Chapter 1,117 The Great Victory of Lanzhou (two updates in one)
Chapter 1126 The Great Victory of Lanzhou (two updates in one)
Inside the Bianjing Pagoda Temple.
There are many memorial tablets of the deceased enshrined in one hall.
Zhang Yue, Huang Haoyi, Huang Lu and others stood in front of the deceased's memorial tablet, folded their hands silently, and prayed for the deceased.
"Good brother, you should have a good rest. There will be no shortage of sacrifices in the four seasons from now on. I have found your cousin and asked him to have a grandson to continue the incense for you in the future."
"You usually say that everything ends after death, which is of no use. You must think it's troublesome for me. You say that life is carefree and that drinking is good. But at least let me do something for you after your death, and I will do my best. .”
"Okay, after the army captures Lingzhou City in the future, I will personally bring the wine to your grave to pay homage."
After saying this, Zhang Yue bowed to Tang Jiu's tablet, while Huang Haoyi and Huang Lu bowed to each other.
All three of them were dejected.
Zhang Yue recalled the days when Tang Jiu took him all the way north from Fujian Road to Beijing.
After paying homage to Empress Tang Jiu, a table of vegetarian food was prepared in the temple, and Zhang Yue and the others ate a few mouthfuls. Huang Lu asked Huang Haoyi to go out and buy some paper money, and then said to Zhang Yue: "Zhang Zihou recently criticized Lu in the Imperial Academy. In the public work, Sun Gu discussed peace, and it also implicitly means that the prime minister has no opinions since he became prime minister, and he was tepid in conquering Xia, and even did nothing."
Hearing this, Zhang Yue picked up a piece of vegetarian food with chopsticks and asked, "What next?"
Huang Lu said: "No, it is well known that Zhang Zihou advocated the conquest of Xia. I think it is just a matter of fact, not his fault."
Zhang Yue understood the meaning behind Huang Lu's words. Zhang Dun didn't target you on purpose. He chewed the vegetarian food and thought to himself, Zhang Dun is arrogant and arbitrary, and will never compromise on matters he has set his sights on.
Cai Que and Zhang Dun, who came to Zhongshu from Pingmei Mountain Barbarians, strongly advocated attacking Xia and were extremely dissatisfied with the peace talks.
Cai did indeed have the element of spying on his intentions, but Zhang Dun was born out of a lot of sincerity. No wonder he was called the "iron-blooded prime minister" by later generations of netizens.
Zhang Yue thought of this, picked up a chopstick of eggplant from the table and said, "Anzhong, try this skill."
Huang Lu said: "Today, if you don't come up with your ideas, what will happen if your Majesty loses patience with you? Or is there any other arrangement secretly?"
Zhang Yue said: "Anzhong, I have no other arrangements. At present, we should stabilize the country and regain the morale of the army. The affairs of Shaanxi will be handed over to the Privy Council. The affairs of the country will be that you and I gradually expand our financial resources. Now that our army has suffered a new defeat, it is not appropriate to take it lightly at this time. If you move, you should use silence to control the enemy, and guard against defeat to hide the front."
Huang Lu said: "Control the enemy with silence? Defeat and hide the front? I'm afraid others will not understand. There have been a lot of gossips in the court, accusing you of not caring about the overall situation. They dare not speak because of your obstruction. But I have listened to a lot."
Zhang Yue said: "Have I not heard that the opinions of the world are just like floating clouds in the world, gathering and dispersing at times? I have been out of office several times, and today I no longer care about the opinions of the court."
Huang Lu nodded and said, "You always do things step by step, but His Majesty lacks patience. That's right, what are your plans when Zizhan arrives in Beijing?"
Zhang Yue said: "Have you heard?"
Huang Lu said: "Zizhan is a good man, but his actions make a mockery of current affairs and he has a high reputation, so I'm afraid your majesty will find it difficult to tolerate him."
Zhang Yue said: "Where the Tao lies, we have to save it."
Huang Ludao: "You need to be careful about the appropriateness of this matter. I'm worried that you and His Majesty may have different opinions on this matter and have a dispute."
"During the palace meeting, His Majesty was dissatisfied that you wanted to build the Salesian Center in Anji Square, dredge the Bianhe River and Luohe River, etc., and establish medicine in Taixue. You and I managed to save some money, but you spent it again."
