Dangxiang discussed moving the capital to avoid the attack of the Song army, but was opposed by many powerful people.
Li Bingchang felt that what this veteran said was reasonable. The Song army's shallow attack and fortification method was centered around the Xingling Second Mansion. It first started from Xihe Road and advanced to Liangzhou, and then from Jingyuan.
The road advanced to Lingzhou, and finally it was built from Hengshan to collect the five states of Dingnan.
But as long as the center of Dangxiang moves north to Dingzhou, it will take several more years for the Song army to pass the plan of destroying Dangxiang and one country.
If it were moved to Keyi Gate, the Song army would be beyond reach.
However, Dingzhou is too desolate and far inferior to Xingzhou.
Not to mention Keyimen.
For most people, it is impossible for most people to give up their current comfortable life in order to deal with future dangers.
Because of the plan to move the capital, it was opposed by Liang Yibu and other officials.
The old minister still said plausibly: "After Taizong (Li Deming) acquired Dingzhou, he built Wei City in the province and named the city after my clan. He originally planned to return to the north in case Xing Ling failed to defend it."
"As for Keyi Gate, there are 70,000 troops stationed in the right wing of Chaoshun Army Supervision Bureau!"
Everyone is unwilling.
Li Bingchang had some thoughts. In fact, it was not a bad idea to move the capital. He could leave some of his courtiers in Xingzhou.
A general asked: "Except for moving the capital, is there really no other way to defeat the Song Dynasty's construction?"
"No way, we clearly know that the next step of the Song Dynasty is to build a city as far as Mingsha, but there is nothing we can do." Wei Ming A'Mian is also a famous general in the Dangxiang royal family, but there is nothing he can do.
"Even the old general Renduo couldn't deal with it in Liangzhou. That's how the Song people were, building strongholds every few dozen miles and advancing step by step! The city of Liangzhou was also lost in this way."
The generals lamented that the Song Army never took the initiative to attack, but built the fortress all the way under your nose, forcing you to attack me. The Song Army obviously attacked but won the victory from the defensive battle.
The most important thing is that with every victory in a defensive battle, a large number of new troops of the Song Army were trained and gained experience.
It was a huge defeat like the two-pronged expedition to Xia. Almost the entire establishment was annihilated, and a large number of veterans and elite soldiers were killed. It was incomparable.
With such a mediocre strategy, there was nothing the whole party could do. After pushing Liangzhou forward in this way, they pushed from Jingyuan Road to Mingsha and finally captured Lingzhou. After finishing pushing Jingyuan Road, they pushed again from Hengshan.
Party items will really destroy the country.
Dang Xiang and his ministers knew clearly from top to bottom that the Song army was going to do this next, but they could only do nothing about this kind of tactics.
At this time, Li Qingdao, the first Hanlin scholar, said: "There is another way to negotiate peace with Song Dynasty!"
The ministers suddenly fell silent upon hearing this, and Liang Yibu scolded Li Qingdao: "Do you still have the nerve to propose peace again?"
Li Qing asked: "Is there any other way besides this?"
The two got into an argument in front of the ministers.
Many of the officials below could see that after Li Qing and Liang Yibu were defeated in Liangzhou City, they did not resolve their grievances because of the country's peril, but the dispute became more intense.
In this way, before the Song Dynasty comes over, the party will split internally.
There is a conflict between tribalism and centralization in the party as a whole. When it goes uphill, it can learn from each other's strengths, but when it goes downhill, it will cause internal strife within the party.
With the loss of Liangzhou, even the leaders of various ministries gradually became interested.
Li Qing proposed peace talks with the Song Dynasty, and many leaders secretly agreed.
Empress Dowager Liang remained silent, and everyone dispersed after discussing for a while with no results.
Li Bingchang called Li Qing in and asked, "What Qing Tu said at the court meeting might have something to do with Song's negotiation for peace."
Li Qingdao: "Your Majesty, I have been secretly communicating with envoys from the Song Dynasty."
Li Bingchang said: "I promised you this, of course I know."
