It's early autumn, and the weather is still hot enough to kill an old cow; Li Jiqian, shirtless and wearing only a pair of big pants, lay on a cool bed under the big catalpa tree in the courtyard of the palace in Daxia City, snoring thunderously.

This is a nearly 40-year-old party man with a tall body; There was a treacherous light hidden in the little eyes of wisdom, even though he dreamed that Zhou Gong sounded a sound like thunder; But without losing the image of a beautiful man in the party.

The one above his head sang a beautiful song: "Know-know-cooperate-cooperate-", which is the cry of courtship; The complicated singing did not wake Li Jiqian up.

Li Jiqian is a beautiful man, which is an indisputable fact among the Dangxiang clan in Kyushu in the north; Otherwise, the tribal chieftain of the Dangxiang clan with some fame would not marry his daughter to him.

Li Jiqian couldn't help but marry the ladies of the seven tribes of the Dangxiang clan, the Yeli clan, the Xifeng clan, the Fei Ting clan, the Xiangli clan, the Pochao clan, the Fangdang clan, and the Laiyu clan, and even Xiao Zhuo, the empress dowager of the Great Liao Khitan State, married the daughter of the clan to him.

Li Jiqian is the son-in-law of the Great Liao Khitan Kingdom, and also the son-in-law of the seven tribes of the Dangxiang clan, including the Beidi Yeli clan, the Xifeng clan, the Fei Ting clan, the Xiangli clan, the Pochao clan, the Fangdang clan, and the Laiyu clan.

The Dangxiang clan has eight tribes in the north, and Li Jiqian has not married except for the women of the Tuoba clan, the mother tribe; The other seven tribes gave them in marriage to him.

The success of the political marriage can't help but reflect Li Jiqian's charm; It can also show that Li Jiqian is becoming more and more mature in the creation of the Western Xia state.

Li Jiqian only wore a pair of big pants and slept on a cool bed under the big catalpa tree, and more than a dozen wives and concubines and dozens of guards were standing or meditating on the guards from afar; In this sense, Li Jiqian is nothing less than a social gangster.

At this moment, although Li Jiqian was not yet the emperor of the Western Xia Kingdom, Xiao Zhuo, the Emperor of the Great Liao Khitan Kingdom, canonized him as the King of Xia.

Even if the king sleeps in the world of materials in an inch, it can only be said that this guy has a wild character.

That's right, Li Jiqian has developed an unrestrained and rebellious character since he was a child.

Li Jiqian was 12 years old because of his extraordinary strength and was appointed by his uncle as a petty official in charge of the internal affairs of the tribe, and his cousin Li Jiqian was appointed by the Song Dynasty as the envoy of the Dingyan Army Festival and then entered Bianliang to surrender; Li Jisheng resolutely opposed.

Li Jiqian believes that the Dangxiang clan has migrated to Kyushu in the north since the Tang Dynasty for more than 300 years; For more than 300 years, the party members guarded the frontier before and after the saddle of the Central Plains Dynasty; The Tuoba tribe was given the surname Li by the emperor of the Tang Dynasty.

The Li family has been running the northern land of Kyushu for hundreds of years, although the Zhe clan is separated from the same party clan as Fuzhou; But Li still spoke loudly in the land of Kyushu.

If the family enters Bianliang, the capital of the Song Dynasty, is it not that the tiger falls to the ground and is bullied by dogs, and the dragon swims in shallow water and is played by shrimp?

Man is a sword, I am a fish and meat, and the doom of being slaughtered by others will never be taken away from the head of the party Tuoba clan.

Li Jiqian did not follow Li Jitou to Bianliang, but conspired with the Han strategist Zhang Pu to learn from the Yue Wang Goujian to gather strength and regain the ancestral inheritance that was defeated by Li Jitou

Li Jiqian tried to seek hegemony, but the northern Kyushu had been taken over by the Song Dynasty; The Li family not only lost their status as masters in these places, but also had to be suppressed by the officials of the Song Dynasty everywhere.

So when Li Jiqian was 17 years old, he led 100 dead soldiers to the southwest Songpan ground to recruit troops.

