Doctor of the Great Song Dynasty: In the beginning, Li Qingzhao and Li Qingzhao made a private decis

Chapter 157 Protracted War

"Jinming Village!"

Jinmingzhai is a fortress on the border of Song and Xia, but it is often related to the national destiny of the Song Dynasty.

During Renzong's period, Li Yuanhao broke Jinmingzhai, forced the Song Dynasty to surrender, and signed the Qingli Peace Agreement.Fan Zheng didn't expect that Xiaoliang Empress Dowager's target would still be Jin Mingzhai.

"Report! Eight hundred miles hastened, Jinming Village fell! [-] soldiers in the village were killed in action"

Suddenly, an urgent message from [-] li was sent to Kaifeng City, and the whole city was in an uproar for a while.

"Jinming Village has fallen!"

Zhao Xu couldn't help turning pale. Although he had expected victory and defeat in the war, he still fell into panic when he heard that Jinmingzhai had fallen again.

"Reporting to the officials, the Xixia envoy came again, saying that this time only the Jinmingzhai was taken as a lesson, and even the lion opened his mouth, demanding that Xixia be given the same amount of coins as the Liao Kingdom." Tong Guan said with a worried expression.

Fan Zheng said with a sneer: "Xi Xia has assembled fifty troops, but they only captured the small Jinming Village, so how dare they speak out loudly.

Only then did Zhao Xu's expression soften, and he said solemnly: "That's right, there are less than 50 defenders in Jinmingzhai, and the Xixia army is [-]. The victory is not military. Our main force in the Song Dynasty has not been defeated, and the outcome of this victory is unknown."

"But where are the officials?" Tong Guan frowned.

Zhao Xu's complexion changed, he took the initiative to interrupt the old coins, and attracted Xixia's attack. If Xixia was blocked smoothly, everyone would be happy. Now that Jinmingzhai has fallen, I am afraid it will definitely cause some controversy.

"I will personally appease the officials!" Zhao Xu said solemnly, and immediately took Fan Zheng to the Chui Gong Hall.

Inside the Chuigong Hall, hundreds of officials had already gathered. The old party officials were frightened and talking a lot, while the new party officials looked solemn.

"Officials, Xixia is coming in a menacing manner, please restore the old currency and restore peace to Songxia." Lu Dafang led a group of old party members to plead.

But Zhang Dun's face changed: "No! Now it's just a city that has fallen, and I will surrender to Xixia. Wouldn't it make the world laugh!"

"Western Xia goes to war with all its power. If the Liao Kingdom renews its swordsmanship, our Great Song Dynasty may be in danger of destroying the country." Lu Dafang pleaded with tears of blood.

Zhang Dun said with embarrassment: "If you and other members of the old party took the initiative to donate the four villages of Mizhi and let our Song Dynasty fall into a passive state, why would we be in trouble today?"

At that moment, Zhang Dun wrote to Zhao Xu, taking the opportunity to impeach all the courtiers who agreed to donate Mizhi Sizhai, including Fan Zheng's second uncle Fan Chunren and father Fan Chunli.

Lu Dafang frowned immediately, and counterattacked: "Today's situation is not our responsibility. The minister impeached the Imperial Physician Cheng Fan Zheng and deceived the officials to suspend the New Year's coin. How could there be today's disaster?"

All of a sudden, the Fan family became the target of public criticism, and both the new party and the old party focused their anger on the Fan family, especially Fan Zheng, who took the initiative to offer advice, became the target of public criticism, which attracted concentrated impeachment from the new party and the old party.

"I have something to say!" Fan Zheng said suddenly.

"Fan Aiqing, please tell me!" Zhao Xu frowned, still nodded.

Fan Zheng stepped forward and said solemnly: "Fan knows that cutting off the old coins will cause dissatisfaction between the Liao and Xia countries, and even lead to war, but Fan never regrets offering this strategy, because Fan is a doctor, and the medicine he prescribed The prescription is the prescription for recovery, never the prescription for hanging life."

"The cure?" Baiguan frowned.

"The Song Dynasty can continue to give Liaoxia Sui coins and maintain a false peace. However, the ministers are far away in the court. I am afraid that they don't know about the bullies in the people. The people are weak and their neighbors are bullied, and Liaoxia is the villain of the Song Dynasty. Neighbors, Xixia has been attacking and looting Great Song for years, and returning after defeating Great Looting, and when defeated, Great Song will give him old coins to restore his vitality, who would not want to step on a few feet in such a neighbor.”

