The old debate topics were always underway in the Song Dynasty: 1 Now that the Qingyuan army is lost, should we build another city in Suizhou to echo Lingzhou 2 This makes the previous debate topic meaningless? Therefore, the debate topic means that we should face reality and give up Lingzhou City directly...

This sentence comes from the most admired and nostalgic story of the Song Dynasty, Li Yan, the "Saint Prime Minister" who made every emperor and minister of the Song Dynasty provoke. History has proved that all the words he said are 100% correct, and can even predict the future like "Tuibei Tu"!

Li Han said, "If you don't die, Lingzhou will never be protected." That is, Lingzhou City will be lost, so there is no need to make any more efforts, it will be futile. This is the first definition of the saint compared to the future. From then on, he will make 100% correct predictions about the future of the Song Dynasty and the fate of major figures such as Zhao Heng, Kou Zhun, Liu E, Wang Dan, Ding Wei and others. No one believed it at that time, thinking it was just an occasional joke. But after that, they all beat their chests and stamped their feet and sighed to the sky, unanimously recognized Li Han, a saint!

That was the case at this time, and no one believed Li Han. So the emperor sent someone to Suizhou to inspect how to build a city and come up with a feasibility report!

In December, Hong Zhan, who went to Suizhou for on-site survey, came back. The report was very detailed. It was a good idea to build a city, with 2 harms, and the benefits outweigh the disadvantages. So Lu Mengzheng, Wang Dan, Wang Qinruo and others who opposed building the city shut up. Xiang Minzhong, Wang Jiying, Feng Zheng, Zhou Ying, and Chen Yaosou won. Zhao Heng ordered the gathering of craftsmen supplies immediately and build houses at the fastest speed in the northwest border!

At the same time, the court discussion finally came to a conclusion: defend! Be sure to keep it! Lingzhou, bc191 was established by the Western Han Empire, and was the political and economic center on the vast Gobi grassland at that time. Qin Shihuang built a city here to defend the Huns. By the Sui Dynasty, his status rose again and was the garrison of the Lingwu Road marching chief. By the Tang Dynasty, it became a holy place. During the Anshi Rebellion, Tang Suzong Li Heng ascended the throne here and revitalized the Tang Dynasty! Why is it so important? You can understand by looking at the geographical location. It is located on the upper left side of the Song Dynasty, and the five states of Li Jiqian's ancestor Dingnan were pressed against the Song Dynasty.

Near the territory, slightly above its right is Xiazhou and Yinzhou. A little above it is Huaizhou and Jingzhou. What makes it so much more important than Dingnan 5 states? It is because of the ethnic distribution map at that time. It was the Song Dynasty in the south, the Ganzhou Uighurs in the Hexi Corridor to the west, the Tubo tribes in the southwest, and the Dangxiang people in the north. How about it? It is clear at a glance? It is a dam, with at least 4 floods being pushed by it in all directions. Which side breaks through it will immediately cause a chain reaction, and the balance of power will be broken. Fortunately, it is still in the hands of the Song Dynasty, but Li Jiqian has set his sights on it...

On the 27th, Zhao Heng appointed Wang Chao as the main general, Zhang Ning as the deputy general, and Qin Han as the military supervisor, leading 60,000 infantry and cavalry to rescue Lingzhou!

In the first month of the fifth year of Xianping (1002), Zhang Qixian returned to the court. He clearly felt the magic of Li Yan. They coincided. But what was so bad was that he came to the conclusion after observing on the northwest front line. However, Li Yan could see through things without a step out of the capital! What kind of wisdom is this... With such ability, he could still be willing to be lonely in the Zhao Guangyi era and not grab the glory at the front desk. Could it be that he saw clearly that the ministers of Taizong's dynasty had not ended well? These bizarre ideas were the guesses of countless people about Li Yan, and the more they thought about it, the more they hurt their self-esteem. This is a saint!

The only thing that could keep Zhang Qixian confident at this time was that Li Ying only saw the final result of the matter, but did not come up with a solution. And what he brought back was that solution. He chose a time to be alone with the emperor and said the sentence that he made the greatest contribution to the Song Dynasty, "Your Majesty, please confer a title to Pan Luo as king."

Panluozhi, the chief of the Liugu tribe of Tubo. Since the Tang Dynasty, the Tubo power has been prosperous. Entering the Song Dynasty, the Liugu tribe was their strongest branch. At this time, he was entrenched in the Xiliang Prefecture of the Hexi Corridor and was named king of Panluozhi? Why? It was so far away that he didn't even pass the letter, why did he suddenly give such a great face?

Zhang Qixian's answer was very simple: for Li Jiqian.

The emperor was silent. He actually wanted Pan Luozhi to curb Li Jiqian... A very simple logic formed in his mind: Lingzhou City is separated from Dangxiang and Tubo from east to west. Lingzhou City is not broken, Pan Luozhi and Li Jiqian will never meet, so the throne will be sealed in vain. But once the throne plays a role, Pan Luozhi really kills Li Jiqian, which can only prove that one thing has happened: Lingzhou City has fallen...

