Zhangpu

Song Taiping Xingguo seven years (982), Dangxiang people After the leader and the hard army stayed, Li Jizhou served an edict into the court, stayed in the capital and offered the land of the five states. Zhang Pu offered suggestions to follow the family brother Li Jiqian The rate of henchmen to avoid the summer state jins ze (today Inner Mongolia Southwest of Yijin Horuo Banner), connecting the party and Xiang heroes, gathering more than tens of thousands of people, anti-Song independence. Cong Jiqian repeatedly led his troops to harass the Song border.

In December 983 (the eighth year of Taiping Xingguo in the Northern Song Dynasty, the first year of Liao Dynasty and Liao Dynasty), Song Taizong issued an order to the officials of Sui, Yin, Xia and other states to attract farmers who had fled outside the border to return to their homes to continue farming, in fact, in order to attract farmers under the jurisdiction of Li Jiqian, in order to drain the bottom of Li Jiqian. When Li Jiqian saw that his subordinates all had the desire to return to the Song Dynasty, he said to his advisor Zhang Pu, "I Zongsha It's been unrepaired for a long time, and the people in this wasteland Not enough to eat .

Now the Song Dynasty, with its abundant financial resources and abundant goods, is trying to attract the emigrants from abroad, so that we are separated from the masses, and we will no longer be able to support it." Zhang Pu told Li Jiqian, "The Song army stationed in Yin and Xia is very large, and it is difficult for us to contend with them." however Youzhou The land is very rich, and with Hengshan as the boundary, it is also a great plan to revive the country if we try to lure the troops and hold back the dangerous city in order to see the development of the situation." Li Jiqian thought deeply, so they got together Xirong County The army tried to attack, and 20,000 troops attacked Yu Zhou. Song Jiaolang Li Xun Led the Han troops and horses to repel Li Jiqian. ^[1]

In 984 (the first year of Yongxi, Liao Tong and the second year of the Northern Song Dynasty), Li Jiqian was unable to attack Yu Zhou, so he still stationed Jinze. In May, Li Jiqian ordered his brother Li Jichong To incite and seduce the Hexi tribes. Party Baa Wei clan chiefly lead demon patient what cliff has been with Nanshan clans for chaos, was Li Jichong, the rate of its ministry, Li Jiqian sent Zhang Pu to accept. ^[2]

In 984 (the first year of Yongxi in the Northern Song Dynasty, the second year of Liao Dynasty and Liao Dynasty) in September (" Song History "as the Northern Song Taiping Xingguo eight years, that is, 983), the governor of Xia Prefecture in the Song Dynasty Yoon Hun Yodu inspection Cao Guangshi Reconnaissance learned that Li Jiqian and Zhang Pu and others camping place, sneak attack at night, Li Jiqian suffered a great setback. The Song army decapitated five hundred rank and burned more than four hundred accounts of the Dangxiang Army. Li Jiqian and his brother fled in the chaos, and Cao Guangshi of the Song Army captured Li Jiqian's mother and wife. After Li Jiqian took the daughter of the Dangxiang family as his wife, he went to various places and became stronger and stronger, and the major families in Hexi were all annexed to them because of the good deeds of the Li family in the local area. ^[3-4]

Yongxi two years (985), with Li Jiqian set a plan to go to Yinzhou, close and Song Dynasty inspection Cao Guangshi about down, to the ambush Jialuchuan (now Shaanxi Jia County Northwest), lured Cao Guangshi, etc., faked its flag, attacked according to Silver State, and was sealed left. Three years, please attach Qidan, an ancient nationality in China . In the first year of Tao (995), he was detained. Three years later, after Li Jiqian returned to Song Dynasty, he was released. In the first year of Jingde (1004), Li Deming took over the throne, and Zhang Pu, who was also marching Sima, went out to seek the west Lliangzhou (Present Gansu Province Wuwei ). In the first year (1008), the rate of thousands of riding attacked Ganzhou Uighur The army was defeated and returned. The following year, he returned with 20,000 soldiers Ganzhou (now Zhangye ) and fail again. Seven years of illness.