Wang Shao was fierce on the battlefield, and at this time he showed his wise side, took Yu Longke's hand, and greeted him out of the city.

Yu Longke also sent troops to participate in the war, but there were not many, only a few hundred, so he said that he participated in the war, but it was better to watch the battle. He will not go to war either, and the blind medicine is his brother. However, because one returned to the Song Dynasty and the other did not want to return to the Song Dynasty, the brothers had a conflict. Of course, Wang Shao's troops are not much, except for a little troops transferred from Jingyuan Road, the entire Qinfeng Road is not a heavy military area of the Song Dynasty, but there are 30,000 or 40,000 soldiers, and they have to stay in various places, and there are logistical constraints, that is, there are troops, the Xifan Road is dangerous, the more troops, the more logistics they carry, with the power of Qinfeng Road, it is simply impossible to meet the logistics transportation of large-scale troops. Wang Shao led less than 10,000 soldiers, half cavalry, half infantry.

The two greeted them together, and Wang Shao did not laugh at them because the two were defeated generals, and they were very polite.

Bao Shun was not so polite, after all, he was a brother, and directly pointed to the nose of the blind medicine and scolded with a smile: "You blind medicine, you won't die if you don't reach the Yellow River, I shouted to return to China, you didn't listen, and cried me, look, today's scene is very comfortable, right?" ”

"Bao enshrinement (Yu Longke was awarded as the official of the west head), the blind medicine and the four kings of Qusa, Ananke, will return to our dynasty, and they will be the people of my Great Song Dynasty in the future, and the past is over, so there is no need to mention it."

How polite it is, the blind medicine said: "The king caress the envoy, and the sinners are ashamed." ”

"Don't mention it, come, come, borrow your mansion, how about we have a drink?" Wang Shao took the blind medicine and Ananke's wrists and entered the mansion of the original blind medicine together. The wealth has not been moved, the blind woman has not been moved, and even the furniture is like the original state. Blind medicine is even more guilty.

Wang Shao invited Gao Zunyu again and made an introduction, and Gao Zunyu himself is just like that. But he has a unique identity. There is also a noble niece behind him. The two surrendered, and when they saw Gao Zunyu, they immediately bowed down, and Gao Zunyu also laughed. Lift them up and start drinking.

Wang Shao's various practices moved the blind medicine very much, but it was also fake if he was not lost at all, and he had drunk three rounds. So he asked one thing: "Wang Fu, I don't know something." ”

"Say it."

"The Chinese army is too strong, why sit back and watch the Western Xia run rampant?" The blind medicine was killed by the Song army and covered his head, and he was very puzzled, with such a Song army, Hugh said that the Western Xia, even the Khitans were not opponents.

At this time, the Song army was really strong.

There are several reasons for this, the northwest raised more than 100,000 war horses and provided a large number of cavalry, led by Zheng Lang. The Qiang in the territory was more loyal to the Song Dynasty than before, and the two were combined. It is no longer like Wang Shao in history, almost all of them are infantry battles, half cavalry and half infantry, and the reduction of the quality of armor has increased the speed of the Song Dynasty army.

There are many forbidden troops in the capital, but the rural soldiers in the suburbs have increased, at least the rural soldiers have a light family burden and a simple character, plus a big competition every three years, some really strong box soldiers, township soldiers, baoding, strong men and archers are filled into the forbidden army, so that the overall combat effectiveness of the forbidden army in the Song Dynasty has been improved.

The imperial court's restructuring of the army and the selection of generals from top to bottom have improved the quality of the generals and schools, and further promoted the strength of the army from the grassroots level.

That's the real accumulation.

Of course, it is led by Wang Shao, and if Gao Zunyu is allowed to lead, it is different.

