The people on the streets were cheering, but the Western Xia envoys were like mourning.

"Fake, it must be fake!"

Back at Dutingyi, Cao Changyong said to the envoys: "The Ming Kingdom may have won the battle, and it is true to take away the Henan Military Division, but it is impossible to capture more than 100,000 of my Great Xia soldiers!" The Han people have always liked to boast, and they are keen to exaggerate the results of the war, even exaggerating them tenfold. ”

The envoys nodded one after another, this statement was acceptable.

Li Renli asked: "If the Great Xia Army only loses one or two thousand, will the King of Jin give up the Henan Military Division?" ”

Cao Changyong was speechless for a moment, and after thinking carefully, he said: "Maybe King Jin is just temporarily retreating, looking for an opportunity to take back the Henan Military Division." ”

"It's also possible." Lee hopes so.

They weren't in the mood to go out to play, so they discussed it repeatedly in Dutingyi, and through the simple information displayed by Lubu, they speculated and restored the battle process at that time.

Pure guessing!

In the afternoon of the same day, the two were summoned by the crown prince.

They went directly to the Generalissimo's Mansion, and the people of Tokyo they met along the way held their heads high when they saw the Western Xia envoys coming.

The guards of the Generalissimo's Mansion were also beaming, deliberately squeezing their eyebrows at the envoys.

"Meet His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of the Great Ming Kingdom!" The two of them made a gesture at the same time, and their attitudes were much more respectful.

Zhu Ming smiled and said, "Sit down." ”

The guards brought their chairs, and the two of them were in a heavy mood, no longer as calm as when they first came to Tokyo.

Zhu Ming said: "It's too much time to negotiate back and forth, you can go back to Lanzhou and exchange letters with the lord of Western Xia at any time." I will also send an envoy to Lanzhou to represent the Ming court. ”

Li Renli became more and more sure of the defeat of Western Xia, and asked cautiously: "May I ask about the peace requirements of the Great Ming Kingdom." ”

Zhu Ming said: "I am not strong, the stone fort and the Tibetan River City will be returned to the Western Xia, and the rest of the occupied land will be returned to the Ming Dynasty." ”

Stone Fort Village and Tibetan River City are both strategic fortresses.

They were the springboard for the Western Xia to attack the Hengshan region, and they were also the roadblocks for the Great Song Dynasty to kill from Hengshan.

Throughout the Song Huizong period, the main battlefield of the Song and Xia wars was repeatedly stuck in this area.

Take Zangdihe City as an example, it belongs to a new city, which was built by Western Xia in the year of Zhu Ming's examination as a jinshi. In just three years, the Song army broke through the city five times, and the Western Xia lost troops and recaptured it five times.

If the Western Xia were not allowed to keep the Stone Fort and Zangdi River City, it was estimated that they would not want to talk about peace this time, and the Western Xia would not agree to it.

There are not only military, but also economic reasons.

In the rugged and difficult mountainous area, there are five routes to march to attack Yanzhou in Western Xia, so it is often said that the Great Song Dynasty has five routes to conquer Xia.

The stone fort and the Tibetan River City can block most of the passage and ensure the safety of Yanzhou in Western Xia.

Of course, Yanzhou is a salt producer, which is one of the financial lifelines of Western Xia!

Li Renli asked, "Your Highness wants to restore the border between the two countries to the last time the Xia and Song Dynasty negotiated peace?" ”

"Not bad." Zhu Ming nodded.

Li Renli said: "Then the Southern Army Division City and the Ancient Bone Dragon City should be returned to my Great Xia." ”

Zhu Ming smiled brightly and asked rhetorically, "Do you think it's possible?" ”

Li Renli said: "Daxia has returned the land, and Daming should also return the city." ”

Zhu Ming asked, "Why is Western Xia willing to return the land?" ”

Li Renli couldn't answer.

