Chapter 399 (1/2)
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.