The Struggle of the Reborn Prince

In ancient China, compared with other parts of the world, peace lasted longer, so it accumulated more material wealth and institutional experience, and was more prominent in cultural soft power. In this way, in diplomatic activities, it is often in a calm, reasonable and beneficial way.

In the state. Diplomacy is a comprehensive manifestation of multiple international relations, economic interests, military strength and cultural status. No aspect can be absent in diplomatic activities. The absence of any party will harm the overall interests of the country.

China believes in the principle that things will turn out to be contrary, so it does not one-sidedly pursue the maximization of its own interests, because temporary interests are most likely to damage long-term and overall interests. A country's strength is a guarantee for defending the basis of interests, but excessive appeal to strength is

It will leave the impression of bullying others by virtue of power, and in the long run it will damage one's own greater interests. But interests are the pursuit that the country cannot give up, and thinking about justice when seeing profit is the fundamental creed of the Chinese people. Moral appeals retain the display of cultural soft power

The largest space.

After all, the most fundamental solution to the differences between countries is culture. According to Chinese tradition, it is called "cultivation". Force is the last resort and can only be used if it is necessary. Force cannot be used regularly, but it cannot be without force.

.The regular diplomatic means are trade and economy, and the most popular way of communication is culture, but the slowest effect is also the slowest, which requires several generations or even hundreds of years of operation.

The understanding of the culture and governance concepts of Song and Liao countries and the similar perspectives of considering the problems makes it possible to have dialogue between the two countries, and it is easy to eliminate differences between each other and resolve conflicts between the two sides. The common enemy also makes the two

It is possible to form a national alliance. But it takes an opportunity to achieve these, so that both sides can sit down and talk calmly. Last year, Gaochang jumped out to be a hero and let Zhao Qi see the opportunity to move westward. He decided to take the grounds of betrayal.

He destroyed it first to gain a foothold in the westward advance, and this inevitably led to a conflict with the Western Liao, which his protector regarded as himself.

Although Zhao Qiong believes that strength determines everything, based on the tradition and real interests of the country of etiquette, he chose the "ritual first and army later, and limited counterattack" for the Western Liao Dynasty. Of course, he did not reject the famous sayings that they did not fight or know each other.

When fighting a battle is much more effective than slapping a long day's speech, he can only listen if he is convinced and then reasoned. Therefore, Zhao Qiong clearly told Gao Chong that he should not be polite when he should fight. We should not suffer any losses.

Do it, lose money and don't do it...

Gao Chong and Zhao Li understood the circle of the emperor - taught the Western Liao a lesson and killed Gaochang. Based on this, the two formulated the next combat plan. They decided to use absolute superior forces to clear the states north of the Tianshan Mountains first. Then, in the storm

The south of the Tianshan Mountains. Now the Song Dynasty in the Western Xia has sent envoys to question the crime. According to the latest news, Chage has begun to reorganize the army and prepare to fight together as planned, so that the pressure they are under will be alleviated.

After deciding the outline, Gao Chong and Zhao Li had a dispute over who led the troops to deal with the Western Liao Dynasty. It was obvious that the two armies were uneven after the division of the troops, and they were "fighting the strong with the weak", but both of them were

I want to stay and fight against Western Liao.

Although Zhao Li was also one of the "Ten Generals of the Northern Prefecture". He had no experience in leading the army alone since he became an army. He was more of a staff officer to assist the emperor in handling military affairs and presided over military training in the rear. Later, he was ordered to open a military academy.

, he has never had the opportunity to personally experience the battlefield charge. Therefore, he does more of "paper talk" and lacks practical experience.

Based on this, Gao Chong wanted Zhao Li to lead the army to attack Beiting, and Gaochang Army was weak. If he really had strong combat power and enough soldiers, he would not be inferior to others and be in a humiliating vassal. And Song

The combat effectiveness of the army is self-evident. The generals under his command are all experienced old birds. As long as they tell them what tactical goals to achieve, they don’t need to worry about them. Even if Zhao Liling makes any mistakes along the way, he will never do so.

Some major mistakes will occur.

The Song army that fought against the Western Liao was a miscellaneous brand. It not only came from different tribes, but also did not belong to each other. The main force of the Song army left behind was only two infantry brigades. But the one to fight was the Western Liao, which was mainly cavalry.

Army. There is no need to say much about the combat effectiveness of the Western Liao army. Their ability to sweep away the Central Asian region and conquering several countries is the best proof. A lack of coordination army faces an experienced and powerful army, and when they are in the battle

A slight mistake will lead to irreversible failure and may also destroy the entire Western Expedition.

Zhao Li rejected Gao Chong's kindness and insisted on staying in Yanbo City to fight the Western Liao army. After a dispute, the two didn't know who convinced whom. Anyway, Zhao Li stayed, so Gao Chong led the army to attack.

Beiting. At the same time, they passed the passage and deployment back to the country through the caravan's message transfer channel, report to the emperor and report to peace...

Beiting was established in the first year of the Xiantian year of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang Dynasty. Its jurisdiction was west of Yizhou, so it was called Yixi. The capital was located in Beiting Protectorate, and the Jiedushi was also the Protectorate of Beiting, so it was commonly known as Beiting, also known as Yixi Beiting.

