Zonggechuan fought the prestige of the Song army in the first battle, and half of the 10,000 Qiang people were beheaded and half captured, so that the Qiang people completely abolished their martial arts.

If you go to attack Shanzhou again, you don't have to fight, Princess Qiuzi personally opened the door, welcomed the Song army into the city, and informed the Qiang tribes that they must no longer rebel and completely surrender to the Song Dynasty.

Shanzhou is less than fifty miles away from Qingtang, Shanzhou is Shun, Qingtang is even more useless, the Song army has invulnerability to the Qiang people has long been spread throughout the Qiang people, the team has just set up a formation under the city, the siege vehicle has not had time to build, the city gate itself opened first.

It's easy to say, those who can fight the Qiang people are either killed or captured, and those who defend the city are weak soldiers. The most important thing is that the Song Dynasty gave preferential treatment to the generals and would give a large number of rewards.

Take the Qingtang City Lord as an example, managing the Qingtang by himself is nothing more than squeezing the residents and making a fortune. What about the Song Dynasty? He just changed his name, the city lord became the prefect, but the actual power was not affected, and what should be enjoyed and squeezed continued.

As an official of the Song Dynasty, you can use the imperial court, and you can also trade with the Song Dynasty justifiably and obtain a lot of money, why not?

Not to mention that the Song Dynasty will send Han people to be observers, to be supervisors, to be general judges, the Qiang people don't recognize this set, and they can also give power to the empty when they come, there are Qiang people in a radius of 100 miles, you are a Han official, who does it matter?

I can't even speak Qiang, and I can't control you.

Based on this, Shanzhou succumbed and Qingtang Prefecture surrendered, which became inevitable.

Since last autumn, the Song Dynasty has expanded its territory by more than 2,000 li to the north, leaving only more than 500 li from the Yellow Headed Uighurs, greatly shortening the trading distance between the Uighurs and the Song Dynasty.

According to the past, the Western Xia will send troops into Tibet every year to plunder, trade, and hold a large number of Tibetan people hostage to fight for the Western Xia, this time the Qingtang Dynasty became the Song land, and the Western Xia wanted to enter the Tibetan again, it became difficult, the national border was only more than 100 miles, and it was easy to be dumpled by the Song army.

According to Wang Han's idea, the Song army should continue to the north, connect the land with the Yellow Uighurs, and completely cut off the idea of Western Xia's westward advance. Wang Hou shook his head, "Being able to reach Qingtang is already the greatest ability of my dynasty." Further north, there are grasslands, and if we want to completely close off Western Xia, we must either build a wall on the grassland, or station 20,000 cavalry all year round, neither of which we can do. ”

The construction of the Great Wall on the grassland, not only the Western Xia would not agree, but also the Tibetan Uighurs would not agree, the herdsmen went with the grass, and the animals migrated with the grass, and building the wall was equivalent to destroying the grassland. 20,000 cavalry are stationed in the grassland, what do the officials think?

More than 5,000 cavalrymen in the First Route Army couldn't sleep, let alone 20,000.

So helpless, Wang Han could only sigh to the north.

But it doesn't matter, after all, it's a great achievement. Fast horse gallop for half a month, the reward of the official family came, Wang Hou passed through the Hexi Road, Tong Guan returned to the Privy Council, Wang Han was promoted to the first level, and he was the general of Zhengwupin Dingyuan, and returned to the court to listen to the announcement.

This reward is neither high nor low, and it also makes Wang Han feel at ease, and being able to give a reward shows that Lin Lingsu and others have played a role in Tokyo, and Zhao Ji no longer treats him as a demon lord, which is enough.

As long as his identity is whitewashed, there will be opportunities to make meritorious contributions in the future, as for returning to the dynasty to listen to Xuan, Wang Han has already planned, after going back, he will walk around Cai Jing more and see if he can transfer himself out, go to a small county town at will, get out of the emperor's nose, and develop his strength.

