Guo Cheng ran wildly in the front, running extremely coquettishly, and the rear was full of scattered birds.

After receiving the report from the fast horse, Wang Shao was also amused and crying. Before leaving, Zheng Lang made two requests in a tactful manner. First, he was allowed to win but not lose, and second, he was faster. But Guo Cheng was too fast, which made the military operation ten days ahead of him!

In fact, there are three passes when the army arrived in Huangzhou, not Miaochuan City, but nothing else. Miaochuan area is a region controlled by the Wen family. Although it is under the jurisdiction of Dong Ji, don’t think about how loyal the Wen family will be to Dong Ji. Of course, before the influence, don’t expect the Wen family to be to the court.

Once the Song army arrives, the Wen family will surrender. Once the Song army leaves, the Wen family will turn against Dong Wen again. Therefore, the Wen family's strong tribe is not the focus of the problem. However, there will be a lot of sacrifices in the three key crossings. This line has a shortcoming, the number of troops!

It may be enough to deal with Huangzhou, but there is still Xixia!

As long as the number of casualties in the army reaches 15,000 to 20,000, it will cause a series of bad consequences.

I thought about it for a while and looked at my subordinates.

The three generals he trusted the most were Miao Su, Jing Sili and Wang Junwan. Jing Sili had already died tragically, and Wang Junwan had other uses. After thinking about it, he called the veteran general and Bin and said, "You can take five thousand quick soldiers as the first step, go to Miaochuan City, and also take Guo Cheng's three heavy sticks to one hundred."

"Here."

"Besides, after you go to Miaochuan City..." Wang Shao whispered.

After Hebin went down, Wang Shao reported the matter to Zheng Lang again.

Zheng Lang was also amused and crying, and Li Shunju said, "Duke Zheng, General Guo has made contributions."

No matter what, I took the Yellow River Ferry and then took Bajincheng, and there was almost no loss. Why do I still have to beat the stick?

"It's like them. The whole military discipline is in chaos." Zheng Lang shook his head and said with a smile. This is Wang Shao, who likes to open up and close together. Guo Cheng met Wang Shao's appetite. If it were someone else, it might be that Guo Cheng was beheaded and displayed to the public to strictly control the military discipline. But while Zheng Lang was too amused, he felt a little relieved because he could see a hint of the Han and Tang dynasties.

"Let's go." Zheng Lang put down the military newspaper and did not care. Instead, he left Gu Weicheng and continued to train new recruits, especially the thousands of soldiers transferred from Hedong and Hebei. Wang Shao drew away the brave and brave men, and there were still two thousand remaining to stay in Gu Weicheng together.

After seeing these soldiers, Zheng Lang felt even more worried.

After Wang Shao left, his training was very strict. He even deliberately used a wooden knife or folded the arrow and spearhead. He practiced almost like a practical battle.

Some people think that Zheng Lang's training is too strict, and Zheng Lang did not explain much. There were many warriors in Hedong, Hebei. During the Tang Dynasty's government system, only Hebei did not set up government soldiers because any strong man could be reused. The reason why An Lushan defeated Geshuhan was that most of the soldiers used were Hebei soldiers. However, the times and momentum were different, and the soldiers and generals were also fierce. Whether in the Tang Dynasty or the early Song Dynasty, they often had evil with the Hu people in the north, and wars were continuous, so the people were fierce. Since the alliance between the Chanyuan, the Song and Liao countries have been peaceful for a long time, and the Khitans have been in the territory to fight grass valleys. Born in distress and died in peace, the people's fierce atmosphere is declining day by day. It seems that the court raised many rural soldiers and archers in Hedong, Hebei, and the actual deterrence significance is far greater than the actual combat significance. If the fight is really fought, if under the same conditions, Guo Cheng's two hundred and dozens of Western Song troops in the Song Dynasty can easily defeat the two thousand Hedong Hebei in the training.

If this situation does not change, let alone recovering the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun in the future, once the Jurchens rise, they will still be invincible when they go south. Unless all the technical officials in the Ordnance Supervision who have studied the study of studying matters will be able to develop powerful weapons in advance.

After looking for a while, his subordinates came over to report and said that Bao Shun came to ask for a meeting.

Zheng Lang returned to the city and met Yu Longke. Yu Longke also brought two young men, the son of the blind medicine. Zheng Lang understood and said, "I can't leave Gu Weicheng for the time being. When I go west in the future, I will go to pay my respects to the blind medicine."

"Mr. Zheng, I don't dare to do this," Yu Longke rubbed his hands.