Therefore, it can be said that it is the strongest army in the four countries at this time, even the Khitan is not as good as it, the blind medicine encountered such a Song army sadly, in history he still had time to escape back to the Wusheng military city, but that night let Gao Zunyu take the Wusheng military city easily, but he still had time to take away his family and many subordinates, and finally became a wanderer in the world, and he stayed up until winter came, and he couldn't stand it, so he surrendered to the Song Dynasty. But this time it didn't work, the Song army was not left behind at all from beginning to end, there was no way out, and the family was in Wusheng Military City again, so they had to surrender.

But I can't figure it out.

Thinking of the fierceness of the Song army on the battlefield, his legs were still trembling. How could such a Song army not even be able to take down a Western Xia, he had fought with the Western Xia many times, and it was just like that, it was better than his own subordinates. The more I thought about it, the more I couldn't help but ask.

Wang Shao laughed and said: "Soon, blind medicine, or take people and horses to make meritorious contributions with me and be my Ashina Sheer of the Great Song Dynasty?" ”

"This," but the blind medicine saw Miao Zhu and other generals on the side, especially Miao Zhu, he saw with his own eyes how Miao Zhu slaughtered his subordinates, there are tigers on Mabang Mountain, and it seems that the tigers are not as good as this dark-faced man, why should he be someone else's Ashina Sheer?

"Drink, drink," the blind medicine was depressed, and he was drunk.

The news was soon sent to the capital.

Or the Metropolitan Church, this is a beautiful tradition brought by Zheng Lang.

The Di newspaper went down, and when Su Zhe saw it, he almost burst into a foul mouth: "Wang Shao is Xue Rengui." ”

The emperor praised Xiang Bao as Xue Rengui, compared with Wang Shao, Xiang Bao is a ball.

Zheng Lang said: "What kind of Xue Rengui is he, can he pull the six-stone bow?" ”

Su Zhe rolled his eyes, don't say that Wang Shao opened the six-stone bow, the Song Dynasty had a fierce man who could pull more than four stone bows, and none of the six-stone bows appeared, although Wang Shao was fierce and could pull two or three stone bows, it would be good.

Zhao Ji understood and said: "Su Qing, he is just a civil servant, how can he compare with Xue Rengui, besides, it is also unlucky." ”

Xue Rengui was invincible all his life, and he was defeated by the Tubo people. Wang Shao is fighting the Tibetans.

This is all fake, mainly because he doesn't want Wang Shao to wear the name of a military minister.

And he murmured, "Nai Loyal Minister." ”

Wang Shao took the lead in rushing up to Zhuniuling, and only said one sentence before rushing, His Majesty has a lot of trust in his ministers, what is the pity of dying, can you not move Zhao Ji? Can you not let Zhao Ji like it? But Zhao Ji also wanted to burst into foul language, really violent, only brought a few thousand soldiers, went deep into the Wusheng army, many fierce battles before and after, and defeated more than 40,000 enemies in total, the thousands of dead ghosts in Western Xia are not counted, how fierce the Tubo cavalry is, this is still defeated at the door of the people's house, and they are cornered by blind medicine, and they automatically run back and surrender.

Xue Rengui is nothing more than that.

Then looked at Zheng Lang, in his heart Zheng Lang was fierce enough, but compared with this Wang Shao, it seemed to be a little worse. He stood up, his face flushed, and walked around excitedly, so that the minister's eyes were glazed when he walked. I took it over again, and it is estimated that he will not sleep well tonight.

Zheng Lang said: "Your Majesty, Wang Shao asked the imperial court to reward some meritorious soldiers. He also asked the imperial court to provide some money to build roads. Jurisdictional. I beg your Majesty's permission. ”

"Yes, yes."

Feng Jing and the other ministers rolled their eyes, but Wang Shao was too glorious to say anything.

Zheng Lang was thinking of four words in his heart. Children can be taught. After Wang Shao's great victory in history, he got carried away, and we were all covered, and we were rewarded with money, grain, and grass. It's all earned by my business. But after being reminded by myself, I knew that I was asking for it, and I couldn't say the credit of one person, but the credit of everyone. Just like when I was in the northwest, I had no merit, the emperor's merit, the prime minister's merit, and the soldier's merit. But which one was not clear, so it won a round of applause. Wang Shao still can't do it, but it's much better than the strong order in history.

