Chapter 662: Your Majesty, I have defeated the enemy (two updates combined into one)
The land of Nuzhegu was originally the territory of Dong Xiang’s brother Xiang Xiang. Li Yuanhao expelled Xiang Xiang from here.
Banzhan had to retreat to Lintao. After Banzhan's death, his son Mu attacked his tribe.
However, when Zhang Yue and Wang Shao attacked Wadang Hui, someone reported that the Mu Zheng tribe was preparing to make a move.
It turned out that when Wang Shao was building Weiyuan Fort, Mu Zheng felt that the threat was greatly increased, so he led his army to question. Wang Shao pretended to agree and made a three-part agreement with Mu Zheng, not to take an inch of land outside Weiyuan Fort, and not to take the Qingtang Salt Well.
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Wang Shao agreed and swore an alliance with Mu Zheng.
The Tubo people's oaths are all solemn. They first invite prestigious leaders to come to witness, and then have the warriors line up in two rows with their swords crossed to form a sword gate.
The people who made the oath passed under the sword gate, and then stabbed the blood of cattle and sheep to make the oath. Finally, they dug a pit, put a maid in the pit and stoned them to death. The shaman said that anyone who violated the oath should be treated like this.
Anyway, this is how Wang Shao and Mu Zheng swore an oath. Zhang Yue knew that Mu Zheng was serious about it, but Wang Shao didn't take it to heart.
Knowing this, the Song army who had just arrived at Ruzhe Valley had an ominous premonition of being attacked before and after.
Wang Shao, Zhang Yue and others explained: "In front of our army is the niche wave. There are 22 tribes of the Fan tribe in Gijia, with a total population of more than 30,000. This is nothing to be afraid of."
Zhang Yue understood that these twenty-two tribes, with a population of more than 30,000, were the same as his 100,000 tribes, including men, women, old and young.
"However, Xixia reinforcements are already on the way. Among them, the closest and strongest troops are from the Yu Zanghua Ma tribe in Dingxi City, Huizhou."
"This Yu Zanghuama is also a Tibetan tribe, but he married a Xixia clan member and can be said to be the son-in-law of the country. This man is also the commander of the Xixia Baotai Supervisory Army, with fifty or sixty thousand accounts under his command."
Liu Xishi smacked his lips after hearing this.
He understood that the accounts in Tubo were almost the same as the households in the Song Dynasty.
Fifty to sixty thousand households means fifty to sixty thousand households, which is hardly on the same order of magnitude as the twenty-two tribes of Gongbo with a population of more than thirty thousand.
Wang Shao said: "So we can't just wait and see. We must defeat the 30,000 tribesmen of the twenty-two tribes in Gongbo before Yu Zanghuama arrives."
After saying that, Yu Longke took the initiative to ask for troops to attack the twenty-two tribes in Ruzhe Valley. Yu Longke was the largest Tibetan tribe in ancient Wei, with a population of 120,000.
This time, 50,000 people were dispatched, mostly young men from the tribe.
Wang Shao immediately agreed.
Wang Shao always advocated military strategy, while Zhang Yue served as political commissar.
Zhang Yue planned to use Lanzhou as the base camp to attack Xixia, so he had to win over people's hearts. Regarding the captured Tibetan people, Zhang Yue did not listen to the advice of the Tibetan tribe and divide them up, but decided to send them to the ancient Weizhai for resettlement in the future.
After Zhang Yue proposed, everyone agreed, and the leader of the Fan tribe, Yu Longke, and others did not object. After they plundered enough cattle and sheep, they gave one-third to the Song army, and the rest were distributed to various tribes.
Very full.
At this time, Wang Shao suggested that Master Zhiyuan write letters to Dong Xiang, Mu Zheng, and Jie Wu Chiwa respectively.
He and Dong Xiyan continued to invite him to attack Lanzhou and promised to carve up the land of Lanzhou.
Yu Muzheng said that the covenant remained as before, not to take an inch of Weiyuan land.
As for Jie Wu Chiwa, I can only say that Wadanghui will win.
That's right, the Tibetan tribe in the Qing and Tang Dynasties is now in a state of disunity. Although Dong Fei is the nominal leader, he is actually unable to command all the Tibetan tribes.
