The progress of destroying Xia far exceeded Wang Jinghui's expectations, but this was a good thing for the Song Dynasty after all, and no one would let go of it when things developed to this point, especially the monarchs and ministers of the Song Dynasty were even more aware of the fact that they were even more likely to get the Western Xia at the lowest cost, and not repeat the mistakes of the Shenzong's five-way attack on Xia in history.

Wang Jinghui looked at the map and laughed in a low voice, "It's your turn this time!" He picked up his pen and wrote a letter on a letter raft, then put it in an envelope and sealed it with fire paint. The police sent it to the northwest quickly.

Li Qing had already surrendered to the Song Dynasty in helplessness. He had no choice but to lose the Jianing Military Office. He and his Poxi Army were like a tree without roots. It would be a matter of time before he died slowly. Being a horse thief on the grassland was also a way out. However, as a general, he was so proud that he could not do such a thing. Even if he was willing to be a horse thief, he would have to ask Zhong Yan and others whether he would agree. In addition to supporting 50,000 troops to Wang Shao, the other 70,000 troops in the northwest of the Song army went out of Wuning Fort one after another and quickly replenished them to the Jianing Military Office and other places.

Fu Bi and Zhong Yan divided the troops like this, not because Wang Shao's contempt and political stance were different - Wang Shao occupied all the places that were dangerous passes, and only a small number of people needed to guard them. If there were too many people, it would increase its logistics burden; Zhong Yan occupied different Jianing Military Offices, where there were many roads to lead to the center of Xixia Xingqing Prefecture, Baichi City, Yanzhou, Yancheng, Qin Tuohui and other places that were far more difficult to defend than Wang Shao. Therefore, the troops were tilted.

The original troops in the northwest have begun to slowly enter the ruling area of ​​Xixia, but the total total is only about 300,000, and the necessary troops to guard the city must be left. The final battle is only 130,000 to 140,000, and even so, they have to be divided into Wang Shao and Zhong Yan. If you want to eat Xixia with so many troops, although Xixia is not so easy to bully at this time. At least, before Wang Shao's troops get sufficient reinforcements, he is powerless to advance. All the soldiers in his hands are guarding the newly occupied city, and there are only more than 20,000 soldiers left in his hands as reserves, waiting to put out the fire in times of crisis. However, I don’t know what the emperor and ministers of Xixia thought. There are so many troops at the door, and they don’t even mean to use force. Otherwise, even if Wang Shao can stand it, he will be exhausted. How can he have time to consolidate the city defense?!

In order to make up for the shortage of troops in the northwest, Fu Bi had already begun to recruit temporary troops in the northwest. Fortunately, Han Qi set up relevant systems when he was in charge of Shaanxi. He vigorously trained local militias in the idea of ​​hiding troops from the people so that they could immediately join the army to resist Xixia in times of crisis, but now it is cheaper. Fu Bi recruited about 100,000 troops from the fourth route of Shaanxi without any effort. He broke up and reorganized the troops. Although these military members had undergone simple military training in normal times, they still had a considerable gap with the regular army, but it was enough to guard the cities in the Song Dynasty.

Of course, Fu Bi also adopted Guan Liang's suggestion and targeted the conscription areas for ethnic minorities living in the Northwest Song Dynasty. Of course, the largest ethnic minorities were the Tubo tribes. Guan Liang's suggestions were also mentioned by Wang Jinghui to him before he came to Xixia. If the troops were a little tight, he would recruit the vassals to enrich the army, but he would break up the distribution. You can also take advantage of the familiarity of the vassals to form a combat team with less than 2,000 people to enrich the army!

Wang Jinghui knew that the Tubo tribes, especially the Tubo tribes living in the Xihe area, were actually a major hidden danger to the Song Dynasty. In fact, when I think of Tubo, I have to talk about Princess Wencheng. In the history I read later, Wang Jinghui only wrote about Princess Wencheng and his relative Songtsen Gampo brought peace to the Tang Fan. However, after Wang Jinghui came to this era, he read about the history of Tubo, but severely overturned his previous ideas.

