Chivalrous Song Dynasty

Bai Sheng hurriedly said thank you, he didn't expect that when he was drinking and eating in Kunning Palace, Di Lie's master and servant were busy with his affairs, this feeling was really deep.

But I heard Feng Nandu continue: "I have asked many acquaintances in the forbidden army and the government office, but no one knows what to do with you. They only said to let you go to Wang Shaobao's house to consecrate."

Di Lie suddenly took up the conversation and asked, "Brother, have you been to Wang Shaobao's house before you came here?"

Bai Sheng shook his head and said, "Why would I go? I have to inquire first, why don't the officials come to me? What if they want to kill my head? I will obediently send it up? No, I dress up like this. to this end."

Di Lie moved, "Why do the officials want to kill you?"

Of course, Bai Sheng couldn't say it was Li Shishi's fault, so he could only ramble: "A companion is like a tiger, so be careful when sailing for thousands of years."

But he thought in his heart: Di Lie didn't know what happened in the back garden of Wang Fu's house, so the news was completely blocked.

Di Lie asked, "How do you want me to help you? Tell me quickly."

Bai Shengdao: "I want you to understand what happened to Wang Fu's family. Most importantly, you must understand clearly why the officials are looking for me."

Di Lie pondered for a moment, then said: "I can't help you with this matter, I'll try to ask my mother to come forward."

Chapter 346 Xixia is not easy to fight

At that moment, Di Lie arranged for Feng Nandu to sit with Zhou Cheng in the hall, and he took Bai Sheng to see his mother.

It was the first time Bai Sheng met Di Lie's mother, and he knelt down and kowtowed three times respectfully.Di Lie was his most respected brother and friend, so he naturally respected his brother's mother even more.

As Zhao Ji's cousin and Di Lie's mother, Princess Qinghe is not old, she even looks a year or two younger than Zhao Ji.After hearing Di Lie's request, Princess Qinghe ordered someone to prepare a sedan chair without saying a word.

Because Di Lie told his mother that Bai Sheng's affairs were his affairs.

Lolita accompanied Princess Qinghe to Wang Fu's mansion, so Bai Sheng had to stay in Wansheng Boxing Gym to wait for the news. Of course Di Lie would not let him wait. The butler and his servants had already prepared the banquet .

During the banquet, the guests and the host chatted about the world, and Bai Sheng talked about the magic arm bow made by Zhou Cheng. He didn't want Di Lie to change his face after hearing this, and asked Zhou Cheng to take out the magic arm bow to have a look.

Zhou Cheng reassembled the disassembled God Arm Bow and handed it to Di Lie. After Di Lie took it, he stared at the God Arm Bow for a long time without saying a word, and there seemed to be tears in his tiger eyes.

Bai Sheng couldn't help asking: "Brother Di, what's wrong with you?"

Di Lie wept and said, "My father died for the country when he was wounded by God's arm."

Beside Feng Nandu, Yi Xiao and Shui Ningzhu mourned and shed tears at the same time.

Seeing this, Bai Sheng couldn't help feeling deeply remorseful, and said apologetically, "I'm sorry, brother, I shouldn't have asked Zhou Cheng to take out this thing to make big brother sad."

During the communication with Di Lie, he never heard Di Lie talk about his father. He did not expect his mother to look so young, but his father had already passed away.

Di Lie closed his eyes, as if he wanted to seal the tears in his eyes, then opened his eyes and said: "It's not your fault, even if I don't see the magic arm bow, I still plan to tell you about my father."

"Oh?" Bai Sheng knew that Di Lie would not bring up such sad things for no reason, so he stopped drinking and listening intently.

Di Lie said: "Brother, you are about to go out with the army, I must remind you that Xixia is not easy to fight!"

From this, Di Lie said something, which made Bai Sheng have a deeper understanding of the mysterious country of Xixia.

Di Lie's family is a history of the Song Dynasty's war against Xixia.

Today, in the 120 years since the founding of the Song Dynasty, there have been four large-scale wars with Xixia, each of which ended with the failure of the Song Dynasty.

During Song Renzong's period, Di Lie's grandfather Di Qing caught up with the end of the first war.

Even though Di Qing was brave and invincible, and participated in more than [-] battles, large and small, all of them were invincible, but he had no choice but to speak lightly and have few soldiers.

The battle is only a part of the battle, and the battle is only a part of the war. What Di Qing, who was the commander of Yanzhou at the time, can control is only a partial encounter in each battle.

Not to mention that there are two deputy commanders Fan Zhongyan and Han Qi above Di Qing, nor that there is a coach Xia Song above Fan Zhongyan and Han Qi.These literati who are accustomed to talking about war on paper are the war executors sitting in the cities of the border states.

