Promotion and fortune in Song Dynasty

When Song Ting learned of the final result of this security offensive and defensive battle, whether it was the days-long fighting, swords and swords, or horses neighing in sorrow, bloody rain, and the scenes of Liao soldiers being cut alive that became the nightmare of countless people...

All of them were silently condensed into two short lines under the concise strokes.

"The Liao people invaded the security army first, and Di Qing, who was under the jurisdiction of the bell, defeated them"

"The Xia people reverted to the security army, and Di Qing, the commander of the bell, beat them away"

Regarding the statistics of the counter-offensive war, it only briefly explained the number of soldiers and the duration, and the plain words concealed countless turbulent waves.

"The headquarters deployed Di Qing to gather [-] soldiers and horses to storm Xiazhai. It took five days to behead and capture more than [-] prisoners. Tens of thousands of horses, cattle, and other utensils were captured. [-] were collected from them. With a population of [-], a box of Liao Xia collusion documents was seized..."

Di Qing knew very well that he murdered Liao soldiers, if it was reported back to Beijing at this time, it would definitely set off endless verbal criticism.

However, facing such a hateful Xia Bing and the critical situation of the battle, even if he does it all over again, he will have the same accident.

It's just that although he doesn't care about adding a reputation for brutal killings to his head, the key is that those Beijing officials are arguing, but they can make unnecessary explanations by recalling him to the capital in vain.

And he shoulders a heavy responsibility at this time, how can he have the time to play tricks with those wealthy Beijing officials who don't know the cruelty of war?

It just so happened that after beheading He Zhen and capturing his stronghold, a box of letters between the Liao and Xia countries was found in it, which can also be used as iron proof, and sent back to Beijing for them to quarrel.

As for the dozens of Liao prisoners who saw him cut his comrades alive and were frightened out of their wits, they were first imprisoned in the security village.

After he has finished fighting the battle, he will return to Beijing to confess everything and accept the liquidation.

Not only did Di Qing's successes spread continuously, but Taipingzhai, which was regarded by Xiao Zongyu as washing away the humiliation of being defeated in the first battle, also spread good news that excited the Song court.

It turned out that after Xiao Zongyu turned his horse that day, he didn't wander for too long, so he chose Taiping village, which was only a little bigger than the security army, but the guard was unknown, to 'try his luck'.

After losing in the first battle, Xiao Zongyu made sufficient preparations even if he was facing this soft persimmon that was relatively easy to pinch: he camped on the spot first, recharged his energy for a day, replaced the wounded soldiers, and directly dispatched the most elite soldiers. The headquarters has a staff of up to 5000 people on business trips in one go.

According to his understanding, the normal defense force of Taiping Village is only [-], and the fortress is not as strong as the defense of the city.

However, Xiao Zongyu never dreamed that his luck was so good—after all the preparations, he drove his troops towards Taiping Village, and when the gate of the village was within easy reach, Song Bing, who should have been trembling under the iron hooves, Just like the strange brigade led by the copper-faced General Song, they opened the gate of the village on their own initiative, rushed out like wolves and tigers, and started a face-to-face shopping battle with them without fear of death!

This scene of deja vu made the Liao army, who had experienced the first battle of Baoan, feel apprehensive.

Especially seeing that the morale of the Song army was like a rainbow, they dared to fight with them in the field for the first time, as if they were prepared for a long time, full of confidence, which made them full of hesitation.

This hesitation demoralized.

It wasn't just the Liao soldiers who were frightened, the coach Xiao Zongyu was even more frantic in his heart.

If he failed in the first battle, he could still be blamed on the party's intelligence error; if he lost in the second battle, then he would be stuck as an incompetent leader and could not get rid of it!

Just asking him to withdraw the army immediately, it seemed that he was afraid of the Song army, and fell into the prestige of the Liao army that once galloped on the grassland and was invincible.

Because of his unwilling hesitation, the forward of the Liao army, who was shocked by the Song soldiers who were desperate to fight and kill them, was injured in the blink of an eye, and suffered a big loss first.

"Retreat first!"

Xiao Zongyu was restless, he could never forget the big security defeat not long ago, he always felt that there was a fraud in it, he could only suppress Wanqian unwillingly, let the Liao army retreat, observe the situation before him, and then make a long-term plan.

