Before that, two things have to be done.

The first thing is to transfer a small number of elites from the special battalion and infiltrate the Khitan. In fact, this also means that you want to run Youyun, the imperial court has leaked secrets many times, and some confidential information of the secret service camp was directly handed over to Zhao Ji, Zhao Ji saw it, and asked in surprise: "Can it be done?" ”

"Western Xia is not extinguished, such as Wang Shao's expedition to the river, constantly its feather arms, and the main trunk is not destroyed."

"I'm not in a hurry," Zhao Ji was actually very excited, walking back and forth.

"You can't be in a hurry, it won't take ten years to destroy Western Xia, but it is possible to prepare for at least fifteen years, or even twenty years."

"I can afford to wait."

However, Zheng Lang was very worried, and could only say that Zhao Ji would probably not live a short life. After all, his nanny-style clothes don't bother Zhao Ji so much. There is also a secret letter. It was also handed over to Zhao Ji to look at, and Zhao Ji looked lost his mind and said, "How come?" ”

"Maybe, the queen of Liao has repeatedly advised the Liao lord not to hunt, if he does not hunt, Yelu Yixin will not be able to dictatorship, and Xiao Guanyin's son Yelu Xin is quite wise, and as he gets older, Yelu Yixin is very jealous, so the minister concluded that he will harm the queen of Liao."

"He's just a courtier......"

"Your Majesty, there are still few people like Li Linfu in ancient and modern times, so the ministers have repeatedly advised His Majesty to divide power, and the ancestors have also divided power again, so as not to appear in the ministers, so it is reasonable. Of course, it is also possible that the minister made a mistake in judgment. ”

Zhao Ji thought for a while, the risk is not small, but the harvest is greater, if it is used properly, it will be ten times higher than the income brought by Brother Ning Ling back then, and finally said: "Accurate." ”

But it has nothing to do with Zheng Lang, and Zhao Xu must live, Zhao Xu's longevity not only means that it is possible to recover Youyun, but also means that Zhao Xu can succeed to the government smoothly and no longer die of disappointment, and there will be no tragedy of Cai Quxing Shucewang. Maybe Zhao Xu will grow up in a good environment in the future. In fact, as long as the Song Dynasty and these generations of emperors had a smooth transition. Not much, as long as each of these two people can live to be fifty years old, the prospects of this empire will be unimaginable. Therefore, when Zheng Lang taught Zhao Ji in Yunzhou, he repeatedly asked Zhao Ji to pay attention to his health. But how exactly. Only God knows.

However, the biggest gain, hearing that such a crisis would happen in the Khitan, Zhao Ji's heart was completely put down.

The second thing is to verify last year's income and expenditure and make an estimate of this year's finances. This year, don't think about still owing, but you can't let the fiscal overdraft.

After the two things were done, Wang Shao, the imperial court, returned to Beijing to report his duties, and by the way, he inquired about Western affairs. Many of them are clearly stated in the cantata, and they have to be asked face to face.

Hearing that Wang Shao was going to return to Beijing, the capital paid attention.

In order to motivate people's hearts, newspapers have published several great victories in the northwest, which is indeed very ambitious. All the people wanted to see this great hero.

At this time, Zheng Lang threw out the thoughts he had been thinking in his heart for a long time.

He did not say it directly at the capital meeting, but started with a dialogue between him and Sima Guang.

Zhengzhou for a few years. In addition to Confucianism, he also wrote Gewuxue. This one is harder. There is a lack of supporting materials, such as various parameters of mathematical chemistry, as well as various physical objects, especially physical chemistry, so it is difficult to write and understand.

It was not finished, and there were many later, some of which Zheng Lang only remembered partially, and some of which he could remember, but he might not be able to understand it thoroughly, so he wrote it down with notes one after another. Sometimes I think back a little bit, remember a little bit, this booklet is not public, put it at home. Sima Guang came to be a guest, and when he saw the chaos theory, he suddenly asked: "Zheng Gong, is the Confucianism you are practicing chaos theory?" "Dare to understand chaos theory as chaos. It can't be Sima Guang, the knowledge in this note, no one in this world can understand it, including Zheng Lang himself, including Shen Kuo. The reason why it is recorded is to point out a shortcut to future generations, mainly because the foundation is too thin, and now it is growing this foundation bit by bit, Zheng Lang will not be able to see it in his lifetime, unless he can live to be a hundred years old, but it will not be too long, it is possible that within a hundred years, all kinds of foundations will be firm, his reputation is not so bad, and Gewuxue is being promoted one after another, so it will change from quantitative change to qualitative change. When the time comes, not only production, but also weapons, even if Genghis Khan is alive, he may not crush the country. Therefore, in the past two hundred years, the stability of the Song Dynasty is the most important.

