This is a fatal thing, the sudden gale has more than once affected the victory or defeat of the war between Song Liao and Song Xia, and the trend between the two countries of Liao and Xia is also determined by a strong wind and sand...

As soon as the Tubo people in the wind and sand were defeated, they turned around and ran. What the Song army had to do was to chase, until it was 30 miles away, beheaded 4,316, captured more than 3,000 people, last year's Bajin city lord, the great chief of Tubo Miaochuan Doroba fled and did not know where to go, and the Song army collected its troops and returned to the camp. After that, there was only one thing, the Song army sent a cavalry team of 10,000 people to chase after Xi Luosa, even if he reached the ends of the earth, he had to catch him!

As it turned out later, this task was too arduous, and Xi Rosa could really run. He first took advantage of the chaos to run to the city of Zongge, wanting to get in and continue to hold on. But the subordinates in the city betrayed him and did not open the city at all! Xi Cheng Luosa quickly rushed to the next stop - Qingtang City. This is the most rear-back stronghold of Hehuang Tubo, and there has always been the most noble Tibetan leader, his father Xibawen, who will always take him in, right? But he was greeted by a big iron lock, his father, the capital of the Tibetans... They all abandoned him! At this point, Xi Cheng Luosa still did not give up, and ran into the Yulanzong Mountain on the edge of Qingtang City with his cronies, preparing to fight guerrillas for a long time and exhaust the Song Dynasty to the end. Unexpectedly, he only arrived on the front foot, and the Song army chased after him on the back foot, and he turned into the Yulanzong Mountain from Qingtang Mountain in the south of Qingtang City to outflank him.

At this point, Xi Luo Sa still did not surrender, he left the Qingtang area and ran into the Qinghai Lake area... That place was too far away, too desolate, too remote, and the Song army really couldn't do it, so they had to close the team...

At this time, the Tubo princess in Zongge City opened the city gate and surrendered to Wang Hou and Tong Guan.

On the 10th, the leader of Shengzong came to surrender. On the 11th, the army entered An'er City.

On the 12th, the army slaughtered under the Qingtang City. The king of Tibet, Xibawen, has long since fled and is missing. Princess Qingyi of Qiuci, Chief Li Hewen, and the chieftains of the jurisdiction promised to be great Song subjects for generations...

On the 13th, the army captured Lin Jincheng.

On the 16th, Wang Hou, the queen of the most Lu Dynasty, marched to Kuozhou. This is the most marginal area of Xihe Road, I thought that there would be another tough battle, could I have imagined that these people would flow into Western Xia? In that way, if the Great Song Xijun wants to chase in, he has to turn his face with the party members in advance?

It's not easy to do, huh? But when Wang Hou and Tong Guan entered Kuozhou and met the enemy head-on, suddenly the whole army burst into laughter. It was really too engaging, and I saw that the head of the Tubo people on the opposite side was wrapped in a circle of gauze, wrapped tightly, and it was basically impossible to see what it looked like. The man raised his hands in surrender. From afar, I shouted the slogan "I am willing to take out a loan for the rest of my life to repay the Tokyo officials", and the rest of my life was devoted to the Song Dynasty emperor in Kaifeng City...

This man's name was Losh, and he was the great chief of Kuozhou. Previously, he was fierce and domineering, and he was a close friend of Xi Cheng Luosa, and he actively participated in the resistance to the Song army. As a result, he was cut off by the Xihe army during the Battle of Zongge City, and he fled back to his hometown after nine deaths. At this time, I saw the opponent chasing and slashing into the door, and immediately made up my mind to say that I would not play anything again!

On the 18th, Wang Hou's army entered Kuozhou and officially reported the victory to the imperial court. The second stage of the second Hee River opening side is over! The Song army spent nearly one year before and after sweeping the river and Tubo. Uproot the children of Tslo! The fall of the Tubo regime in the Qingtang Dynasty! Wang Hou's campaign was a total of 6 battles, winning more than 10,000 and surrendering more than 2,700 leaders of various departments. There are more than 70 households and more than 3,000 miles of land. At this point, the northwest territory of the Song Dynasty bordered Western Xia in the north and southeast, and bordered Qinghai and Qiuci and Lugan in the west. southeast to Xi, He, Lan, Minzhou, and Jie, Cheng 2 states are connected.

