Back to the Song Dynasty as a tyrant

Li Liangfu escaped in the chaos, but the others were not so lucky.

The battlefield can be described in one word: dead bodies everywhere.

If a person walks between them, he will find that the soles of the shoes are sticky and slippery, and incomplete limbs can be seen scattered everywhere.

Some Xixia cavalry broke through, and some were intercepted by the Song army who came to support with dense crossbows. The men and horses were shot into hedgehogs and died tragically on the spot.

After sunset, the war finally ended, and the world slowly returned to tranquility.

Countless bright red "carpets" were spread out in a radius of dozens of miles.

Some Song soldiers who were tired from killing were resting next to the pile of corpses, and some Song soldiers who came after them began to inspect the enemies who hadn't died yet.

In the battle of Lanzhou, although the Song army died a lot, the Xixia people suffered heavy casualties.

This is a painful blow to Xixia, which has a limited population.

It is said that someone calculated afterwards that in the Battle of Lanzhou, the Xixia people lost 4 people!

At this time, Li Liangfu and Wei Mingli were also fleeing to Xi'an Prefecture.

Li Liangfu: Xi'an Prefecture still has 5000 troops left by me, which is enough to help me cross the river safely!

Is this over?

not at all!

After rectifying in Lanzhou for two days, Li Yanxian began to act decisively.

He selected [-] elites and began to cross the Yellow River, preparing to fight back against the Xixia people.

His first target was Xixia Zhuoluo and Nanjunsi across the river from Lanzhou City.

Isn't Lanzhou City running out of food?

In addition to seizing the little bit of food and grass left by Li Liangfu's army, Li Yanxian also planned to go to the other side of the Yellow River to grab the territory of the Xixia people.

The Yellow River in spring is still very mild. On the fourth day of March, [-] Song soldiers crossed the Yellow River and appeared in the territory of the Xixia people.

Also on the fourth day of March, Li Qianshun sent his Wei name, Anhui, to inspect the Jianing Military Division.

Long before Li Liangfu launched an attack on Xi'an Prefecture, Xixia had secretly mobilized the army.

In ancient times, wars were generally mobilized in advance. After all, there was no communication network in ancient times, and mobilization took time.

Within two months, [-] elite troops were secretly gathered in Hengshan, distributed in Hongzhou, Longzhou, and Yinzhou, forming an offensive front that spanned hundreds of miles from east to west.

These elites are completely different from those of Li Liangfu.

The most elite of Li Liangfu's troops were [-] light cavalry and [-] infantry, and the rest didn't even have leather armor, and the number of crossbows was limited.

But the Xixia army assembled in the Hengshan area is completely different.

In addition to the powerful "bubazi" for mountain warfare, there are also a large number of better equipped cavalry, and even a group of iron kite heavy armored cavalry.

Quite a few of these elites are the ace army defending Xingqing Mansion, you can understand it as Zhao Ning's Imperial Guard Brigade.

There are iron mines in the north of Hengshan, and in Xiazhou City there is the Xixia iron smelting office, which was established in Li Yuanhao's time.

This area is also known as Pingxia.

Xixia ace cavalry iron kite also has another title, called Pingxia iron kite.

As the name suggests, the iron kite is located in the Pingxia area, after all, the iron smelting center of the Xixia people is also here.

But only Ye Tie's center was not enough to support Xi Xia to place the elite troops here.

As we all know, the cost of supporting such heavy cavalry is staggering.

And Pingxia to the north of Hengshan is still a fertile land lying east to west, not only rich in farmland, but also rich in resources.

It is also a strategic location where Song and Xia have competed for nearly a hundred years.

Li Qianshun wanted to fight Da Song's attention, but he split the fight at two ends.

With Li Liangfu's army quickly suppressing the border, he gathered the troops of Zhuo Luo and the Southern Army Division to attack Xihe Road, drawing the attention of the front to the west, making the Song Army think that he was planning to attack Xihe Road and Longyou Dufu.