As for whether there will be any bourgeois revolution under Zheng Lang's intentional guidance in the future, can Zheng Lang manage it? Even if it breaks out, the achievements of civilization are still there, at most the system or regime is replaced internally, civilization will not be devastated, and this nation is still proud of the world. Moreover, there is also the future eunuch to further protect the achievements of civilization. There would not have been so many tragic stories in the future.

Zheng Lang won't say this intention.

At that time, he explained to Sima Guang.

Zheng's Confucianism, in the final analysis, is the pluralistic view, and the master faintly said the pluralistic view, but he didn't say much, but the one-sided dualistic view was mostly an element. The real chaos is Lao Tzu's monistic view. What is the dualistic view, that is, the one-sided benevolence, righteousness, good and evil.

It is a complex composition that is actually impossible, and what really exists is good and evil, and there is good in evil, and there is evil in good. That is, the pluralistic view, but it is not Lao Tzu's monistic chaotic view. However, even in front of Sima Guang, Zheng Lang did not dare to say that the master was wrong, but kindly defended the master.

Why the pluralistic view has become a dualistic view, one is that pluralism is actually a dualistic composition, duality is the foundation, and multiple dualistic combinations have become pluralism and evolved into this world, human nature. Very similar to the theory of Chinese myths and legends, Pangu opened the world, divided yin and yang, and gradually became the world. This is an acceptable theory.

But the Master's emphasis is on governance, and he can't say that one thing is multiple, and if he carefully distinguishes between countless good and good places, and countless evil and bad places, then don't think about doing things. Governance or re-transform it from plurality to duality, that is, simplification.

For example, the system, the reformers said that the ancient system should be restored, and the conservatives said that the ancestral family law could not be moved, which was all cunning, but in fact, from ancient times to the present, the system has been changed beyond recognition, and every country has risen to punish the disadvantages of the previous generation, and the system has been modified. The new system that has just started is mostly a benign system, but human nature has a selfish side, and over time, it will tilt towards the bad side bit by bit. It's possible to turn out to be good, but it's highly unlikely.

It is right to adjust the system every once in a while, but if you don't move, there will be people who will benefit and someone who will suffer, and those who will benefit will be silent. Most of them are muffled and make a fortune. The victim will strongly oppose it. For example, Han Jiang went down to adjust Zhang Yong's method. Many people were dissatisfied when it was implemented. There is also the fact that Zhao Kuangyin has the dictatorship of punishing military generals, which has led to the endless replacement of five generations, which has weakened the rights of military generals, and he did not expect that the scholars would be able to suppress the generals to this day after decades. It is estimated that Zhao Kuangyin is alive, and he definitely doesn't want to see it.

Therefore, we should not look at it from a pluralistic view, but from a dualistic view, and analyze what impact it will bring when it is implemented. And what the consequences, if more than eighty percent is a benign consequence, only two percent is a malignant consequence, you can start to restructure, even if it is a three-percent malignant consequence, seventy percent of the benign result, you can't move, because people's wisdom is limited, and no one knows how many accidents will occur if it is implemented. That is, to analyze the problem with multiple views and so on. Dualism to adjudicate.

After this answer came out, everyone was a little confused.

Zhao Ji asked hesitantly, "What does Zheng Gong want to do?" ”

"The minister wants to make one thing. The money is not very much, and the benefits are huge, but many soldiers will die, so the minister has been hesitating in his heart. ”

"Say it," Zhao Ji frowned.

What Zheng Lang said was to send a fleet to the American continent to find plant seeds and seedlings.

I can't tell it directly, but I tell the story that I made up a long time ago. When he was in Hangzhou, he met a seafarer who had gone to the eastern islands to do business, and at this time some people believed it, after all, he had already set foot on the island of New Zealand.

Then he said that because he did not use the compass and compass of the Song Dynasty, this seafarer encountered a storm on the sea, lost his way, and was blown to the other side of the ocean, and lived on it for 20 years. In order to find a way to come back, I traveled to many areas on the other side of the ocean and saw many novel grains, fruits and vegetables. These have a lot of uses, Zheng Lang listened to it very seriously, with his kind of photo-style drawing method, carefully painted the original plant in front of this seafarer, after confirmation, Zheng Lang will save these drawings, but at that time the ship technology and navigation industry was not so developed, Zheng Lang has not said.

