Chapter 1,329 Countermeasures

In fact, Yelu Yisun's real crime was to frame the queen and frame the prince, and he succeeded!

Of course, Yelu Hongji could not admit this openly, so he could only stand guilty of his crime.

Yelu Yange's backlash made Yelu Hongji wary. As a result, Yelu Yisun was hanged to death on the way to the capital. After that, the Liao Dynasty began to purge his party members.

Yelu Yisun had controlled the court for many years and had many party members. This purge directly caused the Liao Kingdom to lose more than 2,000 officials!

Among them was Yelu Zhongxi, the privy envoy of the South Academy, who lost power due to the Su party in Yisun and died of "excessive fright"!

At least the family was saved, but under this situation, it was almost impossible for the Liao Kingdom to interfere in the Song-Xia war.

The most ironic thing is that the "forbidden items" that made Yelu Yisun guilty were suddenly announced by Yelu Hongji that the blockade on the Song Dynasty was lifted and they could be bought and sold freely.

Now Yelu Hongji needs political support from the southern coastal states and counties, which requires a good relationship with the Song Dynasty!

Even if the Xixia people want to seek help from the Liao Kingdom through diplomacy, they have theoretically been cut off!

At the same time, diplomatic consultations with Dali have also made significant progress.

The reason is very simple, Prime Minister Gao is somewhat unable to do anything to Yang Yizhen.

Because the Longdong copper mine was closer to the Erhai area controlled by Yang Yizhen, when the Song people made an emergency retreat from Longdong, the explosives in the mine fell into Yang Yizhen's hands.

Although in terms of military strength, Prime Minister Gao was much more powerful than Yang Yizhen, Yang Yizhen had planned for a long time and was condescending, so he caught Prime Minister Gao off guard.

In order to obtain legal, economic, and military assistance from the Song Dynasty, Prime Minister Gao agreed to the package exchange plan proposed by the Song Dynasty!

Dali ceded the Anning River, Jianchang Prefecture to the Song Dynasty, and the South Yunnan Copper Mine in the area bordering Jiaozhi County in exchange for control of the Longdong Copper Mine in the Song Dynasty.

The Song Dynasty supported the request of the Gao family of Dali to restore the country to the Duan family. As the suzerain, it recognized the legitimacy of Duan Shouhui's identity as king of Dali, declared Yang Yizhen's murder of the leader Duan Lianyi to be a crime of treason, and seized all the titles that had been given to the Yang family.

Gao Zhi was recognized as the Prime Minister of Dali, and Tai was promoted to General Dingyuan. He was mounted as a captain and ordered to attack the Yang family.

The most important thing is that the Song Dynasty will urgently assist Prime Minister Gao with a batch of weapons, including one hundred war elephants, one thousand South China Sea dragons and horses, including the complete armor of these one thousand one hundred people, and two thousand hand-thrown weapons.

Shocking thunder!

This business is actually very cost-effective for Prime Minister Gao. Jianchang Mansion has long been an enclave and only belongs to Dali in name. In fact, it has been directly managed by the Song Dynasty people.

The development level of the copper mines in southern Yunnan is far less mature than that of the Longdong copper mines, and Longdong is in the heart of Yunnan, while those in southern Yunnan are on the border.

After this exchange is completed, after the Gao family in Dali destroys the Yang family, they will completely unify the two traditional areas of Kunming and Erhai. Even if they send away southern and northern Yunnan, they will actually double the Yunnan territory controlled by the Gao family.

Zhang Dun was still extremely dissatisfied and thought that the Song Dynasty had suffered a loss.

It wasn't until Su You asked Shi Fu to show Zhang Dun the distribution map of the mineral deposits in southern Yunnan, and then told him that asking Dali to give up its ownership of the Dukou Iron Mine was the core of the exchange, and that Jianchang Mansion was just a cover-up.

Southern Yunnan not only has copper mines that are richer than Longdong, but also gold, silver, platinum, coal, iron, lead, zinc, tungsten, manganese, phosphorus and potassium...

Zhang Dun finally stopped making trouble.

These are just side stories. When everything is over, everyone's eyes are once again focused on Xixia.

On November 18th, Gengzi and Zhao Xu issued an edict: "The Sixth Route Army's Advocate General requested to recover all the prefectures and counties in Hanoi. They have already made plans according to the situation and assigned officials to take charge of it. The necessary troops and horses will be dealt with accordingly as soon as they are seen."

The situation is bad. I am very relieved."

"I have previously asked the Secretary of State to send selected officials to Hanoi to serve as actual economic officers, and I have ordered Cai Que to implement it."

"At that time, the demobilization of long-serving soldiers was decided by the Privy Council to delay the process. If the incentives are favorable, volunteers who volunteer as soldiers, except for the meritorious class, can be given special support based on their years of service."

"Still according to the previous law, one acre is limited to two hundred acres. It is traded with cattle, horses, sheep, silk, money and food. It must be strictly supervised and it must not be excessive."