In the fifteenth year of Zhenguan (641 AD), Emperor Taizong of Tang married Songtsen Gampo with Princess Wencheng. During the reign of Emperor Gaozong of Tang Dynasty, Emperor Taizong of Tang Dynasty and appointed Songtsen Gampo as his son-in-law and the prince of Xihai. From then on, Tubo's subordinate relationship with the Tang Dynasty was established. From the fifth year of Emperor Gaozong of Tang Dynasty Xianqing (660 AD), the regent between Tubo and the Tang Dynasty was in war and harmony, until the first year of Emperor Suzong of Tang Dynasty Zhide (756 AD), Tubo took advantage of the Anshi Rebellion to launch his army northward to the first year of Guangde (763 AD), and the whole of Gansu, including

Hexi and Longyou were both controlled by Tubo. Moreover, Tubo quickly entered Guanzhong, attacked Chang'an, and stayed for 15 days before retreating. After that, Tang and Bo fought a tug-of-war in the east of Longshan, west of Longshan. By the fourth year of Jianzhong of Emperor Dezong of Tang (783 AD), the two sides met in Qingshui and agreed to stipulate that the area "the west of Jingchuan to the west of Danzhengxia, and the west of Longzhou to Qingshui County" was the dividing line. During the Kaicheng and Huichang period, civil strife within Tubo caused by the struggle against Buddha and respect for Buddha affected the Tubo rule in Gansu.

The regiment quickly divided it into two factions. One was led by Shang Ferre, the envoy of Luomenchuan, Qinzhou, and launched an army westward in the name of restoring the royal status. The other was led by Shang Silo, who was stationed in Weizhou and Shang Bi, the governor of Shanzhou, Qinghai, to oppose Shang Ferre and block his advance to Tibet. These two factions fought in the Taohe and Huangshui area. They fought for five or six years and looted a large number of people, causing great disasters to the people of all ethnic groups. In the third year of Dazhong (849 AD), a large number of Tubo soldiers from all over Longyou were

The scholars and tribes followed Shang fear Re to the west, and Tubo stationed in Qinzhou, Yuan, Anle and Liuguan officers and soldiers to surrender to the Tang Dynasty. The Tang Dynasty took advantage of the situation to go west and recovered all parts of Longyou. At the same time, Zhang Yichao, Shazhou, also took the opportunity to lead the uprising to oppose the Tubo rule. The Tubo rule in Hexi soon collapsed. The Tang government appointed Zhang Yichao as the governor, the 11 prefectures observer, and commanded the Guiyi army. At this time, most of Gansu nominally returned to the Tang government. A large number of Tubo tribes that had not moved were scattered in various parts of Gansu.

Later history books praised Princess Wencheng's marriage with Tubo, but now Wang Jinghui's eyes are just fig leafs. In total, marriage brought less than twenty years of peace to the two countries, and it was during the period when Emperor Taizong of Tang Dynasty was relatively strong. This was a great humiliation for China. The most deadly thing was Princess Wencheng's marriage, the craftsmen, seeds, etc. that were dowed by the Tang Dynasty regime. These were priceless treasures and played a great role in the prosperity and development of Tubo. It was simply feeding the wolf and then biting itself! No matter how weak the Song Dynasty was, it was not as good as the Han and Tang Dynasties, it did not marry its princess far away from the foreign tribes and the local political tradition, which also made Wang Jinghui feel a little more comfortable.

From the Tang Dynasty to the invasion of Tubo, and later retreated, these Tubo people who scattered in Gansu and other places became the Tubo tribes in the northwest today. Wang Shao pacified Xihe, which was much larger than what Wang Jinghui knew in history. Even Hezhou was taken down by Wang Shao and included in the jurisdiction of the Song Dynasty, which was very powerful. However, although the territory was owned by the Song Dynasty, the composition of the residents here was very complex, mainly mainly Tubo and Han people, among which Tubo had a certain advantage here - their tribes were not only large in population, but also good at riding and shooting. The combat effectiveness was very strong - otherwise they would have resisted Xixia for so many years, but the Song army at the same time

Successive defeats. Tubo's advantage in the Xihe area was a good thing for the Song Dynasty a few years ago. After all, the stronger the Tubo strength, the greater the threat to Xixia on the flanks. However, after the Song Dynasty occupied this area, the Tubo forces here became a terrestrial disease in the Song Dynasty. Now the senior ruling leaders of the Song Dynasty still have a friendly attitude towards Tubo, but only Wang Shao, who ruled there, understood that if the Tubo forces did not collapse early, it would sooner or later become a disaster. When he was in this position, he could use his force and prestige to pacify these tribes. But one day he was recalled to the Korean Kingdom, and the rebellion here would only take place in a dawn.

