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Chapter 2571 In this situation, I just want to write a poem

Chapter 2571 In this situation, I just want to write a poem

The soldiers who came to rescue the emperor saw Wang Yue holding Zhao Jian in one hand and holding a red oil-paper umbrella in the other, walking slowly and unhurriedly in the rain of arrows.

The rain of arrows looked very dangerous, but they could not hurt the two people, as if they had missed them on purpose.

The Beiliang soldiers looked at the two men who looked like gods descending from the heavens, and they were no longer so anxious. They couldn't help but shout,

"Beiliang!"

"Beiliang!"

The Eighth Prince didn't care about all this. He quickly pulled Ouyang Xiu and asked him to send soldiers from the Song Dynasty to intercept these ships. He felt that although Wang Yue and Zhao Jian could not be harmed at all now, it did not mean that those ships would not be able to harm Wang Yue and Zhao Jian after they got close.

Ouyang Xiu was also startled, but before the people they sent out could stop them, they found that the boats that were traveling at high speed had encountered something in the river and were stopped abruptly. They were all surrounded more than 100 steps away from the bridge, and the people on the boats were thrown to the ground.

When Ouyang Xiu saw this scene, he immediately understood that Wang Yue had been prepared for this, so he smiled and said, "Okay, Eighth Prince, you can rest assured. Brother Changwen is a man who plans 10 steps ahead. How could he not know that someone would come to cause trouble? Look, those ships have been stopped. We are worrying for nothing."

After hearing Ouyang Xiu's question, the Eighth Prince also looked over and found that all the ships that suddenly appeared had been stopped. He also smiled and said, "I really worried for nothing!"

Ouyang Xiu smiled and said, "In this situation, I just want to write a poem, the rain of arrows on the Orchid Bridge cracks the red silk, and my bare hands..."

Seeing that Ouyang Xiu had really started to compose a poem, the Eighth Prince interrupted him and said, "Ouyang Zhizhou, those on the bridge are my daughter and son-in-law!"

Ouyang Xiu was very embarrassed to be interrupted while composing a poem, but it was indeed a bit inhumane for him to compose a poem at this time, so he could only change the subject and said, "Look, the counterattack is coming!"

The Eighth Prince's attention was indeed diverted, and he saw a lot of jars suddenly flying out from the direction of North Lanzhou, hitting the ships accurately and breaking them into pieces, and then he found that what fell was kerosene.

The general in command of the attacking ship saw this and shouted loudly.

"It's kerosene!"

"Everyone, be careful!"

The attackers hurriedly fetched water and sandbags from the boat, trying to wash the kerosene down. But just as the general finished speaking, a large number of rockets suddenly shot out from the shore. The rockets landed on the bow and directly ignited the sails, and then the kerosene ignited directly.

Wang Yue stopped and stood in the middle of the bridge with Zhao Jian. Looking at the fire in the distance, he asked with a smile, "The fire looks beautiful. It seems that our days will be prosperous. Are you afraid?"

Zhao Jian was a little flustered at first, but he calmed down when he saw Wang Yue was not panicking. Now seeing Wang Yue saying this, he couldn't help but smiled and said, "With my husband here, I'm definitely not afraid."

Wang Yue saw that Zhao Jian was in a stable mood, so he smiled and said, "I know you like fighting very much, so you will have a chance to show your skills next."

Zhao Jian was stunned for a moment, and then asked uncertainly, "My dear, what are you going to do?"

Wang Yue smiled and said, "There are only a few ways for Tubo to come down from the plateau, so in order to prevent Li Yuanhao from joining forces with the Tubo people, we need to fight with Tubo, gain a buffer zone, and extend the time it takes for the Xixia people to contact Tubo, so that we can concentrate on dealing with one enemy."

Zhao Jian was stunned for a moment, then he said uncertainly, "My lord, isn't your plan to deal with the Uighurs? It would be a bad idea to change your mind because of this incident."

She felt that what the army feared most was changing orders every day, as this would lower the morale of their side!

Wang Yue smiled confidently and said, "In fact, it is best for Beiliang to attack the Uighurs and for the Song Dynasty to retaliate against Tubo. What do you think?"

Seeing Wang Yue say this, Zhao Jian thought of something. She asked tentatively, "My dear, you still want to test the determination of the Song Dynasty."

Wang Yue smiled and nodded, saying, "I have this idea, but I have another idea. There are many Uighurs in Beiliang, and many of them have joined the Beiliang army. It is somewhat inhumane to let them and the Xizhou Uighurs kill each other, so I plan to let them help the Song Dynasty attack Tubo. I don't ask to directly cripple Tubo, as long as I can cut off Tubo's harassment route."

After hearing this, Zhao Jian smiled and said, "It seems that Master also knows what my dowry is used for."

Wang Yue saw that Zhao Jian's smile was a bit forced, so he didn't care and comforted him, "I have nothing to hide from Beiliang. Even if we give it to the Song Dynasty, the Song Dynasty won't dare to take it unless we kill all the people here. But who dares to suggest this? I'm afraid that even a spit can drown them, so I have nothing to worry about."

