In July of the second year of Zhao Song Mingdao and the second year of Xixia Xiandao, Li Yuanhao was thinking about life in the palace of Xingqing Mansion.

Although Li Yuanhao was very dismissive of the self-proclaimed descendant of the King of Tubo, he hated his "shameless behavior" of kneeling and licking Zhao Song. But those who are as arrogant as Yuan Hao have to admit that they are good men.

When he was twelve years old, he was picked up from the Western Regions by a Qiang man from Hezhou named He Lang Yexian. At that time, the state of Tibet had already declined. Tibet, divided; In the area of Helong, there are "scattered ethnic groups, thousands of large families, hundreds of small families, and no reunification." ”

However, under the leadership of Yuan Hao's grandfather Li Jiqian, the Dangxiang people living in the northeastern region of Tibet gradually grew stronger with the strong support of the Khitan, a powerful country in the north. With the Ling and Xia regions as the center, they invaded the border counties of Zhao and Song in the south, and the Tubo and Uighurs in the west, and had the tendency to unify the northwest.

In the sixth year of Song Zhenzong's Xianping, Li Jiqian broke through the gate of the Hexi Corridor - Liangzhou; In the first year of Jingde of Song Zhenzong, Li Jiqian's son Li Deming used a plan to capture and kill Pan Luozhi, the leader of the Six Valleys of Western Liang in Tubo. The first Tubo tribal alliance in the Helong region headed by Pan Luozhi was defeated by the Western Xia army, and the Tubo tribes lost a unified leader. However, the powerful Western Xia iron cavalry was advancing day by day, and Helong and Tubo were in great danger of being devoured by the Western Xia army, and the situation was very urgent.

After being taken back, although he was nominally the supreme Zampu of Tibet, he was actually a puppet in the hands of religious leaders and local tycoons in the Hehuang region. At that time, the already powerful religious and local powers in the Hehuang region pursued the Gang as a precious prey.

He is only twelve years old, which is undoubtedly the best control for the heroes. Therefore, after He Lang Yexian took the family back, he was first placed in the Xiahe area of Gansu, and was immediately moved to Yigong City by the big surname Zhanchang, and then was abducted to Kuozhou by Li Lizun, the powerful brother of Zong, and Wen Qiqi, the great chief of Miaochuan. Later, Li Lizun moved the to Zongge City alone.

In the eyes of these powerful surnames, the young men are just "Liu Penzi" and "Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty" in history, which can enable them to achieve the purpose of "coercing the Son of Heaven to order the princes", so as to develop and expand their own power.

As you get older, you mature. He could no longer tolerate being at the mercy of others and being controlled by others. The contradiction between him and Li Lizun first broke out.

Li Lizun was a greedy and tyrannical man, especially in diplomacy, he pursued a set of policies against the Song Dynasty, which caused strong dissatisfaction among various tribes. In order to control the concubine, Li Lizun married his sister to the concubine, but he was very disgusted by Li Lizun's domineering and perverse behavior. Taking advantage of the opportunity that Li Lizun was defeated by the famous general Cao Wei of the Northern Song Dynasty and his power was greatly weakened, he left Brother Zong and came to Miaochuan to get rid of Li Lizun's control; In addition, he ordered the dismissal of Li Lizun from his post and the appointment of Wen Qiqi, the chief of Michuan.

Wen Qiqi is also an ambitious local hero, and has long coveted the position of Zampu. After coming to Miaochuan, he secretly colluded with Western Xia while secretly plotting a rebellion. In 1032 (the first year of the reign of Emperor Renzong of the Song Dynasty), Wen Qiqi staged a coup d'état, arrested him, and imprisoned him in a well. However, Win's plot did not succeed. One day, Wen Qiqi led his troops out, and the soldiers in charge of guarding the well rescued him from the well. He quickly rallied his tribe to support him, killed Wen Qiqi, and quelled the rebellion. Subsequently, the national capital was moved from Miaochuan to Qingtang City (Xining, Qinghai). From then on, the Tibetan power in this Hehuang region was really in the hands of the people.

Perhaps it was Wenhua, who admired the "Heavenly Empire", or perhaps he had been bullied by the Western Xia forces for more than 20 years, and as soon as he came to power, he quickly changed the foreign policy of Li Lizun and Wen Qiqi who defected to the Western Xia and became enemies of the Song Dynasty, and strongly advocated "joining the Song Dynasty to resist the Xia". It has the meaning of "sharpening the knife Huo Huo to Western Xia".

So, Yuan Hao thought about teaching him a lesson when he had just taken power and had not yet gained a stable foothold, trying to save the "misguided" guy and return to the warm embrace of Western Xia.

