Obviously, under the geopolitical conditions at that time, the reason why the alliance attacked gold became inevitable was not only because there was no grudge between the Song court and Mongolia, and they were also victims under the iron hooves of the Jin people, but also because of the grudge between the Song court and the Jin people, which made it difficult for both the officials above the court and the common people to convince themselves to join forces with the Jin people to resist the future enemy Mongolia.

Even if it is placed in a more enlightened later generation, if under a certain geopolitical setting, one day China wants to join forces with the Japanese State to fight against a country that has no grudges against China, I am afraid that it will also attract the opposition and criticism of many people.

So thinking about it this way, Ye Qing can better understand why Ye Heng also has such a mentality.

Unless someone can know the historical development in the next few decades like himself, otherwise, I am afraid that few people will be like Ye Qing, who have good intentions towards the Jin people, and at the same time blatantly covet the sixteen states of Yanyun.

Ye Heng stayed in Longcheng for three days in a row, and Ye Qing did not treat him like a real subordinate, but treated him as a junior many times.

He obviously couldn't convince the Lin'an court, after all, this was completely impossible, so what Ye Qing could do was to ensure that the entire northern land would not have any turmoil because of the war against Xia to the greatest extent.

In this way, it is equivalent to that in a last resort, Ye Qing must persuade Ye Heng, and then use Ye Heng's talent and ability as an official to help him and Chongguo Duke Zhao Shichun and Qingwang Zhao Kai to create a stable rear for him.

One day in May of the fourth year of Shaoxi, Temujin on the grassland finally launched the first battle against Liao, and at the same time, Yu Yunwen had not been able to return to Longcheng from Xingqing Mansion or reach Lanzhou.

Guanshan and Longcheng are now ready to go, like an arrow on the bow, and the entire region is already in a tense situation before the war.

Li Heng's original troops stationed at the six checkpoints of Guanshan were withdrawn, and the most mysterious 3,000 battalions in the Longcheng barracks were stationed in three days from Guanlongdao through Changning Station, and then rushed to Guanshan to face the first checkpoint of the Xia Kingdom: Guguan, and the only elite field battalion under Li Heng's command, stationed together.

Qinjiayuan Road was blocked by Ye Qing at the beginning of May, and the only thing that the merchants who passed could go was Guanlong Road, and the reason given by Jingzhao Mansion was that the landslide made Qinjiayuan Road blocked by boulders, and it may be difficult to pass during the year.

With the 3,000 battalions stationed in Guguan, Zhong Silkworm immediately led 20,000 troops, followed by stationed in the Great Earthquake Pass behind Guguan, Mo Xiaobao's 20,000 people stationed in Fu Hanping on the second day, Tian Lin arrived at Lao Yeling on the third day, and Li Zhongfang and Ye Qing went directly to Changning Station on the fifth day.

In this way, Jingzhaofu Road and Hetao Road are like empty cities, and the troops of 200,000 on the fourth road are all gathered in the Guanlong Sixth Road, and a large number of materials have also begun to pass through the Longcheng Barracks from Jingzhaofu, and then they have been continuously sent into the Changning Station.

On May 24, the fourth year of Shaoxi, a full 20 days later than the estimated time of Ye Qing, Yu Yunwen, and Liu Keshi, Guguan finally opened the camp gate, and the elite of the 3,000 field battalions in Li Heng's hands and the 3,000 troops of the 3,000 battalions took the lead in entering the territory of the Xia Kingdom.

On May 25, the fourth year of Shaoxi, Li Heng, who was slow to move, led 6,000 troops, and after traveling only 50 miles in a day, he met Su Dao, who had come to meet him.

Of course, it was not so much to greet as to be vigilant, so Li Heng, who originally wanted to reach the central guard without moving a single soldier, had to stay in Jingtai County, and then had to move forward an inch.

Starting from Guanshan into summer, you can go north from Jingtai, Zhongwei and other places to Xingqing Mansion, and if you go south, you can enter Lanzhou through Huizhou and Jincheng, and you can directly enter the Hexi Corridor directly to the west, through Liangzhou, Jinzhou, Ganzhou, Suzhou and Yumen, Shazhou, and go directly to Xiping Mansion bordering Xia and Liao.

As far as Ye Qing is concerned, only by taking Zhongwei and Lanzhou Liangzhou, and then adding Guanshan, it is equivalent to forming a circle of influence that can be attacked and defended, so that the Xia people can be placed in the norther, which is also a famous Alxa where grassland and desert coexist.

Naturally, this must be dominated by the seven states of the Hexi Corridor led by the attack on Liangzhou, so as long as the Hexi Corridor is occupied, then the first stage of the war, even if it is a complete victory, is equivalent to completing most of the purpose.

As for whether to continue the northern expedition to Xingqing Mansion and completely make the Xia people feel that they are in the grassland and desert, Ye Qing does not intend to do so, but intends to leave it to the Mongols to digest by themselves.

As for why Ye Qing attaches so much importance to Zhongwei, whether it is Liu Keshi or Yu Yunwen, or Li Heng, who was ordered to take down Zhongwei, they are all confused, I don't know why Zhongwei is a little more important than Xingqing Mansion in Ye Qing's heart.