Zhao Jian was very touched when she saw that Wang Yue didn't even care about the spying arranged for her dowry, so she took the initiative to say, "My dear, what are you waiting for? Let's go back and get married."

Wang Yue stopped looking after Zhao Jian after he said so. He took Zhao Jian with him and slowly headed towards the direction of northern Lanzhou under the light of the fire on the water in the southwest.

The elite soldiers of Beiliang had already prepared their shields and lined up neatly on both sides. After Wang Yue and Zhao Jian got off the bridge, they escorted Wang Yue to the sedan chair. …

After the wedding, Zhao Jian asked the maid who came with her as a dowry to send a message to the Song Dynasty, preparing to use military force against Tubo.

Because the Tibetans had failed in their surprise attack using warships, they had already made preparations. The Song army's initial attack was very slow, and they were unable to even break through Guzhou on the border.

It was at this time that Wang Yue sent his Uighur cavalry to cooperate with the Beggar Gang disciples to quietly cross the Qilian Mountains, break through the important town of Menyuan, and head straight for Qingtang City.

Menyuan was the only passage for Tubo to cross the Qilian Mountains and enter the Hexi Corridor. Originally, the defense here was extremely tight. However, this operation was jointly carried out by the Song Dynasty and the Northern Liang Dynasty, and the Song army looked down on the Beggars' Sect, so these Beggars' Sect disciples could not make any merit. They just happened to find the leader's call, so they were ready to change the passage to prove themselves.

So, they first crossed mountains and rivers, went around the important town of Menyuan, and came to the mountain behind the important town of Menyuan. In the middle of the night, they used ropes to slide into the city and help open the city gate.

After the Beiliang army occupied Menyuan without bloodshed, they immediately launched a surprise attack on Qingtang with the help of the Beggars' Sect.

After occupying Qingtang, the Northern Liang army moved eastward along the Hehuang Valley, captured the small town of Haidong, and then sent out Uighur cavalry to attack Hezhou and other places.

The Tibetans in Hezhou and other places were originally fighting with the Song army, but suddenly they found that there were enemies behind them and they had to flee in panic.

The Song army took the opportunity to break through the city and captured large tracts of land along the Yellow River. They did not stop their attack until they were blocked by Jishi Mountain.

However, after occupying Huangzhou, the army sent by Wang Yue and the Song army followed the Yellow River as the dividing line and headed towards Qinghai.

The Tibetans never thought they would be ambushed, so they fled all the way. The Northern Liang army captured several cities along the way and fought all the way to the Huangtou Huiqi tribe, attracting the attention of the defenders and then stopping.

However, although Wang Shiliu stopped the attack, it did not mean that other Beiliang troops also stopped. The army in Shazhou, Guazhou and other places suddenly headed towards the Dashan tribe.

The total number of the Beiliang army in Shazhou and Guazhou was no more than 50,000. They divided their troops into two routes and took advantage of the fact that the Dashan and Huiqi people were attracted to the direction of Longyou to launch a surprise attack and directly captured the royal courts of the two tribes.

As the commander-in-chief of this war, Zhao Jian sent all their tribal leaders and chieftains back to Liangzhou, and then selected 5 people from the two tribes and headed towards Gaochang in the west.

When the Gaochang Uighur Khan heard the news, he knew he could not win, so he fled without fighting and headed towards Qiuci.

Zhao Jian immediately arranged for his two men, Wang Shiba and Wang Shijiu, to split into two groups. One team continued the pursuit, while the other team turned back eastward and headed towards Yizhou.

At this time, the Uighurs also sought reinforcements, which came from the coalition forces of Zhao Zhen of Khotan and the Black Khan. The two sides fought in Qiuci, which ended with Wang Shiba's victory.

But when they pursued to the Moman City, the enemy had already set up a battle array along the river and in the steep mountains, so Wang Shiba had no choice but to retreat back to Qiuci, and the two sides entered a stalemate.

At the beginning, due to insufficient supplies, the Xiliang army could only fight with the coalition forces with Gaochang as the center.

It was not until three years into the war that Wang Yue built a large number of roads built with manpower, connecting the towns together, and materials became abundant.

Of course, the road was built entirely with cement, and although Wang Yue did not bring out any heavy machinery, building the most difficult mountain road in ancient times did not put him under much pressure at all.

After the road became more convenient, the Northern Liang army no longer had any rivals from that time on. The crazy rain of arrows made the grassland people flee in panic.

Two years later,

The coalition forces of Khotan and the Black Khan were defeated. Not only did all of Xizhou fall into the hands of Northern Liang, but even most of the cities of Khotan and the Black Khan fell into the hands of Northern Liang.

Wang Yue re-established the Anxi Protectorate and appointed Wang Shiba as the temporary commander, stationed in Suiye City to maintain Northern Liang's rule in the area.

During these five years, the Song Dynasty was not idle. It took advantage of the threat to Tubo from Northern Liang and successfully recovered important cities in Shu County such as Guangrou.

However, the Song Dynasty was destined to be a country that only cared about the front and not the back. When it was showing its strength in Shu, it was ambushed by Western Xia. It was defeated in the Battle of Sanchuan and lost Huanzhou, Linzhou and other places in succession, allowing Western Xia to take the opportunity to expand.

(End of this chapter)