Then there are materials, medicinal materials and ships. The ship must be strong, and at the same time, it must be equipped with sailors, ships, water helmsmen who have gone south to Southeast Asia many times, as well as weapons. Because the terrain is complex, weapons and armor must be mainly flexible, but the quality cannot be reduced.

Then, based on memory, the map of the American continent and the distribution locations of these plants can only be said to be approximately, even if the bricks come, they may not be very accurate. They also mark the monsoons and currents on the ocean. These are all preparations, and it must take several months to set off.

But this worries finally came to an end.

Waiting for Wang Shao to return.

Wang Shao went to Beijing and the newspaper repeatedly promoted it. The day when Wang Shao returned to the capital, everyone was watching, and there were people watching Wang Shao on both sides of the avenue.

Zhao Xu personally led all the ministers to meet him.

Because Zheng Lang was enlightened, Zhao Xu was not too worried about the Khitan, nor was he frightened to let Guo Kui go to the northern border to defend. He was blocked by Wang Anshi and happily talked about the Northwest Battle with Wang Shao.

However, in history, Wang Anshi had a lot of opinions about Guo Kui because Guo Kui was introduced by Han Qi. At this time, Wang Anshi had a bad impression of Guo Kui. Even Zheng Lang couldn't figure out Guo Kui's thoughts and continued to wait and see.

The disaster is getting heavier and heavier, but there is still a lot of food in the national warehouse, so everyone is not worried. In addition, Wang Shao's return finally brought joy to the Song Dynasty. However, if you are so happy, you will feel sad.

Wang Shao did not conduct any expansion activities before returning. There are several reasons. No matter what blood ties it had in the east of Hezhou, the phenomenon of sinicization was relatively serious and easy to conquer and manage. After crossing Hezhou, it was not easy to manage even if it was obtained. Secondly, Xixia conquered Tubo many times, defeated Huangzhou, and the logistics supply for the expedition to Huangzhou was very long, and it was impossible to be afraid of it at all. Strategic needs were achieved. From the Tongyuan Army and Hezhou, Lanzhou could be managed at any time. Once Lanzhou was cut off and the Hexi Corridor was lost, Xixia would be cut off. Finally, it was a factor of force. The more it occupied, the fewer the troops were originally, so it became more and more dispersed, and the more tense the troops, and Wang Shao could not continue to expand westward.

At this time, Mu Zheng also fled into the territory of Xixia and stayed in Kangu. While seeking assistance from Xixia, he wrote to his uncle and asked for support. Wang Shao also considered their relationship with his uncle and nephew, but he did not expect that they would join forces. Because the mother of the blind and the mother of the Mowujiao were Li Lizun's daughters, Li Sila and Li Lizun turned against each other, he once expelled Li to Ni and put the two of them under house arrest. In the end, the tiger was poisoned and refused to eat his son, and they fled out of the development force. Therefore, the Song Dynasty attacked the Muzheng brothers, but Dong Wu never took action. Wang Shao did not want to mess with Dong Wu. The army did not expand westward after entering Baicheng, which was also a manifestation of tacit understanding.

But Wang Shao neglected a small person, Dong Jiong's adopted son Aligu. His mother was an Uighur, and he did not have the view of Tubo's feud. On the contrary, because Lin Bian died, Khotan's wife and Princess Xixia were inherited by him as usual. This Princess Xixia was the real Princess of Xixia and Li Bingchang's own sister. Not only she was alone, but also a large number of servants who accompanied him, so he instigated Aligu in front of Aligu. In fact, Dong Jiong didn't want to be too troubled with the Song Dynasty, but he couldn't resist Aligu's instigation. So he wanted to give the Song Dynasty a scare and send the first brave Tubo general Qing Yi Jieguizhang to the East.

Faced with Wang Shao's power, Gui Zhang did not dare to move. Until Wang Shao returned to Beijing, only Jing Sili was left to stay in Hezhou. Gui Zhang still did not take action. He first met with Mu Zheng's troops and then analyzed the situation. Although Wang Shao left, his elite soldiers and brave generals were still there, and the strength of the Western Army should not be underestimated. Secondly, the Tubo people were not good at siegeing the city, while the Han people were good at defending the city. Although the Song army defeated the Tubo army in the field several battles in the previous few battles, which was well-managed by Wang Shao. In fact, Tubo was better at field battles and mountain battles than the Song army. Mu Zheng blushed when he heard this, and the defeated general did not speak of courage. What should he do? It was impossible to refute. In the end, Wang Shao won over and subjugated many Tubo people. These tribes were not truly convinced. The Song army could be used, and the Tubo could be used.

Guizhang came to the following conclusions: Wang Shao is not there, and it is difficult to retake Hezhou. It cannot be delayed for a long time. Once Wang Shao comes back, he may not be his opponent. The decisive battle location must be in the wild, and try to lure the Song army into the battlefield of his choice, rather than as before, the battlefield power has always been in the hands of the Song army, so even in the wild, it has been defeated repeatedly. After all, the Song army is strong, and it must maximize the victory in one battle, and be mentally prepared for a long-term battle.

