"The Liao State has withdrawn!"

After all, the 200,000 troops are all concentrated in Nanjing, which is a heavy burden for the economically fragile Liao.

"Da Song won!"

When the news of Liao's withdrawal came, it immediately spread throughout the Great Song Dynasty at the fastest speed.

Although when the Western Xia was defeated, everyone knew that it was a matter of time before the Liao State withdrew, but when the news came back, the entire Great Song Dynasty was still cheering.

"This is a great victory that has not been seen in the Song Dynasty in a century!"

An old man wept bitterly.

He has gone through several generations, personally experienced the tragic situation of the Great Song Dynasty repeatedly bullied by other countries, and now the Great Song Dynasty faced the attack of the two countries of Liaoxia, not only retreated, but also defeated the Western Xia, and recovered the agricultural land east of Hengshan, which was an unprecedented victory.

"The rise of the Great Song Dynasty has become a country of old age and a country of youth!"

A young man in Kaifeng, who admired Fan Zheng the most, said that he couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

The people of Kaifeng bowed slightly, under the leadership of the Empress Dowager Gao, the Great Song Dynasty was like a country of old age, and was oppressed, and now the Great Song Dynasty under the leadership of the young emperor Zhao Xu, eventually became a country of youth, full of vitality.

"Although the Liao State withdrew its troops this time, the Great Song Dynasty paid a price of millions of yuan? Isn't this also an old coin? What is the difference between it and when Empress Dowager Gao was in power? A scholar in Tsing Yi questioned.

A merchant snorted coldly and said: "Millions of dollars are orders for trading, but not New Year's coins, and the Liao Kingdom needs to pay for the goods of the Great Song Dynasty, which is naturally different from New Year's coins." ”

"What's the difference? I have a lot of resources in the Great Song Dynasty, how do I need the goods of the Liao State, or is it not to pay the Liao State in disguise? The scholar in Tsing Yi snorted coldly.

In the past, the old coin was only 500,000 guan, although the Great Song Dynasty abolished the two-year coin, but the use of the Silk Road benefited the Liao State a lot, and now the imperial court paid one million guan at once, and the money obtained by the Liao State was far better than in the past, which naturally caused the dissatisfaction of many scholars.

The merchant shook his head and said: "The land is rich does not mean that there is no need for goods, the fur of the north, meat, horses, ginseng, deer antler velvet and the treasures of the Western Regions, these are rare goods in the Great Song Dynasty, and my Great Song Dynasty opened up the Maritime Silk Road, which is the center of the world, these goods can not only be bought and sold in the Great Song Dynasty, but also can be transferred to overseas countries, so that although the Great Song Dynasty spent millions of dollars to buy goods from the Liao Kingdom, and then transferred out, it can also make a lot of money." ”

"Is there such a thing?" Everyone couldn't help but be skeptical.

The merchant shook his head and said: "What's the matter, the Liao State has obtained a million guan, and the land Silk Road also needs to buy the goods of the Great Song Dynasty, especially the rare treasures returned from the South Sea, which are even more in demand, it is said that Princess Yelu Nanyin has not waited for the truce between the two countries, and has already traded with Tong Guan on the Bohai Sea for 100,000 guan." ”

Only then did everyone believe a little, and they no longer pointed at the millions of orders in the court, but began to look forward to how much money Tong Guan had earned and how many rare treasures he had brought back when he returned from Nanyang.

"The Liao State has withdrawn!"

In the court,

When the good news of Liao's retreat came, the entire court couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

"Congratulations to the official! There is a great song in the sky! ”

Hundreds of officials congratulated one after another.

Since Liaoxia sent troops, the entire Great Song Dynasty has been shrouded in clouds, and now it has finally cleared the clouds and seen the sun.

"Liao Guo has ever released Tong Guan!" Zhao Xu asked.

