Two wars, the Western Xia 100,000 army annihilated, this is the Western Xia since the establishment of the country has never had a fiasco, the news shocked the Western Xia government and the opposition, for a time, the Western Xia from all walks of life blamed, criticism of the Empress Dowager Liang is like a tide, especially the Empress Dowager Liang is a Han Chinese, but also by the Western Xia people angry accusations, have asked her to step down.

In order to save her reputation and appease the anger of the government and the opposition, Empress Dowager Liang ordered that the reckless Meng who had fled back to Xingqing Mansion be executed in the downtown area, and at the same time beheaded Li Xinliang, the general of the rear army who was ineffective in defending the logistics fleet.

However, it was not enough to execute the emperor, and the Empress Dowager Liang immediately decided to reconcile with the Western Xia royal family, and sent people to Suzhou to invite back the famous Western Xia general Wei Minglang to discuss state affairs together.

Wei Mingronin had not yet returned to Xingqing Mansion, but one of his letters had been sent to the capital first, in which he pointed out that the reason for the defeat of Western Xia was that the imperial court had misjudged the strategic intentions of the Song army, and that the Song army's occupation of the Hetao was by no means as simple as looking for a place to raise horses, but that it was necessary to attack the Western Xia from north to south based on the Hetao.

The defensive line built by the Western Xia for hundreds of years has completely failed, and the Western Xia is now facing the danger of annihilation, and the whole country must be mobilized to resist the Song army.

Wei Minglang secretly wrote a letter to the Empress Dowager Liang, suggesting that she send someone to Tokyo, the capital of the Song Dynasty, to ask the emperor for peace, hand over the table, go to the emperor's name, give up the New Year's coin, and buy time with grievances.

At the same time, he sent people to the Liao State to ask for help, and on the condition of establishing the princess of the Liao State as the queen, he begged the Liao State to send troops to Hetao.

Wei Minglang deserved to be the first general of Western Xia, he used a three-pronged approach to find a solution to the current crisis in Western Xia, the Song Dynasty in the east, the Liao State in the north, and the concentration of national resources to fight against the Song army from the Hetao to the south.

Just after the Song army completely annihilated the Western Xia army, the second batch of 180,000 troops arrived in Wuyuan City under the leadership of Di Qing, and the grain and grass materials transported by 150,000 stone ships also arrived at the same time, making the Song army in Wuyuan City as high as 280,000.

At the same time, 200,000 militiamen transferred from all over the Great Song Dynasty also arrived in Yan'an Prefecture and Gyeongju, and joined forces with 100,000 border troops, with Han Jiang, the governor of the political affairs, as the commander of the South Road, and Chong Ge as the deputy general.

The 600,000 troops of the Great Song Dynasty gathered in the north and south, forming a situation of attacking the Western Xia with two Xiangguo as the commanders of the north and the south, and Chong Ge and Di Qing as the deputy commanders.

After several days of traveling, Liang Yishu finally arrived in Bianliang, Tokyo, and he came to sue for peace with the Great Song Dynasty on the order of the Empress Dowager Liang.

As soon as you enter the city, the lively and prosperous atmosphere will come to your face, and the prosperity is full of festive colors, and the lights are everywhere, and everyone's face is beaming.

Liang Yizhu looked out of the car window, and a huge banner suddenly made his face turn blue with anger, 'Celebrate the Song army's total annihilation of the 100,000 troops of Western Xia'.

He snorted heavily, brushed down the curtain, and said hatefully: "Go to the Xia Guo Pavilion!" ”

Like the Liao State, the Western Xia also had its own permanent residence in the capital of the Great Song Dynasty, and at present, there was only a deputy envoy in the Xia State Pavilion, and the envoy was transferred back to China by the Empress Dowager Liang to be dismissed because of the poor transmission of news, and the new envoy has not yet taken office.

The deputy envoy welcomed Xiangguo Liang Yibury into the pavilion, he wanted to introduce the information of the pavilion to Liang Yibury, but Liang Yibury waved his hand, "I don't have the heart to care about these things, have you contacted the officials of the Song Dynasty, when will they meet with me?" ”

"The humble position has already contacted the Shaoqing of Honglu Temple."

"Why do you want to contact Shaoqing, can't you contact their chief officer directly?" Liang Yibury was a little dissatisfied, he was a dignified Western Xia Xiangguo, and he actually wanted to contact a Honglu Shaoqing, is this specification equal?

The deputy envoy hurriedly explained: "The humble position is a deputy position, and you can only contact Shaoqing, not Shaoqing to receive Xiangguo, he will report to the top, and then the Song Dynasty will make arrangements." ”

At this time, someone outside the door came to report, "Honglu Siqing is here!" ”

The deputy envoy said in a low voice: "This Honglu Temple Qing Zhu Xiaoyun is Fan Ning's father-in-law. ”

Liang Yi's face suddenly became ugly, they already knew that the Western Xia army was defeated in Hetao, that is, it was lost at the hands of Fan Ning.

At this time, Zhu Xiaoyun, the secretary of Honglu Temple, walked in quickly and said with a smile: "Welcome Liang Xiangguo to the Great Song Dynasty!" ”

Liang Yibury is also of the Han nationality, born in the Liangzhou clan, when Li Yuanhao annexed the Hexi Corridor, in order to stabilize the rule, in order to make his son marry the daughter of the Liang family as a wife, this is the Empress Dowager Liang.

