Zhao Tong raised his eyebrows. Yang Zhineng brought the people directly to Xihai, which showed that it was really urgent.
The soldier breathed heavily and said: "Your Majesty, please report urgently from the front. We will seize the city and lose it again."
Zhao Tong narrowed his eyes slightly: "Do you want to occupy the city? That place must be lost several times a year."
Jiezhan City is the farthest point to the west of the Longyou Protectorate. It is connected to the Uighurs of Xizhou at the top, to the Eastern Karahan at the front, which is the Black Khan, and to the Tibetan tribes at the bottom.
The city occupied in this section was really too far away from the rear. Frankly speaking, the Song Dynasty did not have the ability to take root here and defend it. However, the soldiers pointed at it and were invincible, so they just hit this place.
This was not caused when Xihe opened the side. Xihe hit the front line of Qingtang City when he opened the side, and later withdrew.
This land of more than 2,000 miles in a straight line from Longyou is comparable to two-thirds of the land of Xixia. It was fought out in the Battle of Hehuang and was fought by Tong Guan and Wang Hou all the way!
It is the famous incident where Tong Guanwang Hou went to war, the Imperial City of Tokyo was on fire, Emperor Daojun ordered to withdraw his troops, but Tong Guancang disobeyed the order.
In this battle, all the leaders of the Qiuci, Khotan, and Uighur tribes surrendered, the Qingtang Tubo and the Yellow-headed Uighurs were all wiped out, and the territory expanded to Xining Prefecture by more than 2,000 miles.
Judging from this point of view, if given time, the pacification of Xixia is inevitable, but there is no if.
At this point, the largest territory since the founding of the Song Dynasty appeared. Yes, it appeared during the era of Emperor Daojun. In addition to being obsessed with calligraphy, painting and rare stones, indulging in drunkenness and having fun, he also had a heart that was ready to achieve great success.
The Black Khan and the Song Dynasty were still in harmony, but wars broke out between the Uighurs from time to time. There were always gains and losses over the years when the city was occupied. After a long period of back and forth, both sides didn't care much.
The Song Dynasty actually had only a thousand soldiers stationed in Jie Zhan City. These thousand soldiers were still miscellaneous soldiers. There were several types of clan members, but they had been going back and forth for several years.
The soldier then held up the wax pill and said, "Your Majesty, the details are in the letter. This time is different from the past."
Zhao Tong took the wax pill, took out the secret message inside and said, "What's the difference?"
The ordering soldier said: "After the tribe of the third princess of the Uighurs in Xizhou captured Jiezhan City, they went out of their way and came all the way east."
Xizhou Uighurs are named because their land was originally Xizhou in the Tang Dynasty, and because their capital was Gaochang City, they are also called Gaochang Uighurs.
Zhao Tong's hand paused slightly: "What is the third princess of the Uighur?"
The ordering soldier said: "Your Majesty, the third daughter of the Uighur Bilgo Khan in Xizhou is named Liya Nazha."
Zhao Tong frowned and said, "Liya...Nazha?"
The ordering soldier said: "This is your prince. Among all the tribes of Bilgo Khan's children, the third princess Lianaza's tribe is the strongest!"
Zhao Tong thought for a moment, and realized that at this time, the Uighurs were still in the Tang Dynasty. Both men and women were leading troops and had their own troops.
He frowned, opened the letter and read it from cover to cover, then raised his whip and said, "Go back to Xining Prefecture."
At night, in the Longyou Protector's Mansion, tall butter waxes hung high, illuminating the hall. Gao Yongsui was shocked and almost shouted: "Your Majesty wants to lead troops there in person? No, this is absolutely inappropriate. ah!"
Zhao Tong said expressionlessly: "What's wrong with Gaozhi Prefecture?"
Gao Yongsui hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, if you lose that section of the city, you will lose it. Along the way, apart from the military city, there are villages. Where can the third Uighur princess attack? And as far as my subordinates know, her headquarters There are only ten thousand people, with at most a thousand cavalry, and no supplies. It won't take long for Jiezhan City to go eastward before turning back. When the soldiers from the rear military city advance in an orderly manner, Jiecheng City will naturally be recaptured."
Zhao Tong smiled and said: "That's all? But I have read the battle reports from previous years. The Uighur tribes all captured the city after defeating the enemy, looted it and then withdrew. How could there be any time to go deeper?"
Gao Yongsui said anxiously: "Because of this, the prince cannot take risks. The prince is a thousand years old and has a noble body. If something goes wrong, his subordinates will be blamed for their death!"
