Fan Zheng suddenly stopped: "The minister is opposed, Qingtang has just been defeated, and at this moment he will definitely be more vigilant against the Great Song, if he attacks strongly, the Great Song Dynasty will win a miserable victory." In Fan's view, attacking Qingtang in winter, first take its most essence of the river, and then slowly expand based on it, and after adapting to the plateau climate, then make a big effort to destroy Qingtang. ”

"Winter offense? Do you know how cold Qingtang is in winter, and besides, marching in winter is a taboo for soldiers? Zeng Bu hurriedly objected. The Great Song Dynasty has always followed the rules in wars, and even the expeditions must be fought according to the formation map, where is there a precedent for sending troops in winter.

Fan Zheng smiled confidently and said: "Winter combat is indeed a taboo, but with the protection of cotton armor, winter combat will be the biggest advantage of our army!" ”

"Cotton armor?"

Zeng Bu couldn't help but be stunned, after Fan Zheng led the ordnance supervisor to create cotton armor, this lightest armor was disliked by other soldiers in addition to being applied to kidnapping horses, and winter was coming, and iron armor could not be worn at all, cotton armor was probably the most suitable armor for winter combat.

"In addition to making cotton armor, the ordnance supervisor also has cotton gloves and masks, which are enough to ensure that the Song army marches normally in winter, and Li Jingbei of the Tang Dynasty exterminated the Turks, that is, the winter march, suddenly attacked the Turkic tent, and finally exterminated the Turks. And now my Great Song cotton armor is enough to protect against the cold and the enemy, is it not as good as the Tang Army wearing iron armor. Fan Zheng asked rhetorically.

The hundred officials couldn't help but be stunned, they were familiar with the history books, and naturally knew that the Tang Dynasty's war to destroy the Eastern Turks was to rely on Li Jing to brave the cold and snow and suddenly attack the Turks, so that the Turkic tent, which was once prosperous, fell apart overnight.

And now that the Great Song Dynasty has the help of cotton armor, the conditions are much better than the Tang army back then, coupled with the sudden attack on Qingtang, the victory of the Great Song Dynasty will be greatly increased.

"The various departments of the grassland are dormant in winter and cannot help each other, so the minister agreed to Fan Taicheng's proposal to follow Li Tang's battle to exterminate the Turks, attack Qingtang in winter, and as long as they take the lead in occupying the Hehuang Valley, the Great Song Dynasty will be invincible." Zhang Dan echoed.

Hehuang Valley is the most elite part of Qingtang, can be cultivated and pastured, as long as the Great Song Dynasty establishes the fortress again, the establishment of the second Pingxia City, retreat can be defended and attacked. The destruction of Qingtang is just around the corner.

Moreover, in the Hehuang Valley, there is the largest tribe in Qingtang, if the land of Hehuang is broken, Qingtang's strength will be reduced by three points, and the victory of the Great Song Dynasty will be increased by three points.

Under the advantages of one another, the Great Song Dynasty can no longer attack Qingtang, so he can only blame his own incompetence.

"Then now the envoys of the Three Kingdoms have all come to the Great Song Dynasty to ask for peace talks! How should Da Song respond! ”

Cai Bian saw that the court had decided to attack Qingtang first, and couldn't help frowning and asked.

Zhang Dian showed a hint of sly laughter: "Naturally, it is a normal response, for Qingtang to count his crimes, and then as before, a big reward, not to let him see the flaws." ”

"We must have a tough attitude towards Western Xia, and there is a tendency to not destroy Western Xia and not give up, and finally for the sake of Liao's face, I reluctantly agree to peace talks?" Lu Dafang homeopathic.

"Not only that, after destroying Qingtang, the next plan of the Great Song Dynasty is to attack the Western Xia, and the Western Xia must take the opportunity to bow down and become a vassal, and the Great Song Dynasty can become famous in the future!" Su Song added.

The three prime ministers were among the best in the world, and they quickly developed a well-developed strategy.

"Accurate!"

When Zhao Xu heard this, he nodded solemnly.

"Wechen obeys!"

Fan Zheng and Cai Bian bowed down to receive the order.

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Inside the Ministry of Rites.

The Great Song Dynasty really held Qingtang high, first severely reprimanded Qingtang for provoking border provocations and treachery for no reason, and then appeased Qingtang, added officials to the knighthood, knowing that Qingtang lacked iron tools, and made an exception to give military supplies such as copper and iron.

