Great Song Super Scholar

Chapter 634
[-] artisans built a huge artisan camp that day, and began preparations before building the city. Some artisans surveyed the terrain, drew a model map of the city, and the artisans classified the large bluestones.

This time, the Song Army specially demolished Suide County in Yan'an Prefecture, and demolished three more military cities, obtained a large amount of high-quality bluestone, and prepared 30 catties of lime and 15 catties of glutinous rice. , River sand is the most ideal adhesive for building a city. When it dries out, even a knife cannot be inserted into the gap.

Twenty thousand craftsmen acted together, and on the third day the excavation of the foundation of the city wall was completed, and the first layer of foundation stones began to be laid.

At the same time, the renovation of Tiande City is also going on. Tiande City has a circumference of about twelve miles. It is considered a large military city, equivalent to the area of ​​a small county town. More than half of the city is warehouses, storing food, military supplies and A lot of mutton, milk wine.

There is a central axis street in the city, about three miles long, paved with bluestone slabs, with continuous warehouses on the left, barracks and stables on the right, and a tall eagle tower.

There are no ordinary residents in the city, only a few military families, who opened a restaurant, a grocery store, and a brothel.

Ordinary military barracks are also built with large bluestones, which have been completely demolished. The bluestones were used to build a second city, leaving a large area of ​​open space in the city.

The entire Tiande City has become a large construction site, and construction is in full swing everywhere. Soon, the second batch of [-] troops and a large amount of supplies will arrive in Wuyuan County.

But at this time, another fleet of the Song Army arrived at the entrance of Hetao.

There is a military city with 500 people at the entrance of Hetao. The military city has been captured by the Song army, and the five hundred soldiers have been wiped out. At this time, the military city has been demolished. Yuan County.

Although the military city has been demolished, the Song army still built a beacon tower on a nearby hill. Once the Xixia army is found to go north, the tower will light the beacon.

As the hill-like bluestones were loaded onto the big ship, the fleet full of bluestones turned around and returned to Wuyuan County. Five thousand Song troops also retreated to Wuyuan County, and a military city disappeared in place.

Ten days later, a group of Xixia herdsmen came from the west. They were going to rest in the military city, but they couldn't find the military city. When they found the ruins of the military city, they realized that something had happened to the military city. Go to Hue Military City, a hundred miles away to the south, to report.

The spies sent by Hue Juncheng also discovered the disappearance of Juncheng, and they immediately sent a major military report to Xingqing Mansion with an eagle letter.

The reason why the Imperial Court Zhizhengtang and the Son of Heaven agreed to Fan Ning’s plan to attack Xixia was indeed because now is a great opportunity to attack Xixia. Yizong of Xixia was killed by an arrow while fighting the Song army three years ago, and his seven-year-old son Li Bingchang ascended the throne .

The power of the government fell into the hands of the Empress Dowager Liang and her uncle Liang Yibu. Together with the Queen Mother Liang’s chief bodyguard, Wang Mengye, and Liang Yibu’s confidant Du Luowei, they formed the mother party group of Xixia. Wei Minglangyu, a famous general of the Xixia royal family and younger brother of Li Yuanhao, was dispatched to a barren land.

The situation in the Xixia Dynasty was very turbulent, and people's hearts were unstable. In order to consolidate the rule of the Liang family and stabilize people's hearts, Liang Yibu urged the Queen Mother Liang to launch a continuous border war against Songcheng, attacking Shaanxi Road Yanbian Wulu, which made the Song army very passive.

Just a month ago, Empress Dowager Liang decreed to assemble an army of 30 and use the power of the whole country of Xixia to station troops in Xiazhou and prepare to attack Qingzhou in the Song Dynasty.

At this time, the Song army formed a threat in the north, which could not only relieve the danger on the Shaanxi Road, but also form a north-south pincer attack with the Song army in the south.

Liang Yibu received a letter from the flying eagle from Hue Military City at night, and the news of the disappearance of the military city surprised him immediately, so he went to the palace overnight to ask to see the Empress Dowager Liang.

The one who controls the safety of the palace is the general Wang Mengye, who is the personal bodyguard of the Empress Dowager Liang. He is tall, strong, and handsome. Iron kite heavy armored cavalry, in just two years, Wang Mengye became the number two figure in the Xixia Army.

However, although Wang Mengye and Liang Yibu are both mother parties, their relationship is rather delicate. At first, the two joined hands to deal with the Xixia royal family, framed Wei Minglangyu who was in charge of the military, and caused him to be dismissed from office and rushed to the western wilderness Savage land.

The two then urged Queen Mother Liang to send troops to attack the Song Dynasty, demanding an increase in the amount of old coins. During the first two years of Queen Mother Liang's reign, the two had a very close relationship.

