Ren Duoyading seemed to be listening intentionally or unintentionally.
That night Renduo Baozhong said to Renduoyading: "The price offered by the emperor of the Song Dynasty was very sincere. Not only did he give him the post of Jiedushi, but everyone in Renduo's tribe also filled the official posts of Song people. He also paid a lot of money to recruit our father and son, and also allowed us to Preserve the old land and become a nation for yourself."
On the side, his younger brother Renduo said: "Why don't we surrender to the Song Dynasty? No matter how we look at it now, the Song Dynasty is very powerful. In the past few years, Gui Zhang was killed, Ali Gu was captured, and even Wen Xixin was surrendered. I am afraid that Lun Xixin will be the next one." It’s our turn.”
Ren Duo Baozhong nodded and said: "This Tong Guan really knows the Qing and Tang Dynasties well. As he said, the Liang family controls the six armies of the left wing. They are very suspicious of our Ren Duo clan. Once the soldiers and horses of the Song Dynasty Xihe Road and the Qing Tang Dynasty , the Uighurs are attacking together, I’m afraid they won’t be able to resist.”
Renduoyading said: "The Liang family is once again in power, but for a big family like our Renjia family, we have no choice but to give them power and allow me to manage the troops."
"No matter what happened to Mr. Liang, he would not be so short-sighted in annexing us. Instead, he would put us to good use."
Nendo Baozhong said: "Is it possible that my father still can't let go of his position as the commander of the two armies?"
Renduo Yading said: "Yes, our Renduo tribe and other tribes have always valued noble species and a strong country."
"For so many years, we have been in the place where Qingtang Dangxiang was defeated. The Qingtang noble family and Dangxiang strengthened the country. We borrowed Dangxiang's power to rule many tribes near Liangzhou. But if I, Ren Duobu, surrendered to the Song Dynasty alone, how could we do it again? How many tribes responded?"
"Fu Song was just a man, but Fu Dangxiang has today's power. How would you choose?"
Ren Duo Xi Zhong stopped talking. Ren Duo was from the Qing and Tang Dynasties, and most of the supervisors of the two armies were party members. The Uyghurs and Tibetan tribes had soldiers and horses. Once they rebelled against Xia, not many tribes would respond.
Renduo Baozhong thought for a moment and said, "But what if the Liang family knew about our contact with the Song envoy in Liangzhou City?"
Renduoyading said: "I see today that the Song Dynasty envoy Tong Guan is smart and capable, and will be a strong enemy in the future. You send people disguised as thieves to rob and kill this Tong Guan, and offer his head to the Queen Mother. In this way, not only will the court not say anything, but they will also praise him. The loyalty of our Nidobu tribe.”
Renduo Baozhong nodded and said, "I'll make arrangements right away."
Unexpectedly, when bidding farewell to the Song envoy the next day, Wen Nazhi told Ren Duo and his son that Tong Guan had gone back to Qingtang City that night.
Renduo Baozhong was shocked and angry when he heard this. He couldn't kill the boy, but he got a glimpse of the truth.
After Tong Guan returned to Qingtang, he immediately went to Shuguan's house and said that Ren Duoyading was the most cunning and fierce among the Western thieves.
He also painted the portraits of Renduo Yading and his son Renduo Baozhong to those who were good at painting in the army, and could award them to the border generals. When they encountered these two people, they would recruit people who dared to die to kill them or capture them alive.
The official was overjoyed after receiving Tong Guan's memorial. Tong Guan had been practicing with Zhang Yue for several years, but his skills had also improved.
In May of the second year of Yuanfeng.
Tong Guan, Miao Lu and other tribes from the Qing and Tang Dynasties sent troops from the Qing and Tang Dynasties to attack Renduoquan City and Liangzhou City respectively.
Renduoyading personally dealt with the Song army.
Wang Hou, Li Hao, Miao Shu, Zhao Sizhong, Bao Shun and other generals led more than 100,000 Han soldiers, horses and servants to besiege Lanzhou City and Sazongpu City. Li Xian took charge of Xizhou City.
Since losing Huizhou and part of Lanzhou, Xixia has focused on the management of Lanzhou City on the south bank of the Yellow River.
Originally, Lanzhou was only 600 steps east to west and only 300 steps north to south. It was not a big city.
