Song Gexing

Chapter 152 The Great Victory
Zhao Fang is enjoying himself now, and the happiest person is not Zhao Pan'er, but Song Yinzhang.

Although according to Tang Jie's method, Zhao Pan'er would stay in the Prince's Mansion, but that was different after all. Without his status, he would be in big trouble in the future.

Unless Zhao Pan'er gives birth to a child, she will be re-incorporated into the palace system. However, Zhao Fang's wives and concubines have been silent for such a long time, and everyone is actually panicking.

Originally, most of these women were older than him, and it would be too late if they didn't have children. This was not the 21st century. It was normal for women in the Song Dynasty to become mothers in their teens.

In order to increase the chances and prevent them from being occupied by maids and maids, Meng Xin and several concubines even discussed getting married in pairs, so that if there was a chance, the maids would get pregnant first.

Zhao Pan'er and Song Yinzhang were a match made in heaven, but now Zhao Pan'er has to observe filial piety and cannot have sex. Of course, this is because Zhao Fang dotes on her.

Concubines have no right to observe filial piety for their mother's family, but this is not feasible in Zhao Fang, and outsiders don't know anyway.

However, Zhao Fang had to come to the court to observe the government from the next day. Zhao Zhen finally did not agree with the prince to supervise the country, but ordered the prince to observe the government.

And he left all the trivial matters and trivial matters to Zhao Fang, which was considered to be the beginning of practice on how to be an emperor.

This time Zhao Fang took the initiative to request it, so he naturally would not refuse. He went to work happily and started his headache and tedious career.

In just a few days, he lamented that 996 in his previous life was nothing, and that being an emperor was the hardest job in the world, except for the faint emperor of course.

There are endless political affairs to deal with every day. No wonder the diligent emperors don't live long. They have to work when they go home at night, and they don't even have time to sleep, let alone holidays.

Ministers have holidays, but the emperor does not. The ministers of the Song Dynasty were actually very comfortable. They had various holidays, including taking a bath every month. Who can reason with this?

No wonder those in later generations who are familiar with history books like to travel to the Song Dynasty. It turns out that this is the biggest reason.

Half a month later, the news from the northwest came back. Zhao Fang took the battle report and laughed, and immediately rushed into the harem with dancing joy.

"Dad! Daddy, great news! That kid Xiao Yao has made a great contribution this time. He annihilated three thousand Iron Harriers in one fell swoop. Wu Zangjia cried to death this time, haha..."

Bu Zangyu Pang really cried and fainted in the toilet. The elite Iron Kites Army of Xixia has always been a headache for the Song Army. They are heavily armored cavalry, and ordinary bows and crossbows are almost ineffective against them.

The Song army wanted to use hooks, sickles and spears in close combat, but that would cause too many casualties. However, this time the entire army of three thousand iron kites was destroyed, and not one of them escaped. The Song army had almost zero casualties.

It's not that the artillery is so powerful, but that the horses of this era have never experienced the baptism of artillery. The thunderous explosion, coupled with the smoke and the splash of projectiles, are all crazy.

Most of the Xixia army was not wiped out by the Song army, but the frightened horses overturned the riders and trampled each other, causing heavy casualties. The Song army behind them surrounded them and took advantage.

The iron kite army that was surrounded by bombs was unable to resist at all, and was almost killed at will.

A total of three thousand heavy armors became the spoils of the Song Dynasty. Yao Lin made a lot of money this time, and he was so happy that he quickly wrote to Zhao Fang to report the good news.

Zhao Zhenna hadn't received the battle report yet. When he heard the news, he was stunned and looked at his son in disbelief.

He didn't believe that his son would lie to him, but the news was too unbelievable. If the news was true, Xixia would be destroyed in the blink of an eye.

