In this battle, although the main force of Xixia resisted fiercely for a time, in the end due to lack of strength and various subjective and objective conditions, it collapsed and ended very quickly.

Among them, the Xixia coach Wei Mingcha Ge died in the battle, and the black cow was seized. When his body was found, his body had been hit by at least seven or eight divine arm arrows, and his blood was almost drained.

The leader of the Poxi Army, Wei Mingji, died in battle, and the general of the Capture Army, Wei Ming, surrendered. The leader of the Tie Yaozi, Wei Mingyi, led a small force of Tie Yaozi to break out to the south.

In response, Yue Fei simply sent thousands of light cavalry to pursue him, and then ordered the entire army to clean up the battlefield and prepare to rest for a day before crossing the river to capture Lingzhou.

Unexpectedly, that afternoon, before the battlefield was cleared, someone suddenly crossed the river from the other side. They represented several large tribes and were willing to serve as internal servants and offer Lingzhou... Qu Duan interrogated them personally, only to find that the other side was so eager to surrender.

The reason is extremely funny.

It turns out that there is a large tribe in the city on the other side who came to support from Yanzhou in Hengshan. They are not from Xingling at all, so they have been in turmoil early because of the movements on the other side of Hengshan. Today, this army took advantage of the opportunity to investigate.

When Ge crossed the river, the Song army pressed forward in large numbers and suddenly took control of Lingzhou City's defenses in a semi-mutinous manner.

Weiming Renli and Weiming Yun Ge who stayed on the other side were caught off guard at the gate of the city, and immediately fell into chaos. Seeing this, other tribes also took the opportunity to give up crossing the river. This was the incredible scene that Brother Cha saw this morning. And now.

, along with the other tribes outside that tribe, they watched the Chage army being wiped out on the west bank of the river with mixed emotions. They finally realized that the situation was difficult, so they simply asked to surrender.

"Let me ask you." In the afternoon sunshine, Qu sat on the field in front of the iron elephant and continued to look at each other coldly. "Since you have not controlled Lingzhou City and were blocked outside the city, how dare you tell me that you want to donate money to me?"

The city? The city should be dedicated to the one who holds the city, right? Besides, since he holds the city, he naturally has the intention to surrender. Tomorrow when our army crosses the river and reaches the city, he will naturally open the door. I want you there.

Are you doing a bargain here?"

"So that Qu Dutong will know," the Tibetan general who arrived was in a panic and quickly answered. "That said, there is also a saying... that the family in the city was originally the guard general of Yanzhou, and at this time, the Huanzhou general opposite Yanzhou

Yang Zheng, the prefect’s magistrate, has already taken the lead with his light troops to pursue us from the old road of the Great Wall in the north of Hanhai. If we travel on a starry night, we might be able to arrive early tomorrow morning... If we say that these two families are not related, do we all believe it?"

Qu Duan finally narrowed his eyes slightly.

The Tibetan general who was fluent in Chinese and good at speaking was overjoyed when he saw this, and he didn't care about anything: "The current situation of the capital is that Cha Ge's main force is gone. Although there are 20,000 troops on the other side, they are divided into three groups.

And they are all frightened...At this time, as long as there is the King of the Song Dynasty, no matter who arrives first, it will be a situation where everything is taken away! When Yang Zheng arrives, the credit on the other side of the river will belong to the imperial camp and the rear army!"

Qu Duan sneered, but did not answer. He just got on his horse and rode towards Yue Fei's flag.

Hearing the situation on the other side of the river, Yue Fei didn't care much about such things, but since the situation was like this, he had no reason to refuse Qu Duan, who might cooperate more closely in the future, especially since Qu Duan proposed that Wang De, who had the least military exploits this time, take the initiative.

Regarding this matter...he agreed immediately, but asked the other party to act carefully and not to be ambushed by greed for credit.

Since Yue Fei had given face to him, Qu Duan reciprocated the favor and took the initiative to promise to cross the river to make a surprise attack in the evening.

Not to mention the end of the war, Qu Duan and others can't wait to go to Lingzhou at night to fight for the merits. On this afternoon at the end of April, Feng Chen, an official of the Zhao Song Dynasty, who didn't even know that a war had just broken out.

After two days of wandering, he finally arrived at his loyal city of Youzhou.