On the 22nd, the Lecture Division was dismissed. At the same time, an edict was issued to praise the Western Army of the Great Song Dynasty. Wang Hou was promoted to the post of Wusheng Army and the pacification envoy of Xihe Road. Tong Guan was crowned as the envoy of Jingfu Hall and the envoy of Xiangzhou Observation.

On the 27th, Wang Hou led the Western Army of the Great Song Dynasty to cross Huangzhou, cross the Lanzhou River, and patrol the border in the southeast of Western Xia, and return home with the whole army. Along the way, the military power was at its peak, and the Xixia people couldn't go out of retreat!

And Tong Guan is going back to China. After reporting to Song Huizong, he lay down on a huge map. This map is the junction of Song and Xia, and it changes at any time, and it has to be revised almost every 10 years! There is no way, every war before Song Xia will make the national border change! Now Tong Guan wants to make it revised!

On May 5, due to the reconquest of Xihe Road and the destruction of Tibet, the Song Hui sect sent the prince to sacrifice to the Taimiao, and sent the attendants to sacrifice the Sheji and Zhuling. On the 7th, Prime Minister Cai Jingjin sealed Sikong and Jia Guogong. On the 8th, Xu Jiang, Zhao Tingzhi, Wu Juhou, An Dan, Cai Bian and other officials were transferred to three officials. On the 12th, Qingtang City was renamed Xining Prefecture again on the basis of changing its name to Shanzhou for the first time, hoping that the northwest will always be peaceful...

On June 17th, the people of Yuan You, Yuan Fu and Xie were merged into a list: 27 people such as Sima Guang and other officials in Zai, 49 people such as Su Shi and other officials above the system to be controlled, 176 people such as Qin Guan in Yu Guan, 25 people such as Zhang Xun in Wuchen, 29 people such as Liang Weijian in the inner servants, and 2 more disloyal ministers: Wang Qi, Zhang Dun... A total of 309 people! Carved stone court, exiled, never turn over! On the 21st, the list of 309 traitors was issued to all states and counties, so that all states and counties were engraved with stones in front of their yamen! At this point, Cai Jing finally put an end to the Great Song Party Dispute, which became a nightmare in the ruler's heart alongside the Ming Party Struggle... It's just that the price is huge: it was the fall of the Northern Song Dynasty Empire and the unprecedented shame of Jingkang!

At this time, the great eunuch Tong Guan, who was standing in front of the map of Song Xia, saw an unprecedentedly good situation! After the Song Dynasty regained the Xihe Road, it threatened the Hexi Corridor of Western Xia with the Xihe Road; In addition, after the victory in Pingxia City, the Yan Yan army had occupied the Hengshan Mountain Range, which was the lifeblood of Western Xia's survival on the same level as the 16 states of Yanyun, and could overlook Xiazhou; At this time, the Jingyuan army has also occupied Tiandu Mountain, where the Xixia Palace is located, and can directly approach Xingqing Mansion, the capital of the Western Xia Kingdom! It can be said that the geographical barriers of the Western Xia from the beginning of Li Jiqian's entrepreneurship to the more than 90% of the Western Xia Kingdom on which Li Yuanhao relied to establish the country were no longer in the hands of the Western Xia, but in the hands of the Song Dynasty!

Tong Guan's mind continued to derive the record of victory and defeat of the two armies in the Song-Xia War for more than 60 years, and there is no doubt that the Song army also has an absolute advantage! It can be said that if it weren't for the weather, the five roads of the Divine Sect would have been able to destroy the Western Xia Kingdom! If it weren't for Song Zhezong's serious illness, Western Xia would have died after the victory in Pingxia City!

