Prime Minister

After winning the second gold medal, Zhang Yue feared that the night would have a long dream and decided to send troops from Xizhou immediately.

It is also possible in case the official comes to the third gold medal.

Xizhou was attacked by the Fan tribe before, and it was a bit rash to send troops at this time.But Zhang Yue still adopted the old method of Minzhou, letting the leaders of the tribe, such as Wu Chi, who was loyal to the Song Dynasty, go into the mountains to appease and recruit.

Because Zhang Yue was quite kind and powerful when he was in Xizhou, unlike Wang Shao and Gao Zunyu who liked to use killing and hunting, many Tibetan tribes in Xizhou led their children to vote.

Zhang Yue was generous to the leaders of the Laitou tribe, allowing him to give a hundred guan of salt money and fifty bolts of cloth for every [-] people in proportion to their heads.

The Tibetans in Xizhou are very poor and rely on the Song Dynasty economically, and with this news, the Tibetans flock to it.

Among them, some of the Fan tribes had attacked the Song Dynasty before.

Lu Shengqing yelled at the Tibetans that if they have milk, they are mothers.

However, this move not only solved the problem of insufficient troops, but also emptied the Xizhou Fan tribe.

Zhang Yue selected [-] strong soldiers from the Fan army as the vanguard, led by Wang Junwan and Bao Shun (Yu Longke) to cross the Tao River and fight back to Hezhou.

The next day, Zhang Shouyue, Zhang Wei, and Zhang Yue led the main force of the Han army with 2 people and set off from Xizhou.

Before the three armies marched, cattle were sacrificed to sacrifice the flag, and at the same time two white cloths were smeared with cattle blood as the flag.This blood flag means to pay blood debts.

Seeing this, Cheng Yi advised Zhang Yue: "Since the operation of Pingxi River, we have always treated people with forgiveness, and treated the Han and Han as one, so that they are grateful for Wang Hua's kindness. Now, setting up this blood-letter flag, I am afraid that it is not benevolent. The way of virtue has lost people's hearts."

Zhang Yuedao: "Confucius said, repay kindness with kindness, and repay grievances with straightness. The Tibetans killed my generals, killed my soldiers, and burned my city. They must pay back with blood, otherwise they will make the Fans think that I am a Han!"

After Zhang Yue finished speaking, Cheng Yi grabbed Zhang Yue's reins and said, "How can we win the hearts of the people if we don't practice benevolent government? How can we not win the hearts of the people and blindly oppress the Han family. Please forgive me with the loyalty of a sage." Follow the Tao and take the common people on Xihe Road as your heart.”

Zhang Yue grabbed the rein and refused to accept it.

As soon as Cheng Yi got angry, he immediately chased Zhang Yue to remonstrate, until he couldn't catch up with Zhang Yue's horse.

Cheng Yi tried hard to persuade Zhang Yue to refuse to listen, and left without saying goodbye that day. He returned to Luoyang and continued to teach his children with his elder brother Cheng Hao.

Zhang Yue was quite sorry when he heard about it, and rejected the imperial decree that day. Su Zhe, Zhang Wei, and Cheng Yi were the first to stand up to oppose it, thinking that the decree was groundless.

Cheng Yi was also Zhang Yue's classmate when he was a student, and the two were friends when they were young. Zhang Yue wrote a letter to Cheng Yi to explain it afterwards, but Cheng Yi was angry and did not reply.Later Zhang Yue knew that he had paid a lot for giving lectures, and gave him three hundred guan as a private gift, but Cheng Yi didn't accept it either.

Cheng Yi's obstruction was just a small episode, Zhang Yue led the army to cross Taoshui again to Hezhou, first to Dingqiang City.

At this time, Wang Junwan and Bao Shun had fought with the Xixia reinforcements in Jiehechuan and Erlejin Division. After a day of hard fighting, the Erlejin Division and Xixia Army were defeated and beheaded more than [-] ranks.

After the victory in this battle, Zhang Yue understood that Zhang Yu and Zhang Shouyue's predictions were correct. The ghosts Zhang Qingyi, Mu Zheng, and Xixia were indeed using Hezhou City as a bait, and then ambushed heavy troops around them, waiting for the Song army to enter the trap. .