But in fact, the real elites have already begun to deploy in the Hengshan area in advance. As long as the Song army supports Xihe Road, the real elites of Xixia will go south in an all-round way, and will destroy the city of Yanyan Road like a torrent of steel.

The mastermind of this crusade against the Song Dynasty was named Anhui, and he was personally inspecting the Jianing Military Division in Youzhou.

He doesn't allow any problems.

Because this matter was a task given to him by Jin Guo, and it was related to his future political status in Xixia.

An Hui, the Wei name of the Jianing Military Division inspecting Yu (you) Prefecture, did not know that Li Liangfu had already defeated Lanzhou.

He didn't even know that Liu Kai's [-] Song Army had secretly gone north a few days ago, and adopted an extremely aggressive strategy: the troops were directed at Hengshan Yinzhou!

During this time, the Song Army of the Three Routes came out of Fuyan Road and galloped towards the northeast as quickly as if they were throwing beans.

They will join forces in Suide, and then join forces to attack Mizhi Village. After recapturing Mizhi Village, they will use it as the rear stronghold of the army, and then go north to besiege Yinzhou.

In fact, this is the meaning of the General Secretary of Jingzhao Prefecture, and Liu Kai is a very obedient and honest person. He will do what his superiors tell him to do.

This is the characteristic of Liu Kai, a person with a good temper who never troubles his superiors.

Playing Yinzhou is not so easy.

Since the outbreak of the Song-Jin War, the strength of the Song army has been greatly reduced, and Hengshan, which had been occupied by the Song Dynasty, was taken back by Xixia.

In the past, many fortresses built by the Song Dynasty in this area were destroyed, leaving a large blank space, preventing the Song army from entering Hengshan in depth for a long time.

But Zhang Jun sent Liu Kai to fight Yinzhou, obviously with Zhang Jun's intention.

On the fourth day of March, Liu Kai's main force arrived in Suide first, and on the second day, left and right roads arrived successively.

At this time, the Xixia people did not know that the Song army had launched a large-scale military operation in the Wuding River area.

They will attack Yinzhou, an important military town in the Hengshan area, and give the Xixia people a surprise.

On the fifth day of March, Zhao Ning's edict was sent to Jingzhao Mansion.

Zhao Ning assigned a grand strategy to Zhang Jun: a full-scale war with Xixia.

This is definitely not due to Zhao Ning's temper, but due to the strategic balance of Song Jinxia's entire chess game.

Chapter 369 Zhao Ning: I Stud! (first update)

For Li Yanxian, the duty is to guard the gate of Xihe Road.

For Zhang Jun, the responsibility is to stabilize the situation on the Six Roads in Shaanxi.

But for Zhao Ning, it is the entire Song Dynasty that needs to be stable!

The wonderful thing about war, economy, and people's livelihood is that once there is a war, food must be transported, food needs to be bought with money, and there will inevitably be losses on the road.

When Emperor Wu of the Han conquered the south of Yinshan Mountain and set up Shuofang City to attack the front line of the Xiongnu, what kind of loss ratio was used to dispatch food?

Of the 20 catties of grain transported from Shandong (east of Xiaoshan in the Han Dynasty), only 1 catty could reach Shuofang.

It can be seen that the loss of food in ancient times was great.

Of course, the Song Dynasty had abundant canals for water transportation, and the food loss was much lower than that of the Han Dynasty.

However, whether it is armaments or pensions, it must be a large sum.

Moreover, according to the historical habits of the Great Song Dynasty, if you win the battle against Xixia, you must build a city for strategic advancement.

Building a city involves recruiting people, which is one of the most costly things and affects agricultural production.

Let’s just say that Xihe Road has been laid down. In order to maintain the rule there, the Song Dynasty invested nearly 400 million yuan a year, otherwise it would be impossible to maintain stability and it would be lost soon.

And the imperial court simply didn't have that much money to invest in it, after all, there were so many officials and empty imperial guards to support.

Otherwise, why did Sima Guang clamor to give up?

So ah, fighting on the front line, making money in the rear, without money, everything is useless.