Zhao Tong shook his head and said: "You have been in the northwest for a long time. You must have plateau ambitions. Why are you so forward-thinking? Since I am in charge of the army in the capital, it would be a joke if I never saw any war!"
Gao Yongsui's face became even more ugly when he heard this. Although he was born in a general, it was not easy for him to reach his current position. Half of the reason was because of his brother Gao Yongnian's favor. If something happened to King Qi in Longyou, he would never be able to do anything. Well done.
Moreover, although his Gao family belonged to the northwest and was related by marriage to the Zhe family, his career path was through the Tong Guan lineage. In the Battle of Longyou, Gao Yongnian was Wang Hou's deputy general and had a relationship with him.
Before Zhao Tong arrived in Xining Prefecture, Tong Guan's letter had been sent long ago. There were no other instructions in the letter except that he must ensure the safety of King Qi.
Gao Yongsui was about to cry but had no tears: "Your Majesty, this is absolutely inappropriate!"
Zhao Tong frowned and looked at him and said: "Gaozhi Prefecture, what are you doing with a mournful face? I have made up my mind to take my own troops tomorrow and add a thousand troops to Longyou. I will take this opportunity to inspect Longyou. You can go back." "
On the second day, Zhao ordered troops in front of Tongcheng. The two thousand imperial troops brought by Tokyo were only cavalry. He looked at these people and said calmly: "Are you afraid that you will follow me to chase the Uighurs?"
A thousand imperial guardsmen cavalry, whose arms and legs have been trained by Xu Ning these days, are thicker than when they came here. But when they heard that they were fighting, they couldn't help but feel terrified.
Zhao Tong looked at them, sneered and said: "There is a beautiful girl, graceful, good at singing and dancing. It is said that she is a Uighur princess. She only brought more than a thousand people and no supplies. I want to take you and Longyou troops with me. , a total of more than 2,000 people, are going to capture this little girl alive, are you afraid?"
After hearing these words, the faces of all the Imperial Guards changed. They looked at each other and shouted happily together: "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, capture the little girl alive and give it to the second king!"
Gao Yongsui on the side couldn't help but his eyelids jumped when he saw this scene. Is this the Gyeonggi Forbidden Army? Is this also possible for fighting? He hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, is one thousand Longyou soldiers a little too few? I think how about adding two thousand more?"
Zhao Tong shook his head: "It's not like we're attacking the city. There are too many people and it's inflexible, and the supplies can't keep up. Do you want me to bring more baggage?"
Gao Yongnian opened his mouth but said nothing, but stared at the wooden boxes on the car, wondering in his heart. He didn't want to carry more luggage, so what were these boxes for?
After some training, Zhao Tong brought along Liu Suiyun, Lu Da, Yang Zhi, and Zhe Zhichang, as well as one thousand imperial guardsmen, one thousand Longyou cavalry, one hundred bloody vanguard regiments, and nearly five hundred baggage. More than 2,000 rural soldiers left Qingtang and headed west.
The Qingtang Dynasty went forward for more than two thousand miles, and there was a military city about every 150 miles. The military city had a permanent garrison of three to five hundred soldiers, and there were no civilians in the city. There were a total of thirteen military cities from Xining Prefecture to Jiecheng City.
Zhao Tong walked along the military city route. If he had any doubts, Zhe Zhichang would explain it to the Fan soldiers. Every time he arrived at a military city, he would linger for a while, or even stay overnight. Before leaving, he would open the wooden boxes on the car, but there were some Every head in the military city was given money.
During this period, everything was done by Liu Suiyun. Liu Suiyun's warm spring breeze made people get close to him at first sight. He distributed money with his own hands and bloomed lotus flowers with his tongue. All the soldiers were excited with all kinds of truths. Those with shallow eyelids mean that their eyes are full of moisture without even realizing it.
A few days passed with such delay. On this day Zhizhi Changhu said: "Your Majesty, there are only more than three hundred miles away from Jiecheng City. I still ask for help."
Zhao Tong did his best, so he and Liu Suiyun put on light armor, and then asked: "How many military cities are there ahead?"
Zhe Zhichang said: "The only two military cities left are Jiezhan. If the Uighurs had not withdrawn their troops, Changzhuang would have reached here as far as possible."
Zhao Tong nodded and the team moved forward. Within a dozen miles, a Tibetan soldier scout came back from the dust. As soon as he got closer, he hurriedly rolled off his horse and bowed down and said: "Your Majesty, we have found Uighur enemy soldiers ahead and are attacking the military city!"
