There has always been a debate on the old debate in the Great Song Dynasty: 1 Now that the Qingyuan army is lost, then whether to build another city in Suizhou to echo Lingzhou 2 This makes the previous debate meaningless. Therefore, the debate is to say that we should face up to the reality and directly give up Lingzhou City...

And this sentence comes from the most admired and nostalgic "holy appearance" Li Xin in the history of the Song Dynasty, which made every monarch and minister of the Great Song Dynasty throw themselves to the ground. History proves that everything he said was 100% correct, and he could even predict the future like "Tui Bei Tu"!

Li Xin said that "if you don't die, Lingzhou will not be guaranteed", that is, Lingzhou City has been lost, so there is no need to make any more efforts, it is all in vain. This is the first definition of the future of the Holy Saint. After that, he would make 100% correct predictions about the future of the Great Song Dynasty and the fate of major figures such as Zhao Heng, Kou Zhun, Liu E, Wang Dan, Ding Wei and others. At the time, no one believed it, thinking it was just an occasional joke. But after that, they all beat their chests and looked up to the sky and sighed, unanimously recognized Li Xin, a saint!

That's it at this time, no one believes Li Xin. So the emperor sent someone to Suizhou to inspect how to build the city and come up with a feasibility report!

In leap December, Hong Zhan, who went to Suizhou for field surveys, returned. The report is detailed. There are 7 advantages and 2 harms of building a city, and the advantages outweigh the disadvantages. So Lu Mengzheng, Wang Dan, Wang Qinruo and others, who opposed the construction of the city, shut up, and Xiang Minzhong, Wang Jiying, Feng Zheng, Zhou Ying, and Chen Yaosuo won. Zhao Heng ordered to immediately assemble the materials of the craftsmen and build a house in the northwest frontier as soon as possible!

At the same time, regarding Lingzhou, the court discussion has finally reached a conclusion: Shou! Be sure to keep it! Lingzhou, BC191 was established by the Western Han Empire and was the political and economic center of the entire Gobi steppe at that time. Qin Shi Huang built a city here to defend against the Xiongnu. In the Sui Dynasty, the status of this place rose again, and it was the station of the general manager of the march of Lingwu Road. By the Tang Dynasty, it became a holy place. Due to the Anshi Rebellion, Tang Suzong Li Heng took the throne here and revitalized the Tang Dynasty! Why is it so important. Just look at the location. It is in the upper left of the Great Song Dynasty territory, and the five states of Dingnan of Li Jiqian's ancestors pressed it near the border of the Song Dynasty, and a little above its right are Xia Zhou and Yinzhou. Slightly above it to the left are Huaizhou and Jingzhou. So what makes it so much more important than the Dingnan 5 states? It is because of the ethnic distribution map at that time. It is bordered by the Song Dynasty to the south, the Ganzhou Uighurs of the Hexi Corridor to the west, the Tibetan tribes to the southwest, and the Dangxiang people to the north. How? At a glance, right? It is a dam, and at least four streams of flood water have been pushed in all directions. Whichever side breaks through it will immediately cause a chain reaction, and the equilibrium of potential forces will be broken. Now fortunately, it is still in the hands of the Song Dynasty. But Li Jiqian has set his sights on it...

On the 27th, Zhao Heng appointed Wang Chao as the main general, Zhang Ning as the deputy general, and Qin Han as the supervisor, leading 60,000 cavalry to rescue Lingzhou!

In the first month of the 5th year of Xianping (1002), Zhang Qixian returned to the court. He clearly perceived Li Xin's magic. They coincide. But what is terrible is that he came to a conclusion after on-the-spot observation on the Northwest Front, but Li Xin was able to see through the matter without leaving the capital for a single step! What kind of wisdom is this... And with such an ability, he can still be willing to be lonely in the era of Zhao Guangyi. didn't grab the scenery at the front desk, could it be that he saw clearly that the ministers of the Taizong Dynasty did not end well? These bizarre ideas are the conjectures of countless people about Li Xin, and the more you think about it, the more you hurt your self-esteem, this is a saint!

At this time, the only thing that can keep Zhang Qixian confident is that. After all, Li Xin only saw the final result of the matter, but did not come up with a solution. And that's what he brought back. He chose a time to be alone with the emperor and said the sentence that he had contributed the most to the Great Song Dynasty, "Your Majesty, please give Pan Luo the title of king"

Panroch. The chief of the Six Grains of Tibet. Since the Tang Dynasty, the power of Tibet has been prosperous for a long time. Entering the Song Dynasty, the Rokutani was one of their strongest branches. At this time, it was entrenched in the area of Xiliangfu in the Hexi Corridor. Crowning Panro's Branch? For what? So far away. Usually I don't even get a letter, why do you suddenly give such a big face?

Zhang Qixian's answer was very simple: for Li Jiqian.

The Emperor was silent. actually asked Pan Luozhi to curb Li Jiqian... A very simple logic was formed in his mind: Lingzhou City separated the party from Tibet. If Lingzhou City is not broken, Pan Luozhi and Li Jiqian will never meet, so the throne will be sealed in vain. But once the throne played its role and Pan Luozhi really killed Li Jiqian, it could only prove that one thing happened: Lingzhou City fell...

