王韶所上《平戎策》,对北宋王朝的开边政策影响极大,是神宗以后制定对吐蕃政策的依据。《平戎策》的实施主要经历了两大阶段,即王安石主使王韶发动熙河之役和章悖主使王赡、蔡京主使王厚相继发动河湟之役。以往的研究多把《平戎策》看做北宋对吐蕃政策的分水岭,笼统地认为此前北宋与吐蕃建立了密切的抗夏联盟,此后北宋积极开拓,力图把河湟吐蕃之地全部变为宋朝的郡县。近年来也有部分学者已经意识到《平戎策》在实施过程中两大 Wang Shao’s “Ping Rong policy” had great influence on the Northern Song dynasty’s opening-door policy and was the basis for the formulation of the policy toward Tubo after Shenzong. The implementation of “Ping Rong policy” has mainly gone through two stages: Wang Anshi led Wang Shao to launch the Xihe Battle and Zhang Zaizhe to make Wang Ai and Cai Jingzhang to make Wang Hou successively launch the Battle of the River. In the past, many studies of “Ping Rong policy” regarded the Northern Song Dynasty as a watershed in the Tubo policy. Generally speaking, the Northern Song Dynasty established a close anti-summer alliance with Tibet before, and the Northern Song Dynasty explored actively in an attempt to transform all areas of the Tufan territory into Song Dynasty County. In recent years, some scholars have also realized that “Ping Rong policy” is implemented in two major ways