"Well said, Zheng Qing, can you write it down. ,!” Zhao Zhen said.

"Yes." Zheng Lang took a pen and paper and wrote down a line of words, rights are responsibilities, and the higher the official position, the greater the responsibility.

Zhao Zhen looked at the fourteen big characters and said to the eunuchs beside him: "Take it out and chisel it out of the stone stele and hang it in front of the Chongzheng Palace." ”

Zheng Lang said in surprise: "Your Majesty, this is not very good. ”

"For the sake of these two words, there have been too many ugly dramas, and I also want to set things right," Zhao Zhen said. At this time, he wanted to go back to the palace immediately and reprimand Zhao Niannu again. However, his reprimand didn't seem to work, Zhao Niannu was very happy with his son all the time, and scolded himself, so he stuffed his son into his arms and hugged his grandson, Zhao Zhen immediately stopped.

If there is no daughter, Zheng Lang's ideological realm has reached another level of daunting height.

It's a pity.

Zheng Lang looked at the relevant information at this time, and he didn't hide the shame of Pang Pang, cut off the ears and noses of the captured soldiers and sent them back, and also sent Huang Daoyuan back, and then sent an envoy to hang the sacrifice. We Xixia Empress Dowager died, sent an envoy to ask for mourning, Emperor of the Song Dynasty, you have to give us some benefits in Xixia. At the same time, he defended himself, saying that Guo Enwuji invaded Western Xia, and Western Xia was forced to fight.

At this time, Zheng Lang had already received Di Qing's private message, knew the ins and outs, threw the Xixia Guoshu on the table, and said, "Cunning! ”

Then look at the relevant recitals.

In history, Huang Daoyuan was released, and when he arrived in the capital, he colluded with some people and shirked responsibility, which made the originally simple matter very complicated, and finally led to Pang Ji from Bingzhou to Qingzhou, and even Sima Guang was almost implicated.

Now that Huang Daoyuan has not returned, the imperial court has received the reaction of Wu Jian and the surviving soldiers, which is closer to the truth.

After reading it, he put these folds down and asked: "Pang Xianggong, Fu Xianggong, what do the ministers of the DPRK and China think?" ”

Pang Ji replied: "There are two views, the first is that peace is precious, our treasury is very tight, it has not improved, and the Yellow River is dragging its hind legs. Today's plan, when the Yellow River is the mainstay, so try not to make enemies with the Western Xia, and say that it is better to give up the Quye River and the west of the Hexi, and focus on defending the east of the river. It's not worth fighting. There is also a view, dominated by Han Zhigui, that Western Xia cannot be allowed to gain an inch, and some counterattacks must be given, including banning. ”

"What does Pang Xianggong think?"

"I think that war is supplemented, defense is the mainstay, and from the perspective of the treasury, it is not good to fight with Western Xia this year."

said very vaguely, he and Zheng Lang have always disagreed on military concepts, but Zheng Lang is kind to himself, so he tries to take it as long as possible.

Zheng Lang flipped through the folds again and said, "Where are the broken docks and gerbil waves?" ”

Under the instruction of Zheng Lang, the Song Dynasty deliberately did not draw a clear territory with the Western Xia, and all the territories were disputed, especially from Fengzhou to Fuzhou Linzhou, and there were also Huanqing Road and Yanjun Road. Only the north end of Jingyuan Road allows Zheng Lang to operate like an iron wall, and it is not controversial for Xixia to think about it

No matter how controversial it is, these two sites are already strictly part of the core area of Linzhou, although they are in Hexi. Since it belonged to the land of the Song Dynasty, how did it become the invasion of Western Xia by the Song army?

Zheng Lang said: "Everyone, some are from the countryside, some are from the city, and I have seen many people. To be a common man is to be a good citizen, but what if there is a wicked neighbor who comes to the door and bullies him? ”

Jia Changchao snorted coldly: "Zheng Xingzhi, do you think that in the current situation of the country, you can use troops on a large scale?" ”

"It's okay, I'll say one more thing, Your Majesty, I had an accident in Huixi City, it was careless, when the minister went to the south, His Majesty sent a hundred horsemen as guards to protect it, and the minister didn't do the same thing, and only brought four guards with him, so he let Xixia into ambition, almost to the end of his life. The minister's escape was a fluke. However, he was frightened by this, and even if he returned to Beijing, he still took a large number of guards with him. Ladies and gentlemen, these guards are Your Majesty's favor to your courtiers. Do you have, in case Xixia Bo is ordered to behead our dynasty with a small and big one, send some scouts to sneak into the capital, the capital has many mobile entrances, it is difficult to detect, and then attack you, what will happen to you, what will happen to you, what will be the fate of the country? ”

Beheading is a new term, but the meaning is easy to understand, once all the prime ministers were assassinated, the Song dynasty collapsed.

