Li Yuanhao, Jingzong of Western Xia, Dangxiang clan, once changed his surname to Wei, also known as Xiaoxiao, the word Weili, was born in Lingzhou (now Lingwu City, Yinchuan City, Ningxia), his ancestral home was Mizhi Village in Yinzhou, and he was the founding emperor of the Xixia Dynasty.

After claiming to be the Xianbei Tuoba clan of the Northern Wei Dynasty. The distant ancestor Tuoba Sigong helped Tang Xizong to quell the Huangchao Uprising, gave him the surname Li, and was named the king of Xiping. After Li Yuanhao succeeded to the throne of King Xiping, he gave up the surname Li and called himself Wei Mingxiao.

In the first year of the Heavenly Rite Law Yanzuo, he officially proclaimed himself emperor, established the Western Xia, set up the capital Xingqing (now Yinchuan City, Ningxia), posthumously sealed the ancestors, built the palace, set up two classes of civil and military officials, created the Western Xia script, issued a bald order, and sent troops to capture three strategic places in Guazhou, Shazhou (Dunhuang, Gansu), and Suzhou (now Jiuquan and Jiayuguan in Gansu).

After the founding of the People's Republic of China and the proclamation of the emperor, the diplomatic relations between the Western Xia and the Song Dynasty officially broke down, and after the Battle of Sanchuankou, the Battle of Haoshuichuan, the Battle of Linfufeng, and the Battle of Dingchuanzhai, the Western Xia annihilated tens of thousands of elites in the northwest of the Song army.

In the Battle of Hequ, he defeated Liao Xingzong, who was personally conquered by the imperial driver, and established the pattern of Song, Liao, and Western Xia.

In the tenth year of Yanzuo (1047), the surname Li was restored. In the eleventh year (1048), he was killed by the second son Ning Lingge, known as Emperor Wulie, and the temple name was Jingzong, and the youngest son Li Liangzuo ascended the throne.

On the fifth day of the fifth month of the fifth month of the sixth year of Xianping (1003) of Song Zhenzong (June 7 of the Gregorian calendar), Li Yuanhao was born in Lingzhou (now Lingwu, Ningxia), a family of party nobles.

The year after he was born, his grandfather Li Jiqian was wounded and died in a battle with Pan Luozhi, the leader of the Six Grains of Tibet, and his father Li Deming succeeded him as the successor of the Dingyan Army in Xiazhou (now Jingbian County, Shaanxi Province).

Subsequently, Li Deming pursued the policy of "uniting Liao and Harmony with the Song Dynasty", so that the Li regime in Xiazhou of the party was rapidly developed in a peaceful environment.

Li Yuanhao, who was still in his prime, could not understand his father's policy of harmony with the Song Dynasty, especially the economic and trade with the Song Dynasty. Once, Li Deming sent an envoy to the Song Dynasty to exchange horses for goods, but because the things he got were not to his liking, he beheaded the envoy in a fit of rage.

Li Yuanhao was very dissatisfied with his father's behavior, and said to his father: "Our people who served in the army used to be able to engage in saddle horses, and now it is no longer the best policy to exchange them for goods that are not urgently needed, and now we have killed the envoys, who is willing to be used by us?" Li Deming saw that his only son, who was only more than ten years old, had this kind of insight, and he was very serious.

Li Yuanhao, who was a teenager, had a round face, and under his blazing eyes, his eagle hooked nose was raised, and he had a somewhat awe-inspiring and inviolable demeanor in his fortitude. Medium in stature, but it looks burly and majestic, and heroic. He wears a white long-sleeved shirt, a black crowned hat, and a bow.

Among the border generals of the Song Dynasty, there are various legends about Li Yuanhao's appearance, instrumentality, and knowledge. Border marshal Cao Wei was stationed along the border of Shaanxi, and he wanted to see Li Yuanhao's demeanor for a long time, so he sent people out to find out his whereabouts.

I heard that Li Yuanhao often walked along the border city and waited several times in the hope of meeting, but he could not see him. Later, someone was sent to secretly draw a picture of Li Yuanhao, and Cao Wei couldn't help but exclaim when he saw his appearance: "What a hero!" and foresaw that he would be a border trouble for the Song Dynasty in the future.

In September of the third year (1010) of Song Zhenzong's Dazhong Xiangfu, Li Deming was named the king of Western Xia by Liao.

