Chapter 1201 How can others be allowed to sleep soundly on the side of the couch (two updates combined into one)

Tong'an City.

It is located on the sixth ridge (frozen dragon ridge).

This is the boundary between Liangzhou and other states.

This was a strategy to deal with the Song army's previous advance in Lanzhou. Dangxiang used a city-to-city approach to build a city here to prevent the Song Dynasty from invading the north.

This city is named Kainiu City, which is the name of Dangxiang, while Tong'an City is the name of the Song Dynasty.

In another history of time and space, Tong Guan ordered Liu Fa to attack Ancheng in the first year of Xuanhe. Later, Song Jiang and Fangla raised troops in the second year of Xuanhe. Tong Guan mobilized the Western Army to quell the rebellion in the third year of Xuanhe. In the fourth year of Xuanhe, Tong Guan

Go north and join the Jin Kingdom to destroy the Liao Dynasty.

The Battle of Tong'an City was the last battle of the Song Dynasty against Dangxiang, and the opportunity to pacify Dangxiang was forever missed.

Later generations of calligraphers blamed Cai Jing and Tong Guan for being good at military affairs, causing trouble on the sidelines, wasting national power, and not writing about the invasion of party items as "invading invaders". They also believed that they were in China and could not specifically blame the other party.

Success or failure is often just one step away.

Historically, the length of Tong'an City was more than 900 paces. According to the Song Dynasty standards, it could be called a city if it was more than 900 paces. But now the perimeter is only 500 paces, so it can only be called a village.

The decline of party items’ national power is visible to the naked eye.

Wang Fan looked at Tong'an City and thought for a moment. Tong'an City was so small that the army could only attack in a few days, but he was not in a hurry to attack the city.

Of course, he also knew the pressure on Wang Hou and Prime Minister Zhang Yue from the Xihe Road Manager in the rear.

The imperial court had been operating on Xihe Road for many years, and all the troops, money and food were on Xihe Road.

They also used the method of building in the next section, and built more than fifty forts along the border within two years. Although they gradually eroded the party's territory, they also consumed countless financial resources. Fortunately, Zhang Yuehui was in charge, so there was no trouble like Cai Jing and Tong.

The civil upheaval during the Guanzhu army.

However, Wang Fan cannot win, and the historical status of Wang Hou and Zhang Yue will not be much better than that of Tong Guan and Cai Jing.

Wang Fan said to Miao Lu on the side: "Let's not rush to attack the city first. Let's surround the city first."

Miao Lu was the son of Miao Shu, a famous general of the Western Army, who was the successor of Miao Jinqing, the prime minister of the Tang Dynasty.

Professor Miao had entered the Imperial Academy and studied under Hu Yuan, so he had the friendship of classmates with Zhang Yue, Huang Lu, and Han Zhongyan. Professor Miao and Zhang Yue had a normal friendship. When Zhang Yue was besieging Xiangzicheng, Professor Miao hesitated to proceed.

Zhang Yue killed him at one point.

However, Miao Shu and Huang Lu were very good, so he would have a place among the generals of Xihe Road in the future.

Now, Professor Miao has been appointed as an observer and informed the state. Although it is not as good as planting a teacher, it is much better than Wang Junwan who let the army do business and was dismissed by Zhang Yue and died in depression.

Ten years ago, Wang Junwan and Miao Shu followed Zhang Yue and Wang Shao to pacify Xihe. Ten years later, their sons Wang Fan and Miao Lu were ordered to attack Liangzhou. The second generation of the northwest generals was established.

However, Wang Fan's temperament is similar to that of Wang Junwan, he is proud and conceited and does not like to interact with others.

Miao Lu and Wang Gan exchanged a few words. The two of them did not talk to each other and did not say much.

Miao Lu thought to himself, I'll see how you arrange it.

Wang Fan was not in a hurry to attack the city, but ordered his soldiers to station themselves early to prepare food and rest.