Therefore, there are four steps to force the Song army commander to leave the city and go out to fight, set up an ambush and kill the Song army, form a joint front, form an alliance with Xixia, form a Yijiao, and attack Longyou from north to south. Report these analysis and plans to Dong Jiong, and Dong Jiong is correct.

But Gui Zhang was still very careful. He first made a small move to test, disturbing Hezhou's belonging to Fan, seducing Zhao, Chang, and Tao family and other tribes, gathering troops to Xishan, attacking and killing Hezhou's wood-picking soldiers, and harming seven envoys Zhang Pu and others. In fact, it is very meaningful. Tubo lost consecutive battles and was depressed, but logging was not an elite Song army, and it is easier to start to boost morale. Moreover, it was not the place where water and grass were abundant in Sichuan. After it became a Gobi Desert, the Tubo people spontaneously maintained the ecological environment and consciously protected the forest. The Song army operated Longyou, and since Cao Wei, they have been facing Longyou.

It was developed in large quantities, not only was it used to build military camps and roast fire, but it also went east along the Wei River Jing River and transported to Guanzhong and Beijing for sale. In recent years, Zheng Lang has been developing and closing mountains and working in two ways to protect the water and soil to the greatest extent, but it is impossible to say that it is not developed or logged. The wood from Goryeo in the Central Plains was replaced by the Central Plains, but the local military camps had to build camps and make fires to keep warm, especially in early spring, when the weather on the plateau was still very cold. Therefore, some Tubo people were unhappy. This move would win the hearts of the Tubo Qiang people, and would further win over the tribes.

With careful preparation, the Song army was very clever and fled in time, killing only seven generals and soldiers, but not meeting his wish.

This disappointed Gui Zhang, so the next plan began. First, he sent a very disrespectful letter to Jing Sili, which angered Jing Sili. Then he threatened that Mu Zheng was attacking Tabai City as the commander. Tabai City was the gateway to the west of Hezhou, and strategically the Song army would be rescued. Mu Zheng was a defeated general under the Song army and was also defeated by Jing Sili. The Song army would be despised. Mu Zheng fled, and was eventually stuck in the Song army's management of the two states of Xihe, and the Song army must also get Mu Zheng.

After giving three sufficient reasons to send troops, will the Song Dynasty still send troops?

He did not disappoint him. When Jing Sili saw the letter, he was furious and wanted to lead 6,000 soldiers from the Han Dynasty to attack the Tubo army stationed outside the suburbs of the city.

The surrendered Tubo leader Blind Yao and Han Cunbao persuaded him, especially Blind Yao, repeatedly persuaded Jing Sili that the Song army faced Mu Zheng this time, but Gui Zhang, a famous general in Hehuang, and should not underestimate the enemy. Jing Sili refused to listen. Han Cunbao and Wei Qi were the vanguards, Wang Ning supported him, Wang Cun was the left, Jia Yi was the right, and Li Jing was the rear of the palace, Zhao Tanzhi. All of them were brave generals who emerged in the Western War. As for Tubo gathered nearly 30,000 troops, Jing Sili didn't think about it at all. He fought all the way to the present. Didn't he defeat the more with less? Not to mention one by one, breaking five, one by one, breaking ten, and even Miao gave five hundred to break tens of thousands. But he did not expect that Mu Zheng's 30,000 and Gui Zhang's 30,000 were the same. The quality of the surname was a world of difference.

After leaving Hezhou City and fighting with Mu Zheng, Mu Zheng was used to the collapse of his surname. Soon after the battle, he fled to the west. Jing Sili led his army to chase and arrived at the outskirts of Tabai City. Tabai City was still under the control of the Song Dynasty, and Gui Zhang was very wise and did not attack. However, the few troops in the city were ignored. Then Gui Zhang swayed and built a chain of defenses in three villages. From the morning to the end, he had dozens of bloody battles, and there was no winner. The two sides were still fighting. In fact, until now, Gui Zhang was also fighting coldly. After all, the morale between the two sides was different. The longer the battle was fought, the more the battle exceeded his soldiers' limit, the three armies would inevitably collapse. The tense situation forced him to play a trump card that had been ambushed first.

There was still an ambush in the valley behind the hills between the two sides. Now that they came out, they would definitely not have many surprise troops. Jing Sili was not concerned because Li Yu and Wang Ning was guarding the back defense. The problem lies here. If Li Yu and Wang Ning defended, the army would not have the effect. The front-line army was heartbroken and the direction of the war would inevitably be rewritten. However, facing the arrival of the black Tubo army, Li Yu did not dare to respond and led his army to escape... The Sanchuankou incident was staged again.

As soon as Li Feng fled, Wang Ning was unable to defeat him. The Song army ahead was dragged by the Tubo people again, and Wang Ning died heroically.