From the third year of the Heavenly Rite Law (the first year of Song Kangding, 1040) to the fifth year (the second year of Song Qingli, 1042),

Li Yuanhao launched several attacks against the Song Dynasty, and there were three major wars on a larger scale: that is, other lives near Yanzhou (present-day Yan'an, Shaanxi) in the first month of the third year of the Heavenly Rite Law

In the tenth year of the Heavenly Rite Law (the seventh year of Song Qingli, 1047), Song Renzong gave Yuan Hao the surname Zhao again, but Li Yuanhao did not have the surname Zhao, so he changed his surname back to Li.

In addition, in his later years, he indulged in wine and rejoiced in his achievements, which led to the increasing decay of the Western Xia and the rebellion of his relatives.

It is said that he ordered the people to build a mausoleum every day, and built 360 of them as his tombs, and then killed all the people. Yuan Hao is lustful, has a group of wives and concubines, and likes to forcibly take other people's wives.

It is rumored that the wife (concubine) has seven marriages, and there are actually as many as eight people. Abolish the queen Yeli clan and the prince Ning Lingge, and re-establish the Wuzang clan (another said that the Wuzang clan) who was engaged to the prince as the new queen, which caused the disaster of death

The reorganization of the tribes, soldiers, party and tribes has one account for one family, hundreds of accounts for small clans, and thousands of accounts for large clans. The military organization that integrates the army and the people is the most important social organization of the party. Those over the age of 15 and under the age of 60 are the Ding, who go out to help in wartime, and are not engaged in production during wartime.

"Yuan Hao established the system, and took one person from the main army, and each person was copied. Those who bear the burden are also miscellaneous with the army. Four Ding for two copies, the rest of the empty Ding, the original subordinate to the army, have to shoot him Ding as a burden, if there is no to shoot the weak of the army, so the strong have to be the army for more. The strong Ding was organized into the "regular army", and the weak were organized as auxiliary soldiers, and Yuan Hao made a total of about 500,000 tribal soldiers.

Build a captive army

Establish a "captive army" that specializes in capturing slave populations. There are 100,000 in total, of which 30,000 are elite and 70,000 are deputy soldiers. The establishment of the Su Guard Army selected the Hao clan good bow horse 5,000 people to straighten up, called "the six classes in the Imperial Garden", divided into three Su Wei royal family, the month to Mi Ershi, the Su Guard is also a hostage group, Yuan Hao can control the tribal leaders, nobles.

There are 12 military divisions

The ruler of the party collects the army, summons the chiefs of the tribes with silver medals and is restrained, and the tribal leaders command the soldiers of their headquarters, which is called "Yiyu". According to the location of the soldiers of each tribe, Yuan Hao set up twelve military supervision divisions (equivalent to today's military region), namely: Zuoxiang Shenyong

In order to consolidate the rear and punish the Jiao Gang for annexing to the Song Dynasty, Yuan Hao launched an attack on the Tubo River Huang area.

In the second year of Ming Dao (1033, the vast area of Liang, Gua, Sha, Su and other prefectures.

After frequent wars, a large number of heaven and ritual rites were extended for four years, and Li Yuanhao led 100,000 troops from Zhejiang to the south and reached the Haoshuichuan area. In order to give full play to the superiority of the cavalry, Li Yuanhao adopted the tactics of setting up an ambush to encircle and annihilate him, ambushed the main force at the mouth of the Haoshui River, and sent a force to the area of Huaiyuan City to lure the Song army into an ambush.

When Han Qi heard that the Xia army was coming, he ordered the deputy capital of Huanqing Road to deploy Ren Fu to lead tens of thousands of troops, and after leaving the Xia army, he waited for an opportunity to break the enemy. On 14 February, before the Song army could form a formation, it was attacked by Xia cavalry.

After a long period of fierce fighting, the Song army was chaotic and tried to resist according to the danger. In the Xia army's array, there were more than two zhang of banners, waving left and left, waving right and right, condescending, left and right, the Song army was killed and wounded, and Ren Fu was killed. After the Xia army won, Song Huanqing and Qin Fenglu sent troops to help, so they returned to the division.

In the fifth year of the Heavenly Rite Law (the second year of Song Qingli, 1042), Li Yuanhao's adviser Zhang Yuan offered him advice. It is believed that all the elite soldiers and good generals of the Song Dynasty were gathered in the Song-Xia border area, while the military strength of the Guanzhong region of the Song Dynasty was very weak!