This Northern Song Dynasty is a bit weird

Chapter 279 Helan Mountain

Mu Guiying was also famous in Xixia. After all, the Yang family had a deep 'memory' of Xixia back then.

It's just that a small group can't compare with a national system after all, especially under the premise that this small group is still being 'suppressed'.

As the men and women of the Yang family fell one by one, and only Mu Guiying was left on the battlefield, all Xixia people knew that the Yang family was no longer a threat to them.

As they thought, the Yang family gradually disappeared on the Xixia battlefield, and finally even Mu Guiying disappeared on the Xixia battlefield.

But even so, the Yang family and Mu Guiying's name are still one of the most terrifying nightmares in the hearts of Xixia people.

Dai Lichang, a general who voted for the Northern Song Dynasty, had also seen Mu Guiying's bravery on the battlefield. Of course, he was still from the Song Dynasty at that time.

But now, when he saw a strange man in blue armor running over, he was immediately taken aback... What the hell is this? The voice is that of Marshal Mu, but it looks like this!

Dai Lichang didn't challenge, but signaled to the side general to step up.

It's just that as soon as these generals rushed up, they were immediately stabbed off by Mu Guiying with a pear-blossom gun. The strike was so fast that almost no one could see it.

Mu Guiying's cavalry steed led a group of cavalry at a fast pace, cutting off Dai Lichang's marching group almost in the blink of an eye.

When Dai Lichang saw this scene, his face was extremely ugly: "These are the elite of the Song Army, they came prepared, they are obviously a trap, they all retreat!"

Although the army was cut into two, Dai Lichang was in the second half of the team. He asked the flag commander to wave the battle flag, and the drummer passed on orders, while he led his own soldiers and ran directly towards Dingzhou City.

As for the soldiers who were pulled down, he didn't care.

If he could return to Dingzhou City and save his own life, no matter how many Xixia soldiers died, he could do nothing to him.

Now they are not far from Dingzhou City, and they can run back in about an hour.

It's just that when he ran to the city of Dingzhou, he was already in despair. At this time, the Tucheng of Dingzhou City had been replaced with Song flags, and many of the flags were hung with the word 'Yang'.

"God will kill me!"

Dai Lichang looked at the city wall with tears in his eyes, then drew out his long sword and wiped his neck directly.

As a general who surrendered to the north, Xixia will not let him survive once he loses, and Song Ting will not forgive the betrayer. own family.

More than a hundred kilometers away, Lu Sen was in the camp, and soon received a message from Mu Guiying.

"Dingzhou City has been captured." Lu Sen handed the letter to Di Qing who was next to him, and said with a smile, "As expected."

"Reverend Lu really uses his troops like a god." Di Qing laughed after taking a look, and handed the letter to Lu Huiqing who was next to him.

Lu Huiqing was shaking with excitement as she held the thin paper.

Although Lu Sen and Di Qing were responsible for the victory this time, and Marshal Mu also contributed a lot, but as an adjutant and the only orthodox civil servant besides Lu Sen, as long as he returned to the court, he would be able to Get a great reward.

Not to mention being equal to Wang Anshi's status, but at least he can be much closer to him.

In fact, Lu Sen made two-handed preparations for attacking Dingzhou City. He asked Yang Jinhua to bring two redstone bombs. Disposable props blown to pieces.

"Dingzhou City has been captured by us, and the Xixia people must be anxious." Lu Sen looked at the map and said with a smile: "But Dingzhou City is surrounded by deserts on the left and right, and Xingqing Mansion is behind it. Possibly. Either attack from the north of Dingzhou, or forcibly attack from the south, as long as there are no major problems, it will be considered solid."

Dingzhou is one of the important gateways from Xixia to the north, and Dingzhou, Xingqing Prefecture, and Xi'an Prefecture form a three-point line from north to south, no matter whether the enemy is from Xiliang Prefecture in the southwest or the Jianing Army in the southeast When the division dispatched troops, they had to break through the Xingqing Mansion first.

And to the south of Xingqing Mansion is Xi'an City. If one dares to attack Xingqing Mansion, the defenders of Xi'an City will naturally not just watch. At that time, no matter how many Xixia troops come, they will have to die on the spot. back.

Di Qing sat down and said with a smile: "I have been in the army for more than twenty years, and I have never fought such a straightforward battle."

Indeed, in the past, when he fought a war, he could not defeat the strong with the weak, and he had to be cautious that time, as if walking on thin ice, for fear that winning would not look good. See him for a copy.

Under such circumstances, no matter whether he wins or loses in battle, he cannot sleep every night.

But not now, with Lu Sen's thigh standing in front of him, he just needs to fight hard. For him, there is nothing happier than this in the world.

