Eat a trench, grow a wisdom. The Khitan was defeated in the river meander, learned a lesson, changed a method, and overhauled the warships and grain ships on the Yellow River, stretching for hundreds of miles, and waiting endlessly, quite a bit of Cao Cao's millions of lions went down to the south of the Yangtze River.

This news caused Zhao Zhen a lot of confusion, where did the Khitan come from?

Zheng Lang knew, he remembered a little bit of Khitan history, and stayed in Khitan for a long time, Zheng Lang could understand a thing or two about the situation of Khitan, and replied: "Your Majesty, do you remember how Ding'an Kingdom contacted our dynasty at the beginning?" ”

At that time, the Song Dynasty didn't understand it, and even thought that Ding'an State was the original Bohai State, a species of Bohai State, but the scale was far less than that of Bohai State. It wasn't until Zheng Lang returned that the Song people could completely figure out this Ding'an country.

Zhao Zhen said: "They came to Dengzhou from the Bohai Sea to see Emperor Taizong. ”

"Where did it come from?"

"Ship ......"

"It's a ship, but it's not a ship built by the people of Ding'an, but a ship built by various departments near the Yalu River in Changbai Mountain. At that time, not only Ding'anguo, but also the various tribes of Changbai Mountain were dissatisfied with the Khitan, so they funded Ding'anguo to come to China. The failure of Ding'an, our dynasty was defeated in the Gaoliang River, seeing that there was no hope of recovering the country, the various departments of Changbai Mountain defected to the Khitan one after another, but there are still some tribes who are not very convinced of the Khitan. Originally, the Bohai Kingdom was close to the seashore and the Yalu River, and obtained some technology from the Tang Dynasty, and would build sea boats, using sea boats or fishing or business. However, since the Khitan occupied the Bohai Sea and controlled the mouth of the Yalu River, the Bohai tribes gradually lived in a closed environment, and many ship technologies were lost. After the surrender of the Pulu Maoduo tribe to the Khitan, the king of his tribe, Pu Yuan, presented the Khitan with a boat-builder. These boat-builders still retain some of their ancestors' techniques and have not been lost. However, most of the seagoing boat technology has been lost, and most of the remaining boats are river boats. Better than Khitan shipbuilding technology. This time, the Khitan built a boat on the big river, which was led by this boatman. It is not enough to do harm to our overseas mines. Even if you can build a sea boat, if you want to sail to a distant place near the sea, the Khitan, including the Changbai Mountain departments, no longer have this kind of technology. ”

Zhao Zhen's forehead.

Although Zheng Lang Khitan and his party made him very worried, the harvest was also huge.

A lot of valuable first-hand information of the Khitan followed the return of Zheng Lang. Brought it back too. He also asked: "In this battle between the two armies, who will win or lose?" ”

It's hard to answer.

In history, Western Xia was a miserable victory, but this time the Khitan had the trump card of Ning Lingge, which also became an uncertain factor.

After pondering for a moment, he said: "It's hard to say, but the minister thinks that the Khitan has a great chance of defeat." ”

"Why?"

"The Lord will also."

"The Lord?"

"One is the commander, who is still the Khitan emperor. Han Gaozu once asked Han Xin, how many soldiers can I take? Han Xin said 100,000. Han Gaozu asked how much Qing could make? Han Xin said that the more the merrier. Han Gaozu was displeased. Han Xinnai said that His Majesty is not able to generalize, but to use people and generals to fight, and Zhang Liang has a strategy. Xiao He seeks food, so the minister is used by His Majesty, this is His Majesty's natural talent, not the acquired effort to achieve, so Your Majesty is Your Majesty. Or like Your Majesty, Your Majesty is a good emperor, regulates the ministers, and the ministers are happy to be used by Your Majesty, and there is no way to die. But if your majesty is allowed to go on the march to fight, is it okay? ”

Zhao Zhen is happy.

