Chapter 9 Chapter 9: The Forever Western Army

An incident happened in the first year of Zhenghe in the Song Dynasty. Under the cover of the gorgeous gods of the spiritual world at that time, it seemed inconspicuous at all, and no one even noticed it.But its influence was the most far-reaching and decisive in the history of the Northern Song Dynasty. Without it, there would be no division of the Northern Song Dynasty and the Southern Song Dynasty. This year, in terms of year, makes people tremble - 1111 AD, this is the purest single year that only occurs once in 10,000 years.In July of this year, a very ordinary thing happened. The imperial court wants to send envoys to the Liao Kingdom.

This is really too traditional and routine. We have established diplomatic relations with the Liao Kingdom for more than 100 years, and there are four or five times of greetings and sendings every year. For example, when the emperors and queens of the two countries died together, they would report their funerals and condolences to each other. Run more than twenty times. This does not include the marriage of the princesses and princes of the two countries, so relatives who have been around for more than a hundred years have run down, and no one is interested in visiting.But this time was different. The Song Dynasty sent envoys, and the selected candidates made the entire Kaifeng city depressed.

The person chosen was actually a eunuch. The entire team of officials was black-faced, and they never spoke ill of the eunuchs. Cai Jing, who was in close contact with the eunuchs like a family, couldn't help cursing his mother.In front of the emperor and the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty, he publicly said: "Send an eunuch as an ambassador. Isn't there no one in the Central Plains? Isn't this taking the initiative to make Liao, Xixia, Tubo, and Dali a joke?" It is tolerable and unbearable. The Song Dynasty was the era with the strongest and purest Han style below the Jin Dynasty. It used poetry and etiquette to show off foreign countries. It has never been shameful in terms of rules, but now it is actually letting a yin and yang person represent the whole country, the man of the whole country Can you agree?

Disagree...but then agree.To be honest, it's not that men are not masculine, it's that this eunuch is too mighty, and his deeds are synonymous with all the mighty deeds in the Song Dynasty.In order for everyone to see this person intuitively, we first make a selection to select who is the most airy person in Zhao Ji's era. Is it Cai Jing? very similar.In the previous incidents, not only did he monopolize power and frighten the whole country, but even the gods couldn't pretend to be big in front of him.He moved his hands and feet a little, and even the gods had to go to prison.

Unfortunately, even if you travel through time and space to the Northern Song Dynasty, if you ask Cai Xianggong face to face, he will smile wryly and shake his head, "The most airy person... well, it's really not me." Cai Jing has been doing well these years, but the bitterness has also filled several large cups.First, he experienced ups and downs.In 1111 AD he was slumping, having fallen from his position as prime minister for two years. It happened in the third year of Song Daguan (AD 1109). At that time, he was proud of his spring breeze, helping Zhao Jifeng, Heng, Yu, and Da, and even improving his own life.It's beautiful, but suddenly I got caught.

The officials secretly joined forces and suddenly besieged him, revealing his past. Even the Tai students joined the ranks of impeachment, listing fourteen evil things that he knew and violated the law. Cai Jing was stunned. At this time, he was still not very knowledgeable. After all, it was the first time he became prime minister. It was inevitable, inevitable. The first time Wang Anshi fell off his horse and was scolded by the eunuchs outside the Meridian Gate, let alone him. After falling down, Cai Jing tried his best, including kneeling in front of Zhao Ji and crying bitterly, but he failed to stay in the capital, and he was demoted to Hangzhou.Hangzhou...a reincarnation of eight years, where it climbed up, and where it fell down.At this time, whether in officialdom or in practice, Cai Jing was finished.

The fallen prime minister has since passed away. However, Cai Jing has advantages that others do not have. His artistic accomplishment and life taste are similar to Zhao Ji's, making him not only Zhao Ji's courtier, but also Zhao Ji's favorite minister.After leaving Cai Jing, Zhao Ji didn't know how to play, and how to continue Feng, Heng, Yu, and Da.Even Zhu Chong, Zhu Yu and others had to be guided by Cai Jing to know which flowers and stones to transport to the capital. The days are spent collectively thinking about Cai Jing, the longer we leave, the more everyone misses Cai Jing.So, around 1111 AD, he returned to the capital and re-participated in state affairs.In another half a year or so, he will make a comeback and make a strong comeback.

