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

Chapter 249 Great Detour Strategy

"Liao?"

Empress Dowager Xiaoliang frowned, she now has complaints about the Liao Kingdom.

For a long time, Xixia has been advancing and retreating with Liao. However, since the defeat of Xixia after the thunder of Song Dynasty, Liao was afraid of losses, and only cared about its own interests, regardless of Xixia's life or death. Otherwise, how could Xixia find Qingtang again? teammate.

Wu, whose name is Wei, persuaded: "Although the Liao Kingdom was bought by the interests of the Silk Road, it is impossible to sit back and watch the Song Dynasty grow stronger. As long as the Liao Kingdom still needs Xixia to contain the Song Dynasty, it will not sit idly by."

"After the mediation by the Liao Kingdom, if Xixia sends envoys to seek peace again, the Song Dynasty must not dare to offend the two countries. Only in this way can Xixia get a chance to breathe."

Liang Yibu agreed, although he wanted the Liang family to replace Li, he didn't want Xixia to suffer too much.

"Prime Minister, immediately prepare a large amount of money to request mediation from the Liao Kingdom, and seek peace from the Song Kingdom." The Empress Dowager Xiaoliang finally bowed her head.

"Yes!"

Liang Yibu said solemnly, to do it immediately.

After Liang Yibu stepped down, his name, Ah Wu, reported in a low voice: "To the Empress Dowager, someone secretly reported that the Prime Minister lost a lot of Silk Road materials from the Song Dynasty, and made a fortune!"

He bought a batch of Silk Road materials from Yelu Nanyin at a high price. Apart from wanting to curry favor with Empress Dowager Xiaoliang, he also planned to make a fortune.

However, just after his plan to make a fortune was implemented, he discovered that a large number of Silk Road materials appeared in Xixia, and the price was affordable. Under a secret investigation, he found that the mastermind behind it turned out to be the Prime Minister Liang Yibu.

Empress Dowager Xiaoliang frowned and said: "Don't talk nonsense, brother is the prime minister of a country, how can he be greedy for such a small amount of money!"

"My minister is too talkative!" Wei Ming Ah Wu said in a low voice.

However, he knew that with Xiao Liang's suspicious character, the seeds might have been planted in his heart.

Sure enough, as Xixia expected, seeing that the situation in Xixia was critical, after receiving Xixia's request for help, the Liao Kingdom immediately sent envoys to Kaifeng to request mediation in the Song Xia war.

Coincidentally, at this moment, Qingtang also sent envoys to Kaifeng. The envoys of Liaoxia Qingtang and the Three Kingdoms gathered together, and their attitude was very tough, demanding that Song Dynasty retreat immediately.

What's more, Yelu Yanxi dispatched the newly trained Tielin Army to the area of ​​Yanmen Pass, intending to mediate by force.

"The Liao Kingdom is deceiving people too much!" Zhao Xu said angrily.

The Liao Kingdom is too biased. The Song and Xia wars have been going on for many years. Whenever the Xixia wins, the Liao Kingdom takes the opportunity to blackmail the Song Dynasty. Chance.

The ministers of the Manchu Dynasty also looked angry. Seeing that after waiting for many years, Song finally gained the upper hand, how could he be willing to let Xixia go so easily now.

"Between countries, the weak prey on the strong!" Fan Zheng sighed helplessly.

After a long time, Zhao Xu regained his senses, looked around at the ministers and said, "Now the Liao Kingdom is mediating! How should you respond, dear Qing Song?"

Lu Dafang clasped his hands and said: "The officials should think twice, the Liao Kingdom is powerful, if it joins forces with Xixia, the Great Song Dynasty may be completely invincible! From the point of view of my humble ministers, we still need to proceed with caution."

Lu Dafang claimed to act cautiously, obviously agreeing to accept the mediation of the Liao Kingdom. After all, the current situation is beneficial to the Song Dynasty. If the Liao Kingdom attacks, it may not be worth the loss.

"Absolutely not! Xixia is a treacherous country. If Xixia is easily let go today, and Xixia regains its strength in the future, it will definitely become a confidant of the Song Dynasty again. From the perspective of veterans, there is no need to pay attention to the mediation of the Liao Kingdom, and completely drive Xixia back to the Yellow River To the north, use the natural danger of the Yellow River to repel Xixia." Zhang Dun said firmly.

Zeng Bu echoed: "Don't worry, the officials! Our army already has the Thunderbolt, the God Arm Crossbow, and the fierce fire oil tank, and combined with the bastion tactics, even if the Liao and Xia jointly attack, our Great Song Dynasty is sure to protect itself. However, If we let Xi Xia go this time, I am afraid it will be difficult to meet this good opportunity again."

Zeng Bu is a privy envoy who is in charge of the situation in the Song Dynasty. The continuous changes in weapons in the Song Dynasty greatly increased Zeng Bu's confidence, which was enough to fight against the Xia-Liao coalition forces.

Zhao Xu's heart suddenly throbbed. Defeating Xixia was the unfulfilled wish of the former Emperor Shenzong, and now it will finally come true in his hands.

Once the confidant of Xixia is resolved, Song Dynasty will be able to compete with Liao.