Zhu Ming asked himself and answered: "The Western Xia returned the land because the Great Ming soldiers won. The Ming Dynasty did not have to return the city, but it was also because the Ming soldiers won the war. You can write a letter to the lord of the Western Xia Kingdom, and if you are not satisfied, you can not negotiate peace. I will be able to recapture Huizhou by force soon. Next year, the troops will be divided into two routes, all the way along the Yellow River to take the capital of Western Xia, all the way to capture Liangzhou, Ganzhou, Suzhou, and Western Xia will no longer have to return Hengshan! ”

Cao Changyong suddenly spoke sharply: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince can send troops to fetch it, and my Daxia Erlang will definitely fight to the death!" ”

"Good!"

Zhu Ming slapped the table: "You can go back to China, and send troops to see you when the time comes!" ”

Li Renli hurriedly said: "You don't have to! May I ask His Royal Highness the Prince, can you still count the brotherly states mentioned before? ”

"Of course." Zhu Ming turned his anger into laughter.

Li Renli said: "Please give His Royal Highness the Crown Prince some time, and I will write a letter to the Lord immediately." ”

The two hung their heads and left the Generalissimo's Mansion together.

Cao Changyong guessed: "The prince of the Ming Kingdom is so arrogant, I'm afraid that the king of Jin will really suffer a big defeat." ”

Li Renli said: "There is also bargaining to do business, and maybe we can keep a few more walled forts." ”

The Hengshan area is full of walled forts, and every four or five miles, there is a beacon tower, and it is still possible to keep a few more walled forts.

But there was a premise that the Ming army could not continue to win.

Just when the two met Zhu Ming, Yang Zhi had already sent troops again, which was the last plan of the seed master before leaving Lanzhou.

Yang Zhi is no longer short of grain, Xixia has military rations in Henanjun Situn, and Brother Li Cha and Li Renyi also brought a lot of grain and grass, and all these three grain and grass were captured by Yang Zhi.

From Lanzhou to Huizhou (Jingyuan), although this section of the Yellow River is mountainous, it can also be difficult to march.

The Great Song Dynasty is on the south bank of this section of the Yellow River, and there are Longgou Fort, Tongquan Fort, Qingshui River Village and so on along the way. These walled forts were all taken away by Western Xia last year, and Yang Zhi had to fight all the way through.

The merchant ships of Lanzhou, Huangzhou, Xizhou, and Hezhou were forcibly requisitioned by Yang Zhi.

There were thousands of large and small ships, carrying soldiers, people, and baggage, and they were slaughtering towards Huizhou.

When they arrived at Longgou Fort, the artillery dragged to the shore, and only a few shots were fired, and the Western Xia defenders in the fort fled.

There are only a few hundred defenders in the Communist Party, and the Western Xia has just been defeated, and this place is close to Lanzhou, and the soldiers have no heart to resist to the death.

In front of Tongquan Fort, the Ming fleet was seen from afar, and the defenders in the fort fled to Huizhou by boat. Even if they wanted to defend it, they would retreat to Huizhou City, unwilling to confront the Ming army with hundreds of people in a small castle.

When the Huizhou guard learned the news, he urgently wrote a letter to Li Qianshun asking for help.

Brother Richard had already returned to Xingqing Mansion and said to the Western Xia monarchs: "The Han soldiers have divine artillery, which can break the city wall, and Huizhou is empty, I am afraid that it will fall in half a month." ”

The main force of the Huizhou defenders, who had gone out with Richard before, surrendered and became prisoners.

Li Qianshun asked, "What is that divine cannon?" ”

Li Renyi of the Gansu Military Department had also arrived at Xingqing Mansion and described at this moment: "According to the soldiers who fled back, the whole body of the cannon is made of iron, like a hollow tree trunk. “

Richard said: "I was at least two miles from the city wall. The Han soldiers sent cannons with divine artillery and killed two of my own soldiers. If I had fought more accurately, I would have died two miles away. ”

As soon as these words came out, the Western Xia monarchs and ministers were shocked.

Li Qianshun was even more afraid: "What if the Han soldiers come all the way along the Yellow River?" ”

Richard said: "Your Majesty don't worry, from Lanzhou to Huizhou, the terrain is rugged, and the Han soldiers rely on water transportation. Its strength can be at most 10,000 or 20,000, and attacking Huizhou is the limit. If we want to continue down the Yellow River, there will be more dangerous places along the way, and the grain route will be longer, and our army will have the power to protect itself. ”

"If the Han soldiers capture Huizhou, they will be able to cooperate with several other Han soldiers to launch an attack on the side of Hengshan," Li Renyi said, "I recruited soldiers in Daxia, relying on the terrain and the walled fort, I am not afraid to fight the Han soldiers." But...... As long as the war drags on for two or three months, our army will be completely deprived of food and grass......"

