Cui Yingying filled the wine glass on the table, and Bai Yutian looked at the letter, taking a sip from time to time, his expression was extremely tight. Just because he had never seen such letters, the amount of information in the letters was too large for a martial artist to remember. Forced by the cautious posture of the Wushan Daoist, he repeated the letter several times, almost understood, handed the letter back to the Wushan Daoist, and drank the wine in the cup.

Wushan Daoren took the letter, folded it back into the bag, drank the wine in the cup, and asked, "What do you see?" ”

Bai Yutian replied with a smile: "Don't hide it from the Taoist, I'm just a mountain warrior, I don't understand national affairs, and if I see it, I don't see it." However, there is nothing good or bad, right or wrong in the national dispute, and it is good not to act recklessly, and what Fan Zhongyan said in his letter is not unreasonable. ”

Wushan Daoren said with a smile: "Although Lord Fan's words are good, he has forgotten a truth. ”

Bai Yutian asked, "What is the truth?" Lifting the wine jug and filling the wine glass, he saluted the people of Wushan Dao.

Wushan Taoist drank the wine in the cup, put down the wine glass and said: "There are three kinds of people in the world, one is afraid of virtue and is not afraid of virtue, one is afraid of virtue and is not afraid of virtue, and one is afraid of virtue and virtue. Drinking the wine from Bai Yutian, he continued: "Li Yuanhao has accumulated the merits of his ancestors, covering an area of thousands of miles, just to get rid of the Song Dynasty and establish himself as the emperor. The emperor has always been for his own merits, but can leave the life and death of others behind, the typical fear of power is not afraid of virtue, at this time to talk to him about shaking hands and making peace, is not too early. ”

Bai Yutian filled the wine glass and said softly: "Although war can nourish war, but a long war will damage the country, how can it be fought endlessly." No matter what the purpose of provoking a war is, if the hostile forces cannot be completely eliminated, there should be a pause, and shaking hands and making peace is the best way out. ”

Wushan Daoist drank the wine in the cup, the wine glass fell heavily on the table, and said angrily: "But once this letter is written, the defeat of the Northwest War has been decided, and it is almost a fact that the Great Song Dynasty has lost the stability of the Northwest Frontier, and there will be countless days to lose." ”

Bai Yutian saw and listened to it, and asked blankly, "Why did the Taoist say this?" ”

Wushan Taoist said: "Li Yuanhao broke away from the Song Dynasty and became independent, and in order to force the Great Song Dynasty to recognize its status as the Western Xia State, he sent troops south to invade the Song Dynasty, defeated the Song army at Sanchuankou, and approached Yanzhou. The Great Song Dynasty was shaken, the emperor was frightened, and Xia Zhu was crowned as the pacification envoy of Shaanxi Road, and Han Qi and Fan Zhongyan were deputy envoys, jointly responsible for the affairs of facing the Western Xia. Han Qi advocated going all out to attack and fight hard to determine victory or defeat. Fan Zhongyan thought that it would be difficult to defeat the soldiers and horses of the Xia State in a war, so he should try it slowly and advocate surrender and pacify. Xia Zhu wanted to make meritorious contributions, but on the other hand, he was afraid that he would be blamed for the defeat of the army, so he became a peacemaker, and both sides should not be offended. Han Qi declared his idea to the imperial court, which received support from many parties, and the imperial court finally abandoned Fan Zhongyan's worries, adopted Han Qi's proposition, and took the initiative to send troops to attack Western Xia. ”

Bai Yutian filled the wine glasses of the Wushan Daoist and saluted each other.

