On the evening of the 13th of the third day, Ren Fu ordered the whole army to stop and must rest. At that time, the location was Han Qi's intended destination, the source of a small river called Haoshui River in the southeast of Yangmu Long City, Liupan Mountain in the north of Langgan City.

This night, Ren Fu spent it in calm and anticipation. Zhu Guan and Wu Ying are stationed in Longluochuan, and Haoshui River is separated by Liupan Mountain, 5 miles apart. In Yangmulong City, there is Wang Jue who bravely rescued Sanchuan Village last year.

February 14 has finally arrived. Ren Fu's army went out of Liupan Mountain and advanced along the Haoshui River towards Yangmu Longcheng. On the other side, Zhu Guan and Wu Ying also rose from the camp, and the two armies were basically parallel, and they did not meet at the first time, in order to march as fast as possible and pursue the Western Xia people.

Rushing all the way, Sang Yi, the forward of Ren Fujun's army, chased him to a place 5 miles away from Yangmulong City. It is the resting place of the souls of tens of thousands of Song soldiers...

Sang Yi found five or six very strange wooden boxes placed on the side of the Haoshui River, each of which was not too big, but there was a sound of wings flexing and chirping from inside. This is the battlefield, and it is a place where deception is allowed, and the more deceit is made, the more clever it becomes. What the hell is this thing? What's so strange about appearing here at this time? Sang Yi immediately ordered the whole army to cease and inform the Lord to see it for himself in the future. When Ren Fu came, he also felt strange, but it was even more inappropriate to throw it aside and move on. Then open it up! In an instant, hundreds of pigeons soared into the air, and a loud pigeon whistle resounded throughout the valley. Hit the trick! Everyone in the Song Army thought that this was a military pigeon, and a few hundred pigeon whistles were enough to compare with the war drums and deliver the news!

On that day, the wings flew higher and higher, and the pigeon's whistle gradually rose into the air, becoming distant and melodious. A large group of Western Xia troops poured out on the ground, and they couldn't see the edge at a glance, it was more than 100,000 horses led by Li Yuanhao, the emperor of Western Xia! It's the pattern of the last battle of Sanchuankou again, and more than 10,000 Song soldiers faced nearly 10 times the enemy in their homeland!

The second battle of the three great wars of Song and Xia, the Battle of Haoshuichuan, broke out! The moment he woke up to the plan, what did Ren Fu think? Did he understand that the enemy army he was chasing before was a decoy, and he advanced bravely, but in fact, he was trapped to his death? I can still think of a deeper level: more than 100,000 enemy troops have crossed the Zhenrong army. When I came to Liupan Mountain on the border between Zhenrong Army and Weizhou, I didn't know what the Great Song Dynasty was?

There can be no answer. The striker Sang Yiji led the army to rush up! It was to buy as much time as possible so that he could set up his army and form a formation to protect himself. How can there be time to think about the West?

Guild battles begin! From the very beginning, the Song army fell into an absolute disadvantage, and they didn't even have time to line up before they were attacked. It's not that Sang Yi is not heroic, it's just because Ren Fu's situation is even worse than Liu Ping a year ago! There was no glacier between the two armies of Song and Xia, they were all in the valley on the north bank of the Haoshui River! Ren Fu, as the main general, personally charged! Even his son Ren Huailiang fell off his horse in battle, and he didn't have time to take care of it.

The battle lasted from the hour in the morning to the noon hour at noon, two hours later. The Song army began to crumble. Ren Fu thought of the only way to save him, he ordered Sang Yi and his son to lead the team to rush to a high mountain, and defend according to the danger, hoping to hold out for a while, because the Song army from all walks of life was also coming!

In a hurry, he forgot one thing: the Tanguts were the battlefield that came before him! The Song army rushed to the high mountain, and suddenly the military flag of Western Xia was planted on the mountain! Condescendingly, he pressed down on Song Jun...