Jia Chang was speechless.

He is old, and there are some ministers who are not old, only in their forties and fifties, and they can still be tricky, such as Han Qi, and Xiao Song, don't say that they don't have so many fierce Fan horses as guards, but there are, is it possible that they still bring a large number of Fan horses to go when they are young? So good, they watched Jizi perform inside, and watched them ride with a white spoon outside, what became of it?

He didn't know another inside story, including Zhao Niannu, and Xixia Jin had evil thoughts.

Zhao Zhen snorted and said, "Zheng Qing, what do you think, say it." ”

"Let's talk about rights first, all of this is caused by rights. He was ambitious, but there were many tribes and generals in the country who were loyal to Yuan Hao, and after Yuan Hao's death, he was loyal to Forgiveness. There is forgiveness, and if you don't hide it, you can barely cage it. Because of the many wars with the Khitan, there was no hidden trickery to weaken these tribes and generals through war. This is an external factor, which is gradually beneficial to Wuzang, and the internal factor is that Wuzang is dissatisfied with his brother, which led to the Helan Mountain incident. However, there are still many people in the country who are not satisfied with him, so one is to invade the cultivation and raise the financial power of the Tibetans, so that they can be used to support their henchmen, and the other is to declare their prestige to the country, to force the Khitan to peace, to defeat the blind felt, to recover Aqiancheng and the Shrine Valley, and then to defeat our dynasty, and to force our dynasty to give more benefits to the Western Xia. Without hiding the false position, the position is stable. ”

"Medium." Zhao Zhen said.

This analysis is clear if there is no hidden Pang to launch the Battle of Broken Daowu.

"What about the actual situation, although the Wuzang clan is dead, some people still have doubts, and the status of the Wuzang False Pang is not stable, and the Western Xia is a tribal country, which is different from the system of our dynasty. This is the situation of enemy invasion, and the situation of our Song Dynasty is not suitable for launching a large-scale campaign. Although the national treasury is tight, it will be a little better this year. ”

Pang Ji and Fu Bi both nodded.

Zheng Lang is no longer tossing in the south, and there will be no huge expenses.

Where the Liuta River is placed, no one dares to mention it.

Although there have been some disasters this year, they are far less severe than last year.

The harvest began in the south, but there were some small-scale battles in the south one after another, and there were immigrants to arrange, although the harvest was harvested, but they did not dare to withdraw all the harvest back to the capital. In particular, Jinghu South Road, once all developed, will be of great help to the Song Dynasty, because last year's allocation of funds was small, and this effect was not achieved.

However, under the management of Pang, the Song Dynasty once again developed this year. At least it will be much better than last year's.

Knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent, winning all battles, can also be classified into the war trilogy that Zheng Lang said, which is before the war.

Zheng Lang said: "Economically, we can fight, but we can't fight." I thought it could be divided into several steps, but one thing had to be explained. ”

"What?" Zhao Zhen asked.

Zheng Lang took out the fold, pointed at it and said, "Your Majesty, do you remember how Yang Ye died?" ”

Zhao Zhen sè changed.

"Guo En is also a famous general, and the Battle of Broken Daowu should not have happened in the first place. Most of the Western Xia army came, and I defended the city and left, and we continued to garrison the fort. Don't forget, the entrance of the Western Xia is only one-thirtieth of our dynasty, and the annual financial income is only one-sixtieth of our dynasty, if the income of the people is apportioned, it may only be one-second of our dynasty, and the number of troops is only one-half of our dynasty, even if the whole country of Western Xia is a soldier. Speaking of weapons, they are even less than ours. Why fight against them, why play to their strengths and avoid their weaknesses? However, because of Huang Daoyuan's deputy, Guo En died tragically, and Broken Daowu was humiliated. Your Majesty, what is the prison army? The superintendent also, if the general is wrong, or illegal, report to the imperial court for treatment and prevention, is it now that the superintendent has become the commander? If even an internal servant who doesn't understand the military becomes the commander of the army, what does the country do to raise so many generals? ”

Pang Ji also shook his head.

Broken Daowu lost too unjustly.

1,400 soldiers rushed to fight all night, exhausted, and took the initiative to fight against the 30,000 Western Xia troops in the field.

Zheng Lang said again: "The minister sent the Khitan to mourn Yang Ye, I was very embarrassed, I didn't expect this tragedy to happen again." ”

Then he shook his head with Pang Ji.

