Cui Xian was sad at home, complaining: "Is it really only you in the country?" ”

Hangzhou is good, rich, stable and prosperous, it's really not good, you can change the state capital, you can leave Hangzhou, you can go to Suzhou, Luoyang, Kaifeng, why go to the northwest, it's cold and bitter, it's not critical, the war is dangerous, and there will be serious dangers in going to the northwest.

"Xian'er, Your Majesty trusts me so much, how can I refuse? It's really not good, after taking office in the northwest, I took a leave of absence and went home to rest for a while, writing books and sayings. ”

"Your Majesty, is it accurate? Even if you go to the northwest, why do you agree to be a privy councillor? ”

Zheng Lang didn't answer, he had three words in his mind, Dingchuan.

Although Sanchuankou and Haoshuichuan are defeated, Dingchuan is the most hurtful and painful, and the reason why this is so is that Ge Huaimin, the second generation of officials, is unruly and unruly, and Wang Yan's material is mediocre.

If he does not have the position of a privy deputy minister, he may not be able to manage Ge Huaimin, a stunned young man.

It was this tragic battle that destroyed Zhao Zhi's last bit of confidence.

Later, he negotiated peace with the Xixia people, and in real terms, there were some benefits, but Zhao Zhen was really happy about this?

Why did he ask for a frugal burial before he died, and he didn't need to be buried with anything else, but just entered the mausoleum with a jade horse, how tragic it was!

So Zheng Lang planned to go to Jingyuan Road, and since last year, he has repeatedly speculated about this history in his mind.

But once he is gone, history is not very easy to say.

If history does not change much, and he replaces the weakest Wang Yan, the four commanders in the northwest will become Pang Ji, Fan Zhongyan and himself, as well as Han Qi.

These four people will make Yuan Hao nauseous to death.

"Official, if you really want to go to the northwest, the concubine also promised you, so don't want the privy deputy envoy. The gentleman is not guilty, but he is guilty. Cui Xian said again, no matter how smart and capable Cui Xian is, he can't think of Zheng Lang's thoughts, a twenty-four-year-old deputy prime minister of Dongfu, wouldn't he add many opponents out of thin air?

"Xian'er, you don't have to worry, we will call Sun Quanbin and ask what happened in the northwest."

"Okay."

The edict only had one promotion order, and the others did not say.

Called Sun Quanbin over, sat down, and told the truth as it was, many Zheng Lang also saw it from the imperial court's newspapers, some of which had not yet arrived, and some even Sun Quanbin didn't know the inside story, and even Zhao Zhen didn't know the truth.

Zheng Lang remembered that when he was in school in his previous life, the history books recorded that the war between the Zhao Zhen Dynasty and the Western Xia people was nothing more than the battle of Sanchuankou, Haoshuichuan and Dingchuan. At that time, Zheng Lang was still young, and after reading this history, he always thought in his heart that the Song Dynasty was really weak.

Later, I learned that this idea was wrong, in addition to these three wars, the Song Dynasty had countless battles with Western Xia in recent years. Di Qing alone, before and after 25 battles, breaking Jintangcheng, Luoyouzhou, Tu Suixiang, Maoluo, Shangluo, Qingqi and other clans, also paid a very heavy price, the middle arrow reached seven times, many times injured.

Di Qing is a microcosm, and there are many more battles, which take place one after another.

First, the Tanguts attacked Sai'an Village and Anyuan Village.

Zheng Lang has always wanted to temporarily discard these two villages, Wang Xin was not reluctant, Zheng Lang was afraid of trouble, and finally left the two villages.

Later, Zhao Zhen replaced Zheng Lang, and finally something happened.

Although Zheng Lang strengthened the two villages, but the victory of Sanchuankou made the Western Xia invade more enemies, the enemy in May, Zhao Zhen did not dare to save, Sai'an Village was lost, the prisoner Wang Jiyuan was killed in battle, and Gao Yande was captured.

These are the words of the newspaper.

