Yelu Dashi grunted and got up from stepping on it, he was worried that he didn't have a reason to attack Xixia, they were so bold that they sent it to the door by themselves!

It's really hard to find a place to step on iron shoes, and it takes no effort to get it!

As soon as Yelu Dashi was dressed up and ready to go out to personally direct the battle, a general came to report: "Your Majesty, the enemy troops who came to attack the camp have been repulsed. ”

Yelu Dashi was taken aback, what is the Xixia Army doing, the thunder is heavy and the rain is small, and he just farted and ran away.

Jerodashi asked, "How many people came?" ”

"There were more than 2,000 people, and when they saw that the sneak attack failed, they retreated after confessing forty or fifty corpses."

"The Xixia border army is afraid that they won't be able to leave, so they are in such a hurry to keep themselves?" Jeroda stone heart said.

At this time, a general came to report: "Your Majesty, judging from the clothes of the enemy soldiers who were killed, there is no doubt that it is indeed the Western Xia border army." We also found this from a Commander! ”

After saying that, he took out a scroll of maps and presented it to Jerodashi.

Yelu Dashi took it and looked at it fixedly, and said in shock: "The situation map of the Western Xia garrison? ”

Yelu Dashi was a little suspicious, how could such an important thing be brought on his body to attack the camp? He is giving himself charcoal with his life, will there be such a coincidence in the world?

"Your Majesty, will there be any fraud in this?" A strategist followed and questioned.

The minister's doubts are not groundless, but-Yelu Dashi has already made up his mind to enter the palace Xixia, how can he be afraid of his insect carving skills!

Yelu Dashi relied on his army of 200,000, even if there was fraud in Western Xia, he was not afraid.

He said: "True or false, under the iron hooves of my 200,000 army, everything will show its original form!" ”

"Your Majesty, you have always been the royal driver, what if it is ......"

"No in case! If it weren't for me as a pioneer to lead the army, how could I carry forward the Jurchen will, and how could I dominate the vast world in the northwest! "The golden mouth of the Jelu stone has been opened, and there is no doubt about it.

The next day, Yelu Dashi personally led an army of 100,000 troops to the outside of Yumen Pass to call for battle, and ordered another 100,000 troops to bypass Yumen Pass from the north and attack the back of Shazhou.

The soldiers are divided into two ways and attack them together.

Yelu Dashi learned from the intercepted map of the Western Xia garrison that the Western Xia relied on the help of 80,000 troops stationed in Xizhou in the south by the Great Song Dynasty, and the defenders of Yumen Pass were less than 50,000.

Outside the Yumen Pass, the Western Liao army bitterly reported the Xixia conspiracy to attack the Liao Emperor Yelu Dashi, and now the Xingbing soldiers came to ask for an explanation, so that the Yumen Pass guards would quickly open the door and come out to make amends to Yelu Dashi.

The Western Xia guards in the Yumen Pass knew that this was an excuse for the Western Liao army thieves to shout to catch the thief, and they waited outside the pass for several months, and finally couldn't bear the loneliness, and wanted to show the fox's tail to show its original form.

Therefore, this gate cannot be opened no matter what, not only is it not opened, but even the dialogue with the Liao army outside the pass is a redundant move and a waste of energy, it is better to save strength and use it in the defense of Yumen Pass at that time.

The Western Liao army called outside the pass for two days, and the Western Xia army didn't bother to pay attention to it at all.

Yelu Dashi calculated that the 100,000 troops going north should almost cross the mountains and mountains, and they could immediately return to the rear of Yumen Pass, so he no longer wasted his tongue, ordered a wave of his sword, and began to attack Yumen Pass.

The Yumen Guanxi Xia army has already sent the news to Shazhou and Xingqing Mansion, the capital of Western Xia.

When the Western Liao army called for battle outside the pass yesterday, the Western Xia army had already organized the city defense, and when the Western Liao army came to attack in a big way, it only needed to resist hard and wait for reinforcements from the rear.

The defenders of Yumen Pass also imagined that the Song army in the southern Xizhou would come to the rescue in time, and the two sides would cooperate with each other at that time, and they would not beat the Western Liao army.

It's a pity that he didn't know that Wu Jue had already led the army and quietly left, stationed in Guzhou at this time, and when the time came, he would kill back, and hit him by surprise, and took the opportunity to catch the turtle in the urn.

The Western Xia army held out for most of the day, and suddenly a vast number of Western Liao soldiers poured out behind them, only to know that the Western Liao army had gone around behind them at some point.

