Although Tong Guan had a bad reputation in later generations and was scolded as a treacherous minister at present, it is undeniable that he had been in the Northwest for many years, which made the great song dynasty gain an advantageous position in the war with Xixia.
With this merit, the emperor will like it.
After all, the superior wants only the result, does not ask the process, and does not care how many people died.
The emperor wants peace in the world.
Therefore, even though many people are dissatisfied with Tong Guan''s bullying in the northwest, they dare to be angry.
This time, Tong Guan was unconventional and forced Liu Fa, the economic envoy of Xihe Road, to attack Xixia Shuo square city.
In the eighth year of Zhenghe, under the command of Tong Guan, he Guan, the defense envoy of kuozhou, sent troops and captured the cattle cutting city of Xixia, which was renamed Tongwan.
Although they captured the city, Xixia did not suffer heavy losses. Moreover, they also mobilized heavy troops to recapture the city.
But at this time, Tong Guan ordered Liu Fa to attack Shuofang, and forced Liu Fa to send troops with great righteousness.
Finally, Liu Fa was ambushed by Richard, the prepared Xixia master general, near Tongwan City, and died in a fierce battle.
Liu Fa was a famous general in the northwest. He was the first in the world for more than 20 years in the northwest. "When it comes to famous generals, law must be the first". His death touched the song army very much.
However, before everyone could recover from the shock of Liu Fa''s death, Tong Guan returned to Yongxing military road again, summoned a group of generals such as planting master Dao, planting master Zhong, Wang Jin, Liu Yanqing, Yao Gu and Yao pingzhong, and led the army to kill Hengshan area.
Of course, this also includes Huanqing road''s slightly comforting envoy Zhu Bao.
In this war, the Yongxing military road in the northwest of the great song dynasty was elite. Under the command of Tong Guan, millions of soldiers seized dozens of strongholds in the Hengshan area of Xixia and completely occupied this area. Xiazhou was exposed to the iron hoofs of the great song army and was teetering.
At the cost of Liu Fa and his hundreds of thousands of troops, Tong Guan attracted Xixia''s attention to Hehuang area, but the soldiers turned around and captured Hengshan area at the least cost.
Xiazhou is in danger. The rear is Lingzhou (Xiping mansion) and Xingzhou (Xingqing mansion), where the capital of Xixia is located.
Li qianshun, the leader of the Western Xia state, was completely flustered. He immediately sent envoys to the state of Liao for help and negotiated peace with the great Song Dynasty in the name of the state of Liao.
There are threats from the Liao state outside, and Song Jiang repeatedly broke through the state capital inside. With great momentum, song Huizong can only order Tong Guan to stop military operations against Xixia.
It is a pity that the great song dynasty could not further destroy Xixia even if it captured the land of Hengshan.
However, it was absolutely cost-effective for Tong Guan. Anyway, no matter how many people died, it was just a number in the memorial to him, and seizing the land of Hexi in the Song Dynasty that had been on his mind for decades since emperor Renzong was enough to make him famous in history.
Therefore, after returning to the dynasty, Tong Guan was transferred from Taibao to Taifu and sealed Jingyang Gong.
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Qiji took part in the battle against Hengshan and led the army to fight as the economic envoy of Huanqing road.
The whole Huanqing Road, except for leaving a few to maintain law and order, all the others set out with strange tricks to meet the troops from Rongting Road, Suide army, jingzhaofu and other places and go out from Xiaoguan (Xiaoguan) to seize Yonghe village, Geda City, mingshahui and other cities.
The strange plan has been in the Northwest for several years. The war has been fought many times, but this time it is the largest.
The Huanqing Route Army is not the most powerful among the army. It''s under the command of the teachers that there are so many generals. According to the trick, there are no less than seven or eight martial artists in the Dharma phase under its command, not including the hidden scribes.
The essence of the Song Dynasty''s banned troops was in the northwest, even if they were stationed in the Forbidden City.
After the great victory, there will be awards. It is already a trick of Zheng Feng''s doctor and Huanqing road''s manager to appease him. He was promoted to Yongxing military road''s manager to give him a straight Bachelor of Longtu Pavilion, plus doctor Jin Ziguang Lu, and to seal the state marquis. He can already be regarded as a senior official of the third grade.
