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

Chapter 251 Song Xia Peace Talks
However, Fan Zheng suddenly stopped him and said: "I object, Qingtang has just been defeated, so we must be more careful about Da Song at this moment. If we attack by force, Da Song's victory will be a miserable victory. From Fan's point of view, when attacking Qingtang in winter, we should first take the best of it." The land of Hehuang, and then slowly expand based on this, and after adapting to the plateau climate, we will go all out to destroy the Qingtang."

"Winter attack? Do you know how cold Qingtang is in winter, and marching in winter is a taboo for military strategists?" Zeng Bu hastily objected.The Song Dynasty has always followed the rules in wars, and even going out to war must follow the battle map. There is no precedent for sending troops in winter.

Fan Zheng smiled confidently: "Winter combat is indeed a taboo, but with the protection of cotton armor, winter combat will be our army's greatest advantage!"

"Cotton armor?"

Zeng Bu couldn't help being stunned. After Fan Zheng led the military supervisor to make cotton armor, this lightest armor was used on kidnapped horses, and was rejected by other soldiers. Winter is coming, and iron armor can't be worn at all. Armor is probably the most suitable armor for winter combat.

"In addition to making cotton armor, the military inspector also has cotton gloves and masks, which are enough to ensure that the Song army can march normally in winter. Moreover, Li Jingbei in the Tang Dynasty destroyed the Turks. He marched in winter, suddenly attacked the Turkic tooth tents, and finally wiped out the Turks. Turks. But now my Song cotton armor is enough to keep out the cold and the enemy, so why not be as good as the Tang army in iron armor." Fan Zhengfan asked.

All the officials couldn't help but pause, they were familiar with history books, so they naturally knew that the Great Tang's war against the Eastern Turks was due to Li Jing braving the cold and snow to suddenly attack the Turks, causing the once prosperous Turkic tooth tent to fall apart overnight.

Now that Song Dynasty has cotton armor to help, the conditions are much better than those of the Tang army back then. Coupled with the sudden attack on Qingtang, Song Dynasty's chances of victory will be greatly increased.

"All the ministries of the grassland are dormant in winter and cannot help each other. The minister agreed with Fan Taicheng's proposal to follow the example of Li Tang's war against the Turks and attack Qingtang in winter. As long as he takes the lead in occupying the Hehuang Valley, the Song Dynasty will remain invincible." Zhang Dun echoed.

The Hehuang Valley is the most quintessential part of the Qingtang, where it can be cultivated and grazing. As long as the Song Dynasty builds a bastion again and establishes a second Pingxia City, it can be retreated, defended and attacked.The eradication of Qingtang is just around the corner.

Moreover, the Hehuang Valley has the largest tribe in Qingtang. If the Hehuang land is breached, Qingtang's strength will be reduced by another three points, and Da Song's chances of winning will be increased by another three points.

Under the ebb and flow, Da Song can no longer attack Qingtang, then he can only blame himself for his incompetence.

"Then the envoys from the Three Kingdoms have all come to Da Song to ask for peace talks! How should Da Song respond!"

Cai Bian couldn't help asking with a frown when he saw that the court had decided to attack Qingtang first.

Zhang Dun showed a sly smile and said: "Naturally, it is a normal response. For Qingtang, he has to enumerate his crimes, and then, as before, he will be rewarded heavily, so that he cannot see the flaws."

"For Xixia, we need to be tougher. There is a tendency to swear not to give up Xixia. In the end, for the sake of the Liao Kingdom, reluctantly agree to peace talks?" Lu Dafang took advantage of the situation.

"Not only that, after destroying the Qingtang, the next step of the Great Song Dynasty is to attack Xixia, and Xixia must take the opportunity to bow down and become a minister, so that the crusade against the Great Song will become famous in the future!" Su Song added.

The three prime ministers are the top figures in the world, and they quickly formulated a perfect strategy.

"allow!"

Hearing this, Zhao Xu nodded solemnly.

"The minister obeys the order!"

Fan Zheng and Cai Bian bowed to accept their orders.

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Inside the Ministry of Rites.

As expected, Da Song held Qingtang high and lightly. First, he severely reprimanded Qingtang for provoking border quarrels without reason, treachery and other crimes. Military materials such as copper and iron.