At that time, he learned from the painful experience, summed up his lessons, and never gave the enemy the slightest chance.Yes, he was still relaxed before, thinking that after beating up the members of the Yuanyou party and showing all the cruelty, he would be done once and for all.But no, the truth of the blow is to keep hitting and hit harder and harder.Only when the whole world recognizes, remembers, or even gets used to your blows, and makes you feel uncomfortable if you don’t hit them for a day, is it in place. This time, Cai Jing overhauled Wenzhi, conferred the titles of Wang Anshi and Cai Que as princes, and elevated the status of the New Party; persuaded Zhao Ji to spend huge billions, cast Jiuding, build Mingtang, repair Fangze, set up Taoist temples, make Dasheng music, and formulate life treasures. , let the emperor experience a higher level of happiness; and then set up a new Sifu Army Town with 80,000 soldiers. The salary of each soldier is more than ten times that of officers and soldiers of the same level, and the leaders are all his cronies.

After all this, his position was unprecedentedly firm among the governors of the Song Dynasty, and even Wang Anshi could not compare with it.But even so, when he faced the really arrogant person, he would be willing to bow down and feel ashamed. It was not enough to reach these times in 1112 AD, so what can be compared with 1111 AD? If Cai Jing fails, what about Liang Shicheng?Da Song Yinxiang is the one who has dived the deepest and darkest. Isn't he the most airy one?Nor is it.The word "hidden" determines his limitations. He is just a shady scene, no matter how many things are derived, no matter how many life and death decisions are made, he can only stand and watch silently from a distance.All the halos on the scene have nothing to do with him.The most airy person is a military strongman who stands outside the country's gate and leads thousands of troops to destroy the country and expand thousands of miles of land while talking and laughing.The exotic scenery of Zhao Ji's era was completely occupied by him alone.

This person is the armed eunuch Tong Guan. Previously, Tong Guan's impression was very vague. The only outstanding thing was that he participated in the construction of Yanfu Palace, and he squeezed into the ranks of the five eunuchs who undertook the construction.In addition, he disappeared from national events such as Gen Yue and Hua Shi Gang. He has been busy running back and forth between domestic and foreign places. During this process, he has achieved the pinnacle of military achievements since the founding of the Song Dynasty, allowing Zhao Ji to continuously climb the peak while enjoying unprecedented material, spiritual, spiritual and other fun. .To be honest, if this goes on all the time and there are no later accidents, Zhao Ji is the greatest emperor beyond all the emperors of the Song Dynasty, including the founding king Zhao Kuangyin.

It is not an exaggeration to say that he is an emperor through the ages. The great deeds began in the second year of Zhao Ji's accession to the throne, to be precise, after the death of Queen Mother Xiang.Before this woman died, Zhao Ji wisely chose to remain silent.Do what Xiang women like, say what Xiang women like to hear, including unjustly killing generals who have done meritorious service in foreign lands, including treating captives well, including giving up the land that thousands of soldiers took back with their blood and lives. As mentioned earlier, Zhezong sent troops to Hehuang during his serious illness, led by Wang Zhan and Wang Hou to recover Xizhou, and returned the Northwest to the territory of the Song Dynasty.That battle was very brilliant, and the Tubo nobles were captured and returned to the capital, which can be said to be clean once and for all. But the powerful scholar-bureaucrat group was angered.It's amazing, they are not angry when they lose their territory, but they are furious when they kill the enemy and make meritorious deeds.At that time, the second prime minister Zeng Bu, the transit envoy Li Jue and others said such a reason and killed Wang Zhan. ——Wang Zhan was too fierce when he fought in Xizhou and killed many people.Let the tribes of the Qingtang and Tubo hate to the bone, and think of revenge every moment (the resentment of the tribes of the Qingtang is deeply rooted, and the day plans to retaliate). Therefore, Wang Zhan is guilty, and he put the Song Dynasty in danger at all times. Heck, it’s a sin to hurt the enemy, we have to hate what the enemy wants to hate, what kind of crazy logic is this, as long as there is still some brains in the brain, if it’s not full of shit like a lobster, who can nod do it? Can ask the queen mother to do it. The old woman thought that what Zeng Bu and the others said was absolutely