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It is said that after the Dingxi Army attacked the Sichuan-Shaanxi line, the soldiers should be allowed to rest, and they should not hastily send troops to attack the Longyou area, after all, the battle of Sichuan-Shaanxi has been fought for more than half a year, and the soldiers of the Dingxi Army need to take a good rest.

After analysis, Xu Guanzhong, Zhu Wu, and others came to the conclusion that if they send troops to the Longyou region now, they should be able to easily seize it and complete Dazhong's strategic expansion of the northwest region.

Xu Guanzhong, Zhu Wu and others have a basis for such an analysis.

At present, in the Longyou region, the remnant Song Dynasty, Western Xia, Tubo, Khotan, and Gaochang Uighurs are all beaten into a pot of porridge there, but the real dominance of the Longyou region is actually the local forces, that is, the remnant Song forces and the local Tubo people.

Of course, the Tubo people wanted to take the opportunity of the fall of the Song Dynasty to recover the Longyou region, so not long after the Battle of Jingkang, the Tubo people in Longyou rebelled.

However, the rebellion of the Tubo people was resolutely suppressed by the remnants of the Song Dynasty, that is, the Song Western Army in the Longyou region, as well as the local Han officials and people.

If the remnant Song forces are not resolutely suppressed, they will not be able to do it - after the Battle of Jingkang, the remnant Song forces are trapped in the Longyou region, at this time, if the Longyou region is recovered by the Tibetans, then they will not even have a place to go, maybe they will all have to become slaves of the Western Xia, Tubo, Khotan, Gaochang Uighurs and other barbarians.

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Although the remnant Song forces temporarily suppressed the rebellion of the Tubo people, their life was not easy.

At the beginning, the Song Dynasty occupied the Longyou region, every year from the Central Plains to the border to transport food, ordnance and daily necessities, after the capture of the barbarian land, but also to allocate garrisons, build fortresses, stationed officials, the construction of fortresses and official offices also need to levy people, the transfer of the army, so to speak, the Song Dynasty occupies the Longyou region, it takes a lot of manpower and material resources, which is the meager tax in the newly occupied area can not be made up at all, in other words, the remnants of the Song Dynasty in the Longyou region want to occupy the land of Longyou, It is necessary to have the backing of the Central Plains Dynasty as the remnant Song forces in the Longyou region, and provide a steady stream of support for the remnant Song forces in the Longyou region, and now, the remnant Song forces in the Longyou region were given up by the Song Dynasty and lost contact with the Central Plains Dynasty, and then they could not get any support.

Let's put it this way, if Dazhong does not accept the remnant Song forces in the Longyou region, then the remnant Song forces in the Longyou region will be a group of rootless weeds, which will be swallowed up by other forces sooner or later.

From the perspective of the unspoken rules of dynasty change, the current orthodox dynasty of the Central Plains is qualified to receive all the property of the Song Dynasty, including the Longyou region and the remnant Song forces in the Longyou region.

The key is that the two sides also have a strong bond of the same race and the same race.

Therefore, as long as the Chinese army can seize the Xining area occupied by the Western Xia and get in touch with the remnants of the Song Dynasty, then it is very likely that Dazhong will not be able to recover the Longyou region without much effort.

Although the Longyou region is sparsely populated and not too rich in resources, it has its special value - great regional value.

The Hexi Corridor has always been the only way for the Sino-Western transportation route, and it is also the only route for the Silk Road.

But in fact, the specific route of the Hexi Corridor changes from time to time.

In the early years of the Song Dynasty, caravan travelers mostly rushed from the Central Plains to the Western Regions via Lingzhou, and most of the caravan travelers from the Western Regions also came to the Central Plains through Lingzhou.

However, after the rise of the Western Xia, this route began to face the threat of the Tangut - after the Tangut took full control of the Hexi Corridor, the Tangut not only imposed high customs fees on passing merchants, but also indulged the army to plunder and evade tax caravans.

For the safety of their lives, the merchants had to turn south in Ganzhou, and go to the Song Dynasty through the Qingtang Dynasty, that is, the Longyou region - the eastern and western merchants were forced to choose the Qinghai Road further south as a new traffic route, and the Longyou region became a transportation hub between the east and the west, and the merchants passed through here to go to the Western Regions or to the Song Dynasty, not only the envoys from the Western Regions such as Khotan needed to go to the Song Dynasty through the Longyou region, but even the envoys from West Asia and Central Asia had to divert to the Longyou region after arriving in the Western Regions before they could go to the Song Dynasty.

Having said all this, the main thing I want to say is that as long as Dazhong can get the Longyou region, it can reopen the Silk Road without Western Xia.

In this way, Dazhong will be able to cut off the main artery of Western Xia's finances and sanction Western Xia economically.

More importantly, after Dazhong won Longyou, he could cut off the flank of Western Xia, and then he could eliminate the party regime and completely relieve the trouble in the northwest.