The Liao army left the wounded soldiers and retreated like a tide. However, the high-spirited Song army in front of Taiping Village did not return to the village, but lined up in an orderly manner under the command of a general in bright military uniform. Standing in the military ranks, ready to welcome the Liao soldiers to make a comeback at any time.

As long as Xiao Zongyu knew more about the general Song whom he had always looked down upon, he would not have underestimated Di Qing the first time, and this time, he should be able to easily recognize the identity of the General Song who caught him off guard.

Unlike Di Qing, who is only showing his talents, this person is the former commander of the palace, Yuhou Zuobandu, and now the governor of Yizhou, the commander of the army of Yanyan Road...

Xu Huaide is a brave general of the Forbidden Army who has both courage and courage and is steadily promoted through military merit.

Taiping Village is not Xu Huaide's defense area, but Xiao Zongyu's "fortune is in the lead", the time to provoke the war was chosen not too early, not too late, just in time for Xu Huaide's patrol here, he immediately became a monolith that called Xiao Zongyu to break his head and blood.

After failing the initial test and retreating a little, Xiao Zongyu personally rushed to the high ground, overlooked the Song camp, and confirmed with his own eyes that the defense of Taiping Village was weak, only one-eighth of their soldiers.

With the fragile fence and the pitiful number of guards, he was actually bluffed!

Xiao Zongyu first became angry from embarrassment, and then his confidence doubled.

He fully learned the previous lessons, and even though he had the chance to win, he did not take it lightly. Instead, he sent troops to suppress the formation slowly, and at the same time sent people to shout and scold, disturbing the Song army's morale.

It's just that Xu Huaide's strict and powerful rule of the army is far beyond his imagination.

Three days passed in a blink of an eye, this small Taiping Village was like an incomparably hard rock, defended by the pitifully small number of soldiers, but fought back and forth with Xiao Zongyu's more than 2 strong cavalry. The casualties were heavy, and there was no sign of winning or losing in the short term.

Xiao Zongyu was very anxious.

He knew that the longer the time dragged on, the more unfavorable it would be for the Liao army, which was on an expedition and had difficulty in supplying supplies. Moreover, although the Song army's defense was relatively weak here, it would be inconvenient to rush to help, but if it lasted ten days and a half months, then No matter how slow Song's reinforcements are, it will be time for him to arrive, and he will be even more in a dilemma.

The situation was critical, even though he was reluctant in every possible way, he had to lower his haughty head and send someone to hurry up and send a signal for help to He Zhen.

Xiao Zongyu would never have imagined in his wildest dreams that at this time He Zhen had already returned to Huangquan, Xia Village had also secretly changed the flag guard, and the cavalry he sent to ask for help turned into a stupid fish that threw itself into the net.

Five days later, Song and Xia, who were in a stalemate and waiting for reinforcements, finally received reinforcements under the banner of 'Xiazhai in Baoan Valley'...

Compared with the straightforward and concise battle situation of the Security Army, the Battle of Taipingzhai was even more ups and downs.

Faced with the big fall of Liaoxia Liaoxia, who secretly colluded and plotted against Song Tu, the ruling and opposition parties applauded, and even the people were elated and celebrated.

Di Qing, who played an important role in these two battles, naturally became the hottest upstart among the Beijing population.

The most difficult battle on the Western Front has only just begun, and it will be difficult to see the results for a while.

And Zhao Zhen, who had previously resisted all opinions and insisted on using Di Qing to deploy along the way, is also very energetic at the moment. 'The top hat was smashed with joy, and he simply took advantage of the momentum to promote Di Qing again.

Even Kou Zhun, who had seen the world big and small and was full of knowledge, was encouraged by this winning streak, and couldn't help humming a song in the political affairs hall in a good mood, and praised Di Qing to the calm Lu Ci: " That little brother of yours is really amazing! If you can maintain this momentum, you will have a bright future, and then maybe even you will have to bow down and be left behind by him!"

Lu Ci smiled back, and said softly, "Then I will take the auspicious words on behalf of the Han ministers."

In the next few days, relatives and friends came to congratulate him continuously in his mansion.

After all, his love and love for Di Qing, his brother and brother, and Di Qing's admiration for him are well known.Now that Di Qing is soaring, he is unstoppable. In the eyes of everyone, he is not an elder brother, but he is better than an elder brother, so he naturally becomes the object of congratulations.

Lu Ci dealt with them with a smile on his face, but his heart was always filled with worries—not because of the murder of Liao prisoners mentioned in Di Qing's letter home.