However, the war of annihilation of the country is not so easy to launch, and it is impossible to raise the whole country's troops to fight to the death at the beginning. That will only be cheaper for the Northern Liao and Zhao Song who are eyeing each other, and it is still necessary to make a tentative attack first.

However, the temptation is the temptation, and the slogan should still be shouted louder, and the slogan of "destroying its temple and destroying its society" is very good. And the number of troops cannot be too small, and the candidates for leading the troops must not be too weak. Otherwise, sending a bunch of rookies up to give people the head will only be laughed at in vain.

After all kinds of considerations, the Gansu Military Division was selected to command the army Sunuer.

There are three reasons, one is that Sunuer is brave and good at fighting, and he also has many soldiers who can fight. Second, the Gansu Military Division is not far from the Hehuang area, where the Gansu military department is entrenched. Although it is the closest army to the Southern Military Division, it also needs to guard against the army of the Song Dynasty in the east, and it is easy to mobilize. The main object of the Gansu Military Division's defense is the yellow-headed Hui Hui of the five scumbags of the war, and there is no obstacle to being transferred for a while. The third and most important point is that Sunur is not a Dangxiang, he is a Uighur. Even if the battle is damaged, it is not a big deal, and it can just consume the strength of the Uighurs, who are "not of my race, and their hearts must be different".

After receiving Li Yuanhao's order to attack, the Gansu Military Division was jubilant. At that time, the Tangut people had a sense of "joy when they heard the war". After all, fighting a war means victory, women, wealth, and other beautiful things. As for what happens if they fail, they generally don't think about it.

Dead is dead, what do you want to do so much?

Sunuer was not happy at all. Lao Tzu lived a happy life in the Gansu Military Division, and when he ran out of money, he went to grab a gun and return to Hui, and Li Yuanhao's orders could also be listened to and half left. Why bother to go all the way to fight the guys? The guy claimed to have 100,000 iron horsemen, and only let Lao Tzu take 25,000 people to fight his lair. This is sending me to death! As for the prison army who conveyed the will, it was actually a Song man, and the king was really getting more and more mediocre.

Sunuer looked coldly at the prison soldier dressed as a Han Confucian in front of her, her eyes always looked up and down the neck of the Confucian student, as if she was thinking about how to use the knife so that blood would not splash on her body. The Confucian just smiled, not at all aware of the imminent burp.

Su Nu'er looked at it for a while, and saw that her gaze couldn't kill the other party, so she asked, "How could the king send a Song man to supervise the army?" Are you impersonating? ”

The Confucian replied calmly: "I have seen Dutong in Xia Wu Hao. As for whether he is pretending to be in Xia, presumably it has been clearly stated in the king's will, and the fifty iron harriers brought in Xia can also be used as witnesses! If the Lord of the Metropolitan has no objections, please also ask the Lord to order the generals immediately and lead the troops to recruit them. ”

Sunuer laughed: "I, a Xixia person, was born a warrior, just get on a horse." Which general to order, do you think that like your cowardly Song people, you don't even dare to go out without bringing all the guys? Grolo, blow the trumpet! ”

The leader of the pro-soldiers, who is also Sunuer's eldest son, Gloro, was ordered to blow the trumpet.

In a short time, 25,000 men were assembled.

Sunuer said loudly: "Children, the king asked us to weigh the pounds and pounds, are you afraid?" ”

The deputy capital said with a smile: "What will you be able to do if you have been a statue for more than 20 years?" You don't have to go out of the horse, the last general and others can pluck off his head and make a wine glass. ”

The rest of the officers laughed, and seemed to think that the head of the was good for making wine glasses.

After everyone dispersed, Sunuer said to her eldest son Glolu: "It's not so easy to fight, Li Yuanhao is just afraid that he didn't have any good intentions this time." Don't go along. If you hear the news of your father's defeat, you can get up and go to Caotou Tatar to hide, your second brother will go to the Xiping Military Division, and the third brother will go to Shazhou. Don't have any connection with each other, and don't talk about the past. ”

Grolo was puzzled: "Since my father thinks we can't go, let's just go." Presumably, the king can't help us. ”

Sunuer sighed and said, "What do you think those fifty iron harriers are for?" If the father has half a sentence, I am afraid that my head has already fallen to the ground. Then Wu Hao didn't know what kind of soup he poured into the deputy capital Tongluo, and the other officers also looked like they wanted me to die, and they couldn't find some help in the army. If I win this battle, I will surely die; If you lose, maybe there is a chance of survival. Okay, you leave as soon as possible, and let's go tonight. ”

As a result, a group of officers of the Gansu Military Division, each with their own ghosts, was instigated by Wu Hao, and coerced the reluctant Sunuer to embark on a journey to attack the Guys.