After all, Lingzhou City was still lost? This made Zhao Heng extremely depressed, but even more nervous. Could it be that Lingzhou really can't be saved?

On the 26th, Zhang Ning sent a New Year blessing to Li Jiqian - he rushed into the territory of Dangxiang people, and felt like he was in a no-man's land. His achievements were brilliant: he burned more than 200 tents, killed more than 5,000 Dangxiang people, captured more than 900 alive, burned more than 80,000 stones of grain, more than 20,000 cattle and sheep, and a lot of weapons and armor...

But the good beginning failed to continue. After Zhang Ning came back, the Song Dynasty Expeditionary Army was silent... and Suizhou City was also stopped. In early February, Sun Quanzhao, who was in charge of this matter, wrote a letter saying that this ghost place could not start construction!

On the 11th, Zhao Heng sent Qian Ruoshui and Chen Xing to inspect again. Conclusion 1 is really too far away. Just transporting the survival materials of the construction site personnel is a problem; 2 The most fundamental problem is that there is no construction materials at all. If transported from the mainland, let alone the huge expenses and difficult transportation, even if the transportation is done with all your strength, it will delay too much time and completely lose its strategic significance...

So we argue and argue again and again, change again and again... Time just walks around like this...

On the 23rd, for some inside information, Zhao Heng suddenly changed his commander in the last battle and replaced Wang Hanzhong with Wang Chao, the head coach of the Expeditionary Army. In Huanzhou, Wang Hanzhong caught up with Wang Chao and his power began to transfer. But immediately after the news came, everyone was in a daze and stunned...

Everything was too late. In March 1002, Li Jiqian suddenly assembled all his tribesmen and scrambled to attack the lonely country before the arrival of the Song Dynasty reinforcements. The grain road was robbed. The Qingyuan army in Zicheng lost more than 6 months and was besieged Lingzhou for two years! Lingzhou City fell! The prefect Pei Ji and all the soldiers committed suicide to sacrifice their lives! Li Jiqian immediately changed Lingzhou to Xiping Prefecture and officially established the capital here (even if his grandson Li Yuanhao established the Xixia Kingdom and established the capital Xingqing Prefecture, Xiping Prefecture was still the most important accompaniment of Xixia Kingdom). It could control Hebei, Shuofang, and south to contain Qingzhou and Liangzhou. It was oppressed by all the Song Dynasty.

You can also directly threaten Tubo and Uighurs in the west. I want to build a city and dig moats here, train troops and accumulate grain, and I will use it as a source of progress and achieve the cause of kings and dominance! Note that this is the first time that the Dangxiang people have made a sound of building a country in history. Although it is of great significance, the volume is extremely small and very shy. He did not give his country a name for his country, that is, the word "Xixia" is still a distant future. Even the famous glorious slogan "The west plunders the Tubo war horses and the north plunder Uighur soldiers" is not his turn to say it! Because 14 months later, he will die in a false surrender by Pan Luozhi!

Let us remember Pei Ji. He should have a place in the history of the Song Dynasty. The two years he was in office were the most difficult period in Lingzhou. In order to survive, he built water conservancy, opened up wasteland and farmed, and devoted himself to the last stronghold for the Song Dynasty! But for two years, there was no food and grass inside and no rescuers outside. In this way, he survived until the last moment and lived and died with the city... But sadly, on the eve of the city's break, he pierced his finger and asked for help with blood! But the rescue he hoped for was always on the border, and he would not come to save him anyway!

On the 12th, news came. Headed by the prime minister, all civil and military officials submitted a petition to apologize!

On the 13th, Wang Chao, Shi Pu, Kang Jiying, Qin Han, Wang Hanzhong and Li Yun were sent to the front line to prevent Li Jiqian's madness...

But then, something happened again in the northern border. On the 18th, Xiao Jiyuan, the prime minister of the Northern Prefecture of the Great Khitan, led his army to fight south... On April 1, Dalidi defeated the Song army at Liangmen. On the 9th, Xiao Dalin defeated the Song army in Taizhou... The battle between Song and Liao in 1002 ended. There was also the Battle of Wangdu in 1003 and the Battle of Chanyuan in 1004...

Lingzhou has been defeated, where is Li Jiqian's next target? It should be the west. But don't worry, I just need not to go south, right? Now I'm going... east! Unfortunately, the east is Hedong Road in the east. Fengzhou at the northernmost end of Hedong Road is the border between Song, Liao and Xia. But Li Jiqian didn't dare to go there because it had reached the territory of the Khitans. If he went, he would make both Song and Khitans angry... so the target could only shift slightly to the south, which was Linzhou.

