In fact, everyone still underestimated Xia Song's awareness. The next day was Gengyin Day in February.
Xia Song set out from Jingzhou, taking Ouyang Xiu, Han Qi, Yin Zhu, Fan Zhongyan, Pang Ji and other border ministers of civil and military affairs, all the way west from Jingzhou to inspect the frontier fortress.
He first entered the Zhenrong Army, and then the manager issued a strict order in front of the entire Zhenrong Army: From now on, no soldier is allowed to leave the country!
Xia Song even publicly threatened Yingwu, the governor of the Zhenrong Army: If the Zhenrong Army dares to send troops privately, even if you have merit, I will kill you first and then ask for forgiveness from your majesty.
Xia Song has been on the edge since the first year of Baoyuan.
He has established prestige and popularity both in the army and in the local area.
Naturally, the reputation is also very high.
Therefore, Yingwu was so frightened that he promised on the spot: If a soldier of the Zhenrong army left the country, he did not need to behead the official. The official would first behead those who left the country privately, and then send his own head to the official case.
Apologize in advance.
Then, Xia Song led this massive border inspection team to the security forces and repeated his actions in suppressing the Rong army.
Here, Xia Song ordered Pang Ji to personally take charge of the security forces and preside over the complete blockade and ban on Yuan Hao's trade.
In order to ensure efficiency, Xia Song asked Pang Ji, an old subordinate, to issue a military order to him: If you send a horse to the west, you will resign yourself!
In this way, it took Xia Song seven days to visit the entire Jingyuan Road, Huanqing Road, Qiyan Road, and Qinfeng Road's main roadblocks, as well as the cities and military counties that controlled traffic arteries.
The orders from the court and Xia Song's unswerving determination to carry out Zhongshu's amnesty order were conveyed to the generals, governors, commanders, and governors along the four border routes.
The effect is, of course, immediate.
Starting from Gengyin Day, the Song Dynasty shrank backward along the four roads.
While shrinking, the retreating soldiers and civilians did not forget to set a fire, burning the newly sprouted grassland together with last year's dead grass.
He also set fire to many fortresses originally built for the attack.
This is also Xia Song's order!
He was worried that some foolish young men in some places, for the sake of merit and regardless of the overall situation, would imitate Han Qi's command of Ren Fu to attack White Leopard City last year, hoping to become famous in one battle.
Simply, the manager simply burned down all the offensive strongholds that might get in the way.
Anyway, the economic and strategic pacifier who has claimed to be a loyal minister of the Duke of Shou and vowed to repay the Duke's "knowledge" and "appreciation" has completely and completely combined everything with attacking, seizing, attacking and so on.
The words were driven out of my mind.
There is only one thing on Xia Song's mind right now: to keep the walls clear and to prevent thieves from taking advantage of him!
To translate it simply, the general strategy is: I would rather suffer a loss than let Yuan Hao have the slightest chance to take advantage of it!
From this, smoke and dust billowed along the four roads.
The fire burned from Gengyin day to Yiwei day (16th day), and it still didn't stop.
Fortunately, it is early spring now, the tide has returned to the earth, and the river water has begun to rise.
If summer and autumn are dry seasons, these fires may spread to Hengshan.
Even so, such an organized and disciplined act of arson frightened the Qiang and Di tribes who were nesting in Hengshan and planned not to get involved in the dispute between the Song Dynasty and Yuan Hao.
"What does the Song Dynasty want?" Many Qiang leaders murmured as they looked at the smoke billowing in the distance.
However, how could they have imagined that the Song Dynasty, which had sent people to contact them just a few days ago and planned to invite them to attack Yuan Hao, would completely abandon all plans it had planned in just a few days?
, made a 180-degree turn.
Completely change from offensive posture to defensive posture.
Moreover, he completely abandoned the idea of attacking, and only thought about digging deep trenches, hoarding supplies, and defending according to dangers, without moving like a mountain!
Stop talking about them.
Yuan Hao on Liupan Mountain never imagined that he could have such a magical turn of events.
He led an army of nearly 200,000 people and endured the north wind for six or seven days in the Liupan Mountains and ate a lot of mud.
The morale of the army under Yuan Hao's command has already fluctuated.
What's even more troublesome is that the military rations seem to be running out.
