Yi Song

Chapter 223 The distressed Xixia Army coach
In the custody room of Weizhou City Commandery Army Envoy, the commander of Jingsai Army, Richard Brother, the Jin King of Xixia Kingdom, sat at the top, Xiao Heda, governor of Xiazhou, sat at the bottom, Weiming Adao, the commander-in-chief of Jingsai Army, Yanzhou The defense envoy Li Liangfu, the Henan transit envoy Li Renli, the Weizhou defense envoy Zeng Cunli, the governor Wodaochi and other officials and generals.

"What is Liu Erlang doing on the other side!"

Li Liangfu said angrily.

"Tong Guan, a eunuch, came, and Liu Erlang, a relative, came, who was even more arrogant, domineering, arrogant and arrogant. Tong Guan only fought in the east and west, but he was better, fighting from the east to the west, from the Suide Army to Huangzhou Xining He drove all the troops to fight in the state.

Damn it, what on earth is he trying to do? "

"What to do? It's not just to send troops to test, so as to gain credit and favor. Tong Guan is an eunuch, and Liu Erlang is a relative. These people have only one purpose in everything they do, which is to buy the favor of the officials of the Song Dynasty."

Weiming Adao also said dissatisfiedly.

"From east to west, all the states and counties along the border were frightened by him, but nothing happened. It was a fright for nothing. Looking at Liu Erlang now, he looks like a headless fly!"

"We still lost some soldiers and horses. Yinzhou lost Qingquan Village, the last barrier, and lost nearly a thousand soldiers and horses; Hongzhou lost the pass on Changcheng Ridge, losing 600 soldiers and horses; Xiabao Village to the north of Huanzhou, Our army lost more than 1,100 people in a bloody battle with the Song army; more than 6,000 people were lost in the battle at Shangyikou; more than 2,000 people were lost at Fuchuan Pass in the north of Huizhou; Zhuoluo and Nanjun Siyi Yehu Fort in the east lost more than 1,200 people."

Li Renli told the Xixia Army's losses one by one, making everyone present a little embarrassed.

Li Liangfu and Wei Mingadao looked at each other, snorted, and said disdainfully: "It's just that Liu Erlang saw that he couldn't take advantage of us, so he just gave in temporarily."

Bei Liao has always been Xixia's largest foreign aid, and Bei Liao also hopes that Xixia will contain Song in the west. But now that Northern Liao was being defeated by the Jurchens from the Northeast, many people in Xixia Kingdom had strange thoughts.

Xiao Heda pushed it cleanly, but his attitude was also revealed in his words. My own troops and I only need to defend Xiazhou, and the rest will depend on the situation.

Brother Richard listened silently, paying attention to everyone's expressions.

Brother Richard originally had no hope for him and was just being polite.

Seeing a staff member sitting in the corner eager to speak, he did not ask him to speak. Instead, he turned to Xiao Heda, the governor of Xiazhou, and spoke politely.

A few years later, Xiao Heda was enfeoffed to Xiazhou with more than 3,000 Khitan and Xiren cavalry.

As soon as these words came out, there was silence in the signing room, and then burst into laughter.

Li Liangfu and Nong Cunli patted each other on the shoulders and said, "If I still have Wei Qing and Huo Qubing, then won't I become Mao Dun and Murong Ke?"

"Prince Xiao, what do you have in mind?"

Liang Baichuan stood up without hesitation and said loudly: "What about the relatives? During the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Wei Qing and Huo Qubing were also relatives."

But Brother Richard knew in his heart that no matter how poor the Northern Liao people were, they would still be a giant in front of the Xixia Kingdom. Besides, the situation in the Northeast War is unclear, and it is not yet clear who will win, the Khitans or the Jurchens, and it is not yet time to completely break the relationship.

Nodding, he turned to the staff member and asked, "Liang Baichuan, I see you are eager to try, do you have any suggestions?"

"Your Majesty, you're too polite. I don't have any high opinions. My first duty now is to guard Xiazhou and live up to the great trust of the king. The rest will follow your orders."

Bin Cunli echoed from the side: "The people of Song Dynasty are weak. They only know how to scheming with their own people, but they are in a mess when fighting with foreign countries. This Liu Erlang has taken advantage of us. He doesn't know how many soldiers and horses he has lost." How to communicate with his officials. I think it is normal for Fu Ruan to negotiate peace with us."

Weiming Adao rubbed his tears and said with a smile: "Wei Qing and Huo Qubing, how dare you say that."

"In total, our army lost tens of thousands of people. What surprised us most was that as soon as the battle at Yehu Castle ended, Liu Erlang immediately sent an envoy to negotiate peace with our country, and took the initiative to open six vertebrae fields as a show of sincerity."

Xiao Heda was a native of Xi, who was originally a general of the Northern Liao Dynasty. In the fifth year of Xia Zhenguan (the fourth year of Chongning in the Song Dynasty, 1105), he escorted the daughter of the Northern Liao clan, Yelu Nanxian, who was named Princess Cheng'an, to the Xingqing Mansion of the Western Xia Dynasty. Lord Li Qianshun got married.

