Chapter 357 The people rebelled
"I pay homage to Your Majesty!" Liang Guangchuan walked into the hall and bowed in salute.
"The Prime Minister is here to persuade me to withdraw my troops again?" Li Liangzuo said lightly.
"Your Majesty!" Liang Guangchuan said: "The weather on the plateau is getting colder and colder now, and it will snow soon. With the people here, we will not be able to capture the plateau in a short time. When I heard the news, I Song Dynasty is already preparing to send troops to support Tubo in Hehuang. Once the Song Dynasty takes over Hehuang, Daxia will be attacked from both sides!"
"What?" Li Liangzuo was surprised when he heard this? .
Although Xixia did not launch troops against Hehuang, its penetration into Hehuang never stopped.
He naturally knew the news about the Tibetans in Hehuang asking for help from the Song Dynasty.
But Li Liangzuo knew the shortcomings of the Song Dynasty even more.
The generals of the Song Dynasty had no autonomy at all without an imperial edict.
Counting from the time when Tubo asked for help, the news has just reached Bianjing at most.
When the time comes, it will take a lot of time for the monarchs and ministers of the Song Dynasty to discuss the matter.
And now that the Song Dynasty was spending a lot of manpower and material resources to build the Great Wall in the north, he felt that the Song Dynasty would not agree to send troops in the end.
Even if the Song Dynasty wanted to send troops, he could receive the news early.
But now he has not received any news that the Song Dynasty has sent troops.
"How dare I expire your Majesty!" Liang Guangchuan said: "This is the news I just received. Two of the three armies stationed near Qinzhou in the Song Dynasty are already reorganizing their troops."
Li Liangzuo was silent for a while after hearing this, then picked up a piece of zhazi from the table and said, "Prime Minister, take a look."
A eunuch bowed and took the zhazhi and gave it to Liang Guangchuan's hand.
Liang Guangchuan picked up the Zazi and read it. When he saw the content in the Zazi, he exclaimed: "Is Zunsi Luo dead?"
"That's right!"
< br>Li Liangzuo nodded and said: "This news The news had just come back. After all, Xi Siluo was old and was not in good health. He was hit by a stray arrow in this sneak attack and was already dead. .”
"Your Majesty, because of this, the Plateau side is not in a hurry."
Liang Guangchuan said: "Hehuang must not fall into the hands of the Song Dynasty, otherwise the Xia Dynasty will be too passive. I think it should be Retreat first. The Song Dynasty's court was bloated, which hindered the Song Dynasty's plans this time. It is hard to say whether the Song Dynasty will plan for Hehuang in the future. Very understanding.
Just like the Northern Expedition of Emperor Taizong of the Song Dynasty, he never launched the Northern Expedition after his defeat.
The same was true for the New Deal implemented before. After its failure, no one even mentioned it.
He didn't know why the Song Dynasty was uncharacteristically decisive in facing He Huang this time, but as long as the Song Dynasty could be prevented from sending troops, it would be very difficult for the Song Dynasty to imagine being so decisive this time.
After Gao Yuan died, Xixia was just a piece of meat in his mouth.
Eat whenever you want, no need to rush.
"I understand what the Prime Minister said, but the Prime Minister has thought about retreating the troops this time and sending troops next time. How much food will it cost?" Li Liangzuo shook his head.
Money and food are only one aspect. This time he mobilized troops on the plateau, but this was the first time he used troops abroad since he took office.
Although the retreat of troops was done by bringing in troops before, the people of Xixia did not know that.
The withdrawal of troops had a big blow to his prestige.
If he retreats again this time, the blow to his prestige will be even greater.
This is the reason why he is unwilling to retreat.
“But the land of Hehuang is very important. Once it is controlled by the Song Dynasty...”
"The Prime Minister is worrying too much!" Li Liangzuo interrupted Liang Guangchuan and said: "The Song Dynasty's military front is very weak, how can they defeat Hehuang in a short time?"
"But what if? Your Majesty, the land of Hehuang is too important for Daxia to gamble on!" Liang Guangchuan said.
"No but!" Li Liangzuo waved his hand and said: "I am going to send more troops to the border with the Great Song Dynasty, and then condemn the envoys to enter the Song Dynasty, and reprimand the Great Song Dynasty for sending troops to Hehuang and threatening our border with the Great Xia. That's it. The Song Dynasty will definitely not dare to act rashly." Liang Guangchuan opened his mouth and finally sighed: "Your Majesty, your Majesty!"
Li Liangzuo's move is indeed effective, but There is a time difference.
The Song Dynasty was already preparing to mobilize troops at this time. When the Xixia envoys met with the Emperor of the Song Dynasty, if the Song Dynasty deliberately delayed it, Hehuang might even be captured.
Can Xixia really send troops to force the Song Dynasty to retreat?
No!
The national power of Xixia does not support a two-front war in Xixia.
And the Song-Xia border, after years of construction by the Song Dynasty, Xixia could not put much pressure on the Song Dynasty in a short period of time.
Otherwise, he would not advocate withdrawing the troops, but would advocate sending troops to attack Hehuang.
But Liang Guangchuan saw that Li Liangzuo was determined to do this, and he did not dare to persuade him any more.
"The last time the son of the prime minister went to the Song Dynasty as an envoy, he had gained experience. Let the son of the prime minister go this time." Li Liangzuo said with a smile.
"Your Majesty, this time is no better than before. The dog is too young, so I'm afraid it will be difficult for him to take on such a big responsibility!" Liang Guangchuan instinctively wanted to refuse.
If this matter goes wrong, the person who sent the envoy will take the blame. Naturally, he does not want his son to go.
"I heard that the Han people often use Gan Luo to become prime minister at the age of twelve to describe ambition but not age. I think the prime minister's son is very capable, so don't refuse, prime minister." Li Liangzuo said with a smile.
"Yes, I obey the order!" Liang Guangchuan responded.
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Longtuge
Zhao Xing is looking at the secret report sent by Gu Tingye.
Zhao Xing agreed with Gu Tingye's approach of continuing to send troops.
Zhao Xing remembers that in the original drama, when Mrs. Sheng was poisoned, Minglan once said that for many things in this world, the competition is to see who is more willing to risk it.
There is an old saying that those who are barefoot are not afraid of those who wear shoes.
The Kang family and the Wang family at that time were far behind the prosperous Sheng family.
At that time, people in the Sheng family wore shoes, so Mrs. Wang pretended to either make peace with the matter or make it worse, and Sheng Hong gave in.
This phenomenon also applies between countries.
Like the Tan Yuan Alliance, the Liao Kingdom was defeated, but it looked like it was going to fight to the death with the Song Dynasty. Wasn't Zhenzong at that time afraid and took the initiative to seek peace?
At this time, the Liao Dynasty was in civil war. Even if Xixia really retreated, it would not take the initiative to provoke a war with the Song Dynasty.
What's more, the Liao Kingdom only had a truce with the plateau at this time and had not withdrawn its troops yet.
How could Zhao Xing be so frightened.
Zhao Xing wrote a letter back to Gu Tingye, affirming his approach and asking him to let go.
“Your Majesty!”
At this moment, Sanshui walked in in a hurry.
"What happened, why are you in such a panic?" Zhao Xing frowned.
“There is an urgent report from Jiangzhou that some people have rebelled!” Sanshui said.
"What?"
Zhao Xing said in shock and anger: "When the disaster happened before, there was no rebellion. Now that the disaster has been brought under control, why would the people rebel?"
"Neither did the slaves. You know, this is an urgent report sent back by Shen Xianggong's order!" Sanshui said.
(End of this chapter)