Zheng Lang said again: "Your Majesty." Since the quasi-Western Xia begged for money, the morale of the military and civilians was low. Please Your Majesty publish the Wusheng Army in the newspaper before and after the battle, so as to boost the morale of the people of the Great Song Dynasty. ”

The resumption of the Western Xia New Year to give money is in exchange for peace on the other side of the northwest, including Zheng Lang deliberately ignoring Luo Wucheng, otherwise Zhang Dian in the south will immediately start fighting, Wang Shao will start fighting, Suizhou will fight again, and there will be a black hole in the finance this year.

But Zheng Lang has a selfish heart.

The history books smeared Wang Anshi and Wang Shao, such a big victory, it was swept lightly, whether it was renewed or long-edited, there were not a few written records, which was strange. To put it mildly, even Cao Wei has never achieved Wang Shao's merits.

Now more than a dozen newspapers publish it in detail, and see how to erase it in the history books.

Feng Jing said coldly: "Why did Western Xia also send troops? ”

"I want to take Hehuang and form a siege of Western Xia, and Western Xia also wants to take down the Wusheng Army, move the forces south, encircle our dynasty, and even threaten my Sichuan. What's so strange? Zheng Lang said lightly.

Feng Jing meant to say that he did not mean that the Western Xia would send troops, but that the Western Xia would join forces with the Tibetans.

However, in front of the great victory, everything was blank, and Feng Jing didn't dare to say more.

Zhao Ji issued another order, with Wusheng Army as the Zhentao Army, Gao Zunyu as the Zhijun, Wang Shao still has to fight, and he can't stay in Wusheng Military City. This Zhentao Army is the later famous Xizhou!

Wang Shao put the military city of Wusheng in order, pacified the people, and then issued a proclamation that the imperial court would soon send a large amount of money and silk, reward you, build roads for you, send people to teach you to grow alfalfa, and even open schools in several places to teach your children to read and write.

This is what Zheng Lang instructed.

Planting alfalfa can make the mobile nomads settle down, unstable, nomadic everywhere is difficult to manage, once stable, gradually cooperate with some measures, such as teaching them reading and literacy etiquette, and gradually re-sinicization. Roads are even more necessary, there are roads that can easily send troops everywhere, logistics and transportation will be convenient, and it is also conducive to the prosperity of the local economy and the improvement of the people's lives.

Then Wang Shao set off again with the army, blindly defeated, and fled back to Hezhou, Wang Shao sent people to inquire, and his soldiers not only included the soldiers of Hezhou, but also the Tubo soldiers of the Marjin tribe. The Marjin people are the people of the Na clan, who live in the south of Xizhou, north of Taozhou, and on both sides of the Lugu Mountain.

This is also a very large tribe, tens of thousands of people.

Wang Shao then soldiers out of Gongling City, it is the name of Tubo, the original name is Zhili Pass, located in the Exposed Mountain Zhimu Gorge, is an ancient river that is as long as 20 miles of road, the scenery is beautiful, there are mountains and rivers, when the scenery is good, but it is a great difficulty to use soldiers.

In the face of such a strong enemy and a treacherous environment, Wang Shao only selected 2,000 soldiers, brought dry food for a few days, got on the war horse, and started a new journey. Instead of all-cavalry, in fact, there are some complicated mountainous areas, and the role of infantry is greater. In the past few days, the dry food has been eaten, and everyone can only drink the northwest wind, forcing the soldiers to work hard. Out of Wusheng Guancheng, along the Taoshui, over the Mobang Mountain, turned to the southwest, and galloped towards Gongling City.

