Escorting the captives into the city, Jiang Kui slapped his ass, and Zheng Lang told him to be silent. Victory is inevitable, Wang Lun is inferior to himself in strategy, and he also has the upper hand in morality, not only the people of Jianghuai are quite at ease, but he has some political achievements in Taiping Prefecture and Hangzhou, and the people's will is beneficial to him. Be more prepared yourself. In terms of combat effectiveness, the Border Army is far superior to the Righteous Army. From the time Wang Lun was ready to flee without planning to fight, the morale had begun to decline, and his two guerrilla shots made the morale of the rebels even lower. For various reasons, the campaign was quickly ended.

began to treat the wounded, the stubborn resistance of some of the rebels made the Qiangbian army sacrifice 19 soldiers, if it were not for the protection of armor, more soldiers were sacrificed, 35 people were injured, 26 wounded were not much injured, and 9 were seriously injured, I am afraid that they would have to retire from the army.

Sixty-five prisoners of war were captured, of which eighteen surrendered after resisting, and Zheng Lang was killed on the spot. There is no ambiguity at all.

At the time of the uprising, they were pitiful, but after the uprising, they gradually became devils, including using good women as shields. I don't know how many people have been killed along the way.

Eighty-six people escaped, and Zheng Lang stood on the high post and counted them one by one under the protection of several guards. In the evening, under the pursuit of the border army, 57 people were killed again, and 29 others fled somewhere. But where to flee? At this time, the number of troops searching and capturing from all directions alone reached nearly 2,000 people, and there were countless officials who participated in it, and even the common people were very disgusted and assisted the government in arresting them. It is impossible to escape from this net.

Killed 13 volunteers, that is to say, the total number of this rebel army was 264 people, of which more than a dozen were outlaws recruited by Gaoyou, and there were only more than 240 people, and they actually made more than a dozen officers and soldiers of the relevant state capitals retreat.

Zheng Lang had already known this result, but looking at this information, he just kept shaking his head and smiling bitterly.

If you don't change it, you can't do it, even if Lu Yijian is kind enough to persuade him, he will also do something to the army.

The women of the good family were sent back one by one, and the seized wealth amounted to 100,000 yuan, and 10,000 yuan was drawn to reward the soldiers, and 30,000 yuan was taken out to compensate the families of the victims in various states.

The next day, Zheng Lang left Tianchang and galloped towards the capital, because the Western Xia envoy had arrived.

When he came to Bozhou, Xia Zhu came out, took Zheng Lang's hand and said, "So fast? ”

"Some bandits, Xia Gong doesn't need to be surprised."

"Xingzhi, I'm still surprised, if Xingzhi brought thousands of elite soldiers, I'm not surprised, only brought more than 200 people, how can I not be surprised to annihilate the bandits so quickly. Xingzhi is really the literary and military talent of Zhuge Wuhou Wei Fuguo. ”

"Xia Gong, you can't boast, I still have self-knowledge, where do I dare to compare with Zhuge Wuhou and Wei Rui?" Zheng Lang was happy. If he had Wei Rui's military strategy, he would have pacified Western Xia a long time ago, so why drag this big tail, and hurry back to Beijing to deal with this mess.

"Deservedly, deservedly, as long as I return safely from the Khitan, my Great Song Dynasty will have hope of rebirth." Xia Zhu continued to praise from his heart. And Zheng Lang's pragmatic and gentle style also made him like it very much.

Zheng Lang also attaches great importance to feelings, see how Zheng Lang evaluates himself fairly, he has merits and faults, even if he says some bad things about himself, Xia Zhu is convinced, he has not done well in these places, but he has not splashed dirt, and his merits have not been concealed. Look at Fan Zhongyan, Han Qi and Pang Ji in turn, these three people have all received their own favors, why didn't they say a word. He even suspected that Fan Zhongyan instructed the Junzi Party to launch an attack on him, and the central Zaifu was in those positions, and if he didn't squeeze himself out, how could he get to the top?

