The land of Nuzhe Valley was originally the territory of Dong Xiang's brother Xiang Xiang. Li Yuanhao expelled Xiang Xiang from here.
Blind Xiang had to retreat to Lintao. After Blind Xiang's death, his son Mu attacked his tribe.
However, when Zhang Yue and Wang Shao attacked Wadang Hui, someone reported that the Mu Zheng tribe was ready to make a move.
It turned out that when Wang Shao was building Weiyuan Fort, Mu Zheng felt that the threat was greatly increased, so he led his army to question. Wang Shao pretended to agree and made a three-part agreement with Mu Zheng, not to take an inch of land outside Weiyuan Fort, and not to take the Qingtang Salt Well. .
Wang Shao agreed and swore an alliance with Mu Zheng.
The Tubo people's oaths are all solemn. First, they have to invite prestigious leaders to witness, and then they have the warriors line up in two rows and cross their swords to form a sword gate.
Those who made the oath passed under the sword gate, then stabbed the blood of cattle and sheep to make the oath, and finally dug a pit, let a maid into the pit and stoned her to death. The shaman said that anyone who violated the oath should be such a maid.
Anyway, this is how Wang Shao and Mu Zheng swore an oath. Zhang Yue knew that Mu Zheng was serious, but Wang Shao didn't take it to heart.
Knowing this, the Song army who had just arrived in Ruzhe Valley had an ominous premonition of being attacked before and after.
Wang Shao, Zhang Yue and others explained: "In front of our army is the niche wave. There are 22 tribes of the Fan tribe, with a total population of more than 30,000. This is nothing to be afraid of."
Zhang Yue understood that these twenty-two tribes of more than 30,000 people were the same as his 100,000 tribes, including men, women, old and young.
"However, Xixia reinforcements are already on the way. Among them, the closest and strongest troops are from the Yu Zanghua Ma Department in Dingxi City, Huizhou."
"This Yu Zanghuama is also a Tibetan tribe, but he married a member of the Xixia clan and can be said to be the son-in-law of the country. This man is also the commander-in-chief of the Xixia Baotai Supervisory Army, with fifty or sixty thousand accounts under his command."
Liu Xishi smacked his lips after hearing this.
He understood that the accounts in Tubo were almost the same as the households in the Song Dynasty.
Fifty thousand or sixty thousand households means fifty or sixty thousand households, which is hardly on the same order of magnitude as the twenty-two tribes of Gongbo with a population of more than 30,000.
Wang Shao said: "Therefore we cannot just wait and see, we must defeat Gongbo and the 30,000 tribesmen of the twenty-two clans before Yu Zanghuama arrives."
After saying that, Yu Longke took the initiative to ask Ying to attack the twenty-two tribes in Ruzhe Valley. Yu Longke was the largest Tibetan tribe in ancient Wei, with a population of 120,000.
This time, 50,000 people were dispatched, mostly young men from the tribe.
Wang Shao immediately agreed.
Wang Shao always advocated military strategy, while Zhang Yue served as political commissar.
Zhang Yue planned to use Lanzhou as the base camp to attack Xixia, so he had to win over people's hearts. Regarding the captured Tibetan people, Zhang Yue did not listen to the advice of the Tibetan tribe and divide them up, but decided to send them to the ancient Weizhai for resettlement in the future.
After Zhang Yue proposed, everyone agreed, and the leader of the Fan tribe, Yu Longke, and others did not object. After they plundered enough cattle and sheep, they gave one-third to the Song army, and the rest were distributed to various tribes. Very full.
At this time, Wang Shao suggested that Master Zhiyuan write letters to Dong Xiang, Mu Zheng, and Jie Wu Chiwa respectively.
He and Dong Feiyan continued to invite him to attack Lanzhou and promised to carve up the land of Lanzhou.
Yu Muzheng said that the covenant remained as before and he would not take an inch of Weiyuan's land.
Regarding Jie Wu Chiwa, I can only say that Wadanghui will win.
That's right, the Qingtang and Tibetan tribes are now in a state of disunity. Although Dong Xiang is the nominal leader, he is actually unable to command all the Tibetan tribes.