The second grade is the level of six Shangshu.
In this war, the merit of the tricks was not the greatest, but the benefits were the most. They directly crossed the older generation''s teaching methods, Liu Zhongwu and others and became their superiors.
In recent years, in the northwest, Tong Guan has not specifically targeted at tricks, but as long as Tong Guan has actions, he will call them tricks, hand over the most difficult task to him, and expect them to make mistakes.
Fortunately, the trick did not give Tong Guan a chance. It was a fair and aboveboard means, and the trick was not afraid.
The fact that Tong Guan was able to take over the Yongxing military road from the patriarchal school, Liu Zhongwu, Yao Gu, and others was not only because Tong Guan was afraid to reduce his merits, but also because he was a scholar and was also the number one scholar.
This is the advantage of nature. Even if Cai Jing of the political affairs hall doesn''t like tricks anymore, he has to hold his nose to recognize them.
At this point, Cai Jing and Qiji are on the same side.
The civil service Song Dynasty refers to this situation.
In contrast, although a teacher is also a civil servant and once worshipped the great Confucian Zhang Zai as a teacher, he is not a Jinshi after all; Although zhe Yanzhi was born as a scholar, the backstage was not hard enough.
Therefore, it is not surprising that the number one scholar and the emperor''s favorite trick crossed the generals and became the strategic pacifier of Yongxing military road.
Even if the trick is young, it is also an official. They have to salute when they meet.
After promotion, Qiji went from Qingzhou to Jingzhao mansion and took charge of Chang''an.
The first thing is to summon commanders and officers from all localities, prefectures and armies to report on their work and understand the situation of the armed forces in all localities.
It''s time to prepare for the pacification of Liangshan.
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During the northwest war in the first year of Xuanhe, Chao Gai, the leader of Shuibo Liangshan, died in zengtou city. He left his last words for his Avenger to take over Liangshan.
In order to break the zengtou City, Song Jiang and Wu used their designs to earn jade Qilin. Lu Junyi went up the mountain and led the army to attack Daming mansion and besiege Beijing City (now Daming County in Handan). Because of the great momentum, the imperial court imposed suppression and defeated the imperial court''s attack many times. Finally, he broke Daming mansion in the first month of Xuanhe year and invaded Beijing to avenge Lu Junyi. After that, he took advantage of the situation to attack zengtou City, kill Shi Wengong and avenge Chao Gai.
Of course, Lu Junyi, who killed Shi Wengong, did not become the leader. Song Jiang still took the first place.
In March of the second year of Xuanhe, Song Jiang and Lu Junyi divided their troops to attack Dongping mansion (Yunzhou, which was changed to Dongping mansion in the first year of Xuanhe) and Dongchang mansion (Bozhou), and received Dong Ping, Zhang Qing and other generals. Tiangang Disha hundred Dan Eight Generals finally gathered.
When Song Jiang besieged Dongping mansion, Zhu Biao was a layman, leaving only Zhu wanmao, a 60 year old man. Although Cheng Wanli, the governor of Dongping mansion, could not expect Zhu''s family to deal with it, he could not let an old man go to war, and Song Jiang finally broke Dongping mansion.
As expected, Song Jiang ransacked Dongping mansion, but he didn''t dare to move Zhu''s house. Instead, he came to apologize in person.
In two years, today is not as good as before. Is it comparable to Huanqing road when Yongxing military road was slightly pacified?
Holding millions of military horses, I dare not despise them even in the hall.
The rest of the heavenly Gang earth Sha Xing Jun immediately triggered a big event, let Liangshan dig out the stone tablet and recite the name of the heavenly Gang earth Sha.
The return of the star king causes the strange image of heaven and earth. Those who have the ability of abnormal numbers can sense the abnormality of heaven and earth at that moment.
Although he couldn''t see the trick, he felt it vaguely, while Qiao Daoqing stared at the East and was very shocked.
The fate of Tiangang and Disha has been determined. Liangshan is ranked second, and is divided into the duties of each village and each army. This initial group of bandits who had to go up the mountain finally formed a force that bothered the Song Dynasty.
At this time, the imperial court has been discussing who to send to levy Liangshan.