Lu Sen clicked on the map: "With Dingzhou, we can go further north and look west at Helan Mountain."

When Di Qing heard this, he couldn't help taking a deep breath.

Even Lu Huiqing swallowed.

The significance of Helan Mountain is extremely important to Xixia and Northern Song Dynasty.

Because of the existence of Helan Mountain, it blocks the hot climate of the desert in the west, making the climate here relatively humid, and the east is a plain with dense vegetation.

This is one of the more important granaries in Xixia, and it is also a very important place for raising horses.

It can be said that from ancient times to the present, several barbarians in the Northwest 'started' from the vicinity of Helan Mountain.

Taking down the entire area of ​​He Shanlan is equivalent to holding the entire territory of the Northwest firmly in his hands.

Lu Sen clicked on the map near Dingzhou, and said: "Let's rest for now. Tomorrow, General Di will lead the army to join Marshal Mu, and then sweep the vicinity of Dingzhou. As long as there are enemies in small towns and counties who dare to resist It doesn't matter if you shoot or kill, you don't need to report it. You must firmly grasp the Helan Mountain area in the hands of our Song people within three months."

"Of order." Di Qing stood up, clasped his fists and said heavily.

Although he was almost twice as old as Lu Sen, and although his qualifications were much better than Lu Sen's, at this moment, he was sincerely willing to regard Lu Sen as a superior.

He knows how rare it is for a Shangguan who dares to fight and fight hard, and who dares to block soft knives for his subordinates.

Lu Sen then turned his head to Lu Huiqing and said, "You rest for two days first, and then follow me to Dingzhou to stabilize the people's hearts, appease the alien race, and divide the local leaders. The internal affairs are all up to you."

"The next officer obeys the order."

Lu Huiqing was even more excited. He knew that as long as he did a good job in Dingzhou, he would have another beautiful resume.

This has a great effect on his subsequent promotion.

Lu Sen looked at the map, smiled, and took down He Shanlan. Now the Xixia people are more anxious than the Song people.

Ten days later, Di Qing and Mu Guiying led an army to shuttle around He Shanlan, sweeping away all Xixia people who dared to resist or refused to surrender.

Killing people's heads rolling.

Lu Sen sits in the Dingzhou Mansion. With him around, no one of his own would dare to make trouble in the Dingzhou Mansion.In the past, if the Song army dared to kill so hard, at least some voters from the Northern Song Dynasty would publish articles to curse and engage in public opinion offensives.

But Lu Sen understood the importance of this aspect too well. On the second day after he entered the city, he bought many locals and asked them to spread information around Dingzhou City, saying that the Xixia people were arrogant and unrighteous, and the sky would destroy them , Anyone who dares to speak to the Xixia people is a traitor and traitor in the Northern Song Dynasty.

Far away in Xuanhua Mansion, Wuzang Yepang was so angry that he broke an unknown amount of porcelain and stationery.

Seeing the mess all over the place, the Empress Dowager Muzang asked, "Should we let the Song people take Helan Mountain?"

Even her, the Queen Mother, a lady, knows the importance of Helan Mountain to Dabai Gaoguo.

"They just took it, what can you do?" Wuzang Yanpang blushed with anger: "Xingqing Mansion is the most important gateway connecting the east and west of our Dabaigao Kingdom, but it was also taken away by the people of Song Dynasty. Now Dingzhou It was also captured, as long as the Song people are not stupid, they will firmly occupy these two places, and within 20 years, we will know that Gaoguo itself will be torn apart."

Within the territory of Xixia, there are several deserts, accounting for about three-fifths of the land of Xixia.

The place where Xixia can live is almost a "mountain" shape.

And Xingqing Mansion is the lowest and middle point of the 'mountain', which is why Xingqing Mansion was the capital of Xixia in the past.

But now the Xingqing Mansion has not taken it back, and even the Helan Mountain, one of the granaries, has to fall into the hands of the Song people.

Empress Dowager Didang said sadly: "Then what shall we do in the future?"

"I originally thought that I would negotiate peace with the Song people first, get some benefits from them, and wait a few more years to recuperate. After I have enough food, grass and war horses, I will find a way to get Xingqing Mansion back." Did not hide Ye Pang's eyes were red: "I didn't expect that Song people would take the first step... How dare they, is this still a cowardly and cowardly Song person?"

The Empress Dowager Wuzang thought for a while and said, "Can we pay tribute to the Tibetan tribes...?"

"Their group of savages are even poorer than us, what oil and water can they squeeze out!"

"How is that good?"

"Let me think about it again, there is always a way."

Compared with the gloomy and gloomy Xuanhua Mansion, Bianliang is full of gongs and drums.

