Brother Song Taizu

Chapter 157 They really gave a lot
The Song Dynasty Bingfeng was really too terrifying.

In fact, only one day later, Kaifeng received a victory report. Meng Chang surrendered and Hou Shu was destroyed.

Even the Hunan side who was cooperating sent a battle report. When the Song Dynasty was fighting on two fronts, the Southern Han Dynasty thought it had an opportunity and wanted to take advantage of it. As a result, Pan Mei was beaten up and even hit There was a lot of burning, killing and looting in the Southern Han Dynasty.

Because Pan Mei felt that the Southern Han army was too weak, she did not ask for help. As a result, their battle was over, and Kaifeng didn't even know that the southern side had started fighting.

If it weren't for the fear that the third-line battle would put too much pressure on logistics, they might have already been marching towards Guangzhou at this time.

Then, the soldiers and civilians in Kaifeng were a little surprised, but nothing happened.

Everyone has become accustomed to it. The combat power of the army in the early Song Dynasty was so unreasonable and tyrannical. With the exception of the Khitans, fighting with others felt like it was meaningless. Let alone losing, everyone would feel that even if the victory was not good enough, it would be unreasonable. Is this coach a bit incompetent?

In the face of such a major event as the conquest of Shu, the Southern Han Dynasty and even the small wars in Tubo were just happy. The conquest of Shu was successful and the later Shu was destroyed. This was truly something worth cheering for, so much so that everyone was celebrating the victory. Sometimes I accidentally forgot about such a big thing.

But for outsiders, this is really shocking. The war started on three fronts and was attacked on all sides, but it was able to end the battle in less than two months and achieve a complete victory. The national power of the Song Dynasty was indeed no longer what it was in the prosperous Tang Dynasty. Next, Zhao Kuangyin's military front really has a bit of the style of the Khan of the past.

For a moment, it can be described as a mixed bag of emotions.

This thigh must be hugged tightly.

After asking about it, I found out that the Song Army used a large number of new gunpowder weapons that they had never heard of in this attack on Shu. For example, the [-] Mantian Mansion, which is known as a natural hazard, was used by the Song Army in less than two days with a weapon called The new weapon of the Divine Fire Phoenix was completely burned. The Jianmen Pass, known as the natural cliff, was completely suppressed by the Song Army's magic weapon called the rocket gun.

The Big and Small Mantian Village, known as Feiniao's Sadness, plus the Jianmen Pass where one man is at the gate, and the entire defense system together can block the Song Army for five days.

Hou Shu, which was originally conquered in 66 days in history, was destroyed in 47 days this time.

We couldn't go any faster, the journey alone took almost forty days.

The details of the battle with Tubo were gradually discovered by Cao Yanlu in the past few days, and the situation also made him take a breath of air.

Needless to say, in the direction of Qinzhou, the Song army was elite. In fact, the Tubo people did not dare to confront the Song army head-on. They adopted the tactic of strengthening the walls and clearing the country, and moving forward step by step to delay time, lengthen the Song army's food supply routes, and uninterrupted Harassment and guerrilla warfare are the main ones.

In fact, this is indeed the best way to deal with the Song Army, so in such a short period of time, the Xiaoqi Army and the Yunqi Army have not even touched the main force of Tubo.

As for Tubo, after Zhebu Gezhi made full preparations, he really asked him to gather an army of one hundred thousand!

The Tubo people were still able to show a certain degree of unity when facing the invasion of foreign enemies. After all, did they have a divine power? Zhebu Gezhi gained the support of the Liao Kingdom and raised a full [-] elite troops, at least as a The undisputed leader is no problem.

However, they did not put them on the southern front but formed an array on the plain to fight with the Dangxiang people. After all, when they thought about it, the Dangxiang people must be much weaker, and this expedition was definitely just to catch a duck. Which Dangxiang people Will he fight with them for the benefit of the Song people?
Are they neighbors?

Then, he was hammered by party members.

This time, the party members divided the shares of the trading company based on their military exploits. All the ministries and families went a little crazy because of this. They did not hesitate to fight at any cost. The three families of Yang, Zhe, and Li unanimously promised that anyone who died in the battle would be given to their families. Stocks, so that in this battle, the fearless party members only used less than 3 people, and the entire [-] Tibetan soldiers were dispersed in one battle.

Then this group of people chased them and chopped them like crazy.

Originally, Tubo was in disarray. After the defeat in the First World War, no one gave them a chance to regroup. They chased them all over the mountains and plains, holding the compressed biscuits supported by the Song Dynasty in their hands. The party soldiers did not even want supplies. They were stunned. After chasing them for three or four days, even Zhebu Gezhi fled back to Liangzhou City in one breath, and finally got rid of the pursuers.

The so-called [-]-strong army has been completely dispersed. The next battle is to defend Liangzhou. Moreover, the Xiaoqiu Army and Yunqiu Army of the Song Army have also slowly walked to the gate of Liangzhou City. Quickly follow the gang. The party members reunited.

No one came except for the Zhebu clan's own force. He, the inexplicable leader of Tubo, seemed to have betrayed his relatives for no apparent reason. From the formal battle to the siege of the isolated city, it only took less than half a day. months time.