Zhang Yue felt reassured when he saw Wang Shao's methods of differentiation and co-optation. He had chosen the right person, so he went out to appease the captured Tibetan people.
According to Wang Shao's policy of pacifying the army, the Tibetan tribe must be recruited and conquered at the same time, with seven points of recruiting and three points of conquering. Wang Shao is now in charge of killing and has become a bad person, so Zhang Yue came to recruit and conquer and become a good person.
It was already the end of December, and it was freezing cold in Lanzhou.
The captives of the Tibetan tribe are still sleeping on the ground under the cover of the sky. If a heavy snow comes, they will definitely die of cold and starvation.
Zhang Yue ordered people to distribute tents, cattle and sheep dung for heating, and give highland barley cakes. At the same time, he asked if there were any high-status Qiang chiefs among the Tibetan tribe who could speak.
Soon a middle-aged man came out of the Fan tribe.
The other party spoke fluent Chinese and claimed that his surname was Qiao. Zhang Yue knew that the surname Qiao belonged to a large Tubo clan whose base was near Jingli City and had sixty or seventy thousand troops.
This city is an important thoroughfare for various states, and the Qiao family has done business with the Tibetan tribes in Hehuang states. It has a good reputation, and Dong Zhan's biological mother is from the Qiao family.
Seeing that the weather was cold, Zhang Yue took off his fox fur and put it on the other party.
The other party was surprised. This fox-coated young man was said to cost tens of thousands of dollars. For him to put it on himself so casually, he must be a high-ranking official of the Song Army.
"A dying person would not dare to accept such a great favor."
Zhang Yue said with a smile: "Brother, don't be surprised. Wang Shi's Northern Expedition does not intend to kill people, but only wants to return his homeland to the Western thieves."
The other party said: "But you Han people have lost Longxi for a long time, and now it has been occupied by us Tubo. If you talk about taking back your homeland, you are not committing murder."
Zhang Yue said: "Lanzhou is occupied by the Western thieves, so it is owned by you Tubo. As far as I know, the Western thieves work hard for the people, and the Tubo people all want to return to the Song Dynasty. Since the king is here, why don't you surrender early?
On the contrary, are you being stubborn and helping the tyrants to do evil?"
The other party asked doubtfully: "You Han people really want to defend Lanzhou?"
Zhang Yue smiled and said: "What else? Why have we come here thousands of miles away?"
After a pause, Zhang Yue said: "I know that your Qiao family is dominated by Dong Xiang, but now the Qingtang and Fan tribes are in disarray. Previously, Mu Zheng occupied Lintao, Moxiangjiao occupied Zongge City, and Dong Xiang occupied Qingtang City.
It was divided into three, and the rest of the Tibetan tribes each joined the Song and Xia sides. Although Mo Xiangjiao died, Dong Xiang is no longer able to unify Hehuang. I advise you to make plans early."
The other party pondered for a while and said: "It's not that we won't surrender, it's just that you are afraid of coming and leaving."
Zhang Yue laughed and said: "My surname is Zhang Mingyue. I was the number one scholar in the sixth year of Jiayou. I know how to make imperial edicts. You should believe what I say."
After hearing this, the other party quickly bowed down and said: "It turns out to be Mr. Zhang. I have been a famous name that I have admired for a long time in the Qing and Tang Dynasties."
Zhang Yue was so proud that even the Tibetan people knew his name.
The other party immediately revealed that his name was Qiao Zong, and that he had gone to Yongning Ma Market three times to do business with the Song Dynasty. As for Gu Wei, he also made a trip. Wang Shaozhi, the other party's military manager, admired him very much.
This time he came to Wadanghui to do business with the Xixia people, but when he knew that the Song army was attacking, he wanted to go into the city to escape, but the Song army robbed him.
Zhang Yue was overjoyed and immediately ordered the release of Qiao Zong and hundreds of his followers.
Qiao Zong also asked for the release of other tribes who had made good friends with him, and Zhang Yue agreed. There were nearly a thousand people in total.
Qiao Zong asked Zhang Yue to give him a tent and drinks, and Zhang Yue agreed.