It can only be said that although there is no Hu Yin accompanying him to properly arrange everything, Lu Benzhong, who is active and has some ministers, can handle some general affairs. In addition, Jieyuan, Yue Chao, Dong Xian, and Zhai Cong are all veteran generals who are accompanying him.

And the danger was isolated in the east early, so there were no emergencies during the trip to Youzhou.

It was still the party leaders who came in droves, and it was still the Zhao Guan family who came forward to pretend to calm people's hearts.

"Officials, most of the people who arrived today are the tribal leaders from Yinzhou, Shizhou, and Zuoxiang Military Division..." After the brief meeting outside the city, the emperor and his ministers entered the city, and before the dinner started, Lu Benzhong came to report seriously. "

But those who came were only the second sons of the tribe, the old patriarchs who were too old to do anything, and none of the people who were in power seemed to be here."

"Why is that so?" Zhao Jiu, who had just changed out of his armor and put on a red robe, frowned slightly.

"I think it's because the three places to the east are adjacent to Suide, Jinning, and there are thousands of Jin people there." Lu Benzhong quickly gave the answer he thought of. "They have no courage and no vision, so even if they go up

After surrendering the throne, they also allowed Dong and Zhai to take control of their city, but they still did not dare to use their clan to make a decision."

Zhao Jiu took the hard-winged futou from the somewhat panicked Liu Yan, lowered her head and put it on, then asked: "So, today seems lively, but in fact there is no important person?"

"That's not true..." Lu Benzhong immediately mentioned a name. "Rendo Baozhong is here. He is the old man with a white beard who took the lead in bowing to the official ten miles outside the city today and then offered him a camel."

After putting on the hard-winged futou, Zhao Jiu could not move easily, but was still a little surprised: "Is there anything special about this person? I thought it was just because he was older, so he was in the front... But that white camel is pretty good.

Tender yet majestic.”

"Guan family." Lu Benzhong immediately laughed. "It's normal for officials not to know that this person is in a remote country. He is the top hero in the seven states. What does it mean in front of the world? What's more, this person has some skills and is also from the past.

Something happened."

Zhao Jiu began to tie the gold belt on his body, while Lu Benzhong also continued to explain a little.

It turns out that the Rendo tribe was originally the Hengshan tribe, but its tribe gradually became famous all over the world and gradually stood out, but only two people were responsible for it.

One of them was the supervisor of the Xixia Hengshan Army during the Shenzong Dynasty, called Renduo Weiding. This man had a cunning character and fought many battles with the Song Dynasty. Most of them planned the Song Dynasty and took the initiative to attack the Song Dynasty. However, as the saying goes, those who are good at swimming

Drowned, a good attacker dies in battle. The last time this person attacked Huanqing Road, he was blocked by the Song army and died without a burial place.

But even so, after decades of management by this person, the Renduo tribe finally stood out and became the representative tribe of the Hengshan Fan tribe.

Hearing this, Zhao Jiu, who was wearing a gold belt, finally smiled and said: "I understand, the Shenzong Dynasty is fighting the main battle against Xixia, and this person is the supervisor of the most important Hengshan front in Xixia, so this person's reputation is in the emperor's eyes.

There must have been many mentions in the Song Dynasty... Not to mention, half of the talents and talents in this dynasty were in the Shenzong dynasty. There were many celebrities, so things at that time were inevitably mentioned a lot, and even he became famous."

"That's exactly the truth." Lu Benzhong said calmly.

"As for the other person, it should be Ren Duo Baozhong." Zhao Jiu finished dressing and stood in the distance, looking slightly serious. "I guess, although I don't know who Ren Duo Weiding is, judging from his age, This person should have gained some fame during the wars of the Zhezong Dynasty, and he should be regarded as a famous local general whose name can be recorded in the history books?"

"That's right." Seeing that the officials were well prepared, Lu Benzhong spoke faster. "However, the reason why this person is famous is because of two major events that have nothing to do with military affairs... One is to help Xiao Liang to kill Empress Xiaoliang. Liang Yibu; the other is rumored that this person was probably because his military power was taken over by Cha Ge. Thirty years ago, he planned to surrender to the Song Dynasty. After the incident, Li Qianshun did not kill him, but only dismissed him, and the minister did not think of it. He is actually still alive now... Of course, this kind of person is not worth mentioning in the final analysis. He is just the most senior person at today's banquet, so I came here to remind the officials."

He sounded like a conspirator who was hungry for political power rather than a general. Zhao Jiu was thinking wildly in his mind, but he just nodded his head, then said nothing, and just glanced at Liu Yan.

