Spring is quietly coming to the world.\\ It seems that overnight, the banks of the Yellow River are covered with green.

After a few spring rains, a bird's-eye view from the sky reveals a miracle.

Suddenly, a large river appeared on the eastern land of the Song Dynasty, reaching Changlu in Cangzhou in the north and Huai River in the north of Chuzhou in the south. It has not yet been completely completed, and the north of the old course of the Yellow River in Dezhou is cut into several sections by several forks of the Yellow River. This part of the canal was not dug completely, and even if it was dug well, it did not dare to close. It is necessary to divert the Yellow River into the economy, and only after all the rivers in the north are closed can they be officially closed.

The canal south of the old road is basically completed, and not only has it been completed, but it has also begun to be navigable. However, it cannot be regarded as a real completion, and the tributaries of the water diversion can allow local officials to start slowly in the future, but some steep gates and sand storage ponds have not yet been repaired.

And that's just part of it.

The east of Jishui, the intersection of the canal and Jishui, was also rebuilt last year, and it was not finished, and to the south was the Huaihe River Basin, and several estuary projects were all repaired, but the rivers on the upper reaches of the Huaihe River were not completely completed, and the artificial lakes were not repaired. Moreover, it arrived at Bianshui, Bianshui was also a big problem in the Song Dynasty, this time the embankment was raised, and more than a dozen water storage lakes were dug along Bianshui, the big one was eighty or ninety square kilometers, and the small one was less than ten square kilometers. It is convenient to store water, and there is also a dry time through the aqueduct to irrigate crops.

There are a lot of projects left, which are relatively fragmentary, but there is no need to make a lot of noise like last year. Next year, it will all be completed, or the canal north of Texas will be opened up when the several northward flows of the Yellow River are closed. This will wait until next winter, when the water dries.

There are also Fuyang Water, Wudi River, Gudao and the main road from Cheongju to Juma River, and now the main road of the Yellow River will also be re-dredged, or after next autumn.

But there is still a big head, the Yellow River.

That's part of the money spent, and part of it wasn't spent much.

Hedong and Shaanxi Road.

Afforestation was regarded as a political achievement, and the system was a contract system implemented by Zheng Lang in Taiping Prefecture. All barren mountains in each prefecture and county shall be distributed to each village, and their benefits shall be shared equally according to the number of mouths. Adjustments are made every ten years. It is reassigned according to the change in the number of mouths.

Then the barren mountain is contracted to an individual, or several people jointly contracted, and the contracted income is jointly owned by the villagers of each village. For 100 years, the imperial court did not levy any taxes, only the commercial taxes generated during transactions, and made the barren mountains their own property. Then planted mulberry trees, fruit trees. Or a variety of lumber, which can be used as a building material, and pine trees that are more versatile.

There is also grass planting.

Alfalfa, this has long been available in the Song Dynasty, and the imperial court also spent money, collected some seeds, and distributed them to various states and counties. Money is not spent much. There are two kinds of alfalfa, one is the southern alfalfa, also known as the grass head, and the other is the alfalfa, also known as the king of pasture. Trees are planted on top and alfalfa is planted on the bottom. After all, from Hedong to Shaanxi, there are many herdsmen, but indiscriminate grazing will inevitably cause damage to soil and water. Once the state guides the people to grow alfalfa, it will not only provide more livestock grass, but also reduce nomadism.

In fact, the finances are tight, otherwise the imperial court will provide some more loans, and the effect will be more significant.

There are also some ugly things, such as some Haoqiang dividing the current mountain and wood circle into it, not only Haoqiang participates, but the villagers also forcibly occupy the existing mountain forest.

There are other bad things as well.

But the effect is there, and many barren mountains have arrived since spring. Many saplings are growing and growing. Underneath is a lush stretch of alfalfa grass.

