Meishan Su family, Su Yun is the most virtuous

Chapter 270 Please destroy Xixia! (Hey, there is one more chapter!)
After the capture of Luowu City, the war came to a temporary end.

Su Yun sat in Luowu City and listened to the good news from various fortresses.

The Western Xia army scattered among the ravines became their target.

The generals of the Song army may be cowardly, but the army that has lost its organization has become a coveted achievement for them.

Su Yuncai only gave a brief notice, and all the fortresses sent out troops to capture them. Even the civilian fortresses sent out young and strong men to capture the Xixia soldiers who had fallen behind.

Each of these heads represents military merit!

Even those who did not join the army could exchange the heads of the Tangut soldiers for money. One head could be worth several strings of money if exchanged with the Song army!

Su Yun was in the middle of the count, and in just a few days, he had counted over 20,000 to 30,000 heads.

As for the others, they probably bypassed the fortress and ran directly back to Xixia.

Su Yun originally wanted to take the opportunity to withhold troops from Yinzhou City, but the scouts came back to report that the Western Xia was already on high alert. A large number of Western Xia troops gathered from all over to replenish the Zuoxiang Shenyong Army and Yinzhou City, and the Western Xia's food and fodder were already on the way.

The opportunity has been lost.

Su Yun breathed a sigh of relief. Originally, he wanted to take advantage of Ye Beima's surrender and seize the opportunity to capture Yinzhou City and use Yinzhou City as a forward base for attacking Western Xia, but he did not expect that Western Xia's reaction would also be quick.

But it's normal to think about it. He had successively conquered Yinzhou, Xiazhou, and Youzhou. Such a shocking thing was equivalent to the Western Xia army directly conquering Yanzhou, Huanzhou, Qingzhou and other strategic locations. If the emperor and his ministers of the Song Dynasty knew about this, they would be so scared that the whole country would be mobilized. The reaction of the Western Xia was normal.

So Su Yun had no regrets. Although he did not conquer much land this time, he directly annihilated the more than 100,000-strong Western Xia army.

Moreover, his trip to Xia territory directly and indirectly caused the casualties of at least 20,000 Western Xia soldiers. In addition to this great victory over the Western Xia army, he killed nearly 40,000 people!
In addition, the Xixia army suffered at least 20,000 to 30,000 casualties when it attacked the city before. Rounding it off, the Xixia army suffered at least 100,000 casualties this time, not including the 20,000 to 30,000 captured soldiers.

In this battle, Western Xia directly lost nearly 130,000 troops, which was a serious blow to its vitality!
In the past two years, although Western Xia won a great victory in the Battle of Yongle City, the Song Dynasty launched five attacks on Xia. Although Western Xia defeated the Song Dynasty's strategic goals, it also suffered heavy casualties.

Although the battle of Yongle City was a great victory, they killed 10,000 enemies but lost 8,000 of their own men, resulting in many casualties.

This time, the loss was nearly 130,000 troops!
Therefore, Xixia is now at its weakest point!

Therefore, although the opportunity to simply occupy Yinzhou was lost, it was the best time to attack Xixia!
Therefore, Su Yun immediately wrote to Zhao Xu, requesting to prepare for a full-scale attack on Western Xia!

Su Yun's battle report and letter of request for battle were sent to the palace in a hurry. The next day, the court was in an uproar.

Zhao Xu did not sleep all night.

The prime ministers, Hanlin academicians, heads of the six ministries, Chief Censor, and Secretariat Secretaries also did not sleep all night.

At three o'clock last night, they were urgently summoned into the palace. Some people thought that Zhao Xu had passed away, so they started to cry before entering the palace, and almost got impeached by the Palace Censor for misbehaving in front of the emperor.

At the court meeting, although the important officials had not slept all night, they were all full of fighting spirit.

The great victory in the Northwest was of course great news, but Su Yun's letter of request for battle also set off a huge wave.

The important officials were full of fighting spirit, not against Western Xia, but against Su Yun's letter of request for war.

War or peace? As soon as the court meeting began, it fell into a heated discussion... well, debate... well, quarrel... it's not enough to describe it.

It must have been an extremely heated argument, mixed with swearing, and it almost started with a fight.