Just when Zhao Xu was full of fighting spirit and was about to reject the mediation of the Liao Kingdom and continue to attack Xixia, Fan Zheng suddenly stood up and said something surprising.

"My minister thinks that the officials should agree to the mediation of the Liao Kingdom! A truce with Xixia!"

"what?"

Immediately, all the officials in the court looked at Fan Zheng in disbelief.

As we all know, Fan Zheng is not a stubborn conservative. Fan Zheng led the abolition of the two countries' old coins and even the defeat of Xixia in the two battles of Pingxia City.

However, it was the biggest hero who defeated Xixia who agreed to let Xixia go so easily, how could they not be surprised.

"What's the explanation for Fan Aiqing?" Zhao Xu looked at Fan Zheng calmly. He and Fan Zheng were confidantes of each other, so naturally he knew that Fan Zheng must have his own ideas.

Fan Zheng walked up to the huge map on the court hall, pointed to the location of Xixia and said, "Please look at the map of Xixia, officials. It occupies the Hexi Corridor and has always been in collusion with the Liao Kingdom. The strategy of the Liao Kingdom has always been to use Xixia to contain the Song Dynasty Constantly weakening the Great Song Dynasty, so even if the Great Song Dynasty defeated Xixia, but lacked cavalry, coupled with the Liao Kingdom's obstruction, it would definitely not be able to destroy the Western Xia Dynasty, but would destroy the current situation that is beneficial to the Great Song Dynasty."

Su Song nodded slightly. With the current national strength of the Song Dynasty, it can be said that the defense is sufficient and the counterattack is insufficient. They can only implement shallow offensive tactics. Once the protection of the city wall is lost, the Song army does not have an advantage in field battles.

Zhang Dun frowned, and said, "Could it be that you just let Xixia go lightly like this?"

The whole New Party was unwilling to give up this great opportunity, and demanded to take the opportunity to expand the results of the war.

Fan Zheng shook his head and said: "Fan is not saying that he will not fight. I believe that after this battle, the first thing that Song Dynasty will attack is not Xixia but Qingtang!"

"Qingtang?"

The officials couldn't help being stunned, and looked at Fan Zheng in puzzlement, knowing that Xixia was Song's confidant, and Qingtang was defeated by the Song army twice in a row, so there was nothing to worry about.

Fan Zheng said solemnly: "In Fan's view, Xixia is the confidant of Song Dynasty, Liao is the enemy of life and death of Song Dynasty, and Qingtang is just the itch of mange of Song Dynasty!"

Zhao Xu nodded slightly. Although Fan Zheng described the Three Kingdoms in the words of a doctor, it was very appropriate.

"Since it's the itch of mange in Qingtang, it should be completely wiped out." Fan Zheng said sharply.

"Destroy Qingtang!"

Immediately, all the officials in the court exclaimed.

"There are many reasons why I choose to destroy Qingtang. One of them is to kill chickens to scare monkeys! Qingtang is a small country. It has attacked the Song Dynasty twice in a row. It must teach Qingtang a lesson and deter the neighboring countries. Otherwise, just a dog A cat dares to bully me, Da Song." Fan Zheng sneered.

It is not without reason that the Song Dynasty is called a weak Song Dynasty. Since the founding of the Song Dynasty, almost all surrounding countries have attacked the Song Dynasty.

All officials of the Manchu Dynasty nodded in embarrassment. The first time Qingtang attacked the six prefectures of Xihe, the Song Dynasty did not care about it, and even tried to win them over. It was only a few years ago that Qingtang joined forces with Xixia to attack the Song Dynasty again. Baiguan has long been disgusted with him.

"Secondly, what Song Dynasty lacks most is war horses, while Qingtang is rich in war horses. Once Qingtang is destroyed, Song Dynasty will obtain a large number of war horses and high-quality horse breeding land, so as to have the capital to fight against Liaoxia cavalry." Fan Zheng said again road.

Zhao Xu's breath stopped suddenly. The cavalry has always been the pain of Da Song. If Qingtang is destroyed, Da Song will completely change the country's destiny. According to this analysis, Da Song's destruction of Qingtang is more valuable than defeating Xixia.

"Thirdly, among the Three Kingdoms, Qingtang is the weakest, and the country is far away from the Liao Kingdom, so it will not cause Liao's interference. The Song Dynasty will destroy Qingtang first, then destroy Xixia, and then compete with the Liao Kingdom. It is the strategy of unifying the world made by my ministers for the Song Dynasty." Fan Zhenglang said.

"Dominate the world!"

Baiguan couldn't help being startled, and looked at Fan Zheng and Zhao Xu in disbelief.

"Easy first and then difficult, this is Taizu's strategy to unify the world." Zhao Xu said with a heartbeat.

He has always wanted to defeat the Liao Kingdom and rule the world, but he seems to be at a loss, and now Fan Zheng's strategy of putting the easy first and then the difficult is not only well-founded, but also has a very high success rate.

"Fan prefers to call it a big roundabout strategy!"

Say it!Fan Zheng drew a huge arrow from the six prefectures of Xihe, passing through Qingtang, Xixia, and finally pointing directly at Shangjing of Liao Kingdom.

"What a big roundabout strategy!"

The officials of the Manchu Dynasty couldn't help being shocked.

(End of this chapter)