Chao Yong did not inform the troops in the city, but the 5,000 troops that Chao Yong initially led and 10,000 troops of Wu Song's troops were still unable to hide the local snake in the city.
The next day, when Chao Yong and his group were in charge, the people who were seeing him off outside the city gate lined up for several miles.
Chao Yong did not stop, but just waved to everyone immediately and came south according to the planned route. In addition to 15,000 people, the rare treasures that Xixia had accumulated for generations, gold, silver, and copper coins.
It was just counted and sealed for Ningxia Road Branch. The other ones were Li Renai and Yelu Nanxian.
Although there were more money and enough cars and horses, the team did not slow down and marched for 60 miles a day.
Chao Yong and his group came to Xiazhou through Yanzhou and Youzhou, which was the core area of the Weiming family's uprising. Lu Junyi had already informed in advance that he would lead Renzhong, Renli and the leaders of various tribes in the Yinxia region in Xiazhou.
Meet.
When the leaders of each tribe learned that the prince of Daliang was going to return to Daliang in the Yinxia area, they prepared gifts to pay homage. However, Chao Yong did not stop along the way. Therefore, as soon as Lu Junyi sent a message, the leaders of each tribe rushed to Xiazhou and prepared to go to Xiazhou.
Xiazhou will meet with Prince Daliang together.
Lu Junyi had surrendered to all prefectures in Yinxia area, and a few tribes that died in Zhongwei Ming clan, under the persuasion of Renzhong and Renli, also surrendered to Daliang.
It was early July and the weather was getting hotter.
When Chao Yong and his party were still thirty miles away, Lu Junyi led the leaders of various tribes out of the city to greet him.
Although these tribal leaders relied on exploiting tribal people and wore the thinnest silk in the Central Plains, they were still sweating profusely after standing in the sun for half an hour.
Lu Junyi is not a stereotype, and he does not insist that everyone express his sincerity in the sun. However, it is difficult to find the big woods outside the city, so naturally there is no shade.
It is said that this is all caused by the Western Xia. The battle between the Western Xia and the Song Dynasty did not have the upper hand. Especially after the Song Dynasty continued to use troops in the northwest, the Western Xia retreated step by step. In order to prevent the Western army from siegeing the city, the Western Xia took the city near the city.
All the big trees were cut down, and only small trees could be preserved near the city. Small trees could not make siege equipment, and naturally they could not hide the shade of people.
Everyone kept wiping their sweat, but at this moment they looked forward to Chao Yong and his group from the bottom of their hearts.
Finally, a four-clawed golden dragon flag appeared in the distance, and then a large group of soldiers appeared on the horizon.
Although Lu Junyi had already told everyone in advance that Daliang should not kneel down, when Chao Yong arrived, some tribal leaders couldn't help but kneel down and kowtow.
Chao Yong just asked everyone to be exempted from courtesy, so he asked Lu Junyi to go hand in hand with him.
Lu Junyi did not dare to go hand in hand with Chao Yong. He was wrong and accompanied Chao Yong to the city.
The leaders of the other tribes followed behind.
Chao Yong smiled and said, "This time, the greatest contribution of the destruction of Xixia is that you took it down."
Lu Junyi hurriedly said, "If the prince had not attacked Xingqing Prefecture, the tribes would not have surrendered. The last generals only borrowed the power of the prince to make little contributions."
Chao Yong smiled and said, "Attacking Xingqing Mansion, the troops I brought are also under your command."
"If it weren't for the prince's leadership, they wouldn't have made such contributions."
Chao Yong shook his head and said, "General Lu, don't be too humble, otherwise I will give you a discount on this credit."
Lu Junyi smiled and said, "Actually, it was Yan Qing who gave advice that I came to Yanzhou and surrendered Renli and Renzhong. Then he took the Yinxia area."
Chao Yong smiled and said, "No matter who makes suggestions, the head coach can only implement this strategy, so your credit cannot be concealed. It's been a long time since Xiao Yi was here to speak."
Yan Qing followed Lu Junyi and heard the prince's call, then he came immediately and followed Chao Yong on the other side. He was a little behind Lu Junyi.
"Xiao Yi has met the prince."
Chao Yong smiled and said, "How can the court reward you with such a contribution?"
Yan Qing smiled and said, "The prince knows it. Xiao Yi does not become an official, so the credit is calculated on the master."
"Of course, the court will not lack General Lu's reward, but the court can't pretend to be ignorant of your contributions, right? Tell me, what do you want?"
Yan Qing shook her head and said, "Xiao Yi really can't think of anything he wants. The money he rewarded before was enough to allow Shishi and me to travel around the world. It would be useless if you ask for other things."
Chao Yong thought for a while and said, "Let's do this, I'll ask the emperor to reward you with a gold medal that I personally visited. If you travel around the world, if you have any needs, you can find the local government. Of course, if you encounter any unfair things, or
Corrupt officials, you can also use this gold medal to do things cheaply.”
Lu Junyi was moved when he heard that Chao Yong wanted to ask the emperor to reward Yan Qing with the gold medal that I came in person, and said hurriedly: "How can Yan Qing accept such a gold medal if he is not an official?"
Chao Yong smiled and said, "Yan Qing is cautious and has great talent, so he should not abuse this gold medal."
Yan Qing heard this but said with a frown: "Xiao Yi just wants to play around the world. The prince gave me this gold medal, which made me more troublesome. In my opinion, it would be better not to do it."
When Lu Junyi heard this, he couldn't help but scolded: "Xiao Yi, don't talk nonsense. No one can ask for such a gold medal, so how can he be too troublesome?"
