Last year, the invasion of Western Xia was the autumn harvest of Dafu, but the support of the imperial court and the grain stored by the people would not starve the people of Yan'an, but if this year's spring sowing was delayed, the people of Yan'an would definitely wander around because of famine during the autumn harvest season. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ/qΒ5。 //

Animal power, seeds, farm tools, all kinds of spring sowing materials supported by the imperial court are piled up in the warehouse near Yan'an Mansion, and the warehouse is opened when spring sowing arrives, and the heavy task makes Fan Zhongyan, the prefect of Yan'an Mansion, busy with his feet on the ground, seeing Fan Zhongyan, who is getting thinner, Zhao Lei began to rejoice that his official position as a festival envoy is hung in the name of the Privy Council, and he does not have to be responsible for the political affairs of Yan'an Mansion, otherwise it is not Fan Zhongyan who is busy now.

At dusk on this day, the spring rain washed the sky with loess flying, and Zhao Lei took the officials of Yan'an Mansion who were above the fifth grade to the north gate early to wait for Han Qi and his party.

Han Qi's return was not a big deal, but with Han Qi's return to the three chiefs of the Great Song Dynasty, it has a great influence, since the time of Yuan Hao's father Deming, there has never been a tribal obedience, and now the three tribes of thousands of people are submissive, when Zhao Lei reported the news to Bianjing, this matter has risen to an international height, according to the news sent by the Bianjing Imperial Court eight hundred miles urgently, the official Zhao Zhen means to do this matter big and heavy, and it is best to let all the countries around the Great Song Dynasty know the news that the three tribes are submissive to the Great Song Dynasty, In this way, it not only fell the face of Yuanhao of the Western Xia, but also greatly strengthened the international status of the Great Song Dynasty, and deepened the sense of belonging of small tribes to the Great Song Dynasty, so as to attract more minority tribes to submit to the Great Song Dynasty, so this time Zhao Lei led the civil and military officials on behalf of the Great Song Dynasty to wait early at the north gate to welcome the return of the three tribes.

"It's coming!"

The horse's hooves accompanied the news of the horse exploration to the ears of Zhao Lei and others, and with the sound of the sound, Zhao Lei and other senior generals in the army took out a telescope and began to look at the sky. The civilian system of the same industry is a little embarrassing, except for Fan Zhongyan, who has a telescope sponsored by Zhao Lei, other civilian officials who asked Zhao Lei for a telescope were rejected by Zhao Lei on the grounds of military secrets, and he could only watch the generals in the army put on a show there without any way.

The first to catch everyone's eyes were Han Qi, the commander of the new army sitting on a war horse, Xia Sui, the general of Zuo Shenwu, and the three chiefs of different ages who were dressed in different clothes, and behind them were tens of thousands of troops of the new army and Zuo Shenwu, as well as tens of thousands of tribal people driving cattle, sheep, and carriages.

Zhao Lei led the civil and military officials to meet him, and after Han Qi and others dismounted, Han Qi, the middleman, began to introduce the names and positions of Zhao Lei and the three chiefs, and then Zhao Lei greatly praised and appeased the three chiefs on behalf of the Great Song Dynasty, and let the three tribes repair outside Yan'an City. Fan Zhongyan was responsible for receiving the three chiefs, while Zhao Lei took Han Qi and Xia Sui and others back to the garrison of the Bianjing Forbidden Army in the south of the city.

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In the big tent in the army, after Zhao Lei, Han Qi and others sat down, Zhao Lei looked at Han Qi's face full of wind and frost and obviously thin body, and said with emotion: "It's hard to attack Xiazhou, Lord Han." ”

"The desert wind and frost forge people's souls! People who have never been to the desert will never understand the hardships and horrors in the desert, but fortunately, it is not in vain, otherwise the lower officials will really have no shame to see the officials and your lords. Han Qi's face became dark, his expression was more resolute than before, and his tone was much tougher than before.