Ren Fu watched his son and Sang Yi fall off the cliff and die at the foot of the mountain. The defeat was decided, and a cronie colonel called Liu Jin said to him: General, run away. Maybe it's still too late. "I am a general, defeated by the army, and repay the country with death" This is the last sentence that Ren Fu said. Then he stood up for a duel and was hit by several arrows. He was wounded twice in the face, and the last shot pierced him through the left cheek, piercing his throat and dying...

Ren Fu's entire army was annihilated, and the battle became more intense. Yaojiachuan on the south bank of the Haoshui River has become the new focus. Zhu Guan and Wu Ying unexpectedly received reinforcements here. Zhao Jin, the governor of Weizhou, rushed to the scene with 2,200 cavalry on Han Qi's urgent order. But they were even more surprised to encounter Li Yuanhao's army of more than 100,000!

Ren Fu was destroyed at noon, and it was another two hours, until Shen Shi in the afternoon. Wu Ying was seriously injured. The infantry phalanx to the east collapsed...

The most embarrassing moment is coming, let's take a look at the heroic performance of a great Song civil official! His name is Geng Fu. In a desperate situation, Wu Ying pulled him to his side and persuaded him to escape. But Geng Fu was silent. Wu Ying was anxious, and said, "Ying is a martial artist, and he should die if he is defeated." Jun Wen, no military responsibility, why die with Ying" As soon as he finished speaking, Wu Ying immediately regretted it. Geng Fu is a civil official, but he is also a warrior. He still didn't speak, and replied with actions: Rush into the Western Xia army and die bravely!

There were no survivors on both sides of the Haoshui River that day, and only Zhu Guan and more than 1,000 soldiers escaped from Yaojiachuan. They were lucky enough to find the ruins left by the local natives, and they used the wall as a foundation and fired arrows on all sides to support the arrival of another support army. It was the highest figure in the Jingyuan Road military, and Wang Zhongbao personally led the army to help, and Zhu Guan and others were able to survive.

In just one day, the soldiers of Jingyuan Road suffered all losses: Ren Fu, Sang Yi, Wu Ying, Zhao Jin, Geng Fu, Zi Bin, Li Jian, Wang Qing, Li Yuheng, Liu Jun and other more than 200 generals and colonels did not survive, and more than 10,000 soldiers were killed, which was even more tragic than the previous battle of Sanchuankou... And that's not even counting Wang Qi and his 4,500 soldiers!

In the battle of Haoshuichuan, there were countless heroes and martyrs, but the most loyal and tenacious person was Wang Qi. He's different from everyone else in the main battlefield, because he didn't have to die here!

He was the defender of Yangmu Longcheng, and there was a fierce battle in Haoshuichuan, five miles away, and he immediately led his troops to kill him. When they arrived, the Western Xia army was already in formation, and surrounded the Renfu army like an iron bucket. Wang Qi could only vaguely see that the Song army's flag had not fallen, and he rushed frantically to kill and rescue Ren Fu. But with more than 4,000 people facing 100,000 people, how can they fight into the encirclement?

Several impacts had no effect, and some of Wang Jue's subordinates were timid and hesitated to move forward. Wang Jue immediately beheaded them in front of the army to boost morale. But not everyone has his courage. After all, they are flesh and blood, and the vast majority of soldiers still have no fighting spirit. Wang Jue silently jumped off the horse. The soldiers may have breathed a sigh of relief back then, and General Wang finally gave up the battle. But I saw him kneel down to the east in the earth-shaking shouting and killing, "The minister is not the country, the strength is not enough, and the only death is the ear" Wang Qi got on the horse and fought again, rushing into the Western Xia army! He killed hundreds of people on his own, his iron whip bent in his hand, his palm cracked, and his hand covered in blood, but he still fought to the death. The war horse was shot down 3 times, but he changed horses 3 times and fought again, and he didn't retreat no matter what! The final ending is the same as Guo Zun, who died of random arrows. A fatal arrow hit him in the eye...