correct, one must be gentle with foreigners and must not make them angry.So Zhao Ji could only add officials and ranks to the captives who came back, and even gave the Tubo leader Long Xi the national surname "Zhao", called Zhao Huaide (familiar, not Zhao Huaide), and gave him the official title "Hexi Army Festival". Dushi", sent him back to his hometown to continue to be a big landlord. On the other hand, Wang Zhan and Wang Hou were unlucky.Especially the coach Wang Zhan, who was sued by the officials and demoted to Fangzhou (now Fangxian County, Hubei Province), the most traditional place of exile in the Song Dynasty besides Hainan Island. It is the felony cell for top political prisoners such as Chai Rong's son and Zhao Guangyi's third brother. This is not the end, after the collective discussion of the Privy Council, the highest authority in the military, Wang Zhan has committed a heinous crime and is not fit to live anymore. Faced with this request, Zhao Ji remained silent. At the age of nineteen, he mustered up the courage to say "no".No matter how guilty Wang Zhan is, he should not die in the country.He specially delivered an order to dispatch Wang Zhanfa to the farthest Hainan Island, believing that no one would cross thousands of mountains and rivers to harm him there.This is considered well-intentioned, but unfortunately, he underestimated the heart of a general. Before the team escorting Wang Zhan crossed the Yellow River, Wang Zhan committed suicide as soon as he arrived in Henan... The news came, relatives and enemies were quick, Zengbu and others were finally relieved, and the Qingtang Tibetans could finally stop hating. They are starting to be independent. Who else would be unhappy, self-confident, and independent with an enemy like the Song Dynasty?When Long Wei, who bears the new name of "Zhao Huaide", returned to Hehuang, he found that he had been replaced. His younger brother Xiao Longyan overthrew him forcefully, and even became hostile to the Song Dynasty.The Tubo people were full of courage, accumulated food, dug deep holes and built high walls, and made up their minds to fight for independence. Seeing that the Queen Mother and the others were not good, they immediately strengthened Huairou, and gave Xiao Longxi a higher title after a few thousand miles—"The founding father of Dunhuang County, with 5,000 households in the city, and 500 households were sealed. " The duke, who is only inferior to the king, is the greatest benefit that the Song Dynasty can give.It's a pity that Xiao Longxi dismissed it, and he had to squeeze the soft persimmons hard to squeeze out more oil and water.Everyone understands this truth, so why not be more ruthless and tougher? Xiao Longyan rebelled immediately, kicked out his brother who had changed his name from Qingtang, and expelled all levels of government in the Hehuang area set up by the Song Dynasty one by one.When things got to this point, the great people at all levels in the Song Dynasty didn't panic at all, and each had their own countermeasures.For example, with a cool smile to the queen mother, she would die quickly, out of sight and out of mind, and it had nothing to do with her; Zeng Bu turned his gun on Han Zhongyan, tried every means to overthrow the prime minister, and even if he supported Cai Jing, he had to live the life of the first minister addiction. When Cai Jing came, the world was in chaos, and everyone hated him deeply.However, he was unequivocal to the outside world, and what he did was responsible for the country, Song Shenzong, Wang Anshi, Song Zhezong, and Zhang Dun. In June of the second year of Song Chongning (AD 1103), the Song court decided to recover Hehuang.The army is ready-made, and the Northwest Army is still brave and good at fighting, and it is the leading force in East Asia. But who will lead the army? The old general withered, and Zhong Pu, the best wise general of the Zhong family army, died in Xixia. For a while, the Zhong family army was in a low mood; The members of the Yao family were more than capable of leading the charge, but not enough to command the overall situation. They were in charge of their own affairs, which was really worrying. Use Wang Zhan... If Wang Zhan is alive, he is the best candidate. The last victory in Hehuang is the best proof. He only needs to do it again.It's a pity that he destroyed the Great Wall himself, forcing his own general to commit suicide. After all the calculations, it can only be Wang Hou.He is the son of the famous general Wang Shao, and Wang Shao is the man of Shouping Hehuang!In addition, he was the second-in-command of the Xihe Army last time, so no matter his experience or reputation, he was expected by everyone. But everyone knows that it is difficult to get Wang Hou to start work.In order to achieve this goal, Zhao Ji first vented his anger