In Di Qing's view, it is quite a serious act, but he thinks that at this great time when the country is facing a crisis and inspiring heroic deeds are needed, it is only necessary to amplify the bad deeds of the Liao people, and then operate well in the ruling and opposition parties to master it. With the direction of public opinion, major events can be turned into small ones, and small things can be turned into nothing.

Even if there are really discordant voices, Di Qing will be attacked later, with Di Qing's outstanding achievements in these two battles, it can be called flawless.

Di Qing is not Liu Rujing, nor will he become Liu Rujing. In the eyes of Shilin, Liu Rujing was smug and depraved, vulgar and hateful; Liu Rujing enlisted in the army and chose the emperor The worst time for the failure of the Northern Expedition and the loss of ambition. When there is no way to gain military exploits and lay the foundation stone, it is difficult for him to gain a foothold among the military officers who are convincing with martial arts and achievements, and he can no longer return to the ranks of civil servants. It is unknown, with endless malicious smears.

Di Qing is a down-to-earth head of the department, although he is a general, but judging from his background, he is a pure civil servant.

At a time when civil and military forces are secretly competing, the court and the central government need such a "Confucian general" who will add glory to the ranks of civil officials. He would make a move to relegate Di Qing to the dust, but most of them would pinch their noses and save him first.

As long as Di Qing stays at the border for a day and doesn't get involved in the interests of the rich and powerful officials in Bianjing, they will not hesitate to cheer for him, lest this terrible job will fall on them.

Lu Ci insisted on letting Di Qing use literature and martial arts in order to ask for such a "civilian" amulet.

As for the turmoil that will be faced after returning to Beijing... it is not too late to make arrangements then.

What really worries Lu Ci is that with the arrival of two big victories that were mostly based on 'luck', the whole country is gradually filled with an atmosphere of underestimating the enemy.

If Xiao Zongyu hadn't been lucky enough to bump into Xu Huaide, who was experienced in military tactics and full of courage, patrolling Taiping Village, and because Di Qing had just chosen to make a quick attack and take down Xia Village in advance, it would have been self-destructive to move his rescuers ...Then even if the commander of the more than 2 Liao soldiers is an idiot inferior to Xiao Zongyu, the weakly defended Taiping Village will undoubtedly be destroyed.

If the great victory based on many coincidences swells the mentality of the Song people who were originally unsure, and changes from fear of war to being arrogant and underestimated the enemy... then it will not be a huge harm that the results of two victories can make up for.

Lu Ci knew that at this moment when the whole country was jubilant and encouraging, if he rashly issued a warning, not only would it not be effective, but it would arouse rebellious psychology, so he had to hold off temporarily.

What's more, before the military division on the western front has the early results, there are strong generals such as Di Qing on the eastern front. I am afraid that the triumphant song will be sung for a long time before it will gradually stop.

Before Lu Ci could come up with corresponding countermeasures in the future, he soon became very busy: because the Liao Kingdom tore up the Chanyuan Alliance, the evidence of secretly colluding with the Xia Kingdom was solid, and his previously shelved proposal to Liao regained attention, and was quickly activated.

Even if everyone knows that this can only be called a remedy after a dead sheep, it is much better than letting it go.

The author has something to say: Notes:

1. Bell Jurisdiction:

The commander of the military region who serves as a courtier is under the deployment and deployment of the commander of the military region, and above the capital prison and prison prison. He is in charge of the military brigade and offensive and defensive defense of a road. Generally, he can lead [-] soldiers and horses (ask why Di Qing can bring [-]... because he also has Zhang Kang as his assistant) "The Biography of Di Qing"

2. The battle of Taipingzhai was adapted from an epic.

Excerpted from Chapter 3 of "If This Is Song History 20", the protagonist is Li Yuanhao.

(After the security guard failed) Li Yuanhao swung his horse and turned, walked, and tried his luck on the other side.This time, they chose Taiping Village.Taipingzhai was slightly larger than the security army, and Li Yuanhao took it very seriously. He removed all the survivors and sent them directly to the party headquarters, with a total of more than [-] horsemen.

This number had never appeared in the era of Li Jiqian. Turning back to the history books a little bit, it was only when they attacked Maoniu City, the outer city of Tubo in the Hehuang tribe, that it had such a scale.But that is a city, this is a "village"!

