Physician of the Song Dynasty: Zhang Kai and Li Qingzhao have a private life-long contract

"The Song Army is victorious!"

"The Song Dynasty won the second battle of Pingxia City"

"Defeat Qingtang!"

When the good news spread from Pingxia City all the way east, wherever it went, people from all walks of life in the Song Dynasty cheered.

"This is probably the most glorious moment of the Song Dynasty!"

Since the founding of the Song Dynasty, foreign wars have suffered many setbacks. The loss of land and the transportation of annual coins have become commonplace. The two consecutive victories in pacifying Xia City have made the Song Dynasty hold its head high.

In addition, the Song Dynasty used cavalry to defeat the Qingtang cavalry on the frontal battlefield, which inspired the whole country of the Song Dynasty.

The cavalry has always been the biggest pain point of the Song Dynasty. When facing the nomads, they suffered repeated defeats and could only rely on passive defense on the city walls. Now the cavalry of the Song Dynasty defeated the Qingtang cavalry in a field battle, finally proving their combat effectiveness.

"it is good!"

In the Chui Gong Hall, Zhao Xu looked at the good news, slapped the case and stood up.

The Song Dynasty was able to achieve such a great victory, which made Zhao Xu very high-spirited. Once upon a time, he was determined to be tough on Liao and Xia, but it could be said that he was opposed by all the officials. Now, the Song Dynasty has fought twice in a row to pacify Xia City, not only did it not allow Xixia to gain any advantage, Instead, Xixia lost troops and generals.

"It turns out that Xixia is really just a paper tiger!" Zhao Xu couldn't help but think of Fan Zheng's unintentional words back then, and couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

"Congratulations to the official family!"

The ministers congratulated each other and said that the Song Dynasty had achieved such results, which naturally made the court excited.

"I ask for merit for the generals at the border!" Officials from all over the dynasty came forward one after another.

Zhang Dun said with high spirits: "The victory over Xixia this time was all due to Zhang Kai's central command and mobilization of the entire army. This great victory can only be achieved. He should be the first to achieve this victory."

Zhang Kai was Zhang Dun's cousin. Zhang Kai presided over the victory, which naturally made him very proud. And he is not nepotistic. Whether it is the tactics of shallow attacks and harassment, or the scheduling of this battle, they are all done by Zhang Kai, and he deserves to be the first to do so.

Other officials also nodded.

However, Lu Dafang had a strange look on his face and said: "Zhang Jingluo Envoy did indeed have a lot of credit, but in this battle, all the armies jointly gave others the credit?"

"Who else took the lead?" The officials couldn't help but look at Lu Dafang in disbelief. You must know that this is a military achievement. As a general, Zhang Kai deserves it. Who dares to pretend to take the credit?

"All the generals recommended Fan Taicheng as the leader!" Lu Dafang said directly.

"Fan Zheng? He didn't go to the battlefield at all in this battle, how could he be the first to take the lead?" Zhang Dun said while holding back his anger. He admitted that in the first battle of Pingxia City, Fan Zheng turned the tide and defended Pingxia City. He should be the leader. However, this time, how could Fan Zheng, who had been faithfully working in Kaifeng, become the first to achieve success on a battlefield thousands of miles away?

Zeng Bu smiled bitterly and said: "Although Fan Taicheng did not go to the battlefield, this battle was all Fan Taicheng's masterpiece. First, the idea of ​​defeating the Qingtang Cavalry's Tiefutu and Guaizima came from Fan Taicheng's hand. Secondly, the second battle of Pingxia City , as early as after the first battle of Pingxia City, Fan Taicheng made a plan, using Zhu Youshu to guide Empress Dowager Xiaoliang to attack openly and secretly, and prepared the defensive objects in advance, so that Pingxia City blocked it. The siege of millions of Xia troops.”

"what!"

Zhang Dun couldn't believe it. Who would have thought that someone could take the lead in this battle without being on the battlefield? This is simply a wonder in the world.

Hearing this, Fan Zheng said helplessly: "Thank you for the compliments from all the generals. Fan has not been to the battlefield yet, and he cannot serve as the first hero in this battle. I feel ashamed and do not dare to do so."

Zhao Xu nodded slightly. He naturally knew that Fan Zheng had made great contributions in this battle. However, it would be difficult to convince the frontline soldiers by naming a person who had not been on the battlefield as the first contributor.

In order to appease the frontline soldiers, Fan Zheng had to be wronged once.

Zeng Bu shook his head and said: "The officials are overly worried. Fan Taicheng is the leader because everyone expects him to be the leader. Not only did the armies recommend Fan Taicheng as the leader, but even Jingyuan Road Economic Envoy Zhang Kai and deputy envoy Guo Cheng also recommended Fan Taicheng as the leader. achievement."

Zhang Dun also fell silent immediately.

He achieved his first success before even going to the battlefield, and was highly anticipated by all the troops. This is probably an unprecedented feat that has never been done before or since.

At that time, Zhao Xu was giving rewards based on merit, with Fan Zheng as the first meritorious officer, Zhang Qi as the second meritorious officer, and all other generals were rewarded.

"On behalf of the frontline soldiers, I would like to thank you for your grace." Fan Zheng reluctantly accepted the order.

"Wei Chen thinks it's time to counterattack Xixia!" Zhang Dun solemnly said after the reward.