Almost every household is setting off firecrackers and decorating lights, day and night.

People flocked to the streets to celebrate, and people talked about it happily on the rotten wooden benches of the street stalls, in front of the tables of the restaurants, and among the rouge powder in the brothels.

How long has it been since such a big victory... how long!
Song people are used to hearing the news of defeat, and they are also used to hearing the compensation agreement.

The Semu people were in the territory of the Great Song Dynasty, and behaved like dogs, but the Xixia people came to the territory of the Song Dynasty, but they were arrogant like their masters.

Does this make them angry and depressed?
During this period, even a small incident occurred.

After listening to Lu Zhenren leading General Di to attack Dingzhou and pointing his sword at Helan Mountain, the Xixia envoys in Bianliang were unwilling. They rushed out aggressively and were about to go to the palace to protest with knives and guns.

As a result, a group of masked men in black clothes poured out on the way, and they beat them all over the place looking for teeth.

Afterwards, the Bianliang people who swarmed up beat and kicked around without mercy.

The Zhan guards from Kaifeng Mansion arrived late, and led the police to separate the crowd, but... there were seventeen people in the Western Xia Mission, fifteen of them died, and the remaining two... all their hands and legs were fleshy, It is estimated that he will not live long.

In Pang's mansion, Taishi Pang drank some wine and sang ditties. Around him sat Bao Zheng, Ouyang Xiu, Fu Bi and other ministers.

Bao Zheng's face was also slightly red, he smiled and said: "I really never thought that Helan Mountain would fall into our hands in less than two months."

He was happy too, really happy.

He grew up listening to the voices of Xixia people bullying Da Song since he was a child, and he has a very strong hatred for Xixia people.

It’s just that due to the situation before, Da Song couldn’t counterattack forcefully. Now the situation is different. Helan Mountain is won. Even if Lu Zhenren no longer leads his army northward, as long as the defense of Dingzhou and Helan Mountain is well managed, the Xixia people will be exhausted.

Grand Master Pang said with a smile: "I just said, as long as Sen'er is released, there will be great achievements."

"Grand Master Pang, are we going to call Master Lu back now?" Fu Bi stroked his beard and said, "It's a rare victory. If we don't consolidate it, it will be easy for the enemy to counterattack. Master Lu is young and energetic, so he hastily swung his troops. Going north, that would be bad."

"Is that okay?" Grand Master Pang asked: "Not long after Sen'er defeated Dingzhou, we will change the commander. Will this not chill his heart?"

Fu Bi shook his head and said: "This is the rule of this dynasty. After a big victory, there must be a change of coach."

"I don't think it's right." Bao Zheng put down his beautiful wine glass and said, "Realist Lu is not an ordinary person, he is not a military general, nor is he a civil servant like us. He has his own ideas and his own 'Tao'. What he did already made him dissatisfied, if we use the method of dealing with warriors to deal with him again, it is estimated that in the future... even if he does not turn against our court, he will probably never have any contact with us."

Grand Master Pang nodded and said, "What Xi Ren said is absolutely true."

Fu Bi sighed, "I'm just worried."

worry about what?Everyone knew that they were just worried about the recurrence of Chen Qiao's incident.

"Probably not." Ouyang Xiu chimed in and said, "Renren Lu is not an ordinary person, he has no interest in power. In fact, if he really has this intention, as long as he comes here on a skyboat above Hangzhou, the small official will probably have to Zen yielded."

These words made all the civil servants present turn blue.

They think about such a situation, and then feel that it is really possible.

Now Lu Sen's reputation is really too great, and the appearance of Xianrendao gave him a vague feeling of "destiny is manifested" by him.

The common people are very real, a half-immortal who can feed them all, and is also a big white rice, if he can't be the emperor, who is qualified?As long as he wants to, he can be.

"Really Lu is not interested in the dragon chair." Sitting at the bottom Wang Anshi raised his glass and said: "He is only a half-immortal now, and he still has human desires, but he seems calm. If he becomes True Immortal, it is probably a matter of raising mountains and flying upwards. At that time, I, Song Dynasty, did not have such help from such heavenly beings. Therefore, in the eyes of the officials, it is a blessing for the people of the world that Lu Zhenren has not yet become an immortal. Fortunately."

"But such a person has to find a way to limit it." Fu Bi felt a little headache when he thought about Lu Sen's terrible reputation.

"To put it bluntly, we can't even limit him." Wang Anshi sighed: "If he really wants to plot rebellion, he can sweep thousands of miles away within a few months with just a shake of his arms. We can't stop him." Yes, instead of thinking about how to suppress him here, it is better to think about how to make him feel better, at least in this way the chances of him rebelling will be much smaller."

(End of this chapter)