The heart that breaks the Pueraria branch is like pulling out the coolness.

The bullshit dream of Zanpu has all disappeared at this moment. Without saying a word, he chopped off the head of the former Champayo and sent it to Kaifeng to ask for surrender. He hoped that Zhao Song could spare his life and express his willingness to surrender and pay tribute. , or even let him join the court as an official.

On the other side, they quickly sent envoys to Qinghai Lake and even the plateau to visit the respected masters everywhere, hoping that Tibet could unite and deal with the Song Dynasty as they did with the Tang Dynasty.

Damn it, Datang is really back.

Cao Yanlu's thoughts were similar to those of Tubo: Tang Dynasty was really back.

And it's not the Tang Dynasty that was declining after the Anshi Rebellion, but the Tang Dynasty of Tian Khan, which may really be coming back.

But I don't know where the Guiyi Army will go in the future.

That night, Cao Yanlu went to the banquet on time and finally met Zhao Guangmei, the King of Qin whom he had longed for. However, his mood was completely different, but he was respectful. He no longer dared to show his loyalty to the northwest or cry bitterly. Sold badly.

Zhao Guangmei also smiled and stretched out her hand to guide him to sit down and said: "Master Cao, sit down. I specially invite you to watch the Hu Ren Dance today. Believe it or not, I will let you see 'Liangzhou Seven Miles Ten' again in your lifetime." Wanjia, the grand occasion of barbarians half-playing the pipa reappears?"

"If this is the case, it will be a great blessing for the world and for the people. I am willing to wait day and night in Dunhuang for the King of the Song Dynasty to come from the east, so that we and the remaining people in the northwest can truly become naturalized."

Zhao Guangmei saw that he no longer behaved like crying poor, she couldn't help but secretly admired in her heart, she simply picked up the wine glass, drank it down in one gulp, and said: "This day won't be too far away. When the time comes, I will personally pick up the soldiers home." .”

"By the way, when Li Yixing and others came here before, I talked to them. Our Song Dynasty Royal Commercial Bank took out a total of 5.00% of the shares and gave you some points. At that time, you were included in the rebel army. Yes, you can’t let go of this share, right?”

Cao Yanlu had already inquired about this matter, and naturally said: "This matter is really an honor for us, the Guiyi Army."

"Okay, let's drink tea and watch the dance."

This kind of Hu'er dance has special significance to Gui Yijun. Watching this dance now, it made Cao Yanlu see a bit of the atmosphere of the prosperous Tang Dynasty, and he couldn't help but shed tears.

Just as he was about to start chatting about something serious, a follower named Ya Bing came upstairs and said in a low voice, but for Cao Yanlu to hear: "The Uighur envoy is at the gate of Fan Tower. He knows that you are receiving distinguished guests, but he insists on life and death." And celebrate the success of the Song Dynasty."

Zhao Guangmei was also stunned and said: "The Uighur envoy is making trouble downstairs? Are you so brave? The envoy this time is called... Zhao Dangzhao, right? Where did this surname Zhao come from?"

Then he turned to Cao Yanlu and asked, "Are you familiar with this person?"

Cao Yanlu could only nodded awkwardly and said, "That's my distant uncle."

"Ah? A relative."

Cao Yanlu nodded again.

Zhao Guangmei was also speechless, it was really eye-opening.

The Cao family returned to the rebel army, married a Uighur princess to ease the relationship between the two families, and then passed the throne to his nephew in the future to ensure the purity of the Han family's bloodline. This kind of self-deception is a thief. "If His Highness wants to, you can ask him to come up too."

When Zhao Guangmei heard this, she nodded vigorously and patted his shoulder, feeling more and more that he was sensible.In fact, he really wanted to meet him together. It would be more convenient for everyone to talk openly about anything. Talking separately would be too clumsy.

The Song Dynasty now indeed has the strength to engage in hegemonic diplomacy, that is, to follow the old path of the Tang Dynasty.

But if Zhao Guangmei, a time traveler, is allowed to follow the old path of the Tang Dynasty, isn't this simply a sign of illness?

Soon, the fat Uighur envoy went upstairs. He was sweating profusely and looked greasy. He rushed forward and said: "Foreign Minister Zhao Dang swears to pay homage to His Highness King Qin of the Song Dynasty. I wish His Highness a long life."

He speaks Chinese really well.

So Zhao Guangmei frowned and said, "Envoy, you are a little ignorant of etiquette."

"The foreign minister is guilty."

Zhao Dang swore and banged his head on the floor, looking like a bachelor.

After all, His Royal Highness King Qin of the Song Dynasty is having a small meeting with his nephew who has returned to the rebel army. This is really unsettling. If you can't get in today, you might never be able to get in in the future. Even if it's Even if he dies, he must die clearly, right?
Zhao Guangmei frowned and said, "Look, when you come up, there is no room for the dancers to dance. This dance was specially brought by me to entertain Marshal Cao. What do you think we should do?"

Zhao Dang swore that he was still a bachelor and said calmly: "Your Highness, you will do whatever you say."