In the battle of Haoshuichuan, the Song army was completely defeated. But Li Yuanhao also won miserably. After Wang Zhongbao arrived at the battlefield, he immediately withdrew his troops and fled back to Western Xia! On the way, he attacked Liu Panbao, but it was just a military fortress, but he couldn't beat it, and he didn't dare to besiege it, so he withdrew to his country.

After the battle ended, another person's performance had just begun: the traitor Zhang Yuan. This Xiucai, who fell in the Great Song Dynasty, was overjoyed and on the way back to Western Xia. Leave such a poem in a temple on the border between the two countries - "Xia Zhu He once shrugged, Han Qi is not surprised." Manchuan dragon and tiger, still said that the military aircraft "settled" the Great Xia State Taishi, Shangshu Ling and Zhongshu Ling Zhang Yuan drove to this topic: "The blood of thousands of compatriots has finally achieved his eternal infamy!"

From a public point of view, the battle of Haoshuichuan was lost, but it was a heroic defeat! At that time, Emperor Renzong only had a memorial service, and there was absolutely no punishment. On the 18th, Ren Fu, Wang Qi, Wu Ying, Zhao Lu, Sang Yi and others were posthumously gifted.

The Mongols, who knew heroes and valued heroes, commented when they were revising the history of the Song Dynasty: "The defeat of good water." The generals fought to the death. Belch! Profit-seeking is a violation of moderation, and it is a solid miscalculation. However, they are unyielding, and the martyrs are not greedy for life and afraid of death, but loyal to the country. Even if the battle is lost, it will not damage the reputation of the martyrs! Just as you can't judge heroes by victory or defeat.

On the 20th, Song Renzong's 3-year-old second son Zhao Xin died.

The smoke of the good water river dissipated, but the debate continued. Why will the army be defeated? How can the whole army be wiped out? There has to be an explanation for this. Han Qi wrote to the court at the first time. Take the guilt of the defeated army on yourself.

But Xia Zhu sent people to clean up the battlefield and found the military order written by Han Qi himself on Ren Fu's body. The responsibility is clear, and it is Ren Fu's violation. Acting without authorization has nothing to do with Han Qi. But as the commander of the war zone, he could not escape the blame after all, and on April 3, he was demoted to the governor of Qinzhou.

Han Qi sighed and had no choice but to resign and go to the local government. But he didn't know what to say: There was a scene in front of him that embarrassed him for the rest of his life, and it was even more humiliating than the defeat of Hao Shuichuan!

When he was about to walk to Weizhou, thousands of people suddenly poured out, they wore linen and filial piety, held spirit flags, and threw paper money, all of which were the bereaved families of the soldiers who died in Haoshuichuan. They climbed Han Qi's horse and cried, shouting his name, "Han Xianggong, my son went out with you, and now that you are back, where is my son?"

Han Qi burst into tears and couldn't speak anymore. Is it really wrong? Should this battle be fought? The answer given by the history books of the past dynasties is that Han Qi is immeasurable and rejoicing, and he regrets it until he faces the tragic situation at this time. Especially whenever I write here, I will never forget to tune out Fan Zhongyan's sentence to correspond to "this situation and this scene, and it is difficult to care about victory or defeat"

How prescient! But things have to be looked at separately, and it is impossible to tell who is right and who is wrong. From the perspective of the overall historical trend, the approaches of these two people are completely different, but they complement each other. Where did it come from, who is high and who is low, who is right and who is wrong?

This is a later story, just as far as the roadblock and soul summoning incident at this time is concerned, Han Qi is not guilty of being so insulted at all!

Two days later, on April 5, Fan Zhongyan was demoted to the rank of governor of Yaozhou. At the beginning of the year, Li Yuanhao surrendered, and Fan Zhongyan wrote a letter of "Eight Articles of Honor" for Han Zhou to go to Li Yuanhao to talk about.