The southwest Songpan ground is the old root of the party people, where there are still many relatives and old people; After Li Jiqian rushed to Songpan, he set up camp in Dangxiang Qianggou Wohuang Liangchuan, and it happened that Wei Qingming, the deputy supervisor of Qingshichuan Horse Husbandry, sold military horses through Yeluzi; The two hit it off and reached an agreement to buy 2,000 horses.

If 2,000 horses fall into the hands of Li Jiqian, Li Jiqian will bring back a fierce and vigorous horseback team; First attack the northern land and Kyushu one by one as a base area, and then develop westward to occupy the Hexi corridor.

The Hexi Corridor is the Silk Road dug by Liu Che, Emperor Wu of the Western Han Dynasty, starting from Chang'an, the country of the Han Dynasty, and reaching Rome, another powerful country at that time.

If Li Jiqian occupies the Hexi Corridor, he can directly trade with the Great Food, Body Poison, Persians, and Romans regardless of the puppets of the Central Plains regime.

Waiting to earn a lot of money, Li Jiqian's carefully cultivated "Iron Harrier" went south to occupy Guanzhong in one fell swoop; Weiyang Palace and Daming Palace became Li Jiqian's palace.

However, Li Jiqian encountered his first Waterloo on the ground in Songpan and was beaten by a little woman.

The little woman is Liu Min, and with Liu Min is the neighbor of the Fuzhou Party and the Fu family.

The anger in Li Jiqian's heart can simply blow up a cow.

At the critical moment, Zhang Pu, the Han military division, stabilized his position, and Zhang Pu gave Li Jiqian advice; Let him use a trick to wait for the opportunity to succeed in one fell swoop.

After the death of Li Jiqian's nursing mother, Zhang Pu designed Li Jiqian to lead the tribe to hide weapons in the coffin in disguise as a funeral procession; Flee to Dijinze deep in the Mu Us Desert in the north of Yinzhou.

Li Jiqian avoided the Song Dynasty in Dijinze, which was located in a remote location far away from the Song Dynasty's sphere of influence; It gave Li Jiqian an opportunity to continue to grow.

Li Jiqian took the opportunity to raise the banner of Tuoba Sigong, who was canonized by the Tang Dynasty, and some party tribes scattered on the Loess Plateau joined Li Jiqian.

Li Jiqian's ambition to dominate the northern land of Kyushu swelled day by day, and he decided to take Wang Tingzhen to test his edge.

Wangting Town was the camp of the Song army, and Li Jiqian won a complete victory in the first battle; More than 10,000 Song soldiers were captured.

won a big victory in the first shot, which made Li Jiqian a little unable to find the north at first; As a result, Cao Guangshi was able to discover the truth and reality when Li Jiqian was defenseless.

Li Jiqian led a small number of relatives to flee with the desert, not even caring about his mother and wife.

In this battle, the Song army achieved brilliant results, killing more than 500 people of the Dangxiang clan; They set fire to the camp tents of the Dangxiang clan, captured a large number of livestock and weapons, and captured Li Jiqian's mother and wife.

Li Jiqian's relatives were captured, but it was a great achievement, and Cao Guangshi would naturally seize this good opportunity to ask for merit and immediately report to the imperial court.

Song Taizong learned that the report attached great importance to it, and ordered Li Jiqian's mother to be placed under house arrest in Yanzhou, and then sent to Tokyo to be named the lady of Xihe County; The intention was to blackmail Li Jiqian, and at the same time, it also had the implication of using high-ranking officials and showing kindness to win over Li Jiqian and induce him to surrender.

How could Li Jiqian not know the intentions of the Song Dynasty, he knew that the monarchs of the Song Dynasty would not treat his mother badly; And since ancient times, those who have achieved great things have ruthless hearts.

On the way to escape, Liu Bang even did not hesitate to kick a pair of children off the car in order to make the car run faster.

Xiang Yu tied Liu Taigong to a pillar to cook a living person to help Liu Bang, but Liu Bang also asked Xiang Yu to share his share.

Li Jiqian has lofty ambitions and a tenacious personality, and will never bow his head.

In this regard, Li Jiqian is quite similar to Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty; All have a bit of a ruffian personality.