In the middle of early summer and May, Tong Guan returned to Beijing with 20,000 horse teachers. It's just that the army that came back and the one who brought it was not the same batch, this is the practice of the imperial court, and the army changes districts every two or three years. It is also cruel to say, a good man learns martial arts and is loyal to the court, but his life is extremely miserable.

The soldiers of the Song Dynasty were lifelong, and they had to tattoo words on their faces when they entered the military register, and they sacrificed their lives for the country at any time to fight was secondary, even in peacetime, they had to change districts frequently, which hurt the soldiers and made it impossible to marry wives and have children.

The tattoo on the face is already ugly, and the defense area is changed at every turn, which means that you can't stay with your wife and can't enjoy the life of husband and wife.

Of course, as compensation, the soldiers of the Song Dynasty were not low, and they could also reduce taxes for their families, so most peasant families had to have two sons, one serving in the army outside the country and the other working as a farmer at home. Families with military personnel generally do not live too badly.

In addition, there are camp prostitutes in various places, which are dedicated to the service. Some officers can also marry wives, but many husbands and wives are separated, and the husband follows the army, and the wife cannot follow, so she can only stay at home. However, there is a month's holiday every year for the husband to return home to his wife and have children.

It is precisely this kind of regulation that everyone will look down on soldiers, and good men are not soldiers, that is, from the Song Dynasty. Being a soldier has to tattoo characters, cannot marry a wife, and has to die in battle at any time, which is the most unproductive profession.

On the way back to Beijing, Tong Guan taught Wang Han to write again, and said: "You are also smart and excellent, it is better to abandon martial arts and follow literature, go to the test for fame, and find a good future." ”

This means that Wang Han made a great contribution this time and captured the Qiang prince alive, but he was only promoted by one level, which is really unsatisfactory.

Wang Han knew this that the promotion of military generals in the Song Dynasty only relied on side merit, and if they won many battles, they would be promoted quickly, but military attachés and civil officials were different, and civilian officials won one game more than the military attache won three games. A few battles are not enough for Wang Han to be promoted. At that time, Di Qing won many victories, and he cried his father and called his mother in Xixia, and at the age of thirty-five, he only fished out a five-grade horse army commander, and he is only seventeen now, and he can get the general of Zhengwupinsan, and he is already smoking from the ancestral tomb.

But then again, the military generals have a low status, but the military generals are high, and the income of the military generals is almost twice as much as that of the civilian officials, excluding the silver money, the military attaché's monthly food and cloth are more than the civilian officials, and the income of the military attache of the third grade can be compared to the income of the prime minister.

Of course, civilian officials are very corrupt, and military generals can't be corrupt, unless they drink the blood of soldiers.

Tong Guan said that Wang Han immediately climbed the pole, relying on fame is estimated to be impossible, he is really not that material, but he has different views on local construction, if Xianggong can see it, he can find a real power official for us, and he will be grateful.

After Sanmenxia on this day, before arriving at Henan Mansion, Wang Han saw that there were people digging pits and burying monuments on the side of the road, and he wondered in his heart, what monument was buried in a good way? Hit the horse over to look at it and smiled, it turned out to be the Yuanyou Party Monument.

looked for it carefully, and sure enough, he saw Li Gefei's name, and then shook his head and sighed, his father-in-law, is really a literati with a bad temper, and he told him to be careful, be careful, he must not listen.

This time, it's okay, I was removed from the official position, and I rushed back to my hometown, so I was comfortable.

Wang Han rode on horseback, humming proudly, Li Yuanwai lost his official, and he was afraid that his life would be miserable, so when he returned to Tokyo, he thought of a way to transfer to Qingzhou and become a magistrate, so as to help him. also let Li Qingzhao know that he is still a bit useful as a martial artist.

You see, your father used to look down on me, and now what has happened? In the end, you don't have to rely on me?

Thinking of Li Qingzhao, Wang Han's heart is hot again, I haven't seen her for nearly a year, and I don't know, if she has grown up, will she not recognize herself when she looks back?

When you meet here, do you eat it first? Or do you want to eat it first?

I said excitedly.