Village, Tongzhai word, is a fence used for defense, and it is extended to a camp, so its scale and strength can be imagined.Based on the attack pressure of more than [-] cavalry, calculated proportionally, it will not be lighter than Han Derang in Youzhou City back then.There were so many people, and the party members rushed straight to the gate of the village, but what they never expected was that the gate of the village suddenly opened, and the Song army inside rushed out like a security army, facing the enemy who had passed through the Uighurs, Tubo, and Sweeping. Among the elite party soldiers in the entire Hexi Corridor, the Song army chose to go out of the city to fight in the field, fighting at close quarters!

The fierce battle broke out, and blood and flesh flew everywhere outside the Taiping village. There is no record in history whether the 1000 Dangxiang cavalry were thrown into the battlefield at one time, but only more than [-] of the Song army rushed out of the gate of the village.The enemy army was defeated that day, but the Song army did not enter the village, they just lined up outside the gate of the village. They knew very well that it was just an encounter and the enemy was caught off guard.Entering the village at this time, the enemy came back, and the situation was equally bad.

If we want to fight, we must fight clearly.

Sure enough, after a while, the party members gathered again on the way to retreat. This time, they came slowly, without the arrogance they had at the beginning.The situation became clear after the initial test. The party members clearly saw how many Song soldiers were outside the gate of the village, and how strong the defense of Taiping Village was behind them. As long as they were serious, victory would still be firmly secured. In their hands!

The question is whether Song Jun thinks so.The two armies lined up, and the Song army waited silently for the battle, but the party members were in confusion. After a while, the formation parted, and a foreign warrior with bright armor stood up. He was lucky, holding his saddle, and opening his mouth... Song Jun held his breath and concentrated. The result was a lot of foul language!

This is the warrior of the party members, and this is the respect of the party members for the enemy.Song Jun's reply was that the whole group continued to be silent, and their generals suddenly opened their bows and arrows, and shot the big mouth of the party badge with one arrow.After that, the whole army moved, put pressure on the Xixia people, and prepared for the second charge.

But there was no charge, and the huge Xixia army chose to retreat for the second time after a commotion.At the end of the battle that day, the Song army could not really drive the Xixia people away, but the situation of the siege and attack did not take shape, and Li Yuanhao's pre-war budget once again fell through.After reconnaissance, he discovered that his luck was really better than better.

Taipingzhai is really not too big, but the guard inside turned out to be the governor of Yizhou and Xu Huaide, the governor of Yanyan Road Bing Maqian!He is the commander of the Dianqian Division in the Imperial Army of Tokyo, Yuhou of Zuoban Du, and a veritable high-ranking official in the army.Taipingzhai was not his defensive area, he just happened to pass by here on patrol, and Li Yuanhao was lucky enough to hit the iron plate.

After that, everyone felt uncomfortable. Taipingzhai turned into a hedgehog, and Li Yuanhao's 6 troops surrounded it and gnawed on it, but the root of his teeth bleeds and mouth ulcers occurred all the time.The days passed day by day, and it was the sixth day. The battle of the siege had already been on the sixth day, and it had been less than half a month since they broke into the Song Dynasty. Li Yuanhao suddenly ordered to leave immediately and immediately retreat to the north of Hengshan.

Something has happened to his lair. The Song Dynasty army is not only resisting, they are gathering in the direction of Yanzhou and quickly approaching the Xixia army. On the other hand, a large number of people have entered the territory of Dangxiang. The frontier military village - Houqiao Village was breached, and the Song army ransacked everything from the defenders to the supplies.

It was the envoy of Luoyuan, Gao Jilong, the governor of Huanqing Road, Zhiqingzhou, Zhang Chongjun, the concierge envoy, the head of Rouyuan Village, Zuo Shijin, Hemen Zhihou Wuying and others. , counterattack into the territory of the party item.The intention is very obvious, Li Yuanhao, why do you have to defend us when you attack us?You and I attack the enemy's territory at the same time, let's see who is more lethal!

The Song army won a complete victory. For the first time in the battle, whether it was offense or defense, the Song army had the absolute upper hand.For a time, the government and the public were excited, everyone from the emperor to the scholars celebrated with each other, their eyes sparkled...

(Unfortunately, it was also the successive victories that made the Song Dynasty underestimate the enemy, which led to Fan Yong, the highest military and political officer in Yanyan Road at that time, credulously believing the general He Zhen sent by Li Yuanhao to surrender)