Su Song replied: "Qi Qi Guan, the two countries are at war without beheading, the Liao State has not embarrassed Tong Gonggong, and now Tong Guan is trading with Princess Yelu at the mouth of the Haihe River, striving to earn back a part of the imperial court's millions of orders." ”

Zhao Xu nodded slightly, he didn't expect that Fan Zheng inadvertently made a move, and actually made a great contribution to the Great Song Dynasty, if it weren't for the thousands of fleets docking in Bohai Bay, so that the rear of the Liao State was threatened, I am afraid that the Great Song Dynasty would not have been able to delay the arrival of the great defeat of the Western Xia.

If the Liao State directly sent troops, the Song and Liao wars together, they would definitely be devastated, even if the Great Song Dynasty repelled the Liao State, this battle would take place in the territory of the Great Song Dynasty, and the Great Song Dynasty would be severely damaged and suffer heavy losses.

Now the defeat of the Xia army in the territory of Western Xia, and the retreat of the Liao State, is simply the best situation for the Great Song Dynasty, and the greatest meritorious service is Fan Zheng.

Whether it is the powerful new sky-shaking thunder, or the tactics of five roads in one, and the threat of a thousand fleets to the Liao State, they all come from Fan Zheng's strategy.

"Qiyu Guanjia, when the Liao State withdrew its troops, two conditions were put forward, one was that the sea fleet returned to Dengzhou, and it was not allowed to approach the waters of the Liao State in the future, and the other was that the Song Army returned to the Baotai Military Division and the Jingsai Military Division that occupied Western Xia, and asked the officials to decide." Lu Dafang said respectfully.

Zhao Xu sneered: "There is naturally no problem with the retreat of the sea fleet, in the future, the Liao State will no longer attack the Song Dynasty, and the sailors of the Great Song Dynasty will naturally not go north, but the Western Xia is a traitor of the Great Song Dynasty, and it is the internal affairs of the Great Song Dynasty to take back the Baotai Military Division and the Jingsai Military Division, and the Liao State has no right to interfere." ”

"Your Majesty is wise!" Baiguan praised.

The sea fleet has been staying in Bohai Bay for nearly a month, and now that it is about to reach the typhoon season, it already needs to return to Hong Kong, not to mention, there are still tens of millions of dollars worth of money and goods on the thousands of fleets, which naturally have to be returned for sale.

However, according to the Three Kingdoms Peace Treaty of Song Liaoxia, Western Xia was a vassal to the Great Song Dynasty, which was the internal affairs of the Great Song Dynasty.

"Not only that, the minister thinks that the Great Song Dynasty still needs to counterattack Liaoxia, and Liaoxia will jointly send troops to destroy the Great Song Dynasty, which will make the people in the Great Song Dynasty panic, this time, my Great Song Dynasty will be lucky, will there be such good luck in the future?" Fan Zheng said solemnly.

The hundred officials of the Manchu Dynasty couldn't help nodding slightly, this time the Great Song Dynasty was able to defeat the Liaoxia coalition army, on the one hand, it was the new type of earth-shaking thunder, and on the other hand, the sea fleet was taken by surprise and shocked the Liao State.

In time, the two countries of Liaoxia can find a way to restrain themselves, and the next Great Song Dynasty will not have such good luck.

Zhang Dian frowned and said, "You mean to continue the counterattack on Liaoxia?" ”

The other hundred officials were also excited, the Great Song Dynasty now has the advantage of Tiefutu and Heaven-shaking Thunder, and has just defeated the Liaoxia coalition army, it is the time when the army is in its prime, if you can take this opportunity to send troops to destroy the Western Xia or recover the sixteen states of Yanyun, it is not an opportunity.

"By all means, the Great Song Dynasty has finally achieved peace, how can it be light on the flames of war again." Lu Dafang was shocked.

He was afraid that Zhao Xu would be young and vigorous, and after Fan Zhengyi's instigation, he would take revenge on Liaoxia at all costs, and he was afraid that the good situation of the Great Song Dynasty would be ruined.

"Our army has just experienced a major war, and countless weapons, grain and grass have been consumed, and if we start the war lightly, I am afraid that we will repeat the mistakes of Taizong back then." Yang Wei also persuaded.