Don't blame him for being careful in the belly of a gentleman, the fact is that he is a villain, a real villain. He is not the only one who thinks so, but many people think so. What does it actually have to do with Fan Zhongyan, but who made Fan Zhongyan the eldest brother of the Junzi Party, so Fan Zhongyan was very sad after being demoted, wandering, wandering, wandering. Xia Zhu is called repaying kindness and repaying grievances, you let me wander, why don't I let you wander?

Zheng Lang didn't know that he had this idea, otherwise he would have stopped and had a good conversation with Xia Zhu to explain.

I was in a hurry to return to Beijing, and I also knew that Xia Zhu was goodwill, but he didn't stop, just talked a few words, drank a cup of tea, and left Bozhou, at this time the capital was arguing.

First of all, Han Qi and Fan Zhongyan joined forces to write a book, and the minister saw the place where the troops were used in the northwest. If it is pointed out that the use of people is improper, the soldiers will be arrogant and lazy, and they will not be criticized, and they will often retreat. This is a prelude to the next thing, but the previous one was mainly about disarmament. Many of the military personnel on the side are old and sick and incompetent, so they should choose as soon as possible. Please ask the imperial court to be the governor of the capital, the ban and the ministers close to the upper level, choose three people who know the border affairs, two go to Shaanxi Road, one person to Hedong Road, and gather the personnel of the army who are stationed under the management and serve the food, and jointly select, if there are those who are old, heavy in their hands and feet, and sick and weak to wear belts, and those who are stupid and have no spirit and cannot be under their jurisdiction, they will sit and perform, send them back, and do not make arrangements. Then select people who are strong and capable in martial arts, promote one or two seniorities, manage the right first, and then decree the edict to move according to the capital, and the school will win people, and the soldiers will increase their morale.

Fan Zhongyan played it alone and made additions.

The minister saw that the imperial court sent a forbidden army to the border, there were various township troops and trafficking merchants, the increased van soldiers in various places in the south, and there were small and weak and cowardly people in each command, and the people on the road saw it and laughed. and to the side, it is unbearable to be clothed and taught, and the forbidden army is asked to receive all kinds of gifts, wasting money and food. Today, another 5,000 troops were sent to Tiantun in Qinzhou, and various armies were replaced on the side one after another. Qinzhou Tiantun was made by Han Qi, and Han Qi regretted it later, but he said it, so he was silent.

Fan Zhongyan took care of the faces of his comrades-in-arms, did not break it, and did not say whether it was right or not. Continue to ask the court to carefully select, and those who are too weak to wear a belt cannot be allowed to be sidelined. All the old and sick are arranged with the remaining staff. Those who are old and sick in the command personnel should also be selected and not arranged. Among the ten generals in each command, select those who have achieved merit and are strong in martial arts, and they will be promoted to one or two seniorities, and they will be in charge of their duties. If there is no optional selection among the ten generals in the command, the selection will be made in the command, and the right to fill in the supplement. The martial arts are high, and they are judged by the bow and crossbow, fighting power and archery.

These Zheng Lang have done them one by one on Jingyuan Road, but Zheng Lang only did not say it, at that time, the war was critical, and a big man couldn't cry or laugh in the capital, so he had to let Zheng Lang do it in the northwest.

But Zheng Lang was not only selecting, but also training the army, and selecting while training, so the combat effectiveness of the Jingyuan Road army gradually formed, and it faintly became the strongest combat effectiveness of the four roads. But Zheng Lang's method Fan Zhongyan can't copy it, it is supported by the financial silk brought by the city, and it is impossible for the whole country to learn the practice of Jingyuan Road, and there is no financial resources.

The other difference is that the disarmament has been extended to the whole of Shaanxi and Hedong.

At this time, Fan Zhongyan and Han Qi didn't know Zheng Lang's intentions, the reason why Zheng Lang went to destroy Wang Lun was also to make Fan Han's strategy be implemented, but Zheng Lang's plan was even larger, his goal was the entire Song Dynasty army, the forbidden army, the Xiang army, the township army, and the Fan army.