But Zheng Lang knows more, and Zhao Zhen is not very easy to say, because Yanzhou has too few troops, if there are many troops, once lost, from Yanzhou to the security army and the Jiuzhai built by himself in front, there will be a lack of soldiers to defend, and once it fails, Jiuzhai and the two cities will be very dangerous.

There were few troops, not to go to the rescue, but to serve food to Yuan Hao.

It can be seen in the first battle of Dingchuan that Yuan Hao has used the tactics of encircling and sending reinforcements many times.

Although Sai'an Village was lost, Yanzhou City was saved.

It's not easy to say whether it's right or wrong, Zhao Zhen was unlucky, Pang Ji blamed him for his cowardice, and successively demoted officials, and the families of Wang Jiyuan and other sacrificial generals sued Zhao Zhen for his weakness, causing his family to die, so he was degraded again and again.

With Fan Zhongyan as the transfer envoy and the knowledge of Yanzhou, there is no way, those who can work hard, Fan Zhongyan serves as the transfer envoy at the same time, but also guards Yanzhou.

Since the side incident, Zhang Shixun has no good plan, worships Taifu, seals Deng Guogong, and lets him become a minister. Retire, old man.

Rise again Lu Yijian.

What to do? Thinking about it, only Lu Yijian and Wang Zeng can hold important positions in this time of crisis.

But Zhao Zhen thought of another big troublemaker, Fan Zhongyan, in the past few years, he almost took the defeat of Lu Yijian as his biggest task, not only fought with Lu Yijian many times, but also took a large group of younger brothers to fight with Lu Yijian.

Fan Zhongyan is in the northwest at this time, and his younger brothers Han Qi, Yin Zhu and others are all in the northwest...... Zhao Zhen was dripping in cold sweat and wrote a letter to Fan Zhongyan, saying that I used you this time, it was Lu Yijian's recommendation, and he still had merit.

It turned out that Zheng Lang also believed it, but now he doesn't believe it, it is very likely that there is no such thing, Zhao Zhen just made up a lie in good faith for Fan Zhongyan not to trouble Lu Yijian.

Fan Zhongyan replied with a letter, and the minister has always only talked about state affairs, and has nothing to do with Lu Yijian personally.

Zhao Zhen was very suspicious, what happened to Fan Zhongyan, could it be that after the decentralization in the past few years, the violent surname has changed and become feminine, what is the insidious aftermath?

Fan Zhongyan not only wrote a letter to Zhao Zhen, but also wrote a letter to Lu Yijian, as an official, private crimes are indispensable, public crimes are indispensable, offended in the past, all for official affairs, the prime minister is elegant, and Zhongyan is heavily rewarded by the state, and is deeply grateful, hoping to help the prime minister inside and outside the country to tide over the difficulties.

Zhao Zhi didn't believe in Fan Zhongyan's change, and after Lu Yijian got the letter, he also thought about it for a long time and didn't believe it. In the end, Lu Yijian finally heard Fan Zhongyan's words, let's fight, don't use the country as a tool for revenge, fight in the front, and the rear supply must be given to me to keep up, otherwise we will not be finished!

Lu Yijian was also afraid, and in the following years, Lu Yijian did not embarrass Fan Zhongyan.

Moreover, in the past few years of war, the country has spent too much, and it is Lu Yijian's ability to make the country survive safely. However, after the end of the war, the gentlemen's party turned their guns again, and their energy was good, so they didn't torture Yuan Hao, and began to torture Lu Yijian.

Who can say clearly about the grievances in the middle.

But for the time being, everyone put aside grievances and looked at the northwest with all their hearts.

Fan Zhong drowned Yanzhou, and the imperial reinforcements arrived, and eighteen thousand defenders were allocated. It is also better than history, in history, after Fan Zhong flooded Yanzhou, it was a desolation, Jinming Village was broken, Sai'an Village was broken, and Yanzhou and the security army were all penetrated.

But at this time, there was a super large bus in front of the two cities.