It is still impossible to see if the Song Dynasty can take down Hehuang and Western Xia. If this kind of policy is fully implemented and some money is introduced, then after a few decades, the Longyou granary of the Tang Dynasty may not be unrealizable. Zheng Lang still doesn't want to say that the water and soil in the entire northwest are even weaker, but if this policy is fully implemented, the amount of sediment in the Yellow River will be halved in just 50 years.

Now it doesn't do much, just sow a seed.

Then move on to the more northerly region, Yanzhou.

A peaceful atmosphere immediately changed its flavor, and countless cavalry were preparing to set off for the front line.

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When night came, compared with the Song Dynasty, the west of Lingzhou was quiet, like a dead land.

Far away in the plains, two armies were facing each other, but suddenly a few horses came to this rolling mountainous area. Several people turned over and dismounted, and one bowed down and said, "Brother Zhao, Third Brother Wei, Fourth Brother Feng, Fifth Brother Lu, Sixth Brother Wei." ”

After saying that, bend down.

The five of them went up to help Zhou Yuan up, and Zhao Shanjin said: "Brother Tuesday, after returning to Shaanxi, you have to take more care of us." ”

"Don't worry, I'm ashamed."

"Second brother, if you are ashamed, my daughter is the same age as your second son."

"Okay," a few tears flashed in Zhou Yuan's eyes.

"Let's get down to business."

The six of them sat on the ground, and Zhou Yuan said: "Once the big war comes, you'd better ask to go to these two places, Wild Wolf Well and Erpo." The leaders of the two leading armies were all cronies of Pang, but they were too strict, and most of the sergeants came from Youyin Prefecture, and they had always missed the Western Xia royal family, and there were many conflicts in the army at this time, and morale was not high. Now they are in the rear, and in the event of a retreat, they will become flanks. ”

The five listened quietly.

They are selected from one in a million, all of them are shrewd and capable, and they are clever, but it does not mean that their military ability is also one in a million. It can only be said to be a make-up.

One of the Wild Wolf Wells and the Wild Wolf Slope is a bitter alkali land, and the other is a mountainous area, which is not the focus of this battle. But once the big war came, the five of them were the henchmen of Pang's subordinates, and the credit on the frontal battlefield could not be earned.

Zhou Yuan said again: "In my opinion, kill more." ”

Understand what he meant, killing and poking are heavy, all ethnic groups will form hatred, strong men will die more, and the national strength of Western Xia will decline, which will be very beneficial to the future Song Dynasty war.

After talking for a long time, Zhou Yuan stood up and said, "Then I'll go back to China first." ”

"Take care all the way."

"Take care of yourselves." Zhou Yuan said goodbye to the five of them, turned over on their horses, and gradually left. Where the five of them were still standing, Feng Gao said, "I'm really a little homesick." ”

The five of them all thought that although in order to hide their identities, the six of them all married wives and had children in Western Xia, this was not their home after all, and even when they slept at night, they were afraid that they would talk in their dreams and reveal their identities.

With the arrival of April, the river workers of the Song Dynasty gradually became quiet. Only a few men and soldiers scattered scattered on various construction sites. Three new forts were also erected on the west side of the Quye River, and the Linfu Road was very important, once the Song Dynasty recovered the Western Xia, the Khitan helped, and the Linfu Road was like a sharp knife, which would be inserted in the back of the Khitan army. In order for it to work, there must be a garrison and a strong government army in the local area. I want to have a government army. If you want to have food in the local area, you must have people, and you must take the Western Xia to the other side of the Quye River.

There is nothing to be done.

He saw that the Song Dynasty was vigorously governing the Yellow River, and thought that the Song Dynasty would not help him, nor would it help Li Liangzuo, and the two tigers were fighting. The Song Dynasty did a wall view. The Song Dynasty also did this before, letting the Western Xia and the Khitan fight, afraid that the Western Xia would be too weak, so they supported some materials and money, and then watched the two countries fight on the side, and secretly had fun.

did not hide the misjudgment of Pang and did not like the Song Dynasty to build forts, but at this time he did not want to offend the Song Dynasty.