Zhang Yue burst out laughing when he heard this and said, "I know An Zhong, I know you are worried about me."
"How could I not do my best when I was ordered to take charge of the expedition to Xia in the face of danger? As for Zizhan, I have my own sense of proportion."
At this time Huang Haoyi came back, and Huang Lu said a few more words before leaving.
After Huang Lu left, Huang Haoyi sat down and said, "Prime Minister, I have done everything."
Zhang Yue ignored it.
When Huang Haoyi saw Zhang Yue ignoring him, he didn't care. He continued to pick up vegetables with large chopsticks and chatted with himself about what he had learned.
Zhang Yue smiled after hearing this.
He thought of two levels of friends. The first level is to provide you with emotional value. They may not be able to help you much. Huang Haoyi is like "we are brothers in our hearts. If there is something wrong, we can't get through on the phone." The second level is to provide you with emotional value.
He is helpful, but he is also a great person who can help you, but it is difficult to provide you with any emotional value.
Listening to Huang Haoyi's words getting more and more outrageous, Zhang Yue laughed and cursed a few times.
After laughing, Zhang Yue took out a few banknotes from his arms and put them in Huang Haoyi's hand: "The day before yesterday, your family Wu Lang didn't go to congratulate you for a hundred days, so these are considered as my congratulatory gifts."
Huang Haoyi looked at the money and suddenly said with emotion: "Prime Minister, these days I keep thinking about what happened to us back then. If the two of us had left Fujian without meeting Tang Jiu and Yu Lian... Prime Minister, Prime Minister, you
Why didn't you just listen to what I had to say and leave?"
Zhang Yue sat down again, and Huang Haoyi said with a smile: "The Prime Minister was joking just now, but now I know the meaning of 'an ugly wife is close to the earth and the treasures of the family'. To marry a wife, it is good as long as the wife is virtuous and virtuous. Back then, I laughed at Zhuge Kongming's marriage."
I got an ugly wife, and now I know I am shallow."
Zhang Yue finished his fast and immediately drove back to Zhang's Mansion.
All the monks from the temple went out to see each other off.
Zhang Yue Road happened to pass by Zhang Kai's house.
Zhang Yue remembered that Zhang Kai and Zhang Dun had gotten closer recently.
Zhang Kai had a better relationship with Zhang Dun than he did. They had similar temperaments, and they had a close relationship because of the war against Xia. After he returned to the court, Zhang Kai saw his determination to use troops against Xia. At that time,
Take the initiative to surrender.
However, after the fall of Mingsha City, Zhang Yue gradually slowed down his offensive against Xia, which made Zhang Kai feel dissatisfied.
Because Zhang Yue was not appreciated by the officials, even though he was promoted to the position of prime minister, he was not happy. He repeatedly invited generals to go to the northwest, but Zhang Yue refused.
Zhang Yue knew that Zhang Kai had great ambitions and was capable enough. But when Zhang Kai was appointed as the military envoy of Xihe Road, he repeatedly asked him to manage Xihe and focus on farming first and then on defense.
But Zhang Kai emphasized war and defense and neglected farming.
This made Zhang Yue feel unhappy, and the closer he and Zhang Dun were now, the less Zhang Yue needed him.
Zhang Chuanping, Empress of the Qing Tang Dynasty, was also granted a title by the emperor and also established Daofang, which was only a few miles away from Zhang Yue Mansion.
When Zhang Yue passed by Zhang Kai's house, he saw Zhang Kai's father, Zhang Fang, leading more than ten family members to greet him by the roadside.
Zhang Yue ordered the carriage to stop, got off the carriage and said to Zhang Fang: "Uncle."
Zhang Fang has always been in contact with Zhang Shi and himself. After the two met, Zhang Fang said: "The Prime Minister is passing by here, why don't you talk to him at home and take a rest?"
Zhang Yue said: "I have been busy with government affairs recently, so I will visit my uncle another day."
Zhang Fan stepped back and said, "The Prime Minister has many things to do every day, please forgive me for being presumptuous."
Zhang Yue asked, "Has Brother Chu been feeling well lately?"
Because Zhang Kai was not favored by the officials, his talents could not be put to use by Zhang Yue. Recently, he was said to be ill at home.
Zhang Fang sighed after hearing this: "Prime Minister, it's really hard to describe in just one sentence!"