Aodaochi looked at Liang Baichuan coldly.

Xiao Heda's eyes flickered.

Li Renli asked coldly: "Your surname is Liang. Are you from the Liang family in Liangzhou?" Liang Baichuan seemed to have been slapped head-on, and said with a smile, "Yes, I come from the Liang family in Liangzhou."

"Who are you, the traitor Liang Yibu?"

"Uncle Clan."

Li Renli sneered a few times: "It's true, the traitorous nephew has a profound family knowledge. In order to attract favors, he is showing off his tactics and is here to scaremonger!"

Wei Ming A Dao, Li Liangfu, Bong Cunli, and O Daochi also turned cold and looked at Liang Baichuan with unkind eyes.

"I, I, I am speaking out of loyalty." Liang Baichuan said quietly.

Li Renli turned his head and looked at Brother Richard, "Your Majesty, why do you use this traitor to join your staff?"

Brother Richard and Li Renli looked at each other and couldn't help but sneer in their hearts.

You look so sanctimonious, and what you say is righteous, but actually half of it is selfish.

The good people in Song Dynasty did not learn from them, but all the bad people learned from them. Poems, books, etiquette, and music, and he also claims to be the Qingliu of the Xixia Kingdom. He will target himself when nothing happens, and he will give advice on the smallest things, and use himself to invite fame.

I also know what the king means. It is nothing more than supporting this group of so-called Qingliu to contain himself and a group of clan members.

Li Renli was proficient in Chinese studies, poetry, and poetry. He was very talented but knew nothing about practical matters. However, he was appointed as the transfer envoy to Henan, which strangled the lifeblood of the Jingsai, Jianing, Xiangyou, and Zuoxiang Shenyong military commanders.

"Li Caoshuai, please be patient. Mr. Liang still has some abilities. If you have anything to say, just say it. Let's listen first and then make a long-term plan."

Brother Richard made a change.

Liang Baichuan glanced at him gratefully, seized the moment and said: "Thank you, Your Majesty. My lords, the Song army fought from east to west, and finally sent envoys for peace talks and opened the vertebra field. Some people looked down on Liu Erlang and said he was a headless fly. , testing around, looking for opportunities to win.

His subordinates speculated whether Liu Erlang took this opportunity to get familiar with the Western Army? "

"Familiar with the Western Army? Our army lost tens of thousands, and the Song Army must have tens of thousands of casualties? Liu Erlang drove the Song Army to die, just to get familiar with the Western Army? Is he crazy, or are you stupid?" Li Liangfu said disdainfully.

After a moment of silence, Xiao Heda said: "If this is true, this Liu Erlang is indeed a hero."

Li Liangfu shook his head and said: "You believe it, but I don't! If he was a hero, why did he immediately send envoys for peace talks and open the vertebra field? This is something Tong Guan was not willing to let go when he was in the northwest."

Liang Baichuan received Brother Richard's look, mustered up his courage, and continued: "Sending envoys for peace talks, my subordinates guess, is just a delaying tactic. After Liu Erlang became familiar with the Western Army, he needed time to organize himself. Opening the vertebra field, his subordinates felt, and Not a good thing.”

"Why did you say that?" Li Renli asked with a gloomy face.

"The six vertebral fields were opened. Song merchants changed the previous rules and were all managed by three firms, Xianxihang, Xingpingshe, and Xikenshe. What kind of goods were sold to us? Spirits, silk, porcelain, Buddhist scriptures, bronze Buddha statues, as well as perfumes, soaps, and glass that have recently appeared in Bianjing.

There is not even a grain of food that we urgently need. The reason of the Song Dynasty merchants was that in the past three years, there had been severe floods and droughts in the Central Plains and Shaanxi Province, and the grain harvests had been poor and prices had skyrocketed. It was unprofitable to resell them.

The price of tea has soared four to five times. The reason for the Song merchants was that the tea harvest in Xishu and other places was not harvested due to bad rain, and part of it was taken away by high prices due to the prevalence of maritime merchants in the southeast. "

Liang Baichuan spoke eloquently.

"The goods we sell, the most valuable green salt before, have been suppressed to one-tenth of the price. The excuse of Song merchants is that a large amount of salt has entered Shaanxi, and the price has plummeted. Fur medicinal materials have also been suppressed to one-fifth of the previous price. s price.

On the contrary, the purchase price of grain has increased by one to three times. A large amount of autumn grain was trafficked out of the country in Wei, Hong, Long, Yinzhou and other vertebrae markets. Four days ago, a batch of grain transported from Jingzhou was seized at the South Pass of Weizhou and was ready to be sold to the Song Dynasty. "

Brother Richard's face darkened, he turned to Li Renli and asked, "Li Caoshuai, is that so?"

(End of this chapter)