I had to see that the Song Dynasty safely built the three forts again, and suddenly there were six forts scattered on the west side of the Quye River. The Song Dynasty did not cultivate, but the Western Xia did not imagine the encroachment on cultivation as before.

In desperation, since last winter, many fierce battles have been launched one after another.

In April, he sent troops to Lingzhou again.

Coming for the summer harvest.

There is a lack of grain west of Yanzhou, and he may not be able to get much summer grain when he goes to war, and the summer harvest in the Yinchuan Plain itself does not account for a large proportion, but he also doesn't want Li Liangzuo to get enough grain and grass. This split caused serious turmoil in Western Xia. Not only did it not hide the area under Pang's control, but there were many mutinies. There were also some mutinies in the areas controlled by Li Langzuo.

He still has the upper hand in terms of troops, but he has lost his righteousness. There are not many clans that support, and this military advantage is gradually shrinking. He had already thought of Khitan, but he hesitated in his heart and had not yet made a decision.

The two armies were in a stalemate east of the Yellow River, and they did not expect the Song Dynasty to suddenly send troops. Di Qing led 10,000 cavalry with Zhang Yu, Guo Kui and other generals, of which 5,000 cavalry were Fan cavalry, as well as 10,000 infantry and thousands of people, and suddenly left Suizhou. Zhe Jizu and Chong Ge led 2,000 cavalry and 3,000 infantry from Linzhou to the south and invaded Yinzhou.

He didn't think that the Song Dynasty would send troops behind his back, and almost all the troops in the rear were brought out together. Part of it is the superiority of troops, and part of it is to come to the Yinchuan Plain to eat.

The two Song armies came violently, and the troops of several prefectures and cities from Youzhou to Eastern and Western Xia were all empty, and they were quickly taken by the Song army.

This is also the true sense of the Song Dynasty, since the founding of the Western Xia, the heavy state of the Western Xia, Weizhou is not counted, it is too small. Then they quickly opened the warehouse and released the grain, and some of the people were so poor that they were about to change their children and eat. They also brought large quantities of grain, cloth, tea, and porcelain to trade with the tribes.

It was not a robbery, but a transaction, and the transaction was very fair, because the Song Dynasty was closed, and the price of livestock fell together, and this batch of grain came like timely rain.

Of course, the Song dynasty got some good horses.

The rampant cultivation of alfalfa allowed Di Qing to see a new way out of raising horses. Due to the terrain, even in the northwest, it is impossible to raise more good horses. But with this alfalfa, the forage problem can be solved. The Song Dynasty is no longer short of horses, but it lacks good horses that can go to the battlefield to fight.

There were also some tribes that were stubborn, including the Tibetans, who were immediately and ferociously extinguished with heavy troops. Only a few people saw the bad opportunity and fled to Xiazhou in time.

Leaving officials and people, one is to appease, the other is to trade, and the other Song troops converge, and the soldiers enter the Shendui Station.

Pang was shocked when he heard the news, and the generals were convened to discuss countermeasures.

Zhou Yuan said: "Prime minister, let your subordinates lead an elite army." ”

Because of the communication between each other, in several fierce battles, Zhou Yuan performed the best, killing more than 3,000 of Wei Minglang's subordinates and capturing more than 2,000 soldiers, and was known as the first good general under Wu Zang Pang. Just looking at the battle results, none of the generals under Pang's subordinates can compare with Zhou Yuan.

It's helpless not to hide the false Pang, in the face of Di Qing's famous murderous name, is there any other better manpower? I had to divide seven thousand of the most elite troops and hand them over to Zhou Yuan, and said: "Qingdu, the commander of the Song army this time is Di Qing, and this person is far from being your enemy. ”

"Prime minister, my subordinates know that after they go to Xiazhou, they will focus on defense, supplemented by offense, and act when the opportunity arises."

