Chapter 501 Mutation
"Zhonghuai!"
Wang Shao was silent for a while and said, "Although your plan is bold, it is indeed possible to succeed. But doing so is equivalent to taking the initiative to choose The most important thing about the war between Song and Xia is whether you have ever thought of a way out? "
Now, Xixia and the Song Dynasty are still nominally allies, and Xixia has never attacked the Song Dynasty.
Although there is this possibility later, it is only possible.
Gu Tingye did this and took the initiative to provoke a war. No matter whether it succeeded or not, he would face the criticism of civil servants.
Putting this aside, Gu Tingye went deeper alone. No matter whether he could successfully attack the enemy, he would face the encirclement and suppression of the Xixia army.
"It is better to take the initiative to attack instead of waiting for Xixia to take the initiative to invade the border. I believe Your Majesty knows it and will agree with my plan. As long as Your Majesty agrees, I will not be in trouble."
Gu Tingye smiled "As for the retreat, I naturally considered it. The plateau is now deserted and the Western Xia is short of troops, and there are no troops left on the plateau. Whether it is successful or not, I will go to the plateau and then enter the Song Dynasty through Shu."
The only difficulty in plateau is altitude sickness. Of course, there is no word altitude sickness at this time.
In ancient times, the name of plateau reaction was miasma.
However, after years of exploration, as long as you don’t go deeper, there is no big problem.
Gu Tingye came to Shu from there and did not go deeper, so there was no need to worry about this problem. "You decided?" Wang Shao asked. "I've decided!" Gu Tingye nodded firmly.
Wang Shao sighed. If according to the previous tradition, when the opinions of his military supervisor and Gu Tingye and the chief general conflicted, he should focus on his meaning.
But when Zhao Xing sent them here, he talked to Rang, hinting that he would focus on Gu Tingye's orders.
The two of them have been together for so long, and he has figured out Gu Tingye's temperament.
Gu Tingye can usually listen to advice, but once Gu Tingye makes up his mind, it is difficult to shake it.
So he no longer persuaded him, but improved his plan with Gu Tingye.
The next night, Gu Tingye sent people to deal with the spies surveillance around the city, and then led all the soldiers and horses into the territory of Xixia in the dark.
Gu Tingye has been with Zhao Xing for many years and has also heard a lot of novel things from Zhao Xing.
For example, how to solve the problem of night blindness.
Hehuang is mixed with farming and pastoral farming. Before the Song Dynasty and Hehuang were in the honeymoon period, Gu Tingye asked Dong Wen for sheep and goat milk a lot.
The soldiers in the army eat better than ordinary people.
As the saying goes, the emperor is not short of hungry soldiers. The soldiers are all young and strong, and the night blindness is not very serious.
This time I have been replenishing nutrition, so I won’t be blind at night.
This is also Gu Tingye's confidence in daring to attack the capital of Xixia.
After Gu Tingye was stationed in Hehuang, he had been collecting information about Xixia, and the march route was deliberately avoiding densely populated areas.
If you really can't avoid it, you can only kill them all.
Even if the village was slaughtered, as long as the traces were cleared, officials from nearby cities would not guess that anyone was so crazy that they went deep into the army and sneaked into the capital of Xixia.
Although it is cruel, Ke Ci does not take charge of the troops, so in order to conceal the news, he can only do this.
More than six hundred miles, it is enough for about four or five days to march normally.
But in order to hide his traces, Gu Tingye could only stay up in the day and go out at night, and avoid densely populated areas along the way, so the journey was even longer.
It took more than half a month to lead 30,000 troops to lurk in a valley more than 30 miles away from the capital of Xixia.
Going further forward, the population will be too dense and cannot be avoided at all, and there is no time to silence the mouth, otherwise it will only waste time and make Xixia notice.
When Gu Tingye and Wang Shao had already discussed it, and immediately sent Yuan Wenshao to take people to the vicinity of the capital of Xixia to inquire about the news.
As long as there is no abnormality in the Western Xia Kingdom, it will not hide its traces and will directly attack the capital of the Western Xia Kingdom.
Even if it is discovered, it is too late to report the news.
Yuan Wenshao set out late at night. When he arrived near the capital of Xixia, it was already dawn.
The Han people in the Western Xia lived in a mixed relationship with the Dangxiang tribe, and after the Dangxiang tribe had already surrendered to the Tang Dynasty in the early Tang Dynasty, they began to use the language of the Han people.
When Xixia was reincarnated, the founding emperor of Xixia ordered people to create Xixia characters. Unfortunately, it only took decades and has not been fully promoted. The people still use the Han language, but there are certain differences in accents. .
Yuan Wenshao and his spy changed into Western Xia costumes, imitating the accent of the Xixia side, and mingled among the crowds rushing to the capital of Western Xia to inquire about the news.