Baiguan's face was embarrassing, Fan Zheng's words were rough and not rough, Da Song was such a weak neighbor.

"The Liao Kingdom is even more abominable, pretending to be a good person on the surface. Xixia won a big victory. It took advantage of the fire to loot. When Xixia was defeated, it immediately mediated and threatened the Song Dynasty to continue to give Xixia Sui coins. What is its purpose? Once the Song Dynasty is weakened to the extreme, the Liao Kingdom will pounce on it like a hungry wolf and completely destroy the Song Dynasty. Faced with such a bad neighbor, if you continue to send old coins, you will only fall into the trap of Liaoxia, and the Song Dynasty will perish !"

"Instead of dying, it's better to rise up and resist, and punch one punch, so as to avoid hundreds of punches. Even if you bite your teeth and endure the pain, you can't give in to Liao Xia. Let Liao Xia's attack be far less than the loss of sending troops. Da Song thought To defeat Liaoxia, we must fight a protracted war. The population of Song Dynasty is several times that of Liaoxia, the number of soldiers is several times that of Liaoxia, and the financial resources are several times that of Liaoxia. Fighting the Song Dynasty will surely win."

Fan Zheng's face was ferocious, thinking that in later generations he was weak and thin, and was often bullied by his classmates. Once he stood up to resist and caught a classmate and beat him hard. Although he also suffered badly, no one dared to bully him since then. up.

"Protracted battle!" Zhao Xu couldn't help thinking.

Fan Zheng recalled the works of the great men of later generations, and he couldn't help saying generously: "Blindly compromising is the only way to subjugate the country. Resisting Liaoxia and the Song Dynasty will surely win. As long as the foundation of the Song Dynasty is still there, it is impossible to subjugate the country. Of course, the Song Dynasty has been weak for a hundred years, let alone quickly. To win Liaoxia, only protracted war is the only way for Song to defeat Liaoxia. In Fan’s view, the protracted war between Song and Liao has three stages. The first stage is Liaoxia’s offensive and Song’s defense. , this is the situation we are currently facing.

Baiguan's heart moved, and he nodded slightly. During Renzong and Shenzong's period, they wanted to win Xixia quickly, but they suffered heavy losses. Then Song turned to defense and repeatedly defeated Xixia's attack.

The second stage is when Liaoxia can't attack for a long time, and when Song is preparing to counterattack. The third stage is when our Song Dynasty has the advantage and strengthens. When Liaoxia defends, this time may be very long, ten years, 20 years , even a hundred years!However, as long as Da Song insists on a protracted war, Da Song will definitely win the final victory in this battle. "

"It's a protracted battle!" Zhao Xu's heart was surging, and the pioneering new party also nodded frequently. If according to Fan Zheng's words, Da Song can indeed win, but of course Da Song will definitely pay a painful price.

However, Lu Dafang's face changed and he said: "It's all just talk on paper, Xixia is coming in menacingly, Jinmingzhai has been destroyed, and the people of Song Dynasty have been ravaged by iron cavalry. Have you ever thought of their pain?"

"The benevolence of a woman! If you want to defeat Liaoxia, you must sacrifice, not to mention that even if the Song Dynasty sends old coins, Xixia will still attack the Song Dynasty. There must be a winner between Song and Xia." Zhang Dun said coldly, The new party adheres to the strategy of opening up borders, and Fan Zheng's protracted war is very suitable for him.

Lu Dafang glared at Fan Zhengdao: "Fan Taicheng considers himself a doctor, but a doctor hangs a pot to help the world. Do you know how many people in the Song Dynasty died because of you, and all the soldiers in Jinmingzhai died because of you. What is your medical ethics!"

Fan Zheng closed his eyes in pain. He naturally knew that if the Song Dynasty fought for a long time, countless soldiers would die and many families would be broken. .

No, there may be a way for Song Dynasty to defend against Xixia's attack, so that the tragedy of Jinmingzhai will not repeat itself, that is the strongest shield in the cold weapon era in later generations - Bastion

Fan Zheng was startled, and said solemnly: "I have a method of building a city, which can protect Xixia!"

(End of this chapter)