"The Imperial City Division sent three reports, all related to Li Junming."
"This Li Junming seems to be quite capable."
"Humph, he is young and energetic, so he will hold himself up - he will not be so lucky every time." In the political hall, a group of elders were discussing in low voices, but the central figure in the topic was the man who had previously broken into the A young man whose reputation quickly faded into silence after his reputation was restored.
It was also from the news that came recently that I learned that the other party actually ran to the northwest without knowing when, and had already done something.
First, he assassinated Li Jiqian, who was causing a lot of headaches to the Song Dynasty. Then he connected the Zhejia and Tubo, and then dragged down the chaotic party members and the Uighurs who had nothing to do with him.
Now that there is a mess over there, it is actually beneficial to Song Ting, allowing them to win in the chaos. Of course, for these court elders, they actually don’t know the situation in the northwest at all, and they are mainly civil servants who don’t know anything about military matters. They don’t know whether they do this intentionally or because they seriously read the books of sages and have their brains fooled. , only arbitrarily believed that Li Yong's move was harmful rather than beneficial.
Because the situation in the northwest was originally relatively stable, but for the Dukes of Gungun in the court, stability was more important than anything else.
Even if Li Jiqian was asked to rob them of food and wages ten times, how could he drag them down? On the contrary, in the current situation, no one can make an accurate judgment, which makes people really unsure.
After all, in Song Ting's view, their biggest enemy is still the Liao Kingdom in the north. If the northwest side draws too much attention here, and the Liao Kingdom launches troops again, how can they withstand enemies from both sides?
"This Li Junming is simply a fool. Li Jiqian has Tubo to restrain him, and even worse, he has Fuzhou Zhejia to block him. How can he be an enemy of the Song Dynasty? Now Li Junming's move is to form an alliance with the party members. The Tibetan and Uighur tribes can't be trusted with their eternal hatred. How can we resist if we are so close to the Zhe family?" Li Hang listened silently without saying a word. In fact, from his perspective, he felt that this was done too abruptly. Some, but he also applauded Li Jiqian's death in his heart.
The top priority now is how to remedy the situation, rather than quarreling here. As the only Tongping Zhangshi for the time being, Li Hang coughed lightly, and the political hall suddenly became quiet.
Originally there was Zhang Qixian who was against him, but now Zhao Heng found an excuse to take down Zhang Qixian, and the Political Affairs Hall suddenly became Li Hang's one-word hall.
He didn't have any ambitions, but said with a calm expression: "This matter is approved by the officials. Li Jun is acting under the emperor's order. It is justified both emotionally and rationally, so there is no need to discuss it anymore. What should be discussed now is who should be sent." I used to calm the situation in the northwest, but the Liao Kingdom in the north will not let it go, and it is not suitable to launch a large-scale war in the northwest..." So the political hall started talking to each other again, each expressing his own opinion, but this time there was no result after discussion, so the meeting could only be adjourned for further discussion.
Li Hang went to see Emperor Zhao Heng again, but Zhao Heng pulled him and asked him what reward he should give Li Yong next.
However, in the end, under the protest of the Political Hall, Zhao Heng's idea of continuing to promote Li Yong could only be aborted, and the court also had a decision on the candidate to appease the northwest.
What Song Ting didn't expect was that in the next six months, the situation in the northwest would change again, far beyond their expectations and control.
First, the King of Tubo was assassinated and died. Then several princes attacked each other and were eventually divided into two parts. One part guarded the Tubo headquarters, and the other part defected to the Song army.
Then he actually took the initiative to ask Zhao Heng for his daughter. Zhao Heng naturally agreed to the marriage and incorporated the little prince's tribe into the Western Army of the Song Dynasty, and became the fifth line after the four-line army, named
"Tibetan soldiers". In fact, in later history, a Tibetan army did appear in the Northern Song Dynasty, but they were deployed by the Song people from among the many Qiang people scattered on the border of the Song Dynasty and the border with Xixia.
It is composed of "Shu Qiang" and is based on its original tribal structure arrangement, which ensures that military orders can be passed down without affecting their combat effectiveness.
The current Tibetan army, which is mainly composed of Tubo, is obviously different. In terms of combat effectiveness, the Tibetans who still have the power to survive are definitely stronger than the Qiang people who survive in the cracks, but they are also less likely to obey the generals. Song's order.
However, at this time, the Western Army of the Song Dynasty was strengthened. Although the Tubo, Dangxiang and Uighur tribes were vaguely trying to unite, some other scattered tribes near the northwest were gathered together through the Tibetan soldiers. In the end, the Western Army was divided into three groups and took the lead in attacking Dangxiang.
When the Uighurs were preparing to support them, they were stabbed in the back by the Tibetans. When both sides suffered losses, the Xia Kingdom was also defeated by the Song army. In the end, the Tibetan soldiers came out to clean up the mess.
At this time, everyone knew that the two Tubo princes had already defected to the Song Dynasty, and they jointly staged a drama of attacking each other, but it was the Xia Kingdom, the Uighurs, and others.
Even the Zhe family was kept in the dark, but they were still not at a loss. After all, after gathering various tribes, the Tibetan army became larger, and the status of the two princes rose accordingly, and their relationship as in-laws was also beneficial.
However, at this time, the Song Dynasty had no time to worry about the northwest, because after more than a year and a half of truce, in early August of the fourth year of Xianping, the Liao army launched a brazen raid.
...Compared with the historical practice of taking action in winter, the Liao Kingdom moved three months earlier this time, obviously due to the chaotic situation in the northwest.
The Liao Kingdom was also annoyed with Li Jiqian's repeated leaps, but for them, after all, there were not as many direct conflicts with Li Jiqian as there were in the Song Dynasty, so they could still accept it.
He was even very happy to see the results of Li Jiqian's torment in the northwest frontier of Song Dynasty, but he did not expect that Li Jiqian died suddenly.
The Liao Kingdom also had intelligence spies stationed on the border of the Song Dynasty, and was naturally well aware of the Imperial City Division's intervention in the situation in the northwest.
Although the northwest is currently in chaos, no one can be sure of the final result, and it seems that the Song Army may not necessarily be the one to take advantage in the end, but they can only take advantage of this moment to take action.
If they wait until the northwest settles down again, and the result may even be beneficial to the Song Dynasty, it will be too late for them to take any action.
The last tentative attack was repelled by the Song army, which also showed them the determination of the Song people to resist. This time the attack was fierce and more prepared. When Song Ting received the news, it was already news that the Weilu Army and the Song Army had retreated.
In fact, due to Zhao Heng's multi-party deployment, the Song Army initially encountered the Liao Army forward at the entrance of the Great Wall. Zhang Bin, the forward unit, had a small victory. However, because the enemy was outnumbered, we temporarily withdrew and notified all towns. , the Liao army is attacking, and I hope that all ministries will help each other and be prepared.
However, the Liao army marched too fast, and another forward force encountered the main force of the Liao army at Weilu Army. If Li Jixuan and Qin Han's troops had not arrived to rescue them in time, the entire army would have been almost wiped out.
In the end, the Liao army retreated, and the Song army also retreated to Dingzhou, forming a temporary stalemate. But no one knows now that this continuous battle will continue for two years.
Compared with the situation in the northwest, at least for now, it seems that the threat to the Song Dynasty is relatively small, so the eyes of the monarchs and ministers of the Song Dynasty have now completely turned to the north, and they have no time to take care of the northwest side for the time being.
Naturally, I don’t know what the real Song Dynasty was.
The "trouble in your heart" is not in the Liao Kingdom or the imperial palace, but in this rotten northwest...