The advent of the safety prison has created possibilities. One is the supply point, which even leads to the island of New Zealand. Of course, this is his prevarication, but in fact, he deliberately pushed it step by step, but he couldn't say it. The second is ship technology, Zheng Lang has always been curious about Zheng He's treasure ship, and in Zheng Lang's various measures and guidance, as well as the growth of safety supervision, ship technology has gradually matured. Huge ships of 30,000 stone have appeared on a large scale on the sea, that is, the carrying capacity has reached 15,600 tons. It is not possible to have a small ship, not only to load soldiers, but also not to bring a large amount of logistics over, there is no supply point to the east, it is a vast and boundless ocean, even if you get to the other side, you may not be able to get food. After returning, the cabin has to move a huge amount of space to transfer plants. Therefore, the ship should be big, not only big, but also strong, and some ships are small, not necessarily unstable. There are also some dockyards that have tried to build bigger ships, but they have failed. Can sail, but can not withstand the wind and waves well. Therefore, Zheng Lang pondered, nine times out of ten, it was not as good as Zheng He's treasure ship. However, in this era, it can be said that it is the most advanced ship in the world.

There was so much he wanted on the other side. Potatoes, corn and sweet potatoes are all three things that are indispensable.

But not only these three, but also not only peanuts, peppers, but also rubber, fine lint cotton, and one of the most important things, even if peppers and peanuts can't be found, it doesn't matter, but this is essential, cinchona, in the so-called artemisinin technology is not mature, the cost is high, malaria is still the number one killer of southern immigrants, cinchona trees can well replace this blank. It's not just about the South, it's about the future ......

Also, cocoa, sunflowers, sweet potatoes, tomatoes, beans, lima beans, apples, pineapples, custardsops, guavas, avocados, cashew nuts, American ginseng, papaya, banana taro, bamboo shoots, chayote, sapodilla, lucuma, yacon, dragon fruit, etc. In particular, many fruits will make Liangguang become the fruit capital of the world, and it is impossible not to prosper. Despite the difficulty of transporting them now, there are ways to get these fruits out, such as dried fruits, and like cane sugar, to make fruit compatiles. Then, after a few decades, the two Guangzhous will undergo earth-shaking changes.

In addition to these fruits, grains, vegetables and medicinal herbs, there are also some flowers and some ornamental plants, but Zheng Lang doesn't know what they will have, all of which can be introduced. After all, the Song Dynasty was a country that loved flowers and songs. If all of them are introduced, how many people will be employed, fed, and how much output value will be created?

Zheng Lang said, putting down the paintings he had painted. Explain what it does one by one.

No one doubted it either. These drawings were painted for a long time. And Zheng Lang has always attached great importance to overseas, coupled with his kind of physical reasoning that he can't even confirm himself, which led to the creation of a huge safety prison. Over the years, how much wealth did Ping'an Jian bring to the Song Dynasty. What if there is no safety supervision committee? Even Zhao Ji didn't dare to think about it.

While looking at Zheng Lang's drawings and listening to Zheng Lang's explanation, especially when they heard the yield of potatoes and sweet potatoes, many ministers' eyes lit up. Zheng Lang said very implicitly, saying that their yield per mu would be as high as 500 catties, and it may be close to 1,000 catties. In later generations, with proper planting methods and sufficient fertilizer, it is possible to reach more than 10,000 catties and 5,000 catties, but it will never be possible in this era. But it cannot be said that they are not food, such as the significance that potatoes have for Europe. There is also corn, which is deliberately prepared for the north with low yields, hardy and does not pick the ground. High yield. The population is growing, and the whole north is getting economic benefits. A variety of cotton, resulting in an increasing shortage of food in the whole north, what will the appearance of these things represent? Although the Qing Dynasty fed 400 million people, not only did there be miscellaneous grains, but also the benign results brought about by the wind and rain, the further development of technology, large-scale reclamation, and the increase in grain production. Can't think so pessimistic, although it did not prevent the Ming Dynasty from going to the end, in fact, there is also the responsibility of the imperial court, when they appeared, it was when the Donglin Party and the Eunuch Party were fighting for joy, where to take care of these grains, let alone actively promote. So they didn't have much effect. Therefore, a great man is a great man, and Zhu Yuanzhang saw the role of cotton and issued an edict to promote it. As for the later scholars, what else do they have besides the seals and seats in their eyes?

There is a shortage of grain in the north, and what they value is grain, so that they ignore the role of fine staple cotton, the role of rubber, and the role of cinchona. However, some vegetables and fruits in the latter are not very serious, and it is better to find them, and it doesn't matter if they can't be found, including peppers, peanuts and melon seeds. But the first six things are indispensable.

Something for sure.

But then Zheng Lang talked about the risks.

