Yanzhou City.
Shaanxi, Hedong Xuanfu envoy Han Jiang's car, surrounded by thousands of armored cavalry, returned from the Suide front line and drove into this city.
At this moment, the deputy envoy of the Ministry of Household Affairs in the city, Zhang Jingxian, the chief minister of Si Xun, and the Privy Council accepted the order. Li Ping, the envoy of the East Shangge Gate, met Han Jiang at the city gate.
They were appointed by the official family to inspect Suide City and report the situation of the battle in Luowucheng.
The conservatives led by Wen Yanbo in North Korea have repeatedly opposed Han Jiang's sending troops to Lawucheng, saying that they had no chance of winning.
Even Han Jiang's subordinates, Xuanfu's judge Zhao Xi, and Xuanfu's Zuoma Li Xian were opposed. They went to the court separately to oppose sending troops to Lawu City.
This time the officials also doubted their decision to send Han Jiang to send troops to Luowu City, and sent Zhang Jingxian and Li Ping to check whether Luowu City could be defended.
As Han Jiang's in-law, Zhang Jingxian should not speak ill of Han Jiang. However, Zhang Jingxian saw along the way that the people of Shaanxi were haggard and exhausted from the labor service used for this expedition, so he decided to report the truth to the officials.
Li Ping also believed that Han Jiang favored one over the other in order to appease the Hengshan tribe. The Hengshan tribe felt that they had something special to live in, so they asked Han Jiang for gold, silver and official titles, but Han Jiang agreed to all of them.
Not only did everyone in the Song army complain about Han Jiang's actions, but the newly attached Qiang people even demanded more and more. If they were not satisfied at all, they expressed their intention to betray the Song Dynasty and defect to Xixia again.
When Zhang Jingxian and Li Ping arrived in Yanzhou, the Xixia army happened to besiege Funing Village. Zhong E led his army to repel the enemy. However, Liang Yi did not leave. He looked like he was determined to recapture Luowu City and led the army again. Come on, the situation is not optimistic.
After Zhang Jingxian and Li Ping followed Han Jiang into the commander's residence, they were hearing reports from the front about the war in Funing Village.
Zhang Jingxian said: "I dare to ask Prime Minister Xuan, Luowu is really an isolated city. The soldiers have been digging wells for many days, but there is no water. How can it be defended?"
Han Jiang did not answer, but Cai Que came up and replied: "This is untrue. There were original wells in the city, but they were filled up by Dangxiang's defeated army. As long as our army digs for a while, we can find them."
Li Ping asked again: "Even if we occupy Lawu City, it will cost too much to lure the Hengshan Tibetans this time. The Tibetans are greedy and threaten us again and again. What if they annex and rebel in the future?"
Han Jiang continued to remain silent, while Cai Queze said: "Many of the Hengshan Fan tribe have been used by our army. Even if they join the rebels, how can the Liang family trust them again?"
"Besides, there is no reason to give up Zhong'e after winning consecutive battles in Laowu City. What's more, the city has been built, and it has cost a lot of people and material resources. As the saying goes, a man who travels a hundred miles will be half-ninety, but there is no time like this. The principle of falling short of success.”
Zhang Jingxian said: "The purpose of seizing Luowu City and building a walled city is to appease the Tibetan tribe and destroy Xixia. Now Xixia has mobilized all the troops from the whole country to fight. Since our army has already won, it is better to retreat first. This is a prudent strategy."
Cai Quedao said: "Since you two have arrived in Yanzhou, why don't you go to Lawu City to have a look before making a final decision? There are thousands of things you can say from hearsay, so it is better to see it with your own eyes."
Seeing that it was Cai Que who was answering and Han Jiang didn't say a word, Li Ping couldn't help but said: "Our family heard about something on the road. Please tell me. I heard that Guang Rui's army guarding Qingzhou was a little worse before. The mutiny, I wonder what happens now?”
Han Jiang signaled Cai Que to take a break and said: "It has been pacified and nipped in the bud. Previously, I surrendered to the Qingzhou garrison Wu Kui, but thanks to the tentative official Zhang Kai and Weizhou's signing of the treaty, the peace was restored." This matter."
