Zhao Xu, an official of the Song Dynasty, paced back and forth in Funing Hall with an uneasy look on his face.
Since Daliao and Xixia invaded the border at the same time, Zhao Xu has never had a peaceful night's sleep.
At Yanmen Pass, the 300,000-strong army of the Liao Dynasty and the 400,000-strong army of the Song Dynasty have been facing each other for several months. The two sides have fought several times, with each winning or losing, and neither can do anything to the other.
According to Wang Gang's plan, Zhao Xu has sent envoys to negotiate and try to delay the negotiations. Even if the negotiations cannot be reached, the 400,000 Song troops will not be able to hold out and delay the Liao for several months and half a year. It should not be a problem.
What really made Zhao Xu anxious was the war on the Western Front. Wang Gang had been supporting the Western Front with explosive arrows for almost half a year, but he didn't use any arrows. The war between the Song Dynasty and Xixia was extremely anxious, and the daily military expenditure was even more incalculable.
Battle reports came back to Bianjing from the west one after another, and none of them was good news.
Many of the courtiers wrote to withdraw Wang Gang and send more experienced generals to attack Xixia.
Zhao Xu suppressed all those memorials, but as time passed, he couldn't hold on any longer.
Zhao Xu had not received a battle report on the Western Front for ten days. He knew nothing about the war, which made Zhao Xu very irritable. He locked himself in the room alone and saw no one.
At this time, the door of Funing Hall was opened, and Zhao Xu roared angrily: "Didn't I tell you not to disturb me?"
Zhao Xu just wanted to take out his anger on someone, but found that the person who came in was actually Queen Sheng Minglan.
"Your Majesty, you haven't eaten enough water or rice all day. I was worried about your health, so I specially cooked a bowl of porridge." Sheng Minglan walked in with a bowl of porridge with a big belly.
"Queen, you are pregnant, let the maids do these little things!" Zhao Xu quickly ran over to support Sheng Minglan.
Sheng Minglan is pregnant again, already seven months old.
"Your Majesty is worried about the war, so he has to eat and damage the dragon's body." Sheng Minglan brought the porridge to Zhao Xu.
Zhao Xu had no choice but to take two sips.
"I also know that you are also worried about your third brother."
Sheng Minglan shook her head and said: "I have never worried about Third Brother. I know that Third Brother never fights an uncertain battle."
Zhao Xu raised his eyebrows, knowing that this was Sheng Minglan trying to comfort him.
"The battle report that the British Duke came before said that your third brother fought with extraordinary bravery and killed thirteen Xixia generals in a row. Many courtiers questioned the authenticity of the battle report, saying how could Chang Feng, a civil servant, go into battle to kill generals."
Sheng Minglan said proudly: "My third brother has been both civil and martial arts since he was a child. He spends more time holding a knife than a pen."
Zhao Xu shook his head in amusement, wondering why Sheng Minglan was so confident in his third brother.
"Okay, okay, I know that your third brother is the most powerful and nothing can trouble him." Zhao Xu said to Sheng Minglan like he was coaxing a child.
Since Sheng Minglan married Zhao Xu, she quickly won Zhao Xu's favor with her appearance and skills. In addition, she gave birth to the eldest prince with her first child, and Zhao Xu's love for her increased.
No reduction.
Sheng Minglan was also a very good helper and managed the harem in an orderly manner, making Zhao Xu gradually inseparable from her.
"Minglan, your cooking skills have improved again. A bowl of clear porridge can whet my appetite. If I don't eat what you cook, the food will not taste good." Zhao Xu drank up the porridge cooked by Minglan.
After two purifications, people become more awake.
At this time, a voice sounded.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, we have reported for the Northwest Campaign."
Zhao Xu stood up so violently that his porridge bowl was overturned, and then he saw the reporting eunuch holding a bamboo tube and running madly into the Funing Hall.
"How is the war in the northwest?" Zhao Xu was a little nervous and did not dare to receive the battle report.
Sheng Minglan walked over first, opened the bamboo tube and took out the battle report inside to read first.
"Congratulations to Your Majesty, our army defeated the Xixia army in Hulu Canyon, annihilating 70,000 enemies and capturing 100,000 prisoners. It was a great victory!" Sheng Minglan said happily after reading the battle report.
"Really." Zhao Xu was overjoyed. He grabbed the battle report from Minglan's hand and read it carefully.
"Great, great, my Da Song Dynasty has won, Da Song Dynasty has won!" Zhao Xu shouted excitedly, and the corners of his eyes couldn't help but moisten.
It's no wonder that Zhao Xu was so happy that he wanted to cry. Since the rise of Xixia, the two countries have fought four times in the past few decades, and the Song Dynasty has been defeated in both cases, forcing two generations of emperors to humiliate themselves and negotiate peace, and pay annual coins every year for peace.
In the last battle of Dashun City, the Song Dynasty rarely won a small victory, but in the end it paid a huge price.
This time Daliao and Xixia invaded the border at the same time. Zhao Xu was under great pressure and fought on both fronts. If he could not win, he might lose his throne.
Zhao Xu could finally breathe a sigh of relief now. He won a great victory in the northwest. Not only did he annihilate 70,000 enemies, but also captured 100,000 prisoners. Most of the remaining Xia soldiers fled. It was simply a rare victory since the founding of the Song Dynasty!