It is said that Han went back on Monday, and it took more than 40 days to share, and the highest standard of reception in Western Xia was just to meet Ye Li Renrong, a high-ranking official in Western Xia. What about Li Yuanhao? He's busy raising pigeons in the good water river!

Han Zhou came back with an extra-long "national letter" with a total of 26 pages. As for its content, there is no record in the history of the Song Dynasty, there is only a 4-word adjective - "the book is slow" is more embarrassing than the previous book, and Li Yuanhao after the victory is arrogant, and it is not Fan Zhongyan at all.

The ball was kicked back into Fan Zhongyan's hands, which became a problem. The 26-page letter, no matter how rude, is a state-level document, and no matter which courtier receives it, it must be handed over to the central government. But when such a thing is handed in, believe it or not, the emperor and the prime minister line up one by one to cut you with an axe? But I still have to hand it over. So Fan Zhongyan did some... Small hands and feet. He burned the 20 most unsightly pages of the 26-page long letter in front of the Western Xia envoy, and told the man to go back and tell Li Yuanhao: The cordiality of the Song Dynasty has a bottom line, and a hot face must be exchanged for a hot ass!

After the Xixia people left, Fan Zhongyan picked up the pen, thought about it again and again, rewrote and polished the remaining 6 pages one by one, and with Fan Gong's writing skills, the letter immediately changed its old appearance to a new look, and it could face the emperor of the Great Song Dynasty. Is this a crime? Is it disloyal to the emperor and committing the first great sin of the courtiers? Yes and no. Throughout the ages, there has not been a saint who has not compromised or deceitful. Especially the great sage of Kong, what he said when he was about to starve to death can be regretted when he is full! Therefore, Fan Zhongyan's behavior at this time is easy to understand.

But after the modified version of the book was sent, the effect was still too spicy. The emperor and the ministers were angry, first of all, "people and ministers have no diplomacy", not to mention that what was exchanged for a book was a book, that is, a book was lowered, and Fan Zhongyan was guilty of defrauding the king! Prime Minister Song Zhen proposed: Behead Fan Zhongyan! But some people objected, and Du Yan, the governor of the political department, emphasized: What is lacking now is the officer, and Fan Zhongyan has been doing it, although this time he is a little stupid... But for you, you don't make mistakes? As soon as the words came out, the crowd was excited, and the counselor group finally found a point of strength, and these bachelors and talents who like and are good at going online are about to spit on each other...

can be ruined by one person. Lu Yijian, the first prime minister of the DPRK, spoke: Shut up, I support Fan Zhongyan! This time he made a mistake, and the punishment of demotion is enough. Nothing else!

So in April of this year, the two major high-ranking officials of the Song Dynasty in the northwest battlefield: Han Qi and Fan Zhongyan were demoted by one level, which caused the fact that the main battle was defeated. The Lord and the Lord, were kicked in the face blackened. So what should we do about it? Hit or draw? It's really a problem...

But that's not a problem. The Song Dynasty didn't have to worry about it at all, Li Yuanhao would arrange them one by one. When to start a war and where to fight, the Western Xia side has the final say...

On the 6th, Chen Zhizhong took over the military and political power in the northwest, and Xia Zhu was demoted to the Yongxing Army.

On May 17, the eldest son who died at birth was posthumously sealed and named Zhao Fang.

Due to the discord between Xia Zhu and Chen Zhizhong, the imperial court made another handful of mud and redivided the power of Shaanxi into two. Xia Zhu is in Juzhou, and Chen Zhizhong is in Jingzhou. On the 24th, Fan Zhongyan was transferred back to Gyeongju.

The time entered the seventh month of the lunar calendar, and the northwest frontier began to be in the middle of summer, which was very stuffy, but reassuring. Generally speaking, the nomads in the cold zone will be more stuffy and hot at this time, and they don't have the slightest intention to cut people. But the masters, the weirdos, are generally special humans who are very sensitive to reverse thinking... (To be continued......)