The number of iron kites cannot be increased at any time, and the entire Xixia has a little more than 3000. This battle is equivalent to annihilating all the heavy armored cavalry in Xixia.Let’s not talk about whether ancient iron-making technology is good or not, but the output will definitely not increase. How long does it take to build a set of heavy cavalry armor? It cannot be supported without strong national power.

The heavy armored cavalry of Daliao was only about 3, and the Northern Wei Dynasty, when heavy armor was prevalent, only had [-] cavalry, and this number was still watered down.

The dynasty that really had the most heavy armored cavalry was the Sui Dynasty. Yang Guang's expedition to Goguryeo alone dispatched nearly [-] heavy armored cavalry.

However, the national strength of the Sui Dynasty was comparable to that of Liao and Xixia, and the Sui Dynasty successively seized all the heavy armors of the Southern and Northern Dynasties, which also reduced his cost a lot.

Of course, heavy armored cavalry is not invincible, otherwise it would not be replaced by light cavalry. Li Tang used light cavalry to defeat the Sui heavy armored cavalry.

But the problem is that the Song Dynasty lacked war horses. It was a dream to use light cavalry to deal with the Iron Kites.

Fortunately, Yao Lin solved this big problem this time. After Zhao Zhen confirmed that the news was correct, he almost jumped up with joy and immediately summoned the important ministers.

"Dear gentlemen, the prince has just sent news that the Xixia Iron Harrier army has been completely destroyed and was defeated by my Crouching Tiger Cannon!"

Zhao Zhen, whose face was glowing, announced with joy. Everyone was stunned and overjoyed. Di Qing, who never spoke a word, shouted loudly: "Congratulations to the Song Dynasty! Congratulations to my emperor! I ask for your majesty's permission to send another hundred thousand troops to the north. , Destroy Xixia in one battle!"

The originally excited voices in the audience suddenly fell silent, and everyone looked at Di Qing like a fool.

Zhao Fang slapped his forehead and sighed: "Old Di! My General Di, now you are the privy envoy, not the general of the Western Army. Can you look at the problem from an overall perspective, and don't just focus on the small group of Xixia territories? ?”

Di Qing said in astonishment: "Isn't it best to take advantage of the victory and pursue it? Let the opponent take a breath and make it difficult to fight in the future?"

Zhao Fang walked towards him, stood in front of him and said seriously: "Di Qing, do you know how the Liao Dynasty will react after the news of this battle comes out before our army can gather?"

Di Qing was startled and immediately understood that the Liao Kingdom would never sit back and watch Xixia be swallowed up by the Song Dynasty, and would definitely send troops to intervene. The most important thing now was not to pursue victory but to stabilize the Liao Kingdom.

Now he was frustrated and sat down in silence.

Zhao Fang patted him on the shoulder and said, "It's not as serious as you think. You should know what the loss of the iron kite means to Xixia. In fact, we just need to stop, allow him to negotiate peace and stabilize the Liao Kingdom, and then sit and watch Tubo All the ministries and the Western Regions are going to war with Xixia."

Di Qing was startled, then realized it immediately. He beat his head in annoyance and said, "I'm stupid! Li Yuanhao used force to suppress the Western Regions, but those people were actually dissatisfied. His Highness's plan to drive away tigers and devour wolves was a brilliant idea!"

Zhao Fang chuckled: "Of course, if we don't fight, it doesn't mean we can't secretly support them in fighting. Isn't it good to sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight? Wait until they are all disabled, and then use the power of thunder to take advantage of the Liao Kingdom's inability to react. If we have the opportunity to destroy the country in one fell swoop, and then turn around to prepare for it, the Liao Kingdom can only stare blankly."

"Your Highness is wise!"

"My son has grown up!"

The ministers praised one after another, and Zhao Zhen also nodded in praise with a smile on his face. The Song Dynasty actually wanted to destroy Xixia, and it could have been done long ago.

The key to the problem is the Liao State. Every time it defeats Xixia, the Liao State will definitely send troops to Hebei to threaten the Song Dynasty.

(End of this chapter)