Wang Jinghui and Wang Shao had long communicated with each other through letters on how to deal with the tumor of the Tubo tribes. However, according to Wang Jinghui's experience in later generations, only economy and culture can be used slowly, but this obviously cannot be solved by the near fire. Only the conscription was the worst in Wang Jinghui's view. Even after China was unified in later generations, Tibet, Xinjiang and other places were very sensitive, all because the ethnic minorities here had unique living habits and beliefs. It was not feasible to adopt strong force policies in these areas. Looking at the history of Chinese people in China, the practice of dealing with these areas was nothing more than deterrence of force and generous rewards to advance with grace and power.

However, Wang Jinghui still noticed that in the era where he lived in later generations, the Chinese government's policy on the handling of the areas where ethnic minorities gathered was very reasonable, at least it was much stronger than marriage and enfeoffment. In terms of the situation, these areas were inseparable from the control of the central government. However, after careful observation of later generations, China has achieved this initially in just 50 years. Of course, this is inseparable from the development of transportation and communication methods in later generations, but it also provides a strategic solution.

Recruiting vassal soldiers is the primary solution. Although the effect is a little worse and there is a risk of raising a tiger, it is indeed the best way to resolve the crisis. There has been a conspiracy for ethnic minorities in the history of the Song Dynasty, but the Song government did it too explicitly - the recruited vassal soldiers are fighting on the front line, and they are really cannon fodder. This is no wonder that vassal soldiers have a deep barrier to the Han soldiers. However, Wang Shao's personal charm is very high in the Xihe area and is deeply appreciated by the leaders of ethnic minority tribes, so Wang Shao did not encounter any difficulties in recruiting soldiers. As for Zhong Yan, it was not so smooth.

Strictly speaking, the combat effectiveness of the vassal soldiers is very strong. Their horses are different from those of the Dangxiang people. Although they are relatively short in individuals, they are particularly suitable for fighting in mountains and hills. They have very good endurance, but their speed is much worse than that of the grassland horses. In Wang Jinghui's memory, this is more like the dwarf horses in Yunnan.

Wang Shao had the greatest efforts to recruit vassal soldiers. He knew that after Wang Jinghui established a vassal school in Biandu, he lobbied the leaders of various tribes to send their eldest sons or heirs to the vassal school to study. The earliest group of vassal school students had graduated from three years of study and returned to the tribe. They all had gifts from the imperial court. Although this gift was nothing in the hearts of the officials of the Song Dynasty, it was different in the tribe. This represented the official recognition of them by the Song Dynasty, so the response to Wang Shao's conscription was more enthusiastic.

As discussed with Wang Jinghui, Wang Shao drew elite vassal soldiers from each tribe in each jurisdiction, broke them apart and reorganized them into an army of about 1,000 people. A total of about 20 such 1,000 troops were formed, and then arranged to participate in the battle at different locations. They were unable to unite. Although some vassal soldiers were not used to fighting in the army and obeyed orders, they wanted to cause trouble, but because all vassal soldiers were disrupted and resettled, they could not join forces to cause trouble. Moreover, some shameful things often happened between these tribes. It was not without a problem to meet opponents in the same army, but because Wang Shao's army enforced very strictly, no one dared to try it.