Zhang Yue looked at Zhang Fang's sincere expression and said, "Then let me take a look at Brother Chu."
Zhang Fang was overjoyed when he heard this. His original intention was to ease the relationship between Zhang Kai and Zhang Yue.
When Zhang Yue entered the mansion, he saw Zhang Kai getting up from the bed and saying, "I don't know that the Prime Minister is coming, but I am waiting for you from afar!"
Zhang Yue sat next to Zhang Kai and said, "Zhou Fu, there is no need to be more polite. Is your health feeling better recently?"
Zhang Kai said: "The Prime Minister also knows that Kai is suffering from a heart disease that is difficult to cure."
Zhang Yue said: "Why bother?"
Zhang Kai said heartbrokenly: "Prime Minister, every inch of the land obtained by Master Wang was obtained through hundreds of battles. It must not be abandoned. Doesn't Zhongshu know nothing about Lu Gong's theory that the master abandoned the land to negotiate peace?"
Zhang Yue was silent after hearing this.
Zhang Kai said again: "I know there will be people in the court who will talk about Lan Hui. Tiandu Mountain and Xia City will not be abandoned, and no one who abandons the place can defend it. If we do not negotiate peace with Xirong, we will never be able to rest easy."
"But abandoning the land not only weakens the country's prestige, but also takes advantage of the foreign barbarians. Those who advocate abandoning the land are like Lu Gongzhu, Sun Gu, and Han Wei are all Confucian ministers who don't know the tricks of the side affairs. But doesn't the Prime Minister also know that?
?”
Zhang Yue said somewhat perfunctorily: "Nowadays, it is difficult to balance the acquisition of land with the support of the people. It is difficult to know whether to guard against Western thieves or thieves. It is not a bad idea to abandon some land and exchange with Xixia for some prisoners of the two-pronged expedition to Xia."
Zhang Yue and Zhang Kai had a bad chat.
Zhang Kai asked again: "Prime Minister, I would rather serve as a temporary envoy than sit in the capital and eat nothing."
Zhang Yue said: "I'm afraid it's impossible to make a general plan. We can only defend the state or train the state to know the state."
Zhang Yue changed his mind. He obviously felt that his demotion from signing the Privy Council to being the military envoy was enough of a compromise. Unexpectedly, Zhang Yue was only willing to give him a magistrate, and he was not even a magistrate of the Jiedushi Prefecture.
Zhang Kai was greatly disappointed and simply closed his eyes to rest.
Zhang Yue thought in his heart that when Zhang Kai was the military envoy, the two of them were so courageous that they could be said to be in the same boat. Now that their interests are different, they may be divided because of this.
Zhang Yue immediately left Zhang Kai's house, and Xun ordered Huang Haoyi to ask his brother Huang Haoqian and his son Huang Shi to visit Zhang Kai.
Huang Haoqian was Zhang Dun and Zhang Kai's brother-in-law. He was supported by Cai Que and was a good friend of Su Shi and Su Che. His son Huang Shi worked under Zhang Yue and was promoted to the supervisory censor by Zhang Yue.
Zhang Yue found that there were many factions in his sect. After all, he came from a poor family and inevitably had insufficient background.
When Zhang Yue returned to his home, it happened to be lightly snowing.
Zhang Yue looked at the gray sky. In these days, although the emperor had been sincere to him and granted him full power, he would also express his emotions with a straight face from time to time, turning it hot and cold, in order to show that he was inscrutable and his holy will was unpredictable.
Zhang Yue understands people, so how come he doesn’t know about these emperor’s mental tricks?
If it were feasible, I would have given Zhang Yuxing the post of Privy Councilor and let him hold the post. Wouldn't he be ten times better than Han Zhen? What a pity. It's all official suspicion and limited by the ancestral system. Beware of this and beware of that.
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Criticisms and accusations in the officialdom were frequent and he had to be distracted from dealing with them.
Zhang Yue sat in the courtyard, leisurely comprehending, and the affairs of the court surged in his heart like waves.
At this time, the Seventeenth Mother came with two female envoys through the snow in the courtyard. Zhang Yue saw the Seventeenth Mother overjoyed and immediately stood up.
The Seventeenth Mother said to Zhang Yue: "The official's brows are furrowed. Are you worried about the court affairs?"