Zhang Yue felt reassured when he saw Wang Shao's methods of differentiation and co-optation. He had chosen the right person, so he went out to appease the captured Tibetan people.
According to Wang Shao's policy of pacifying the army, the Tibetan tribe must be recruited and conquered at the same time, with seven points of recruiting and three points of conquering. Wang Shao is now in charge of killing and has become a bad person, so Zhang Yue has come to appease him and become a good person.
It was already the end of December, and it was freezing cold in Lanzhou.
The captives of the Tibetan tribe are still sleeping on the ground under the cover of the sky. If a heavy snow comes, they will definitely die of cold and hunger.
Zhang Yue ordered people to distribute tents, cattle and sheep dung for heating, and give highland barley cakes. At the same time, he asked if there were any high-status Qiang chiefs among the Tibetan tribe who could speak.
Soon a middle-aged man came out of the Tibetan tribe.
The other party spoke fluent Chinese and claimed that his surname was Qiao. Zhang Yue knew that Qiao's surname belonged to a large Tubo clan. Their base was near Jingli City and they had 60,000 to 70,000 troops.
This city is an important thoroughfare for various states, and the Qiao family does business with the Tibetan tribes in various states in Hehuang. It has a good reputation, and Dong Zhan's biological mother is from the Qiao family.
Seeing that the weather was cold, Zhang Yue took off his fox fur and put it on the other party.
The other party was surprised. This fox-coated young man was said to cost ten thousand dollars. If the other party put it on him so casually, he must be a high-ranking official of the Song Army.
"A dying person would not dare to accept such a great favor."
Zhang Yue said with a smile: "Brother, don't be surprised. Wang Shi's northern expedition is not intended to kill people. It is just to reclaim his homeland from the Western thieves."
The other party said: "But you Han people have lost Longxi for a long time, and now it has been occupied by us Tubo. If you talk about taking back your homeland, you are not committing murder."
Zhang Yue said: "Lanzhou is occupied by the Western thieves, so it is owned by you Tubo. As far as I know, the Western thieves work hard for the people, and the Tubo people all want to return to the Song Dynasty. Since the king is here, why don't you surrender early? Instead, are you being stubborn and helping the evildoers do evil?"
The other party asked doubtfully: "You Han people really want to defend Lanzhou?"
Zhang Yue smiled and said: "What else? Why have we come here thousands of miles away?"
After a pause, Zhang Yue said: "I know that your Qiao family is dominated by Dong Xiang, but now the Qingtang and Fan tribes are scattered. Previously, Mu Zheng occupied Lintao, Moxiangjiao occupied Zongge City, and Dong Xiang occupied Qingtang City. Divided into three, the rest of the Tibetan tribes each defected to the Song and Xia sides. Although Mo Xiangjiao died, Dong Xiang is no longer able to unify Hehuang. I advise you to make plans early."
The other party pondered for a while and said: "It's not that we won't surrender, it's just that you are afraid of coming and leaving."
Zhang Yue laughed and said, "My surname is Zhang Ming Yue. I was the number one scholar in the sixth year of Jiayou's reign. I am an official who knows how to make imperial edicts. You should believe what I say."
After hearing this, the other party quickly bowed down and said: "It turns out to be Mr. Zhang. I have been a famous name that I have admired for a long time in the Qing and Tang Dynasties."
Zhang Yue was so proud that even the Tibetan people knew his name.
The other party immediately revealed that his name was Qiao Zong, and that he had gone to Yongning Ma Market three times to do business with the Song Dynasty. As for Gu Wei, he also made a trip. Wang Shaozhi, the other party's military advisor, admired him very much.
This time he came to Wadanghui to do business with the Xixia people, but when he knew that the Song army was attacking, he wanted to go into the city to escape, but the Song army robbed him.
Zhang Yue was overjoyed and immediately ordered the release of Qiao Zong and hundreds of his followers.
Qiao Zong also asked for the release of other tribes who were friendly with him, and Zhang Yue agreed. There were nearly a thousand people in total.
Qiao Zong asked Zhang Yue to give him a tent and drinks, and Zhang Yue agreed.