Liu Yan understood and led dozens of soldiers out first. Lu Benzhong also left quickly. Zhao Guan's family, guarded by more than a dozen imperial guardsmen, paused for a while before slowly walking out.

Outside is a lobby that is very simple in the eyes of Song people. There is no one in the lobby except for a few guards. After leaving the lobby, the open space in the courtyard outside the hall is suddenly cheerful. Many soldiers are standing at the heels of the courtyard walls. In the empty courtyard, nearly a hundred tables were neatly placed, with some wine and green vegetables.

This was the former headquarters of the Xixia Jianing Military Division in Youzhou City. Next door was a temple of unknown sect. The Zhao Guan family chose this temple to do their business. Because the lobby was narrow and cramped, they simply abandoned the hall and came here. A banquet was held in the courtyard where the general could have been ordered.

It was the longest day of the year. Although it was a dinner party, it was indeed in the evening, but the light was extremely abundant. Zhao Jiu came out of the hall and could be seen at a glance.

The one hundred and eighty people in the courtyard who are eligible to attend, including the several ministers and generals who accompanied them here, and who had already led troops to Jintang City in Hongzhou, Longzhou, and Xiazhou Fan tribe, and then just outside the city this afternoon For the first time at ten miles away, I saw the local leaders of Zhao Song's official family and the leaders of the Duanbo tribe in the east of Hengshan, including the leader Renduo Baozhong, who was already in his 70s and 80s. They had already made preparations when Liu Yan, Lu Benzhong and others were transferred out. At this time, they met When they arrived at the house of Zhao Guan, who was dressed in a red robe, they were even more shocked. Ten of them knelt down and kowtowed and greeted each other with a big salute... This actually made several accompanying civil servants who were just bowing to each other a little embarrassed.

Of course, there were no servants around, and Zhao Guanjia didn't bother to pretend. He just waved his hand and asked everyone to stand up, and then sat down on his own seat.

The banquet began immediately.

But to be honest, the banquet in the northwest is still the hometown of Xixia, and the party members are the guests of honor, and it happens to be in front of the emperor. So it is not easy to write poems, and it is basically impossible to have a drinking order... Only the Zhao Guan family can speak , just chatting with everyone and making some political commitments.

However, although it is a political commitment, there are still questions about the specific post-war arrangements, including whether the Tibetan households will be moved inland, whether the Tibetan soldiers will be retained, what kind of treatment the Tibetan soldiers will be given, and whether the Tibetan leaders will be given real benefits after the dust settles. However, no one dared to ask this official about various serious issues, including how to reconstruct the administrative divisions of these places, and this official did not take the initiative to mention them.

This made the entire banquet seem a bit bland.

Of course, the war is still undecided, which is reasonable.

"His Majesty."

After three rounds of drinking, Nido Bochu, who was sitting in the front row on the right, with white beard and hair, slowly stood up with a wine glass in his hand, as if he was about to make a toast, but no one paid attention to him.

And sure enough, this person first toasted Zhao Guan's family birthday, but did not sit down after drinking. Instead, he took advantage of the situation and held the cup in his hand to say something.

"Please tell me, General Renduo." Zhao Jiu didn't take it seriously, especially because his clothes made it hard for him to show off his posture. Even if he wanted to express his attention, it would be difficult for him.

"I was born in a barbaric land, and I have admired the king for a long time. I am extremely honored to see Tianyan today, so I have two gifts that I would like to give to the officials, and I hope they will accept them." Nendo Baozhong first tried his best to lower his body and put down his wine glass.

, then stood up again, bowed slightly to face each other, his movements were slow and slow, it was obvious that he was really old and not just pretending to be old.

When this person stood up alone just now, Zhao Jiu was a little wary because of the other person's reputation, but when he saw this, he also felt a little ridiculous, but he didn't show it on his face, he just looked at him calmly:

"Didn't General Rendo already give you that white camel? I like it very much, why do you still have a gift?"

"So that the officials know that the camel was sought by the local county and county officials. I only asked you to offer it because I am old, and my hair and beard match the color of the camel's coat. It looks good when I hold the camel... This thing cannot be

To show my loyalty, it cannot be regarded as a gift from me." Renduo Baozhong responded slowly. "The two gifts I mentioned at this time are the gifts that I personally made great efforts to support the official's trip.

in order."