A major operation on all branches of the Song Dynasty!

It is an incomparably huge plan, once successful, at least three or four hundred thousand forbidden soldiers will be reduced, and more than 10 million military expenses will be saved for the country a year, and the entire Song army will become stronger. This time, not only will he fight with the opposition and conservatives, but he will also try his best to convince Zhao Zhen, who has always been insecure in his heart!

As long as this matter is done, Zheng Lang plans to go home to rest for a while, and it is too difficult to survive in the court at this time. If the Qingli New Deal is really launched, if you don't make it, you will become a rat in the bellows, and you will be angry at both ends.

However, Ouyang Xiu played another inglorious role.

Zheng Lang's evaluation of Ouyang Xiu is not very evil, his selfishness is definitely not as important as Xia Zhu, it cannot be said that Ouyang Xiu is selfless, with the fact that he will never criticize the emperor, Ouyang Xiu's virtue has a big problem.

But it is not as black as Xia Zhu, and it is better than Sima Guang.

But Ouyang Xiu's biggest problem is that he is self-righteous, and he doesn't have the vision of Lu Yijian, and he thinks that he is right, and insists that others listen to his opinion. The greater his knowledge, the more serious the harm brought by this self-righteous anger, fortunately it is Zhao Zhen Dynasty, and Zhao Zhen Zheng Lang also has a clear understanding at this time, don't think that he does nothing, he is actually promising, but the means are wonderful, including countless major crises in the Song Dynasty, which were invisibly resolved by Zhao Zhen, including party disputes, which are very serious in Zhao Zhen's Dynasty, but they did not form harm, because Zhao Zhen used some superb means to resolve them invisibly. Therefore, the harm brought by Ouyang Xiu is not as good as that of Wang Anshi and Sima Guang.

Song Shenzong is good and has a pioneering spirit, but he lacks Zhao Zhen's skills, so Wang Anshi's rampage and Sima Guang's belly black form a serious party dispute.

But Ouyang Xiu played a destructive role at all times.

Originally, Han Qi and Fan Zhongyan wrote a book to attract Zhao Zhen's attention, but Ouyang Xiu played it again. talked about Guo Chengyou.

The imperial court deployed Guo Chengyou as a calm road, but the minister thought that the country had used troops for five or six years, frustrated the prestige of the imperial court, and trapped the living beings in the world. It cannot be said that the Song Dynasty was a victorious country, although Zheng Lang won two great victories and recovered all the territory south of Xiaoguan, but in the past, this was the domain of the Song Dynasty, but there was no real jurisdiction, and it was not considered to expand the territory. Several battles were strictly defensive battles, and at the beginning of the war, they were on an expedition to exterminate the Western Xia, which was still very far from this goal.

Ouyang Xiu said that there are several truths in frustrating the prestige of the imperial court, a small Western Xia, only more than 700,000 households, less than half of the population of Shaanxi Road, fighting so hard, winning is also defeated.

Why, the court adheres to the usual practice, refuses to use materials excessively, knows the villain, pays a heavy responsibility, and although it fails, it will never regret it. Whenever there is a plan, ask the minister, and say, although you know that it is not a material, there is no one to leave it. Even the Cypriot said, "Then who do you think can be used?" When the minister often heard this, he retreated and sighed, the so-called no one else, how can there really be no one in the world?

It makes sense, there are people in the world, but Ouyang Xiu, do you dare to use it, such as Zhang Yuanzhi and others, there is no middle rank, but there are some crooked talents, and there are also some heroes and heroes among these people, but they are not from the imperial examination, they are really useful, Ouyang Xiu thinks he is an orthodox scholar, what will he say?

Compared with employing people, although Wang Anshi is radical, his statement is more positive. Ouyang Xiu can only be empty talk, one uses a favorite minister of a foreign relative as an important minister, and the other uses a literati of the imperial examination as an important minister, the effect is about the same, fifty steps and a hundred steps.

