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Chapter 631 [-] Deaths, Thousands of Land Expansion (Second Change)
Chapter 640

It is also a great achievement to be able to safely escort the important prisoners of war of Xixia, such as Empress Xiaoliang, back to Bianliang, Tokyo.Another big problem is that Wang Yang and Wang Wushan's courage is so great that it makes Ma Shang feel uncomfortable.

I was afraid that if I stayed in the northwest frontier any longer, I would be dragged into a game of dancing on the tip of a knife by that guy Wang Yang.Therefore, after hearing Wang Yang's invitation, Ma Shang firmly expressed that he would take on the important responsibility of escorting prisoners of war back to Bianliang, Tokyo.

Yan Ci rejected Wang Yang's kind invitation. Looking back now, why the hell did he always feel a sense of disappointment and regret that he had missed a good opportunity.

"This credit is no less than the victory in the first battle of Hongdezhai..." Ma Shang couldn't help but sigh with emotion.In the first battle of Hongdezhai, the Xixia elite was wiped out, more than 3000 enemies were killed, more than 4 enemies were captured, and a group of Xixia bigwigs such as Xiaoliang Hou, Fei Ting Sidie, Wei Mingdang, etc. were captured.

This has already made the whole country of the Song Dynasty celebrate, from the court to the common people are very excited.But now, it is said that Xixia Xiangguo Liang Yibu led a hundred thousand Xixia army to surrender, and won Yanzhou, the most important wealth of Xixia, as well as Youzhou and Hongzhou.

This achievement is not much smaller than the first victory.The most important thing is that the battle of Hongdezhai caused Xixia's morale to plummet and suffered heavy losses.

And after this battle, Liang Yibu returned to the Song Dynasty with an army of [-], and lost the Jianing Army Division and Yanzhou in a row. It is dangerous, and within its territory, there are more than [-] large and small salt lakes.

The salt produced is not only of high quality, but also in large quantities. In the past, the whole country of Xixia relied on salt from Yanzhou, and it was even able to smuggle a large amount of salt to the northwestern border of the Song Dynasty. Moreover, the salt in Yanzhou was of high quality and delicious, the best The Yanzhou salt is bluish white, so-called green salt, and the smuggled price has even reached three per catty.

If the green salt can be transported to a place like Bianliang in Tokyo, even in Wuguan, there will be a large number of wealthy businessmen buying it, and they are proud of using green salt.

The salt production in Yanzhou reaches at least 50 dan a year, and the green salt alone accounts for [-]% of its production. The cost of a catty is probably less than five cents, but it is sold at such an outrageous price. , This is why Song Dynasty has always been very worried about the land of Yanzhou that originally belonged to Song Dynasty after it was captured by Xixia.

Even though the Song Dynasty had cracked down on the private salt trade many times, it was repeatedly prohibited, so that some officials who were obsessed with interests secretly colluded with merchants to carry out smuggling.Now that Yanzhou is in hand, it not only solves the problem of no salt in the northwestern border of the Song Dynasty, but also makes Xixia lose the largest and best salt-producing area.

In addition, Liang Xiangguo led 7 troops to return to the Song Dynasty, which is more than the total number of Xixia troops wiped out by Hongdezhai.Xixia had few major generals, but now it has lost [-] or [-] horses. Even Ma Shang wanted to rush back immediately and join the great cause of continuing to conquer Xixia.

Maybe with Wang Wushan, the lucky star of the Song Dynasty, it would not be a dream to pacify the Xixia country.

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In Bianliang, Tokyo, in the palace, Zhao Xu, who had been married for some time, was leaning comfortably on a soft couch, holding a book that was obviously a manuscript in his hand, and was reading it with relish.

On the side, is the Empress Meng, who was newly married to the emperor, snuggling beside Zhao Xu. Compared with the exuberant emperor, Empress Meng's delicate and pretty face was already tired, but still Qiang braced herself and looked at the patterns, formulas, and somewhat brief descriptions that confused her with Zhao Xu.

Empress Meng thinks that she is quite confident in literature, and she is very good at arithmetic, but.For example, this book "Basic Physics" written by Wang Wushan to His Majesty's younger brother His Royal Highness Duan Wang, she is really at a loss.

There were many truths or problems in it that really made Queen Meng a little confused. However, she seemed to feel very powerful. Well... Her Highness the Queen was in a state of confusion at the moment.

At this moment, outside the closed door, there was a crisp knocking sound, and Zhao Xu realized that it was already the third watch.

Seeing the tired face of Empress Meng in his arms, he couldn't help kissing her forehead distressedly. "Zi Tong is sleepy, blame me, accidentally saw it so late."

"It's not your Majesty's fault. If you want to blame it, you can only blame Mr. Wu Shan's book for your majesty's taste, which makes your majesty forget to sleep and eat so much." Mrs. Meng couldn't help smiling.

Hearing this, Zhao Xu couldn't help but be delighted and laughed loudly. "Zitong's words are reasonable. If I don't read Wang Wushan's book, I really don't know. It turns out that even the falling speed of objects has its own principle, and there is this lever principle..."

Just when Zhao Xu was explaining to his queen the contents of the book that Wang Wushan specially wrote for His Royal Highness Duan Wang, he heard a rush of footsteps outside, and then stopped outside the door. Only then did someone become cautious. asked in a low voice. "His Majesty?"

Zhao Xu couldn't help frowning, glanced at Empress Meng who was already sitting upright, and shouted in a muffled voice. "Is there a problem?"

"Your Majesty, the eight-hundred-mile urgent report from Shaanxi North Road has entered the palace..."

"Fast news at [-] miles?" Zhao Xu couldn't help raising his eyebrows, the displeasure in his heart had already flown thousands of miles away, he lifted his front and got off the soft couch, and strode to the door.

And Meng Shi looked at the anxious emperor, couldn't help smiling gently, walked to the side, picked up a thick and warm fur and put it on Zhao Xu's body.

Zhao Xu nodded towards Mrs. Meng, and impatiently accepted the good news from the eunuch, then stepped into the room and took a closer look under the light, he couldn't help but gasped. "This, is this too unbelievable?"

"What's wrong, Your Majesty?" Hearing Zhao Xu's exaggerated low cry, Meng Shi couldn't help but subconsciously stepped forward and asked.

"Xixia Xiangguo Liang Yibu led a hundred thousand troops to return to our Song Dynasty, and sacrificed the land of the two states of the Jianing Army Division. Zhe Kexing led the army to attack Yanzhou at night. Zhe Keshi fought with Wang Wushan and did his best. There were more than [-] enemies, nearly [-] were captured, and they captured the land of Yanzhou. Now, except for the ancient city of Wuyan, where [-] Xixia soldiers and horses are besieged to guard the isolated city, the rest of the land belongs to the Great Song Dynasty... ..."

"The important thing is that the [-] troops from Xixia belong to Song Dynasty, plus the more than [-] soldiers lost in the previous offensive and defensive battle around the state, as well as the nearly [-] soldiers and horses lost in Hongdezhai, and the soldiers and horses lost in Yanzhou. In addition to the [-] soldiers who followed Liang Yibu to surrender to our Great Song Dynasty, and the people who were beheaded when Liang Yibu raised the banner of righteousness to drive out the staunch enemies of Xixia..."

"The total number of troops lost by Xixia is already close to 20. You must know that Xixia's entire country has only more than 50 soldiers. The current Xixia is really hurting, very happy, really happy..."

(End of this chapter)