"Baoshun, don't worry, the court will treat your nephew well. Two months later, the Mid-Autumn Festival Fanhou Alliance, I plan to support one of them as a Fanhou."

"Fanhou?"

"This is what Your Majesty told me to do before I come," Zheng Lang said the plan of Fanhou.

Yu Longke thought for a while and said, "Do you agree with the court?"

"Why don't you agree?"

"That's good," Yu Longke's eyes were a little complicated, but after thinking about it, it would be like the descendants to have guarantees, gains and losses, and then smiled and said, "If that were the case, Hehuang would become the eternal barrier of the Song Dynasty."

"No, the Western Xia will not last long. The Western Xia will be destroyed, the water and soil west of Chiling are destroyed, and the population is sparse, and the court has no intention of the Western Regions. Then all the Tubo people will live a happy and peaceful life. It is Your Majesty's dream to live a beautiful life. All the people, including the 700,000 tents of the entire Hehuang, whether you Tubo people or Qiang people."

"Yes," the answer was satisfactory. Although he felt a little sad, Yu Longke still left respectfully.

When Yu Longke arrived, Zheng Lang thought of another thing, Xibawen, the leader of Xige City (Jishi Army).

It was because of Guizhang that there was no need to exaggerate Guizhang's military capabilities. Among the several enemy countries, Chage of the Xixia future and Yelu Dashi of the Khitan were the strong rivals that of Wang Shaozhang. Guizhang still couldn't do it. However, this person's vitality was extremely strong and had many shames in history. Not only did he himself, but his wife Guimo, and his two sons who had a good relationship with him, Asu was the most outstanding among people.

Dong Jin asked Guizhang's troops to leave Hezhou, which had two intentions. One was that Guizhang was a famous brave general of Tubo, and the other was that Guizhang was the leader of Henan. He sent troops to Hezhou, so that Dong Jin could have room for maneuver with the Song Dynasty in the future. However, this person was very annoying in history. He went out of Taozhou many times, which made the Song Dynasty unable to manage Hehuang with peace of mind. At its peak, it almost shattered the Song Dynasty's rule in Taozhou.

At this time, Guizhang had some conflicts with Xibawen with the momentum of victory. There were two factors. The first thing Dong Jin had died, and he supported his adopted son Aligu as the future successor. Many people in Tubo were noble, and Aligu was an Uighur, and Xibawen and other great chiefs would definitely not want an Uighur to be above him. Although Guizhang was in Henan, he was determined to manage Taozhou and restore the former glory of Tubo. From the perspective of the nation, he could be regarded as a nation.

Hero. But he is a hero. Tubo is also powerful. What should I do in the Song Dynasty? What should I do in the northwest of the Han people? If I want to manage Taozhou, I must go from the ancient Minfan Road, that is, Minzhou to Taozhou, and form two roads from the western part of Taozhou. One enters Guzhou from the southwest of Hezhou, because Hezhou is under the control of the Song Dynasty, it is very dangerous to go from this road. The second is to enter the Jishi Army from Taozhou. Then I must pass through Xibawen territory. To achieve this goal, Gui Zhang must kick Xibawen away from Jishi Army.

The conflict between the two has been deeply rooted in the battle between Baicheng.

So Zheng Lang wrote a letter to Wang Shao, asking him to send someone to contact Xibawen.

But in the evening, Wang Shao sent another message that the Guge Kingdom in Zongge City sent several eminent monks and hundreds of guards to hold a large-scale Dharma Assembly.

The Guge Kingdom was a powerful country on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. At the end of the Tang Dynasty, the last Tubo Zanprandama was assassinated by the Buddha. His two princes and their grandsons fought for half a century. The princess of the second concubines, Jidenimagun, fled to Ali after being defeated. The original local force of Ali Bujang, the Tu king of Bujang, married his daughter to him and made him king. Later, in the later years of Jidenimagun, he divided the territory to three sons. The eldest son Bejigun occupied the Mangyu and developed into the Ladakh Kingdom; the second son Zhaxigun occupied Bujang and was later incorporated into Guge; the youngest son Dezugun occupied Xiangxiong, the Guge Kingdom, the youngest prince became the founding head of the Guge Kingdom. It was not until the Yuan Dynasty rose that the country was destroyed.

At this time, the Guge Kingdom was at its most powerful time.

Many people in the Song Dynasty have heard of it, but because they are too far away, they are not very clear.