"Tang Taizong, two expeditions to Goryeo were in vain, Li Ji and others were in Tang Gaozong, and when they attacked Goryeo, His Majesty needs the former, or does he need the latter? The Khitan Emperor wanted to show his martial arts, but he didn't understand the military, so he went to be the commander, not for profit, and hindered his subordinates' combat planning. Or if the first emperor came to the city of Lanzhou in person, just to motivate the soldiers, can the first emperor control Shuai Yin? As a result, the Khitan was forced to retreat. ”

Zheng Lang is covering up the ugliness for Song Zhenzong.

Song Zhenzong asked Gao Qiong and Kou Zhun to get to the front line, and the two calves were cold, and they dared to command in person? …,

But this kind of cowardice has become a good thing.

If Song Zhenzong is in command, it will be terrible.

Zhao Zhen slammed the table with his palm, Da Le, no matter how it was his Lao Tzu, the appropriate praise made him feel very happy.

Zheng Lang said again: "The second is Xiao Hui, this person is very familiar with the minister, not the kind of traitor, but his talent is mediocre, especially his military talent is very weak, and the second is Xiao Hui's brother Xiao Xiaoyou, who is not a very bad minister, but he also does not understand the military." More than ten years ago, the Khitan Xiqiang rebelled, and Xiao Hui was the envoy to suppress the Xiqiang, and the rebellion of the Qiang could not be destroyed, but became more intense. Emperor Liao changed Xiao Xiaoyou to go, Xiao Xiaoyou did not dare to ask, had to buy, with thick goods to buy its peace, every time Zhuxi Qiang tribute, often several times the gift returned, although the Qiang people were able to peace, but over time, soaked into appeasement, Zhuyi unruly. The situation is similar to that of our dynasty against the barbarians in the south, and even goes beyond it, and many speakers ridicule it. It can be seen that its military capabilities. ”

Zhao Zhen's face turned red, and the other prime ministers were silent.

That's a good example of that.

Zheng Lang has also said again and again that Enwei is used together.

But it's also very difficult to do this, to what extent, to what extent?

Zheng Lang said again: "These three people are the commanders, even if the Khitan army is strong, what kind of fate can they have?" Looking at its vanguard army again, the main general of the vanguard is Yelu Renxian, this person is because when our dynasty sent troops to Western Xia, he and Liu Liufu came to our dynasty to extort success, and he was meritorious, and he did not have much combat experience, and his military ability was also doubtful. is another first, Yeluyi is a brave general, but let the Khitan favorite Xiao Ge suppress it, and it cannot be reused. As for the military ability of the Khitan Emperor's younger brother, it is not as good as his brother, and the forward army is in danger. Yelu's enemy Lugu was a brave general who could fight well, but he led his side, and his troops were troops recruited from the blockade, although they were capable, but in this upcoming battle, the impact was not great. Therefore, the minister thought that the Khitan lost more than won less. ”

Zhao Zhen breathed a sigh of relief.

The Liaoxia War was definitely beneficial to the Song Dynasty, and the two countries were mostly conscription, and the cost of the war was low, less than one-fifth of the Song Dynasty, but such a large-scale war between the two countries, casualties and compensation, and material consumption were still there, such as the Song Dynasty and the Western Xia War for several years, and the poor life of the Western Xia people is the best proof.

The best result is that the two countries are deadlocked, and if they fight for three or five years, then the Khitan will not harm the Song Dynasty, and the Western Xia will not harm the Song Dynasty. Again. Western Xia wins, the smallest of the Three Kingdoms, and the weakest national strength. Regardless of victory or defeat, it was unbearable and had little impact on the Song Dynasty. The worst outcome is a Khitan victory. If the Khitan wins, it is possible to annex Western Xia.

Hearing that the probability of defeat in the Khitan was higher than that of Western Xia, how could Zhao Zhen not be happy?

However, the Song Dynasty also had a lot of affairs of its own.