Li Qingdao: "Your Majesty, as far as I know, the conditions offered by the Song Dynasty this time are that as long as your Majesty removes your title, the two families can live in peace. In addition, there will be rewards. Every year, you will be given enough gold, silver, silk and satin as a gift from the king. These things.
They are all outside Suigong."
Cutting off the title? This is indeed a shame for Dangxiang, but it can be removed to show to the Song Dynasty externally, but internally he still maintains the emperor's honor guard.
It's just that you must remain a courtier when meeting envoys from the Song Dynasty and meeting the emperor of the Song Dynasty.
This was what Li Deming did back then.
Li Bingchang felt that this condition was acceptable, but domestic pressure must be great. This would be like truly bowing to the Song Dynasty. This would not be a good thing for party members who would harbor hatred towards the Song Dynasty in the future.
Li Bingchang asked: "Do you think it is credible?"
Li Qingdao: "Your Majesty, in my opinion, the Song Dynasty took Liangzhou in order to connect to the Western Regions. Now that the tribute road to the Western Regions has been opened, it is expected that we will not be in trouble again. Let me mention another title. I think this matter should not be pursued with these red tapes.
It’s better than ceding land and exempting annual tribute.”
Li Bingchang knew that this was not credible, but he also felt that he could give peace talks a try, delaying it for three to five years, and seek a boost in the country first or wait for something to happen in the Song Dynasty.
So he said: "I also want to negotiate peace, but I am worried that the Song people will regret it."
Li Qingdao: "I can ask Daliao to step in as a mediator. If either of the two families regrets it in the future, Liao will step in to destroy them together!"
Li Bingchang said: "This is a way."
Li Qingdao: "On the surface, our dynasty negotiated peace with the Song Dynasty, but in fact it fully supported the Liao Dynasty. At the same time, the move to Dingzhou just mentioned, I think it is indeed justified."
Li Bingchang said: "But the Prime Minister is against it, and I can't do anything about it."
Li Qingdao: "The descendants have repeatedly obstructed His Majesty..."
Li Bingchang said: "I am also not strong enough, otherwise I would be..."
The monarch and his ministers sighed deeply.
Li Qingdao: "Your Majesty, your enemies are inside the court instead of outside. Now you can prepare for a rainy day. First, upgrade Dingzhou to a government and build a new capital there. If the Song army really comes out of Huluchuan to capture Lingzhou, we will
It won’t be too late to move the capital to Dingzhou.”
Li Bingchang heard this and said: "You are indeed far-sighted."
After the two of them were talking, Li Bingchang's expression calmed down a bit. At this time, someone reported that Ali Gu was leading his army to attack Guazhou and Shazhou.
General Xiang of the two prefectures asked Li Bingchang for reinforcements. Li Bingchang couldn't help but sigh after reading the letter for a long time.
Although the soldiers were determined to wait for help, if Liangzhou was lost, he would not be able to send a single soldier.
Li Bingchang hammered the pillar with his hand and sighed: "I have made the loyal and righteous people discouraged, and the land west of Hexi collapsed!"
Li Bingchang thought of his ancestors Li Yuanhao and Li Deming, how heroic they were. Will Dangxiang Chuanguo be destroyed in his hands?
Li Bingchang learned from the painful experience that once Liangzhou was lost, Dangxiang's rule in the entire Hexi region collapsed.
He could only order people to make some superficial remarks, and flew to Guassaxuan and other places with various edicts for promotion and promotion, telling the guards to let them be loyal to the king. The court would treat them well. But he thought of this
At the same time, Ali Gu sent his army northward, but he was very ambitious and intended to take over the entire Hexi Corridor. He couldn't help but feel like a knife was twisting his heart.
At this time, someone reported that the Liao envoys had arrived in Dangxiang, less than thirty miles away from Xingqing Mansion.
What Li Bingchang didn't know was that the envoys of the Liao Kingdom were delivering poisonous wine personally given by Yelu Hongji, the leader of the Liao Kingdom, to Xingqing Mansion.