The first is the risk at sea. Today, seafaring still runs along the coastline, including to Oceania, with a continuous supply of islands and lighthouses to guide the course. But to the east, it is not good, even if there are islands, they are all very small islands, even if they can be landmarked, there are few small islands, and they can encounter strong winds and waves at any time, and even lose their way.

Bruno created a miracle and successfully sailed the world with his men, which was the side of success, when Spain and Portugal were forced by their own circumstances to make a living overseas, and only one or two out of ten survived at first. Seeing the side of success, more and more people actually died on the vast sea.

At sea, you are extremely risky.

The second is the risk of land, these plants from Central America to the southern tip of South America, not only are the environment harsh, the language is not clear, the two continents are distributed with strong indigenous peoples, and these indigenous people have some strong armed forces, not like the backward indigenous people of Oceania. The most ingenious way is to prepare some gifts, where the aborigines have a lively personality, so the gifts should be brightly colored, not afraid of cheesiness, the more gaudy the better. You can use them to avoid evil, but you can guarantee that you won't have evil when you give a gift? There are also significant risks on land. There are not only indigenous people killing and captling slaves, but also ferocious animals, complex terrain, and the risk on land is no weaker than on the sea.

There are risks, but the phenomenon of grain shortage in the north is getting worse and worse, and this year's drought was fortunate because we were preparing to stabilize grain prices, but last year we saw that the situation was not good, and we were afraid that people with intentions would make a fuss and suppress reforms, so we prepared a lot of grain. Without these food preparations, what would the north be today?

Coupled with some foundation brought by the Ping'an Prison, Zheng Lang wanted to form a fleet of five ships and go to the other side to bring back these plant seeds and seedlings. Each of the two thousand people, fully armed, the cost will not be too high, even if it is a gift, mainly bright, not luxury, the ship is mainly solid, not luxury, the money and silk used will be accepted by the imperial court. But the number of people must not be less, otherwise it will be ashore and will face a catastrophe.

If successful, it means a lot.

However, Zheng Lang is very sober, and he is definitely not so optimistic, if the five fleets go east, if two or three can come back, it will be very good, it is possible that the whole army will be wiped out, and none of them will be able to come back.

That's what it is. Sure to die. And many more died.

Go. The choice is please.

Don't when the time comes, even though you bring things back, you can't see the value of these things, but instead impeach yourself for disregarding human life. Don't say it's impossible. For example, how many people have seen the efforts made by Wang Anshi in history?

Everyone felt very apprehensive together.

The introduction of plants, in the Song Dynasty was not excluded, and the city of rice. Under the leadership of Zheng Lang, cotton moved north to Hebei, wheat spread to the south, and some fruits were brought back from the South China Sea, such as mangosteen, rambutan, mango, and bread tree, etc. It is mostly planted in Lingnan and has no relationship with the Central Plains. But there were merchants who brought them back from the south. Because of transportation and storage, the price is very expensive after arriving in the capital, try more, spend a lot of money to buy a little back and taste it.

The fruit is of little significance, but the northward migration of cotton brought earth-shaking changes to the Song Dynasty. There is also the pyrethrum brought back from the West, which makes mosquito coils, which is of great significance, and earns two million yuan for the imperial court every year, which is almost equivalent to the original two monopoly income of tea and alum.

At least in the year of the great cold, the people who froze to death were almost extinct.

It is not as significant as the several grains that Zheng Lang said. However, when I heard that people would die, and many people would die, they were a little hesitant. This is exactly what Zheng Lang is most worried about, the Song Dynasty will have many unnatural births and deaths every year, some because of poor medical conditions, young deaths, some because of poverty, starvation and illness, or drowning their own children alive is still happening. But it has nothing to do with all of you, because since ancient times, it can't be avoided. It should be said that today, these unnatural deaths have decreased a lot.

In the Song Dynasty, it seemed that human life was taken very seriously, and death row prisoners were retried many times before they could be sentenced. Human life is greater than everything, taken from the people, used for the people, people-oriented, not Zheng Lang is saying it alone, it seems that everyone is saying it. But don't take it seriously.

However, those unnatural deaths are not directly related to them, but if they directly push for them, causing many deaths, they often become the best targets for political opponents. Even losing the war will lead to the collapse of the political career.

The prospect that Zheng Lang said was very wonderful, but when he heard it, many people would die, and they were silent one by one.

In fact, it is still a catastrophe that has struck, otherwise there will be ministers with ulterior motives to oppose it at this time.