Time gradually slipped towards August, because the victims were well settled, except for the death of the old and sick, there was no epidemic, no dissatisfaction, on the contrary. Because the disaster relief of the imperial court was unimaginably fast, and several officials who presided over the disaster relief were very incorruptible, this time it was the first time that a large-scale army was dispatched to participate in the disaster relief, which was unprecedented in history.

Although disasters continue to occur. Zhao Zhen was heartbroken, and he was slightly relieved in his heart.

Continue to watch the development of the Liaoxia war.

There was another thing that made him feel a little headache, and asked, "Zheng Qing, what about that queen?" ”

"Your Majesty. Our dynasty can only admit that there is no queen mother and queen of the Wuzang clan, and we can't admit that the Wuqian clan is the queen, there are no two masters of the country, there are no two days, the queen is the mother of the country, how can there be two people? When she came to our dynasty, she was a common man, not a queen. What I need is the appeal of her and her father, not the title of queen. ”…,

Zhao Zhen understood, and smiled again.

So he did not edict not to move the clan, but directly ordered his father to wait for him to settle the clansmen properly, and then come to Beijing as an official.

The family has not yet set off from Weizhou, and the envoys of the Western Xia have arrived, Yang Shousu, Lu Ni Ruding Yushe, and Li Shougui, the latter is the concubine of the Wuzang clan, and the Wuzang clan asked him to come to the envoy to give him the opportunity to make meritorious contributions, so that he can be added to the official rank.

The three envoys came very quickly, and came to ask why the Song Dynasty took in the Empress of Western Xia, did they want to tear up the covenant?

There are other things to be discussed, and the two countries are not allowed to take in each other's people. The Song Dynasty could not be allowed to do this, otherwise it was possible that the poverty caused by the war with the Khitan would make half of the people have the intention of fleeing to the Song Dynasty.

Zheng Lang laughed when he saw the national letter, thinking that it was all good things, in his heart this obscene Western Xia was similar to the later Wei Kingdom, Diaoyu Dao continued to slap his face, and wanted to develop the economy with China, daring to think that the Chinese were all fools.

But if Zheng Lang is not in the court, maybe the Western Xia people will really succeed.

Take the initiative to ask for orders and negotiate with the Western Xia envoys.

The three envoys soon came to the capital, Zheng Lang negotiated with him, did not say anything, and asked straight to the point: "I have taken in the people who have not moved to the country, are you Xixia people very unhappy?" ”

After speaking, he also glanced at Li Wengui with his eyes, who was in his thirties, with a big white face and a very handsome appearance, which made him think of another person in history, Wu Sansi.

In the face of Zheng Lang's strength, the three envoys were a little afraid, but Yang Shousu sent envoys to the Song Dynasty many times, and calmly replied: "Our ancestors have reconciled with your country, and your country should not take in our people, and besides, there is our queen." For the sake of reconciliation between the two countries, I hope that your country will return the immigrant clan and the queen to our country, and sign an agreement that neither country will accept the other traitor from now on. ”

"Well, the battle between my country and your Western Xia, who will win or lose?"

Yang Shousu couldn't answer.

"As the victorious party, I will give you 200,000 Xixia annual gifts, plus the green salt, the actual value may reach 500,000 guan, and the sincerity is not enough?"

"Zheng Xianggong, but since the peace talks, our country has never invaded your country again."

"It doesn't matter, the violation is, there are some ministers in my dynasty who are peaceful, but I don't like it, as long as you Western Xia dare to start a war with the Khitan and me on both sides, I don't mind abandoning the phase and going to Shaanxi again."

Naked intimidation!

Yang Shousu couldn't make a sound.