Ten days later, when he arrived at the yak town in the north of Qingtang, he was blocked by a prepared army.

The war of the nomads is very simple and direct, there is no scolding, no strategy, only one word "dry".

He set up a position in Yak City, waiting for Sunuer to lead troops to attack the city. It is said that the yak city, which is only two zhang high, has no moat, and has no horse-faced wall, is very easy to fight - at least in the eyes of the Song Dynasty people who are accustomed to defending and attacking cities.

But for the Tanguts, who were accustomed to cavalry attacks on the field, siege was really the most unwilling situation to face.

When I set off, I don't know if it was intentional or forgot, no one reminded Sunuer to prepare siege equipment at all. I want to temporarily cut down trees to make goose carts and battering rams, but I find that the already scarce trees have already been cut down by the cunning squirrel. Equipped with a light stone thrower "whirlwind cannon" is the Poxi Army of the Suwei Beijing Division, and the Gansu Military Division, which is not loved by Su Nuer, who does not love his grandmother, does not even have half a stone cannon.

No way, cavalry siege!

First, a burst of crossbow arrows suppressed the guards at the head of the city, and then the most tragic "ant possession".

I don't know what the reason is, but I actually know the Song people's city defense skills. Rolling wood, rocks, vegetable oil, and gold juice take turns. In just one day, Sunur's army suffered nearly 5,000 casualties.

In the evening, when the deputy capital Tong Luo saw that his morale was low, he encouraged the generals and said: "That guy is a turtle with a shrunken head, hiding in the shell and not coming out." Tomorrow, find a few sergeants to pretend to be Qingtang people, and find someone who looks similar to the guy to tie a fox tail on his head. If you can't stand it, you will definitely stand on the city wall and scold. Let's arrange for a few Condor Archers to shoot him with a Divine Arm Bow, and won't we win? ”

Sunuer smiled: "I really didn't know that Brother Tongluo was so resourceful!" ”

Tong Luo Han smiled: "It's all the idea of the prison army." ”

Wu Hao gently shook the feather fan, just like the brightness of Zhuge and better than the brightness of Kong Ming.

The next day, take the medicine as prescribed.

The eldest son, who was blind and supervised the war, saw that the Tanguts had humiliated his father so much, and he wanted to stand at the head of the city and shout. He hurriedly stopped his reckless son: "There is a saying in the Song people that a gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall. Presumably, at this time, there must be a Western Xia condor archer waiting for our father and son. No matter how many Tangut people died, as long as they killed the two of us, it would be the biggest victory. So, you don't have to pay attention to him, we still have a ruthless trick waiting for them. ”

In fact, the so-called ruthless moves are not worth mentioning in the eyes of everyone in the Central Plains Art of War.

The first is the defeated army. With strong fortifications and a defensive system, the Western Xia army suffered heavy casualties.

The second is fatigue. Every night, they send out small teams of men and horses, or pretend to break out, or feint to attack. When Sunuer heard the sound of the golden drum, he had to put on armor and reorganize his troops. Because you don't know which one is real, in case someone really attacks or breaks through, then it's a lot of fun. If this is the case again and again, everyone in the Gansu Military Department yawns for days.

Three days later, the trick finally came.

They exhausted the soldiers and horses in the yak city, and took advantage of the night to attack the camp of the Gansu military division. Sunuer and the others thought it was another tired tactic, so they only sent a small number of scouts to warn.

Therefore, when the soldiers arrived at Sunuer's tent, Sunuer hadn't even put on his armor. Sunuer was also bare, threw the knife in his hand to the ground, and grabbed it.

He was quite heroic, and he was not humiliated by Sunuer, who abandoned his weapons and surrendered, and persuaded him: "The old man respects you Sunuer as a good man, so he won't make your skull into a wine glass." But I can't let you go back for nothing, are you willing to let your family pay the ransom? ”

Sunuer thought for a while and said, "May Zampu behead the Gansu Military Division and leave a few of my personal guards." ”

"Oh, why is that?"

Sunuer laughed miserably and said, "Zanpu is wise, how can you not see Li Yuanhao's plan to kill people with a knife." Even if I can be redeemed, this charge of losing my teacher and humiliating the country is enough for Li Yuanhao to break my body into ten thousand pieces. May Zampurao not die, and he will not dare to ask for it when he returns to Great Xia. I also asked Zampu to declare to the outside world that he would die in battle, so as not to harm my family by Li Yuanhao. From now on, I, Sunuer, am willing to be loyal to Zampu, and there is no such person as Sunuer in the world. ”