After Wang Hou learned about it, he was a little worried about whether Qiao Zong was deceiving, but Zhang Yue said that he was surrounded by a hundred thousand troops, so how could Qiao Zong be deceiving?
Qiao Zong was very grateful when he saw Zhang Yue freeing his tribe. When he learned that the Song army was going to attack the twenty-two tribes of Gongbo, he immediately volunteered, saying that he had an old relationship with the leader of the Gongbo tribe and was willing to go and surrender.
Zhang Yue agreed, and the next day Qiao Zong led a dozen people to Ruzhe Valley.
For Zhang Yue, even if Qiao Zong deceived him, he just let the other party run away, but Zhang Yue firmly believed that the Tibetan people must choose the Song Dynasty between Xixia and Song Dynasty.
After recruiting Qiao Zong, Zhang Yue went to the sick camp to visit the wounded soldiers.
There were hundreds of soldiers in the sick and wounded camp, and none of them expected that an official like Zhang Yue would actually visit the sick and wounded camp in person.
Everyone looked in disbelief, but Zhang Yue had no airs about him. He sat beside the wounded soldier's bed and asked about his condition, speaking softly and in a gentle manner without any condescension.
His attitude is even a hundred times better than that of the doctor in the injury camp next to him.
Zhang Yue also personally applied gold healing medicine to a wounded soldier, and even fed the soldiers decoction.
Zhang Yue does have some ability to win people's hearts, but he is better than many officials who are not even willing to win people's hearts.
In the Song Dynasty, civil servants were respected and military officials were inferior. Let alone a soldier, even if a general was injured, civilian officials would not visit him.
There is also a dying Song soldier who was hit in the eye by a Tibetan arrow. Because the arrow was hit too deep, the arrow has not been pulled out yet. Zhang Yue could smell the strong smell of blood before he reached the other party's bed.
Zhang Yue looked at the doctor aside, who shook his head.
Zhang Yue covered the other party with a sheet and asked, "Brother, what do you have to say?"
Fang Yan said: "I don't dare. I still have three children in Qinzhou. Please take care of me..."
Zhang Yue said: "Definitely, our ancient Wei army will raise them up. The men will find a job, and the women will back up the dowry. What else?"
The other party raised his head and thought for a while, then shook his head and said, "I really can't think of anything."
"Brother, take care!" Zhang Yue shook the other person's rough hand and stood up, then wiped the corners of his eyes.
…
In the early morning of the next day, Yu Longke led his troops to launch an attack on Ruzhe Valley.
The Lanzhou Tibetan tribe first deployed their troops in the river valley. Although Yu Longke had a large number of people, he led his army to pretend to attack and the situation was unfavorable. Just when Yu Longke's troops were retreating, Wang Shao, wearing armor and leading the long-recruited Song army, attacked the Tibetan army above the river valley. Yu Longke's troops also turned around to cover up the attack, defeating the twenty-two Gongbo tribes in one breath.
That day, he captured one enemy chief, killed seven, beheaded more than five hundred people, and captured three hundred war horses.
The Xixia general who fled from the Wadang Hui was also killed, and hundreds of his troops fled across the Yellow River.
The next day, Wang Shao stationed his troops in the valley. He was supposed to send Fan Han soldiers and horses to search up and down the valley to pursue the remaining troops.
The twenty-two tribes of Gongbo came to surrender under Qiao Zong's persuasion. Their population of more than 20,000 tribesmen were willing to join the Song Dynasty, and they also had a large number of cattle and sheep.
At this moment, the Xixia garrison in the ancient city of Lanzhou was heading east to rescue Ruzhe Valley. When they learned that the Song army had captured Ruzhe Valley, they panicked. Not only did they retreat back to Lanzhou, they also used a scorched earth policy to set fire to the surrounding Lanzhou.
Several soldiers were confused and wanted to burn down the pontoon bridge on the Yellow River to prevent the Song army from crossing the river. At this time, a general slapped him hard several times and cursed: "Burn down the pontoon bridge, do you want us to be trapped here and die?" ?”
"But what if the Song army hits here?"
As he spoke, there was a sound on the pontoon. It was the sound of horse hooves stepping on the wooden planks.
Everyone looked around and saw the sturdy cavalry crossing the river via the pontoon bridge.