at the military, dismissed the prime minister and the second prime minister at once for the crime of abandoning Hehuang, and let Han Zhongyan, Zeng Bu, An Tao, Fan Chunli and others all leave. Taking this opportunity, he also reshuffled the court. Then I asked Wang Hou, is there any other request?Just mention it.Wang Hou was not polite, he made a very rare request - he will also be in charge of the Xihe Lanhui Road Economic Strategy Department. Xihe Economic Strategy Division discussed.No one has the say but him. Zhao Ji thought about it and agreed.He understood that Wang Hou was half-hearted and half-resentful. He used to go abroad to risk his life, and he had to beware of the cold knife from his own people behind him. Anyone would be sad.Well, this time, the soldiers in front can be completely relieved. However, there is a small condition - to send a new generation of armed eunuch Tong Guan as the supervisor. This was Tong Guan's first time on the battlefield. To be honest, at this time he had nothing but enthusiasm.If the Northwest Army still has a little affinity for him, it comes from his teacher Li Xian. Eunuch Li was unambiguous in marching and fighting, and he was very kind to the soldiers, and he was his own family in the army.But Tong Guan, we have to observe again.In this atmosphere, Tong Guan traveled from Kaifeng, the capital, and Qingqi Jian crossed the border to Xizhou (now Lintao, Gansu). In June, the army was dispatched and divided into two groups.The South Route Army was led by Minzhou General Gao Yongnian, and the Lanzhou Yao Family Army Commander Yao Shimin and Wang Hou's younger brother Wang Duan were his assistants. Guan led the way out of Anxiang Pass (near Lingxia, Gansu today), crossed the Yellow River and approached Bajinling (south of Ledu County, Qinghai today). The Northern Route Army is the main force. After the departure, Tong Guan did two things, which were recorded in the annals of history, and also deeply favored by the Northwest Army.The first thing is that the army had just left the country, and suddenly an imperial edict came from behind.The hearts of the whole army were raised, and everyone knew that there must be something big and important when the imperial decree comes at this time. Tong Guan walked to the side alone, unfolded the imperial decree, and looked.During this period, no one robbed him, and no one dared to ask questions.He is the supervisor of the army, the spokesperson of the emperor in the army, and he has the right to do so. With the entire army watching, he finished reading the imperial edict, slipped it into his boots, mounted his horse again, and continued on his way as if nothing had happened.Finally someone on the road couldn't hold back anymore and came over to ask him what the imperial decree said. Tong Guan was very relaxed, and smiled, "The emperor urged us to fight bravely to succeed." Oh, the hearts of the whole army suddenly relaxed.For so many years, the Northwest Legion has never been afraid of the enemies ahead, but they are really afraid of the imperial edicts and memorials from the rear. Every time, they get up and down and die confused.But this time the new emperor actually wrote a letter to encourage him. He is really a caring person in the army. It is worth it to work hard for him! So he set off, the whole army was excited, and rushed to Bajinling. What they don't know is that this edict is still a nightmare.Just as they rushed out of the country, the capital suddenly caught fire.The fire was so intense that the palace was alarmed. Zhao Ji thought it was a bad omen, a warning from heaven.He urgently stopped and let the Northwest Army return home.It is conceivable that if he really returns to China, the morale will be greatly affected. The big leader is a piece of trash who can be paralyzed by a fire. Tong Guan suppressed the imperial decree and stuffed it into his boots like a piece of scrap paper.It's really kind, continue to fight, even if he wins, he will resist the order and disobey.If he loses, he can't even think about how he will die. The war went on under his cover, and he did the second thing too.As the supervisor of the army, he challenged Wang Hou to lead the striker to attack Bajinling, and he fought the first battle for the Northwest Army. The geographical environment of Bajin City is really fantastic. If you want to know what it looks like, you can click on the game page to find that kind of demon castle.It's just a high mountain top, surrounded by dizzyingly deep ditches, filled with water, and there is no way to go through it. The only passage was narrow, long, and winding, and it couldn't be squeezed even if three knights charged side by side.After Dafa bravely rushed up, there was still a city wall blocking the way. As for the thickness of the city gate, you can imagine how many