But Ren Duoyading knew that the Song army would definitely capture Lanzhou City, so he dared to go north to attack Liang, so he reinforced and expanded Lanzhou City, built many fortresses around it, and also built a pontoon bridge on the north bank of the Yellow River. Forts were stationed at both ends of the pontoon bridge. Soldiers and horses.
Jinchengguan was rebuilt last year.
As soon as the Song army attacked Lanzhou, reinforcements and grain from Xixia were continuously sent to Lanzhou.
Wang Hou knew that Lanzhou could not be conquered in one battle, so he immediately led an army of hundreds of thousands to surround Lanzhou on three sides. He cut down trees on all sides to build siege equipment, built high platforms and artillery carts, and used firearms to attack the city.
Renduo Baozhong personally supervised the formation north of Lanzhou.
The two armies fought fiercely.
In June, Zhong'e personally led the forward troops of the Yanyan Road headquarters, totaling 39,000 people, and marched out of Suide City in a phalanx formation.
Gao Zunyu led an army of more than 60,000 people and 200,000 civilian soldiers and marched behind.
On the Jingyuan Road in the direction of Shen Kuo, Zhong Shidao and Liu Changzuo, and on the Xihe Road in the direction of Huizhou, Zhang Zhi led more than 20,000 troops to attack the front line of Tiandu Mountain.
These three groups of soldiers and horses will dispatch troops at the same time according to the scheduled date.
However, news came to Bianjing, Lanzhou, Liangzhou, and Renduoquan City that there had been fierce fighting in recent months, but the Song army had not made any achievements.
This made the officials anxious, and they sent Cai Bian to Zhang's house to inquire.
In the past, the official family had sent doctors to Zhang Yue's mansion to inquire about his condition and to find out whether he wanted to return to the court. However, this time Zhang Yue was infected with wind and cold.
Zhang Gen is still in Qiji these days, but Zhang Cheng is staying with him at home.
Zhang Cheng is not as knowledgeable as Zhang Gen in studying, but he is very considerate of his parents. He knew that Zhang Yue was not in a good mood during this period, so he talked to him.
Last time the boy made a feather fan, Zhang Yue asked him what he meant?
Zhang Cheng said that he hoped that he could assist the country like Zhuge Wuhou.
Zhang Yue was very emotional when he heard this. He named Zhang Cheng Cheng, in memory of Zhuge Liang.
Unexpectedly, Zhang Cheng made a feather fan and came to encourage him. However, Zhang Yue was still a little ashamed that Zhang Cheng was better than Zhuge Liang.
He remembered that there was another person in history who often compared himself to Zhuge Liang, that was Zuo Zongtang.
Zuo Zongtang was very conceited and often referred to himself as "Jin Liang" and "Old Liang". He once had a couplet that read, "Two Sima in the Western Han Dynasty for articles, and one Wolong for Nanyang in economy."
In addition to Zuo Zongtang's most famous couplet "Make a high wish, make a middle fate, and enjoy a low blessing".
What Zhang Yue likes most is that Zuo Zongtang wrote when he was in Beijing to take the exam when he was young and passed by the Dongting Lake Temple: "I have traveled a long distance for three thousand years, and I am a passer-by; I am in charge of eight hundred people in Chonghu Lake, and you are also a scholar."
There is a bamboo room next to Zhang Yue's study.
The study room is used to study behind closed doors, handle government affairs, and receive friends and family, while the bamboo room is reserved for oneself and no others are allowed in. It is specially used for viewing the Shaanxi Five Route Map and military reports.
He also did not want his ambition to observe the army to be known to most people.
As a prime minister, too many people care about his words and deeds. After all, in the eyes of most people, Zhang Yue, as a prime minister, should be peaceful and graceful, and educate all nations with virtue, and should not have the idea of building armies or martial arts.
Looking at the Xingqing Prefecture in Xixia on the map, this is where the Xia Expedition was aimed. Five hundred years later, this place was named Ningxia, and it was one of the three major expeditions of Wanli. It had long been a frontier fortress of the country and was recaptured due to rebellion.
In another five hundred years, Ningxia transformed from a frontier to an inland region.
think carefully.
The martial culture of the Han family is engraved in their bones, and big roosters are really not free of charge. Although they have been wronged in modern times, the territory will not deceive others.
