In order to appease the hearts of the people and shock those who have strange intentions. [This article comes from] After Chao Yong defeated Cha Ge and Li Ganshun, he flew to Tokyo as soon as possible. There were also rumors along the way, so that the people passing by would not be able to pass through the country. I am worried about the military situation in Xixia again.
The imperial court newspaper also widely publicized the prince's achievements. While appeased the people's hearts, it also shocked many people. After the prince killed Li Ganshun, the prefectures of Lizhou Road and Huainan East and West Roads took the initiative to surrender to Daliang.
Although Daliang gathered the troops to expand the territory, while only a group of troops were using troops in the northwest, the territory was still expanding westward and southward.
He first defeated the Liao Kingdom, then defeated the Xixia Kingdom, and coupled with the continuous publicity of Dibao, Chao Yong's image of the god descending to earth has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and the people believe it.
The great victory that had not been seen in more than a hundred years also made the people of the Central Plains no longer fear the Western Xia and Liao Kingdoms. Both officials and the people were proud, while the foreigners who did business in China became much more honest. Especially the Khitans who used to show off their power in the past With Dangxiang people, they have been living together with their tails during these days.
Everyone was speculating whether the prince would take advantage of the situation to attack Xixia and eliminate the Western thieves.
Whether it is Daliang, Tian Hu, Tian Hu from Hebei, Wang Qing from Huaixi, Tong Guan from Jiangnan, all forces are staring at the northwest. If Chao Yong is in charge, then there is no doubt that the next person to face the prince who will win every battle will be them. One of them. If Chao Yong defeated the Liao Kingdom and they still had a little idea of separating one side, then after Chao Yong defeated Xixia, Tian Hu, Wang Qing, and Tong Guan all felt that Daliang was unstoppable to unify the world. People think they can resist the attack of Prince Daliang.
Especially Tong Guan has been using military forces in the northwest for more than 20 years. He knows the power of Xixia. He has spent more than 20 years and the number of killing Xixia soldiers and horses has not exceeded 50,000. The Prince of Daliang defeated 400,000 Xixia in just a few days. There were 100,000 prisoners alone. It can be said that the results of this battle exceeded his total for twenty years. Even though he was far away in Jiangnan, he couldn't help but shudder after hearing this news.
When people all over the world were looking forward to news from the northwest, Chao Yong killed Li Ganshun, but did not continue to use troops and started to rest on the spot.
It was not until Zhong Shidao led his troops into the territory of Xixia, and at the same time, the three troops of Fuyan Road, Yongxing Army, and Jingyuan Road combined to attack Huanqing Road. The news began to spread, and the prince led 5,000 troops to raid Xingqing Prefecture. The plan also spread.
The whole world suddenly became boiling, and the people of Daliang felt that the prince who had descended to earth could definitely conquer Xingqing Mansion.
Tian Hu, Wang Qing, and Tong Guan heard the news. But they couldn't help but raise their glasses to celebrate. In their opinion, Chao Yong was so confused by victory that he had only brought five thousand soldiers and horses to the hinterland of Xixia. , go to attack Xingqing Prefecture, the capital of Xixia.
When the people were looking forward to the good news from the northwest, the three of them were looking forward to the bad news. Chao Yong died in Xixia in battle, so they would not have to worry about the sharp sword hanging on their heads, and the turbulent soldiers under their command could also settle down. .
When the world was arguing about the victory or defeat of the prince, there was also an undercurrent in the Daliang Palace.
When Chao Yong decided to raid Xixia, he sent someone to report to Chao Gai.
Chao Gai learned that Chao Yong was going to raid Xingqing Prefecture with 5,000 troops, so he naturally disagreed and immediately sent people to the northwest to stop Chao Yong. In order to prevent Chao Yong from disobeying the order, he was the first. The next time, he issued an imperial edict to Chao Yong, rather than a letter from his usual time. However, when the imperial edict was passed to the northwest, Chao Yong had already led his troops into the Western Xia territory through the water.