The reason was that someone accused Su Yun of dragging the entire country into war for his own selfish interests. Zhang Dun directly threw Chao Xun at him, hitting the man's forehead and causing bleeding.

So the Palace Censor directly impeached Zhang Dun for misbehaving in front of the emperor, and he was immediately fined five pounds of copper.

Then the Palace Censor impeached several court officials who had spoken very aggressively, and only then was the situation barely brought under control.

The quarrel did not last long because envoys from Western Xia and Liao arrived together.

The envoy of Western Xia was willing to compromise, but the envoy of Liao was quite domineering. They said that Liao had already stationed a large number of troops in Bian Jing, and if the Song Dynasty wanted to destroy Xia and disrupt the balance of the three kingdoms, Liao would not sit idly by.

Later, the Ministry of War came to report and confirmed what the Liao envoy said. The Liao army was indeed threatening the border!

This poured cold water on Zhao Xu's fanatical head, and even Zhang Dun and others who advocated war calmed down.

At this time, the peace faction became arrogant and strongly criticized Su Yun for destroying the diplomatic relations between Song and Xia and disrupting the balance among the three kingdoms. It was not until they saw Zhao Xu's angry eyes looking at them that they calmed down.

Zhao Xu sighed and asked Zhang Dun and others to negotiate with the Western Xia envoys. He himself had to think about it carefully.

In fact, although a great victory is a great joy, we are unable to fight back.

The five-pronged attack on Xia failed to achieve its strategic goal, but consumed most of the achievements since the reform. The defeat at Yongle City directly destroyed the war potential of the Western Army.

The reason why Su Yun was able to win a great victory over Western Xia this time was mainly due to Su Yun's extraordinary military talent, rather than how powerful the Western Army was. It was also because of the arrogance of the Western Xia generals, who led their large army deep into Song territory and were exhausted by the Song Dynasty's strategy of clearing the countryside, so they were able to seize the opportunity and win a great victory in one fell swoop.

If the Song Dynasty raised a large army and penetrated deep into the Xia territory, the national strength would be unable to sustain it, and it would inevitably suffer a major defeat.

Moreover, the Liao Kingdom would not sit idly by and watch the Western Xia be destroyed by itself. Once it was determined to destroy the Western Xia, the Liao Kingdom would definitely send troops to invade the Song Dynasty.

It was not that the Liao Kingdom and the Western Xia had a good relationship, but that the Liao Kingdom was afraid that the Song Dynasty would destroy the Xia Dynasty, obtain the Hetao horse-breeding land, and threaten the Liao Kingdom from the west. In this way, the strategic advantage of the Song Dynasty over the Liao Kingdom would be too obvious. How could the Liao Kingdom allow this!

Alas, if Su Yun had demonstrated such extraordinary military talent before the five-pronged attack on Xia, he would not have been afraid of Xia and Liao at the same time.

With Su Yun leading the army to attack Western Xia and 350,000 troops at his command, there is no need to worry about not being able to destroy the Xixia clown!
What a pity, what a pity!
However, Zhao Xu immediately calmed down. No matter what, the conditions just did not allow it temporarily, but he still got a famous general who was rare in the world.

If I get Su Juzheng, it will be like the Qin Emperor getting Wang Jian and Meng Tian, ​​like Emperor Wu of Han getting Wei Qing and Huo Qubing, and like Emperor Taizong of Tang getting Yuchi Gong and Qin Qiong. With Su Yun in my hands, why should I care about the gains and losses of a particular time and place?

I am only thirty-six years old this year. Even if I don’t live long enough and live to fifty, I still have fourteen years left!
It took Emperor Qin Shi Huang only ten years to conquer the world. After Emperor Wu of Han got Wei Qing and Huo Qubing, it only took a few years to drive out the Huns. It only took Emperor Taizong of Tang four years to lead his army to pacify powerful enemies such as Xue Ju, Xue Rengao, Liu Wuzhou, Dou Jiande, and Wang Shichong.

I have fourteen full years. If you don’t believe me, I will not be able to destroy the Western Xia and Liao Kingdoms!
Zhao Xu suddenly became full of energy and vigor.

However, Zhao Xu immediately became worried again.

Because he thought of a problem: Now that the battle has been won, it is time to discuss the issue of rewarding the meritorious service.

But how should Su Yun be rewarded?
(End of this chapter)