Zhang Jingxian said: "I heard that the garrison troops in Rouyuan Village and Sandu Village were making a lot of noise and looting before. Wang Guangyuan ordered the Tibetan general Zhao Yuqing to lead his 8,000 Tibetan troops. In the name of persuading peace, he captured all the garrison soldiers who caused trouble. ?”
Han Jiangzhi couldn't hide it and said: "Yes."
Speaking of this, Li Ping and Zhang Jingxian both shook their heads.
Zhang Jingxian immediately said: "Xuan Xiang is offended, but the officials already know these things. We are here to inquire on behalf of Jun Yi."
Han Jiang knew that the emperor knew everything about his front line. He said calmly: "You two are responsible for your duties, what crime are you guilty of?"
Although the expression on Han Jiang's face at this moment was lonely and gloomy, he didn't know that in the history of another time and space, not only Wu Kui led the Guangrui Army to rebel.
Moreover, the soldiers of Rouyuan Village and Sandu Village also rebelled. Historically, Wang Guangyuan showed no mercy at all and let Zhao Yuqing's Tibetan army kill all the garrison soldiers of the two villages after luring them to surrender.
Han Jiang can be said to have escaped.
Now it is just a matter of disarming Wu Kui and his subordinates and waiting for the imperial court's decision.
However, Han Jiang was found guilty of being a Tibetan loyalist and underestimating the Han army. In addition, he spent a lot of money to win over the Hengshan Tibetan tribe, which caused complaints from everyone in the Western Army.
But Han Jiang had no way of explaining that Xixia's massed troops could have dispatched at least 300,000 troops in this battle.
But with his win over, the Hengshan Fan tribe lost tens of thousands of people. Zhang Yue, Wang Shao and Lan Hui sent troops to contain tens of thousands of people for him. In the end, Liang Yimi brought only hundreds of thousands of people to Lawu City.
But even so, Zhong'e's victory was extremely close, and Funing Village was almost lost.
Although Zhong E was a powerful general, he also had the warlord habits of the Five Dynasties, and he harassed local areas too much. For example, he used military laws to supervise the local government for military supplies and supplies. In order to build new buildings in Lawu City, he used old border areas to build new buildings. The city was demolished without permission, and all the men and women were recruited. Regardless of whether you were old, weak, women or children, you were all forced to go on the road.
These questions are difficult to answer. How could other officials dare to question a dignified Xuanfu envoy like this, that is, they are both responsible for the emperor's orders. Fortunately, Cai Que answered fluently, saving Han Jiang from being questioned by a humble official. Embarrassing.
At this time, if Li Pingjian didn't act more sincerely, he might not be able to ask anything, and it would be difficult for them to explain to the officials.
Li commented: "I dare to ask Xuan Xiang, I heard in court that the Lord of Liao sent 300,000 troops to rescue Dangxiang and relieve the siege of Yinzhou. Is this true?"
Han Jiang looked ugly when he said this. Not only Han Jiang, but even Cai Que, who answered fluently, didn't know what to say for a while.
Judging from the reactions of Han Jiang and Cai Que, they also knew that the matter was true, but Han Jiang kept hiding it and did not report it to the emperor truthfully.
At this moment, Han Jiang ignored all this and instead gushed about the contributions of Zhang Yue, Wang Shao, Zhang Kai and Zhang Zhi in front of the two "imperial envoys".
The two imperial envoys looked at each other, sweating profusely at this moment.
Finally, Han Jiang blamed herself and said: "You two, I ordered Zhong'er to suppress Xibo. It was easy to decide, but I didn't expect that the Liao Kingdom would come to fight again. Now the Liao and Xia are at war with each other. I couldn't have distinguished earlier! All these are It's my fault."
Zhang Jingxian added: "Since your Majesty wanted to do something in the west, he first captured Suide and then surrounded Yinchuan. The Lord of Liao knew that after I surrendered to the Xia Kingdom, he would then attack Youyan. This is also reasonable."
