prevent the privatization of the army, the Great Song Dynasty has always trained soldiers without leading troops, and those who led troops did not fight.

"This ......" Wang Gongchen couldn't help but say on his face: "Do you have the right to do things......

"Dali is already far away, and it should abide by the ancestral system." Sun Bian said slowly.

"Okay, okay," Zhao Zhen didn't let the two of them quarrel and said, "Let's go to another person." ”

But who will be sent? Among the famous generals of the Great Song Dynasty, Wang Deyong, Li Zhaoliang are old, Di Qing wants to guard the emperor's side, Sun Wei is famous for being greedy and cruel, and he has just committed a crime and has been demoted, leaving one Yang Wenguang, who has to guard the west and cannot move lightly.

Think about it, there has not been a decent military general in the past twenty years, which shows how necessary the martial arts academy is.

Zhao Zhen couldn't help laughing and laughed at himself: "I think I have something to do with the Great Song Dynasty, there has always been no shortage of famous generals." Now I can't even choose a general to take care of military affairs......"

The four ministers of the Privy Council hurriedly bowed down and pleaded guilty: "The ministers are derelict in their duties! ”

"I know that I am derelict in my duty, so I should hurry up and run the martial arts academy well, and don't keep thinking about mixing sand with others." Zhao Zhen taught a few words lightly, and Wang Gongchen felt a chill in the back of his head when he heard it, and the official family said that he was it. ”

But at this time, it is not the time to investigate, Fu Bi said softly: "Your Majesty does not need to be sad. Famous generals come out of the battlefield, such as today's peace for a long time, naturally there are no famous generals, which is also a blessing in the world. ”

Zhao Zhen's face looked better.

"As far as the minister knows, the officers of the Dongchuan Army are all from the old Western Army, brave and good at fighting, and they only lack a commander who controls the overall situation." Sun Bian continued: Since you can't think of a suitable candidate for a while, why not pick one out of the prince and go to Guangxi to control the armies. ”

"Nonsense, which prince has ever fought?" Zhao Zhen shook his head categorically.

"There is no need for him to strategize, he only needs to coordinate the various ministries, if there is no way to win for a while, he only needs to protect the people of the various ministries, and confront that Li Rìzun. Jiaozhi, but the clown jumping off the beam, no matter the national strength, military strength, and support food, can not match me at all. If you hold each other for a long time, you will inevitably retreat without a fight! ”

"My son is willing to go!" As soon as Sun Bian finished speaking, an impassioned voice sounded, startling the ministers.

This voice came from Zhao Conggu, the 'eldest son of the emperor's eldest son' who watched the government in front of the emperor. The officials and the ministers discussed politics, he had been listening attentively, and when he heard Sun Bian's words, his heart suddenly fluttered, and blood gushed up his head, and he couldn't help but pull this throat. Seeing that everyone was looking at him, he gritted his teeth, raised his head and said, "Erchen has been studying soldiers since he was a child, and he is also skilled in archers and horses. Although he has never been on the battlefield, according to what Sun Xiang said, his son can take on this responsibility! There are sons and ministers who guard southern Xinjiang, and the father can lie down in peace! ”

Zhao Zhen was surprised by his subordinates, staring at Zhao Conggu and just groaning, and only after a while, he said: "Conggu is a good son of my Zhao family." However, the widow has other arrangements for you, and cannot allow you to go to Guangxi. ”

Seeing Zhao Conggu's disappointed face, Zhao Zhen gently explained: "You also know that the top priority now is river work, but your two living treasure brothers, one has to be quick and the other has to be slow, can you not fight?" If the widow doesn't care anymore, something big will happen. Yanbi looked at Zhao Conggu and said: "So the widow wants you to exchange the achievements of the sect back, you are old and serious, and the widow is the most assured." ”

"Yes......" Zhao Conggu couldn't tell whether he was happy or lost, and said: "The sons obey the orders of their father." ”

"I'm very relieved." Zhao Zhen nodded approvingly, and said sharply: "As for the candidate for the commander, if you look at it from the outside, you still have to use the general, otherwise the coach will be incompetent and tired to death!" ”

"What the officials say is very true." Zeng Gongliang said respectfully.

"It's better to let Sun Wei take charge." Zhao Zhen said again.

"This ......," Zeng Gongliang said. Sun Wei was Di Qing's deputy in the southern rebellion, Di Qing was suspicious, and he did not lead troops after quelling the rebellion, Sun Wei took over his troops, where there was a rebellion, he was sent to suppress it, and later Di Qing was promoted to the privy envoy, and he was the privy deputy envoy.

There is no doubt about Sun Wei's ability, but he is also famous for being greedy for money. It is said that as long as he is a man, there are no bad things, but there are not many people who are as blatant and unscrupulous as him...... Partition...... There is one more more. RQ