In order to further gain the support of the party departments, Li Jiqian proposed to the party departments everywhere; Married to various ministries.

All party departments are grateful for the kindness of the Li family for hundreds of years, and Li Jiqian has not only not fallen apart, but has become stronger and stronger.

After the monarchs and ministers of the Song Dynasty got the news, they felt more and more the danger of their existence, and they hated to devour this troublesome Li Jiqian alive; Repeatedly urged the governors of the four prefectures to inspect and make Cao Guangshi send troops to attack Li Jiqian.

However, the brave and warlike Cao Guangshi was actually booby-trapped by Li Jiqian, which made the embattled Song Taizong anxious.

How could Song Taizong swallow this evil breath, and ordered Tian Renlang, the prefect of Qinzhou, and Li Jilong, the general, to crusade against Li Jiqian.

In the face of the menacing army of the Song Dynasty, the Dangxiang clan led by Li Jiqian was weak and was not an opponent at all.

Tian Renlang and Li Jilong besieged Li Jiqian's five fingers into a fist, intending to kill Li Jiqian; Unexpectedly, Li Jiqian had already been trained and slipped out of his fingers like a loach.

Li Jilong is a famous general in a hundred battles, but he has never fought with this Li Jiqian, a hooligan and a scoundrel.

He confronted the Liao army, and both sides were regular armies; Li Jiqian is a gang of rogues, and it is a headache that Li Jilong's army can't find them after they go out.

Li Jilong's headache here has not yet been cured, and Li Jiqian has also begun to have a headache over there; Because there is infighting in the nest.

Northland and Kyushu are rich in salt, and the party people mainly make a living by selling salt; War horses were also produced locally, but horses could not be sold to the Song Dynasty.

The land of the party is not mainly agricultural, so although it produces food, it cannot be self-sufficient; There is no talk of selling grain.

The weapons produced could not be sold, so that the only thing that could be sold to the Song Dynasty was salt; And the Central Plains is inseparable from salt.

However, in view of the capricious rebellion of Li Jizhui and Li Jiqian's brothers, the Song Dynasty issued a ban in order to deal with the party members: cut off the trade between the two sides and not allow the salt in the territory of the party to flow into the Song realm.

At this time, the party's main export products could not be sold, which directly led to a serious existential crisis for the tribe; Many members of the party, including the surrounding Tibetans and Uighurs, rebelled, but this time it was not against the Great Song Dynasty, but against Li Jiqian.

Li Jiqian tried his best to avoid the catastrophe of Li Jilong's army, and there was chaos in the nest; The situation is cruel.

However, Li Jiqian was indomitable after all, defeated repeatedly, and repeatedly revolted.

Li Jiqian firmly believes that I am the emperor here, and the strong dragon does not suppress the head snake; What's more, the Song army is collecting firewood, and I am herding sheep, and the firewood collector can't accompany the sheep anyway; Sooner or later, you will retreat, and you cannot stay in this place forever; As long as I grit my teeth and hold on, the final victory will definitely be mine.

Li Jiqian is really a piece of hob meat, of course, this guy is also changeable; When he couldn't bear it, he gave in to Song Ting.

So he sent the strategist Zhang Pu of the Han Dynasty to bring local products and drive cattle, sheep and camels to Bianjing to meet Song Taizong.

The national policy of the Song Dynasty was like this, as long as you submit to softness, the imperial court will immediately be softer than you; The imperial court Yanwu Xiuwen can try not to fight if he doesn't fight.

Emperor Taizong saw that Li Jiqian had sent Zhang Pu to admit defeat, and first showed him the power of the warriors of the Great Song Dynasty: making the guards warp, super-multiply, leading, seizing the lance in the back garden, and Shenpu. Emperor Taizong of the Song Dynasty asked the samurai to perform hard qigong for Zhang Pu to see. And let the soldiers all stretch two stone bows. Emperor Xiao asked Pu said: Do the Qiang people dare to be enemies?

This means that my soldiers can not only perform hard qigong, but also draw a two-stone strong bow. One stone is 100 to 150 catties, and two stones are 200 to 300 catties, and it takes such a great pull to pull the bow apart.