Fu Bi opened his eyes, his voice was a little hoarse, and asked, "What is the possibility of the annihilation of the whole army?" ”

This problem is very critical, even if there is a group of people who come back safely and bring these plants to the Song Dynasty to promote, there must be controversy at the beginning, after all, only a small number of seeds and seedlings are brought back, and if you want to get credit, it will take several years for the imperial court to work hard to develop, but as long as there is what Zheng Lang said, some results can be seen after a year, and the controversy will gradually disappear. As for the soldiers and strong men who sacrificed, it was a big deal that the imperial court allocated funds to support their families. I am afraid that a single group of men and horses will not be able to come back, 10,000 people will disappear, and the imperial court will have to take out two or three million treasures to prepare for this voyage.

"It's very unlikely that the whole army will be wiped out, but I can't absolutely guarantee it," Zheng Lang replied honestly.

"Where's that seaman?" Wu Chong asked.

He went back, but he replied in great detail, and I drew these paintings bit by bit according to what he said, and I was confirmed by him, and I thought they were very reliable, but he had a low vision, lost his way, and escaped by luck, and would not have thought of taking them to the South China Sea, and besides, there were many plants that were not suitable for cultivation in the South China Sea. There is no doubt about their existence or distribution, where he has been for twenty years, at least the extent can be determined. Ladies and gentlemen, don't think about the real harvest of plants, what you consider is their risk. Zheng Lang said. The picture has been drawn for a long time, and when exactly it was drawn, who can tell it.

Remain silent together.

If nothing happens, as soon as something happens, Zheng Lang just released the news, but they allowed it, and they must bear this responsibility at that time, it is 10,000 people, 10,000 lives, and then the world will be turbulent, whoever nods will be unlucky.

"It's better to think about it carefully," Zheng Lang said. Slightly disappointed, it seems that the people here still regard the future of the country as more important than their official position.

The corners of Zhao Ji's mouth moved, and he wanted to say, but he didn't know where to start.

Wang Anshi suddenly said: "Your Majesty, everyone, I thought it was okay. If there is no edict from His Majesty Zhenzong to import Champa rice from Champong, and now there are so many people, plus disasters, what will be the consequences? For this alone, there are more than 10,000 living people. It's millions of people. Zheng Gong just said that he sees things in a pluralistic way. A dualistic view deals with things. That's exactly what happened. Although the loss is small, the gain is immeasurable, why can't it be implemented? ”

Deng Juan said: "Your Majesty, let the ministers preside." ”

Such a great good thing. But no one dared to speak, wasn't it just afraid that something would happen? I'll be responsible, and I'll take care of it.

It may not be that he has such a high level of consciousness, but he is gambling. However, Zheng Lang breathed a sigh of relief. Whether it's a black cat or a white cat, it's a good cat to catch mice. Deng Huang came out, and the crisis in the north was so serious, and about this time the parliament was passed, he couldn't help but look up at Zhao Xuan.

Zhao Ji thought for a while, and said with his forehead: "Okay, this time I will hand it over to Deng Qing." ”

The ministers are scattered.

didn't say anything, because what Zheng Lang said was too far away, and they didn't know what the consequences would be.

However, Zheng Lang took the initiative to cooperate with Deng Juan and prepare soldiers. The requirements for soldiers are very high, and those who are only children in the family cannot go. The elderly and children in the family cannot go, the infirm and sick cannot go, and the northerners cannot go, and once selected, in addition to the salary will continue to be paid to the family, each family will also be given another 50 yuan.

Then there are the materials and herbs and ships, the ships must be strong, and at the same time must be equipped with sailors and ships that have gone south many times to the South Seas, as well as weapons, because the terrain is complex, weapons and armor must be flexible, but the quality must not be reduced.

Then, by memory, he drew a map of the American continent, and the location of these plants, which can only be said to be approximate, even if the brick family comes, it may not be very accurate. There are also monsoons and currents in the ocean. These are all preparations, and it will take many months to set off.

But this matter is finally settled.

Waiting for Wang Shao's return.

Wang Shao went to Beijing, and the newspapers repeatedly publicized that on the day Wang Shao returned to the capital, all eyes were on both sides of the avenue, and there were people watching Wang Shao.

Zhao Ji personally led the ministers to meet him.

Because of Zheng Lang's explanation, Zhao Ji was not too worried about the Khitan, and he was not so frightened that he wanted Guo Kui to go to the north for defense, but was stopped by Wang Anshi, and happily talked about the Northwest Campaign with Wang Shao.

However, in history, Wang Anshi had a lot of opinions about Guo Kui because Guo Kui was proposed by Han Qi, and Wang Anshi did not have a good impression of Guo Kui at this time. Even Zheng Lang couldn't figure out Guo Kui's thoughts, and continued to wait and see.