Everyone in the New Party also agreed.

These two battles completely changed the passive situation of the Song Dynasty and changed the offensive and defensive trends of the Song Dynasty and Xixia. From now on, Xixia will be forced to switch to defense after losing troops and generals, while the Song Dynasty will rely on Pingxia City and many bastions, turning from defense to offense.

"allow!"

Zhao Xu said enthusiastically,

There were too many grievances between Song and Xia. Most of the time, Xixia attacked and Song defended. Now that Song finally had the upper hand, it was natural to take revenge.

Soon, as the battle of Pingxia City ended, Xixia fell into defense, and the Song Dynasty officially began to counterattack.

Zhang Kai sent cavalry to infiltrate Tiandu Mountain and actively attacked the Jingsai Army Division. They captured more than 3,000 people, including Weiming Amian and Simei Ledubu, and seized 100,000 cattle and sheep.

At the same time, Li Zhongjie, the general of the Song Army and Tibetans, also organized cavalry to infiltrate into Yanzi Mountain and attack the headquarters of the Zhuoluo Supervisory Army Division. The commander of the army, Renduo Baozhong, only escaped with his life.

Xixia had just been defeated at the foot of Pingxia City and suffered heavy losses. Now they were successfully attacked by the Song Dynasty cavalry one after another and suffered heavy losses. Suddenly, Xixia was in a state of turmoil.

The various ministries bordering the northwest of the Song Dynasty withdrew one after another, abandoning a large amount of land and farmland to prevent another sneak attack by the Song army.

"A bunch of trash!"

In the Xingqing Mansion, Empress Dowager Xiaoliang, who had just returned from a major defeat, heard a series of bad news and became furious. She threw the precious porcelain in the palace all over the floor.

"I will apologize!"

Renduo Baozhong, who escaped alone, knelt on the ground and kept pleading guilty. This time the Song army suddenly attacked. Although he escaped alone and was lucky enough to escape, he suffered heavy losses.

Weiming Awu smiled bitterly and said: "Queen Mother, please calm down. Don't blame Ren Duo for being loyal. The Song army was too cunning. They implemented Zhang Kai's tactics of shallow attack and bypassing farming, and secretly attacked our army, which is why they were defeated like this."

"Queen Mother, please calm down. This battle is entirely due to the despicable Song army. If we fight head-on, the Song army will definitely be killed without leaving a single piece of armor!" Renduobao Zhong said in a hateful voice. It has always been the Xixia army that sneaks up on the Song army, and the Song army sneaks up on the Xixia army. This was Si's first time. He didn't check for a moment and was ambushed, so he was naturally unwilling to do so.

"In a head-on confrontation, do you want to attack Pingxia City or face the Three Thousand Iron Buddhas of the Song Dynasty!" Liang Yibu sneered.

Weiming Awu and Renduo Baozhong were loyal Xixia imperialists and were the biggest obstacles to his usurping the throne. Renduo Baozhong was defeated so miserably that there was information about Liang Yibu among them.

Nendo Baozhong suddenly had cold sweat on his face. Pingxia City could be said to be Xixia's nightmare, and Three Thousand Iron Pagodas became famous after fighting Qingtang. If he was asked to fight against it, he would probably die even more miserably.

Wei Ming A Wu counterattacked: "If I remember correctly, this is the second time that the Prime Minister invited Qingtang to attack the Song Dynasty, and they were defeated twice in a row. This time the Xixia suffered a disastrous defeat, and the Prime Minister cannot absolve himself of the blame." !”

"You still have the nerve to say that! I asked you to join forces with Aligu to attack the Six Prefectures of Xihe and take the opportunity to disrupt the Song Dynasty. Fortunately, not only did you fail to make any achievements, you even lost troops and generals, allowing the Song Dynasty to show off its power." Empress Dowager Xiaoliang was extremely angry. At that moment, even Liang Yibu also expressed his anger.

Liang Yibu suddenly lost his arrogance and said helplessly: "Sister, you don't know something. The Qingtang cavalry was already backward in equipment. Only then were we impressed by the five hundred sets of cold-forged armor and agreed to send troops. But what a coincidence. The Three Thousand Iron Pagodas of the Song Dynasty were completely different in terms of combat power, so it is not surprising that they suffered such a disastrous defeat."

"From what I've seen, Qingtang's rotten wood cannot be carved! It's okay if I don't give you five hundred cold-forged armors now!" Weiming Awu saw Qingtang's heavy losses, plus Xixia's heavy losses, so he was ready to turn away the promise to Qingtang Five hundred cold-forged armors.

"No! Qingtang is Xixia's ally against Song. If Qingtang is harmed, Xixia's situation may be even more difficult." Liang Yibu retorted.

The two soon began to argue.

"Okay! Don't argue anymore. Cold Forged Armor will be given to Qingtang, but priority must be given to supplying Xixia Iron Kites. The most important thing now is how to get Xixia through this crisis?" Empress Dowager Xiaoliang said angrily.

Now Xixia has suffered heavy losses. If the Song Dynasty continues to attack, Xixia may lose all its territory south of the Yellow River. This is absolutely unacceptable to Xixia.

The two of them stopped talking, remained silent for a moment, and said in unison: "Please ask the Queen Mother to mediate with the Liao Kingdom!"