In addition, after winning the Longyou region, it can also solve the problem of lack of war horses for Dazhong.

The lack of enough war horses has always been a problem that plagued the Central Plains Dynasty.

The Dazhong Dynasty in the Yanyun region was recaptured, although the situation was better than that of the Song Dynasty.

But this is still far from enough for Dazhong's needs - the Jin, Western Xia and Mongol tribes are not fools, how can they not control the inflow of important strategic materials and horses into Dazhong? You must know that once Dazhong gets enough horses, maybe Dazhong will follow the example of the Han and Tang Dynasties and kill the grassland, and at that time, for these grassland forces, it may be a catastrophe.

Therefore, the war horses in the north can no longer be counted on by Dazhong.

The Longyou region, which is dominated by nomadic economy, has more good horses.

At the beginning, the Song Dynasty in Qin, Wei, Yuan, Mu, Huan, Qing and other border states and counties have set up official horse farms, but also set up a special Bowu and the city to deal with the increasingly prosperous Song Dynasty Tubo trade, at the peak, the Northern Song Dynasty can get nearly 20,000 good horses from the Longyou region every year.

If Dazhong can win the Longyou region, then Dazhong can trade with the grassland tribes in the northwest region, and there may be no shortage of war horses in the future.

Moreover, the current Tibetan regime has also declined, and it is divided, and even infighting continues, after seizing the Longyou region, you can also find an opportunity to recover there, at least you can make it a vassal area of Dazhong, and solve the border troubles there.

There is also the remnant Liao region.

Different from history, because Yelu Dashi was captured by Li Yan and thrown to the Indochina Peninsula, so that the Western Liao, which should have been unified by Yelu Dashi, is still in a situation of fragmentation - its eastern part is the remnants of Northern Liao, and the central part is the Dahuang Murowei, Dira, Wang Jira, Chachira, Yexi, Nose Gude, Nira, Dara, Damili, Mierji, Hezhu, Wuguli, Zubu, Pusuwan, Tanggu, Kumusi, Xidi, Jiaoerbi, and a large number of tribes of different sizes, while the west is the Uighur Kingdom of Gaochang, the Eastern Qarakhanid Dynasty, The Western Qarakhanid Dynasty and the Khorezm Kingdom and the Khamli Tribe, these forces fought each other for hegemony and were extremely chaotic.

Therefore, there is also a chance for Dazhong to integrate the territory that will make it a Dazhong.

In other words, as long as Dazhong can take the Longyou region, the expansion space of Dazhong will be greatly deepened.

As for the problem faced by the previous dynasties that were too far away from the Central Plains region to reach the whip, here in the Dazhong Dynasty, which has already developed the train, it is no longer a problem, at least not a problem that cannot be solved.

Of course, the reason why Dazhong sent troops to Longyou was mainly to weaken the Western Xia, so as to find an opportunity to destroy the Western Xia in one fell swoop in the future.

Therefore, the Dazhong Imperial Court ignored the fatigue of the veterans of the Western Army Division and let Zhang Xian lead 100,000 soldiers out of Longyou.

Zhang Xian led his troops westward, and the first stop was Xining, which had been occupied by Western Xia.

At the beginning, when the Zhongxia alliance was formed, Xining was still under the control of the Song Dynasty and was not occupied by the Western Xia, so Xining did not belong to the territory of the Western Xia, at least Dazhong did not recognize Xining as the Western Xia.

And now, the Dazhong Dynasty destroyed the Song Dynasty, took over everything from the Song Dynasty, and became the orthodoxy of the Central Plains Dynasty.

In fact, this is also the excuse used by Dazhong.

Before the Chinese army sent troops, Xixia never thought that Dazhong had just recovered the Sichuan-Shaanxi line, and even before completely recovering Shu, he would send troops out of Longyou, let alone that Zhang Xian would order Guo Hao to lead 10,000 cavalry to attack Xining.

As a result, Xining was lost in the first battle, and the Chinese army opened the door to enter the Longyou region......

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Knowing that Xining had been taken away by Dazhong, and that the Chinese army had begun to regain the Longyou region in the west, Li Qianshun hurriedly brought Brother Li Cha, Li Renzhong, Li Renli and others to discuss countermeasures.

Li Renzhong obviously already knew the reason why Li Qianshun was looking for him, and as soon as he arrived, he asserted: "The westward expansion of Dazhong must be coming to our Great Xia!" ”

Li Renli said: "Needless to say, fools know that Dazhong's intention to capture Longyou is not in wine, but in our Daxia, and now the question is, will Dazhong directly attack our Daxia after capturing Longyou?" ”

Li Renzhong pondered for a while, shook his head, and said: "The Chinese army should just want to take this opportunity to open up Longyou and then cut off our main economic source of Great Xia. ”

Brother Richard said: "And militarily cut off the flank of our Great Xia." ”