At the beginning, the news was only spreading at the high level of Daliang. However, when Zhong Shidao led his army to attack Xixia, the news spread among the market.
Chao Gai was also worried that the Xixia people knew the identity of the prince and surrounded Chao Yong heavily, but the news had spread and could not be concealed. At Wu Yong's suggestion, he simply asked the dibao to publicly publish the plan of the prince's raid on Xingqing Mansion. If Chao
Yongzhen led 5,000 troops to break the capital of Xixia. There is no doubt that the prince will become a real god. No matter who he uses military force, he will achieve twice the result with half the effort, and the people will be completely subdued.
However, as time went by, no news came back from Xixia, and rumors suddenly appeared in Tokyo that the prince died in battle.
In Chongzheng Hall, Chao Gai sat on the dragon throne with frowns. Han Cunbao, Guan Sheng, Hua Rong, Shi Wengong, Hu Yanzhuo, Qin Ming, Luan Tingyu, and Wu Yong, Zhao Mingcheng, Zhang Shuye, Jiang
Jing, Chai Shao.
Shi Wengong, Hu Yanzhuo, Qin Ming and Luan Tingyu had already returned to the court, and 70,000 troops gathered in Tokyo.
The Song Dynasty was the left martial arts and right literary position, and used literati to suppress military generals. However, the Daliang was the left martial arts and right martial arts, and the military status exceeded that of literati. When Chao Yong went to court, he stood first on the right, which clearly showed that he was the military man himself.
No one dared to question Chao Yong's status as much as ten thousand people, so the warriors also followed the literati.
Zhang Shu said at night: "The prince led 5,000 troops to attack Xingqing Mansion, but he still underestimated the enemy. Today is the seventh day after the prince entered Xixia, but no news has been heard back. I am afraid that the prince did not capture Xingqing Mansion, otherwise he would be
The news has been heard back. However, with the prince's martial arts, it is difficult for the Xixia people to defeat the prince. I am afraid that Xixia will use heavy troops to siege the prince, and the prince will not be able to break through the siege for the time being. I think it is better to send troops into Xixia to reinforce the prince."
Zhang Shuye has been playing again in the old tune. After the news that Chao Yong led his troops into the Western Xia came back to the court, Zhang Shuye has always advocated sending troops to reinforce the prince.
However, they were all rejected by a group of military generals. The civil and military officials of Daliang divided the rule and did not interfere with each other. The civil officials had no right to interfere in military affairs, so the generals were unwilling to let Zhang Shuye interfere in military affairs.
Qin Ming had had enough of the civil servants in the Song Dynasty. Seeing that Zhang Shuye interfered in military affairs again, he immediately said, "Please respect Master Zhang. If you discuss military affairs, the emperor should discuss with us, but you don't have any words.
Fener.”
Wu Yong and Zhao Mingcheng were both relatives, but they had no right to interfere in military affairs. Naturally, they were dissatisfied with them. They were just taking advantage of the power of the prince and did not dare to interfere in military affairs.
Only Zhang Shuye has always been dissatisfied with the prince after learning that the prince had brought Li Gang into the ranks of treacherous officials. He was even more dissatisfied with the prince vaguely raising the status of a warrior to a literati. However, the old people in Liangshan are all military generals, and Chao Gai is also a man of nature.
It is magnanimous and loyal. Unlike Zhao Kuangyin, who won the world with his generals and immediately began to suppress the generals. However, Chao Gai felt that the old man in Liangshan should be superior and had no objection to the superiority of the military man than the literati. Therefore, Chao Gai was firmly standing on the crown prince
One side.
This time, Chao Yong led his troops deep into the enemy territory, but Zhang Shuye saw the opportunity and wanted to take the opportunity to intervene in military affairs and set a precedent for civil officials to intervene in military affairs.
When the general protested a few times, Chao Gai stopped paying attention to Zhang Shuye. However, today Chao Gai hesitated for a moment and asked: "It will take more than half a month for Tokyo troops to arrive in Xixia. At that time, the war in Xixia may have been
The dust has settled, what's the use of sending troops to reinforce?"