Richard added: "With this defeat, many tribes in the country are ready to move, and they are likely to rebel in the event of another war. ”

Continuing to fight, the Western Xia could only forcibly conscript troops and forcibly requisition grain and grass. Of course, if you can win a battle, you are not afraid, but once the front line is lost, there will inevitably be rebellions in the country, because after years of war, those tribes have fallen into a desperate situation.

Li Renzhong said: "Your Majesty, there should still be peace talks. ”

Li Ganshun said: "But the governor of Lanzhou (actually the governor of Xihe) of the Ming Kingdom asked for the entire Hengshan as soon as he opened his mouth. ”

Li Renzhong said: "You can leave Hengshan, but you must keep a few more walled forts, such as Yinchuan City." ”

The Yinchuan City of Western Xia, that is, the Yongle City of the Great Song Dynasty, was built on the Wuding River, dozens of miles northwest of Mizhi.

It was the sad place of the old Song Dynasty, because the city wall collapsed in the rain, resulting in the loss of more than 200,000 soldiers and civilians.

It's really a "poor bones by the Wuding River, like a person in a spring boudoir dream", it is no longer an adjective, those bones are by the Wuding River.

If Western Xia kept Yinchuan City, it could push the border forward, otherwise its Yinzhou City would be at the forefront.

"Your Majesty, there is an urgent report from the front, and the defender of Huizhou has surrendered the city to the enemy......"

The monarchs and ministers were discussing the matter of peace, and Li Qianshun's brother-in-law suddenly rushed in, panicking and bringing bad news to the front.

At the beginning, the Song and Xia wars for hundreds of years, and both sides have two or five boys.

The scholars who have repeatedly failed to succeed in the Song Kingdom may go to Western Xia in a fit of anger. And the Tangut people also brought the drawings of the divine arm bow and came to the Great Song Dynasty in exchange for wealth.

Even the front-line generals of Western Xia, there were more than one or two who took the initiative to surrender to the Song Dynasty. Most of them committed major crimes in Western Xia, or had bad relations with their bosses and colleagues, and they led troops to surrender to the Song Dynasty for fear of being disposed of.

Xi'an Prefecture in the Great Song Dynasty used to belong to the Western Shou Military Division of Western Xia, and it was laid down by the Western Xia generals.

Li Qianshun was furious, and he was so excited that he stood up and shouted: "Mi Yuxing is from the Eighth Department of the Party, how can he sacrifice the city to surrender to the enemy?" ”

Mi Baoshi, also translated as rice fowl, sister light, "History of the Song Dynasty" mistakenly copied as "to fowl".

Richard was silent because the matter had something to do with him.

Brother Richard has become more and more powerful in recent years, and he is also extremely domineering in the army, often promoting cronies without scruples.

Someone was promoted, and naturally someone was suppressed.

Although Mi Bao Yuxing was extremely brave, the strength of his clan weakened, and he failed to have a good relationship with Brother Richard, so he was inevitably suppressed when he was promoted.

When they come and go, they become enemies.

Brother Richard gathered troops in Huizhou this time, thinking that he would win, and took all the other generals away, but he left Mi Yuxing in Huizhou to defend the city, just because he didn't want this person to gain any military merits.

Mi Yuxing, who was blessed by misfortune, faced Yang Zhi with his troops to attack Huizhou, so he simply surrendered the city with a hot brain.

Anyway, when he returned to Western Xia, he would definitely be suppressed by Brother Richard.

Li Renzhong originally wanted to bargain, but now that Huizhou is gone, even the Huizhou guards have been lowered, so he can only propose: "Your Majesty, return Hengshan to the Ming Kingdom, and keep the Stone Fort and Zangdihe City." But it is necessary to let Song Guo return Mi Yuxing and punish this person fiercely to set an example! ”

(End of chapter)