"Then I'm relieved," said the unwitting pang. If Western Xia was not divided, Di Qing would not say that he would only lead 20,000 or thousands of Song soldiers over, that is, 100,000 Song troops would come, and he would not be afraid. But at present, the more than 20,000 Song troops often become the straw that crushes them. Although there are not as brave as Tibetan and Qingdu, there are only 7,000 troops, even if the garrisons of Xiazhou and Shizhou Xiangyou Military Division are concentrated together, there are only more than 10,000 people. Wan Wan is not Di Qing's opponent. You can only defend, not attack.

Zhou Yuan was ordered to leave.

Didn't hide Pang Pang sat in the military tent and pondered, why did the Song Dynasty suddenly send troops? Did Li Liangzuo give the Song Dynasty any benefits, or did the Song Dynasty reckless and want to pick up the cheap?

There was no way, so he sent his cronies to the Khitan to welcome Ning Lingge back, and at the same time promised to cede the Beihetao to the Khitan. Otherwise, he will be more than lucky. The Song Dynasty sent troops to force it, knowing that it was poison, and they wanted to drink it.

The envoy left, forced by the situation, did not hide the false Pang prepared to withdraw the army step by step, and first slowly withdrew the army along the Lingzhou River to Yaode City.

Wei Minglang knows it in his heart. also received the news of the loss of Suiyin Erzhou through the scouts, and felt uneasy, the Song Dynasty finally sent troops, but if the Song Dynasty occupied Suiyin Erzhou and did not give it, it would be a big trouble at that time.

I am glad in my heart, fortunately, the Song Dynasty is governing the river, otherwise this time I did not hide Pang and plot rebellion, which would cause a series of consequences. And the prime minister seemed to be jealous of the emperor of the Song Dynasty. It also gave Daxia a chance of life. They all thought that Zheng Lang was suppressed by Zhao Zhen.

Therefore, the army was pressed closely, which made it difficult for Pang to retreat in time.

Zhou Yuan led 7,000 Western Xia strong brigades to Wuchi, Tiemenguan, and Wanjingkou to arrive in Xiazhou. He gathered more than 2,000 troops from Xiazhou, and ordered the Xiangyou Military Division to gather more than 1,000 troops to rush to Shizhou together.

Out of the ancient Great Wall and in Shizhou, the Song army had already taken Shendui Station. There were not many troops, only 5,000 Song troops.

Zhou Yuan summoned the generals and discussed countermeasures as well.

Two options. The first choice was to hold Shizhou. Waiting for the unconcealed Pang orders. The second option is to take advantage of the fact that the Song army only has 5,000 soldiers at Shendui Station. He occupies the advantage of the right time, place and people, and the number of troops is twice as large as that of the other party, Di Qing himself is still staying in Yinzhou and eating this Song army. The Song Dynasty originally sent not many troops, and after eating 5,000 soldiers, they had a city wall to defend, and the Song army was not enough to fear.

Of the two choices, which one will the Western Xia Zhu choose?

Almost unanimously chose the second one.

Zhou Yuan's admonition was like a stream, gathering all the troops, including nearly 4,000 children of all ethnic groups in Xiazhou who came spontaneously, after all, Xiazhou is the nest of Western Xia, and his loyalty is very high.

This gathering, which amounted to almost 15,000 soldiers, was full of morale and set off for the east.

When I came to the Wuding River, not far from the Shendui Station, I suddenly ambushed the soldiers.

There were not many Song troops, and Di Qing did not dare to use all the troops, and several prime ministers in the DPRK and China once again instructed them to be small in scale and small in scale to save money for the country. However, Shaanxi has a lot of troops, including various soldiers and village soldiers, almost reaching 300,000 troops.

These two thousand, thousands, are the fine taxes of the fine taxes.