Cai Que glanced at Zhang Jingxian and scolded: "It's easy for anyone to think after the fact. When our army sent out troops, why didn't you speak in the court earlier? What good will it do to state affairs if you speak so brazenly here now?"
Han Jiang stretched out his hand to stop Cai Que and said: "Hedong Prefecture has no definite news about the Khitan's dispatch of troops. If this is the case, I will give up Lawu City and the built walled city to preserve it. Military strength.”
"As long as our army strengthens its walls and clears the country, and waits quietly for the enemy, after the Lord of Liao relieves the siege of Yinzhou, he will definitely retreat when he sees that our army is rigorous. Please relax, you two."
Zhang Jingxian and Li Ping both breathed a sigh of relief. They were afraid that Han Jiang would still refuse to retreat and force a war with Xixia and Khitan.
In this way, not only Shaanxi and Hedong were in danger, but even the Song Dynasty was in danger.
Zhang Jingxian wiped his sweat and said: "In the opinion of Prime Minister Xuan, this is at best the teacher's failure. Just spend more money and food, and the officials will understand."
Han Jiang shook his head and said: "I have spent so much money and food this time, how can I say that my teacher has no merit? Han will shoulder his responsibility, bid farewell to His Majesty, and return to the old forest."
"My lord..." Cai Queda couldn't bear it. Firstly, he was deeply favored by Han Jiang, and at the same time, he was also considering his own career.
He finally got Han Jiang's appreciation. If the other party achieved military honors, he would be the Prime Minister of Zhaowen when he returned to the court, and he could prosper. But now... once Han Jiang left, his efforts in the Xuanfu Division would be reduced to nothing. Was it all in vain?
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"Report! Good news!"
A soldier arrived here.
Han Jiang was a little indifferent to this. How could the huge success offset his ineffectiveness in sending troops this time.
The money and food consumed this time will prevent Shaanxi and Hedong from having the strength to fight again within a few years.
He, Han Jiang, had only one way to change his position.
"Where did the good news come from?" Cai Que asked.
"It was sent by the Qinfeng Road Economic and Technological Department."
Cai Que was surprised and delighted. He immediately opened the good news and read it at a glance, then handed it to Han Jiang with a face full of joy.
"Please take a look at it, sir!"
Han Jiang nodded. It was good news anyway, so he had better take a look.
After reading it, Han Jiang had a smile on his face. At this time, Zhang Jingxian and Li Ping also read the good news.
Suddenly the atmosphere in the entire Xuanfu Division was different.
Burning the Tiandu Mountain Palace...
Defeat the Tiandu Military Supervision Department...
The troops of the Baotai Military Supervision Department returned to surrender...
They beheaded more than a thousand people and defeated the armies of the two military supervisory departments. As for the cattle, sheep, horses, and ordnance supplies, they were countless.
Of course, Zhong'e's military exploits under Luowu City are not small.
But the most important thing about Wang Shao and Zhang Yue's move was to expand their territory. The Song army took Huizhou, Lanzhou, and Lintao each in this battle, plus the ancient Weizhou that Wang Shao originally occupied.
The number of Tibetan tribesmen who surrendered to the Song Dynasty reached 100,000, with a total population of more than 300,000.
This is not charging one state, but charging all the way!
How many years has it been since the imperial court opened borders on such a large scale?
Han Jiang was speechless after looking at the victory report for a long time. His original intention was just to let Zhang Yue and Wang Shao contain tens of thousands of Xixia soldiers and horses, but he did not expect to expand the territory.
As for Zhang Jingxian, Li Ping and Li Ping wiped their eyes repeatedly, confirmed again and again, and asked Cai Que repeatedly, is this true? is this real?
Cai Que held his head high and expressed that he really didn't bother to answer such questions.
This time, even if Lawu City was gained first and then lost, Han Jiang had an explanation.
Han Jiang calmed down and thought that after so many years as an official, her victory and defeat had affected her mood. She really didn't have enough cultivation.
He said to Cai Que: "Grind the ink for me, I will personally report the victory to Your Majesty!"
Han Jiang dabbed some ink and wrote on the paper, "Han Jiang reports victory..."
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