But it can only be said that there is no danger in the two cities, and the situation is still not very good. The number of troops is also very small, including the 10,000 soldiers recruited by Zheng Lang, and the strength is only 40,000. The concentration is very considerable, but the defense is divided into various places, and the strength of the troops appears to be seriously insufficient.

So Fan Zhongyan positioned himself as a guard and continued to push the bus forward. Then he did one more thing, in the past, the Song army did not care about the size of the ability, but only led the troops to fight in order of official rank. Fan Zhongyan, on the other hand, delegated power to the generals and let the generals make free decisions to participate in the war.

Zheng Lang also said that he will be in the middle of the palace, and we will not be in the middle of the palace, you will watch and fight, and watch the operation of each village. The benefits immediately appeared, first of all, the planting master balance, and when the power was delegated, I gave up and started a business to open up the wasteland. First of all, two thousand hectares of wasteland were opened up successively, and the price of grain in the northwest was amazing, and two thousand hectares of wasteland, even if the output of one hectare of one hundred stones, there could be a grain harvest of 200,000 stones, and at least 40,000 soldiers could be fed!

He began to train the army again, and hung the silver on the target of the arrow, and whoever shot it was whoever it was, first in the army, and later among the men and women of the whole city, and even if it was a criminal, as long as the archery skills were good, he was immediately released. Qingjian has only been in a few months, from soldiers to civilians, and archery has reached a new level. But where does the money come from? Recruit merchants, let merchants give him the principal, transport luxury goods to the capital, exchange local products with the local Qiang people, and earn the difference. Not only that, in order to win over the Qiang people, even women are also sent, and I have taken a fancy to my concubine, okay, to you. This is what Zheng Lang disagrees with, even if she is a concubine, she is also her own woman, what is it to give it away? In order not to break his trust, the snow was knee-deep, and he also went to visit the Qiang people.

These measures quickly conquered the hearts of the Qiang people.

In fact, the seed master Heng has not fought any battles, but only the two of opening up the wasteland and uniting the clans are indispensable. The later counter-plot was even more magical.

After a few months, Yanzhou, which was originally the weakest link, became an iron plate.

Yuan Hao saw that Yanzhou was not easy to gnaw, so he turned the head of the gun. It just so happened that Yanzhou's neighbor Shaanxi Jingluo appeased the deputy envoy Zhijing Yuanlu Han Qi was very disdainful of Fan Zhongyan and the practice of Seed Master Heng, what are you doing? If you steal peace, the face of the Song Dynasty will be lost to you! Especially Fan Zhongyan, are you still the big brother Fan recommended by me when you do this?

In fact, it can't be said that Fan Zhongyan is conservative, delegating power to the soldiers, clearing wasteland, doing business, and almost making Yanzhou's military power, civil power, and financial power read. But Fan Zhongyan is still a conservative person in his bones.

Everything he did was just to increase the strength of Yanzhou and protect the safety of Yanzhou, and he didn't seriously think about how to deal with Western Xia.

So the conflict with Han Qi intensified.

Now no one has found out that Han Qi is going to fight, Yuan Hao is going to fight, and the war is moving from Yanzhou to Huanqing and Jingyuan.

Han Qi went further than Fan Zhongyan, not only did he want to fight, but he also wanted to spread the battle to the enemy territory and fight a decisive battle in the territory of Western Xia.

He was planning to attack Western Xia, but Western Xia attacked him first and took the lead in attacking Sanchuan Village on Jingyuan Road. Yang Baoji was killed in battle, and Sanchuan Village was lost. But this time the Song army reacted quickly, and the next day, Liu Jizong, Li Wei, Wang Bing, and others, the capital of Jingyuan Road, all led troops to come to the rescue, but the enemy was outnumbered, and the battle was unfavorable. Wang Jue led 3,000 iron horsemen to the rescue, from Wating Village to Shizibao, was besieged by the Xixia people, and killed until the evening, and fought out of the siege.