So what are you waiting for? A huge plan was born in Tong Guan's heart, and he colluded with his close friend Cai Jing in private, and the two made a decision - to send troops to Western Xia!

This shows the nature of Tong Guan. He is not his teacher Li Xian, Li Gonggong lives in the army, and always holds himself to the standard of a soldier. He took the lead on the battlefield and never got involved in politics in peacetime. But that's not the case with Tong Guan! He is a man with three ideals and one conscience. It should be said that this is quite rare, and many times it makes people's blood boil. You can even feel the warmth. But the key is still six distinctions, what is that? The answer is self-interest! This led to his disobedience when pacifying the river! Even being able to act as a vanguard for the whole army and rush to the forefront is also a manifestation of his personal selfishness...

At this time, it was proposed to attack Western Xia, regardless of whether the Western Army of the Great Song Dynasty needed to rest and recuperate, and it depended on what the domestic situation of Western Xia was? After all, the Liang group collapsed, Xia Chongzong Nawa was very respectful to the Song Dynasty, and the country gradually regained unity. Is this a good time to go to war? But Tong Guan doesn't care, he needs a greater victory to push him to the pinnacle of power that has not been reached by previous generations of eunuchs!

As for Cai Jing? He's changed, too. From the beginning, it was just to survive the party struggle. Enjoy life peacefully, and now I have been peaceful for a long time. After all, he is guilty of the same mistake as all the superiors - the ass determines the brain! When you sit in a different position, your thoughts change. When there is no painful lesson, I only know that the road is constantly tossing...

In October, the first step, Cai Jing ordered Wang Hou to recruit the famous Western Xia general Renduo to protect his loyalty...

The reason is very sufficient, Wang Hou swept away the river and conquered the Western Xia within a year, which was the time when the prestige was at its peak and invincible. Renduo Baozhong was a famous general in Western Xia, and his status was second to none. After all, his father was the god of war in Western Xia back then. Conquered Yongle City and caused the death of 300,000 people in the Song Dynasty! Well, of course, Ren Duo Lingding seems to have been cut off by Song Jun very simply? Speaking of which, Mr. Renduo Baozhong and the Song Dynasty are as deep as the sea? But if he can successfully surrender, pull him to the side of the Song Dynasty. The impact will be incomparable...

Wang Hou, the son of Wang Shao, who received the order, was very depressed, and he really wanted Prime Minister Cai to come to the frontier to investigate the actual situation. Rindo is very famous, and his current position is quite high. It is Zhuo Luo's right wing supervisor of Western Xia, in charge of front-line command, if he can really pull over. It is likely that a large number of supplies and personnel on the frontier will be brought over... But there is a discrepancy in the actual situation, now that the Liang group is dead, Renduo Baozhong, as a famous general of the imperial family in Western Xia, is it possible to be recruited by the Shanen Haide of Li Qianshun, the little emperor of Western Xia?

Wang Hou wrote many letters to report the situation truthfully, which made Cai Jing furious. You are just a front-line general, just work hard and be cannon fodder, who let you take care of the strategic layout and the international situation? Do whatever you want! Don't look at your father Wang Shao was a colleague of the New Party back then, and you would have been removed from your post again and returned to China for investigation! Think it's good to win?

Wang Hou had no choice but to send his younger brother to come forward and sneak into Western Xia to contact Renduo Baozhong. But the younger brother of the Wang family was caught by the Western Xia patrol on the way back... When the matter was revealed, Wang Hou wrote to Cai Jing again, saying that from now on, Western Xia would never give Ren Duo loyalty and military power, so what was the use of recruiting him? It's just a horseman...

Cai Jing replied: You are the puppet, and you don't know the meaning of this matter at all! This is not a military achievement, this is a political achievement!