"I heard that most of the Uighurs are good at singing and dancing, and they like to dance the most. I wonder, how is my envoy dancing?"

Zhao Dangzhu understood immediately and did not hesitate. He said that he was willing to help His Highness the King of Qin and actually took the pipa from the musician's hand and started playing it.

He was born a little fat, especially with a big belly. When he held the pipa, he could bounce and jump very fast, just like a large top. His neck could even really move. , which made Zhao Guangmei burst into laughter.

But one thing to say, it really doesn’t look good.

As expected, dancing requires beautiful ladies to dance to make it look good.

"Okay, okay, sit down, you are sweating profusely from dancing, wipe it off quickly, and someone will pour him some wine and add more ice cubes."

"Thank you, Your Highness."

Zhao Dangshu didn't feel insulted, after all, he was here to proclaim himself a minister.

My family knows their own affairs. Although the Uighurs were once one of the three strongest countries competing with the Tang Dynasty and Tubo, they have actually declined and fallen apart.

If they hadn't hugged the Liao Kingdom over the years, they wouldn't even be able to defeat the Guiyi Army.

I originally wanted to hug the Liao Kingdom's thigh, but when I saw the battle fought by the Song Army, it was too scary.

As close neighbors, they really observed the entire battle of Liangzhou. The Song Dynasty's attitude of killing us even if it was far away really shocked them. They thought that this battle would take a year and a half. The so-called decisive battle was over before he could even think about taking a nap.

With such tyrannical military strength, they actually fought on two fronts. The main force of the Song Army was attacking Shu from the beginning to the end.

I originally wanted to wait until I arrived in the Central Plains to inquire about the situation of the war against Shu. However, when I arrived in Kaifeng, I heard that the war against Shu was over. The Guiyi Army was causing trouble again, and even created a drama called Northwest Guzhong. play.

Guzhong, your grandma has such bad legs! Why aren't you done with what happened 100 years ago?
Don't say anything, just be your vassal.

Liao?I'm not familiar with the Liao Kingdom.

As for whether the Song Dynasty will accept it, isn't it... Don't the Han people always like to talk about the world as if they are sick?

"If His Highness likes to sing and dance, there will be a large number of professional singing and dancing girls in the foreign minister's mission this time, including many of the daughters of princes and nobles. It is rare for His Highness to like them, so I will let them come up and perform for His Highness."

"Ah... ah?"

Zhao Guangmei couldn't help being stunned.

"Of course, most of the Hulu women are vulgar and cannot be compared with the Han women in Kaifeng. They just dance some Hu dances, sing some Hu people songs, and create some exotic customs to show your highness what's new."

After that, the man just shouted downstairs, and more than ten beauties with excellent figures, beautiful looks, white skin and long legs came up to sing and dance.

"Damn it, you're on a mission and you're bringing a singer with you?"

"More than just a singing girl. Your Highness, please see this gift list. I, the Uighur Khanate, present to His Majesty the Emperor of the Song Dynasty three hundred catties of white jade, four hundred catties of jade, eight hundred catties of other colored jade, one thousand catties of gold, and forty ivory and other treasures. There are also three thousand fine horses in the box, all on the road. I, the Uighur, have admired the great Song Dynasty for a long time and am willing to form a father-son relationship with the Great Song Dynasty. I also hope that the Great Song Dynasty will not give up."

The Uighurs are best at proclaiming their subjects. Tang, Tubo, and Liao were all my fathers. Dad, Song, look how sensible I am.

Even though Zhao Guangmei was already rich, he didn't regard money as money at all. He really only regarded it as numbers. When he saw the gift list from the falcon, he couldn't help but be stunned.

Looking up again, he saw a group of Uighur beauties kneeling down. The one at the front stepped forward in small steps and knelt down to pour wine for him. Her eyes flickered like stars in the sky.

It looks much better than Xiao Chuo's figure. He must be around seventeen or eighteen, right?

"Your Highness, this is the princess of a small country. Her name is Zhao Xuefei. If Your Highness likes it, how about she stay in His palace and be a maid?"

It was originally planned to be dedicated to Zhao Kuangyin, but in the past few days, he learned a little about the situation, gritted his teeth and stamped his feet, and felt that the friendship of His Highness King Qin might be more important, so he sent the princess here.

"Huh? Princess...be a maid?"

Zhao Guangmei was really confused.

I couldn't help but glance at Cao Yanlu, and found that his face was as green as a green, just like Han Derang.

　Historically, the Ganzhou Uighurs also came to pay tribute in the early Song Dynasty, and the tribute was heavy. They were "the kingdom of uncles and nephews" with the Song Dynasty, and the state director Zhao Kuangyin called them uncle.

　　Historically, when the Guiyi Army came to Kaifeng, they clearly sought asylum, but they actually brought dozens of horses with them. Of course, this cannot be ruled out because they felt that they were one of their own, so they were arrogant. However, the size of the Uighur mission alone was 300. People have brought countless treasures.

　　To be honest, the Uighurs do have a good way of conducting diplomatic relations.

　　
　
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