However, Ye Qing knew that even at this time, Xingqing Mansion and other places were already in danger when facing the Mongols on the grassland, so when the Mongols invaded the summer, they could naturally break through from north to south.

And when the Mongols attacked the complex terrain with both cities and mountains as barriers, the speed of their siege of the city instantly became turtle speed, so that Temujin finally completed the last journey of his life in Zhongwei.

In the steppes and deserts where there is no danger to defend and endless as far as the eye can see, Temujin may be a terrifying, even invincible existence, but if it is under these artificial checkpoints with cities, the shortcomings of the Mongols' military strength will undoubtedly appear.

They were able to sweep through Europe and Asia, although they were strong in force, and naturally they also attacked cities and villages in the process of the western expedition, but when they fell into a stalemate with the Song court, the time spent by the Mongols was far greater than the total time they spent fighting other places.

On May 27, the fourth year of Shaoxi, when Yu Yunwen had just arrived in Huizhou and had not yet arrived at Jincheng, the closest to Lanzhou, the 40,000 troops led by Tian Lin and Zhong Silkworm were like tigers descending from the mountain.

At the same time, Hengqiao, the commander of the Guanghua Army in Dasanguan, led less than 20,000 troops under his command, and came directly to Lanzhou City.

On May 28, the fourth year of Shaoxi, when Tian Lin and Zhong Silkworm had not yet been able to confront the defenders of Huizhou City, the 50,000 army of Li Zhongfang and Mo Xiaobao was like a long dragon, passing through Jingtai, where Li Heng was located in the north, and an open area between Huizhou, which was restrained by Tian Lin and Zhong Silkworm in the south, thinking about Liangzhou galloping away.

So in an instant, as a large number of troops poured into the territory of the Xia people like a flood of unloading the gates, the entire Guanshan was left with Ye Qing, a bare-rod commander, and his five thousand kinds of Hua family soldiers.

Also on May 28, Su Dao, who was originally in Jingtai to monitor Li Heng's 6,000 troops, did not have time to receive the military report that Huizhou and Liangzhou were attacked by the Song people, and Hot Gongji took the lead and asked him to immediately lead his troops north to Xingqing Mansion.

"Brother Li, I hope you will abide by the agreement between us, and don't leave Jingtai without the Prime Minister's order." Su Dao gathered more than 10,000 troops behind him, and said to Li Heng with a solemn expression with a hint of warning: "The King of Zhenyi County has always been friendly with Lord Ye, and now the King of County is willing to let you send troops to help, but also because he believes in Lord Ye's personality. So Brother Li ...... If something goes wrong in Jingtai, not only will I be difficult to explain at that time, but I am afraid that it will be difficult for you to deal with Lord Ye at that time. ”

"Brother Su is too worried, Li must remember Brother Su's reminder. What's more, we came here this time, just to cheer for the king of Zhenyi County, if I really want to do it, I won't only bring 6,000 people...... Li Heng said with a calm smile.

"But it has exceeded a thousand people, and according to the agreement between the county king and Lord Ye, it should have been five thousand people." Su Dao has always been obsessed with the fact that Li Heng brought 6,000 troops, not the number of 5,000.

"Someone has to do the trivial things of eating, drinking, and sleeping, right? It seems that there are 6,000 people, but in fact, most of them are soldiers who have no combat power, so Brother Su doesn't have to worry too much. Li Heng walked out of Jingtai with Su Dao and said with a smile.

Su Dao looked up at the sky, and then at Li Heng, who was smiling kindly, and always felt that something was wrong.

Especially when he saw Li Heng and the Song army behind Li Heng, his first reaction was to involuntarily touch the waist knife on his waist, after all, at first glance at that time, in his opinion, it was not at all to support them, to stand up and cheer for the king of Zhenyi County, no matter how he looked at it, it looked like he was going to fight with them.

And what made him even more frightened was that when he came into close contact with these Song soldiers, he couldn't help but feel a tingling of his scalp again, as if he had returned to the time when he was captured by Ye Qing.

He still clearly remembered that the soldiers of the Song Army who followed Ye Qing through Guanshan at that time had resolute and murderous eyes, which were almost exactly the same as the soldiers of the Song Army he saw at first sight.

It's just that with the observation of Li Heng and his soldiers in the past two days, Su Dao didn't find anything unusual, they were lazy during the day, and there were even a few fights in Jingtai County, and at night, they could clearly hear the sound of the fist in the Song army barracks, and from time to time in the middle of the night, they could also hear the abrupt shouts of some drunks.

Everything he saw seemed to be telling Su Dao that the 6,000 people brought over by Li Heng were just some rabble who had no combat power and could only drink and fight, but I don't know why, Su Dao always faintly felt that something was wrong.

It's like Li Heng's kind smile to him now, in his opinion, it is so ulterior motives, it is so hairy, as if behind Li Heng's smile, there is some kind of great conspiracy hidden.

Looking at the back of Su Dao turning over and leaving, Li Heng still maintained a pleasant smile, but as the smile became bigger and bigger, when his white teeth were revealed, the whole person immediately became a little calm and hideous.

(ps: Ahh......hh It's time for the war that I'm most afraid of, is there anybody, squeak in the comments, give me some motivation. ）