The disaster is getting worse and worse, but there is still a lot of food in the national warehouse, and everyone is not worried, plus Wang Shao's return, which finally brought a joy to the Song Dynasty. But if you are very happy, you will be sad.

Wang Shao did not carry out any further expansion activities before his return. There are several reasons.,East of Hezhou, no matter what the blood was before.,But the Sinicization phenomenon is relatively heavy.,It's easy to conquer and manage.,After Hezhou to the west.,Even if you get it, it's not easy to manage.。 Secondly, the Western Xia conquered Tibet many times, defeated Huangzhou, and the logistics supply of the expedition to Huangzhou was very long, and it was impossible not to be afraid at all. Strategically speaking, it is necessary to reach the goal of sending troops from Tongyuan Army and Hezhou, and Lanzhou can be operated at any time, once Lanzhou is cut off and the Hexi Corridor is lost, Western Xia is equivalent to cutting off an arm. Finally, there is the factor of troops, the more they occupy, the fewer troops they have, so they are more and more dispersed, the forces are more tense, and Wang Shao is not allowed to continue to expand westward.

At this time, Mu Zheng also fled into the territory of Western Xia, stayed in the Niche Valley, and while seeking assistance from Western Xia, he wrote to his uncle asking for support. Wang Shao, their uncle and nephew, also considered it, but he didn't think that they would join forces, because the blind felt mother and the mother of the felt horn were Li Lizun's daughters. In the end, the tiger was poisonous and did not eat the child, and the two of them escaped from the development force. Therefore, the Song Dynasty attacked the Mu Zheng brothers, and Dong Yu never made a move. Wang Shao didn't want to mess with this Dong Yu. The army will not expand westward after setting foot in Baicheng, which is also a manifestation of tacit understanding.

But Wang Shao neglected a small person, Dong Yu's adopted son Ali Gu, his mother was a Uighur, and there was no Tibetan concept of feud, on the contrary, because Lin Qibi died, Khotan's wife and the Tangut princess were inherited by him as usual, this Xixia princess was the real Tangut princess, Li Bingchang's own sister, not only her, but also a large number of servants who came, so she instigated in front of Ali Gu. In fact, Dong Yu didn't want to have trouble with the Song Dynasty, but he couldn't stand Ali Gu coming to instigate. So he wanted to give the Song Dynasty a scare and sent the first brave general of Tubo, Qingyi Jiejie Ghost Chapter, to the east.

In the face of Wang Shao's might, Ghost Zhang did not dare to move. Until Wang Shao returned to Beijing, only Jing Sili was left to stay in Hezhou, and Guizhang still did not make a move, first meeting with Mu Zheng's forces, and then analyzing the situation. Although Wang Shao is gone, the elite soldiers and brave generals under his command are still there, and the strength of the Western Army cannot be underestimated. Secondly, the Tibetans were not good at attacking cities, while the Han people were good at defending cities. Although in the first few battles, the Song army defeated the Tibetan army in the field. That was Wang Shao's proper command. In fact, the Tibetans were better at field and mountain warfare than the Song army. Mu Zheng's face turned red when he heard this. The general of the defeated army is not brave, what to do, it is impossible to refute. In the end, Wang Shao won over and subdued many Tibetans, but these tribes did not really obey. The Song army can use it, and the Tibetan army can also use it.

Ghost Zhang came to the following conclusions, Wang Shao was not there, and it was very difficult to recapture Hezhou. It can't be delayed for long. Once Wang Shao returns, even he may not be his opponent. The decisive battle must be held in the wilderness, and the Song army should be lured into the battlefield of its choice as much as possible, not as before, when the power of the battlefield has always been in the hands of the Song army, so even in the field, there have been repeated defeats. After all, the Song army was strong, and it was necessary to maximize the victory in the first battle, and it was also necessary to be mentally prepared for a long-term battle.

Therefore, there were four steps to force the Song army commander to leave the city to fight. Set up an ambush to kill the Song army, and Guangjie Hezhou Tubo Zhuqiang. Formed a joint front, formed an alliance with the Western Xia, and fought each other at the corner, and attacked Longyou from the north and south. These analyses and plans will be reported to Dong Yu, and Dong Yu will be approved.

