Song Gexing

Chapter 219 The Great Victory
"Inform Zhong Yi and Zhe Ke Xing that we can start to migrate the people."

Zhao Fang did not put all his energy in the northwest. He had made so many arrangements, and if he, the emperor, wanted to pay all his attention, then those people should commit suicide.

His eyes have been fixed on the Japanese country. Two months ago, he received a letter saying that the construction of checkpoints on the territory divided by the Japanese country has been completed.

The next step is immigration. The population of the Song Dynasty has increased a lot in recent years. The reason for immigration in the past was to open up wasteland, but his purpose was more than that.

Gradually assimilating the Japanese people is what he wants to do. Of course, emotionally he wants to exterminate them, but his reason tells him that this is not feasible.

The ministers would never agree to such a thing. After all, the Han nationality is the highest civilization, unlike those low-level nations who only know about indiscriminate killing, which is what animals do.

Besides, it is not that there were no natural disasters in the Song Dynasty these days, but the court dealt with them in a timely manner and did not form a wave of refugees. Moreover, many people lost their land, which was a good time for them to expand their territory.

After receiving the application form two months ago, he started preparations, gathered those who were willing to go, gathered in Shanghai and Qingdao, and now he can set off.

As for the refugees in Fujian and Guangdong, they do not need to go to Japan. They are all sent to Dongfan Island. And it is not a gathering this time, but anyone who wants to go will be sent there at any time.

The most correct thing Zhao Fang has done in the past two years is to relax restrictions on private shipbuilding, which has allowed maritime merchants to build large cargo ships one after another.

Don't think that this matter is not important. Profit is the driving force for scientific and technological progress. Just rely on the imperial court to study it, and you won't know it for years and months.

But in order to make more money, businessmen have a much stronger desire for technology than officials. Especially for Fujian's seagoing ships, technology has grown almost exponentially.

It is true that Chinese shipbuilding technology was the most advanced in this era, but Western shipbuilding technology also had its own unique features.

In fact, just look at Quanzhou Port and you will know that there is a constant flow of foreign ships crossing the ocean. These ships can cross the Indian Ocean, so they are by no means simple junks.

Most of the ships of the Song Dynasty came from the Mediterranean coast and South Asia. The more distant Apennine Peninsula was not untouched, but the number was very small.

The Western world was in chaos at this time, but commercial activities never stopped. This era was the time when the Catholic and Orthodox churches split.

According to the Song Dynasty, it was exactly six years ago, in July 1054, that the Pope signed the excommunication of the bishops of the Eastern Diocese. Then the Eastern Diocese responded in kind and also announced the excommunication of the bishops of the Eastern Diocese.

Since then, the Orthodox Church has been officially established, which marked the beginning of the decline of the Byzantine Empire. Although it received the support of a new ally, the Russian state, the Russian state of this era was not the later Tsarist Russia.

The Russian state was founded in Kiev, and later generations called it Kievan Rus. However, it is not the predecessor of Ukraine, but the common predecessor of Russia and Ukraine.

After Kievan Rus was destroyed, it was divided into two branches, one moved to the northeast and came to Moscow, and the one that stayed in the Ukrainian plain became the later Ukraine.

Those who migrated were later granted a title by the Mongols and became the Principality of Moscow under the jurisdiction of the Golden Horde. Of course, this has nothing to do with this book. It just describes the unexpected distribution of power in the Western Regions at this time.

In July of the second year of Xining, Zhao Fang's second son was born. Han Xue almost died in childbirth, which scared everyone.

But on the day the child was born, a good news came from the northwest, and the Song army attacked from all directions.

Qinfeng Road, Huanqing Road, Yongxing Road, and Hedong Road, the four armies suddenly attacked Xixia territory.Although the Xixia people had been prepared since the strategic location of the Hengshan Mountains was occupied by the Song army, they did not expect that the Song army would launch a full-scale attack, and they were immediately thrown into confusion.