When the Marjin tribe heard that the Song army only had 2,000 soldiers and horses, the tribes were puzzled at first, and then laughed one by one, the Song people were too light on the enemy, this is the belly of Tubo, which is very far away from the Song realm, and the time and place are favorable. Think about what happened to the Tangut people, who led an army of 100,000 to invade every time. Unexpectedly, 2,000 soldiers and horses dared to come to Gongling City, so that the Song people could see the power of the Tubo people. The heads of the clans quickly gathered thousands of horsemen to meet the battle. The two armies confronted each other at the mouth of the Zhimugu Gorge, and saw that the Song army actually got off their horses one by one, and the Tubo people laughed even more, and rushed over on horseback one by one.

More than a hundred steps away, the Song army began to release arrows.

Generally, the effective range of bows and arrows is only 100 paces, and the Tibetans do not care, and continue to turn their horses and rush forward.

But this is no ordinary bow and arrow. Arrows rain down. More than a hundred steps away. Still coming quickly, many Tubo people fell with arrows, and the bows and crossbows used by Wang Shao's soldiers were almost all divine arm bows, and Li Ding, a native of Western Xia, brought the opportunity. Coupled with Zheng Lang's guidance, the craftsmen of the Song Dynasty opened one skylight after another, and the arm strength required for the divine arm bow was further reduced, and the required arm strength could be opened with less than two stones. There was even a horse yellow bow several years in advance. That is, an improved version of the Divine Arm Bow, at the expense of range, in exchange for a reduction in arm strength requirements, the soldier pulls the Divine Arm Bow with one arrow, and the Ma Huang Bow can pull three arrows. Wang Shao has a preference for the Ma Huang Bow, although the range of the Divine Arm Bow is long, but it is far away, the hit rate decreases, the speed also slows down, and the rate of fire of the Ma Huang Bow is a little shorter. But the speed has increased, and the range has still reached more than a hundred paces. That's enough.

Waves of arrows rained down, and although the Tibetans approached with difficulty, many people had fallen, and their morale was depressed. Seeing that there were nearly thirty soldiers, the Song Dynasty cavalry behind them was killed. They were still inferior in numbers, but they were more organized and disciplined, and their weapons and armor were sharper, and the two armies were in a scuffle, and after only a while, the Tibetans were defeated again. Wang Shao then covered up the killing.

The story of Mabang Mountain was staged again, and the powerful Tibetan cavalry became little rabbits, running and running all over the mountains.

Gonglingcheng won another great victory, and 20,000 Marjin people surrendered.

Wang Shao just stopped, but it was just a beginning, and now he first digested the fruits of victory.

The imperial court promoted the Zhentao army to Xizhou, plus the three states of Hetao Min, the ancient Weicheng Tongyuan army, and the first army of the four states placed the Xihe Road, and appointed Wang Shao as the direct bachelor of Longtu Pavilion, and made the Zhixi Prefecture for the pacification of Jingluo, but in fact, the four states and one army were not recovered. The northern part of the Tongyuan Army still belongs to the power of the Western Xia people, a small part of the northern part of Xizhou belongs to the Western Xia, there are still large areas of Qiang in the south that have not been convinced, and the scope controlled by Taozhou is only a small part of the east, and Minzhou is better than Taozhou, but the scope of control is still not large. As for Hezhou, it can't be taken seriously for the time being, and the imperial court can't control a single piece of woolen land.

But there's no hurry, this year's series of battles is just the beginning.

Zhangton's side also began to act.

It is also a good foundation left by Zheng Lang, first of all, in view of the complex terrain in the south, Zheng Lang used to train some soldiers who were good at climbing, and then a group of local village soldiers were compiled in the south, and the special service battalion provided a lot of effective information, and finally the development of the south strengthened the yearning of many barbarians for the Song Dynasty. The latter one is also very important, the barbarian area is relatively closed, saying how good the Song Dynasty is, they may not be able to see it, all they can see is the changes of some nearby Song Dynasty people.

Gathered three ways of soldiers and horses, can go up the mountain and down the river, starting from Nanchuan County, to the Xiazhou area through, Xiazhou barbarian head saw this group of flexible Song army, frightened, had to raise wine to greet each other, this is also a very cerebral minister.