Wushan Daoren drank the wine in the cup, and then said: "There is a Xia man Du Wenguang who spies in Yanzhou, and I heard that the Great Song Dynasty court wants to gather soldiers and horses to crusade against Western Xia for a while, and report it to Li Yuanhao. Yuan Hao was good at strategizing, in order to turn the passive into the active, and the first strike was strong, so he gathered soldiers and horses, crossed the frontier, migrated and disturbed, and went straight to Xingzhou and Lingzhou, and the thunder was too fast to cover his ears. ”

Bai Yutian filled his wine glass and asked, "What does this have to do with Master Fan's letter?" ”

Wushan Daoren snorted and said, "It's not directly related. However, the generals of the Great Song Dynasty had no autonomy in fighting on the frontier, and everything had to be reported to the imperial court first, and only after the imperial court resolution was passed could it be implemented. He Li Yuanhao kept these good things in his heart, and sent troops to invade Qin and Wei Prefectures, but he was afraid that Fan Zhongyan of Yanzhou would send troops to help in time, so he followed Fan Zhongyan's heart of advocating surrender and pacification, and sent an envoy to make peace. ”

Bai Yutian said: "You mean, Li Yuanhao exchanged letters with Master Fan and promised to make peace, which was a delaying tactic?" ”

Wushan Daoren drank the wine in his cup and said coldly: "Lord Fan went deep into the frontier and knew that the war in the northwest was difficult to achieve overnight. Seeing that Li Yuanhao's letter was not expressed, and the book had an unwarranted name, Li Yuanhao's letter was not sent to the imperial court. Thinking about it in his heart, he also had the attitude of giving it a try, so he wrote a letter and sent prisoners Han Zhou and Zhang Zongyong to return to Yande to enter the Xia Kingdom and fall into his technique. ”

The meals were all ready, Bai Yutian filled the wine glasses for the five people, drank them all over the table, and the food was in the mouth.

After three rounds of drinking, Ah Xing asked: "Dao Chief, I heard that in the Battle of Haoshuichuan, the Song army was defeated, corpses were everywhere, and blood flowed like a river, do you know what happened, can you tell me one or two?" ”

The Wushan Daoist chewed, swallowed the pork in his mouth, and asked rhetorically, "I heard that you White Lotus Sect disciples are also involved in this battle, don't you know?" ”

Ah Zhu replied: "Although we are members of the White Lotus Sect, as daughters, we never ask about foreign affairs, and we go there to know about it. ”

After hearing this, the people of Wushan Dao drank the wine from Bai Yutian, and said slowly: "Li Yuanhao of Jingzong of Western Xia learned that the Great Song Dynasty had decided to go all out to crusade against Western Xia, and the division was out of time, so he took the initiative to lead an army of 100,000 to attack the Song Dynasty in a big way. Because Fan Zhongyan, the head of the Western Northern Song Dynasty army at that time, was in charge of military affairs, and was resourceful, well-armed, and never rashly advanced the enemy, the Western Xia army did not dare to act rashly.

In order to defeat the Song army, Li Yuanhao had a plan, while exchanging letters with Fan Zhongyan, intending to seek peace, while ambushing the main force of soldiers and horses at the mouth of Haoshui River, sending a small force of soldiers and horses to attack Huaiyuan City, and released cruel words, claiming to attack Weizhou and lure the Song army to go deeper.

Han Qi's crusade against the Western Xia was strongly supported by the imperial court, did not listen to Fan Zhongyan's dissuasion, stubbornly disagreed, and sent Huanqing Deputy Governor Ren Fu to lead an army of more than 50,000 people, from the Zhenrong army to Yanglong City, after the summer, waiting for the opportunity to break the Western Xia, but they did not know that the Western Xia ambush was waiting for them.