.The command of the three prefectures of Yi, Xi, Ting and the military towns in the Beiting Protectorate, and guarded them. They also set up Hanhai Army in Tingzhou, Yiwu Army in Yizhou, Tianshan Army in Xizhou, and commanded 20,000 troops.

People, from Xingxing Gorge in the east, Yuegong City in the west, Kunjian in the north, and from Xizhou Dashahai in the south. They spanned thousands of miles and established four-level defensive bodies, including the fortress, guarding, city, and army.

In addition, there were many Han people in Beiting. As early as the early Tang Dynasty, as the Tang army conquered the Western Regions, a large number of adventurous Han people followed the army to Anxi. They first settled in Beiting and then slowly spread to various parts of Anxi. However, the north

Ting, especially the rich Tingzhou, has always been the most concentrated place for the Han people. After a century of development, although Anxi belongs to several ups and downs, a large number of Han people still firmly took root in Beiting. After Kaiyuan, with the military household system

With the final establishment, Beiting and Anxi welcomed a new wave of Han immigration.

At this time, there were tens of thousands of Han people in Beiting. They brought advanced farming technology and drove the great development of Beiting's agriculture. At the same time, it was also a place for the transit of goods for the Hu merchants in Lingxi, and commercial achievements were made

The prosperity here. After that, the Tang Dynasty declined, and the Uighurs moved west to establish a dynasty for more than 400 years. They engaged in animal husbandry, raised horses on the pastures on the northern foot of the sky, and established silk horse trade with the Central Plains.

Gao Chong led his army into the desert again. After another round of baptism of wind and sand, he arrived in Beiting on the northern foot of the sky. The scene in front of him made him feel like he had gone on the wrong path. Since he entered the desert, he has been used to the desolate

The Gobi Desert, the endless yellow sand and continuous snow-capped mountains, but there is another scene here. The endless grasslands, rivers with clear snow water, rushing horses, and crisscrossing fields, as if they were back in Jiangnan again

But the Han people here are not as they imagined to welcome each other.

The change of dynasties, the migration of nations and the prosperity of commerce made Beiting a city where multi-ethnic communities live. The Han people gradually forgot their hometowns over the long years, changed their beliefs and customs, and even themselves.

In addition to retaining traces of the Han people in appearance, he only remembers that his ancestors came from the Central Plains when he was chatting, and he is full of doubtful hostility towards the "relatives" from his homeland.

The geographical environment determines that it is impossible for cities and towns to be connected here like the Central Plains. Beiting is more like a super oasis in the desert, which makes the population relatively concentrated around Beiting City, and there is less competition for one city and one place. Faced with the rolling and

The Song Dynasty army that came did not dare to fight and retreated into the city to defend. Gao Chong led his troops to siege the city and set up a camp five miles outside the city, but did not immediately send troops to attack.

Although the fate of Gaochang's life was determined the moment the emperor ordered the Western Expedition, Gao Chong tried his best to leave room for peace. He first shot the city and asked his eldest daughter (named by Gaochang local officials) to go out of the city to negotiate, hoping that

He was able to solve the problem without bleeding. He did not give up the preparation for a fight if the negotiation failed. He sent scouts to inquire about the news and collected information about the city defense.

Beiting City is built on an alluvial plain, facing Dongheba in the east and Xiheba in the west. It is expanded from the original Tingzhou of the Beiting Grand Protectorate of the Tang Dynasty. The plan layout of the city site is slightly rectangular, about three miles long from north to south.

, about two miles east and west, the city layout was influenced by the Tang Dynasty Chang'an City and was divided into two cities.

The outer city is large in scale, with a circumference of nearly ten miles. To the north of the outer city, there is a low Yangma City, and a urn city in the north gate. Outside the city, there is a natural river surrounding it into a moat. The city wall is rammed with earth, high in the north and low in the south,

Three zhang high and two zhang wide. There are horse faces, enemy towers, corner towers and city gates in the inner and outer city walls. This arrangement is obviously to defend against enemies from the north. The inner city is the center of the city, located slightly northeastern in the middle of the outer city.

The city wall is about six miles in circumference, and most of the government offices are located in it. It is the summer palace of the Lord of Gaochang and the political and economic center north of the Tianshan Mountains of Gaochang.

There was panic in the city of Beiting, the king of the Song Dynasty, who had cut off the business road and threatened to re-submit the Western Liao Dynasty. According to previous experience, the Song Dynasty would compromise. After being rejected by the Song Dynasty, they thought that the two countries were thousands of miles apart.

He sent troops to aid Goryeo, and it was impossible to use force against them again, so he was not prepared to fight at first. When he learned that the Song Dynasty decided to send troops to attack, they used a lot of money to break the agreement in Xixia and bribed the Bu people to block the way, and realized that

The Song Dynasty retreated in the face of difficulties.

However, Gaochang did not expect that the Song army won consecutive battles and the people of the Bu were driven away from their hometowns. Then they panicked and invited the old master Xiliao, but at this time they also got the defeat of the Naimans in the Song army.

The news of entering Mount Altai braved the wind and snow. They were relieved now, because no one could successfully cross the line at this time. The tense nerves just now relaxed again, thinking that the Song army was going to bury the barren mountain. So when Song was about to go to Song.

When the army arrived at the city, they were all panicked and had different opinions...