But Ghost Zhang was still very careful, first made a small action to probe, disturbed Hezhou's Fan, lured Zhao, Chang, Dipper and other three clans, gathered troops in Xishan, attacked and killed Hezhou wood-picking sergeants, and harmed seven people including envoy Zhang Pu. In fact, it is very meaningful, Tubo has been defeated in successive battles, and its morale is depressed, but the logging is not an elite Song army, so it is easier to start and use it to boost morale. Moreover, since the former place of abundant water and grass in Dafeichuan has become the Gobi Desert, the Tibetan people have taken the initiative to maintain the ecological environment and consciously protect the forest. The Song army operated Longyou, since Cao Wei, it has developed Longyou vigorously, not only felling wood to repair the military camp to roast fires, but also along the Weishuijing River to the east, transported to Guanzhong and the capital for sale. Over the years, Zheng Lang has been developing and closing mountains at the same time, and the two-pronged approach has been to protect water and soil to the greatest extent, but it is impossible to say that there is no development and no logging. In the Central Plains, the wood of the Wa Kingdom of Goryeo was used instead, but the local military camp had to be built and a fire had to be built to keep warm, especially at the beginning of spring, and the weather on the plateau was still very cold. Therefore, some Tibetans were not happy. This move will win the hearts of the Tibetan and Qiang people, and it will further win over the tribes.

Under careful preparation, but the Song army was very clever and escaped in time, killing only seven generals, and did not achieve his wish.

This disappointed Ghost Zhang, so the next plan began. first sent a very disrespectful letter to Jing Sili, which angered Jing Sili. and then threatened that it was Mu Zheng as the coach to attack the White City. Tabaicheng is the gateway to the west of Hezhou, and strategically the Song army must be saved. Mu Zheng was a defeated general under the Song army, and he was also defeated by Jing Sili, and the Song army would have the heart to underestimate the enemy. Mu Zheng's escape was finally stuck in the Song army's management of Xihe Erzhou, and the Song army must also get Mu Zheng.

Given three sufficient reasons to send troops, will the Song Dynasty still send troops?

Not disappointing him, Jing Sili was furious when he saw the letter, and wanted to lead 6,000 soldiers of the Tibetan Han to attack the Tubo army stationed on the outskirts of Tali City.

The surrendered Tubo leader Blind Medicine and Han Cunbao persuaded him, especially the Blind Medicine, and repeatedly persuaded Jing Sili that the Song Army was not facing Mu Zheng this time, but the famous general Ghost Zhang of Hehuang, and he should not be underestimated. Jing Sili didn't listen. Let Han Cunbao and Wei Qi be the vanguard, Wang Ning should respond, Wang Cun should be the left rib, Jia Yi should be the right rib, Li Qi should be the queen of the palace, and Zhao Ji should be the queen. Several of them are brave generals who emerged in the Western War, as for the nearly 30,000 troops gathered in Tubo, Jing Sili didn't think about it at all, fighting all the way to the present, wasn't that time to break more with less? Not to mention that one breaks five, one breaks ten, and even Miao grants five hundred to break tens of thousands. But he didn't expect that at this time and that time, Mu Zheng's rate of 30,000 and Ghost Zhang's rate of 30,000 were worlds apart.

Out of Hezhou City, fighting with Mu Zheng, Mu Zheng habitually collapsed, and soon after the battle, he fled to the west, Jing Sili led the army to chase and arrived at the outskirts of Tabai City. Tabai City was still in the hands of the Song Dynasty, and Ghost Zhang was also wise not to storm it, but there were few troops in the city, and both warring sides ignored it. Then the ghost chapter swaggered here to build a three-pillar chain of defenses. From morning to end, there were dozens of bloody battles, regardless of victory or defeat. The two sides are still fighting, in fact, until now, Ghost Zhang's heart is also cold, after all, the morale of the two sides is different, the longer the battle, beyond the bottom limit of their own soldiers, the three armies will inevitably collapse. The tension forced him to play an ambushed hole card first.

In the ravine behind the hill where the two sides were opposed, there was also an ambush of a Tibetan army. If you kill it now, it will definitely not have much of a miracle effect. Jing Sili didn't care, because Li Qi and Wang Ning guarded the back. The problem lies here, if Li Qi and Wang Ning hold on, the ambush army will not be effective, and the front-line army will be cold, and the direction of the war will inevitably be rewritten. But in the face of the arrival of the black and oppressive Tubo ambush army, Li Qi did not dare to fight. Flee with his army...... The Mikawaguchi incident was staged again.

Li Ji fled. Wang Ning is alone. The Song army in front was dragged by the Tubo people again, and Wang Ning died heroically.

The Tubo ambush army successfully formed a flank attack on the Song army, and the morale of the originally depressed Tubo soldiers soared, and Jing Sili was full of grief in his heart. Send someone to ask Li Yan, why did the arson thief get by? Li Qi was a thief and didn't answer.

