Some people pretend to be pigs and eat tigers, some people pretend to be tigers and eat pigs, and some people pretend to be tigers and cannot eat anything. Li Shibin is such a person. He relies entirely on the reputation of his father Li Jizhou.
Li Jizhou was a real fierce general. He used his troops properly and loved them like his own son. He blocked the Dangxiang people in the northwest for many years. The Tibetan tribes retreated after hearing this. He was the real "iron-walled lord". As for Li Shibin, he also got his name from his father.
Inherited.
It is said that a tiger father has no sons, but in fact there are many people who are just living on the merits of the "tiger father".
However, no matter how cowardly he was, Li Shibin never thought of betraying the Song Dynasty. He knew that his family's wealth came from the Song Dynasty. His father had already fought with the Party members to death, and it was impossible to betray the Song Dynasty again.
He knew what he was capable of. Even though he couldn't use troops, he thought it was not difficult to defend Jinming Stronghold. As long as he gathered a large number of troops and reinforced the stronghold, the party members would not be able to kill them.
However, Li Yuanhao's first wave of offensive was not to storm Jinming Village, but to throw letters, brocade robes, and gold belts near Jinming Village. The main message of the letter was to meet Li Shibin to rebel against the Song Dynasty.
These things suddenly appeared on the tense border, but they were discovered by the patrolmen of Yanzhou Prefecture Yamen, and they were delivered to Fan Yong as soon as possible.
Although Fan Yong was not knowledgeable in military affairs, he was not a fool. After reading the letter, he felt that Xixia was using a trick and planned to use a knife to kill people. However, as a civil servant who was cautious and Li Shibin was a Tibetan general, Fan Yong still planned to replace him.
Before that, he summoned Xia Sui, the deputy governor of the capital, to discuss the matter. Xia Sui once served as the commander of Tianxiong's army. Although he never led an army on an expedition, he was somewhat knowledgeable about military matters.
After learning about this incident, he came in a hurry and bowed down to see Fan Yong. His first words were: "Fan Gong must not change his generals on the spot! I'm afraid the traitor Yuan Hao will try to alienate him!"
Fan Yong asked Xia Sui to help him sit down, but he smiled bitterly and said: "All the generals are suspicious of Shi Bin. I know that this is Yuan Hao's plan to alienate people, but I have to calm everyone's suspicions!"
Xia Sui came up with a plan and said: "If Shibin and the Qiang have a feud for a long time, how can it be known to the whole world if they have a private agreement and a legacy? Why not invite him to a banquet and give him a large reward to appease his heart? He will definitely use his life!"
Fan Yong nodded slightly. Since he knew it was Li Yuanhao's plan, he went in the opposite direction. The most important thing is that this was proposed by Xia Sui. Even if something happens, it will not be his fault...
Fan Yong is a real politician, but he is by no means a person who can be used to defend the border states. From the beginning when he went to Yanzhou to manage Yanzhou Yan Road to appease the envoys, Ye An felt that it was inappropriate. Compared with Fan Ziyuan, his nephew
, Fan Yong is a little worse.
However, Xia Sui's suggestion was excellent. After summoning Li Shibin, he was still miserable and panicked, but he was greeted by these two important officials of the Song Dynasty, and the letters, gold belts, etc. that were sent were presented to him.
His face was burned, which made Li Shibin feel extremely relieved. He cried bitterly and said that he must be loyal to the Song Dynasty and would never make peace with the Xixia traitors.
He also knew that action was the key, so a few days later he launched a sudden attack on several small border villages occupied by the party members, seized a large number of cattle and sheep, and beheaded hundreds of people.
For a time, his reputation as the "iron-walled father-in-law" became loud again, and this attack also showed his attitude and determination, which made Li Yuanhao's alienation plan go bankrupt.
The most important thing is to gain unanimous approval from everyone in Yanzhou.
Wu Hao was not discouraged. Although the alienation plan failed, the alienation plan was just for paving the way. From the beginning, he did not feel that the alienation between Li Shibin and the Song Dynasty had much effect.