At this time, the Song army still hasn't come to help, and the Yumen Pass is about to be unable to hold it.

The Western Xia garrison led his troops to struggle, considering that the disparity in strength between the two sides was too great, he had to find a way to break through the siege and flee to Shazhou with 10,000 or 20,000 soldiers.

After hearing that the Yumen Pass was lost, the defenders of Guazhou in Shazhou were all confidants and favorite generals of Li Changzuo, the lord of Western Xia, who immediately organized resistance and sent messengers to Xizhou in the Great Song Dynasty to seek reinforcements.

Of course, the most important thing is to quickly report the military situation to Li Changzuo.

After the loss of Yumen Pass, Shazhou was the first to bear the brunt of the first front.

Yelu Dashi has a clear grasp of the military forces north of Helan Mountain in Western Xia, and there are only 60,000 soldiers and horses on the side of Shazhou, of course he will not leave Shazhou time to wait for reinforcements.

Therefore, after Yelu Dashi took the Yumen Pass, he sent 10,000 soldiers to defend the Yumen Pass in case the Song army from Xizhou stabbed him in the ass, and then he personally led nearly 190,000 soldiers straight to Shazhou, intending to fight quickly with a monstrous momentum.

It's not that our army is too weak, it's that the enemy is too strong. China

The soldiers and civilians of Shazhou resisted for three days before the city was destroyed.

The northwest is dominated by desert yellow sand, and rivers are scarce, so there is basically no moat protection outside the city, only a dry trench surrounds, and it is easy for the enemy to attack the city.

Yelu Dashi took advantage of the victory to pursue, Liankegua Prefecture and Suzhou, and the soldiers pointed directly at Xiliang Mansion.

Li Changzuo, the lord of Western Xia, was terrified, but he didn't expect Yelu Dashi to kill Xiliang Mansion in one go, and he was about to threaten the capital Xingqing Mansion in one day.

Li Changzuo urgently dispatched troops and horses from all over the country to reinforce Xiliang Mansion, and sent people to Song Jing Ying Tianfu to ask the Great Song Emperor Zhao Gou for help.

Zhao Gou replied that he was embarrassed, he thought that Xiliao had no intention of fighting, so he asked Wu Jue to withdraw his troops, and asked Li Changzuo why he let Xiliao attack Xiliangfu so quickly, why did he come to ask for help now, isn't this a big deal? Besides, the Song army has just experienced a great war to destroy Jin, and its vitality has been greatly damaged, and now you want me to return to the army to reinforce you Western Xia, did you grow up eating iron when I was the Song army?

Of course, it is impossible for Zhao Gou to speak so bluntly and decisively, but the meaning is still the same.

When Li Changzuo received Zhao Gou's reply, he had already personally led an army of 200,000 to Xiliang Mansion and decided to fight to the death with Yelu Dashibing's soldiers!

Prime Minister Chen Tai advised: "Your Majesty, the Great Song Dynasty has hurt his own vitality, this is true. Wu Jue's withdrawal this time has something to do with this. If the emperor wants the Great Song Dynasty to send troops to rescue again, I am afraid that he will have to pay blood at that time! ”

Li Changzuo said hatefully: "If Da Song misses the old love, coupled with the truth that his lips are dead and his teeth are cold, he should come to save him!" ”

"There is no such thing as a free lunch. The emperor is now controlled by others, so let's think about what else can be exchanged for the rescue of the Great Song Dynasty. Chen Tai said.

Li Changzuo didn't say a word, and said in his heart that I am afraid that only the bottom line is to lose all your money.

Zhao Gou remembered what Qu Ping said before leaving, if Western Xia was in danger of Western Liao, he would take the opportunity to pocket Li Changzuo and Western Xia. Isn't the current Western Xia like a chicken that has been driven by a wolf to the tiger's mouth?

Above the court, Zhao Gou asked the officials: "Right now, Western Xia is under the authority of Western Liao, and it is in danger. Although the lips are dead and the teeth are cold, but the Western Xia has betrayed the Central Plains for a long time, can there be a foolproof strategy to persuade the Western Xia to be under the command of my Great Song Dynasty? Can you take advantage of Xixia's illness to kill him? ”

The ministers offered advice and worked together.

A small part of them adhered to the pedantic and narrow thinking of benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom and faith, and said that they should show the style of a great country and save the Western Xia from fire and water.

Most of them still followed the emperor's intentions and resolutely stated that they should take this opportunity to recover Western Xia, so that Western Liao would no longer dare to have any thoughts about the land of Western Xia.