After Wang Hou learned about it, he was a little worried about whether Qiao Zong was cheating, but Zhang Yue said that he was surrounded by a hundred thousand troops, so how could Qiao Zong be cheating?
Qiao Zong was very grateful when Zhang Yue freed his tribe. When he learned that the Song army was going to attack the 22 Gongbo tribe, he immediately volunteered, saying that he had an old relationship with the leader of the Gongbo tribe and was willing to go and surrender.
Zhang Yue agreed immediately, and the next day Qiao Zong led a dozen people to Ruzhe Valley.
For Zhang Yue, even if Qiao Zong deceived him, he would just let the other party run away, but Zhang Yue firmly believed that between Xixia and the Song Dynasty, the Tibetan people would definitely choose the Song Dynasty.
After recruiting Qiao Zong, Zhang Yue went to the sick camp to visit the wounded soldiers.
There were hundreds of soldiers in the sick and wounded camp, and they did not expect that an official like Zhang Yue would actually visit the sick and wounded camp in person.
Everyone had expressions of disbelief, but Zhang Yue had no airs. He sat beside the wounded soldier's bed and asked about his condition, speaking softly and in a gentle manner without any condescension.
His attitude is even a hundred times better than that of the doctors in the injury camp next to him.
Zhang Yue also personally applied gold healing medicine to a wounded soldier, and even fed the soldiers decoction.
Zhang Yue does have some ability to win people's hearts, but he is better than many officials who are not even willing to win people's hearts.
In the Song Dynasty, civil servants were respected and military officials were inferior. Let alone a soldier, even if a general was injured, civilian officials would not go to visit him.
There was also a dying Song soldier. He was hit by a Tibetan arrow in the eye. Because the arrow was hit too deep, the arrow has not been pulled out yet. Zhang Yue could smell the strong smell of blood before he even reached the opponent's bed.
Zhang Yue looked at the doctor beside him, who shook his head to Zhang Yue.
Zhang Yue covered the other party with a sheet and asked, "Brother, what do you have to say?"
The other party said: "I don't dare. I still have three children in Qinzhou. Please take care of them..."
Zhang Yue said: "Definitely, our ancient Wei army will raise them up. The men will find a job, and the women will back up the dowry. What else?"
The other party raised his head and thought for a while, then shook his head and said, "I really can't think of anything else."
"Brother, take care!" Zhang Yue shook the other person's rough hand and stood up, then wiped the corners of his eyes.
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Early the next morning, Yu Longke led his troops to launch an attack on Ruzhe Valley.
The Lanzhou Fan tribe first deployed their troops on the river valley. Although Yu Longke had a large number of troops, he led his army to feign an attack and the situation was unfavorable. When Yu Longke's troops were defeated and retreated, Wang Shao, wearing armor and leading the long-recharged Song army, headed towards the top of the river valley.
When the Tibetan army attacked, Yu Longke's tribe also turned around to cover up the attack, defeating the twenty-two tribes of Gongbo in one fell swoop.
On the same day, one enemy chief was captured, seven were killed, more than five hundred were beheaded, and three hundred horses were captured.
The Xixia general who fled from the Wadang Hui was also killed, and hundreds of his troops fled across the Yellow River.
The next day, Wang Shao stationed his troops in the valley, and was supposed to send Fan Han soldiers and horses to search up and down the valley to pursue the remaining troops.
Under Qiao Zong's persuasion, all the twenty-two tribes of Gongbo came to surrender. Their population was more than 20,000, and they were willing to submit to the Song Dynasty. They also had a large number of cattle and sheep.
At this moment, the Xixia garrison in the ancient city of Lanzhou was heading east to rescue Ruzhe Valley. When they learned that the Song army had captured Ruzhe Valley, they panicked and not only withdrew their troops back to Lanzhou, but also used a scorched earth policy to set fire to the surrounding Lanzhou.
Several soldiers were confused and wanted to burn down the pontoon bridge on the Yellow River to prevent the Song army from crossing the river. At this time, a general slapped him hard several times and cursed: "Burn down the pontoon bridge, do you want us to be trapped here and die?"
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"But what if the Song army hits here?"
As he spoke, there was a sound on the pontoon. It was the sound of horse hooves stepping on the wooden planks.