Generation after generation of pioneering, I still think back to Zuo Zongtang carrying the coffin and setting out to conquer Xinjiang.
Can my achievements be comparable to that of ‘Jin Liang’ Zuo Zongtang?
Yes, I have always known that life is like a journey, with passers-by coming and going, but it is enough to accomplish some achievements during the journey. You, the temple king who leads the 800-mile Dongting Lake, were also a scholar at the beginning.
Now that Zhang Yue had just recovered from his illness, he sat in the bamboo room, lit incense, and then held a feather fan to watch the military report. It was expected that he saw that the offensives of Lanzhou and Liangzhou were blocked.
This time is different from the five-pronged expedition to summer in another time and space history.
The Song army at Xihe Road captured Lanzhou and Huizhou in one go and defeated the Tiandu Mountain Military Supervision Division, while the Qing and Tang Dynasties sent troops to attack Liangzhou but failed.
At that time, Xixia focused on the other four roads, so Xihe Road was caught off guard.
This time, my business on Xihe Road has reached a large scale.
After Ali Gu was captured and Dong Fean led the Qing and Tang dynasties, Xixia had vigorously strengthened the defenses of Liangzhou and Lanzhou, and they had long been prepared to prevent you from sending troops from these two routes.
Therefore, the effect of surprise attack is gone.
Compared with the five-way expedition against Xia in history, although there was no surprise attack effect, Zhang Yue felt that it would be enough to hold back the Xixia troops. He expected that only Xihe Road could hold back the Xixia troops, such as Jingyuan Road and Yanyan Road.
Directional pressure will definitely be greatly reduced.
Zhang Yue stood in front of the map and used his feather fan to draw the route for advancing troops.
Making decisions before the battle is not my strong point, and it has been more than ten days since I came back from the front line. If I don't have the ability to airborne a radio station, I leave it to the front line generals to make their own decisions.
However, the official sent someone to inquire, but Cai Bian was still waiting outside the door.
I heard that the officials were overworked in the summer expedition and fell ill in the past few days.
Zhang Yue then wrote a reply saying that Lanzhou and Liangzhou were not the purpose of this invasion. He was happy to get it, but it was okay not to. He expected that there would be good news about the three-way invasion in the near future.
After Zhang Yue finished writing, he walked out of the bamboo room and met Cai Bian.
Cai Bian has already been appointed to the Longtuge Pavilion and is highly regarded by the officials for attending the Sutra Banquet. This is partly because of Wang Anshi's son-in-law, but also because of his own staff.
It seems that the officials are really sparing no effort in poaching themselves.
"I've met Mr. Jian'an!"
Cai Bian looked happy when he saw Zhang Yue.
Zhang Yue smiled and handed the letter to Cai Bian.
Cai Bian knew that Zhang Yue was selling his face, so the emperor repeatedly sent him to the Prime Minister's Mansion to ask Zhang Yue to ask about the expedition to Xia.
The two exchanged a few words, and Cai Bian asked, "Does Duke Jian'an know about the recent rumors in the court?"
"What rumors?" Zhang Yue asked lightly, shaking his feather fan.
Cai Bian hesitated.
In fact, although Zhang Yue was recuperating at home, he kept hearing some words coming from him.
For example, he first opposed the invasion of troops and then later approved of the invasion of troops. He was on both sides of the fence, wavering and so on.
Whether they supported the use of troops against Xia or opposed the use of troops against Xia, many ministers criticized Zhang Yue's decision.
He is currently recuperating at home, and no one dares to directly pass the words to him. However, Zhang Yue also has channels for information. For example, he also knows the objections of so and so.
Cai Bian said: "In the past, when I first led an expedition against Wu, as the prime minister, Marquis Wu of Zhuge always opposed the attack on Wu, but he also devoted himself to serving the country."
"Why can't everyone in the world understand?"
When Cai Bian said this, he restrainedly expressed his indignation.
Hearing this, Zhang Yue showed appreciation and smiled: "Yuandu, I saw you right!"
Thinking of the days when he was ill, Cai Jing and Wang Gui fought fiercely, but Cai Bian often came to greet him, although it also meant that he was ordered by the emperor.
But Cai Bian's ability to say these words shows that he sees things clearly and has high emotional intelligence.