"Great, those are the soldiers and horses of Ren Duo's army, let's welcome them quickly!"
Five thousand cavalry crossed the Yellow River from the Zhengfu Bridge, and the leader was a middle-aged general with a curly beard. This man was none other than Zhuo Luo and the Southern Army Chief Supervisor, Renduo Baozhong, a famous general of the Dangxiang clan.
It turned out that after seeing the beacon fire in Lanzhou City, he led his army from Zhuolu City to rescue Lanzhou at night.
In the niche valley not far from Nuzhe Valley, it was winter, and the river in the valley had already dried up. Now we saw an endless army marching in the valley.
The leading general was Yu Zanghuama, the son-in-law of Xixia Kingdom. After Xiangzhan was driven away by Li Yuanhao, Yu Zanghuama, who was isolated and helpless, led Huizhou to surrender to Xixia in the eighth year of Jiayou.
He is now the commander of the Xixia Xishou Baotai Military Division. This position is equivalent to the Jiedushi of the Song Dynasty, with military and political control.
Yu Zanghua Ma was not from a party but was able to serve as the commander of the army, which is why Xixia dared to employ people. Yuzang Huama knew that if he had surrendered to the Song Dynasty, he would definitely not be able to obtain such an important position.
Yuzang Huama now leads 30,000 cavalry to come for reinforcements. He expects that in just one or two days, he will be able to join the 22 tribes of Gongbo to launch an attack on the Song army.
"Report! The twenty-two clans of Gongbo have surrendered to the Song army!"
Yuzang Huama was shocked. He looked at the military report and couldn't help but get angry: "What? They didn't even last two days. How could the Song army be so good at fighting without Dong Felt?"
"I heard that there were too many soldiers in the Song Dynasty, and several tribes surrendered to them."
Yuzang Huama touched his chin and said: "It seems that it won't help if I lead the army forward, so withdraw the troops immediately."
"But it's hard to explain to the junior high school!"
Yuzang Huama scolded: "If you have anything to explain, just find a small tribe to kill, send the head to Xingqing Mansion, and say we have fought."
Yuzang Huama seemed a little upset: "Damn it, as long as one more day, I can copy the Song army's retreat. Retreat the troops, retreat immediately."
Yu Zang Huama gave an order, and the 30,000 Tibetan troops stopped.
Although the Tibetan army is good at fighting, it is not easy to stop suddenly on the way forward, not to mention that the front team must change to the rear team, and the rear team must change to the front team.
Seeing the soldiers reorganizing their troops in a mess below, Yu Zang Huama turned on his horse and murmured: "This is bad. Lanzhou is lost. How should I explain it to the Queen Mother?"
Yuzang Huama sighed. He was thinking about how to write to the Empress Dowager Liang, how to exaggerate the number of the Song army, how to ask Liang Yi to bury him, and ask them to immediately send troops across the Yellow River to rescue, otherwise the two states of Lanhui would no longer be together. All Xixia?
Just when Yu Zanghuama was thinking about how to explain to him, a strong wind suddenly blew in, causing Yu Zang's flag to wave violently.
Yuzang Huama stretched out his ears and listened, and suddenly shouted to his subordinates in a seductive manner: "No, retreat quickly, retreat quickly!"
At this moment, the Xixia army was in a dilemma in the river valley. Suddenly, they heard loud killing sounds on both sides of the river valley. The thunderous sound of horse hooves sounded in the river valley, and in the distance a large flag with the word "王" was raised high...
…
boom! boom! boom!
On the night of Shangyuan, fireworks were set off in Bianjing City.
It's the festive season, and every household in Bianjing City is decorated with lanterns and colorful decorations, creating a scene of peace and prosperity.
The fourth year of Xining has arrived, and this is the fifth year of the official rule.
Men and women in Bianjing went out to watch the lights and go to the lantern festival, enjoying the peaceful days of peace and prosperity.
But when the official climbed up to Xuande Gate and looked at the scenery at night in Shangyuan, the lights of Aoshan Mountain, and the people below him bowing down to him, they all made him unable to feel the slightest emotion in his heart.