thousand years of undeveloped virgin forests there are in Qinghai Province. How thick are the boards and materials? This kind of natural danger is simply hopeless in the era of cold weapons, Tong Guan murmured to himself while galloping on horseback.He got the striker as he wished, but what should he do if he wants to get off to a good start? But after quietly approaching Ba Jincheng, Tong Guan was instantly ecstatic.His luck is really great, it is simply blessed by the spirit of his mentor Li Xian - the gate of Bajin City is actually open! Outside the city gate, the Tubo army was piled up like cabbage, all lazy and listless. Is there a more ideal posture than this?Brothers, cut over——Before Tong Guan gave an order, the extremely experienced Xihe Army rushed over.You must be quick, and you must rush in before the Tubo people react and close the city gate. Song generals Xin Shuzhan and An Yongguo were the fastest runners. They succeeded and really approached the city gate before the Tubo people could react, and started a melee.According to their thinking, they should fight forward against the Tubo people and push them all the way into the city gate, and then they will be done.It's a pity that they ran so fast that not only the Tubo people couldn't react, but even their own people couldn't keep up. More than a hundred people attacked the natural danger... An Yongguo was squeezed out of the ditch by the Tubo people and fell to his death. Xin Shuzhan led his people back, and when Tong Guan led his people to arrive, the Tubo people closed the city gate. Depressed, Tong Guan opened the door and hit the mountain with a face.I had no choice but to write a battle report to Wang Hou behind, asking for support.Wang Hou quickly replied to the letter, asking the former army to wait a moment, the army will arrive tomorrow to defeat the enemy for the lords. The next day, the Song Army's Northern Route Army was in place, and Tong Guan was dumbfounded by what happened afterwards.He was thinking all the time, racking his brains to call out the military books he had read and the battle examples he had discussed one by one, and leaned on the battle of Bajin City. You have to find the most suitable tactic. But after Wang Hou got in place, he understood what kind of organization the Xihe Army was.It is purely a violent gang, so there is no tactic, that is, the head coach personally confronts the enemy, surrounds them and beats them fiercely, and the god arm bow and other big killers fire at full speed. After half a day, everyone goes to the city for dinner. Two of the three sons of Doroba, the lord of Bajin City and the great chief of Miaochuan, were shot to death, and one had an arrow in his eye that penetrated into his skull. .The rest of the Tubo people ran away except the dead. The battle of Bajin City is the main theme of the battle to recover Hehuang.This is how almost every fight goes and ends.On June 18th, Gao Yongnian of the Southern Route Army arrived at Luowamobu City and stormed the city; on the 21st, the northern and southern armies encircled Huangzhou City. It was getting late, and when the enemy reinforcements arrived, they launched a general offensive overnight. His reason is that the Xihe army has already gone deep alone, and seeing the reinforcements from the Tubo people arrive, if the reinforcements are not only this way, then they will be attacked by the enemy. As long as they fail at the city of Huangzhou and are thousands of miles away from the border, it is a dream to escape. . Victory or death! The flames of war unfolded in every corner of Huangzhou City. At the head of the city, at the head of the bridge, at the water village beside the ditch, and at the gate of the city, the Song army attacked for three days at any cost.Three days later, the Tubo people were in civil turmoil, and a great leader named Sunan Moling had a mental breakdown. Instead of jumping out of the city wall and surrendering to the Song army, he took the initiative to apply for internal response and opened the city gate. The Battle of Hehuang finally won a partial victory, and the south of Huangzhou was controlled by the Song army.The next step is Zongge City and Qingtang City. As long as they win again, the battle of Hehuang will be over.The timing is great, and the whole army advocates taking advantage of the victory to pursue and win to the end in one go. But Wang Hou stopped, saying he needed to take a break.Hearing these words, the Xihe army fell silent. They seemed to have remembered something, and they didn't insist anymore. They put down their swords and guns and went to find a place to rest. Tong Guan returned to Kaifeng on behalf of them, and the obvious reason was to report to work. Regarding this report work, the entire Northwest Army knew what was going on, and so did Kaifeng City and even the