Li Gang said: "The Western Xia rebelled out of the Central Plains for a long time, and before King Xiang helped the Western Xia King Li Changzuo to take power, he had the opportunity to take back power, and Li Changzuo originally had the intention of surrendering, but because the situation in the Western Xia was not easy to control at that time, he finally reluctantly let Li Changzuo sit on the throne of the Western Xia, which was really an expedient measure.

Now my Great Song Dynasty soldiers are strong and strong, the country is rich and the people are strong, and the territory is vast, and the Western Xia is like the tongue in the mouth of our dynasty to include it. The internal strength of Western Xia is unbearable, and there is a strong force of tigers and wolves in Western Liao, which is a good opportunity to take back Western Xia. Don't miss the opportunity, lose it again! ”

Li Gang is the backbone of the imperial court, and his meaning is the meaning of the majority, and he can influence the meaning of the minority even more.

Zhao Gou said with satisfaction: "Since most of the ministers agree to take the opportunity to recover the Western Xia, I don't know what is the best way to recover the Western Xia peacefully, and take the opportunity to drive the Western Liao people?" ”

Zhang Jun, the prince of Lieguo, who had just returned to the dynasty, was anxious to perform, and said first: "The minister thinks that he can send a strategist to lobby Li Changzuo, the king of Western Xia, to understand it with reason and move it with affection; Send another army into Western Xia, and if Li Changzuo agrees to return to the Great Song, he will fight against the Liao army as reinforcements, and if he does not agree, he will take advantage of the situation to attack Li Changzuo.

At the same time, he ordered the Moxi Hutu Department to lead the army to the border with the Western Liao, and attacked the Western Liao at any time; In addition, let General Wu Jue, the Duke of Yiguo, attack Western Liao from the north and south with the Kutu Department at that time. When the time comes, a three-sided siege situation will be formed, and Yelu Dashi will definitely die! ”

Zhang Junzhi's strategy was thoughtful, first salute and then soldier, pay equal attention to civil and military, and surround on three sides.

Han Shizhong, Yue Fei, Liu Guangshi and others agreed with Zhang Jun's opinion.

Zhao Gou said: "In this case, who can persuade the king of Western Xia for me?" ”

Liu Xiaochen didn't give in: "Weichen is willing to go, and the minister and the king of Western Xia have also shared hardships, I believe he should be able to listen to my persuasion." ”

Qin Hui and Liu Xiaochen served in the Hanlin Academy, and he said: "Your Majesty, Lord Liu is busy compiling the "Jianyan Canon" at the juncture moment, and he can't take a break. The minister is not talented, and he is willing to dare to go for Lord Liu. If the minister fails, he is willing to die to apologize! ”

Qin Hui performed prominently in the battle to destroy the Jin, and after returning to the dynasty, he was responsible for correcting and implementing the Song style movable type, which won Zhao Gou's different eyes. Zhao Gou made no secret of his love for Qin Hui's talents.

Zhao Gou said with a smile: "Don't fight between the two Aiqing. Liu Aiqing has said it first, this matter depends on whether Liu Aiqing is willing to let you have this opportunity to perform. ”

Liu Xiaochen is not a fool, he heard what the emperor meant, it seems that the emperor wants to cultivate Qin Hui more and let Qin Hui get this credit. Liu Xiaochen has no choice but to be a favor, it depends on whether you Qin Hui can succeed by then.

In fact, when it comes to cultivating Qin Hui, it is better to say that the emperor wants to repay his favor. Qin Hui is one or two decades older than Liu Xiaochen, and the significance of cultivation is definitely not as good as Liu Xiaochen.

It's just that Qin Hui has worked hard, and the Queen Mother often praises him, so the emperor also wants to give Qin Hui more opportunities. If Qin Hui is really capable, he should be reused, and if he is not worthy of his high hopes, let him step aside and give way.

Liu Xiaochen had no choice but to push the boat down the river and say: "Lord Qin is right, Weichen has indeed been stirred up by the compilation recently. Since Lord Qin is willing to share the worries of his ministers, then I will wish Lord Qin success here first! ”

Qin Hui smiled: "Thank you, Lord Liu, for making it complete!" ”

"Lord Qin, don't let me and Lord Liu down! Ha ha! Zhao Gou smiled heartily.

Li Gang was a little unhappy in his heart, Qin Hui was so greedy, if he failed to persuade Li Changzuo, then the Great Song Dynasty would have more trouble now, but if Qin Hui succeeded, I was afraid that there would be more trouble in the future. I hope I'm old and dizzy.