In fact, he was uneasy in his heart. He had almost used all the chips in his hands for such a big military invasion.
The officials took a look and saw Wang Anshi, the Prime Minister of the State, and Wen Yanbo, the Privy Councilor, sitting side by side. They all brought their families upstairs to enjoy the lanterns with the officials, which was also a joy for the people.
On the night of Shangyuan.
The officials were worried, how could they hide it from the mature Wen Yanbo. Wen Yanbo calmly toasted to the officials frequently.
Wang Anshi also noticed it, so he sat there sullenly, saying nothing.
The deputy privy envoys Feng Jing and Wu Chong sat a little far away from the official position, but they were like mirrors in their hearts, concentrating on chatting.
Feng Jing said to Wu Chong: "My son-in-law's sending troops to Weiyuan is really a risky move. Now Mu Zheng is peeking at Weiyuan Fort. To the north of Lanzhou are Zhuoluo and Nanjun Supervisor, and to the east is Xishoubao in Huizhou. The Thai Army Supervision Department and the local Tibetan tribes will face attacks from three sides once our army invades Lanzhou. Now it seems that the only way to do this is to make a surprise move, which is a clever move."
Wu Chong said: "Tang Sir, I may not be as good as you in terms of knowing soldiers, but when it comes to understanding people, I think I am not inferior to others."
Feng Jing smiled and poured wine for Wu Chong himself. Indeed, if Wu Chong asked himself about second place, no one would dare to be first.
Wu Chong said: "My son-in-law never does anything he is not sure of."
Feng Jing said: "Okay, even if my son-in-law can win, what's the next step?"
"According to the Xixia military system, the twelve military divisions are arranged along the edge. Once something happens to the west, they will gather from the east point to the west. Once something happens to the east, they will gather from the west point to the east. As for the middle road, both east and west will gather."
"I ordered my son-in-law to send troops to Lanhui to only contain Zhuoluo and Nanjunsi. Xishou Baotai Military Division is not enough to cooperate with Zhonge's army to attack Hengshan. In this case, it is necessary to cross the Yellow River north and attract other military supervision divisions. At least it must mobilize It would be better if the Central Military Division is transferred to the Eastern Military Division."
"But once we cross the Yellow River, Yu hides Huama, and Renduo Baozhong leads his army to cut off the retreat of his son-in-law's army, what should we do?"
Wu Chong has not answered yet.
At this time, a junior official from the Privy Council hurriedly climbed onto the tower, but was stopped by the imperial attendant. Wu Chong took one look and immediately stood up and walked straight over.
The clerk whispered a few words to Wu Chong and handed him a letter.
Wu Chong nodded and returned to Feng Jing calmly. Under Feng Jing's confused look, Wu Chong said: "Let's go to the Prime Minister together to report something."
"At this moment?" Feng Jing asked.
He looked at Wu Chong but saw that there was no joy or anger on his face.
Feng Jing nodded, and the two of them came to Wen Yanbo's case.
Wen Yanbo's position was the highest among civil servants, and it was further away from the official throne than Wang Anshi's position. To be honest, even though they were in power, Feng Jing and Wu Chong still both admired and admired Wen Yanbo's position. envious.
After hearing Wu Chong's report, Wen Yanbo was worthy of being a prime minister and could support a boat. He just smiled and said to Wu Chong: "Chong Qing, come with your servants to meet the driver!"
Wen Yanbo walked up the steps of the city tower calmly, and his servant Zhang Mao immediately came to help him.
However, Wen Yanbo still walked steadily, and Wu Chong followed closely behind him.
At this moment, the official was depressed, with countless thoughts swirling in his mind, including the long-cherished wishes of the five emperors, the accumulation of hundreds of years, and his ambition to compete with the Han, Wu and Tang clans.
Is it just like the fleeting fireworks that all come to nothing?
But at this moment when the official saw Wen Yanbo walking in front of him, the first thing the official asked was: "Is there military information in the northwest?"
But Wen Yanbo bowed and said: "Yes, congratulations to Your Majesty, the younger generation has defeated the enemy!"
boom!
The biggest fireworks exploded.
In an instant, the officials' eyes were filled with tears!
(End of chapter)