Everyone looked around and saw the fierce cavalry crossing the river via the pontoon bridge.
"Great, those are the soldiers and horses of Ren Duo's army, let's welcome them quickly!"
Five thousand cavalry crossed the Yellow River from the Zhengfu Bridge. The leader was a middle-aged general with a curly beard. This man was none other than Zhuo Luo and the Southern Army Chief Supervisor, Renduo Baozhong, a famous general of the Dangxiang clan.
It turned out that after seeing the beacon fire in Lanzhou City, he led his army to rescue Lanzhou from Zhuolu City at night.
In the niche valley not far from Nüzhe Valley, it was winter at this time, and the river in the valley had already dried up. Now we saw an endless army marching in the valley.
The leading general was Yu Zanghuama, the son-in-law of the Xixia Kingdom. After Xiangzhi was driven away by Li Yuanhao, Yu Zanghuama, who was isolated and helpless, led Huizhou to surrender to Xixia in the eighth year of Jiayou.
He is now the commander of the Xixia Xishou Baotai Military Division. This position is equivalent to the Jiedushi of the Song Dynasty, and he has control over military and political affairs.
Yu Zanghuama was not from a party but was able to serve as the commander of the army, which is why Xixia dared to employ people. Yuzang Huama knew that if he had surrendered to the Song Dynasty, he would definitely not be able to obtain such an important position.
Yuzang Huama has now led 30,000 cavalry to come for reinforcements. He expects that in just one or two days, he will be able to join the 22 tribes of Gongbo to launch an attack on the Song army.
"Report! The twenty-two clans of Gongbo have surrendered to the Song army!"
Yuzang Huama was shocked. He looked at the military report and couldn't help but get angry: "What? They didn't even last two days. How could the Song army be so good at fighting without Dong Felt?"
"I heard that there were so many soldiers in the Song Dynasty that several Tibetan tribes surrendered to them."
Yuzang Huama touched his chin and said, "It seems that it won't help if I lead the army, so I must withdraw my troops immediately."
"But it's hard to explain to Junior High School!"
Yuzang Huama scolded: "If there is anything difficult to explain, just find a small tribe and slaughter it, send the head to Xingqing Mansion, and say that we have defeated it."
Yuzang Huama seemed a little upset: "Damn it, as long as one more day, I can copy the Song army's retreat. Retreat the troops, retreat immediately."
Yu Zang Huama gave an order, and the 30,000 Tibetan troops stopped.
Although the Tibetan army is good at fighting, it is not easy to stop suddenly while moving forward, not to mention that the front team must change to the rear team, and the rear team must change to the front team.
Seeing the soldiers reorganizing their troops in a mess below, Yu Zang Huamaze turned on his horse and murmured: "This is broken and Lanzhou is lost. How should I explain it to the Queen Mother?"
Yuzang Huama sighed, thinking about how to write to the Empress Dowager Liang, how to exaggerate the number of the Song army, how to ask Liang Yi to bury them, and ask them to immediately send troops across the Yellow River to come to the rescue, otherwise the two states of Lanhui would no longer be together.
All of Xixia?
Just when Yu Zang Huama was thinking about how to explain to him, a strong gust of wind suddenly blew in, causing Yu Zang's handsome flag to sway violently.
Yuzang Huama stretched out his ears and listened, and suddenly shouted to his subordinates with a look: "No, retreat quickly, retreat quickly!"
At this moment, the Xixia army was in a dilemma in the river valley. Suddenly, they heard loud killing sounds on both sides of the river valley. The thunderous sound of horse hooves sounded in the river valley, and in the distance a large flag with the word "王" was raised high...
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Bang! Bang! Bang!
On the night of the Shangyuan Dynasty, fireworks were set off in Bianjing City.
It's the festive season, and every house in Bianjing City is decorated with lanterns and colorful decorations, creating a scene of peace and prosperity.
The fourth year of Xining has arrived, and this is the fifth year of the official rule.
Men and women in Bianjing went out to watch the lights and go to the lantern festival, enjoying the peaceful days of peace and prosperity.
But when the official climbed up to Xuande Gate and looked at the scenery at night in Shangyuan, the lights of Aoshan Mountain, and the people below him bowing down to him, nothing stirred in his heart.