He also said that Ge Huaimin was in the west, and the world knew that it was impossible, but the speaker at that time said that she Huaimin was no one else, and it was difficult to change it. Who said it, it's just that Fan Zhongyan said that Ge Huaimin was unavailable, and Zheng Lang knew that it was unavailable, but he didn't say it, how could he come from all over the world? Continue to talk, Chengyou's mediocre material is not as far as Huaimin, he only knows how to build a city in Lanzhou, and he almost caused a mutiny, how can he really set his way? The minister thought that the court didn't know that Chengyou was not talented, but the speaker just said, for example, when the narrative is advanced, there is no one. Today, the Khitan has a heart, the disaster has been revealed, Chinese and foreign people, seeing that the country is ignoring foreign troubles, galloping to the north, everyone is willing to be prepared. Suddenly seeing this change, who is not worried?

Let the imperial court demote Guo Chengyou elsewhere.

Guo Chengyou is really incompetent, but this piece of music can't be written like this, to put it simply, Zhending Road is an important place in the north, and it is necessary to send a capable minister to garrison, Guo Chengyou is not capable, so change someone. I believe that Zhao Zhen will also listen.

Zhao Zhen also listened to it and changed Guo Chengyou to know Xiangzhou. But there is a bit of a bad feeling in my heart, Ouyang Xiu said that the northwest is scabies, and the uprising is a big problem, and now he says that the Khitan is a big problem. But Zhao Zhen is not a fool, the Khitans are hostile, but they are not as hostile as the Western Xia, and the uprising is mostly caused by drought and previous repetition, who is the country's henchman in the end. Where do you put this bit of wealth?

When you think about it this way, you can think of a lot.

Although Guo Chengyou is incompetent, Zhao Zhen will not be able to judge whether he can or cannot for a while, at least when he was the crown prince, he made up for the Zuo Qingdao rate and the Chunfang Zuo Confession. After ascending the throne, he moved to the West Courtyard and the deputy envoy of the Cabinet Road, and then moved to the West to the Cabinet Gate, and was Zhao Zhen's confidant, which made him in charge of the Zhending Road army.

My henchmen, the people I use are not good people, they are villains, they are evil people (can it not be dazzling?). Only your faction is a good minister, a capable minister, which is the truth? In Ouyang's whole book, one big hat after another was covered down, which made Zhao Zhen in a trance. He thought of Wang Juzheng, Ma Duan, Xia Zhu, Su Shen, and Lu Yijian...... At present, the country is in crisis, and Zhao Zhen still has to rely on Fan Zhongyan and Han Qi and others, he didn't say it, and he never said it, but this doubt is getting heavier and heavier in his heart...... This also led to the fact that although Fan Zhongyan and Han Qi listened to the two suggestions, they did not issue an edict to implement them.

Or simply to put it in one sentence, well-intentioned, but bad things are done.

In fact, compared to Guo Chengyou's gods, Fan Zhongyan and Han Qi's proposal is the real big event, if you want the country to become better, you should find a way to cooperate with Han Fan to implement these two items, instead of making miscellaneous affairs and dividing Zhao Zhen's mind.

But soon everyone's attention shifted, and in July, Yuan Hao sent Lu Ni Ruding Yushe, Liao Li Yuhuan, Zhang Yanshou and Yang Shousu, and Song envoy Shao Liangzuo to Song to continue negotiations. The Song Dynasty put forward nine articles, which were very sincere, but Yuan Hao saw that the Song Dynasty was weak, and actually opened his mouth, not only calling men not ministers (that is, being Zhao Zhen's son, but resolutely not being a courtier of the Song Dynasty, dizzy, dizzy, dizzy), and wantonly blackmailed, becoming a terrible eleven.

There are still people in the DPRK who really want to agree, this person is still a super big guy, and he is the prime minister of the DPRK - the prime minister Yan Shu who makes good words!