whole world in the Song Dynasty.Wang Hou wanted to seek justice for Wang Zhan, justice for the Northwest Army, and a life-saving talisman for himself by the way. The last time he regained Hehuang, Wang Zhan did a great job, but he died so aggrieved.Now that he has won again, what will be waiting in front of him? If it is still ugly to win, it will be ugly to die, then he should stop here. Hope is only half the battle, and half the punishment. This is the current situation in the Song Dynasty.Time has entered around 1103 AD, and subtle logic has emerged in China.This logic became the prevailing truth in the next few hundred years. For example, the more victorious generals are, the more they are excluded, the more capable and ambitious people are, the more they are suppressed, and even wars that are clearly won have to pay compensation (see the Song and Jin wars, and the wars between the Qing Dynasty and France). More and more, it has gradually become something commonly recognized by the Chinese people. How did this all come about?How did it spread?There was basically no such thing before the Song Dynasty, and it became very popular after the Song Dynasty.These require us to think more when looking back at history. Fortunately, Wang Hou was lucky.First, his war is in progress; second, the person returning to Beijing to report on his duties is Tong Guan. Soon the news spread back to the northwest, and Huizong Zhao Ji's attitude was very clear. After confirming that the news of victory was true, he accepted the congratulations from all civil and military officials, which set the tone for the whole incident. The winner gets credit. First, raise the salary and send pork to the Northwest Army, then restore Wang Zhan's reputation, determine the treatment, and finally bring up the old matter again, and punish Han Zhongyan, Zeng Bu, An Tao, Fan Chunli, Jiang Zhiqi and others again for the crime of abandoning Hehuang , This group of people was packed into the Yuanyou Party members, and they were demoted farther and farther until they died in the south of the Yangtze River. For example, Zeng Bu, the most notorious, most successful, and most insidious person who was notorious, the most successful, and the darkest, from the time of Wang Anshi's reforms in the Xining period to the reign of Zhao Ji in the Yuanfu year, died three years later. After all this was done, Wang Hou's heart calmed down.The whole army set off, aiming at Zongge City. Zongge City is the second most important town of Hehuang Tubo people, second only to Qingtang City founded by Gu Siluo.The influence of the Tubo people here is intertwined and their military strength is strong. For many years, no matter whether they are from the Song Dynasty or the Xixia people, they have all had headaches. It's really shaking to hear.But in fact, when Wang Hou killed him, he was quite relaxed.The reason is very simple, and it is also "the forces are intertwined and the military is strong." That is equivalent to the fact that each of the Tubo people occupies the mountain as the king, and no one obeys the other, and each has his own unique strength.In such a situation, they were just a mess of loose sand, even if they were all pieces of emery, they would not be able to crack Wang Hou's front teeth. Speaking of it, this is also the Achilles heel of the Tubo people, and it is the biggest difference between them and the Xixia people.The Xixia people have always had a unified system and leader since Li Yuanhao. Even if the Han Liang family usurped power, they never split; Everything is like this, people must humiliate themselves, and only then can they humiliate themselves.The country must be in internal strife before foreign enemies can invade. Having said that, Wang Hou is still very cautious.He divided his troops into three groups. Gao Yongnian led the front army to advance from Shengduo Valley along the north bank of Zongge River; Zhang Jie led his troops to advance from Wangtian and Dingling Zonggu along the south bank of Zongge River; , crossing the thirsty donkey ridge and pointing directly to Zongge City. All the way forward, all the way to collect money.Every tribe and every city along the way paid protection fees and swore allegiance to the Song Dynasty.Wang Hou dismissed all of these. As the son of Wang Shao and the coach who fought against Hehuang twice, he knew all too well what was going on. It's just a game. In the past twenty years, when the Song Dynasty killed them, these people surrendered immediately. If the Song Dynasty stepped forward, these people immediately became kings on the spot.Taking this time as an example, if he can't pacify Hehuang in one fell swoop, and flee back in front of Zongge City or Qingtang City, these people will definitely take advantage of the fire and chase him all the way to the