So when Ye Li met a beggar to impeach him, Wu Hao calmly said to Li Yuanhao in the military tent: "Your Majesty, this is a series of tricks! You can't alienate this person, but you have made him complacent, and you want to make him complacent.
Death must first make it mad!"
Li Yuanhao nodded slightly, but Ye Li Yuqi beside him said: "This strategy is inappropriate. If it is too arrogant, the fighting spirit of the soldiers under his command will be high, and it will be difficult to defeat the enemy!"
Hu Hao rolled his sleeves and stroked his beard and said with a confident smile: "Oh? Arrogant soldiers will be defeated. Why? It goes without saying that a general leads an army to charge and plunder the enemy, but the matter of planning an army still needs to be looked at!"
"You?! The child of the Han family..."
"When you meet a beggar! Don't be rude! I've used it and never doubted it! We pay equal attention to both Han and Fan, but you forgot?" Li Yuanhao's dissatisfied scolding made Yeli Yubeg shut up, and also made those party generals dare not speak, but his eyebrows
There are many inequalities between them.
What he wanted was this effect. Li Yuanhao felt proud, but he became more and more friendly to Wu Hao: "I have made it clear that you are responsible for this matter. I just want to capture Jinming Village!"
Being used so highly, Wu Hao was excited and said: "Your Majesty, don't worry, I will do my best to secure Jinming Village for my Daxia!"
"Haha! Good, very good. With such a good appearance, why should I worry about not going to Yanzhou?!"
A group of Xixia officials congratulated Li Yuanhao in the imperial tent, as if Yanzhou had been captured, but Zhang Yuan smiled but his eyes were full of uneasiness. He and Hu Hao were always betrayers of the Song Dynasty to Xixia, and betrayal
The traitors never end well in the history books. Even if they have great achievements, they will be abandoned after being used. He tried his best to downplay the identity of the betrayer, but Wu Hao didn't care.
Jinming Village was one of the most powerful military strongholds in the northwest border states of the Song Dynasty, and it was also the gateway to Yanzhou. Once Jinming Village was lost, the entire Yanzhou gate would be opened wide.
Before it, Tumen Village, Pingrong Village, and Zhao'an Station were all captured by Dangxiang's army, and not even many soldiers were able to escape back to Yanzhou.
Wu Hao's plan was very simple. He kept sending a large number of soldiers to pretend to descend at Jinming Village. Li Shibin was quite vigilant. The generals below suggested that he send these groups of soldiers to the south separately.
However, Fan Yong proposed the plan of "using virtue to embrace distant lands", intending to let these soldiers fight against Xixia to supplement the strength of Jinming Village, and asked Li Shibin to integrate all these surrendered soldiers into his own army.
This was another taboo among military strategists, but Li Shibin felt that what Fan Yong said was reasonable. One more person would bring more strength. Moreover, Fan Yong had "the kindness of knowing and encountering" him, so he should obey his advice.
It's just that they didn't know that they had fallen into Wu Hao's conspiracy. This chain of tricks was extremely clever. Li Shibin's victory was also planned in advance by Hu Hao. No matter how many cattle and sheep he captured, he would still fall in the end.
fell into the hands of Daxia, and most of the soldiers who died in the battle were Tibetan soldiers that Xixia planned to punish.
Enemies that have gradually let down their vigilance are the easiest to conquer. Li Shibin really thought that he was an "iron-walled lord" with such a reputation that he would accept no matter how many surrendered troops came.
This is overconfidence. A small number of surrendering troops will not cause much hidden danger, but a large number will cause trouble. Even if the surrendering troops sincerely surrender, they do not have much credibility, and they may rebel again at any time.
Li Shibin's arrogance and Fan Yong's "bookishness" turned Jinmingzhai from a fortified city that could not be poured into a powder keg that could explode at any time, and brought the entire Yanzhou and Song Dynasty to sit on it...
The closer the storm came, the calmer it became. Hu Hao kept sending out agents to collect information. When he learned that no soldiers in Jinming Village were moving south, he knew that the time was ripe.
So he immediately asked Li Yuanhao for troops to besiege Jinming Village!