At that time, Taizong of the Song Dynasty had just destroyed the Northern Han Dynasty, but the tired army of the Great Song Dynasty went north to recover the sixteen states of Yanyun in one fell swoop, but suffered a fiasco, but fortunately the donkey cart drifted and escaped a catastrophe.

Fan Zheng shook his head and said: "Sending troops now is naturally the next step, but not sending troops does not mean that we are helpless to wait for the two countries of Liaoxia." ”

"Fan Taicheng has a good prescription?" Zhao Xu said excitedly.

He is also young and vigorous, so he is naturally extremely angry at Liaoxia's bullying of the Great Song Dynasty for no reason, and if he has the opportunity, he naturally wants to fight back.

Fan Zheng sneered and said: "The defeat of Western Xia in this battle, not only the 300,000 army suffered heavy losses, but even the Jingsai Military Division and the Baotai Military Division also fell into the hands of the Great Song Dynasty, and the Western Xia lost the agricultural area in the south, and its country will be greatly dissatisfied, and the prestige of the Empress Dowager Xiao Liang will definitely be greatly hit, this is the best opportunity for the Liang family to represent Xia, I believe that Liang Yiqi will definitely not let go of this golden opportunity." ”

"Liang Dai Xia?"

Lu Dafang bowed slightly, he was in charge of Western Xia, and he knew the situation of Western Xia and Liang Yiqi best.

Due to the failure of Liang Yikui to unite Qingtang and let the Great Song Dynasty occupy Qingtang, Liang Yikui's status in the Empress Dowager Xiaoliang declined sharply, and even this war did not give Liang Yikui military power.

The rift between the brothers and sisters of the Liang family has been formed, and now that the Empress Dowager Xiao Liang has been defeated, her prestige has plummeted, and her rule is unstable, it is the best time for Liang Yikui to seize power.

"Fan Taicheng once said that Liang Yikui's seizure of power was bound to fail, and the Great Song Dynasty used Liang Yikui's struggle for power to further weaken Western Xia." Zhangdun's eyes lit up.

Fan Zheng shook his head and said: "Fan did say that Liang Yikui's seizure of power would definitely fail, but if Liang Yikui is rational enough, there is no chance of success?" ”

"What chance?" The ministers couldn't help but be curious.

Fan Zhenglang said: "The reason why Liang Yikui seized power must fail, that is because Xixia is the world of the Dangxiang clan, and Liang Yikui is a Han person, even if Liang Yikui is powerful, the party nobles will not be convinced at all, if Liang Yikui does not choose to seize power in the entire Western Xia, but chooses to win over the Han people and split the Western Xia to build a country, it will definitely succeed." ”

"The Liang family split the Western Xia state?" The ministers of the Great Song Dynasty couldn't help but be stunned, and looked at Fan Zheng in puzzlement.

Fan Zheng nodded and said: "Yes, Liang Yikui is a Han Chinese, and there are many Han people in Western Xia, Liang Yikui used the power of the Liang family to split Western Xia to build the Liang State, plus the support of the Great Song Dynasty, the chance of success is at least seventy percent." ”

Although the Western Xia is the world of the Dangxiang clan, the Han people in its country are also not a minority, the Liang family is powerful in the Western Xia, and then the heart of the Han people in the Western Xia is gathered, and there is the support of the Great Song Dynasty behind it, and this law has a great chance of success.

"Maybe this law will work?" Baiguan's eyes couldn't help but light up.

This law is the law of Li Yuanhao's founding of the country, Li Yuanhao used this law to successfully split the country from the Great Song Dynasty, and now the Liang family uses Li Yuanhao's law to split the Western Xia, which can be described as a report and a report.

"This strategy is feasible, Lu Xianggong, you pass on this method to Liang Yiqi and let him act according to the plan." Zhao Xu's eyes lit up.

If Liang Yikui split the Western Xia, then the Western Xia would no longer be able to pose a threat to the Great Song Dynasty, and even the Great Song Dynasty would support another Liang State to fight against the Liaoxia in the same way that the Liao State supported the Western Xia.

Lu Dafang was excited, although he was not used to Fan Zheng, but he was full of praise for Fan Zheng.