border. Enemies, friends, masters, and slaves are all in one thought.Pledge of allegiance...just a joke. And the possibility of his failure is all condensed on one person.The lord of Zongge City, Xixi Luosa, is the biggest force in the area, with at least 60,000 soldiers. In addition, Zongge City is naturally dangerous, which is a hundred times more dangerous than the previous Huangzhou City. What should we do? Should we still besiege the city for three days and nights, or even six days and nights, until we succeed?How many corpses would have to be placed under the walls of Zongge City to do that.As the commander, no matter whether it is for the lives of the soldiers, or to preserve the strength to attack Qingtang City later, he cannot do this. But what if we don't?While hesitating, a piece of good news suddenly came. According to a reliable source, Xi Credit Luo Sa was furious, and he said: He must fight the people of the Song Dynasty to the death. If there is Song without him, we will see who will die. Xikeluosa led his troops out of the city, and set up a formation at Gepitang, 20 kilometers east of Zongge City, to fight the Song army in a field battle here.This idea was considered stupid both at the time and later.However, Wang Hou knew his real intention immediately. This is really a special Tibetan. On the surface, this matter could not be more stupid.After all, in the past 20 years, the Xihe Legion has pacified the Hehuang tribe at least three times with its field combat capabilities. This is a gap that cannot be narrowed. Every Tibetan has to admit whether he wants to or not. Going out of the city to fight the Song army in the field is tantamount to committing suicide. But this time was different. Wang Hou ran too fast. Even if the army had just rested, it was still in a period of fatigue. If they huddled in the city and waited for the Song army to attack the city, it would actually give the Song army a chance to breathe. Now take the initiative to meet them, and wait for them to work hard and be exhausted. The chances of winning are great.If he really wins and defeats the Song army in a field battle, it will bring a chain reaction to the entire Hehuang war zone. Every Tibetan will take advantage of the fire to loot, and the Xihe army will be buried anywhere on this land. In order to achieve this goal, Xisuo Luosa did his best and brought 60,000 troops to the battlefield. Wang Hou did not disappoint him. Faced with the challenge, Wang Hou not only did not back down, but accelerated his speed, leading the Chinese army past the front army, and approaching the battlefield with the commander as an arrow. The Tubo people first went to Gepi Tang, which was the most favorable terrain in the area. The Song army chose a small hillside to the north of Gepi Tang, where they gathered their troops and lined up to advance towards the Tubo people. Losing the geographical advantage first, it seems that the Xihe Army made a bigger mistake after being tired, but soon the Tubo people will know what will happen if the Song Army chooses to line up in the north. That simply made Xisuoluosa want to cry. The war situation unfolded, and the trend was controlled by the Song army.They first advanced slowly and put pressure on the Tibetans. Sure enough, the pressured Tibetans responded. Their cavalry rushed down from Gepitang. The charge of tens of thousands of cavalry was earth-shattering, but the mobilization of troops was too obvious. Wang Hou ordered the forward Gao Yongnian to resist, and the Chinese army sent cavalry to outflank the Tubo people's rear. The tactics are very correct, but the effect is not significant. The Tubo people have 60,000 troops, all of which are cavalry. This is a terrible number. In the Xibei Expedition, the Five Route Conquest of Xixia, etc., even if the number of troops sent exceeded 300,000, there was never a time when 60,000 cavalry went out at the same time. 60,000 cavalry, this is the proud capital of Xisuo Luosa. To be honest, he has all kinds of ideas because he has this force.If the Tubo people were united as one, even if he wiped out the 60,000 people, the victorious Xihe Army would be severely injured, defeated by the Qingtang City behind, and eaten by the Tubo forces in the Hehuang area. This is something Wang Hou and Tong Guan can't bear, but they can't avoid it either.The song army regained Hehuang. From the first time Wang Shao was fighting for prestige, especially in the next two times, he had to win, and he had to win beautifully and neatly, otherwise the Tubo people who had been subdued would have another heart. The most brave posture to fight. Seeing that confrontation is inevitable, changes suddenly occur at critical moments.There was a strong wind in the northwest, and a storm was coming.The storm outside the Great Wall rolled up the wind and sand all over the