He claimed to be a businessman who traveled between Xixia and the Song Dynasty. His accent was a bit strange and no one thought about it, but he had heard a lot of news.
According to the original plan, he needed to enter the city and see the general defense of Xixia.
When launching a raid, some soldiers and horses need to be sent into the city in advance to prevent the city gate from closing at critical moments.
When I learned that the capital of Xixia began martial law half a month ago, and the inspection of entry and exit was very strict and needed road guidance, Yuan Wenshao immediately gave up the idea of entering the city.
Hurry back and report to Gu Tingye. "Zhonghuai must be the villages slaughtered along the way, which has already made Xixia alert. Now Xixia is just a little alert, and it is still time for us to retreat." Wang Shao said anxiously.
The main thing about the raid is the word "raid". Once the other party is prepared and closes the city gate in time, they only have 30,000 cavalry and do not even have siege equipment, so it is impossible to break the city.
"Wait!"
Gu Tingye interrupted Wang Shao and looked at Yuan Wenshao and said, "Are you sure that martial law started half a month ago? Have you found out the specific time?"
"The General and General asked many people about the spies, and they all said so. As for the time being, it was about nineteen days ago, and some of the generals with identities did not dare to contact them. Ordinary people don't remember it very clearly." Yuan Wenshao said.
"Zi Chun!"
Gu Tingye looked at Wang Shao and said, "It took us sixteen days to go, including today only seventeen days. Even if we found a village on the city along the way, we were caught. It takes time to report it. The Xixia Kingdom can’t be alert before we set out, right?”
"Zhonghuai, no matter why the sudden martial law in Xixia is suddenly affected our plan!" Wang Shao frowned.
He just heard Yuan Wenshao say that the Xixia Kingdom suddenly had martial law, and his first reaction was that Xixia was alert.
It seems that the martial law in the capital of Xixia is indeed not their reason.
But Xixia did not have martial law when sending troops. Now that martial law is suddenly strict, there must be some inside information.
But no matter what the inside story is, Xixia is indeed martial law. In this case, it is impossible to take down the city.
"Zichun, don't worry first!"
Gu Tingye asked Yuan Wenshao again.
"The capital of Xixia is martial law, is it because all the city gates are martial law?"
"This..."
Yuan Wenshao bowed and said, "I will learn that the capital of Xixia is martial law. Finally, I will learn that the capital of Xixia is martial law. , but hurriedly found some people to check the news, and did not go to inquire about the situation of other city gates. If you have any negligence, please direct the commander to punish the crime! ”
"Remember this time, you can go and inquire again to find out if the four gates of the Xixia capital are under martial law. It is best to get closer and check it out." Gu Tingye said. "Yes!" Yuan Wenshao responded and took the order and left. "Zhonghuai, why don't you give up?" Wang Shao advised: "Although Xixia has not yet discovered it, once it is exposed, we can only return to the Song Dynasty from Shu. In this way, the troops on the northwest border will be There is something inadequate."
When giving up now, they can still go back to the northwest border directly while the Western Xia is not prepared, and can also make up for the lack of troops in the northwest.
But once exposed, they could only return to the Song Dynasty from Shu.
The road from Shu to the northwest border is difficult to walk and takes a lot of time.
"Zichun, it's already here. I'm really unwilling to give up so easily!"
Gu Tingye said, "But don't worry, if it's really impossible, I won't do anything either." It will come hard!" "
"I hope so!" Wang Shao sighed.
Although Zhao Xing asked him to take Gu Tingye's orders as the main point, the rest of the army did not know about it.
It was a convention for the Song Dynasty to value culture over military affairs. He was about to forcefully seize power, but it was not impossible.
But now that they have penetrated deep into the hinterland of Xixia, it is a taboo to have the two of them in harmony.
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Yuan Wenshao's investigation was already dark when he came back. "Report to the commander of the capital, although the capital of Xixia has been martial law, it is actually tight on the outside and loose on the inside, and does not restrict the entry and exit of nearby people. If the vendors from other places are from, they will be arrested. The specific reason is unclear. , but the last general approached and looked at it. There were not many soldiers and horses near the city gate and on the city wall, and the four city gates were the same. "Yuan Wenshao reported.
Gu Tingye greeted Yuan Wenshao and sat down, pondered for a while and looked at Wang Shao who was frowning and thinking, and smiled and said, "How do you think Zichun?" "The capital of Xixia seems to be blocking some news." Wang Shao said. "No matter what news Xixia is blocking, we have a great chance of raiding." Gu Tingye smiled.
This time Wang Shao did not object, but said: "If it is a surprise attack, it must be fast. The city is full of streets, which is not conducive to the deployment of troops. Once the troops in Xixia react, it will be easy for us to do so. Being dragged into the city. If the soldiers from nearby cities come after hearing the news, we will be in danger. "
"Yes!"