Zhao Jiu immediately responded: "In that case, please give it to me!"

Nendo Baozhong raised his eyebrows slightly when he heard this, and then turned back to look in the direction of the courtyard door... At this kind of banquet, everyone must be searched, and gifts and other things can only be sent after inspection.

Liu Yan went down in person, and after a while two soldiers came in. Liu Yan himself quickly turned back and whispered in the officials' ears.

Renduo Baozhong rarely forced himself to be energetic and stared at Zhao Songguanjia's reaction. Under his gaze that did not waver for a moment, Zhao Guanjia showed no signs of surprise and discomfort when he heard this, and even the hard wings on his head were not visible.

Shaking for half a minute... At this time, Nendo Baozhong secretly cursed himself for being ridiculous, and then returned to normal.

The gift was brought to the emperor, and the soldiers opened it and took it out, but it was a bloody head that had no time to be preserved with lime. As soon as this thing came out, Lu Benzhong and Zheng Zhichang turned pale, and the rest of the people, including Zhao Guan's family, came out.

There was no extra look on their faces, they were just curious at most.

Nendo Baozhong did not show off, and walked out of the queue slowly, kneeling next to the head and facing each other:

"Guan family, this is the head of little Ju Delu... Previously, Yin, Shi, and Zuo Xiang discussed reforming, but they felt that they had no merit to save themselves, so they came to ask me, and I suggested that they take this man's life.

You must present this man's head before the officials arrive today to express your feelings... The heads of the three divisions have all gone to fight for the officials before their troops arrive."

Zhao Jiu rarely shook the hard wings on his head, but he glanced at the pale-faced Lu Benzhong. When Lu Benzhong heard this and was glanced at by the official, his face turned even paler.

"Who is little Ju Delu?" Zhao Jiuqing knew that this was not the time to care about Lu Benzhong's inability to deal with these matters, so his expression remained unchanged and he could not ask further.

"Return to the official family." Renduo Baozhong continued to answer seriously. "This person is a Dangxiang person, but he is a Dangxiang person from the Liao Kingdom. He is one of the recruiting envoys in the southwest of the Liao Kingdom... In the past few years, the Jin people went south and the world was in chaos. Just like Li Yongqi, General Li Shifu and his son entered Xia from Suide, this man also led more than 100,000 Khitan, Xi, Bohai, Mengwu, and Dangxiang miscellaneous Hu people from Liao to Xia. He originally did not bother to surrender to Xia, so he first He went to attack Shi Fengzhou and Linzhou in order to establish a business, but was defeated and fled. Only 30,000 to 50,000 Khitan and mixed tribesmen were left. They could only go to Li Qianshun through the route of Xiazhou unified army Weiming Heda. After surrendering, he received support from Hengshan, and then established a foothold in the area behind Xiazhou and Yinzhou. He also captured Jianning Village in Linzhou as his base. Li Qianshun used him to serve as a barrier to the northeast of Xixia. The meaning of the golden man."

Besides, Lu Benzhong is a smart man after all. After hearing that this man led more than 100,000 Liao people to flee to Xixia, he suddenly realized that he didn't know that this gift was exactly what Zhao Guan's family really needed!

The general trend of Xixia was actually determined after the three men of Yue, Qu and Hu succeeded in their surprise attack on Xingqing Mansion. Wu Jie took advantage of the situation and pressed into Hengshan, which made the overall situation irreversible. However, the battle that follows is still very interesting. The leader, especially how to arrange Yelu Dashi, contain Yelu Dashi, and control Yelu Dashi's ally...

The survivors of the Liao Kingdom are the weak spot of Yelu Dashi, which covers a large area but has a very small population. Previously, Xiao... Zhao Heda had 70,000 to 80,000 people, and now Xiao Ju Delu has another 30,000 to 50,000 people. The total is enough for Yelu Dashi to take. It's obvious that Renduo Baozhong, who has become a master in his old age, got a whiff of the trend from the expulsion of Zhao Heda, and abruptly found a solution for the tribes at the east end of Hengshan Mountain from the situation of being forced to surrender. A real achievement came out.

But thinking of this, Lu Benzhong became more and more uneasy... He thought that this time he came here because his father had retired. It was the first time that he was working seriously after becoming an official, but he was compared to him like this by an old man in his seventies and eighties. It was simply embarrassing. , I don’t know if the officials will think they can use it after this incident?
To be continued...