Zhang Yue said: "Mrs. I'm worried."
The Seventeenth Mother smiled and said: "You and I are husband and wife, so what should we worry about? Yes, aren't the officials looking for famous doctors recently?"
Zhang Yue nodded and said, "Yes."
Seventeenth Mother smiled and said: "If that's the case, I can help."
Zhang Yue asked: "Do you know any famous doctors, Madam?"
The Seventeenth Mother said: "I have found an official for you."
"Where is the famous doctor?" Zhang Yue asked immediately.
The Seventeenth Mother smiled and said, "My lord, please listen to me about where this person came from."
"This person's surname is Qian and his name is Yi..."
"Zhao Qian Sun Li's money?"
Seventeen Niang said with a smile: "Indeed, I heard that I have a kinship with Qian Chu, King of Wuyue. However, although this man learned medicine from a doctor named Lu, he was not a famous teacher. To tell you the truth, I
Write a book and establish your opinion."
Zhang Yue heard this and said happily: "I just want such a talent."
Seventeen Niang said with a smile: "The official has not heard what I have to say. This man is good at modifying ancient prescriptions and creating new ones. He added, subtracted and modified Cui's Bawei Pills from Zhang Zhongjing's "Synopsis of the Golden Chamber" to create
Liuwei Dihuang Pills..."
As soon as Zhang Yue heard about the Liuwei Dihuang Pills, he knew who Qian Yi was.
Who in later generations has never... never heard of this Liuwei Dihuang Pill.
It turned out that it was invented by Qian Yi of the Song Dynasty. Zhang Yue had made up his mind that such people with great merit must invite Haosheng to make offerings.
Zhang Yue happily held Qi Niang's hand and said, "Madam, you have helped me a lot this time.
…
At this moment, someone knocked on the door of the mansion and shouted: "Prime Minister, Prime Minister, Lanzhou is a great victory!"
After Zhang Yue heard this, he first took the letter and read it.
It turned out that Xixia's old tricks were repeated, and Liang Yi used the peace talks as a cover to paralyze the Song armies, while he personally led an army of 200,000 to attack Lanzhou City.
Taking advantage of the solid ice of the Yellow River, the Xixia army crossed the river to Lanzhou and surrounded the city.
Li Xian was not in Lanzhou at that time, but was garrisoned by General Li Hao.
Li Hao made great contributions to conquering the Southern Barbarians from Zhang Dun, and was later promoted to the emperor, and then transferred to Xihe Road. Zhang Kai thought highly of Zhang Dun's old general Li Hao, and Li Hao made great achievements in conquering Lanzhou this time and worshiped him as Xi.
The deputy general manager of soldiers and horses in Helu is the third most powerful person in Xihelu after Li Xian and Wang Hou.
Although Li Hao had listened to Zhang Yue early, Li Xian issued strict orders several times to build Lanzhou City as if it were made of iron. There were enough soldiers, horses, and food and grass. Seeing how many soldiers and horses there were in Xixia, he had no choice but to cage the city and defend it. At the same time, he sent troops to Xizhou to attack Li Hao.
Xian asked for help.
However, General Wang Wenyu requested to fight.
At that time, the Xixia army was at its peak, and several of the Song Army's forts built near Lanzhou were demolished. Li Hao refused to let Wang Wenyu go to war and asked, "How can we go to war if there are only a few hundred cavalry in the city?"
Wang Wenyu said, "There are so many thieves and we have so few, so we should reduce their sharpness to calm everyone's hearts, and then we can defend the city. This is Zhang Liao's strategy to defend Hefei."
Yan Renwu, the supervisor of the army, said: "I have been ordered to defend the city and not allow fighting. If anyone insists on turning it on and off, I will impeach him."
After hearing this, Wang Wenyu said: "I am going out to fight in the city at a cost of one against a thousand, and I will survive nine deaths. I am not even afraid of death, so how can I be afraid of you impeaching me?"
"There is no guarantee of victory if we defend the city now. Only by going to war can we take advantage of the opportunity."
Seeing that Wang Wenyu was determined, Li Hao agreed.
So Wang Wenyu recruited 700 people as a suicide squad, lowered the city at night, and broke into the enemy camp with short knives. The Xixia troops did not know where they were, and they broke up in fear and rushed to cross the river and retreat.