Set up an encirclement by the Wuding River, and the Tangut people seemed to have eyes, and under the leadership of the Tibetan Qingdu, they drilled into it. But it's no wonder that although they are brave and brave, they are too much worse than Di Qing.

At first, the Xixia people were still resisting stubbornly, but in the midst of the fighting, they couldn't even see the boss without Tibetan Blue, and they heard the Song army on the opposite side shouting: "The head of Qingdu is here." ”

It was the head of that person, including Di Qing, no one knew, anyway, it would definitely disappear without Tibetan blue. But the Xixia people didn't know the inside story, looking at the bloody heads, it seemed that they looked similar, covered with blood, and they couldn't see clearly, and they couldn't find any Tibetan Qingdu in their army, so they all took it seriously.

Morale collapsed.

The Song army took the opportunity to attack, and the three armies fled to Shizhou.

However, at this time, there are dozens of miles away from Shizhou, and the Song army is different from usual this time, the cavalry accounts for half of the number, and the single combat effectiveness and war horses are not weaker than the Xixia people, but the military discipline is far superior to the Xixia army. After chasing and fighting, only more than 3,000 people were left in Shizhou. The main force of the Song army then followed, and had to flee again and flee to Xiazhou.

Reservoir dogs are going to fight.

Di Qing continued to lead people to catch up, and with the capture of Xiazhou. Leaving some people to trade, as well as suppressing some disobedient tribes, but the tribes that welcomed the Song army were co-opted, and the state treasury was opened, and the materials were distributed preferentially.

Military discipline has become stricter, and there are almost no bad behaviors such as burning, killing, rape, and plunder.

I didn't expect to do this, and immediately the people of the three states were convinced, but a seed was planted.

Di Qing himself took 15,000 soldiers and marched to Hengshan Longzhou.

didn't hide it, Pang heard the news, and his soul flew out of the sky. Let the Song army capture Longzhou, then more Song troops can enter Longzhou from Hengzhou, and even enter Hongzhou from the security army, and suffer the enemy on their own back. Immediately hurriedly prepared for the withdrawal of troops.

Wei Minglang organized the army in time to pounce.

The two armies launched a fierce battle under Yaode City, Li Huang and Wu Zang Naiyan, but at this time they also changed their names to Li Naiyan, from the flank soldiers out of the wolf well, Li Duanming and Li Kaitai, Li Wei soldiers out of Erpo. In two tragic battles, more than 5,000 of Pang's subordinates were killed, and in order to show their allegiance to the new master, the two did not even let go of the prisoners, and all of them were killed. Outflanked from the flanks after the victory, it became a fatal blow.

Tens of thousands of subordinates immediately collapsed, and Pang tried to flee to Xiazhou with some cronies, and let his subordinates be killed halfway, and took his head to Wei Minglang Yu and Liang Yi to offer a reward. At this time, Di Qing fought steadily and won Longzhou. He left a part of the army and led 10,000 troops to seize Hongzhou in front of Wei Minglangyu.

According to the previous covenant, the Song Dynasty was going to return these states to Western Xia, but Wei Minglang received a very bad news. The people of Western Xia were too bitter, in order to help them, Di Qing was kind, and transferred 30,000 troops from all walks of Shaanxi to carry grain and cloth to trade with the people of Liuzhou. That is to say, at this time, more than 50,000 Song troops were stuffed in the six states in Western Xia.

What does this mean, if you want to rely on it and not pay it back?

Wei Minglang Yu felt a headache, although he didn't hide the false Pang and finally wiped it out, but Di Qing was not easy to mess with, look at the brave general who didn't hide the false Pang and didn't hide the Qingdu, he only fought for one round, and he ate all the bones and slag. Even if you estimate it yourself, you are not this person's opponent.

Not only did he think so, but the news of the victory was fed back to the Song Dynasty, and after the Song Dynasty's monarchs and ministers cheered, many people really didn't want to pay it back.

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