The Qingtang envoy was overjoyed, and immediately declared himself a minister to the Song court, made a covenant with the Song Dynasty, and vowed never to offend each other.

After pacifying Qingtang, Fan Zheng and Cai Bian immediately pointed the finger at the Western Xia, and in front of the Liao envoys, they took out the first battle of Pingxia City, the begging and twists of the Western Xia, and counted the treacherous behavior of the Western Xia, and there was a great tendency to not destroy the Western Xia and not give up.

The envoy of the Liao State looked embarrassed, at the beginning, he and Yelu Nanyin had witnessed the peace talks between Song and Xia, but now the Western Xia was treacherous, and as soon as he turned his head, he reneged on the contract and continued to attack Pingxia City.

"Don't listen to the Song people reversing black and white, after the Song and Xia peace talks, the Song people took the lead in breaking the contract, and Pingxia City repeatedly sent troops to attack and harass the people of my Western Xia, so that my Western Xia lost the place to sing and have fun, and the Western Xia was just a passive counterattack!" Wei Ming Ah Wu was angry and ruined.

The second battle of Pingxia City certainly had the reason why the Western Xia intended to pull out the nail of Pingxia City, and the Song people were also not innocent, and repeatedly sent troops to attack and disturb the farming of the Western Xia, which made the Western Xia unbearable.

"Since that's the case, then don't talk about peace, Song Xia will continue to fight, and each will have a destiny." Fan Zheng said with a tough attitude.

Wei Ming Ah Wu was immediately deflated, and now Pingxia City is like a nail, continuing to infest Western Xia, which will only make Western Xia continue to be weak.

"Fan Taicheng don't be angry, the Song, Xia and Liao Kingdoms have always valued peace, and the war between the two countries will only make the people of the two countries miserable, this time my Liao State is a guarantee, and the two countries re-enter into a contract, if anyone dares to break the contract again and provoke a war without authorization, don't blame the Liao State for not being merciful." The Liao envoy threatened.

The envoy of the Liao State seems to be fair, but at this moment the Western Xia is at a disadvantage, and the peace talks at this moment are naturally biased towards the Western Xia.

"Western Xia is willing to accept the mediation of the Liao State?" Ah Wu couldn't wait.

Fan Zheng frowned, and said helplessly: "The Great Song Dynasty can accept peace talks, but the Song-Xia border needs to be redrawn, with Tiandu Mountain and the desert as the boundary, so that both sides have a buffer land." ”

Wei Ming Ah Wu was naturally unwilling, and in such a division, Western Xia not only lost a large amount of territory, but also lost the strategic initiative, and could only be in passive defense.

"Yes!" However, the envoy of the Liao State did not hesitate to say, the winner is the king, and the loser is the king, this is the supreme principle of the grassland, since the Western Xia is defeated, then you can only accept the reality of defeat.

"In addition, the Liao State and the Great Song Dynasty are brother countries, but the Western Xia is not, its lord Li Yuanhao was originally a courtier of the Great Song Dynasty, and he can only be like Qingtang, proclaimed himself a vassal to the Great Song Dynasty and became a vassal state of the Great Song Dynasty!" Cai Bian counted the history of Western Xia and forced Western Xia to submit to the Great Song Dynasty.

"It is simply wishful thinking to let Western Xia claim to the Great Song Dynasty!" Wei Ming Ah Wu flatly refused.

Fan Zheng had already predicted: "Since the Western Xia doesn't want to be a minister, it is okay, the Great Song Dynasty was defeated before, but they all sent a lot of old coins to the Western Xia, and now that the Western Xia is defeated, if you want to negotiate peace, you need to send the New Year's coins to the Great Song Dynasty, and the Great Song Dynasty doesn't want much. ”

"Xixia gave the Great Song Dynasty coins?"

Wei Ming Ah Wu's eyes widened, you must know that the Great Song Dynasty gave 300,000 yuan of annual coins to the Western Xia every year, and now the Western Xia is financially tight, where is the money to give the Great Song Dynasty 300,000 yuan of annual coins.

"According to this envoy, it is better to be a minister of Western Xia." The envoy of the Liao State naturally knew the situation of the Western Xia, so he gave the Western Xia a step down, and he was only a minister, and he would not lose anything.

Wei Ming Ah Wu nodded helplessly.

At this point, under the witness of the Liao State, the Song and Xia made peace talks again, and the Western Xia declared itself a vassal to the Great Song Dynasty, and the two sides took the desert as the boundary and were not allowed to start a war again.

(End of chapter)