6. Breaking the Valley City, Shocking the Four Wilders I
Where does the dream order start
Those beautiful moments are not easy to come by
Why are lovers still wandering?
Who has failed himself, who has been exiled by the world, who has been precarious,
The problem is no longer a problem, say I can...
For the sake of vowing, let time extend to forever and embark on the journey again
Celebrate the third year, August, the starting point of an unusual day.
Xia Yan returned to Beijing and was appointed as the Privy Councillor of Renzong, while the original Privy Councillor Du Yan was sent to Yangzhou to replace the deceased Song Yu and became the governor of Yangzhou to take over the affairs of Yangzhou.
Zhao Ze was awarded the title of lieutenant of Zhenwei from Liupin, Yang Wenguang was also promoted to deputy lieutenant of Liupin Zhenwei, and Zhe Xiaolan was also promoted to the first-class Zhengqipin Zhiguo lieutenant.
The rest were first-class officials, and Mu Yunhan, Di Ning, Lu Jun and Chao Fang were promoted to deputy lieutenants of Cong Jiupin.
Prime Minister Lv Yijian's old illness relapsed, and the deputy prime minister, Wen Yanbo, took over most of the work of the old minister and began a new round of personnel transfer in the court. The old minister's old department has been demoted and released, and only a few people remain in place, but they have long lost the prestige of the past.
On the way to Beijing with Zhao Ze leading his army back to Beijing, several major events happened. First of all, Western Xia Yuanhao sent envoys to Song Ting to discuss peace, but Yuan Hao's request was too unreasonable. On the territorial issue, he demanded to maintain the situation at the end of 1042. Militaryly, he asked the Song army to retreat 200 miles. If he wanted to completely reconcile with Song Ting. It needs to double the annual coin.
In the past two years, the Song army had been defeated at the border. Today, it has only saved some face. Because the muskets provided by Su Su are equipped with most of the northwest border troops, and the muskets in some big cities have exceeded 10,000 people. Xixia's several attempts to attack have returned without success. He wanted to deal with the Song army in the field battle, but when they found the ring When the state's musket team was very difficult to deal with, Yuan Hao changed his strategy and planned to unite with Liao to put pressure on Song Ting.
Although Wen Yanbo is a conservative, he is not in favor of fighting with Xixia, but he is not in favor of war or peace talks. This sentence seems to be contradictory, but it has his own reason.
Now the treasury is empty, and Yao Zhongsun, the prime minister, does not agree with the war. He is worried that the court will not be able to stand it. Once the prologue of the border war is opened, the supply of food and fodder for the soldiers in front of him is huge. In addition, Liao has also recently sent people to send a national letter, which bluntly threatened Song Ting that if they do not agree to Xixia's request, they will further increase troops. Nanjing Road.
Where is Nanjing Road? It is not the Yingtianfu Nanjing of the Song Dynasty. It is the southern barrier of the Liao Kingdom and the northern border of the Song Dynasty. In history, it was known as the 16 states of Yanyun.
The diplomatic pressure is so great that the border war is imminent. Many people in Song Ting are not sure, so Yao Zhongsun, the three divisions, are strongly opposed to the war.
However, the new privy-secretary Xia Yu is a speculist. If he stands with Yao Zhongsun and shakes the flag and shouts anti-war, he will have no political position.
Therefore, he stood opposite Yao Zhongsun and shouted: Start the war.
There are many people in the court who are in favor of starting the war. Among them, Ouyang Xiu is the most happy to shout, because he thinks that it is better to spend money to arm his own people than to give Xixia a large amount of gold and silver to arm the Xixia people every year. This is the big truth. As for the negotiation of peace, it is simply to raise tigers.
Wang Zhengong, the prime of the imperial history, is also an old man. He also knows war with him. Last year, he advocated a truce, but this year he smelled a strange atmosphere, so he joined the super speaker Sun Fu to support Ouyang Xiu's idea.