When I came to the city of Zhenrong Army, I asked Zhenrong City to increase troops, let me kill these people who blocked the road first, and then go to rescue Sanchuan Village, but the Zhenrong Army refused and did not agree. Wang Jue retreated and said to the soldiers in the city: "Then give me some food." ”

I killed from morning to evening, and I didn't eat after a day.

Having eaten and drunk, the enemy also caught up.

Wang Jue couldn't ask for more troops, and he didn't enter the city, but said to his subordinates: "The art of war, with a few people, it will be at dusk, now it's late, we suddenly kill back, we will definitely catch them off guard." ”

The Tangut people did not panic, they originally came to fight, and one of the generals in the Tangut army came out to shout, who dares to fight with us.

Be heads-up.

Wang Qi rushed over and was stabbed in the right arm by the enemy's spear, but Wang Qi was whipped down with an iron whip with his left hand, shattering his skull. Another general came out, and Wang Qi carried his spear with his arm, and then killed him with an iron whip. Then wave the army to attack the enemy, and then you can see the difference between the Song army and the Western Xia army. Liu Ping was able to use a thousand soldiers to hold on to 100,000 horses in Wulongchuan for three days, but as soon as the Western Xia people were defeated, they were immediately defeated. The Song army pursued all the way, and in the darkness Wang Jue was shot with three arrows, and the war horse was also killed, so he had to stop.

Once stopped, there were not many people left in Wang Qi's hands, and he fought for a day and a night, helplessly staying in the Zhenrong army, and three days later Guo Zhigao led the army to Sanchuan Village. But three days was enough for the Xixia people to do a lot of things, trapping Sanchuan Village, Shizi Fort, Liu Fanbao, Qiangou Village, Qianhe Village, Zhaofu Village Six Forts, Song Army lost 5,000 people. Guo Zhigao's army arrived, but he retreated.

In fact, this is another time the Xixia people encircled the reinforcement tactics, surrounded Sanchuan Village, and fought the reinforcements of the Song army, but this time the Song army reacted quickly and fought bravely, and the ambition of the Xixia people did not succeed, and finally they had no choice but to plunder and withdraw in a hurry.

Or the speed of bullying Song Jun.

However, this time Western Xia encountered a strong opponent, and Han Qi immediately counterattacked, White Leopard City!

White Leopard City is located two hundred miles northeast of Gyeongju, and is the military town of the Western Xia people, which has always been a thorn in the eye of the northwest frontier of the Song Dynasty, and has also been out of Han Qi's defense area.

But for the strong Han Qi, as long as you want to fight it, it doesn't matter whose defense area it is!

The White Leopard City was also a mistake of the Song Dynasty, to the west was the Ye City of the Party Item, and to the east was the Jintang City and the Security Army of the Song Army. However, the Song Dynasty did not pay attention to it, so the Xixia people built a military fortress on the mountain, which became an important iron nail between Yanjun Road and Huanqing Road.

However, the terrain of White Leopard City is treacherous, and there are Xixia people in the rear who can help at any time, so it is not easy to attack.

On September 18, a group of guests came to Rouyuan Village, which was thirty miles away from the White Leopard City, because it was too close to the White Leopard City, Ren Fu used the name of patrolling the border to gather the heads of various departments in Rouyuan Village. On the evening of the nineteenth, the leaders of the various departments arrived, held a feast, and were eating and drinking happily, when Ren Fu suddenly announced an attack on the White Leopard City.

The Song army and the Fan army joined forces with the Shunrou Far Valley to go north, turned over the dressing Liang, Guo Kelang, and went east along the White Leopard River. At this time, when the Western Xia defenders were sleeping soundly, the Song army suddenly arrived, caught off guard, and only defended for two hours, and the strong White Leopard City was conquered by the Song army.

It is another copy of Houqiao Village, which looted all the weapons and materials, and burned it to the ground. The Song army returned with the captured baggage.

The Western Xia sent an army to chase after him, and Ren Fu set up an ambush halfway and killed nearly 500 Western Xia soldiers again, and the Western Xia army retreated in panic.

This is a major battle that took place last year.

But the bigger battle, the good water river, took place this spring.