This made Yuan Hao extremely anxious, and he kept scratching the top of his head. Although there was nothing on his head, it was bald. If it weren't for the hair left on both sides, he might have been mistaken for a monk.
"Wuzi..." At this time, the tent door was pushed open, and a scribe hurriedly came to Yuan Hao, bowed and saluted: "I just received a report from the scouts, and the Song people... retreated..."
"What?" Yuan Hao was stunned, with a look of disbelief on his face.
In his opinion, this is impossible.
Because he had a lifelong relationship with the Song people's generals and ministers along the border.
From Fan Yong, Xia Shou and Liu Ping in the past to Xia Song, Han Qi and Fan Zhongyan now.
Yuan Hao knew the temper and character of these Song people better than his own wife's body. He could tell with his eyes closed that these Song people thought highly of themselves and were always full of contempt for him and his Daxia Kingdom.
and disdain.
There are simply not many people who are willing to look at him and his country, let alone study it with their hearts.
Therefore, he can win every battle and move from one victory to another.
As a result, he was able to use the land of only five states to boldly establish his own system and establish grammar.
"What's going on?" Yuan Hao asked the scribe in front of him: "Zhang Yuan, didn't you promise that the people of Song Dynasty would definitely fall into the trap?"
The scribe named Zhang Yuan could only lower his head, not daring to defend himself, let alone talk back, because all the people who had ever talked back to the coward in front of him were dead and their bones were rotten.
"Wuzi..." A scholar who had been beside Yuan Hao suddenly said: "Why don't we withdraw to Xingqing Mansion first and then make long-term plans?"
Yuan Hao listened, immediately turned around, glared at the man, and roared: "Withdraw? Two hundred thousand troops, just withdraw to Xingqing Mansion?"
"impossible!"
Yuan Hao has always been arrogant, presumptuous and super confident.
I think back then, he had just taken over the position of his father Li Deming, and he didn't even feel hot, so he dared to send a letter of questioning to the officials of the Song Dynasty: Why do you use the reign name Mingdao? Don't you know my father's name is Li Deming? You guys
Song people don’t even know how to avoid taboos? Huh?
How could the Song Dynasty criticize such a small and vulgar chief like him?
If it weren't for the reputation of his father and ancestors, the Song Dynasty would have sent a large army to kill him at the door of his house.
Yuan Hao's arrogance doesn't stop there.
Back then, after doing that thing that caused an uproar in the world, Yuan Hao had a sudden idea and shaved off his original Zhongyuan hairstyle.
It has become what it is now, with a bald head, like a monk in the Central Plains, with almost no ring scars, but the hair around it has been preserved, and the ears have been pierced, and a pair of heavy earrings have been worn.
Yuan Hao calls this 'ancestral law'!
What ancestor?
Xianbei ancestors!
From that day on, this former military governor of the Song Dynasty decided to say goodbye to the hundreds of years of surrender and obedience he and his ancestors had to the Han people.
Not only that, Yuan Hao not only shaved his hair and wore earrings.
He also ordered all party members to follow him in shaving their hair and changing clothes!
Whoever doesn't listen will kill the whole family!
Really keep your head but not your hair, keep your hair but not your head!
For this reason, he killed at least several thousand party members alone, many of whom were the capable generals and former subordinates of his father Li Deming and his grandfather Li Jiqian.
It’s because these people actually despise his ancestor’s Dharma as too ugly!
It's simply presumptuous!
Therefore, everyone must die!
How could Yuan Hao, with such a personality, give up his ideas so easily?
For Yuan Hao, he has always been the kind of person who will never change his mind once he makes up his mind, and he will do it even if his body is shattered.
Not to mention, in order to mobilize the 200,000 troops this time, Yuan Hao even forcibly recruited the elderly members of the Dangxiang tribe. He also robbed many tribes of their livestock that were supposed to support their livelihoods.
If he hadn't eaten up a heavy army group of the Song Dynasty, he would have returned to Xingqing Mansion empty-handed.
What to do this year?
Are all party members drinking the northwest wind?
So, how could Yuan Hao withdraw his troops just because of a scout's report?
"Send someone to investigate again!" Yuan Hao pointed at the two literati in front of him and scolded: "Go immediately! Let me find out what the Song people are doing!"