"When I heard that Liang Yongneng and Ren Duo were wreaking havoc alone in Hanoi, the six-pronged governors were responsible for doing good deeds to appease them. They visited the victims and heard about them. They also set up work to provide relief, and they were not allowed to abandon the pastures to starve them."

"We have newly acquired cities, with Lingzhou as the main point. I heard what was said before and found that there are no tools for guarding the city. We should organize them and make them a strong city."

"If Lingzhou has been secured, the battle of Xingqing will be carried out as soon as possible, but be cautious and report to the army as soon as possible."

"For example, when the Xia people sent envoys, they ordered Su You and Shen Kuo to discuss the matter in Lingzhou, but they did not send them to the capital, so they delayed the envoys."

"If Xingqing cannot be broken suddenly, let the troops return to the walled city where they can easily get food and grass. When the rewards are given, they will be ordered to rest. To appease the soldiers, for the sake of later effects. If there are urgent border affairs, send a telegram to hear about it."

"He also ordered Wang Zhongzheng to lead the army across the river and capture Ganliang in order to assess the situation. Wait for the army and horses to rectify the situation. There will be a timetable for the action and there will be an order."

"The generals who died in this battle, and the prelude to the memorial to Pei Ji and the soldiers who died in Lingzhou, all agreed to the request, and sent down five pieces of incense, set up a memorial pagoda, oil can be bowed as a memorial, and prayed to the end of the memorial."

"Hanoi is surrounded by soldiers. I am afraid that there will be a serious epidemic in the coming years. I have ordered Tang Shenwei to bring medicine to deal with it."

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Xingqing Mansion, Privy Council.

Empress Dowager Liang and Empress Liang arrived together, and Liang Yimi and Jialiang were so surprised that they rushed to greet them.

The death of generals such as Liang Yongneng, Ren Duolingding, and Liang Lingtong made the Empress Dowager Liang extremely anxious.

Jialiang is reporting the military situation to the Queen Mother and Queen.

"The people of the Song Dynasty have now taken over the Hetao and are separated from us. Fortunately, Deputy Liang ordered the ships in the river to be destroyed before he died. So now, the people of the Song Dynasty cannot cross the river from Lingzhou."

"Building a boat is not something that can be done in a short period of time, and Su You has always been cautious. Hearing that numerous military vehicles have been heading west along the river recently, the Privy Council estimates that they are going to choose another place to cross the river."

Empress Dowager Liang asked: "Where will that be?"

Jialiang pointed to the military map: "The old man and I estimate that they will set up the ferry in Lanzhou."

"so far?"

Jialiang said: "This estimate is well-founded. A few days ago, I received an urgent report from the Army Division of Baimaqiang Town. Su You had ordered Liu Changzuo to enter Kalochuan from Lanzhou. While I was withdrawing the Western Army, he took the

Liangzhou.”

"Before the Lingzhou War, Bao Shun's troops, who came out of Yingli Pass to threaten me in Xingqing, retreated after the great victory. It is very unreasonable."

"But if you look at it combined with the military map, you can know that the purpose of the Song people is self-evident."

Empress Dowager Liang and Empress Liang looked at the military map, and sure enough, Liangzhou, Lanzhou, and Yingliguan formed an inverted equilateral triangle.

To the north of Liangzhou and Yingliguan Avenues is the Great Wall, and to the north of the Great Wall is the huge desert, which is a natural barrier.

Liangzhou blocked the possibility of the Xixia army from attacking Lanzhou from Gansu Military Division and Xiutuze, while Yingli Pass blocked the possibility of the Xia army from attacking Lanzhou from Xingqing Prefecture.

It can be said that Lanzhou was the best place for the Song army to cross the river. First of all, Liangzhou and Yingliguan were protecting the left and right wings. Unexpectedly, the Xia army interfered when crossing the river.

Secondly, Lanzhou was able to collect a large amount of pine wood from the Qing and Tang Dynasties to build boats.

Third, Lanzhou is now a major base for the West Route Army. Li Xian has been operating it since he arrived, with no battle losses and mountains of grain and fodder.

After Empress Dowager Liang looked at it, she didn't notice anything wrong. Instead, Empress Dowager Liang asked, "Why can't it be Huizhou?"

Jialiang said: "Huizhou is actually a good place to cross the river, but the Song people will encounter several problems there. First of all, the transportation there is inconvenient, and it is not a place for the Song people to store their luggage. As a base for crossing the river, it needs to be redeployed.

Capital storage is far less convenient than Lanzhou."

"Secondly, after crossing the river, the Yellow River has a large bay heading to the northwest. Therefore, after landing from the other side of Huizhou, the army needs to march a hundred miles northwest first, and then advance to Yingli Pass. After crossing the river in Lanzhou, the distance is actually

the same."

Queen Liang nodded silently and agreed with Jia Liang's statement.

The Empress Dowager Liang then asked: "When Lingzhou was lost, most of our ancestors' inheritance was lost, and half of our elite troops were lost on the battlefield. What should we do now?"

Jialiang said: "After discussing with the prime minister and the elders of the country, we have two strategies: advance and retreat."
Chapter completed!