Respecting Zhao Ji's oral instructions, military officials wrote...

He wrote in both Chinese and Dangxiang script to persuade the local tribal army leaders in the Xia Kingdom that it would be best if they surrendered to the Song Dynasty. Even if they did not want to surrender to the Song Dynasty for the time being, as long as they remained neutral in the war between Song and Xia,

That’s it.

After the Song Dynasty destroys the Xixia Kingdom, their tribal leaders will be named khans. Their tribes will have a high degree of autonomy and will also receive rewards from the Song Dynasty...

Zhao Ji divided the 300 party generals recruited by Liu Guangshi a few years ago into thirteen missions, with the large group numbering ten people and the small group numbering seven or eight people.

They brought the letters and instructions from Zhao Guan's family and prepared to secretly sneak into Xixia and recruit and surrender the top commander of the Thirteenth Route Local Army (i.e., the tribal leader)...

Before these thirteen envoys left, Zhao Ji and Liu Guangshi saw them off together and promised that as long as they completed their mission, everyone in their envoys would be promoted to a third level and given a large sum of money.

If someone in one of their missions encounters misfortune, as long as they do not disgrace their mission and do not surrender, their families will receive generous pensions, and when their sons come of age, they will receive the emperor's favor and become officials or officials.

Zhao Guanjia always sticks to his word.

After receiving the promise from Zhao Guan's family, these three hundred secret envoys happily accepted the order and thanked the emperor for his kindness.

"Thank you Lord for your kindness, long live my emperor..."

"We are just vulgar people who are desperately trying to survive. Today we are fortunate to be trusted and valued by Zhao Guanjia. Our family members stay in the Song Dynasty and can be cared for by the officials. We are very relieved, even if we die generously

, why should we waste our lives!"

Zhao Ji looked solemn and spoke earnestly:

"You have the courage to take on such an important responsibility. In my opinion, you are all heroes!"

"If you can complete this mission, to me, you will be like the Xianbei Yuchi Jingde, the Turkic Ashinasheer and many other famous foreign generals assisting Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty!"

These party members of the secret mission, who had returned to the Song Dynasty for many years, were moved to tears when they heard Zhao Guanjia's words.

Although they were rough people, since they surrendered to the Song Dynasty, they had heard many legendary stories in the army between Tang Taizong and the famous foreign generals who surrendered.

Zhao Ji took advantage of the situation and encouraged all members of the secret mission:

"I chose you and other party members as secret envoys after careful consideration. You and others secretly sent envoys to the local armies of the Xixia Kingdom, but it is actually relatively safe."

"The reason is that the more my army defeats the Xixia army, the more the leaders of the local tribal armies in Xixia, in order to protect their troops and people, the less they dare to use violence against you; even

, they will also treat you as honored guests!"

"Therefore, in order to ensure that all my dear friends are safe and sound, I must lead my troops to conquer Xijing City of Xia Kingdom in the near future!"

"The official's high opinion..."

"Thank you Lord for your kindness..."

"The official sage..."

Zhao Ji and Liu Guangshi bid farewell to the thirteen local military envoys from Xixia who were secretly sent out as envoys, and watched their figures drift away.

Liu Guangshi looked at Zhao Guan's house with admiring eyes. He bowed deeply and said in admiration:

"The soldiers and generals of the Dangxiang clan in Weichen Guangshi's tribe are wild by nature, but they can value justice. Today, Guanjia can be tamed and docile with just a few words. Weichen Guangshi really admires Guanjia very much. Guanjia is truly the holy lord and wise king of the ages.

ah!"

Liu Guangshi metaphorically called the Dangxiang soldiers and generals who surrendered to him as wild dogs and wild horses, and called the Zhao Guan family experts who were good at taming wild beasts. Therefore, it was said that the Zhao Guan family reused the Dangxiang soldiers as envoys to recruit the Xixia local army.

"Domestication".

He was deeply satisfied with his heartfelt words of flattery to the Emperor of the Song Dynasty, and the corners of his mouth turned up, feeling complacent.

After Zhao Ji finished listening to Liu Guangshi's flattery, his face was as heavy as water and he said coldly:

"I sincerely value these party members who have sincerely surrendered to our Song Dynasty. I personally marched and led my troops to attack Xia. I just want to ruthlessly eradicate the Li family's Xixia Dynasty, which has been a scourge to our Song Dynasty for a century!"

"I do not want to destroy the Dangxiang clan. My mind is as broad and broad as that of Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty. As long as the soldiers and civilians of various ethnic groups can contribute to the unification of China, I will regard them as my subjects."

Liu Guangshi, who originally wanted to flatter Zhao Guan's family, turned red with shame and was amazed after hearing Zhao Guan's lofty words.

He was good at recruiting and recruiting rebels, and he sincerely felt that the ideological realm of the Zhao Guan family was really thousands of times higher than his!

…

When Zhao Ji parted from Liu Guangshi, who was full of shame, he comforted him with kind words.

Liu Guangshi was grateful and bid farewell to Zhao Guan's family...

Zhao Ji returned to the Chinese army's imperial tent under Yao Gu's tribe, and he unfolded the trophy map of Daxia Kingdom presented by veteran general Guo Chengjin.

Put it on the table and watch it carefully.

He saw that the territory of the Xixia Kingdom was only about a quarter of the size of the Song Dynasty at that time.