"The affairs of those three tribes are not our concern, and the court will settle them. What the official cares about is how many of you come back? Zhao Lei looked at the many familiar faces in the tent, and suddenly several generals did not appear in the image. Zhao Lei, who had already understood the whereabouts of the disappeared few people, asked Han Qi carefully.

Zhao Lei's inquiry made Han Qi's expression darken, and he was silent for a long time before he said: "Lord Hui, of the 50,000 troops who went out this time, only 22,000 people returned, and only 18,000 of the 30,000 strong men returned, among which there were still some wounded and other soldiers, so we could only bury them on the spot." ”

Of the 80,000 people, only 40,000 returned, and many of them were wounded. The other 40,000 Song Jian'er will be buried in a foreign country forever, and Han Qi's answer made Zhao Lei also begin to gloom.

"The lower official asked the lord to punish him, and the lower official lost his troops and failed to achieve the intended goal, not only did he not attract the Western Xia army. It took several months to take Xiazhou, and it was also pinned down in Xiazhou by the Western Xia cavalry, unable to rescue Sanzhou. Miss the battle of the official road of Liulibao, and the lower official asks for punishment! Han Qi knelt down at this time and said sadly.

"Attacking Xiazhou is a strategy set by this official, it is not the fault of Lord Han that Yuan Hao did not send a large army to support Xiazhou, and it is not Lord Han's task to rescue Sanzhou, Lord Han does not need to blame himself, but this official is very strange, the defenders of Xiazhou are only 10,000 people, and the cavalry sent by Yuan Hao to reinforce the ground is only more than 10,000, even if all the people in Xiazhou are soldiers, Lord Han will not be unable to retreat, why is he returning now?" Zhao Lei raised the question in his heart and said.

"Lord Hui, the lower official ......" Han Qi slowly said his experience of attacking Xiazhou.

Zhao Lei waited for Han Qi to finish speaking before he realized that after Han Qi led his troops to Xiazhou, he used Zhao Lei's gunpowder barrel to blow up a section of the city wall in Xiazhou

The source place, which was built by Yuan Hao, was impregnable, and most of the party members in the city were loyal, although Han Qi blew up a section of the city wall, but the defenders of Xiazhou and the people united to start a street battle.

In the face of the united Xiazhou army and civilians, Han Qi tried his best to conquer Xiazhou, and could only be forced to fight in the streets of Xiazhou City and Xiazhou soldiers and civilians, although the new army has advanced weapons, but in the face of the Xiazhou defenders with geographical advantages, the Song army led by Han Qi did not have a big advantage, in the battle for one house and one lane, the Song army was at a disadvantage most of the time, and finally Han Qi took the risk of building a large camp in Xiazhou City, and the Xiazhou defenders fought day and night.

Not long after Han Qi was stationed in Xiazhou City, Yuan Hao's reinforced cavalry arrived in Xiazhou City, and even blocked the collapsed city wall and the four gates of Xiazhou, Xiazhou City was open and flat on all sides, and the Song army, which was dominated by foot soldiers, did not dare to go out of the city easily, so they began to fight for Xiazhou with the defenders of Xiazhou.

After several months of tug-of-war, Han Qi and the defenders of Xiazhou actually beat Xiazhou into ruins, and finally had no choice but to retreat after failing to keep up, and Han Qi saw Xiazhou in ruins, and finally had no choice but to return to Yan'an Mansion, subdued several small tribes in the Hengduan Mountains, and finally returned to Yan'an Mansion with the three tribes that returned to the Great Song Dynasty.

"Lord Han means that Xiazhou has become a ruin and has no value?" After listening to Han Qi's words, Su Xun's eyes flashed and asked with certainty.

"Not bad! In addition to the three city walls, most of the buildings in Xiazhou City have been demolished, burned and demolished by our army and the Xiazhou defenders, and the people of Xiazhou have all retreated, and the current Xiazhou City is definitely a ruin. Han Qi replied affirmatively.

"Where's the blacksmith! The iron workshops and blacksmiths in Xiazhou City! Was it also demolished? Are those artisans alive or dead? Su Xun continued to ask.

