In the cold winter of the fifteenth day of the month, Bianjing was in a festive atmosphere, and in the distant grassland, the battle of Xia Liao was finally decided. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info\\. qΒ5。

In the endless desert grassland at the foot of Helan Mountain, a group of defeated soldiers with their heads down, stepping on the ice and snow that has not yet melted, walking like a walking corpse in the desert grassland.

"What kind of realm is this?" Xiao Hui, the generalissimo of the Liao State Expedition to Xia, led tens of thousands of defeated soldiers to flee all the way for three days before he got rid of the pursuing soldiers of Western Xia.

Xiao Hui is dressed very pitifully now, with a dusty face and a sad face, the golden helmet on his head has long been lost there, and the armor on his body is still intact, but it is covered with mud trampled by the war horse, and the sword in his hand has long been lost, leaving only half a horsewhip in his hand.

"Marshal, we have crossed Helan Mountain, and we will be able to return to Liaojing in one day." Hearing Xiao Hui's inquiry, the general stood up and looked around, and then replied with a fist to Xiao Hui.

"Return! The 200,000 army has come out of the pass, and now only 50,000 remnants are left. Xiao Hui, who is heroic and extraordinary, is now as obscene as a gray mouse, and said with a sad and bitter face when he mentioned Hui Chao.

Thinking of the defeat three days ago, Xiao Hui was really angry in his heart, he never thought that Yuan Hao of Western Xia was shameless to the realm of the best, Xia Liao signed a truce contract, and Xiao Hui and Yuan Hao swore to heaven not to attack each other, who knew that on the night of the contract signing, Yuan Hao tore up the contract and attacked the Liao camp, and the unprepared Liao army resistance soon collapsed, and more than 100,000 horses were defeated, Xiao Hui saw that there was no power to return to the sky. He fled with the best soldiers and horses in the army.

"Marshal, victory or defeat is a common thing in soldiers, besides, the most elite horsemen among the marshal's generals have been brought back, the saint will not blame the marshal, he only hates that Yuan Haotian is shameless, and actually takes the oath as a fart, this kind of person will not die well sooner or later, let's return to Beijing as soon as possible!" The general looked at Xiao Hui, who was a little depressed, and said bitterly.

Is shamelessness the trick to victory! Should I also abandon the etiquette I learned from the Song Dynasty and do that unrighteous thing? Xiao Hui remembered Yuan Hao's shamelessness. Looking at the frustrated defeated soldiers behind him, he suddenly thought of it.

It was Xiao Hui's failure this time that made him learn a shameless style, which brought Zhao Lei a lot of trouble in the future battle of Song Liao.

Xiao Hui, who had learned to be shameless, was no longer depressed, and cheered up and led the defeated army all the way east, towards the Liao Kingdom.

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Bianjing, the Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, Zhao Lei set up a room in Panlou, invited friends in Beijing, and was toasting.

Zhao Lei has been in officialdom for nearly eight years. However, there are not many friends, and with the Northern Song Dynasty four masters, Ouyang Xiu, Fan Zhongyan and other new policy officials have been demoted. Zhao Lei has even fewer friends in Bianjing, today's gathering, there are only Wang Su, Cai Xiang, and Han Qi in terms of civil officials, and although Gao Zunping and Yang Zun, the generals of the old new army who stayed in Bianjing, were invited, they sat in the wing next door, saying that they would not sit at the same table with the civilian officials, plus Zhao Lei's staff Su Xun and Pang Bai, and the three members of the Yamen of the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Yuan, Ding Du, Zeng Gongliang and Xue Xiang, there were only nine people at the banquet in Panlou.

After thirty years of drinking, Zhao Lei, Wang Su and others have already revealed their drunkenness, and Cai Xiang, Han Qi, Su Xun, Pang Bai, Ding Du and others have gradually become familiar. The atmosphere at the banquet was warm for a while, and the current military and political situation in the Great Song Dynasty was discussed.