It is only said that in the history of the war between the Song Dynasty and Xixia, the brain of the war that ultimately decides whether to fight each war and how to fight it can only be the emperor who lives deep in the palace of Bianliang City.

This alone determines whether the Song Dynasty will win or lose in the war against Xixia!

At that time, there were no mobile phones, no Internet, and no satellite positioning system. Isn't it bullshit to sit in the palace and command hundreds of thousands of troops on the border to fight with neighboring countries?

But the emperors of the Great Song Dynasty, whether it was the benevolent Song Renzong, the diligent Song Shenzong, or the mediocre and incompetent Song Zhezong, their ancestors have been so fond of bullshit for generations, and they have talked about four wars.

The final result is that Xixia has repeatedly defeated the Song Dynasty, which has a standing force of more than one million, with a population of less than one million.

During Song Renzong's period, Di Qing grew up in the first war of Songxia. peace agreement.

The content of the Qingli peace agreement is: the Song Dynasty "gifted" 5 taels of silver, 13 bolts of silk, and 2 catties of tea to Xixia every year; Thirteen thousand horses, ten thousand catties of tea.

Can this be called a "gift"?This is "gong"!

In the spring of the fourth year of Qingli, Fan Zhongyan went to Dongting Lake to write "The Story of Yueyang Tower", and Song and Xia countries entered a peaceful era.

Afterwards, Di Qing was slandered and framed by the civil officials headed by Ouyang Xiu. He was nitpicking, and was eventually expelled from the capital. He never got the chance to use Xixia again in his life.

But after that, Xixia made an inch of progress and got a lot of coins every year, but still repeatedly violated the border and bullied the Song Dynasty wantonly. The Emperor of the Song Dynasty couldn't bear it.

During the third war, Song Shenzong and Wang Anshi were united, taking advantage of the turmoil in Xixia's internal affairs-the Empress Dowager Liang imprisoned her son-the pro-Song Xixia Emperor Huizong took the opportunity to gather the power of the whole country and named Zhong Er as Shuai, the five-way army attacked Xia, and the soldiers pointed directly at Xingqing Mansion, but they were finally defeated by a woman, Queen Mother Liang.

This war damaged Di Lie's uncle Di Zi.

When Song Zhezong launched the war for the fourth time, the ruler of Xixia had become the Empress Dowager Xiaoliang. When the whole country of Xixia was not optimistic about this war, the Empress Dowager Xiaoliang personally went into battle, took the lead, and once again mobilized hundreds of thousands of people. The Song army was defeated.

Not only defeated the army of the Song Dynasty, but also captured many cities and fortresses on the border of the Song Dynasty with the power of victory. Di Lie's father Di Yong fell in this war.

At that time, Di Yong guarded Huanzhou City and killed nearly [-] elite Xixia soldiers with less than [-] old and weak soldiers. When the city was finally broken, in order to protect the people in the city from being slaughtered, he defended the city gate and fought to the death. Shed the last drop of blood.

In this battle, the fathers of Feng Nandu, Yi Xiao, Lolida and Shui Ningzhu died together with their Patriarch Di Yong.

Hearing this, Bai Sheng couldn't help feeling admiration and regret for Di Lie's father's heroic sacrifice.

Looking at the four wars of the Song and Xia Dynasties, regardless of the idiots of the Song Dynasty’s command mode, let’s just talk about the confrontation between the two armies on the Loess Plateau. Although the Xixia side is sparsely populated, they are experts in guerrilla warfare, and they can always avoid reality and attack falsehoods. , to create an advantage in a certain part of the battlefield by fighting more and fighting less.

When the Song army gathered together, there was no sign of Xixia people at all. Once the troops were divided to search and kill, they would be eaten up one by one by Xixia soldiers and horses.

Wouldn't it be said that the Great Song Dynasty would not keep the army assembled all the time, instead of chasing those guerrilla troops, and push them all the way to Xingqing Mansion, the capital of Xixia?

The answer is no, because the geographical location of Xingqing Mansion is extremely special. It is adjacent to Helan Mountain in the west and the Yellow River in the east (the Yellow River on the edge of Xingqing Mansion runs north-south). The terrain is narrow and dangerous, and the army cannot be pushed and crushed.

Therefore, the Song Dynasty has repeatedly fought and failed repeatedly, and there is nothing to do with Xixia, a semi-nomadic and semi-agricultural country.

Di Lie just said these words to tell Bai Sheng that Xixia is not easy to fight!

It is okay for you to lead a small group of troops into Xixia to harass and destroy, but even if you can drive straight in and then come out calmly like Yao Huo Qubing in Han Dynasty, you will not hurt the root of others.

As for how to command the army, there is no need to talk about it, because it is impossible for Bai Sheng to be qualified to command the army.

Chapter 347 Di Lie Said Xi Xia