In less than a month, Xixia lost seven states and thirteen cities. The Song army besieged Xingqingfu, the capital of Xixia. After Zhonge used artillery to suppress the defenders, he planted explosives to blow up a corner of the city wall, and the Song army invaded Xingqingfu.

Although Li Liangzuo escaped under the protection of his men, only the remaining defeated troops were left. Xixia's main force was left with very little in this series of attacks, and was almost unable to resist.
This was actually Xixia's own fault. In August of the year before last, Pang Zhu did not hide the fact that he had two ministers close to Li Liangzuo killed. Although both of them were Han Chinese, their wives were both Li Liangzuo's wet nurses.

Therefore, Li Liangzuo became even more resentful of Wu Zang and Pang, and began to plan to get rid of him to regain his power. Later, he killed Wu Zang's family, and there was no peace in Xixia.

Now it seems that Xixia has been destroyed, and all that is left is to hunt down the remaining forces of Li Liangzuo. When the news came back, it immediately caused a sensation in Bianjing City.

The war is developing so smoothly. In addition to the internal strife in Xixia, the topography and administrative distribution of Xixia must also be mentioned.

The territory of Xixia is actually very large, from the north of Shaanxi in the east to the ancient Yumen Pass in the west, across Shaanxi, Ningxia, Gansu, Lanzhou, Qinghai and Inner Mongolia, with an area of ​​more than [-] miles.

However, the main population and administrative areas of Xixia are concentrated in the border areas of Song, Xia, and Liao, and the capital Xingqing is less than five or six hundred miles away from Hengshan.Although cities, prefectures and counties are densely established in the middle, it is not a place that is easy to defend and difficult to attack.

Moreover, this line was all built with the Helan Mountains at its back. It faced the Song and Liao Dynasties, and it was not blocked by the Helan Mountains.

In fact, after the Hengshan Mountains were occupied by the Song Army, Xixia had only one way other than surrendering, and that was to move the capital to the other side of Helan Mountain.

But obviously Li Liangzuo did not move the capital. Perhaps he thought that he would not get the support of the nobles, because the richest area of ​​Xixia happened to be on this side, and life would be difficult if he crossed the Helan Mountain.

In fact, we can't blame the Dangxiang nobles for not being willing. Originally, they had lived here for generations, and they had been canonized here since the Tang Dynasty put down the Huangchao Rebellion.

Li Sigong, who participated in quelling the rebellion, was granted the title of Envoy of the Dingnan Army. His territory included Yinzhou, Xiazhou, Suizhou, Youzhou and Jingzhou. All the five states were in northern Shaanxi.

Approximately in the areas of Mizhi, Suide, Jingbian and Hengshan counties in later generations, they have long become indigenous to this land after more than 200 years of recuperation.

Later generations believed that the main body of Xixia was in Ningxia, which was actually wrong. It's just that both Xixia and Ningxia have the word "Xia".

The majority of Dangxiang people have always been from northern Shaanxi. The later Li Zicheng was most likely a descendant of Dangxiang people, and should be a descendant of Li Yuanhao.

The northern part of Ningxia was occupied during the Li Yuanhao period, and the southern part was still the territory of the Song Dynasty and was under the jurisdiction of Jingyuan Road.

"Order Di Qing to guard Xingqing Mansion, be prepared for Liao's intervention, and hand over the pursuit of Li Liangzuo to the Bu Zang family. I believe the Bu Zang family will give a satisfactory result."

Zhao Fangcai has no interest in chasing down the lost family dog, nor does he intend to exterminate the party members. The Buzang family has a lot of talents, so it's not that they can't be used.

Although Wu Zang and Pang's family were executed, Wu Zang's family was not limited to him. The Wu Zang clan was actually a large tribe of the Dangxiang clan, and Li Liangzuo did not have the courage to kill them all.

This time the Song army attacked the city. In fact, the Zang family did not make a small contribution, otherwise they would not have attacked Xingqing Mansion so quickly.

(End of this chapter)