"Last year, the officialdom of the Great Song Dynasty was turbulent, and a new deal made the court jump, and Fan Xiwen was demoted but affected hundreds of young and capable officials of the new deal. Their departure is a loss to the imperial court and the Great Song Dynasty, I hope the imperial court can be more stable this year! Wang Su mentioned the impact of the new deal on the officialdom of the Great Song Dynasty last year, and also said to everyone with some emotion.

"Peaceful. Hmph, the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Great Song Dynasty, the court was stable that year, for the top few seats, any despicable means can be used, Du Yan even used it to plant the blame, such villains control the government, and the court can be stable. Cai Xiang and Fan Zhongyan and other New Deal officials have a deep friendship, and at this time they sneered at the New Deal officials.

"A prime minister who framed his colleagues, how long can the official family trust him, and when the influence of the new deal subsides, Du Yan may be the first official to be demoted by the official." The chubby Xue Xiang held the wine glass and said with a sneer that despised Du Yan.

Just when everyone was arguing about how long Du Yan could stay in the phase, the door of the wing room was suddenly pushed open, and the heroic Xiao Ruoruo walked in.

"Ruoruo! What are you doing here? Zhao Lei looked at Xiao Ruoruo who walked into the wing room and asked suspiciously.

"The battle of Xia Liao is over, Xiao Hui, the marshal of Liao, is defeated and fled, and Yuan Hao is victorious." Xiao Ruoruo walked to Zhao Lei's side, took out a rolled-up secret letter and handed it to Zhao Lei and said.

"Yuan Hao defeated the 200,000 army of the Liao State, how could this be, when did it happen?" When Wang Su heard Xiao Ruoruo's words, he hurriedly asked.

"Three days ago! It was the news from Yan'an that sent a carrier pigeon, and the imperial court was still on the way to expedite the eight-hundred-mile rush, and it was estimated that it would arrive tomorrow. Xiao Ruoruo replied to Wang Su calmly.

"How can Liao

！ A few years ago, the Liao State didn't have the upper hand, and Yuan Hao, who was fighting, was about to cede the land and sue for peace, and he was defeated! Han Qi asked Xiao Ruoruo in confusion at this time.

The Great Song Dynasty has been paying attention to the battle of Xia Liao, since Yuan Hao turned against the thirty party tribes in the Liao State in April last year, the Great Song Dynasty knew that the Xia Liao War was inevitable, coupled with Yuan Hao's wife The princess of Liao and her son died of inexplicable illness, and Yuan Hao promised the son of the princess of Liao State to be the prince of Liao State The matter is also over, and the enraged Liao State sent troops to recruit Western Xia at the end of last summer.

In September of the second year of Qingli, Xiao Hui, the general of the Liao State, was named the generalissimo of the Xia by the Liao Emperor, led 200,000 soldiers and horses to conquer the Western Xia in three ways, and the Liao army that drove straight into the West Xia occupied the territory of 400 miles of the Western Xia for a month without encountering much resistance, in October, the Liao army and the Western Xia army mobilized by Yuan Hao held against the Helan Mountain, the Western Xia army was defeated in three battles and suffered heavy losses, Yuan Hao asked for perfection, the above table expressed surrender, and ceded the land to sue for peace, Xia Liao began a two-month negotiation, and finally reached an agreement at the end of the second year of Qingli, Yuan Hao with 100,000 silver, Helan Mountain negotiated peace with the Liao State at the cost of the land east of the mountain, and then Yuan Hao and Xiao Hui formally signed an agreement, which was the result of the Xia Liao War known to Wang Su, who knew that just after the New Year, the Xia Liao War actually had earth-shaking changes, and the Liao State that had the upper hand was defeated, this result made Wang Su very puzzled.

At this time, Zhao Lei finished reading the secret letter in his hand, and said to Wang Su and the others with a smile: "Xiao Hui of Liao State is not unjustly defeated, it seems that we have to re-evaluate Yuan Hao, shameless and untrustworthy people, it is not easy to deal with!" ”

"What the hell is going on?" Su Xun also asked Zhao Lei with a puzzled expression.