In fact, he was feeling uneasy at the bottom of his heart. He had almost used all the chips in his hands for such a big military invasion.
The officials took a look and saw Wang Anshi, the Prime Minister of the State, and Wen Yanbo, the Privy Councilor, sitting side by side. They all brought their families upstairs to enjoy the lanterns with the officials, which was also a joy for the people.
On the night of Shangyuan.
The officials were worried about how they could hide it from the mature Wen Yanbo. Wen Yanbo quietly toasted to the officials frequently.
Wang Anshi also noticed it, so he sat there sullenly, saying nothing.
The deputy privy envoys Feng Jing and Wu Chong sat a little far away from the official position, but they were like mirrors in their hearts, concentrating on chatting.
Feng Jing said to Wu Chong: "My son-in-law's sending troops to Weiyuan is really a risky move. Now Mu Zheng is peeking at Weiyuan Fort. To the north of Lanzhou are Zhuoluo and Nanjun Supervisor, and to the east is Xishoubao in Huizhou.
The Thai Army Supervision Department and the local Tibetan tribes will face attacks from three sides once our army invades Lanzhou. Now it seems that the only way to do this is to make a surprise move, which is a clever move."
Wu Chong said: "Tang Sir, I may not be as good as you in terms of knowing soldiers, but when it comes to looking at people, I ask myself that I am not inferior to others."
Feng Jing smiled and poured wine for Wu Chong himself. Indeed, if Wu Chong asked himself about second place, no one would dare to be first.
Wu Chong said: "My son-in-law never does anything he is not sure of."
Feng Jing said: "Okay, even if my son-in-law can win, what's the next step?"
"According to the Xixia military system, the twelve military divisions are arranged along the edge. Once something happens to the west, they will gather from the east point to the west. Once something happens to the east, they will gather from the west point to the east. As for the middle road, both east and west will gather."
"My son-in-law sent troops to Lanhui to only contain Zhuoluo and Nanjunsi. The Xishou Baotai Military Division was not able to cooperate with Zhonge's army to attack Hengshan. In this case, it was necessary to cross the Yellow River north and attract other military supervision divisions. At least they had to mobilize
It will be better if the Central Army Division is transferred to the East Route Army Division."
"But once we cross the Yellow River, Yu hides Huama, and Renduo Baozhong leads his army to cut off the retreat of his son-in-law's army, what should we do?"
Wu Chong has not answered yet.
At this time, a junior official from the Privy Council hurriedly climbed onto the tower, but was stopped by the imperial attendant. Wu Chong took one look, stood up and walked straight over.
The clerk whispered a few words to Wu Chong and handed him a letter.
Wu Chong nodded and calmly returned to Feng Jing's side. Seeing Feng Jing's confused look, Wu Chong said: "Let's go to the Prime Minister together."
"At this moment?" Feng Jing asked.
He looked at Wu Chong but saw that there was no joy or anger on his face.
Feng Jing nodded, and the two of them came to Wen Yanbo's case.
Wen Yanbo's position was the highest among civil servants, and it was further away from the official throne than Wang Anshi's position. To be honest, even though they were in power, Feng Jing and Wu Chong still both admired and admired Wen Yanbo's position.
envious.
After hearing Wu Chong's report, Wen Yanbo was worthy of being a prime minister and could support a boat. He just smiled and said to Wu Chong: "Chong Qing, come with your servants to meet the driver!"
Wen Yanbo walked up the steps of the city tower calmly, and his attendant Zhang Mao immediately came to help him.
However, Wen Yanbo still walked steadily, and Wu Chong followed closely behind him.
At this moment, the official was depressed, with countless thoughts swirling in his mind, including the long-cherished wishes of the five emperors, the accumulation of hundreds of years, and his ambition to compete with the Han, Wu and Tang clans.
Is it just like the fleeting fireworks that all come to nothing?
At this moment, when the official saw Wen Yanbo walking in front of him, the first thing the official asked was: "Is there military information in the northwest?"
But Wen Yanbo bowed and said: "Yes, congratulations to Your Majesty, the younger generation has defeated the enemy!"
boom!
The biggest fireworks exploded.
In an instant, the officials’ eyes were filled with tears!