sky, blowing from the back of the Song Army to the Tubo people. Even the trend between Liao and Xia was determined by a big sandstorm. In the wind and sand, the Tubo people were completely defeated and turned around and ran away.What the Song army had to do was to chase them until they were thirty miles away, cut off the heads of 4,000 people, and captured 4,000 people before they returned home victorious.There was only one thing that happened after that, the Song Army sent a cavalry team of ten thousand people to chase Xi Credit Luo Sa, even if he went to the ends of the world, he must be caught. Afterwards, it proved that this task was too difficult, and Xisuo Luosa could really run.He first took advantage of the chaos and ran to Zongge's city, trying to get in and continue to hold on.But the subordinates in the city betrayed him and did not open the city at all. Xi Credit Luosa quickly rushed to the next stop - Qingtang City.This is the last stronghold of Hehuang Tubo, and the most distinguished Tubo leader has always lived there, so he will always be taken in.But what greeted him was another big iron lock, and the capital also abandoned him. Xikeluosa still didn't give up. He took his cronies and ran into the Xilanzong Mountain next to Qingtang City, preparing to fight guerrilla warfare for a long time and fight the people of the Song Dynasty to the end.Unexpectedly, he arrived on the front foot, and Song Jun chased him on the back foot, and turned into Xilanzong from Qingtang Mountain in the south of Qingtang City to outflank him. At this point, Xikeluosa still hasn't surrendered. He left the Qingtang area and ran into the Qinghai Lake area... that place was too far away, desolate and remote, and the Song Army had no choice but to withdraw the team. The process of closing the team was very satisfying. On the way to hunt down Xixuluosa, the Song Army got everything, including Zongge City and Qingtang City.Wang Hou and Tong Guan led the main force of the Xihe Legion to march in a leisurely manner. Wherever they went, the city gates were opened for them. The standard of surrender was very high, and all of them were princesses. Princess Xiachamou Linzhi of Zongge City and Princess Qiuci of Qingtang City Qing Yijiemou, together with the chiefs and chiefs in their jurisdiction, guaranteed to be the subjects of the Song Dynasty for generations. In the end, Wang Hou marched to Kuozhou, which is the most marginal area of ​​the Hehuang area. He thought that he would have to fight another tough battle. Maybe this group of people would flee into Xixia, and the Xihe Army wanted to chase them in. You have to turn against the party members in advance. Things are not easy... But when the Xihe army entered Kuozhou and encountered the enemy head-on, all of a sudden the whole army roared with laughter.It was really messed up, and I saw that the leader of the Tubo people on the opposite side was wrapped in circles of gauze, which was tightly wrapped, and basically it was impossible to tell what he looked like.This person raised his hands high, making a sign of surrender, and shouted slogans from a long distance: "I wish to spend the rest of my life doing my best to report to the officials in Tokyo." The rest of this life is spent loyally serving the Emperor of the Song Dynasty in Kaifeng. This man's name is Luo Shi, and he is the great chief of Kuozhou.Before that, he was fierce and domineering, and he was the best friend of Xisuo Luosa, who actively participated in the resistance to the Song army.As a result, he was chopped off by the Xihe army during the battle in Zongge City, and he escaped back to his hometown after narrowly escaped death.At this time, I saw my opponent chasing and hacking into the door of the house, and immediately made up my mind to say that I would never play again. On April 26th in the third year of Song Chongning (AD 1104), the war in the whole territory of Hehuang ended. The Song army spent nearly a year to wipe out Tubo in Hehuang, and even uprooted the descendants of Jisiluo. Qingtang Tsongkha regime collapsed. During Wang Hou's campaign, there were six battles before and after, more than 10,000 people were captured, more than 2,700 leaders of various ministries were recruited, more than 700,000 households were registered, and more than 3,000 miles of land was expanded.So far, the northwestern territory of the Song Dynasty bordered Xixia in the north and southeast, Qinghai, Kucha border and Lugan border in the west, Xi, He, Lan and Minzhou in the southeast, and connected with Jie and Cheng prefectures. On the twenty-sixth day, Wang Hou led the Xihe army across Huangzhou, crossed the Lanzhou River, patrolled the border in the southeast of Xixia, and returned home with the whole army.The army along the way was at its peak, and the Xixia people could not retreat.