"In October last year, Yuan Hao led 180,000 Xia troops and Liao troops to fight fiercely in Helan Mountain, after three battles and three defeats, Yuan Hao knew that there was no chance of winning against Liao State, and began to design the Liao Army, when Yuan Hao and the Liao Army negotiated peace in November, the Liao Army had a large army of 190,000 and 60,000 Western Xia prisoners, at this time the Liao Army was already in the west of Helan Mountain, the logistics pressure of 250,000 soldiers and horses was not small, and the Liao State was almost unable to supply, and Yuan Hao sent a lot of money to the horse thieves in Helan Mountain at this time, so that these horse thieves ransacked the logistics and grain of the Liao Army, Yuan Hao and the Liao State negotiated peace for two months, These two months completely dragged the Liao army tired, the logistics supply of the Liao army demoralized, deserters day by day, and Yuan Hao and the Liao army signed the agreement on the night, Yuan Hao tore up the agreement to sneak attack the Liao army camp, the demoralized Liao army resistance soon collapsed completely, the Liao army commander Xiao Hui led the Liao army elite Xiao cavalry to escape, and the Liao army deputy marshal attached to the horse captain Xiao Huliang was captured, the Liao State this expedition to Western Xia was a complete failure. Zhao Lei explained to Wang Su and others in amazement.

"This Yuan Hao is really shameless, he actually tore it up on the day he signed the agreement, it seems that we have to be careful to guard against the Western Xia, since Yuan Hao can have no faith in the Liao State, it will definitely be the same for my Great Song Dynasty, this Western Xia Party can't believe it, it's just a trustless person!" Wang Su heard Zhao Lei's words, and said calmly, he never thought that someone would so corrupt the country's credit, Yuan Hao did this, the entire Xixia Party and even all the Xixia people would have no credit, who would dare to believe the Tangut people in the future, who would dare to do business with the Tangut people, and who would dare to believe in the credit of the Tangut country.

"I feel that Yuan Hao seems to be crazy, the battle of Song and Xia, Yuan Hao desperately overdrew the national strength, and looted all the adult war horses in Western Xia, even those war horses that were left in the country were also used, and now in the battle of Xia Liao, Yuan Hao has destroyed the national credit of Western Xia, and it cannot be restored for twenty years, is Yuan Hao no longer planning to do business with other countries! I'm not going to deal with other countries anymore. Han Qi held the wine glass, frowned suspiciously, and said bitterly.

"It's not that Yuan Hao is crazy, but he is forced to be helpless, the population of Western Xia is not more than 10 million, there are more than 500,000 people and horses, and the proportion of 20 Ding 1 is already the limit of Western Xia, Western Xia and my Great Song Dynasty clashed, even if some local victories were achieved, but in the face of the Great Song Dynasty's population of 120 million, huge geographical and financial resources, there was no chance of winning at all, but Yuan Hao's ambition was inflated, and he always thought that he could stand side by side with Song Liao, trying to establish a country and become the emperor, in addition to working hard, what other way did he have to make Song Liao recognize his status!" Pomber is the best at pondering other people's thoughts, and said with a sneer that was quite familiar with Yuan Hao's thoughts.

"Originally, I hoped that the Liao State could defeat the Western Xia and let the Western Xia be honest for a while, but now that the Western Xia has defeated the Liao State, those captives alone can allow the Western Xia to balance the war expenses, so will the Western Xia Yuanhao turn his attention to my Great Song Dynasty." Cai Xiang remembered Yuan Hao's madness and said with some concern.

"Definitely not, although Yuan Hao is a madman, but not a fool, the current Western Xia can be described as full of holes, years of war have made the Western Xia national strength seriously overdrawn, they no longer have adult war horses, and there are no sharp swords, to fight the idea of the Great Song Dynasty, it will take at least ten years to restore the national strength, so the threat of the Western Xia to the Great Song Dynasty has become very small." Zhao Lei heard Cai Xiang's words and said with a confident smile.

Zhao Lei's words completely calmed everyone's worried hearts, the result of the battle of Xia Liao was too surprising, so that everyone had no money to drink, and after a short greeting, the banquet was over.

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