During the period when Si Duo was in charge of the Liugu tribe, the exchanges between Song and Tibetan became increasingly frequent, especially the tribute horse trade. The various tribes under the Xiliang Prefecture basically went to the Song Dynasty to pay tribute to horses every year, sometimes even several times a year.

Times. Through tribute horses, Xiliang Prefecture obtained gold and silver, cloth, silk colors, tea, spices, equipment, handicrafts, etc. from the Song Dynasty. These enriched the lives of the soldiers and civilians of the Liugu Department and strengthened the politics, economy, and culture of both parties.

Exchanges were not only conducive to the development of the Liugu tribe, which was located in the northwest border and relatively backward economically and culturally, but also strengthened the friendship between the Song and Bo people.

In 1006, the Liugu tribe suffered from a plague, and Governor Si Duo asked the Song Dynasty for assistance. The Song Dynasty allocated 76 kinds of precious medicinal materials, including borneol, rhinoceros horn, benzoin, white purple quartz, etc., to stop this epidemic in time.

The spread of the plague relieved the suffering of the people in the Liugu tribe. From this, we can see the deep feelings between the Song Dynasty and the Tubo people.

Although the Liugu tribe, under the leadership of Dudu Siduo, repelled the attacks of the party members many times, the alliance was gradually unable to be controlled by Dudu Siduo, and soon the Zongge clan declared independence.

In 1004, the Zongge tribe was still just a tribe under Xiliang Prefecture, but by 1005, it had begun to pay tribute to the Song Dynasty alone, and received the attention of the Song Dynasty, which placed it on the same level as the Khotan and Ganzhou Uighur regimes.

In terms of political status, at the same time, other Tubo tribes gradually broke away from the Xiliang government and embarked on the path of independent development.

After the Song and Liao Dynasties concluded the Chanyuan Alliance, in order to ease the conflict with Xiazhou Dangxiang, Li Deming was granted the title of Military Envoy of the Dingnan Army and King of Xiping, and was given a large amount of gold, silk, coins and other items. In response to the Song Dynasty's reward,

Li Deming actively entered the "Shibiao" towards the Song Dynasty, saying that he would live in peace and friendship and never invade the Song Dynasty. In fact, this was also Li Deming's delaying strategy, hoping to accumulate strength through peaceful coexistence between the two sides. After several years of recuperation, Xiazhou Dangxiang attacked in 1007

Ganzhou Uighurs and plotted to seize Xiliang Mansion. The Song Dynasty sent envoys to inform Governor Siduo that they should unite the Uighurs to prevent the parties from being defeated individually. Governor Siduo attached great importance to the invading Xiazhou party items this time, and he sent troops 40 meters away from Xiliang Mansion.

Camps were set up outside for more than ten miles, which were used as a bluff. At night, drums were beating and torches were lit. They pretended to have high morale for many days. Li Deming didn't know it was a plan, so he mobilized heavy troops here. In this way,

The rear defense of the Dangxiang army became relatively empty. Governor Siduo sent 1,000 elite troops to sneak attack the rear defense of the Dangxiang army, and let the Uighur army ambush in a long and narrow deep depression in the northwest of Liangzhou. This was also the reason why the Dangxiang army returned to the rear defense.

The only way to go. Li Deming learned that the rear defense was attacked and hurriedly led his troops to return for reinforcements. Unexpectedly, he was blocked by the Uighur army, and the Dangxiang army's position was suddenly in chaos. While the two sides were fighting fiercely, Si Duo led his army from behind the Dangxiang army.

They came to fight and attacked together with the Uighur army. The Dangxiang army became more chaotic and trampled on each other. They were either killed by the Uighurs and the soldiers of Xiliang Mansion, or they were trampled under their feet by their own troops. They called their fathers and mothers and screamed again and again... This battle

, the Liugu tribe and the Ganzhou Uighurs severely damaged the invading enemy.

In 1013, Li Deming united with Xiao Tuyu's troops in northwestern Liaoning to attack the Uighurs in Ganzhou again and occupied Suzhou (today's Jiuquan, Gansu). Xiliang Prefecture also fell after a long siege.

In 1016, the Ganzhou Uighurs concentrated their forces to capture Liangzhou and began their more than ten-year rule of the military. In 1032, four years after the founding emperor of Xixia, Li Yuanhao, eliminated the Ganzhou Uighur regime, he turned around and attacked Liangzhou.

Li Yuanhao was bound to win this attack. In order to win it as soon as possible, he continued to increase troops to Liangzhou, and the attack became more and more fierce. Li Yuanhao asked the soldiers to beat drums in the middle of the night, giving the enemy the illusion of a midnight attack, so that they did not dare to sleep and rest.

Not good. Then the next day, the Xixia army stopped beating drums and began to rest. This continued for more than two months. Occasionally, a small number of soldiers would be sent to attack, but each time they would be repulsed by the Liangzhou defenders. The defenders in Liangzhou City

The army had become accustomed to this common trick of the Xixia people, so they gradually began to relax their vigilance. Later, when they heard the sound of drums in the middle of the night, they simply ignored it.

Suddenly one night, the sound of war drums sounded again in Dangxiang's army. Li Yuanhao commanded the army to attack the city with all his strength. He thought that Dangxiang's people were still doing it deliberately as before, and no one reported it to the guard.

When he learned about the Dangxiang army's attack on the city, Li Yuanhao had already led his army into the city. The Liangzhou defenders were completely defeated.
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