After several tosses, Renduo Baozhong finally succeeded in surrendering. When the news came, Quankaifeng was boiling, Cai Jing and Tong Guan specially wrote a chapter to report the good news to Song Huizong, saying that this was the son of Ren Duo Lingding, the sworn enemy of Yongle City, and the surrender was successful, and the value was great. Our side should strengthen the operation in one go, implement the policy of surrender and disintegration in various frontiers, collapse the Western Xia army, and then send troops on a large scale, just like dealing with Hehuang and Tubo, and sweep away the Western Xia in two years at most!

What a grand plan, Zhao Ji listened to it with enthusiasm, Aiqing is so dedicated and patriotic, I approve the implementation! With Tao Jiefu one person through the system of Shaanxi, Hedong 5 Road! And add another selling point, whoever surrenders an enemy is equivalent to winning a head before the battle...

When the defenders from all over the frontier heard this, their eyes suddenly lit up, and this is a good thing? They raised a large sum of silver and official positions to sell to the Tangut people, as long as they came, they would be legitimate subjects of the Song Dynasty, and they no longer had to live only on green salt and livestock...

This trick worked very well, and for a time there were really many Western Xia soldiers who defected. But the aftermath is no less terrible, this is a naked provocation! No matter how cowardly Xia Chongzong is and wants to get close to the Song Dynasty, he can't bear it! An emperor with his own bottom line!

The Western Xia army was dispatched to retaliate on Dunyan Road, Jingyuan Road, Huanqing Road and other places, and the largest action occurred on Jingyuan Road. On the 18th, the Western Xia army surrounded the city of Pingxia, and Zhao Huaide (the former Tubo leader who had just been renamed and the son of Mu Zheng) surrendered immediately, and then the Xixia people marched away after plundering the Zhenrong army, the most important military stronghold on Jingyuan Road. and then collude with Doropa, the former lord of Bajin City, to counterattack Shanzhou, which has just been recovered by the Great Song Dynasty! It was so sudden! The Xihe army rushed to the battle and was defeated, and Gao Yongnian, the governor of Shanzhou and the former general of the Western Expedition, was captured, and then under the advice of Doropa, he was dissected and his liver was gouged out! The king of Tibet, who was chased by the Song army and had no way to escape, took advantage of this opportunity, but he came out of nowhere, and Xihe Road fell into crisis again...

When the news reached Kaifeng, Zhao Ji was furious. On the one hand, he gathered all the Western Army to crusade against the Western Xia, and on the other hand, he held him accountable, what went wrong and made the Tubo people bite back? Zhao Ji used the names of 18 people, including his thin gold calligraphy pro-book Hedong and Shaanxi No. 5 General Liu Zhongwu, to send Yushi Hou Meng to Qinzhou, take it on the spot, and kill him on the spot! Hou Meng arrived in Qinzhou, and Liu Zhongwu and others were captured. On the one hand, Hou Meng comforted, and on the other hand, he wrote to Song Huizong, "Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty killed Wang Hui, it is better to pardon Meng Ming than Qin Mugong." Today, the Tubo people killed 1 of my generals, and our Great Song Dynasty will kill 18 more generals? This kind of thing that makes relatives and enemies happy can't be done" Song Huizong pardoned 18 people but did not kill, only Wang Hou, the commander of the Western Army, was affected and was demoted to the Yingzhou regiment...

The Song Dynasty mobilized the whole country. Every time there was a war with the Western Xia, it was to gather the strength of the whole country to support the northwest, and every time it won or lost, it would greatly hurt the vitality of the rear. For a while, people's hearts were very turbulent...

Cai Jing and Tong Guan were very happy, their goal was achieved. As mentioned earlier: recruiting Renduo to protect loyalty is not a military merit but a political achievement. From that time on, until the Tangut people were provoked, it was they who laid the Qingyun Road for themselves. If you want to be promoted to make a fortune, consolidate your status, and get more grand favor, you have to exchange it for more significant feats! Where does the merit come from? Heads on the Northwest Frontier! As long as there is a war, the military, materials, and the lifeblood of the empire will be decentralized, and they will all be in their hands. At that time, they will become the supreme masters of the Song Dynasty in essence! (To be continued......)