All the elite troops of the Tubo tribes were collected into one army. As long as the army was taken into his own hands, the Tubo tribes could not make any waves. The rest were the group of merchants led by Wang Jinghui and countless monks. Wang Jinghui also hinted to Wang Shao that he would try to maintain his reputation in the capital and allow him to participate in the Pingxia after pacifying Xihe. As long as he was in the northwest for four or five years, this vassal army composed of elite troops of the Tubo tribes would consume almost the same. As long as the subsequent generals slowly tampered with it, the Tubo tribes would not be able to recover their vitality for decades - this would cut off the possibility that the Tubo tribes would gain benefits from pacifying the Western Xia.

Wang Shao did not ask Fu Bi to give him reinforcements, but instead captured a series of defense areas in Xixia with unstoppable momentum. This was inseparable from the nearly 20,000 vassal soldiers in his army. However, he did not have so many soldiers to defend the city and fight steadily. Stimulated by Zhong Yan, he also concentrated his troops and advanced all the way forward. After taking down the city behind, he handed it over to his son Wang Hou to take over. However, Wang Hou was the same as his son Wang Shao. After the city was broken, the property of the Dangxiang nobles could never be escaped. Most of these properties were exchanged for food and other logistics supplies from merchants. Wang Hou had no experience in governing the city. However, he handed these things over to follow behind.

The merchants of the land had much smoother with their Wang Hou's acceptance work. If the merchants had not thought that Wang Shao would not send heavy troops to occupy the city, but were blindly advancing with heavy troops. The purpose was to make a fortune and leave, so these profiteers exchanged Wang Hou with various interests and transported all the valuable things they saw to the rear, it could be said that even if Wang Shao could not defend the front line, it would have nothing to do, because according to the theory of Xiao Wang's prince-consort, the economy of these newly occupied areas had completely collapsed, and even if they were captured, it would have no value. Therefore, Wang Shao would be unscrupulous on the Western Front - he could accomplish things in the end, and even if the worst result was the result, he would run away. He had already filled his pockets.

When Wang Jinghui's letter arrived in the northwest, Fu Bi had already brought Cheng to Biandu with the Western Xia envoy Ali, but Fu Bi had received an edict to delay Aliti's itinerary as much as possible. Wang Jinghui's letter was handed over to Zhong Yan, the highest general in the northwest at this time. Let Li Qing write a manifesto to the attack on Empress Dowager Liang, and invite the Song Dynasty to send troops to help the Qing dynasty in Xixia! Of course, the son-in-law Wang Jinghui did not forget to remind the generals of the northwest that they should purge the Dangxiang nobles in the eastern part of Shizhou and Xiangyou Army as soon as possible. The worst result was to force them to write a manifesto to attack the Western Xia like Li Qing, so that the Song Dynasty would legalize the troops sent to the Song Dynasty!

Although with Fu Bi's sophistication, Aliti may have to walk on the road for a long time, even so, Wang Jinghui will soon face the challenge of Aliti's so-called "righteousness". He must do his homework and let Aliti return in vain again. Otherwise, if he lets a mouth block the army of the Song Dynasty outside the Xixia Gate, he will be laughed at by history.

As long as he had the other party's proclamation in his hand, Wang Jinghui would believe that Aliti's face would look good at that time. After all, Li Qing was a Han Chinese and a surrendered general from the Song Dynasty, which would make it difficult for outsiders to explain it. However, the Dangxiang nobles who were surrounded by Li Qing and the Song Dynasty in Shizhou and Xiangyou Military Office were genuine products, and they were also excluded and persecuted by Empress Dowager Liang for a long time. Six years ago, Wei Minglang, the famous leader among the Dangxiang nobles, died in another place, which almost angered all Dangxiang nobles.

The only trump card in the hand of Empress Dowager Liang was the young Emperor Bingchang of the Western Xia. This trump card was still very deterrent to the nobles of Dangxiang. Bingchang was the only member of the royal family who inherited the emperor. As long as Bingchang was in hand, Empress Dowager Liang would be unscrupulous. However, this trump card was indifferent to the Song Dynasty. Even Emperor Zhao Xu and others wanted to kill Bingchang with a knife. In this way, any person who ascended the throne in the Western Xia Dynasty would be questioned in terms of legitimacy. At that time, the Song Dynasty would attack whenever he wanted, and there would be no worries about it.
Chapter completed!