(Note: Sun Fu, a super official, refers to his ten thousand words every day, and no one can compare with him)
The so-called peace proposed by Xixia Yuanhao is actually a means to force Song Ting to fight in the field. Without the support of Liao, Yuan Hao is unlikely to speak lightly, because at the end of last year, when he competed for the army for the army, he suffered a great loss, and this year he has regained a little vitality.
The war and peace in the court have been arguing. The two sides will quarrel endlessly at the court meeting every day, talking about the pros and cons. At the beginning, Renzong did not pay much attention to it, but sat high and watched the ministers express their opinions, without expressing their approval or opposition. Until August, there was an amazing news from Guzhou. The horse thief Guo Mioshan, Zhang Hai and other artificial rebels captured Jinzhou's Xunyang and seized a large number of armored firearms there. Not only that, the rebellious army of the imperial court had not yet made a trip, and Xiangzhou had another shocking event. ( Note: 'guo'duguo)
Several gangs of thieves in the area of Xiangzhou attacked Gucheng at night, robbed the armor warehouse there, and killed most of the officials stationed officers, magistrates, patrol envoys, master books, etc. This group of people has now reached more than 5,000 people and occupied a large area in the west of Xiangzhou. Even the capital city of Fangzhou has been besieged. Chen Xiliang, the magistrate, sent an urgent letter overnight, and there was no news. Life and death are uncertain
This is really a wave after wave.
When Renzong heard the news, he was also stunned, and then he was furious and said: If you are outside, you must settle down first! I ordered the expeditionary army to set out on the same day, and Cao Yuanji was in charge of the expedition against the thieves in Guzhou and Xiangzhou.
This time, the court mobilized 5,000 divine guards and 5,000 brave soldiers from the periphery of Bianliang.
These 5,000 divine guards are all cavalry, well-equipped and well-trained, but not equipped with firearms. They are led by Cao Yuanji himself. In contrast, the 5,000 divine and brave troops are all marchers, half of which are equipped with firearms and half of the knives and guns, led by Zhang Hong, the superintendent. In addition, there is a heavy team of 3,000 people borrowed from the third class of Danei to Li Sui. In charge, although Li Sui's official position is low, that is, the logistics director, he holds the lifeline of the army ahead, so this is also a means of internal and external checks and balances. It is not that Renzong does not believe in his generals, but in the years of swords and shadows.
On September 11, Cao Yuanji led his army to arrive in Xijing Henan Province.
Xue Yan learned about the situation in nearby Guozhou from the magistrate. He felt that although the thieves were powerful, they were not afraid of the grass bandits. That night, he discussed with Zhang Hong, the supervisor, about the division of troops into Guzhou. He still led 5,000 divine guards to take the official road, all the way from Henan Prefecture to the west, through Xin'an and Mianchi, and through Erwei Mountain to enter the boundary of Guozhou.
Zhang Hong led 5,000 brave troops to go south to Luoshui by boat, pass through Shou'an and Yongning, cross Xiong'er Mountain, and enter the boundary of Guozhou. The army is stationed in Lushi County, looking for the thief on the spot, waiting for his 5,000 cavalry to enter Guozhou Prefecture, go south to sweep the thief, and then the two will join forces to sweep Shangzhou.
There are no loopholes in the battle plan, and it is difficult to find the traces of the anti-thief Guo Mioshan, Zhang Hai and other teams.
According to the news from Feng Youdao, the governor of Jinzhou, a group of Guo Yushan finally appeared in Xunyang City. Later, the news came from Shangzhou that the thief was also found, but later there was no news.
Therefore, Cao Yuanji locked the enemy in Shangzhou. Maybe the enemy will still move, but from their previous scope of activities, they may encounter it on the way if they can't escape from the boundaries of Guzhou and Henan.
The next day, the army set off, and the big and small officials of Henan Province went west for 30 miles to see Cao Yuanji off. He hoped that he would win and return as soon as possible to defeat the bandits, and wished him success.