Traveler Zhao Ji recalled his historical knowledge before time travel:

‘The Northern Song Dynasty is about 2.8 million square kilometers, and the Western Xia is about 770,000 square kilometers, about a quarter of the Northern Song Dynasty.’

Of course, in today's ancient society, it is impossible to calculate the precise territorial area of ​​a country or region as accurately as in modern society.

Even Zhao Ji saw that the map was poorly drawn, and some areas were not very accurate.

While he was looking at the map, he was comparing in his mind the Xixia Kingdom in this world and where it was in modern society before he traveled through it.

According to the drawing method of this map, the current territory of Xixia Kingdom should be parts of Ningxia, Gansu, Shaanxi, Qinghai, and Inner Mongolia in later modern society.

Among them, Ningxia, Gansu, and northern Shaanxi occupy a relatively large area, as well as most areas of Inner Mongolia.

Today's Xingqingfu, Tokyo, the capital of Xixia, is roughly the center of the Yinchuan Plain in later generations.

The Xiping Prefecture in Xijing, Xia Kingdom, which was heavily surrounded by the Song army, was the southwest region of Lingwu, Ningxia in later generations.

Zhao Ji looked for the geographical location of the thirteen secret missions just sent to the thirteen local tribal military regions of Xixia on this map of Daxia...

The thirteen local military regions of Xia Kingdom are:

Xiangqing Army, Shenyong Army, Xiangyou Army, Jianing Army, Jingsai Army, Baotai Army,

Henan Army, Chaoshun Army, Gansu Army, Xiping Army, Zhenyan Army, Qiangzhen Army, and Weifu Army.

Of course, Zhao Ji knew that the Xixia Kingdom had military horns imitated in the Song Dynasty, dividing the country into left and right wings, and each wing was divided into several local military districts. The highest officer of the military supervision department in each district was called Du Tongjun (almost all of them were

(Served by the local tribal leader), responsible for commanding the army in the region.

Zhao Ji thought: Among the local armies in Xixia today, the Xiangqing Army has the highest status. The other local armies vary in size, some have more than 100,000 troops, and some have only 10,000 or 20,000 troops.

The local army of the Xixia Kingdom, that is, all the military supervisory departments of the Xia Kingdom, combined, have a total army of about 500,000 people.

"I want to divide and conquer the local armies of Xixia."

"Even if the thirteen secret envoys I have sent cannot successfully recruit and surrender the local tribal army immediately, it will shake their will and make them dare not send heavy troops to aid Xia Kingdom in the siege of Xijing."

That night, Zhao Ji sent two teams of royal city officials to protect the prince, King Yun Zhao Kai, and King Kang Zhao Gou. As imperial envoys, they inspected Guo Cheng, Zhong Shidao, Zhong Shizhong, Liu Yanqing, Yao Gu, and Han Shizhong respectively.

In the camps of several troops, we focused on checking the garrison situation of each ministry, and reminded each ministry to prevent Xia Jun from jumping over the wall in a hurry, leaving the city at night to rob the camp, or leaving the city at night to break out and escape...

That night, in Xijing City of Xixia, more than a dozen middle- and high-level military generals who had stayed in Xijing were waiting anxiously in the courtyard of Prince Pu's Mansion.

They learned that Pu Wang Li Renzhong, who was watching the enemy on the east city during the day, was seriously injured, so they waited in the courtyard of Pu Wang's Mansion for a short time.

The purpose of their arrival was firstly to visit King Pu's injury, and secondly to bring the voices of many soldiers in their respective armies who wanted to abandon the city and break out of the siege.

Pu Wang Li Renzhong, who had been in a coma after being seriously injured, was carefully cared for by four military doctors with superb medical skills. He did not wake up until the middle of the night.

When Li Renzhong woke up, he found that although the injured area on his upper body had been bandaged, it was still painful.

Now, only his right eye can see clearly, while his left eye is completely dark.

The frame of his left eye felt as if it had been hollowed out, and the pain was as painful as his heart, which was very unbearable.

He glanced at his left eye with the corner of his right eye and saw several white bandages wrapped diagonally around his left eye and head.

He realized that when he was watching the enemy in Dongcheng, his left eye should have been blinded by the Song Army's unknown weapon that looked like a fire stick.

Li Renzhong gritted his teeth and endured the severe pain of being seriously injured in many parts of his body. He asked slowly:

"Song army, are they attacking the city?"

The military doctors and bodyguards present had sore noses and almost shed tears after hearing this.

The seriously injured King Pu had just escaped from Hell. His first words after waking up were still concerned about the war, which moved everyone present.

He learned from his subordinates:

"The Song Army did not attack our Xijing City..."

"I reported to King Pu that there are more than ten generals guarding the city in the courtyard. They have been waiting for a long time. They want to come in and visit after King Pu wakes up."

When the worried Li Renzhong heard this, he wanted to get up from the couch, walk outside the hospital as casually as before, and meet the military leaders with laughter and laughter, to show that he was not seriously injured and to give reassurance to his military leaders.

He even wanted to leave the government as before, inspect various ministries in the military camp, and command the defense of Xijing City...

However, while holding the bed with his hands, he felt not only the huge pain in his left eye, but also the tearing pain from multiple wounds on his upper body.

"Ah!?" Li Renzhong gritted his teeth and struggled several times, but was unable to sit up.

The military doctor next to the bed immediately stopped and said:

"King Pu is seriously injured, please rest well and don't apply force to open the wound!"

Li Renzhong asked: "With this injury, how many days will it take for me to be able to walk around and recover as before?"
To be continued...