Yan Qing said: "If there was no such gold medal, I would just avoid it when I met corrupt officials. But with this gold medal, I had to come forward to punish them. Wouldn't it be a lot of trouble?"
Chao Yong smiled and said, "These things depend on your wishes. If you are in a bad mood, you will go there quietly. We don't know where you have been. You have to travel around the mountains and rivers, and you must use carriages, horses, boats and boats. With this side,
A gold medal can save you a lot of trouble."
Yan Qing said helplessly: "This gold medal is really hard to accept."
"Haha, I won't care about this. When I go back to Tokyo, I will ask the emperor to give you a gold medal."
Yan Qing wanted to say something else, Lu Junyi glared at him and said, "Even if you are not an official, you can do something for the court in the world. Could it be that we will conquer the country together, and you will ignore it."
Seeing Lu Junyi's words, Yan Qing had to bow and say, "Xiao Yi must make good use of the gold medal."
Chao Yong said: "How have the bandits on Huanqing Road been wiped out?"
On that day, Renzhong abandoned 100,000 troops and horses on Huanqing Road. Xue Sichang surrendered most of them, but there were more than 20,000 troops but did not surrender. Instead, he scattered on Huanqing Road and became bandits and looted the people everywhere.
Chao Yong was furious when he heard that Zhong Shidao and others had reached an agreement with Xue Sichang. His subordinates had not spared the traitors, and Xue Sichang was undoubtedly much more shameless than Ren Dejing who offered Xi'an Prefecture. Ren Dejing
The whole family was executed, and Xue Sichang should have killed the three clans, but everyone agreed to spare Xue Sichang. How could Chao Yong not be angry?
However, the decision made by Zhong Shidao, Lu Junyi, Wu Song and others together, Chao Yong could no longer trample everyone's promises underground. Moreover, everyone's decisions could not be wrong. Let Xue Sichang surround Ren Zhong, which would not only speed up the destruction of Xixia, but also
It can reduce casualties in Daliang soldiers.
If Renzhong brought 200,000 troops back to Xixia, even if Chao Yong captured Xingling area, Renzhong would have enough troops to guard the Yinxia area and might not have surrendered to Daliang easily. Once the war starts again, Daliang will definitely win.
But the price you pay will definitely not be small.
It can be said that everyone's choice was undoubtedly the most rational, and Chao Yong had to admit this, so after being angry for a while, he no longer had any grudges and even rewarded everyone.
After Lu Junyi surrendered Renzhong's army, he contacted Huanqing Road and Fuyan Road and wanted to transfer two troops into the Yinxia area. After all, he only had 5,000 troops under his command. Although all the troops had surrendered, Daliang could not.
He did not send troops to garrison, so he knew very well about the news about Huanqing Road.
"After Li Ying led 10,000 troops and 50,000 troops from his headquarters to arrive, he wiped out most of the bandits, leaving only a few small bandits, and he was not resilient. Lin Chong and Liu Guangshi, who was on the road to Fuyan, also led his troops to arrive.
, and they completely wiped out the bandits."
Chao Yong nodded and said, "Well, if the bandits on Huanqing Road are wiped out, the Shaanxi Road will be stable. You can let the troops from Zhong Shizhong be reorganized. Huanqing Road's troops follow Xue Sichang and rebel against Xixia, but I don't need this kind of thing.
The soldiers and horses must be allowed to all be disarmed and returned to the fields."
Lu Junyi said: "How to arrange the defense in Yinxia area?"
Chao Yong said: "Your troops have been traveling thousands of miles, so you can rest in Xiazhou for a while, and it will also shock all troops. There is no shortage of Han people in Yinxia. After a while, you will be recruited in the local area. Raid on Xingqing Prefecture
I will return the five thousand people to you, but Zhang Qing has been promoted to the commander of ten thousand men, and he will follow me back to Tokyo to serve."
Lu Junyi smiled and said, "Zhang Qingduo has made great contributions and has been wronged under my command for a long time."
The group of people entered the Xiazhou Yamen, and the banquet to welcome the prince was already in the lobby.
The welcoming banquet prepared by Lu Junyi for Chao Yong was very luxurious. Not only were the wine and food, but the women dancing in the middle were all beautiful.
After Chao Yong sat down, he smiled and said, "Are you not afraid of impeachment of the censor for General Lu's embezzlement of the treasury money like this?"
Lu Junyi said: "I have never moved the treasury for a penny, and they are all purchased by the departments. The women who danced are all beauties in their departments, hoping that the prince would like to fall in love with them."
Chao Yong shook his head helplessly. Yinxia area is the old nest of Weiming, but he dared not bring two dangerous goods by his side.
Seeing that Yan Qing was arranging a military general to sit in the front row, Chao Yong couldn't help but ask, "Who is that?"
Although the surrendered Xixia people changed their Han costumes, their bald hair had just shaved their heads. A group of bald people with long hair appeared in a group of bald heads, which was naturally very eye-catching.
Lu Junyi glanced at it and said, "He is Zhe Kecun. The Zhe family is the younger brother of the contemporary head of Zhe Keqiu. When he heard that the prince was going to go back to the court in Yinxia, he came to pay his respects."
The generals of the Zhe family were one of the few separatist forces between the Song Dynasty, Xixia and Liao Kingdoms. Although they were nominally generals of the Song Dynasty, they were hereditary Lin, Fu and Fengzhou. It can be said that the soldiers of the three states were completely the private army of the Zhe family.
. However, Lin, Fu and Fengzhou are in Hedong, and the generals of the Zhe family are not considered the Western Army. Otherwise, the generals of the Zhong family cannot be said to be the number one general of the Western Army. (To be continued)