By chance, Zheng Lang studied this history in his previous life. Later generations often called the O family regime the Tsongkha Kingdom. The history books of the Song Dynasty recorded that Tubo had no written characters, but actually there were written characters. There was no contradiction between this. After the death of Ye Silu, Tubo gradually declined, so Dong Wen made arrangements everywhere, including sending envoys to the Guge Dynasty to introduce high monks to preside over religious rituals and also written characters. However, this text was not popularized, and Dong Wen died. After Aligu came to power, he was not concerned about the Tubo language as an Uighur, so the Tubo language was not promoted in Hehuang.

Zheng Lang replied with two words: Supply!

Guge is very powerful in the Ali area, but Guge is not the only regime on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, there are many other regimes. The second is supply. The success of Qinling invasion of Qinghai was because the water and soil west of Chiling was not damaged at that time, and there was no need to worry about supply along the way.

Since the end of the Tang Dynasty, the beautiful and rich Dafeichuan and other areas, due to the excessive nomadic Tuyuhun and Tubo people, have become Gobi Deserts. Unless the Guge Kingdom has the tenacity of Mongolian cavalry, it is impossible to reach Qinghai.

Besides, what is the point of supporting Dong Wen without hesitating to shake their foundation? They are not able to achieve unity on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, and they do not even have the ability to expand their sphere of influence to western Sichuan.

Don’t be afraid of them, even Tubo has the foundation of the Tang Dynasty. What’s the fear of Lunqinling? Maybe Zheng Lang still doesn’t understand Guge now, but there are a few Qinlings that have been around for generations. If the military capability rankings are included, the entire Tang Dynasty and surrounding countries are only ranked behind Li Jing, and even Li Ji is not his opponent. If the Guge country had Lunqinling, it would have been unified by the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.

Dong Wen’s trump card is not Gu Ge, but Xixia.

...

A debate is taking place in Xixia at this time.

Wang Shao's plan to pacify the army was not perfect. Although he obtained Hehuang and occupied important military territory, if there was constant turmoil, it would instead restrain the military strength of the Song Dynasty. Therefore, Zheng Lang's plan for Fanhou was found. In this plan, the court would spend a lot of money to build Hehuang and calm the people's hearts after the disaster. Judging from the card, the court would suffer serious losses in operating this area. However, if the governance was done properly, Hehuang alone would get more than 150,000 cavalry.

Coupled with the centrifugal force of the people of Ganlan and Liang prefectures and Xixia, the rule of Xixia in the Hexi Corridor was directly threatened.

What else can Xixia have if it loses the Hexi Corridor? Therefore, Xixia must send troops to provide assistance.

However, at this time, the veteran Xixia general Wei Minglangyu stood up to stop him. He said: "After years of war, our country's finances have been depressed. We use few troops but no results and use more troops. So there is so much finance?"

In fact, from beginning to end, Wei Minglang did not agree with the Liang family's foes with the Song Dynasty.

Xixia is just a small country. It is not easy to live in the cracks of the Song and Liao dynasties. If the Song and Liao dynasties had not restrained each other, Xixia would have been destroyed several times.

As long as they don’t get along with evil, what can the Zheng family do? There are many people in the Song Dynasty who don’t get along with evil. Even if the Zheng family is eyeing Xixia, they can’t get through the Western Xia. However, the Liang family has repeatedly gotten into evil, and the Song Dynasty’s kings and people gradually shared the same hatred for the enemy. It seems that they can’t resist the use of military force in Xixia.

But his suggestion failed to be approved many times.

"Yongneng. Take someone to show Uncle Wang." Liang's beautiful face smiled, but he was sneering in his heart. Why is this old guy always gloomy?

Her nephew Liang Yongneng brought a Han man with him.

"Yongneng. Let me introduce it to Uncle Wang."

"He is Chen Duo, the banking official of Jingzhao Prefecture, the Song Dynasty. Because the account error occurred, the Song Dynasty government wanted to arrest him. Therefore, he came to invest in our country." Liang Yongneng said it in a tactful way. In fact, Chen Duo was not an official, but just a minor official. Because of his corruption in the bank, he was arrested by the Song Dynasty and fled to Xixia.

"Bank, it's not appropriate. It was the initiative of the Song Dynasty to defeat our country," Wei Minglang said in shock.

Banks have appeared for a long time, but neither the Khitan nor the Western Xia dared to imitate it. The first is that there is no huge economy, and the second is that the issuance of Jiaozi. The Song Dynasty should be the first, and the Liaoxia dared to imitate it, otherwise the Song Dynasty would use advanced technology to issue counterfeit banknotes and defeat its own politics.

"Chen Duo, please explain."