At night, the king ordered spies to lie down on the ground and sent more people to keep watch.

At the third watch, troops were sent to patrol the camp in Tong'an City. After being discovered by spies, they reported it to Wang Zhen.

When the party soldiers arrived in front of the camp, the soldiers guarding the camp immediately struck gongs to warn. The Song troops in the camp immediately put on armor and squatted behind the camp holding shields covered with cowhide. The other Song troops in the camp handled the situation as usual.

Historically, every time the Hunan army set up camp, they chose terrain, built walls and dug trenches. There were specific and strict regulations on how thick and high the walls should be, and how deep and wide the trenches should be. Moreover, the excavated soil had to be transported away immediately. Soldiers were

It was extremely miserable.

The same was true for the Song army on Xihe Road.

You don't have to be good at attacking, you have to be good at defending. You need to be in an invincible position before fighting.

As the desolate horn sounded, when the party soldiers attacked the camp, the Song army was ready. After the party soldiers shot a round of arrows, they rushed forward. Before they could advance, they were blocked by trenches. When they advanced, they were blocked by arrows again.

The arrows were fired, and nearly a hundred people were killed or injured immediately.

Dangxiang's army saw that the Song army was very organized and did not dare to make any mistakes after a wave of losses. After shouting, he attacked the Song army's camp with arrows.

The crossbowmen of the Song Army also saw the shadow shaking outside the wall, so they shot it with arrows.

After Dangxiang's army failed to crouch and attack, they saw that the Song army's camp was immobile and could only dare to bluff. In a night of 'fierce fighting', the Song army only suffered a few casualties from arrows, but Dangxiang left two hundred corpses behind, and the Song army from other battalions were also injured.

Rest and not panic at all.

Miao Lu was worried all night, and when he woke up the next morning, he saw the scene of the Song army carrying their swords to the edge of the ditch and stabbing the party soldiers whether they were dead or alive.

Miao Lu saw that Dang Xiang's troops had left traces of their stolen camp. It turned out that his troops had circled around the Song camp early and wanted to attack from both inside and outside.

However, Wang Fan arranged it calmly and made the opponent return without success. Only then did Miao Lu know what the opponent was capable of, and he admired him deeply and was humble in his attitude.

Wang Fan was honest and said to Miao Lu indifferently: "Send troops and horses to sweep away the tribes around the city and rob their cattle and sheep to replenish the military resources."

This is about taking food from the enemy... Miao Lu cupped his fists and said, "I will obey your orders!"

"Bring Dang Xiang directly to them and let them get some blood." Wang Gan ordered.

Dang Xiangzhi surrendered to the masses and led the way.

This is the name-dropping certificate... Miao Lu understood and said: "The general will know in the end.

Since the loss of Liangzhou in the Tang Dynasty, it has been a place where the Tibetan tribes lived together. Later, Dangxiang and the Qingtang Dynasty fought successively to fight for Liangzhou, and there were many tribes.

Wang Gan of the Liangzhou tribe was treated differently.

Nowadays, Xihe Road is constantly integrating households and people. For the farming population, they will be useful in the future. But for the nomadic tribes, Wang Fan does not have such a good attitude. He will rob when he can and kill when he can.

He would distribute the plundered cattle, horses, people, wealth and women to his subordinates.

Without Cai Bian's restraint, Wang Fan was also brutal in his methods. He governed the army very strictly, and his soldiers were severely punished if they were dissatisfied, and he was rewarded heavily after the heavy punishment.

Therefore, he allowed his soldiers and horses to plunder, and then rewarded all the plundered items to his subordinates. With such grace and power, he was not afraid that the soldiers would not obey orders, and dared to fight hard without fear of death.

Historically, Zuo Zongtang once asked Zeng Guoquan, the younger brother of Zeng Guofan, who was on the feudal frontier, "Laojiu, what is the most powerful thing in your life?"