When Li Xian learned that Lanzhou was besieged, he led his elite troops to rush from Xizhou overnight. Seeing the Xixia army bombing the camp, he immediately took advantage of the situation to cover up the attack. He attacked the Xixia army in two attacks and suffered nearly 10,000 casualties.
This battle achieved another great victory after the Battle of Taoshui.
Zhang Yue was overjoyed when he saw the good news. He paced for a long time and said excitedly: "The bravery of this Wang Wenyu is comparable to that of Yuchi Jingde."
The Seventeenth Mother couldn't help but laugh at Zhang Yue's childlike actions, but she was also sincerely happy with Zhang Yue.
Zhang Yue didn't frown these days, but today these emotions were completely gone.
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At this moment, in Zhang Kai's mansion, Zhang Kai and Zhang Dun were drinking one cup at a time.
Halfway through the drink, Zhang Kai said angrily: "It's really Feng Tang Yi Lao, Li Guang can't be sealed!"
Zhang Dun raised his lamp and said: "Don't be upset if you ask me for help. The country is in trouble right now, and you will be able to use it again."
Zhang Kai said: "Now that I am the Prime Minister, why am I worried about my position? I am actually angry about the country. First, the Yanyan Road was defeated by Hanhai, then the Jingyuan Road was defeated by Lingzhou, and even the Xihe Road was defeated by Mingsha.
, Axi was seriously injured and is still bedridden."
"At this time, Prime Minister Zhang ignored him and said he should stop calmly."
"What he said in front of the emperor was to tell us not to attack, Xixia will attack on its own. As long as our army defends Lanzhou, Huizhou, Xi'an, and Huaide's front line, Xixia itself will come. What kind of strategy is this? This is not true.
Waiting for the rabbit, what is it?”
"Since ancient times, only famous generals have dispatched others, and no one else has dispatched us. How can the party members listen to him?"
"Dangxiang people take the initiative when attacking, but when we defend, we fall into passivity everywhere. Prime Minister Zhang also euphemistically called it 'fortifying the stronghold and fighting the war'. It is so naive. How could Dangxiang do what he expected?"
Hearing this, Zhang Dun poured a glass of wine and said, "I don't understand either."
"But Your Majesty said that the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager praised this person, only knowing the depth of it but not the shallowness of it."
After a pause, Zhang Dun stood up and said: "I said he has no great virtues but is good at small benefits. Everyone is destined to die, and no one can escape it, but I hope to die for Your Majesty and the Song Dynasty, instead of being so cowardly.
die."
"Pingxia is your majesty's long-cherished wish, and it is also my Zhang Dun's long-cherished wish. It's like a trick. Even if Zhang Shouyue and the others die, they will be glorious in death and alive in death. After the defeat of the two-pronged expedition to Xia, the only choice is to fight against Xixia
In the end, it can be undone. But His Majesty issued an imperial edict to punish himself, and Zhang Yue demoted himself to an official position. Doesn't this admit to the world that the attack on Xia was wrong? Does it show weakness to others? "
"This person usually talks nonsense and doesn't know what to do when doing things. At this time, we must not use the ancestral system to confuse each other with different opinions. We must overcome all difficulties, just like when Shu Guogong was punished from top to bottom for 'One Morality'
, exclude all the ministers who advocate peace talks, and practice the method of heavy rewards and heavy punishments. In this way, we can unite as one and use the power of the whole country to suppress Xixia step by step. Only then can we win! Otherwise, once the peace talks are successful, the country's prestige will be completely lost.
Not even Qingtang can be saved!"
Zhang Kai stood up from his seat and said, "Brother Dun, what you said is so good and enlightening. It would be great if you came to be the prime minister."
Zhang Dun shook his head, he was so resolute and decisive in his actions.
Therefore, between the two brothers, Zhang Kai and Zhang Dun were more congenial in temperament, but they felt that Zhang Yue was a bit inflexible and only knew how to keep defeat.
Just then, the Privy Council Office sent the news of Lanzhou's success to Zhang Kai's house.
Seeing the good news, Zhang Dun and Zhang Kai were surprised. They just wanted to ask, why did Xixia really go to attack Lanzhou?
Zhang Yue's luck is too good.
The most important thing is that this victory was a great victory, which restored the Song army's losing streak in Hanhai, Lingzhou and Mingsha.