Li Renzhong nodded and said, "Yes, there is also cutting off the flanks of our Great Xia." ", and then said: "However, Dazhong has just annexed the Great Song Dynasty, and it is impossible to completely digest the Great Song Dynasty without three or two years, and furthermore, the first thing Dazhong must capture must be Dali, which is the wedge that blocks the development of Dazhong, so I still adhere to the original point of view, as long as we Daxia does not anger Dazhong and does not give Dazhong an excuse to attack us, in a short time, Dazhong will not attack our Daxia." ”

Li Renli echoed: "I also think so, Dazhong's strategic target this time should only be the Longyou region, as long as Dazhong wins the Longyou region, Dazhong should suspend the war in the northwest." ”

Li Qianshun looked at the map and said, "It's not difficult to guess Dazhong's strategic intentions, the question is, how should we deal with Daxia?" In the first battle of Xining, our Great Xia killed and injured nearly 10,000 people, so we can't treat this incident as if it didn't happen, right? ”

Li Renli was silent for a while, and said: "In ancient times, there were invaders, but it was just war and forbearance. ”

As soon as Li Renli said this, Brother Richard and Li Renzhong were all silent!

Unexpectedly, Li Qianshun said in a deep voice: "I want to join forces with Tubo and fight a battle with the Chinese army in Longyou!" ”

As soon as Li Qianshun said this, Li Renzhong and Li Renli said at the same time: "No! ”

Li Qianshun looked at Li Renzhong and Li Renli and asked, "Why not?" Throughout the ages, there has been no begging for peace, and if we don't show our strength to Dazhong, Dazhong will only gain an inch. ”

Li Renzhong and Li Renli glanced at each other, and then Li Renzhong said first: "Tubo is no longer the powerful Tubo it used to be, since Tubo is divided into four royal families, Tubo has declined, and there are many internal contradictions, and even infighting, it is really unwise to attack the powerful Chinese army with such a Tubo coalition army, besides, our Great Xia has suffered a great injury in the two later periods, although His Majesty has worked hard for so many years to recover some vitality, but in recent years, the situation has been chaotic, our Xia army has been fighting in the east and west, and has not been able to develop well. If you fall into a long-term war with Dazhong at this time, you may be in danger of losing your country. ”

Li Renli then said: "Once this battle starts, it's easy to say anything if you win, once you lose, our Great Xia can even give Dazhong an excuse to start a war, with the tough character of the central master, it is likely to detonate the war that broke out a few years later in advance." ”

Li Qianshun really wants to fight this battle!

Dazhong is really a bully - their Western Xia can be said to be constantly currying favor with Dazhong, less than four years after the founding of Dazhong, their Western Xia has already sent envoys dozens of times, just for the beauties sent to Li Yan, there are already hundreds, as a result, Dazhong is still pressing on them Xixia step by step!

What's more critical is that Li Qianshun, who is also a generation of heroes, clearly realizes that now is the best time to start a war, and it may also be the only chance to win - now, Dazhong has just annexed the Song Dynasty, and has not had time to digest it, so now is the time when Dazhong is weak, in this case, as long as they can hold out for a year or two in Western Xia and Tubo, they may be able to drag down Dazhong, and then win, you know, Li Qianshun This is not a fantasy, but Longyou is too far away from the Central Plains, It was also sandwiched between the Western Xia and Tubo, and the Chinese army was able to fight, but the Western Xia and Tubo had taken advantage of the geographical advantage, and they could attack the long supply line of Dazhong at will, so there was every chance to win this war, on the contrary, if the Song Dynasty was digested by Dazhong, and then occupied by Dazhong, the economy of Xixia was cut off and the flank of Xixia was cut off, then it was time for Xixia to be dragged down by Dazhong, and then Xixia would completely become fish and meat, and let Dazhong slaughter.

Before Li Renzhong, Li Renli and others came, Li Qianshun told Brother Li Cha his thoughts.

Seeing that Li Renzhong and Li Renli did not agree to fight this battle, Li Qianshun looked at Brother Richard, hoping that Brother Richard could support him in this battle.

What Li Qianshun didn't expect was that after Brother Richard was silent for a while, he actually said: "I don't agree to start a war with Dazhong either." ”

Li Qianshun looked at Brother Richard in puzzlement.

Richard didn't directly say why he disagreed, but shouted at the door first: "Bring the things in." ”

After listening to Brother Richard's words, someone immediately came in with a strange-looking "burning stick".

After the man came in, he directly sent the "burning stick" to Li Qianshun.

Li Qianshun was very puzzled and picked up the "burning stick" and examined it carefully.

When Li Qianshun inspected the "burning stick," Brother Li said: "This is a musket, a sharp weapon newly equipped by the Chinese army. In the Battle of Xining, our warriors of Great Xia showed great courage and fearlessness, but they were still defeated by 3,000 Chinese soldiers with muskets in their hands and thunder at their waists......"

Subsequently, Richard told Li Qianshun and others in detail about the battle of Xining......

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PS: This is a big chapter of 2-in-1, so, that's it for today.