Han Qi replied with some embarrassment: "You also know that we didn't bring much supplies to Xiazhou, and after fighting for several months, that little thing was not enough, and there happened to be blacksmiths in the army, so the ironsmiths and iron workshops in Xiazhou City were all requisitioned by us, and the iron mines and iron shops were directly overturned after they were used, and some of those craftsmen were killed by mistake, some retreated with the Xixia people, and some came back with us." ”

"Good! Xiazhou is in ruins, the blacksmith shops and iron workshops in Xiazhou City have been knocked down, those craftsmen are also scattered, it will take a few years to rebuild Xiazhou, not to mention the countless costs, good craftsmen are not able to be trained overnight, losing Xiazhou this iron supply point, Xixia is estimated to not be able to equip the cavalry with all kinds of iron equipment for several years, Lord Han's contribution to destroying Xiazhou can defeat the 100,000 army of Western Xia! Zhao Lei finally understood the meaning of Su Xun's words at this time, and stood up excitedly to praise Han Qi and said.

"The lower officials don't dare to take credit, it all depends on the lives of the soldiers to get such a credit, and I hope that the adults will re-appease the soldiers who died in Xiazhou." Han Qi had already seen the consequences of destroying Xiazhou, and the plea just now was just for outsiders to see, and after seeing Zhao Lei's appreciation, he said in a very humble voice.

"The merits have their own official comments, those soldiers who died in the war will be compensated by the Privy Council, Lord Han has worked hard all the way, the official and Lord Fan have already set up a feast in the official office, Lord Han will go to freshen up first, and then go to the banquet together." Zhao Lei waved his hand and said to Han Qi.

After Han Qi retired and left, Wang Deji immediately jumped out and said, "Lord Zhao, is Yuan Hao's sudden retreat because of the fact that Xiazhou has become a ruin?" ”

"Not necessarily, the ruins of Xiazhou affect the future of Western Xia, and have no impact on Yuan Hao's current army, Yuan Hao's withdrawal of troops must be unwilling to continue the confrontation with my Great Song Dynasty, but he has already claimed the emperor, and he has no hole cards to negotiate with my Great Song Dynasty, how can I obtain the understanding of my Great Song court?" After Su Xun dismissed Wang Deji's statement, he still said to himself in confusion.

Su Xun's words gave Zhao Lei a headache, Yuan Hao's sudden retreat made hundreds of thousands of troops on Yan'an Road scratch their heads, and the hundreds of thousands of troops under Zhao Lei did not dare to leave the Yongxing Military Road, but hundreds of thousands of horses cost millions of military dollars every month, if Yuan Hao dragged on like this, even if the people of Xixia would be miserable, even the Great Song Dynasty would affect the economy of a country.

Could it be that Yuan Hao is ready to rely on this to bring down the economy of the Great Song Dynasty, but does Yuan Hao have such a smart mind? Does he know what the economy is? Zhao Lei thought with a secret smile in his heart.

Why did Yuan Hao retreat? And why did the troops in Xiping Mansion not move? And why don't you send someone over to negotiate? Countless question marks made Zhao Lei's head big.

"My lord! There was news from the Western Xia side that Yuan Hao killed a large number of generals in the army on the charge of defeat and ineffectiveness, and those generals had some severance with the anti-war faction within the Western Xia. Xiao Ruoruo opened the curtain and entered, holding a secret letter and said to Zhao Lei in a deep voice.

"Kill people with a knife, eliminate dissidents, and stabilize the regime!" Su Xun was the first to reflect, and immediately guessed the reason why Yuan Hao suddenly withdrew his troops after killing tens of thousands of Xixia soldiers in battle.

I see! Sure enough, it is a generation of heroes, even if he is defeated, he can actually use the opportunity to consolidate the rule of the country, Yuan Hao is worthy of the founding king of a generation! Zhao Lei finally understood Yuan Hao's thoughts, and sighed in his heart.

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