The envoy of Qingtang was overjoyed, and immediately professed his minister to the Song court, and made a treaty with the Song Dynasty, vowing never to violate each other.

After pacifying Qingtang, Fan Zheng and Cai Bian immediately pointed their finger at Xixia. In front of the envoys of the Liao Kingdom, they took out the first battle of Pingxia City, Xixia's begging and memorials, and counted Xixia's treachery. There is a tendency to never stop Xixia vowing not to give up.

The envoy of the Liao Kingdom was embarrassed. At the beginning, he and Yelu Nanyin had witnessed the peace talks between Song and Xia, but now Xixia betrayed his promise, broke the contract as soon as he turned his head, and continued to attack Pingxia City.

"Your Majesty, don't listen to the people of the Song Dynasty confusing right and wrong. After the peace talks between Song and Xia, the people of Song took the lead in breaking the agreement. Pingxia City repeatedly sent troops to harass the people of Xixia, which made me lose my place to sing and have fun. Xixia just fought back passively!" Wei Mingah Wu said angrily.

The second battle of Pingxia City was certainly due to Xixia's intention to pull out the nail of Pingxia City. The Song people were also not innocent, and repeatedly sent troops to harass Xixia's farming. How could Xixia bear it.

"Since that's the case, let's not talk about peace. Song Xia will continue to fight, and each will live in peace." Fan Zheng said with a firm attitude.

Wei Ming A Wu was immediately discouraged, and now Pingxia City is like a nail, continuing to invade Xixia will only make Xixia continue to weaken.

"Fan Taicheng, don't be angry. The three kingdoms of Song, Xia and Liao have always valued peace. War between the two countries will only make life difficult for the people of the two countries. This time, the Liao Kingdom will serve as a guarantee. The two countries will re-sign the contract. If you start a war, don't blame the Liao Kingdom for not being sympathetic." The Liao Kingdom envoy threatened.

The envoy of the Liao Kingdom seemed fair, but at the moment Xixia was at a disadvantage, and the peace talks at this moment naturally favored Xixia.

"Xi Xia is willing to accept the mediation of the Liao Kingdom?" Wei Ming Ah Wu asked impatiently.

Fan Zheng frowned, and said helplessly, "The Great Song Dynasty can accept the peace talks, but the border between Song and Xia needs to be redrawn, with Tiandu Mountain to the desert as the boundary, so that both sides have a buffer."

Wu, whose name is Wei, is naturally unwilling. With such a division, Xixia not only loses a large area of ​​territory, but also loses the strategic initiative, and can only be passively defended.

"Yes!" However, the envoy of the Liao Kingdom said without hesitation, the winner is the king, and the loser is the bandit. This is the ultimate principle of the grassland. Since Xixia was defeated, we can only accept the reality of defeat.

"In addition, the Liao Kingdom and the Great Song Dynasty are brothers, but Xixia is not. Its lord, Li Yuanhao, was originally a subject of the Great Song Dynasty, and he can only be like Qingtang, proclaiming his minister to the Great Song Dynasty and becoming a vassal state of the Great Song Dynasty! "Cai Bian now enumerates the history of Xixia and forces Xixia to surrender to Song Dynasty.

"It's wishful thinking for Xixia to become a minister of Song Dynasty!" Wei Ming Ah Wu flatly refused.

Fan Zheng had expected it earlier: "Since Xixia doesn't want to be a vassal, it's okay. Before the Song Dynasty was defeated, they sent a lot of old coins to Xixia. Now that Xixia is defeated, if they want peace talks, they need to send old coins to Song Dynasty. Don’t ask for too much, as much as Da Song gave back then, Xixia also gave as much as it was enough.”

"Xi Xia gave Da Song Sui coins?"

Wu, whose name is Wei, opened his eyes wide. You must know that Da Song gave Xixia 30 guan coins every year. Now that Xixia’s finances are tight, how can there be money to give Da Song 30 guan coins.

"According to the envoy, it is better for Xixia to become a minister." The envoy of the Liao Kingdom naturally knew the situation of Xixia, so he gave Xixia a step down, and he only became a minister, and he would not lose anything. Still attacking Song Dynasty continuously.

Wu, whose name is Wei, nodded helplessly.

At this point, under the witness of the Liao Kingdom, Song and Xia negotiated peace again, and Xixia surrendered to the Song Dynasty.

(End of this chapter)