First of all, the probability of success of the Liang division is very great, and in the future, the small Western Xia will be divided into the Liang State and the Xia State, the national strength will be greatly reduced, and the threat to the west of the Great Song Dynasty will be greatly reduced.

The hundred officials also agreed, if this party succeeded or failed, it would be able to further weaken the Western Xia, and it would be beneficial to the Great Song Dynasty.

"Western Xia has the internal troubles of the Liang family, and the Liao State also has the problems of the Jurchens." The ministers decided on the strategy of Western Xia, and Fan Zheng's words changed.

"Jurchen!"

Zhao Xu nodded slightly, Da Song has used ginseng for a long time, and it is time to go further.

"As for the Liao State, due to the Liao State's wanton exploitation of the Jurchens, the price of ginseng is very different in the Liao State and the Great Song Dynasty, and the contradiction between the Jurchens and the Liao State has been greatly deepened. Fan Zheng once again turned the spearhead to the biggest opponent of the Great Song Dynasty - the Liao State.

Zhang Dian frowned and said: "The use of merchants to smuggle Jurchen ginseng has been detected by the Liao State, and all the ginseng transactions are controlled by the Liao State's magnates, and it is impossible to achieve the purpose of funding the Jurchens. ”

Now the Great Song Dynasty only provoked the contradiction between the Jurchens and the Liao State, and the huge wealth of buying ginseng fell into the hands of the Liao nobles.

Su Song nodded, now that the Liao State is still in full swing, even if the Jurchen knows that the Liao State is lowering the price, in the end they can only swallow their anger, plus the Great Song Dynasty and the Jurchen are not bordering, so they can't directly support the Jurchen to grow.

Fan Zheng smiled confidently and said: "The Great Song Dynasty naturally does not border the Jurchens on land, but it does not mean that the sea route is impassable, the sea ships of the Great Song Dynasty can reach the South Seas thousands of miles away, let alone the Jurchen land not far away." ”

"Fan Taicheng's method is to start by sea!" Su Song's eyes lit up and said, the Great Song Dynasty's route to the East has reached Goryeo and Fusang, and he only needs to continue sailing, from behind Goryeo, to the seaside, and he can contact the Jurchen tribe that occupies the white mountains and black waters.

"That's a great idea!" Zhang's shooting was amazing. Starting from the sea route, the Great Song Dynasty finally had the opportunity to directly contact the Jurchens, so they could directly fund the Jurchens.

Fan Zheng smiled slightly and said: "In the past, the ginseng sold by the Liao State to the Great Song Dynasty was purchased by the nobles of the Liao State from the Jurchen tribe at a low price, and this time the Great Song Dynasty's million guan order is nothing more than that, but the Jurchen has a sea market, and will definitely not sell ginseng at a low price, and the contradiction with the Liao State is destined to be irreconcilable." ”

Once the Jurchens have a new market for ginseng, they will definitely not be willing to be exploited by the Liao State, and the Liao State can only raise the price if it wants to complete the million-guan order, and raising the purchase price of ginseng will not only greatly reduce the profits of the Liao State on ginseng, but also further support the Jurchens, which the Liao State does not want to see in any case.

The Liao State will definitely use force to persecut, and this will further intensify the rebellion of the Jurchens, once the Liao civil strife is coming, the time for the Great Song Dynasty to destroy Xia will come.

Su Song nodded slightly and said: "At this moment, the Great Song Dynasty has not stimulated the Liao State too much, it can only be done by the merchants in private, it is best to use the hands of the Goryeo and Fusang people to convey weapons and armor to the Jurchens, so that the Jurchens' power can be further strengthened, and only by making the Jurchens stronger can they have the courage to resist the Liao State." ”

"Yes!"

Zhao Xu nodded slightly.

This method is very wonderful, the Great Song Dynasty can not only obtain a large amount of cheap ginseng, but also exacerbate the contradictions between the Jurchens and the Liao State.

According to this method, the Great Song Dynasty will definitely have the opportunity to destroy the Western Xia, recover the sixteen states of Yanyun, and even dominate the world.

(End of chapter)