Dashun City, an important border town in the Song Dynasty, has been surrounded by Xixia people for more than half a month.
This city was built during the fierce war between the two countries and was built by Fan Wenzheng, the eternal sage.
Many people in later generations questioned Fan Zhongyan, believing that this so-called most remarkable person in the three hundred years of the Song Dynasty never took the initiative to attack once during the four or five years he served as a frontier commander in the northwest. He was able to gain such a great reputation because of the propaganda needs of the political machine. .
But in fact, despite his reputation, Fan Zhongyan’s contribution to the resistance to Xixia is unparalleled by anyone. After the Qingli peace negotiation, Xixia could no longer invade the territory of the Song Dynasty unscrupulously as before, and everyone worshiped him. Given by the determined strategy.
That was what Fan Gong advocated, and the Xixia people's biggest nightmare during the Northern Song Dynasty - the Song Dynasty's village building project.
Chapter 352: Marriage (Part 2) Fan Zhongyan clearly realized that the Song Dynasty army lacked the ability to fight the Xia army decisively, and could only adopt an active defense strategy, which is the so-called 'defense in the attack, attack in the defense.' Specifically. To put it in perspective, it means building a stronghold - using fortresses and camps one by one to form a clearly layered and mutually responsive defense line. If the Xixia people want to invade, they must face siege operations, which they are least good at. And they must conquer them one by one. Only after clearing the passage can you invade.
This pinched the fate of the Xixia people, who mainly relied on cavalry and relied on mobility to take the initiative on the battlefield.
Moreover, Fan Zhongyan and the others were not satisfied with domestic defense. After connecting the four northwest routes, they expanded into Xixia territory step by step. Every time they built a fortress, they formed a combat system that integrated offense and defense. They gradually eroded away the territory. The land of Xixia.
It can be said that the camps built by the people of the Song Dynasty were like a dagger, piercing into the territory of the Xixia people little by little. Dashun City was the edge of this dagger. The location where it was built was a little further to the northwest. Houqiao Village in Xixia - In the early days of the Song-Xia War, during the battle between the Baoan Army and Taiping Village, Li Yuanhao made an emergency retreat because of his retreat. Houqiao Village was looted by the Song army.
The successful construction of Dashun City meant that the Song Dynasty put the dagger in Chapter 352 of the Proposal (Part 2) on the waist of the Dangxiang people, which made Yuan Hao very afraid and did not dare to act rashly again.
Speaking of the construction of this city, it is also full of legends. In the early spring and February of that year, Fan Zhongyan suddenly summoned the generals of Qingzhou, assembled his team, and went out to patrol with him out of the city. This is normal, after all, Fan Zhongyan stopped killing with kindness. , daily patrols are still necessary.
But this time we went further, heading northeast. Before we stopped after crossing the border between the two countries, a general kindly reminded Fan Shuai: "Have we passed by?"
But all they got was a blank look from Fan Zhongyan. After walking for a long time and completely entering the enemy-occupied area, the Song officers and soldiers were surprised to find that Fan Zhongyan's son Fan Chunyou and the Tibetan general Zhao Ming each led their own men and horses, guarding a brick wall as high as a hill. They immediately understood their mission! The soldiers under Fan Gong's command may not be good at fighting, but they are all first-class masons... If you don't believe it, look at the densely packed forts in Qingzhou. Each one is strong and fully functional. It is difficult to defend and the layout is reasonable. They built it brick by brick!
But the combined difficulty and risk factor of all previous projects cannot be compared with this one. Because this is building a castle in Xixia!
The Xixia people will find out at any time, and a large army will come to kill them at any time.
The soldiers soon realized their fate, and either built the camp and housed themselves in it, or allowed the Xixia people to rush into the construction site and kill everyone.
As a result, these most outstanding engineers in the world created an eternal miracle - within fifteen days, a solid Dashun City was built.
Almost at the same time as it was built, the Xixia people arrived. When they discovered that a nail had been wedged into their territory, the Xixia people were shocked. They immediately gathered the 30,000 troops they could muster and came to demolish it aggressively.
As a result, they were hit hard in front of the newly built castle and had to withdraw their troops.
The Song army created a miracle and defended the city. Naturally, their morale was high. The soldiers asked for orders to pursue them, but Fan Zhongyan flatly refused. He still strictly adhered to the established principle of "only defensive operations are allowed, and no field operations are allowed outside the city". He did not because of the situation.
Change for the better.
This is the most criticized thing about Fan Wenzheng, but it is also the most helpless thing for the Xixia people. Because Fan Zhongyan has always been hiding in his bastard shell, they are helpless.
In fact, those 30,000 Xixia cavalry really set up an ambush halfway, waiting for the Song Dynasty people to pursue them. They just waited and waited. When the flowers withered, no one was found.
Therefore, the construction of Dashun City broke the pattern of the northwest frontier. Not only did the important strongholds such as Baibao City and Jintang City in Xixia become in danger, it also made the Xixia people dare not go all out to the east until they captured this place.
Enter.
This is the reason why Wu Zangying Chong fought with the Song Dynasty for several years, but it was only a small fight and never caused a real threat. Now Li Liangzuo, using his power to bring order to chaos, came with an army of 100,000, shouting, 'Either
Marry a princess, or adopt the slogan "Da Shun" and surround the city of Dashun.
But perhaps it was God's will that it was Fan Chunren, the second son of Fan Gong, who was guarding Dashun City at this moment. Now Fan Gong's second son met Yuan Hao's second son, and did not embarrass his father at all. Under the fierce offensive of the Xixia people, he was imprisoned.