But since this year, the relationship between the two has begun to crack. This is because the prey from the outside world has been wiped out. When distributing power and benefits, the two have conflicts.

Wang Mengxuan heard that Xiangguo Liang Yibu wanted to see the queen mother at night, so he went to the palace gate to inquire.

"Liang Xiangguo, it's too late! The Queen Mother has already rested, why don't I see you tomorrow."

Liang Yibu despises Wangmeng from the bottom of his heart. He is just a handsome male favorite, but he can be a general. What virtue and ability does he have to command the most elite iron kite army in Xixia?
Liang Yi buried his anger, and said loudly: "I just got the latest information, something happened in the northern Hetao, I suspect that the Song army entered the Hetao."

Wang Mengye sneered and said, "It can't be so absurd! With the Liao Kingdom separated, how could the Song army enter Hetao?"

Liang Yi couldn't tell because he had received information a few days ago that the Liao Kingdom had ceded Dongsheng Prefecture to the Song Dynasty. Of course he didn't take this information to heart. In the Song Dynasty, wouldn't the Song army be able to directly enter Hetao?
He was anxious, and said again: "Things are not as simple as you think. The Liao Kingdom has given up Dongsheng Prefecture to the Song Dynasty, and the Song Army can directly enter Hetao along the Yellow River."

Wang Mengyu was taken aback, and said very dissatisfied: "Why didn't Liang Xiangguo report this matter earlier? Only now did something happen to the Queen Mother."

Liang Yibu was so angry that he almost cursed, he gritted his teeth and asked, "Can you open the palace gate?"

The matter was indeed a little serious, so Wang Mengye stopped embarrassing him, and made people open the palace gate, and Liang Yibu ran directly to the harem.

The Empress Dowager Liang had already fallen asleep, and when she heard that something had happened in the north, she quickly put on her clothes and came out. An eunuch led Liang Yibu in, and Wang Mengye also followed in. Wang Mengye can enter the Queen Mother's bedroom at will. It is already an open secret inside and outside the palace. Many ministers are very dissatisfied with this, but there is nothing they can do.

"Reporting to the Empress Dowager, I have just received news that the Tianwei Military City in the south of the Hetao suddenly disappeared. The Hue Military City has been checked. The military city has been demolished, and there are traces of burning corpses."

Empress Dowager Liang is about [-] years old and looks very coquettish. She is also a woman with great ambitions. In order to consolidate her rule, she did not hesitate to launch a national war against the Song Dynasty.

She frowned, "What does it mean that the military city is gone? What does it mean?"

"Reporting to the Empress Dowager, I received an important piece of information this morning. The Liao Kingdom ceded Dongsheng Prefecture to the Song Dynasty."

Empress Dowager Liang was startled, and quickly asked, "Why did you cede Dongsheng Prefecture?"

"It seems to be to exchange Yizhou with Da Song."

"what!"

Empress Dowager Liang's almond eyes widened immediately, and she said angrily, "This should have happened two months ago, why did you only get the news now?"

"It seems that the Song Dynasty and the Liao Kingdom blocked the news, and our spies in Bianliang did not get this information."

"A bunch of useless bastards!"

Empress Dowager Liang was so angry that she slapped the table and cursed: "The Song army took Yulin and arrived at the gate of Hetao. It took two months to obtain such important information. Immediately dispatch the envoys and intelligence leaders stationed in the Song Dynasty Call them all back, and they must be severely punished!"

"Queen Mother, the top priority now is not to allow the Song army to occupy Hetao. I suggest that [-] cavalry be sent to Hetao as soon as possible, and Hetao must be taken back."

So far, they have not realized the real intention of the Song Army, and thought that the Song Army just wanted to occupy Hetao.

The Empress Dowager Liang thought for a while, and immediately said: "Hetao belongs to the Weifu Military Division of Heishan, let the [-] troops of the Weifu Military Division rush to Hetao, this is their duty, and let them set off early tomorrow morning."

"The minister obeys the order!"

After Liang Yi was buried, the Empress Dowager Liang glanced at Wang Mengye, who was standing beside her, "I'm not in the mood today, so please leave, General!"

Wang Meng stepped forward and said: "I think more troops should be sent to Hetao, 5000 people is still a little less."

Empress Dowager Liang understood what he was thinking. He wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to seize military power. Although she supported Wang Mengye, she did not want the conflict between him and Liang Yibu to deepen, so she said, "5000 is a lot, let's go first. Look at the situation, the Song Dynasty wants to graze and raise horses in Hetao, I will never let them succeed!"

(End of this chapter)