Zeng Guoquan was proud and outspoken, killing people like hemp and spending money like water. Zeng Guoquan was not ashamed at all. The massacre of Nanjing and the massacre of Anqing were all done by this person, and he also plundered countless money. The Hunan Army made a fortune from top to bottom.

Wang Zhen's use of troops is also similar to this.

While surrounding Tong'an City, he asked Miao Lu to lead the cavalry to attack. In less than ten days, he defeated more than ten troops south of Liangzhou. Miao Lu even approached the foot of Liangzhou City and saw Liangzhou Dayun Temple (Huguo Temple).

)'s sensor tower, but was eventually repelled by Nido Hochu out of the city.

In the end, Miao Lunan returned and captured thousands of people, as well as tens of thousands of cattle, sheep, horses and camels. As for how many people he killed, he did not mention a word and remained tight-lipped.

All we know is that the area dozens of miles north of Tong'an City was completely empty.

After Miao Lu returned to the camp, Wang Fan said to the generals: "Since we are capturing Liangzhou, we must establish our authority. The benevolence of women like Cai Bian, a civil servant, cannot be used."

"If they had listened to my words and massacred Renduoquan City, this small Tong'an City would not have dared to be so impudent and resisted the army."

All the generals in the tent were smiling happily.

"Attack Tongan City tomorrow!"

Wang Gan suddenly spoke, and all the generals looked solemn and accepted the order suddenly.

However, the Song army had not yet attacked the city the next day, and the defenders of Tong'an City surrendered without a fight.

There were less than a thousand Dangxiang soldiers in the city wearing shabby furs and red faces, holding their heads in their hands, and filed out of the gate of Tong'an City.

These party soldiers smelled a raging atmosphere from a distance, which made everyone in the Song army look down upon them.

Wang Fan led his troops into the city to inspect. After seeing the few grains and weapons in the cellars and arsenals, he said to himself: "The party is exhausted."

After Tong'an City was captured, the south of Liangzhou was completely cleared and all the gates were opened.

…

Bianjing.

On a small boat in the Bian River, Zhang Yue was sitting leisurely in plain clothes, quite leisurely and contented.

Zhang Yue tasted wine and swam in the river.

During the two years of the Taiping Prime Minister's reign, it was very pleasant to enjoy the night breeze and the scenery of the Bianhe River. Under Zhang Yue's two-year rule, there has been no incident on the border recently, and Bianjing can be said to be prosperous.

An ordinary citizen in Bianjing City can get up early to drink tea, sell wine at night, eat meat, and have rice in the pot.

Looking around from the boat, there are businesses on both sides of the Bianhe River from morning to night. The night market starts at the third watch, and there is the morning market at the fifth watch. The people in Bianjing City do not cook on weekdays, and eat three meals a day in the market.

Even in the twelfth lunar month of winter, with strong winds and heavy snow, the weather never stops.

Because merchants could sit in the market and the court could collect taxes, Zhang Yue even used the surrounding area of ​​the imperial city as a market for merchants to buy and sell. After all, this was the royal residence, where officials stopped when going to court, although hundreds of officials thought this was an eyesore.

, which damaged the majesty of the royal family, but after the officials heard that the Yisi could receive thirty thousand guan of money a year, they closed their eyes and allowed the merchants to sit in the market.

Sometimes the noises of merchants and common people reached the palace in the middle of the night, and the officials tolerated it and said to the ministers: "How can I ruin the livelihood of the common people because of my own desires?"

Officials sometimes went out incognito to night markets to see how prices were, how people were living, and whether there were any officials oppressing them. When they encountered an upright businessman, the officials would also order people to reward them in the name of the emperor.

Sometimes the officials would even ask for food from the market to be tasted in the palace.

Of course, every time the emperor ordered takeout, he would be rewarded with a lot of money. Therefore, merchants outside the imperial city did not dare to neglect, and they strived for excellence in both the utensils and food taste.
To be continued...