Pang Ji didn't know, Zheng Lang said this, and the matter was settled, and it would be difficult to use this matter to impeach Pang Ji and Sima Guang in the future.

Zheng Lang doesn't need to get involved in his love at this time, what he values is a country.

He also said: "The state is like a sophisticated machine, each serving its own duties, so that the machine can operate normally, if you don't care about your own business and meddle in his affairs, the whole machine will collapse even if the parts are good." The one that Di Qing is most grateful for when he goes south is Shi Quanbin, not that Shi Quanbin has made many strategies, on the contrary, he has not made any plans. Why did Di Qing want to thank him, because Shi Quanbin just did his job well, supervised, and did not interfere in Di Qing's military arrangements, so Di Qing had no worries, and even won a big victory, Qiyue Kunhua Pass, Gui Renpu fought a battle, and the troops entered the special grinding road and stormed the Yanshan Mansion. Your Majesty, please think again. ”

There are two examples, one positive and one negative, as well as Yang Ye, a tragic hero, Zhao Zhen sighed: "I must pay attention in the future." ”

In fact, not only eunuchs, but also scholars and doctors are at least involved in the military, but Zheng Lang is also afraid of trouble and does not dare to say it deeply, so he is down to business. Said: "The death of the Wuzang clan, only a few people in the Western Xia were suspicious, and most of them thought that it was just a tragedy caused by the dispute between the two male pets of the Wuzang clan. In fact, it is very simple, send some scouts to infiltrate Western Xia and spread the truth, and there is a case of Ning Lingge's assassination of Yuan Hao in front of him, more people will wake up, and they will inevitably be distracted in order to appease the country. ”

"Very good," Zhao Zhen said.

Who doesn't like to be small and big?

Moreover, since Zheng Lang reused the scout, he has achieved many small and broad results.

"Furthermore, it is forbidden, the Western Xia despises our dynasty so much, it is Jiaozhi, do I dare to learn from the Western Xia? If it is not punished, it will be even more contemptible, and the battle of Qingli is a lesson from the past. The minister looked through the history books and never saw that there was a generation that did not rely on its own strength, but relied on the vitality of stealing peace. Even if it is practiced, it is not a reluctance to steal peace, it is called lying on the salary and tasting the gall. In order to seek peace, he actually implemented many schemes against the state of Wu. Have I ever had one? ”

"Exactly." Zhao Zhen didn't ask a few prime ministers, and said.

"Then there is the military, and the minister first said the geographical location. The Northwest Roads, the north of Jingyuan Road is tightly managed, impeccable, as long as the defense is tight, the Western Xia into helplessness. Huanqing Road is also very tight under the management of Fan Zhongyan. Either the west side of Jingyuan Road because of the loss of the niche valley, there will be some laxity, but it doesn't hurt, if you want to attack our dynasty from the west of Jingyuan Road, you must use Lanhui Erzhou to enter, our dynasty has not officially turned into an enemy with Tubo, and Xixia will use Lanhui Erzhou to enter, and will hesitate. Then there is only Yanzhou, Yanzhou has Di Qing, and Western Xia also does not dare to invade. In the end, only Linfu Road remained, first, there were no Tibetans not far from Linzhou, and the operation of invasion and cultivation was beneficial to the growth of the Tibetan people, and it was also convenient for the Tibetan people to remotely control Western Xia. Second, the terrain factor is inconvenient for defense. Therefore, Linyan Road has become a border gap between us and the DPRK. In the opinion of the minister, although Wu Hu did not make a big mistake, but Guo En sacrificed heroically, he took the lead in escaping back to Linzhou City, and also made the mistake of fearing war, so Zhang Qi transferred to Linzhou, he was Fuzhou into the clan, familiar with the northwest, and then Zhang Yu was under the jurisdiction of the soldiers and horses of Linfu Road, and added 3,000 soldiers and horses, and the strength of Linfu Road was strong. ”

"In this way, the expenses of the court will be heavy." Jia Chang said.

Zheng Lang was not angry, just talk about things, and he couldn't think so darkly, besides, Jia Changchao himself was an extremely conservative minister. Patiently said: "In this battle, Western Xia dispatched 30,000 soldiers and horses, mostly cavalry. We sent only 1,400 soldiers, most of them foot soldiers. The broken dock is almost a hundred miles away from Linzhou City. I rushed to the army for a night's road, hurriedly fighting, the Western Xia recuperated, although the Western Xia won, only killed more than 300 soldiers of our court, captured more than 100 enter, and actually let more than 700 soldiers escape safely back to Linzhou City. What do you think is terrible about such a comparison? ”

I almost said, who is afraid of whom!