When everyone heard Chao Gai’s question, they also knew that Chao Gai was beginning to worry about Chao Yong’s safety.
When Zhang Shuye saw Chao Gai asking, he immediately said, "You can send northwest troops to reinforce the prince."
Hu Yanzhuo said: "The northwest soldiers and horses are surrounding Renzhong's 200,000 troops and horses, and let them reinforce the prince. Renzhong's 200,000 troops will enter Xixia, which is not worth the loss."
Qin Ming was not polite and directly scolded: "You are just a man of war on paper. If you ask you to command the troops, you will miss the big thing. Let Renzhong return to Xixia with 200,000 troops, and the prince wants to
I face more troops and horses, so how can I reinforce the prince?"
However, Zhang Shuye did not feel polite at all and said with a smile: "Don't move the three troops of Renzhong, and transfer 20,000 troops to capture the Xihe Road Yao Gu and Li Congji."
Chao Gai frowned and said, "They have recovered Lanzhou and are advancing to Huangzhou. It will take ten days for them to go to Xingqing Prefecture."
Hua Rong said: "Zhong Shidao has led 50,000 troops into Xixia. Even if the prince did not capture Xingqing Prefecture and joined 50,000 troops in Zhong Shidao, it would be enough to turn the Western Xia upside down. Why should we send reinforcements?
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Shi Wengong also said: "With the prince's martial arts, no one in the world can trap him. Even if he can't defeat Xingqing Mansion, he will definitely not lose. Zhong Shidao's advance was smooth. The news was sent back yesterday that he had already captured Mingsha. I guess
I have already contacted the prince, and news about the prince should have been sent back in the past half day. Finally, I thought it would be not too late to decide when there is news, otherwise the prince will win, but we will be in chaos with the prince's deployment. I am afraid it will not be beautiful."
But Zhang Shuye said: "I was also an official in the northwest in my early years and had a lot of dealings with the Western Xia soldiers and horses. The Western Xia soldiers and horses were brave and good at fighting. The prince defeated Cha Ge and Li Qianshun. However, the people of Xixia had never seen the fire and thunder. Suddenly,
Being attacked by fire thunder, the situation was ruined. Nowadays, most of the defeated soldiers in Xixia are Cha Ge and Li Qianshun. They have seen fire thunder, and their fear of fire thunder has become much smaller. They are facing the disaster of the country's destruction and will inevitably resist at all their lives.
I'm afraid that even the 50,000 troops of Zhong Shidao may not be able to withstand the attack of the Western Xia soldiers. If Yao Gu and Li Congji attacked Zhuola and the Southern Army Division, they could at least restrain Zhuola and the Southern Army Division and nearby Army Division.
The troops would not be able to siege the prince. Even if the prince’s troops and horses win, it would be no harm for Yao Gu and the Southern Army Office to capture Zhuola and the Southern Army.”
Guan Shengdao: "The Han people in the northwest states are still waiting for our army to rescue them. Zhuola and the Southern Army will sooner or later be captured by the prince. Instead of rushing to capture the city of Xixia, it is better to take all the Xihe Road first to avoid disturbing the people in each state.
To harm the Han people. As for the victory or defeat of the prince's army, I think we don't have to worry at all."
Chao Gai also felt that what Guan Sheng said was that he was the only son of Chao Yong. There was no news for many days, so he was inevitably worried and wanted to send troops to reinforce.
When Chao Gai was hesitating, he suddenly heard the sudden stir outside the palace, as if the whole city was in chaos.
"The prince conquered Xingqing Mansion."
"The prince conquered Xingqing Mansion."
Everyone also heard the movement outside. Just as they were about to send someone to check it, a sound came from far to near, and soon arrived outside Chongzheng Hall.
Qin Ming immediately shouted: "It is the envoy to report the victory, and the prince has indeed broken Xingqing Mansion."
Uncle Zhang also knew that there was no chance, so he quietly retreated behind Zhao Mingcheng.