Linzhou is a legendary place name. Yang Xin, the father of Yang Ye, the first generation of Yang family generals, was stationed in Linzhou. There is also Mu Guiying, the strongest female general of the Yang family. Her mother's Mu Ke Village can also find the prototype here: Shenmu Village. This land has been in turmoil since the Tang Dynasty. Until the establishment of the Song Dynasty, it has always been under the invasion of Khitan and Dangxiang. Therefore, the people here are extremely strong, and the combat effectiveness of the border villagers is no worse than that of the imperial guards of the Song Dynasty.

But Li Jiqian didn't care about this, and even forgot that he was beaten by Cao Wei here last time. On June 9, he led 20,000 cavalrymen to surround Linzhou City. Cao Wei is not in Linzhou City now, he has been promoted to the commander of this military region. The guards of Linzhou City are the magistrate Wei Jushi. This name is the same as Pei Ji in Lingzhou City. It was unknown before, but history immediately proved that most of the border guards in the Song Dynasty were brave and dedicated good men.

Cao Wei sent reinforcements Li Jizhou in time. Unfortunately, Li Jizhou retreated after the defeat in the first battle. Cao Wei was silent afterwards. But he really couldn't blame him, there was a little secret inside. The reason why he was able to rob Li Jiqian's food route last time was because of the complex components of his army. Many of them were familiar households of the Dangxiang people who surrendered to the Song Dynasty. Li Jizhou was also one of them. He was loyal to the Song Dynasty before and after, but now? Li Jiqian has transformed into an idol of the Dangxiang people and his reputation is at its peak. Will those Dangxiang people who seem to be well-raised by the Song Dynasty still work? Or does Cao Wei still dare to use them on the battlefield?

So Wei Jushi could only rely on himself. Linzhou City "had repeatedly launched surprise troops to fight" and Wei Jushi offered heavy rewards to recruit warriors to attack at night... For five days, Wei Jushi was fighting day and night... Li Jiqian paid the price of half of the battle, that is, more than 10,000 people!

The last straw came from Zhang Jin from Taiyuan. He personally led his army to aid. When the strong enemy arrived, Li Jiqian did not dare to fight at all and retreated immediately on the 13th!

But God knows that Zhang Jin brought his troops to kill him privately, and he did not have an imperial edict! This was unimaginable in the Zhao Guangyi era! With Pan Mei's prestige back then, he went to rescue Zhang Qixian, but was blocked by the big bitch in the middle of the way! Fortunately, Zhao Heng did not blame him, but issued an edict to reward Zhang Jin...

On July 6, Wang Hanzhong was falsely accused by his subordinates An Shouzhong and Zheng Huaide (these two were confidants of Zhao Heng when he was the prince. Zhao Heng, a Song Dynasty official, had a characteristic that he valued past feelings too much and was particularly good to the people in the Xiangwang Mansion. One year later, there would be such an important person) falsely accused him of being demoted from the military position and being transferred to the prefect of Xiangzhou. But he was dissatisfied and lost as soon as he took office in Lingzhou. What does it have to do with him? As a result, he was angry and ill. Before he could take office in Xiangzhou, he died.

What about Wang Chao, who should be responsible for this matter? There was no punishment. Moreover, Wang Xian, the commander of the Northern Front, resigned because he was old, so someone had to replace him. Who? Wang Chao! He was Wang Xian's deputy before, and was urgently transferred back from the Western Front to the north to return to his old business. As for the Western Front, Wang Hanzhong took the blame for him... What is the principle of nature? There is no reason, only the emperor's nostalgic heart. Wang Chao has kindness to him...

Remember these names! Including Wang Xian, who resigned and retired from the military, the historical trend since then was closely linked to them and was inseparable. Especially Wang Xian. He himself never expected that the title of Privy Councillor could play such an important role in the war situation between the Song and Liao countries, and the largest confrontation and covenant in East Asia soon...

Time is gradually approaching the peak moment that changed the East Asian landscape. But until this time, the protagonist, the most fierce and shiny character, was not yet in place! It was not until Wang Chao left the capital and rushed to the front line that this person shook into the capital step by step from Dengzhou. It was Kou Zhun! He was back, but he could not be too optimistic in his position, and the prime minister had no place. He was condescending to be the prefect of Kaifeng for two days first...

In October, Kaifeng Prefecture tried a case. The plaintiff had a big background. Xue Anshang, the grandson of former Prime Minister Xue Juzheng. The defendant was... Xue Anshang's mother! His surname was Chai, and he was the wife of his father Xue Weiji. Chai did not have children, and both sons were born to Xue Weiji's concubine.

When Xue Weiji died, Chai wanted to remarry. In ancient times, women first married their father and remarried for their own sake. When their husband died, they were obeyed. No one could take care of those who remarry or not. So what should the son sue?

Chai is really extraordinary. She married the prime minister's son the first time she married. The second time she married, she actually married the authentic prime minister Zhang Qixian.
Chapter completed!