"Although your Western Xia did not invade our dynasty, our dynasty expressed its sincerity, and the state officials forbade the people to cultivate in the west of the Quye River, thinking that the land was idle. There are a few people ploughing, you Xixia tribes robbed the people's cattle, and even crossed the Quye River to rob the people's property, and at the same time, Ruzhou officials dare not plow, why are you here? I don't know what qualifications you have in Western Xia to be arrogant like this? ”

This is caused by the incompetence and weakness of the previous officials of Fulinlu, in fact, these territories are all the territory of the Song Dynasty, or the kind of undisputed territory, as a result of the weak attitude of these officials, the Western Xia not only plundered, but also openly invaded and cultivated, not only more than half of the original Fengzhou boundary was encroached upon, but also invaded the boundary between Fuzhou and Linzhou, almost approaching the legendary Shenmu Village of Mu Guiying's mother's house.

It turned out that at least one-fifth of the territory of Fulin Road was unknowingly encroached upon by the Tangut people.

Yang Shousu said helplessly: "I can take your country's request as a substitute, and then the bridge, Jiaohao Fort, Shipan and other territories are all the old boundaries of my country, and I hope your country will return it." ”

Fulin Road is the most seriously encroached place, as well as Yanjun Road and Huanqing Road. Yanyun Lu Xixia occupied the original idle field boundary, similar to the territory from Xiaoguan to Pingxia City, which is difficult to divide, Zheng Lang occupied it was the Song Dynasty, and the Xixia people occupied it was the Western Xia. Where, Western Xia got the benefits, not to mention. Similarly, south of Xiaoguan on Jingyuan Road, the Song Dynasty received more benefits, and the defense was tight, and the Western Xia people did not have the luxury of asking for it back. …,

Fengzhou belonged to the Song Dynasty, and the Western Xia invaded it ruthlessly, but he was afraid that the Song Dynasty would be dissatisfied, so Yuan Hao stole the beam and changed the pillar, and proposed to exchange Fengzhou with Guipang, Wu Yi, Jibu and other Jiuzhai, pushing the boundary of Fulin Road to Wuninglang. In fact, this Jiuzhai has been occupied by the Song Dynasty after the Song and Xia wars, because the name was changed, the Song Dynasty monarchs and ministers did not know, Zheng Jian said another thing in the book, no Ning Lang in the south of Fengzhou, deep into the belly of Fuzhou, once handed over to the Xixia people, Fulin Road will inevitably not be guaranteed, plus Zheng Lang has always opposed the division of the territory line, this proposal was abandoned.

Forced by the strength of the Song Dynasty and the Khitan invasion, Yang Shousu had no choice but to retreat and ask for Houqiao and other places.

This is the credit of Fan Zhongyan, who spent tens of millions of dollars piling up the mobile Great Wall to occupy Huanqing Road Houqiao and other places, the area is not as large as Fengzhou, but it is not small, and part of it extends to the southwest tail of Hengshan, posing a threat to the Xiazhou region of Western Xiazhou.

After Yang Shousu finished speaking, he looked at Zheng Lang, and wanted to be reasonable, and everyone would reason together. You demand that we return Fengzhou, but your Song Dynasty must also hand over this piece of land. In fact, this piece of land was also seriously encroached upon by Western Xia, and more old forts were built, and less than half of them were left.

"Okay, before Li Jiqian's rebellion, the realm of Linzhou, west to Russia, Pandui Naining West Peak, more than 100 miles away from Quye River, southwest to Shuangfeng Bridge, Xingziping, Maitreya, Changqian Salt Courtyard, more than 70 miles away from Quye River, all of them are the old territory of the Song Dynasty, including the Chongzhai Turbidity Wheel Village and Junma Village on the east side of your country, all of which are the old land of our dynasty, please return your Western Xia to our dynasty."

How big is this pull?

But to get this large piece of land, the Song Dynasty can form a strong momentum in Fulin Road, and Fengzhou will not become an enclave, how can it be returned?

Zheng Lang continued: "Yang Shousu, you can also not agree, it doesn't matter, I will start to ban and ban illegal salt!" ”

Yang Shousu's cold sweat came down, and soon Western Xia was going to start a war with the Khitan, once it was forbidden and smuggled salt, without this income, Western Xia could only sit and wait for destruction. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation and monthly passes, and your support is my biggest motivation. )