Speaking of which, Lingzhou City is still lost? This made Zhao Heng extremely depressed, but even more apprehensive. Could it be that Lingzhou really can't be saved?

On the 26th, Zhang Ning sent a New Year blessing to Li Jiqian - he rushed into the territory of the party members, all the way into a no-man's land, and the results were brilliant: he burned more than 200 tents, killed more than 5,000 party members, captured more than 900 alive, burned more than 80,000 stone grain, more than 20,000 cattle and sheep, and a lot of weapons and armor...

But the beginning of the good did not continue. After Zhang Ning returned, the Great Song Expeditionary Force was silent... And the construction of Suizhou City was also stopped. In early February, Sun Quanzhao, who was in charge of this matter, wrote a letter saying that this ghost place could not be built at all!

On the 11th, Zhao Heng sent Qian Ruoshui and Chen Xing to inspect again. Conclusion 1 is really too far, and it is a problem to transport the survival materials of the construction site personnel; 2. The most fundamental problem is that there are no building materials in the local area. If it is transported from the mainland, not to mention the huge cost and difficult transportation, even if it is transported with all its might, it will be delayed too much in time and completely lose its strategic significance...

So arguing and arguing, changing and changing... Time, just walk away...

On the 23rd, for some reason, Zhao Heng suddenly changed his coach. Replace the commander of the expeditionary force, Wang Chao, with Wang Hanzhong. In Huanzhou, Wang Hanzhong caught up with Wang Chao, and the transfer of power began. But then the news came, and everyone was lost and dumbfounded...

It's all late. In March 1002, Li Jiqian suddenly gathered all the clansmen, and before the Song Dynasty reinforcements arrived, he stormed Lingzhou, which was lonely outside the country, the grain road was robbed, and the Qingyuan army in Zicheng fell for more than 6 months, and he had been besieged for 2 years! Lingzhou City has fallen! Zhizhou Pei Ji and all the soldiers committed suicide and martyrdom! Li Jiqian immediately changed Lingzhou to Xiping Mansion, and officially set the capital here (even if his grandson Li Yuanhao established the Western Xia State, after the capital Xingqing Mansion, Xiping Mansion was still the most important companion capital of the Western Xia Kingdom) It can control Hebei and Shuofang to the north, and contain Qingzhou and Liangzhou to the south, it oppresses the upper reaches of the Song Dynasty, and can also directly threaten the Tibetans and Uighurs in the west. I want to repair the city here, dig the hao, train the army and accumulate food, I will use this as an enterprising asset, and become a king! Note that this is the first time in the history of the party that the party has made a voice for the founding of the country. It's significant, but it's very quiet. And very shy, he didn't give his country a name, that is, the word "Western Xia" is still a distant future. Even the famous glorious slogan of "plundering the Tibetan war horses in the west and recovering the Falcon soldiers in the north" was not spoken by him! Because in 14 months, he will die in a deception of Panroch!

Let's remember Peizi. He should have a place in the history of the Song Dynasty. The two years he has been in office have been the most difficult period in Lingzhou. In order to survive, he built water conservancy, opened up wasteland and tuntian, and devoted himself to running this most powerful stronghold for the Great Song Dynasty! But for 2 years, there was really no food and grass inside and no rescuers outside. In this way, he survived until the last moment, living and dying with the city... But sadly. On the eve of the destruction of the city, he once pricked his finger and asked for help with a blood book! But the rescue he hoped for was always on the border, and no matter what, he would not come to save him!

On the 12th, the news came. Headed by the prime minister, all civil and military officials plead guilty!

On the 13th, Wang Chao, Shi Pu, Kang Jiying, Qin Han, Wang Hanzhong, and Li Yunzheng were sent to the front line in order to guard against Li Jiqian's madness...

But then, something happened again in northern Xinjiang. 18th. Xiao Jiyuan, the prime minister of the Great Khitan North Mansion, led the army to the south... On April 1, Dariday defeated the Song army at Liangmen. On the 9th, Xiao Dalin broke the Song army in Taizhou... The Battle of Song-Liao ended in 1002. There was also the Battle of Wangdu in 1003 and the Battle of Lanyuan in 1004...

Lingzhou has been defeated, where is Li Jiqian's next goal? Supposedly it should be the west. But don't worry. As long as I don't go south, right? Now I'm to... East! Unfortunately, the east side is still the East Road of the Great Song Dynasty. Fengzhou, the northernmost end of Hedong Road, is the tripartite junction of Song, Liao and Xia. But Li Jiqian didn't dare to go there, because it had already reached the territory of the Khitans. If he goes, he will anger both the Great Song Dynasty and the Great Khitan... So the target can only be shifted slightly to the south. It's Linzhou.

Linzhou, this is a legendary place name. Yang Xin, the father of Yang Ye, the first generation of the Yang family, is in Linzhou. and Mu Guiying, the strongest female general of the Yang Gate. Her maiden Muke Village can also find the prototype here: Shenmu Village. This land has been in turmoil since the Tang Dynasty, until the establishment of the Great Song Dynasty, it is still subject to the invasion of Khitan and the party, so the people here are extremely strong, and the combat effectiveness of the border people is no worse than that of the Great Song Dynasty.