"As the order of the Queen Mother," Chen Duo stepped forward and said respectfully.

Zheng Lang had Zheng Lang's idea, and Chen Duo had Chen Duo's idea. Jiaozi was not easy to forge in the Song Dynasty because it used some expensive specialties, but it was also available in Xixia. Jiaozi did not necessarily have to use paper or silk, and leather. For example, the specialty of Xixia, the beach sheepskin was only available in Xixia. Xixia controlled the beach sheepskin and used it as Jiaozi, so the Song Dynasty could not forge it. Moreover, Zheng Lang's bank was too conservative. As much as Jiaozi was issued, it would be used as a currency storage. But how many people actually know how much gold and silver there is in the bank?

If you issue more, there will be problems. If you issue less than five times, you will use some gold and silver as a redemption tool, or you will issue less part of the Jiaozi first to establish its prestige, and then issue some Jiaozi, and there will be no crisis.

The country can make money and get a lot of money. Moreover, the circulation of Jiaozi is also beneficial to the economic development of the Western Xia.

If you find something wrong, you can take back Jiaozi in time. At least when the war comes, you can solve the financial problems of Xixia in a timely manner. Moreover, Chen Duo also brought a mature bank operation model that will not cause loopholes in the bank.

I didn't understand Wei Minglang anymore, so I sighed for most of the time, "Just use troops like this."

"Uncle Wang, that's right," said Liang. She had no choice. She was defeated by the Song army many times. There were many nobles in the country who opposed sending troops. Wei Minglang was his leader. As long as he agreed, the voice of the country's opposition would naturally disappear.

Wei Minglangyu said again: "However, how to use troops? The Empress Dowager, let me listen to the old minister's words and attack the plan. It is best to send envoys to the Khitan to cooperate and put pressure on three sides. Under pressure, the Song Dynasty would withdraw from Huangzhou."

"Uncle Wang, the Ai family has sent an envoy to lobby the Khitans with gifts."

"Secondly, our country should show sincerity. One should withdraw troops from Shazhou, and the other should send troops to Yanzhou or Suizhou. This is a strategy to surround Wei and save Zhao. The way to rush to send troops from Lanzhou to Huangzhou, join forces with Dong Jin to fight the enemy together. Then there is no need to do more. Just send 50,000 soldiers to resolve the danger of Huangzhou. The way to reduce troops is to use military troops to win the army and ancient Weicheng."

"Yansui's repeated military use ineffectiveness may not play the role that Uncle Wang said. Joining Dong Jie with Dong Jie, do you think Dong Jie would believe it? Moreover, a large amount of materials, weapons, grain and grass were stored in the ancient Weicheng in the Song Dynasty, and there was also the Prime Minister Zheng." Liang Yimeng said.

What are they? Is it really a marriage for Tu Dong people?

"Although the Song Dynasty seems to have few troops in Hehuang, and the main force is brought to Huangzhou, it is not that easy. Moreover, using military troops to the Wusheng Army and Guweizhou still makes people see that our country intends to point to Hehuang, and will not receive support from the local tribes. Maybe it can succeed, maybe it will fail."

"Uncle Wang, the Song Dynasty has only 50,000 troops in Hehuang. Even if they are transferred from them, they can only be transferred 20,000 to 30,000. Wang Shao brought 40,000 Song troops. Do you mean that our country's more than 100,000 troops are not the opponent of the Song Dynasty's 30,000 to 40,000 troops? Should I let my Ai family general Xingqing Mansion be handed over to the Song Dynasty!" Liang shouted.

Wei Minglang didn't dare to speak out when he met him. He said half a day later: "If this is the case, the general of the head coach must be Renduoling."

"Hahaha," everyone laughed together. How miserable did Rendoring Ding let Wang Shao kill, and even asked him to lead the troops?

"Or let Ye Binma be the head coach, and Mee Be buried as the deputy head coach."

"Uncle Wang, you don't have to worry about this matter anymore," Liang said coldly.

Once the troops are sent, there are more than 100,000 troops, and the Liang family does not need to be the commander, so that others can be the commander. Will Liang feel at ease?

Wei Minglang was ineffective when he was persuaded. He sighed and walked out. He was mainly not sure about the news ahead. Moreover, letting the Song Dynasty obtain Huangzhou was indeed very unfavorable to Xixia, so he didn't know how to persuade him. Suddenly he looked up at the northeast direction.

Now I can only count on the Khitan.

...

In Khitan, Yelu Hongji did not have Xia Nabo. Instead, he was in Youzhou, because this year was the Khitan imperial examination year.
To be continued...