But that's it, it still made Jing Sili lead the three armies to kill tragically. His general Zhao Yuankai was killed in battle. However, the casualties of the Song army were not large, 6,000 soldiers and horses, and there were 5,000 soldiers and horses left at this time. Because Han Cunbao and Wei Qi and other brave generals were injured, Jing Sili listened to the advice of his younger brother Jing Siyi and Feng Su, and took the generals to be injured, the sky was dark, and the soldiers were tired, so he withdrew the army to the slope in the east, and set up camp first for a night's rest. Fight again tomorrow.

The soldiers were about to set up camp, but the Tibetans chased after them again. Ghost Zhang is a famous general. Such a good situation can't annihilate the Song army, how can it be done to rest for one night. This battalion could not be established, and Jing Si Lifu led more than 100 horsemen to rush downhill and fight with the Tubo people. In fact, at this time, not only Wei Qi was injured, but Jing Sili himself was also hit by three arrows, with injuries. It was these more than 100 people, in the face of thousands of Tibetan horses, that actually killed thousands of Tibetan horses. Think about it, if the Song army on the ridge pounces down at this time, thousands of Tibetan cavalry will flee for their lives, and if thousands of Tibetan cavalry flee to the west, the whole army will be chaotic with the base camp of Ghost Zhang, then it will still be a great victory.

But at this moment, Li Qi went crazy again, saw the Tubo people entangled desperately, lost confidence in battle, and led the army to flee again. Not only did he run, but another general, Han Cunbao, saw Li Qi fleeing, knowing that his morale was gone, and he didn't know what tactics Su Dongpo's good friend Chaogu taught him, so he couldn't see such a great opportunity, and he also fled east with his men and horses. As soon as the two generals fled, all the Song troops on the ridge fled together. Jing Siyi couldn't persuade him.

Jing Sili turned around and hoped that the Song army on the ridge would take advantage of the situation to kill and come to a glorious victory, but after a long battle, he had no faith, turned his head and looked, his teeth were piercing, and he was angry, and said: "I just rode away thousands of soldiers, but no one helped me, the army was defeated, and I committed suicide to thank the court." ”

The crowd was persuaded to stop.

The Tubo people were killed by the Song army, and suddenly saw the Song army but suddenly fled. Maybe Mu Zheng is here, Jing Sili will be safe, but it is Ghost Zhang, Ghost Zhang immediately saw that this was a good time, and led the three armies to catch up. Jing Sili knew that the defeat was inevitable, and there was still a long way to escape from here to Hezhou, so he spontaneously led more than 100 horsemen to break the rear and fight and go. The main force of the Song army was saved, and Li Ji, Han Cunbao and Jing Siyi were safe, but Tubo besieged Jing Sili and did not kill him, and died heroically.

The Battle of the White City is over.

However, the ghost chapter also made Song Jun feel cold, and he didn't dare to make further moves.

In fact, it is not a big deal, although several generals have been lost, but the war is ultimately won and defeated, and it is not a battle of annihilation, the main force is still there, in the face of the first brave general of Tubo, more than four times the force, heavy ambushes, and the serious consequences of Li Qi and Han Cunbao's cowardice, it is not easy. However, when it happened in the Song Dynasty, everything was different.

The Western Army opened the river and won many great victories, killing tens of thousands of Tibetan troops, no one saw it, the Song army lost more than 1,000 soldiers and horses, and the sky fell. However, after the tragic victory, it brought some trouble to the Song Dynasty, and after hearing the victory of the Battle of Baicheng, the monk Wen Zun, Li, and Long responded to the three Qiang tribes, and besieged Minzhou, and the road was impassable for several months.

And what is terrible is that there are still many victims who are opening up the Sichuan Gorge Road, of which Minzhou Road is also one of the focuses. Fortunately, the construction progress was a little slow, and the people were still in the south and did not reach the territory of Minzhou. The first war and the encirclement caused a series of consequences.

Not fatal yet.

The Tubo people finally won, and the ghost chapter cut off Jing Sili's head, put it in a box, and circulated it to the envoys of the Western Regions. This news was originally very slow to reach the Song Dynasty, but because there were many scouts from the spy battalion who secretly infiltrated the territory of Qingtang, they were furious after hearing it.

The two armies fought, some were wounded and some were killed, even if the head was cut off and hung above the city gate, this is understandable, but it is impossible to pass the head of the lord or the governor of Hezhou, the head of a country's dignified official to the envoys of other countries, what kind of contempt is this for the Song Dynasty?

Quickly spread the news to the capital.

After Zhao Ji saw the information, his hands trembled with anger.

Wang Shao said: "Your Majesty, the minister will return quickly." ”

Needless to say, but at this time, Zheng Lang suddenly said: "Your Majesty, let the minister go to the West." (To be continued.) )