Ren Fu led the army to Huaiyuan City, and met Chang Ding, the west road inspector of the Zhenrong army, and the Western Xia army fought in the south of Zhangyibao, killing thousands of Western Xia troops and winning. Seeing the continuous reinforcements of the Western Xia soldiers and horses, Chang Ding asked for help, and Ren Fujun rushed to the local area to support. Li Yuanhao saw that the soldiers and horses of the Great Song Dynasty had moved, and it was time to lure the enemy deep and work together to encircle and annihilate him. So he ordered the Xia army to feint defeat, let Fu Zhongji, and pursue with the tail. Due to the long-distance pursuit, the Song army was very tired due to the lack of food and grass, and the people and horses were sleepy. Chased to Haoshuichuan, encountered Li Yuanhao's main force of the Western Xia army ambushed, the Song army was defeated, Ren Fu and other generals were killed, and almost the entire army was wiped out. ”

Ah Zhu was puzzled and asked: "Dao Chief, Haoshuichuan, located on the Loess Plateau, the mountains are bare, which is convenient for the sentinels to observe the terrain and spy on intelligence. Li Yuanhao of Western Xia is scheming, and he has a hidden army to set up an ambush, and he has to be dozens of miles away. How did he know the route of the Song army's march and enter the ambush circle? ”

Bai Yutian poured a full toast, saluted one of the Five Mountains Daoist, and echoed: "Yes, Dao Chief." Since Lord Han Qi dared to dispatch General Ren Fu to crusade against Western Xia, General Ren Fu must have been experienced in a hundred battles and was brave and invincible, how could he easily fall into the trap of the Xia army? ”

Wushan Daoist put down the wine glass, took a piece of tofu and ate it, took a sip of soup, and said unhurriedly: "Han Qi was ordered to crusade against Western Xia, and ordered Zhubao to be under martial law, and took matters into his own. As soon as Gaoping, the Xia soldiers had entered the territory of Weizhou, Bo Huaiyuan City, rushed to Zhenrong Army, sent his troops, and recruited 18,000 warriors, and ordered the general to be Fu Jiang, with the capital supervisor Sang Yi as the vanguard, and the generals such as Zhu Guan and Wu Ying of the capital were all led by their subordinates. Han Qi gave Ren Fu the strategy of marching into Western Xia, and repeatedly ordered him to be heavy, not to take the enemy lightly.

On this night, the Xia soldiers approached the far southeast, and the next day they fought with the soldiers and horses led by Chang Ding and Liu Sushuo, who inspected the west road of the Fusuo Department, in Zhangjiabao, abandoning the cattle, sheep, horses, and camels, and pretending to be defeated. Ren Fu led thousands of light horsemen from Longchuan to chase, twilight, together with Sang Yi ordered the soldiers and horses to be tuned in Haoshuichuan, Zhu Guan, Wu Ying and other generals led the troops to be tuned in the Langluo River, separated by Longshan, about five miles apart, waiting for the next day to join forces.

At that time, Li Yuanhao had 100,000 elite soldiers stationed in Chuankou, and had already sealed more than 100 pigeons in silver clay boxes and placed them on both sides of the road. Early in the morning, Ren Fu and General Sang Yi marched west along the mountains and rivers, out of Liupan Mountain, and when they were about to reach Yangmulong City, the soldiers saw the silver clay box on the side of the road, thought they had seen the treasure, opened it and saw that the pigeon flew out of the box and flew over the army.

Li Yuanhao has already been ambushed in the surrounding soldiers and horses for cavalry, a moment to encircle, from the morning to noon, the two armies are indecisive, Yuan Hao suddenly ordered the formation of the tree Bao Lao Qi, more than two zhang long, the left left volley, the right and the right up, from the back of the mountain down, the officers and soldiers fell off the cliff and pressed each other, Sang Yi, Liu Su died in battle.

Yuan Hao divided his troops to cut off Ren Fu's way back, and Ren Fu led his troops to fight, with more than ten arrows in his body. Colonel Liu Jin persuaded Ren Fu to flee for his life alone, Ren Fu was unyielding, brave in blood, wielded a four-edged iron duel, shot in the left cheek, died in the throat, and his son Ren Huailiang also died in battle. Yuan Hao attacked Zhu Guan and Wu Ying, killed Wu Ying and Geng Fu, who joined the army, and Zhao Jin, the governor of Weizhou, but Zhu Guan and his subordinates escaped with their lives. The words fell, and he drank the wine in the cup, and his face was uncomfortable, as if he was on the battlefield.