When Zhang Yue arrived at Dingqiang City, Wang Hou led his army to meet him.

As soon as Wang Hou saw Zhang Yue, he wept unceasingly, Zhang Yue supported him and remained silent for a long time.

Zhang Yue stroked his back and said: "The matter has come to this point, it is useless anyway, can you tell me how General Jing died for the country?"

Wang Hou nodded.

This time, the Xihe First Army lost more than 5000 people, and Jing Sili, Wang Cun, Wang Ning and other generals were also defeated.

Wang Hou and Zhang Yue lamented the tragic defeat of the battle. In addition to being ambushed by Guizhang, they also mistrusted the words of Hezhou to surrender the tribe. I have lost a lot of money by defecting.

In the last battle, Jing Sili led his army to break through after being hit by three arrows. In the end, seeing that there were many wounded soldiers in the Song army, he personally led a hundred cavalry in the rear and fought and retreated. In the end, he fought hard and died.

Even the head was taken away by the ghost badge.

When Zhang Yue heard this, he also felt sad for a long time when he thought of his relationship with Jing Sili.He originally wanted to train Jing Sili as a confidant, but now...

Zhang Yue said: "This is the end of the matter, the only way to solve the siege of Hezhou."

Wang Houdao: "All of this is caused by my father's selfishness. My father has offended the Marshal so much. I am here to make amends for him."

Zhang Yue said to Wang kindly: "I have done my best to my father, and I can't bear this matter when it comes to this situation."

Wang Houdao: "I have tried to persuade him many times about my father's matter, but he did not listen. I can't blame the teacher for this matter. But please read it for the sake of my father's following you for many years, and give him a good ending. I am willing to be a bull. Be a horse to repay the kindness of the Marshal."

Zhang Yue nodded and said: "I know, you are a kind person, you continue to stay by my side to do things. As for your father, I will see his fortune."

Just at this time, Wang Junwan and Bao Shun surrounded the Erlejin Department in Jiehechuan.

The two asked Zhang Wei for instructions: "What should I do next?"

Zhang Yi thought for a while and said: "If I want to make you do evil, I will not do evil. If I want you to do good, then I will not do evil."

Having said that, Zhang Ye sighed.

Wang Junwan, Bao Shun doesn't understand what this means.

The two found Xu Xi and asked.

Xu Xi looked at them and explained that this was what Fan Jian said to his son when he was dying.

The general idea is that in this world and in this world, I want to force you to do evil in order to survive, but evil things cannot be done after all.But I also want you to do good deeds too, but I have done good deeds all my life and ended up like this.

Wang Junwan still didn't understand and asked, "What exactly does this mean?"

Xu Xi looked at the large tent in front of him and said, "What else can there be? Think about the blood-letter flag in the commander's army. The eminent monks who are merciful and merciful also want to eliminate demons and defend the way."

On the edge of the Jiehe River, Wang Junwan led [-] Song troops to attack the Erlejin tribe.

The Erlejin tribe was the most resolute in resisting the Song Dynasty at the beginning. When they followed the Guizhang rebellion, they attacked and destroyed two small tribes close to the Song Dynasty.

When Jing Sili's Song army was defeated and retreated, they chased the Song army and killed all the wounded soldiers and prisoners of the Song army.

Now they are surrounded by Song Army regiments.

The Fan tribe cavalry under the Song army were all recruited from Minzhou and Xizhou. They attacked the Erlejin tribe from three sides.

The Fan cavalry galloping on horseback threw countless arrows towards the stockade.

In order to defend their families and property, the soldiers of Erlejin Department bravely resisted.

However, in the face of the large and powerful Song Army and Fan cavalry, they fell one after another.

It didn't take long for the orderly resistance of the Erlejin tribe, which had lost its strength, to cease.

But the cavalry of the Fan tribe who entered the tent would cut it down and burn it when they saw it.

The tribal leader holding the white flag wanted to surrender to avoid being killed, but was cut down by the oncoming Fan cavalry.

In less than half an hour, the tribe with a total of [-] tents was wiped out.

None of the resisters remained, and the remnants, including women and children, were sent to the army as slaves.