Gu Tingye smiled and said, "The Xixia Palace is closest to the east and west city gates. We choose one of them and raid directly in and surround the palace. The Xixia Emperor personally led the expedition and would inevitably take away many imperial guards in the palace. The guards in the palace were insufficient."
"The Emperor of Xixia only has one son, so he will retreat when he catches him. Even if the Emperor of Xixia learns the news, he will definitely throw himself into a jealous way and dare not send troops to retaliate easily."
"Is this a bit too desperate to bet on the verge of a single bet."
" "Wang Shao said worriedly.
His idea is to take at least two city gates. If Xixia counterattacks too quickly, he can choose one city gate to retreat according to the situation. "Holding the two city gates, you have to break through the palace. The pressure is too great." Gu Tingye shook his head and said.
"Well, I'll accompany you for a crazy time!" Wang Shao said gritting his teeth.
"Haha!"
Gu Tingye smiled and said, "If this time is successful, we will be famous in history!"
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< br>Xixia Imperial Palace
At this time, the palace gate was closed, and the guards in the palace were tightly guarded, even more tighter than when Li Liangzuo was there.
In the Queen's bedroom hall, Queen Liang was talking to an old man.
This person is like Liang Guangchuan in Xixia. "Now the troops in the city are under our control. I learned the news that Li Mingxiao has returned to the court on the grounds that His Majesty is not in good health." Liang Guangchuan said with a smile. "Father is sure that he can get rid of Li Mingxiao? After all, that's an army of 400,000!" Queen Liang said with some concern.
"Don't worry, if it weren't for the sudden death of Your Majesty and the army would be in chaos, he would have died!" Liang Guangchuan sneered: "He thought Your Majesty had died unexpectedly, blocked the news and won over the army. General. Don’t you know that he is already dead for a while, and that among the people who defect to him are mine, when he brings the army back, it will be his death date! "
Liang Guangchuan has been planning this for a long time It's true, but he couldn't control the situation after Li Liangzuo's death, and he was concerned about the Liao Kingdom and the Song Dynasty, so he didn't take action.
Now the Great Song Dynasty and the Liao Kingdom are fighting. Even if we learn that Li Liangzuo died suddenly, the Great Song Dynasty and the Liao Kingdom can't do anything. He has enough time to calm the impact of Li Liangzuo's death. Take control of the Liao Kingdom's great power.
"I'll let it go..."
Before Queen Liang could finish her words, Liang Yicha walked in cursingly. "What's going on with your face?" Liang Guangchuan frowned. "That bitch Dong Fei is ignorant. After I play with it, I rewarded her to the Imperial Army." Liang Yi buried his face and said with a resentful look on his face.
"Who told you to touch Concubine Dong?"
Empress Liang said angrily when she heard this: "It's okay if you touch those ordinary concubines, but even Concubine Dong was moved. Do you really think we are there? Now it's really covered the sky with one hand?"
"Hasn't she always been against her sister? I'm just venting my anger for you." Liang Yi said indifferently.
"Ba!"
"Dad, you..."
Liang Yi looked at his father with disbelief.
"Damn it!"
Liang Guangchuan cursed angrily: "How many Dangxiang nobles are there in the court? Even if Chang Ge'er ascended the throne, he should not do anything randomly before he eliminated these people!"
They did not directly seize the throne, but the Liang family's Status cannot do this.
But he plotted to murder Li Liangzuo and let Empress Liang's son ascend the throne.
The power of the Xixia Dangxiang nobles was quite strong. Before they were completely in control of the power, they should be honest on the surface. "But the Dong family is not in harmony with you. Didn't you say you want to solve the Dong family?" Liang Yimeng said.
"That's the future, and now we have to keep the Dong family. Only in this way can we calm the hearts of the nobles of the Dangxiang!" Liang Guangchuan said and gave Liang Yi a wink.
Liao Yimang lowered his head when he saw this and did not dare to say anything else. "Yao'er, don't worry, I will deal with him after I go back, and I will not let him enter the palace again in the future." Liang Guangxing said.
Empress Liang said with disgust: "Father, let's take him back and discipline him well. If something bad happens, none of us will end up well!"
"I understand, time is not right, either of us!"
"I understand, no time is too It's early, I'll take him back first." Liang Guangchuan said.
"I won't give my daughter to my father." Queen Liang said lightly.
Liang Guangchuan led Liang Yi to bury it out of the hall. Liang Yi was about to say something, but Liang Guangchuan turned around and glared at him.
It was not until he left the palace and got on the carriage that Liang Yimang said with a grievance: "Father, this is what you asked me to do, why do you still..."
"Shut up!"
Liang Guangchuan scolded and lowered his voice: "Your sister has different ideas from us. She kept the Dong family to restrain me. I just did that, and I did it for her to see."
"What are you afraid of?" Liang Yi curled his lips and said, "Without our Liang family's support, how could she control the situation?"
(The end of this chapter)