Taizong asked Zhang Pu with a smile, do you Qiang people dare to fight with this person? Zhangpu is a monkey spirit, why is he here? Isn't it just to show your weakness?

So he immediately knelt on the ground and patted his ass, saying, "The bow of the Qiang Department is weak and the arrow is short, but when he sees this grown-up, he has already made a decision, and he dares to be an enemy!" ”

It means that if our bow is pulled by a warrior like you, it will split in half, and when we see people as tall as you, we will be scared away long ago, where do we dare to fight?

Emperor Taizong was very happy, in this case, you have to be interesting, you see that the Great Song Dynasty is such a powerful armed force, the reason why it did not kill you all is because God has the virtue of good life. Again, Zhang Pu, don't go.

The emperor knew that Zhang Pu was Li Jiqian's confidant and number one strategist, and many of the ideas that Li Jiqian did were Zhang Pu's ideas.

Zhang Pu, you are originally a Han Chinese, so stay in your motherland as an official.

The imperial court issued an edict to seal Li Jiqian as the envoy of the festival in Juzhou, and still made him the envoy of the festival, but he could not be the envoy of Xiazhou, let him go to Huzhou to be the envoy of the festival, and the envoy of the festival was an empty name, and he did not hold any power, and the salary of the white-collar workers was over.

The imperial court also demanded that Li Jiqian release the Song Dynasty soldiers captured in the previous wars, return the stolen Song Dynasty population and livestock, and ensure that the Song Dynasty would not be harassed in the future.

Li Jiqian received the edict from the Song court and smiled: What can you do with my Xia King of Daliao? I'm married to the princess of Liao, and I'll go to my father-in-law if I'm in a hurry!

What's more, the Khitan Emperor has already made an appointment with Li Jiqian, and if you want to reconcile with the Song Dynasty, we will break it; The Song Dynasty attacked me twice, I was too bullying, and I need your cooperation to fight the Song Dynasty. I gave you an official reward, and you married my daughter, you can't reconcile with the Song Dynasty!

So Li Jiqian didn't take the Song Dynasty seriously at all. The Song Dynasty could only detain Zhang Pu and have nothing to do with Li Jiqian......

Lu Chengyu asked Ying to lead the Tianxiang army to the north to exterminate Li Jiqian, and Song Taizong immediately agreed; And for Lu Chengyu's Tianxiang Army, he asked for money for money and food for food.

Liu Min proposed to rebuild and recast the weapons of the Tianxiang Army, and Lu Chengyu conveyed Liu Min's meaning to Song Taizong; Emperor Taizong of the Song Dynasty ordered the right of the armory workshop to cooperate, so that the Tianxiang army formed a strong combat effectiveness.

The soldiers are not more than fine, this is the best description of the Tianxiang Army.

After the Tianxiang army arrived and the security army secretly hid on Jiuwu Mountain, Li Jiqian still stuck to Tongwan City and planned the next expansion plan.

The heavens did not seem to bless Li Jiqian, and just when Li Jiqian became the Great Liao Khitan State and planned to take back the northern Kyushu from the Song army, a plague quietly spread in the northern land.

The city of Xiazhou, which Li Jiqian firmly guarded, Tongwancheng, did not escape the doom, but Li Jiqian had his routine, blocking all the roads leading from Yanzhou and Hongzhou, the center of the epidemic, to Xiazhou, and driving the victims of the epidemic to the south.

For the infected people found in Xiazhou City, Li Jiqian did even more desperately; Once discovered, it will be burned immediately, so that Xiazhou City will almost become an isolated city; But there are still rumors in the city that people are constantly infected with the epidemic, and Li Jiqian is inevitably nervous.

Li Jiqian only wore a big trouser and lay on the cool bed under the catalpa tree, shouting thunderously and saying that he was asleep, but half of his mind was thinking about where to go in Xiazhou City, which was surrounded by the epidemic; Zhang Pu suddenly fled from Bianliang and came back to Li Jiqian and shouted.

Li Jiqian heard Zhang Pu's voice, and Huo Di jumped up from the cool bed; The two hugged each other tightly......