When the barbarians surrendered, they could no longer use force, but it didn't matter, they built roads and water conservancy, set up schools in some areas, ordered that the barbarians should no longer take the Han people as slaves as before, and released the Han slaves.

The general policy was still the same system of fetters as before, and the imperial court did not expect to benefit from them, but only wanted a peace, and no longer rebelled and plundered as before. At the end of the year, Wang Shao built the Beiguan Fort on Donggu Road in the northern area of Xizhou to prevent the Western Xia people from going south, and built the Nanguan Fort in front of the Mabang Mountain, as well as other forts, to strengthen his control over Xizhou. Zhang Dian also built several roads, and the three armies gradually moved to Dingzhou, mainly Nanjiangman, the powerful Shu, Xiang, and Tian!

At the end of the year, the Hebei locust.

But the problem is not serious, this is only a clarion call before the catastrophe.

During the summer harvest, taking advantage of the cheap wheat price this year, Zheng Lang took out 5 million taels to buy a lot of barley and wheat. When the autumn came, the price of rice, millet, and beans was not expensive, and 15 million yuan was allocated to buy a batch of grain. In the name of it, it is said that grain prices are too cheap and hurt peasants, and grain prices are balanced.

A total of more than 50 million stone grains were prepared on two occasions.

Storing so much grain is also uncommon in the history of the Song Dynasty, mainly because the price of grain has fallen, if the price of rice is maintained at 100 wen per bucket, Zheng Lang has no choice but to do it. But this food is still not enough. However, there will be some buffer time next year.

First of all, the victims of the disaster in Hebei will be appeased.

5 million stone of grain was allocated and sent to the prefecture capitals of Hebei Province, so that the people could build water conservancy and provide relief through work. Or to kill locusts, and go to the counties and county offices to exchange locusts for food. Locusts can feed chickens and eat, but the common people dare to eat silkworm pupa, but they have never been interested in this. You can feed the chickens, but the chickens can't be sold either. The people could only be asked to kill the locusts, weigh them at the county office, and then burn them.

Since the autumn, Zheng Lang has tossed once a year in these years, but this year he has been quiet. Even in the dispute at the court meeting, Zheng Lang rarely participated, as if he had disappeared. However, since the initial turmoil, this year, the whole country is like a secret machine, running efficiently.

For example, the locust plague in Hebei, such a big disaster, if it was in previous years, it would be a mess, but this year is different, the inspection of the inspection, the use of the construction, the organization of the organization, and the disaster relief. Everything is very calm, as if there was no disaster in Hebei.

Many ministers are calculating this year's expenses, but they have to admit that a faint era of prosperity is coming.

At this moment, someone came to slap him in the face. First of all, the Liang family was in trouble in Western Xia, and asked the imperial court to send the money and silk to Western Xia in advance, Zheng Lang disagreed, but the ministers and ministers thought it was okay. Zhang Dian is using soldiers, Wang Shao is using soldiers, and it is best for the northwest to be at peace.

Zheng Lang saw that everyone agreed, so he was silent.

The imperial court then sent the money silk tea to the security army and handed over to the Western Xia people. After getting the money and silk, the Western Xia moved from Youzhou and said: "I will lead Lu to command Wang Shaocheng Wusheng, lure the subordinates, and beg to return the country." ”

The text was sent to the capital, and everyone was dumbfounded.

The simplest reason is that the history of the rise of Western Xia is a history of expansion, first the Uighurs of Shazhou in Ganzhou, followed by the Liugu Division, and then the Niche Valley and the Western Envoy City. Why can you attack and manage the territory of Tibet, but our Song Dynasty can't.

As soon as the front got money, a big mouth in the back pumped it hard. Zhao Ji was so angry that he was about to vomit blood, and he didn't know what to say, so he only said: "Xia people dare to do this?" (To be continued.) )