But Li Jiqian didn't care about this, and even forgot that he was crushed by Cao Wei here last time. On June 9, he led 20,000 party cavalry to surround the city of Linzhou. Cao Wei is not in Linzhou City now, he has been promoted and is the commander of this military region. And the guard in Linzhou City is Zhizhou Wei Jushi. This name is the same as Pei Ji in Lingzhou City, which was unknown before, but history immediately proves that most of the border guards of the Great Song Dynasty are brave and conscientious good men.

Cao Wei sent reinforcements Li Jizhou in time. But unfortunately, after losing the first battle, Li Jizhou retreated. After that, Cao Wei was silent. But I can't really blame him, there's a little secret inside. The reason why he was able to raid Li Jiqian's grain route last time was also because of the complex composition of his army, many of which were familiar to the party members who had surrendered to the Song Dynasty. Li Jizhou is also one of them. Before and after, he was loyal to Da Song, but now? Li Jiqian has become an idol of the party, and his reputation is skyrocketing. Will those party members who seem to have been raised by the Great Song Dynasty still contribute? Or does Cao Wei still dare to use them on the battlefield?

So Wei Jushi could only rely on himself. Linzhou City "repeatedly surprises and surprises" and Wei Ju really rewarded and recruited warriors to attack at night... For 5 days, Wei Jushi was fighting day and night... Li Jiqian paid the price of half of the war deaths, that is, more than 10,000 people!

The last straw came from Zhang Jin in Taiyuan, who personally led the army to help. When the strong enemy came, Li Jiqian did not dare to engage in the battle at all, and immediately retreated on the 13th!

But God knows that Zhang Jin came here with soldiers privately, and he didn't have an emperor's edict! This was unthinkable in the time of Zhao Guangyi! With Pan Mei's prestige back then, he went to rescue Zhang Qixian, but he was blocked back halfway by the big slut! But fortunately, Zhao Heng did not blame, but deliberately issued an edict to reward Zhang Jin...

On July 6, Wang Hanzhong was arrested by his subordinates An Shouzhong and Zheng Huaide (these two were Zhao Heng's cronies when he was the prince) due to his ineffective rescue of Lingzhou. Zhao Heng, a member of the Great Song Dynasty, has a characteristic, he attaches too much importance to his past feelings, and he is very good to the people in his former Xiangwang Mansion. One year later, there will be such an important person) false accusation, he was demoted from the military and reappointed as the governor of Xiangzhou. But he was not convinced, he lost it as soon as he took office in Lingzhou, what does it matter to him? As a result, he was sick and angry, and before he could go to Xiangzhou to take office, he died.

And what about Wang Chao, who should be most responsible for this matter? There was no punishment, and Wang Xian, the commander-in-chief of the northern front, resigned due to old age, and someone had to replace him. Who? Wang Chao! Previously, he was Wang Xian's deputy, but at this time he was urgently transferred back from the Western Front to the north to resume his old business. As for the Western Front, Wang Hanzhong has his own black pot for him... What is the principle of heaven? There is no reason, only the nostalgic heart of the emperor. Wang Chao is kind to him...

Remember these names! Including Wang Xian, who has resigned and retired from the military. Since then, the direction of history has been closely linked to them and is inseparable. Especially Wang Xian. He himself could never have imagined that the title of former privy envoy would play such an important role in the war between Song and Liao, as well as the largest confrontation and alliance in East Asia not long after...

Time is approaching the pinnacle of changing the pattern of East Asia. But until this time, the protagonist of the protagonists, the most vigorous and radiant character, has not yet arrived! It wasn't until Wang Chao left the capital to rush to the front line that this person swayed from Dengzhou into the capital step by step. It's Kou Zhun! He is back, but he can't be too optimistic in his position, and the prime minister has no other share. Deign to do it for two days first, Kaifeng Mansion Yin...

In October, a case was heard in Kaifeng Prefecture. The plaintiff has a very large background, and the grandson of former Prime Minister Xue Juzheng, Xue Anshang. The defendant is... Xue An's! surnamed Chai, is the wife of his father Xue Weiji. The Chai family did not give birth, and the two sons were born to Xue Weiji's concubines.

Xue Weiji is dead, and the Chai family wants to remarry. In ancient times, women married from their fathers for the first time and remarried by themselves. The husband died, and filial piety was also served. No one cares if they marry again or not. So what did this son come to sue?

The Chai family is really extraordinary. She married the prime minister's son for the first time. The second marriage was actually married to an authentic prime minister - Zhang Qixian.

Is Jang Qixian a nymphomaniac? At this time, he should be quite old. No matter how beautiful this Chai girl is, is it worth it for him to ruin himself and even ruin the reputation of the old leader? Embarrass yourself and the dead Xue Juzheng? There are certainly reasons. This Chai family packed all the property saved by the father and son of the old Xue family into his dowry. None of them were left for their two sons. This is the fundamental reason that makes Xue Anshang crazy. (To be continued......)