When Bai Yutian heard this, he felt uncomfortable, drank the wine in the cup in one gulp, and said: "Who is so ruthless, getting along with the poisonous plan of releasing pigeons?" ”

Wushan Dao said: "Who else can there be, Huazhou scholar Zhang Yuan." This person is conspiratorial, scheming, perverse, and easy to kill. Li Yuanhao was brutal and praised his strategy, so he relied on it very much. After the battle of Haoshuichuan, he shamelessly inscribed the temple wall cloud in the poetry world: 'Xia Zhu He has shrugged, Han Qi is not strange, and the dragon and tiger of the Sichuan River are still talking about military aircraft. ’”

Bai Yutian was very puzzled by Zhang Yuan's behavior, and asked: "Dao Chief, Zhang Yuan will win if he wins, why do you still write poems to humiliate?" ”

Wushan Daoist said: "No, run on each other. At the beginning, the imperial court took Xia Zhu, the head of the household department, as the envoy of Shaanxi, and Xia Zhu unveiled the list, and won the first reward of Zhao Yuanhao (Li Yuanhao) with 5 million yuan. When Li Yuanhao heard about it, he also made people stuffed, pretending to be a foil seller, leaving his box in the restaurant, someone got it, offered Xia Zhu, opened it and took a look, there was a list of 'Xia Zhu's head, and the money was 3,000 Wen'. ”

Bai Yutian said: "Xia Zhu didn't unveil the list to arrest Zhang Yuan, is it necessary for Zhang Yuan to run Xia Zhu?" ”

Wushan Taoist sneered: "Zhang Yuanbo traveled to the plug, looked at the customs of the mountains and rivers, and was ashamed of his ambitions, ashamed of Mao Sui's self-recommendation, but carved a poem monument, so that people dragged it by, let go of poetry and wine, and spoke amazingly, and the border handsomes did not know, and was at a loss. Wen Yuanhao repeatedly peeked into China and went west. After Xiang Yu Temple, the drink is very drunk, in front of the wine statue, the sad song 'Qin Huang is ambiguous, Liu and Xiang are annexed', and the words are mourned. ”

Bai Yutian said: "Could it be that the border marshal who drove him out of the border plug at that time was Xia Zhu, Han Qi and others?" ”

The Wushan Daoist replied: "Judging from the poems on the border, it must have been done by such a great general. ”

After a moment of silence, he sighed and said: "Uncle Wei recommended Wei Ying to King Hui and said: 'No, kill him.'" The king thought it was a disobedience and did not listen. After entering Qin, he strengthened Qin and weakened Wei. If you don't use it for me, you will be an enemy. The situation is dignified and uninhibited, like two people! Gu is Shi Zhu, Han, and Fan's main soldiers need talents, and all intelligent people are in the right position, and they are all in their own positions, and they are alone in the two of them, isn't it heavenly! ”

[Shi Chen said: "Yuan Hao took advantage of China's relaxation, all the people were on the side, and the king was the third, how could the husband be unfavorable at the time? It is also impossible for people to conspire. The defeat of the good water river, the generals fought to the death. Oh, the pursuit of profit and violation of moderation is a solid miscalculation. However, the righteousness is unyielding, and there are a few martyrs! ”

The speaker said: "The people who have not been appeased by the blessings have been ordered by the enemy, and the legal system has not been established, and they have divided the profits, so that they are defeated."

It's not a bad thing. Yuan Hao heard the condemnation of the imperial court, and planned to gather troops all the way to reject the official army. and the suspension of the court meeting, but the division of troops in all directions. Gai Rujing's original main battle, non-Dachuang is not enough to frustrate its sharpness. Therefore, the hypocrisy and the aid of the Yanzhou, the defeat with the arrogance of the generals, the silver on the side of the road, the long flag in the array, its treacherous wisdom, how blessed and so on! The book is "tempted", the book is "defeated", and it is also unscrupulous. 】