Chapter 1567: Facing Nirvana General Di Qing, Shiquan Army greets him
Chapter 1567: General Di Qing and Shi Quan’s army greet him.
Di Qing had outstanding military exploits. In just over ten years, he was promoted from a small attendant to the deputy privy envoy!
Then, Nong Zhigao rebelled in Guangyuan Prefecture, and Di Qing once again invited troops to fight! He attacked Kunlun Pass at night, chased Nong Zhigao's rebels for fifty miles, and killed the remaining rebels!
After returning to Kyoto, he was promoted to Privy Councilor!
He was promoted from the bottom to the top of the military commanders in thirteen years. He is definitely the idol of all military commanders!
However, the high and powerful position of Privy Councilor was mostly occupied by civil servants, so Di Qing naturally became the target of hostility from all civil servants.
In just four years, Di Qing was criticized by civil servants and demoted. He left Beijing and moved to Chenzhou to be the magistrate. One year later, the Song Dynasty God of War, who was less than fifty years old, died of depression and became a tragic hero.
It is a pity that the two most brilliant generals in the Song Dynasty for hundreds of years did not die in the hands of the enemy, but were destroyed by their own swords and axes! Sad, deplorable, and hateful!
After the three wars, although the party was fierce, the Song Dynasty was not at the mercy of others, and the two sides could only sign a peace agreement in the end.
However, this was just the beginning! In the next fifty or sixty years, there were four or five large-scale national wars between the two sides, and countless small-scale battles!
Especially in the last national war, the two sides fought fiercely for several years. The Song Dynasty used Tong Guan and Zhong Shidao as generals, and then directly invaded the Xixia territory and directly captured the important Hengshan area.
As a result, the Great Xia Kingdom lost its barrier with the Song Dynasty and faced the danger of annihilation! The Great Xia Kingdom had to completely surrender to the Song Dynasty.
It's a pity, God bless Daxia! Before the Song Dynasty could completely destroy Daxia, he fell under the iron heel of the Jin Kingdom first! And Daxia also regained its vitality, not only wiping out all the land that had been conquered by the Song Dynasty
They took it back and took advantage of the opportunity to encroach on a lot of Song Dynasty's land.
Generally speaking, Li Yuanhao was disloyal and unkind to the Song Dynasty, and jumped between Song and Liao based on actual interests.
When the Song Dynasty was strong, he immediately surrendered to the Song Dynasty. As long as there were benefits, the status he insisted on could be compromised.
When the Liao State became powerful, he immediately professed vassalage to the Liao State, entered into a marriage alliance, and took the initiative to request the Liao State for canonization.
Even internally, Li Yuanhao was extremely ruthless and vicious, even poisoning his biological mother and snatching his daughter-in-law as his wife and concubine! In the end, he died at the hands of his own son.
However, for later generations of party members, Li Yuanhao is a hero in the minds of many people.
Not only did Li Yuanhao establish the country for Dangxiang, but during his reign, he established the Dangxiang reign, improved the official system, created writing, clothing and etiquette, and even expanded the territory to the states in the Hexi Corridor.
With the strength of the early Song Dynasty and the ferocity of the Liao Kingdom at that time, Dangxiang found his own way in the cracks. He is indeed worthy of the term traitor!
After reading Zhao Shen's letter, Shen Tang sighed!
Let him receive the Daxia envoy and decide all matters on his own! Although he said that he made his own decision, Shen Tang could see that Zhao Shen did not want to pay attention to Daxia's request this time. Although he did not know the inside story, this was in line with Shen Tang's decision.
Tang’s thoughts.
"When will the Xia delegation arrive?"
Shen Tang asked.
"Sir, if we calculate based on time, they should have entered our Song Dynasty by now and will arrive in Chengdu in about ten days."
The current Xia Kingdom does not border the Song Dynasty. Therefore, the mission needs to go all the way south from Xining Prefecture in the southernmost part of the Xia Kingdom, passing through the Jishi Mountain area of Tubo and then enter the Lizhou territory of the Great Song Dynasty.
"Okay, I will send someone to pay attention to their whereabouts!"
Shen Tang nodded in response.
"Sir Shen, when the Xia State envoy comes, it should be a national gift. Your Excellency should personally lead the troops to welcome it!"
Shen Tang blinked and looked curiously at the person behind Li Duo who spoke, "Who are you?"
"Tao Min, the doctor in the Ministry of Rites, lower official!"
"You are blaming me!"
Shen Tang stood up and looked at this ignorant person with squinted eyes. No wonder the Great Xia Kingdom came to the Song Dynasty shamelessly. If the Ministry of Rites were all such people, then they really came to the right place.
"I don't dare!"
"If you don't dare, just shut up! Not to mention that you are just a doctor from the Ministry of Rites. Even if Wei Qi comes in person, you must be respectful to me. I don't need your guidance when doing things in this house!"
"Come here, let the Li Fang Manager arrange the accommodation. When the delegation comes, I will tell you to come and cooperate!"
After saying that, Shen Tang turned around and left.
Li Duo stood up and bowed to Shen Tang, but he sneered at Tao Min, "These are ignorant people."
I think back then, when I was just starting out, I didn’t even give in to the Emperor of Jin. What’s more, now that the power is getting stronger, it’s only the Xia State envoys who came! I don’t know, if these people from Xia State are respectful this time, that’s all. If they dare If they have inappropriate thoughts, adults will naturally teach them how to behave.
Two days later, Shen Tang received news that the Xia State's envoy was heading south from Lizhou to Chengdu.
Shen Tang sent the letter to the counties along the way, and the officials were not allowed to greet them. They only had to treat them according to the due etiquette at the inns along the way! Then, he sent an order to Shao Hongyuan to send a thousand troops to escort the mission after it entered Chengdu Prefecture.
At the border between Shiquan and Lizhou, Shao Hongyuan is waiting with more than a thousand soldiers and horses!
A general beside him came forward and said, "General, what do you think these barbarians are doing here? Besides, since they are a diplomatic mission, they don't have to worry about going to Lin'an to meet the Holy Spirit. Why did they come to Chengdu to meet the commander-in-chief?"
Shao Hongyuan smiled and said, "Why should we care so much? After all, the commander-in-chief has made the decision! Furthermore, the Holy One has ordered the commander-in-chief to contact them, so we don't have to worry about so much! You and your brothers will escort them there along the way. Come back after you have contacted the commander!"
General Pian nodded vigorously. They always fulfilled Shen Tang's orders without compromise.
After waiting for a full hour, finally, a team slowly came from the north!
"This person is the Xia Kingdom's envoy!"
Soldiers and horses came up to greet him and asked.
A small group of cavalry also rushed out from the opposite side, "The envoy from the Great Xia Kingdom is here. Where is your commander-in-chief!"
Shao Hongyuan stepped forward on his horse and looked around. There were many people in this team. There were nearly a thousand people in the bodyguard alone. The other ceremonial guards and entourage were also about a thousand people! Moreover, looking at the dragon flag in the team, it turned out to be Are there any members of the Xia royal family?
Also, not to mention the other guards, the few hundred iron cavalry in the innermost circle are obviously strong soldiers! Judging from their appearance, they are similar to the legendary iron kites! If they are really these soldiers and horses, it means that the identity of the visitor is unknown. Low.
This iron kite was founded by Li Yuanhao back then, and it was the most elite military force in Li Yuanhao's hands.
Moreover, although this group of soldiers and horses only numbered three thousand, they had outstanding military exploits and made unparalleled achievements in the wars against the Song Dynasty and the Liao Dynasty.