Zhao Zhen thought about it silently, and actually laughed, it is O, if it is close to Linzhou City, it can still be said, such a distance, such a powerful comparison, Western Xia has not managed to wipe out the whole army of 1,400 soldiers, although it is a victory, it is extremely humiliating to win.

Zheng Lang said again: "It's right to build a fortress, Hexi was originally a fertile land after the Battle of Linzhou, and then it was idle land. So Yuan Hao began to start in Hongyawu, Daoguang Valley between the wood for more than 30 small villages, stealing the fields next to the village, encroaching on more than ten miles, not only in the west of the Quye River, but also Fuzhou and Fengzhou, later Di Qingduo urged it to destroy, relying on the terrain, Fuzhou and Fengzhou lost a large piece of land to recover back, and successively built some forts. However, the west of the Quye River is still not well operated. Later, Di Qing was transferred away, and he did not hide Pang to invade the cultivation even more, and actually fought with the Khitan while invading and cultivating for dozens of miles, only twenty miles away from the river. At that time, in exchange for their courage to fight against the Khitan, the officials of Linfu Road ignored it tacitly. Last year, it was encroached on again, and it seemed that it was approaching the Quye River. The key is that I am reluctant to steal peace from the government's policy, greedy for life and afraid of death. ”

Eight big words were spoken, and several ministers smiled bitterly.

Therefore, the policy is mainly restrained and conservative, and the Western Xia will launch battles such as Broken Daowu, and the people of Linfu Road will flee from Erzhou one after another because of fear. It seems to be irrelevant. When there are no people in critical health, how can they come in to cultivate and graze? Also, look at the rear, the rear is Hedong Road, not Guanzhong, if it is properly managed, you can get a large supply of grain and grass. Hedong is poor, there is nothing to produce, there is nothing to be produced locally, the sergeant's logistics source must be transported from the rear, or must it be transported from the capital, more than a thousand miles of roads, mostly rugged mountain roads, how high will the transportation cost be? So what happens? The entire eastern part of the river, including Bingzhou, was exposed to the attack of the Western Xia. If so, the cost of the court will increase. ”

Don't talk about the military, only about the economy. Settle this account.

"To fight, but to fight to have wisdom, the war does not start from the Linfu Road, but from the Niche Valley, the Western Xia Xinde Niche Valley, the foundation is unstable, the local people support the blind felt, take the opportunity to attack the Niche Valley, if the main army of the Western Xia arrives, I withdraw the army, according to the danger to defend, let the Tubo into the enemy. If we retreat, we will attack again. The Western Xia was exhausted and dethroned, and after a long period of perseverance, the country would be lacking. ”

"How did I know that the enemy was coming, it seems that the gerbil wave of 30,000 Western Xia troops gathered, and the special battalion did not send the news to the front line." Jia Changchao sneered.

"The gerbil wave is empty and infinite, and you still need the secret agents of the special service battalion, Jia Xianggong, do you know how precious every secret agent in the special service camp is? It's not that our army doesn't know, Guo En has long known that he has repeatedly withdrawn and defended by relying on danger and relying on the city, Huang Daoyuan wants to force Guo En to go out of the army and smash the stone with eggs, what should Guo En do? Only to die for the country! ”

Jia Changchao had nothing to say.

In fact, this is not the case, where is the news detained Di Qing.

Zheng Lang also agreed with Di Qing's approach, not letting Xixia's true face be exposed, I am afraid that he would not even be able to pass the ban.

"If the timing is right, we can launch a series of attacks from Yanzhou and Huanzhou, and the enemy will advance and I will retreat, and the enemy will retreat and I will advance. As long as you don't go deep into the enemy's territory, so as not to be ambushed, from time to time sāo disturb the enemy, and then build a fort and build a city in the west of the river on the Linfu Road. Although 3,000 soldiers were added, once the defense of Hexi was arranged, the rear was worry-free, the people returned, and the Linfu Road was released again, at least in terms of supply, it saved a lot for the imperial court. The battle will not be very big, mainly to make Wuzang Pang realize the attitude of our dynasty and force him to transfer the object of Liwei to Tubo. Then sit back and watch the course of events and make the next decision. ”

Zhao Zhen pondered for a long time.

Han Qi said: "Your Majesty, the minister also approves. ”

If even this mild approach is not agreed, the court is too weak.

Zhao Zhen said: "Quasi, mainly in the Niche Valley." ”

How to arrange the details, it has nothing to do with Zheng Lang, he said goodbye and came back, there are still two lifters in the capital, he wants to take a look, from Sichuan. Not only these two moves, but even with their white spoon father, Zheng Lang became interested.

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