Defended the city of Dashun.
After several unsuccessful attacks on the city, Li Liangzuo suffered heavy losses and had no choice but to slow down his offensive and summoned his civil and military officials to discuss countermeasures in the king's tent.
The official system of the Xixia Dynasty is similar to that of the Liao Dynasty. It is also divided into the Tibetan and Han official systems. The Tibetan officials all shave their heads, wear big earrings, long-sleeved scarlet clothes, and black crowns. The Han officials are no different from the civil servants of the Song Dynasty, except that they have no heads.
Just feet.
At this time, the meeting had been going on for some time, but the atmosphere in the palace became increasingly silent. The young Emperor of Xixia sat cross-legged on the Xumizuo, his eyes darkly swept across the tent, civil and military affairs, and finally fell on his uncle Wei Ming Langyu.
This brother of Yuan Hao was proficient in the art of war and well versed in strategy. Last year, Li Liangzuo was able to overthrow the Mu Zang clan in one fell swoop because he had his full support.
Otherwise, Li Liangzuo, who has no hair at all, would not be able to fight against the cunning and cunning Wu Zang.
After taking the power, Li Liangzuo was naturally grateful and promoted Wei Ming Lang Yu to Ning Ling...that is, the 'big king' in Dangxiang language, the highest prince in Xixia. He was also granted the title of "no tendency to enter the court, no name to praise and worship", etc.
The honor, it can be said that the status is high, only lower than that of one person.
On the other hand, Li Liangzuo did not give him any actual tasks, and only ordered him to be by his side to carry out important military and national affairs. To put it bluntly, he just didn't trust him, and was worried about knocking down a "not hiding" and standing up another one.
Wei Ming. Wei Minglang met Yuan Hao, who was extremely talented and had experienced the treacherous clouds and waves. He had not been in the period of blackmail and pampering, so he could naturally understand the emperor's precautions.
But what made him angry was that after the young emperor took back his power, he quickly showed his willful side and could not even listen to his own unfavorable advice. For example, he firmly opposed this attack on the Song Dynasty, but the emperor wanted to express his anger to the Song Dynasty.
Xixia showed strength both internally and externally, but still insisted on going its own way.
Although he was not dissatisfied, in order to reassure the emperor and to clean up the situation, he still went with the army. However, his face had been gloomy for several days, so that the young emperor did not dare to look at him.
At this moment, Li Liangzuo finally had nothing to do, so he had to think of his imperial uncle, took a look at Wei Minglangyu's dark face, and said with a warm smile: "Uncle, what are you talking about?"
Wei Minglang said to his heart, "You have finally thought of me." He cleared his throat and was about to start, when he suddenly heard an emergency report from outside the camp: "There is an envoy from the Song Dynasty who is seeking to see you outside the camp!"
The official envoy was naturally sent by the emperor of the Song Dynasty. Upon hearing this, the room in the tent immediately changed from a stagnant water to a boiling pot of porridge.
"Haha, the people of the Song Dynasty were so frightened that they took the initiative to send envoys to sue for peace!"
"I thought they could last a few more days, but I didn't expect it to come so soon."
"Your Majesty has wonderful plans and is as powerful as the mountains!"
"Yes, yes, your majesty is really better than his master. It will be just around the corner for me, Daxia, to regain our prestige!"
"Thank God for giving us an immortal hero!"
For a time, the princes and generals were relieved, laughing, scolding, and flattering.
Li Liangzuo's expression also relaxed obviously. He stopped looking at his uncle's stinky face and turned to ask a young Han official: "Yi Mian, what do you think we should do?"
This Han man was only in his twenties. He was handsome and looked like a real person. He was too young and ranked first among the Han officials. He had contributed to the Jingnan War and his surname was Liang. He was the one who destroyed the Zang family.
The younger brother of the Liang family. Li Liangzuo valued this loyal and manipulative brother-in-law very highly. This time he sent troops to punish the Song Dynasty and establish his authority, which was because he followed his advice.
Therefore, the war situation has been tense so far, and Liang Yi is under the greatest pressure. Now seeing that the Song Dynasty sent envoys to sue for peace as expected, he naturally breathed a sigh of relief, stood up and cupped his hands and said: "Now that we have firmly grasped the initiative, we can naturally concoct them at will."
He said with a smile: "For example, if you scare them... once the Han people are scared out of their wits, they will agree to any request."
"Yes." Li Liangzuo said cheerfully: "Here are the people who are coming. We will form a large formation to welcome the guests. I will make them weak in fear before they can reach my place!"
"Your Majesty is a man of great wealth. Of course, we cannot let them see them easily. We should let the ministers go to meet them first." Liang Yimi quickly dissuaded them and said: "Fool them a few words and find out what they are like. When the time comes, Your Majesty
Only when you have a solid plan in mind can you make them feel unpredictable!"
"Hmm," Li Liangzuo nodded and said, "That's fine."
Wei Minglangyu shook his head secretly. Since the other party came here on a special occasion, he represented the emperor of the Song Dynasty. Why did you send a minister to meet him?
But the young emperor had no inhibitions. He had already annoyed him enough, so there was no need to get into trouble again over such a 'little thing'.
Thinking that the people of the Song Dynasty had surrendered so easily, he couldn't help but sigh to himself. It seemed that he had overestimated the people of the Song Dynasty. They were so greedy for pleasure that they even lost their backbone...
Maybe, this is really the age of young people.
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