And to make money, you can't go to the civilians who are already living a difficult life, otherwise internal conflicts will explode, and the situation will directly become a crooked neck tree.

So under the current situation, how to effectively complete the attack on Xixia without harming the internal stability of Song Dynasty?

At this time, it was time to test him, Boss Zhao.

The so-called all-out war with Xixia was a big gamble between Zhao Ning, Li Qianshun, and Wanyan Wu Qibui!

Wanyan Wu Qimai sat on the side, urging Xixia to take advantage of the internal chaos in Song Dynasty and fuck him.

Li Ganshun was tempted and started to do it.

But Zhao Ning knows that playing cards is not just based on what cards you have in your hand, but also what cards the opponent has in your hand, and how the opponent will play based on the opponent's personality and cards.

The cards in Li Ganshun's hand are limited, and he is the one who is most afraid of breaking the balance.

Moreover, the beauty of the Three Kingdoms game is that none of the parties is willing to take the initiative to consume excessively with the other party, so that the third party can take advantage of it.

This was the only agreement the three players could reach.

So at this time Li Qianshun wants to do something, how to end it quickly?

The most brilliant way is undoubtedly Stud!

Zhao Ning: I am Stud.

Li Qianshun: Huh?

Zhao Ning: I said I am Stud.

Li Qianshun: Huh?

Zhao Ning: Don't you understand?Stud!

Li Qianshun looked at the cards in his hand, and then at Wanyan Wu Qimai who was sitting aside with a harmless face, Wanyan Wu Qimai naturally urged Li Qianshun not to be cowardly.

But Li Qianshun's face twitched, he threw down the card, and said with a serious face: Zhao Guanjia, you are so right, I think we should sit down and discuss the matter of world peace.

This strategic approach must be based on the balance of deterrence among the three countries.

After Zhang Jun read Zhao Ning's edict, he knew what Zhao Guan's sole purpose was: to make Xixia surrender as quickly as possible.

It is the best policy to subdue the enemy's soldiers without fighting.

Zhang Jun was a little excited, because Zhao Guan's thoughts overlapped with his to a certain extent.

He sent Liu Kai to fight Yinzhou, just the first hand, and the second hand, and the third hand.

However, after reading the imperial edict of Zhao Guan's family, he felt that he didn't have to play out his cards one by one, and just mobilize the whole army to go north!

On the fifth day of March, Tokyo City.

A young man rode a horse and slowly entered the city, looking around.

Spring is beautiful, and the sycamore trees beside the roads in Tokyo are already full of green shade.

The peach blossoms are at their most brilliant time, pink, like fat, like jade, clustered together and connected into pieces.

The lake is shimmering, the spring clouds are freshly washed, the dark fragrance is floating, and the tenderness is infinite.

Qing Ying Luo Shan, stepping on the spring, carrying a bamboo basket.

At this time of year, some royal gardens will be open to the outside world, and people can come and go freely.

Many high-ranking officials and wealthy households, who own many properties, will also open their gardens to the outside world.

Of course, "tickets" will be charged, and there will be special people to manage them.

Song people are very particular about emotional appeal, they are very good at living, and they start to pay more attention to themselves.

Therefore, some people in later generations said that Chinese humanism sprouted in Song Dynasty.

We can't just care about the expansion of the country, we also care about the life and family in front of us.

Creation begins with humanities.

This is naturally produced after the material becomes abundant and the market appears.

The basis of this situation is the high yield of grain in the primary industry.

Looking around, the young man felt that Tokyo was very different from previous years.

The panic caused by the siege of the Jin army in the second year of Jingkang has gradually dissipated. People regained their confidence in life and continued to work hard to live.

Moreover, the imperial court has rectified the officialdom in recent years, at least the city of Tokyo has a lot of vitality.

This young man is none other than Hu Quan who was sent to Qingyuan Mansion to be in charge of the newspaper before.

The newspaper offices in Qingyuanfu area have already been set up, and Hu Quan has been promoted all the way in the past half a year, and directly presided over the Hebei West Road General Newspaper Office.