The Tubo army successfully formed a cross-bow attack on the Song army. The morale of the Tubo soldiers who were originally depressed increased greatly. Jing Sili was extremely sad and sent someone to ask Li Jue why he could do anything to the thief? Li Jue was guilty and never answered.

But even so, Jing Sili led the three armies to kill out fiercely, and his general Zhao Yuankai was killed in battle. However, the Song army suffered little casualties, with 6,000 soldiers and horses, and there were still 5,000 soldiers and horses left at this time. Because Han Cunbao and Wei Qi were all injured, Jing Sili followed the opinions of his younger brothers Jing Siyi and Feng Su. Because many of the generals were injured, the sky was dusk and the soldiers were exhausted, he retreated to the slopes to the east, set up camp first, rested for one night, and fought again in the morning.

The soldiers were about to camp, and Tubo chased after him again. Guizhang was a famous general. Even such a good situation could not annihilate the Song army. How could this camp be so great? Jing Sili led more than a hundred cavalry to rush to the downhill slope and fight against the Tubo people. In fact, not only Wei Qi was injured at this time, but Jing Sili himself was also hit by three arrows with injuries. Even more than a hundred people, facing thousands of cavalry, actually killed thousands of cavalry back. Think about it, if the Song army on the ridge was pounced down at this time, thousands of cavalry would escape even more. When thousands of cavalry fled to the west, it would lead to chaos in the entire Guizhang base camp, and then it would be a great victory.

But at this moment, Li Shi went crazy again. Seeing the Tubo people entangled with each other desperately, they lost their confidence in fighting, and led their troops to escape again. Not only did he run, but another general, Han Cunbao, saw Li Shi escape, knew that his morale was gone, and he didn't know what military strategy was taught by Su Dongpo's good friend, Da Xia Chaogu, taught him. He couldn't see such a great opportunity, and he also fled east with his men. As soon as the two generals fled, the Song army on all the ridges fled together. Jing Siyi couldn't persuade him.

Jing Sili turned around and hoped that the Song army on the ridge would take advantage of the opportunity to kill and have a brilliant victory. However, Wuxin, he turned his head and looked at it. He was angry and said, "I just used hundreds of cavalry to escape thousands of foreign soldiers, but no one helped me. The army was defeated. I will commit suicide to thank the court."

Everyone persuaded to stay.

The Tubo people were killed by the Song army, and suddenly they saw the Song army suddenly flee. Maybe Mu Zheng was here, Jing Sili was safe, but it was Gui Zhang. Gui Zhang immediately saw that this was a good opportunity and led the three armies to catch up. Jing Sili knew that it was inevitable to defeat, and there was still a long way to escape from here to Hezhou, so he spontaneously led more than 100 cavalry to break the rear and fight and leave. The main force of the Song army was saved, Li Ju, Han Cunbao and Jing Siyi were safe, but the Tubo general Jing Sili was siege and did not come out and died heroically.

The Battle of Treading White City ends.

However, the ghost chapter also made the Song army feel heartbroken and did not dare to take any further action.

In fact, there is no big deal. Although several generals were lost, the war eventually had victory and defeat. Besides, it was not a war of annihilation. The main force was still there. Facing the first brave general of Tubo, with more than four times the force, many ambushings, and the serious consequences brought by Li Yu and Han Cunbao's cowardice, it was so difficult. However, in the Song Dynasty, everything became different.

The Western Army drove Hehuang and won many great victories, killing tens of thousands of Tubo troops. No one saw that the Song army lost more than a thousand troops and the sky collapsed. However, after the tragic victory, it caused some trouble to the Song Dynasty. After hearing the victory of the Battle of Tabaicheng, the foreign monks Wen Zun led the three Qiang tribes, Li and Long, and besieged Minzhou. The roads were blocked for several months.

And what's so bad is that many victims are opening up the Sichuan Gorge Road, among which Minzhou Road is also one of the centers of gravity. Fortunately, the construction progress is a bit slow, and the people are still in the south and have not reached Minzhou. One battle and one siege has caused a series of consequences.

Not fatal yet.

The Tubo people finally won. Gui Zhang cut off Jing Sili's head and put it in a box to circulate it through the envoys of the Western Regions. The news was originally very slow to reach the Song Dynasty, but because the scouts from many special agent camps secretly sneaked into Qingtang, they were very angry after hearing this.

When the two armies fought, they were injured and died. Even if they cut off the head and hung it on the city gate, it is understandable. However, it is impossible to turn the head of the commander and the governor of Hezhou. The head of a dignified official in a country was circulated on the envoys of other countries. How despise the Song Dynasty?

The news quickly spread to the capital.

When Zhao Xu saw the information, his hands were so angry that he shivered.

Wang Shao said: "Your Majesty, I will return quickly."

Needless to say, but Zheng Lang suddenly said: "Your Majesty, let me go to the West."
Chapter completed!