Liang Yibury also clenched his fists slightly and smiled: "I didn't report it in advance, so I caused trouble to Zhu Daguan." ”

"It's okay, it's my duty to receive distinguished guests, I'm just afraid that the reception will be inconsiderate and I will snub Liang Xiangguo."

Liang Yibury took out a copy of the letter of state and a letter, and handed it to Zhu Xiaoyun, "This is the letter and letter from the Empress Dowager to the Son of Heaven of your country, the official letter of state is here, I hope I can meet the Son of Heaven of your country in the morning sun." ”

Zhu Xiaoyun nodded, "I'll present it for Liang Xiangguo now, I believe there will be news soon." ”

"Then please leave it to the officials!"

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An hour later, the national letter of Western Xia was put on the imperial case of the Son of Heaven Zhao Ji, and Zhao Ji immediately convened the Zhizheng Hall to discuss the country.

Everyone read the national letter and letters, and Fu Bi said: "The so-called Jiaoshun table, go to the emperor's number, just listen to it, don't take it seriously, Weichen knows that their emperor's name is only for the Great Song Dynasty, but within Western Xia, it is still the Emperor of the Son of Heaven, and he is completely fooling the Great Song Dynasty, as for canceling the New Year's coin, last year's New Year's coin has not been given!" It is estimated that it will not be given again this year. ”

Wen Yuanbo smiled slightly: "Fu Xianggong is right, the reason why the Western Xia sued for peace is because we sent troops from the Hetao, and they were caught off guard, they didn't expect that we would kill from the north, without any defensive preparations, and they went down from the Hetao and went directly to the city of Xingqing Mansion, so they were at a loss, so they had to buy time to establish a northern defense line, this is the fundamental purpose of the Western Xia to seek peace, to gain time, if we agree to negotiate peace, it means that we have lost a hundred years of opportunity to destroy the Western Xia, I think we will regret it in the future. ”

Wang Anshi also sighed: "If we lose this opportunity, future generations will not forgive us!" ”

Zhao Ji asked a little excitedly, "This time we may have a chance to destroy Western Xia?" ”

Fu Bi pondered for a moment and said: "It can only be said that it is possible, if the strategy and tactics are used properly, it is indeed possible to destroy Western Xia." ”

At this time, Sima Guang was a little worried: "I'm afraid that the Liao Congress will come to interfere." ”

Everyone was silent, the Song Dynasty did defeat the Western Xia several times, all of which were supported by the Liao State in the way of encircling Wei and saving Zhao, and from the perspective of historical experience, the possibility of Liao intervening is very high.

Zhao Ji hesitated and said, "A few days ago, Xiao Fan Xianggong wrote a letter to me, mentioning this issue. ”

Everyone perked up and hurriedly asked, "Your Majesty, what does the letter say?" ”

"The letter was transferred to the Queen Mother, what Xiao Fan Xianggong meant was that in order to prevent the Liao State from rescuing the Western Xia, it is necessary for us to show the sword on the back of the Liao State, and let Yelu Hongji understand what the consequences of supporting the Western Xia are?"

"Is there a specific plan?" Fu Bi asked anxiously.

"There are four specific plans, the first is that the naval army is approaching Juehua Island in a big way, the second is to let the Liao State know that we have deployed heavy troops at the mouth of the Yalu River, the third is to let the Jurchens ignite an iron fire thunder to directly deter the Liao army, and the fourth is to let Yelu Yixin and Zhang Xiaojie provoke an incident within the Liao State and cause civil strife in Liao."

Wang Anshi was a little worried: "Will this be regarded as tearing up the armistice agreement?" ”

Sima Guang shook his head, "I don't think these violated the armistice agreement, the army approached Juehua Island, and did not attack Juehua Island, Song Liao did not demarcate the boundary in the Bohai Sea, the army just routinely passed through Juehua Island, Liao State can't accuse us of attacking Juehua Island, secondly, the garrison at the mouth of the Yalu River is not within the scope of the armistice agreement, and they can't accuse the Great Song Dynasty, as for the Jurchens to detonate an iron fire thunder, we can completely deny it, who knows which channel the Jurchens bought it privately, in fact, I think as long as these three points can be realized, The Liao State did not dare to act rashly. ”

Everyone agreed with Sima Guang's analysis, and Zhao Ji smiled again: "Then how to deal with the Western Xia's suture?" ”

"Your Majesty, as long as the etiquette is sufficient and the substance is avoided, the matter of seeking peace will naturally come to an end."

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Waiting for everyone to retreat, Zhao Ji left Fu Bi alone, and he asked in a deep voice: "I am very concerned about whether we can destroy Western Xia this time, what does Fu Gong mean by proper strategy and tactics?" ”

Fu Bi smiled slightly: "I'm afraid the most important thing in this is to use people, since Your Majesty uses Fan Ning as the commander, then don't change generals easily, maybe there will be all kinds of rumors against Fan Ning soon, this is likely to be the countermeasure of Western Xia or Liao, we must not be fooled, we must continue to trust him." ”

Zhao Ji nodded, "This time Fan Ning defeated the Western Xia army, and he also implemented the strategy of exploiting his strengths and avoiding his weaknesses, making full use of the advantages of the naval army and the Song army to defend the city, and not fighting ground contact battles with the Western Xia. ”

Fu Bi said with a smile: "As long as Your Majesty and the Queen Mother insist on this, then the destruction of Western Xia can be expected." ”