"It is my will to spread the news of Xixia's defeat to the whole world. I want the people of the Song Dynasty to know that I have won!" Zhao Xu said excitedly, pulling the eunuch who carried the message.
"Your Majesty, although the war in the northwest has stabilized, the Xia army has not completely withdrawn from the Song Dynasty." Sheng Minglan reminded in a low voice.
Zhao Xu slapped his head and said: "Yes, yes, I am so proud. The British war report said that the victory over the Xixia army this time was all thanks to your third brother to lure the enemy deep into the Hulu Canyon. When Chang Feng comes back, I will do everything possible."
Reward him."
"Third brother is your Majesty's minister. It's your duty to share your worries for your Majesty. What else do you need as a reward?" Sheng Minglan said with a smile.
"Haha, Chang Feng developed the Fei Explosive Arrow and defeated Xi Xia. If such great achievements are not rewarded, wouldn't it be unfair for me, the emperor, to reward and punish him?"
Zhao Xu was very happy and even wanted to reward Wang Gang with an imperial edict immediately, but was stopped by Sheng Minglan.
"Your Majesty, why should you be impatient? It won't be too late to reward my third brother when he comes back!" Sheng Minglan looked like a virtuous queen, which made Zhao Xu more and more satisfied.
"Okay, let's not reward Chang Feng first. I'll reward the Sheng family first." Zhao Xu took Sheng Minglan's hand and said:
"I remember that Chang Feng's biological mother has not yet given her birth certificate, so I will give her a birth certificate first!"
Lin Sushuang probably didn't expect that just sitting at home, she would get a royal wife. It is true that a mother is more valuable than a son.
At this time, Wang Gang did not stop after defeating the Xia army in Hulu Canyon. Instead, he pursued the victory and not only drove all the Xia army out of the Song territory, but also led 30,000 Song troops into the Xia territory.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! The British public was worried that he would go too far into enemy territory to ambush, so he issued three orders to recruit him back.
But Wang Gang had already set off and had not received the order. Moreover, he would not take it seriously if he received it.
Because he only discovered his fighting ability after fighting Xixia.
Wang Gang's own prediction of danger was simply born for the battlefield.
Wherever he led his people, he would go based on his feeling. He would take detours wherever there was danger, directly avoiding Xixia's main force, and attack wherever they were weak.
As Wang Gang's enemy, Xia Jun soon couldn't stand it. Anyone who encountered such an opponent who couldn't be hit, couldn't catch, and whose weak points were found even if he didn't pay attention would not be in a good mood.
After Wang Gang counterattacked Xia Kingdom, his premonitions were even more effective. He could always predict danger in advance and led 30,000 Song troops to fight guerrillas everywhere. At one time, he captured three cities in a row.
When the British Duke received the news, he was completely shocked, but he made the correct arrangement and sent people to take over the three cities of Xixia, and then let Wang Gang do what he wanted freely.
Then Wang Gang went crazy. He regarded Xixia as his own back garden, going wherever he wanted and wherever it was safe.
The Emperor of Xixia soon had a headache. First, he lost nearly 300,000 troops, and now such a nasty guest came to his house. He could not drive him away or fight him.
When Wang Gang captured the seventh Xixia city with weak defenses, Emperor Xia finally sent people to the Song Dynasty to seek peace.
This time, Emperor Xia did not dare to ask for coins from the Song Dynasty in his request for peace. He only asked Zhao Xu to transfer Wang Gang back as soon as possible.
When Zhao Xu saw how his uncle could accept Xixia's peace proposal because he was so powerful, he instead increased the investment of troops in the northwest, vowing to bite two pieces of Xixia's flesh.
Wang Gang was so happy that he led 30,000 Song troops to run around the Xixia territory. Unknowingly, he played for two months and conquered fifteen cities in a row.
Every time he captured a city, the British Duke would send a large army to recruit it. The targets that were originally invaded were now completely reversed.
Seeing that his territory was being encroached upon by the Song Dynasty, Emperor Xia organized an army of 150,000 and almost wiped out all his enemies.
The two sides fought several more battles in Xixia territory. Zhao Xu gathered skilled craftsmen from all over the country to make a batch of explosive arrows and sent them to the northwest.
This time, Wang Gang's cavalry were all equipped with exploding arrows, and the explosions on the battlefield made the Xixia army cry for their fathers and mothers.
Although in Wang Gang's view, flying explosive arrows are not really hot weapons, in the era of cold weapons, their lethality is great, especially the iron fragments splashed during the explosion, which are enough to penetrate the armor of heavy armored infantry.
The sound produced when the exploding arrow exploded was so deceiving that many Xixia soldiers who had never seen it before thought that thunder was coming from the sky and were so frightened that they dropped their weapons and ran away.
In this battle, the Song army relied on flying explosive arrows to defeat the Xixia army on the frontal battlefield and completely crippled the Xixia army.
After the fifteen armies were dispersed, Wang Gang led his troops straight into Xixia and fought all the way to the foot of Helan Mountain.
Emperor Xia could no longer hold on, so he submitted a letter of surrender to the Song Dynasty and surrendered.
