Chapter 589

Just like now, Liang Yiwei commanded an army of nearly 160,000 to retreat to Hongzhou, and in addition to the 70,000 well-equipped Han army and the Fan army, which belonged to the Liang family, there were 30,000 Bang Linglang under his control.

The so-called Collision Linglang, this is a kind of formation in the Western Xia army, which actually means a death squad, and it is an army composed of various ethnic groups that are not party members.

Their task was to serve as a precursor to war, in the sense of stormtroopers or death squads, in order to reduce the casualties of the party warriors.

And when he heard the news that Xiao Liang was defeated and captured, Liang Yiqi had begun to quietly change his attitude towards Bang Linglang, and he was even more entrenched in the Han army among Bang Linglang, especially among Bang Linglang.

After such a period of time, it has still played a considerable role. At the very least, Liang Yiqi can guarantee that once something happens, nearly half of the Collision Linglang will be willing to stand with the Han army under his command.

But the problem is that in Hongzhou, there are still more than 60,000 elite party soldiers, even if they are still obeying their orders, but if something happens to them, I believe that these guys will definitely turn their faces faster than turning the page.

Even if it seems that his side seems to have an advantage in numbers, don't forget that Bang Linglang is just cannon fodder after all, and his combat effectiveness is really average.

And all he relied on was 50,000 elite Han troops and 20,000 Tibetan soldiers, and if there was no foreign aid, I am afraid that he would not even have the qualifications to negotiate terms with Li Qianshun.

But now, the letter of Su Dongpo, the world-famous privy envoy of the Song Court, really made Liang Yiqi's mind suddenly come alive.

However, after careful and repeated consideration, Liang Yikui couldn't help but find that he was a little frustrated to find that his hole cards were really not much, and he had little room to bargain.

"If my Liang clan is self-reliant, what do you think is the chance of winning?" After pondering for a long time, Liang Yikui cleared his throat, sat up straight, and asked Liang Shou.

Liang Shou looked at this scheming father in a bit of a daze, and only slowly shook his head after a while. "Father, the child thinks that the result of self-reliance is not much better than the result of you leaving the military power and returning to Xingqing Mansion."

"Why? You have also seen this letter, and it must be very clear that the Great Song Dynasty must hope that the more chaotic the Western Xia is, the better. Liang Yi raised his thick eyebrows mixed with silver quill, and said in a somewhat unhappy tone.

"But father, if you are self-reliant, then even if the Great Song wants to help me, then the help must be limited, after all, we are not surrendered to the Great Song. Under such circumstances, if the situation of my Liang clan is critical, do you think the Great Song Dynasty will risk the consequences of losing tens of thousands of soldiers and horses to come to the aid with all his might? ”

"If the Great Song Dynasty comes with tens of thousands of soldiers and horses and defeats the enemy who came from Western Xia, then do you think that the Great Song Dynasty will withdraw directly like a gentleman, or will it be more in their interests to clean us up by the way?"

Today's Song Army's Yuan Youjia cavalry, and I have 3,000 iron harriers in Western Xia, as well as tens of thousands of war horses, with the quantity and quality of the Song army, more than a month of kung fu equipment tens of thousands of cavalry, there is really no problem at all, how many conditions can we negotiate with each other?

Liang Yiqi was very unwilling, but if he wanted to establish himself as the king, he relied on Hongzhou, at most Youzhou, just such a little territory, not to mention that the Great Song Dynasty casually crushed himself with a finger, even if Xixia really didn't consider other bent on pacifying himself, it would be a matter of minutes.

Speaking of which, it's not because her own sister is too stupid that she stubbornly returns from the same way, wanting to go to the Zhe Keshi who attacked her back road to take revenge, but as a result, not only did the 60,000 army disappear, but even she got in.

But now, even if I curse and draw circles, I don't have any eggs, and now that it's come to this, what else can I do?

Thinking about it carefully, the Shaanxi Road Passage slightly appeased the envoy Su in a sincere tone in the letter, and the promise he made really made Liang Yiqi quite moved.

As long as you are willing to sacrifice Youzhou and Hongzhou, at least keep yourself a marquis.

"That's it, you go first, no, early tomorrow morning, you go and call that Liang Zuo over......" Speaking of this, Liang Yiqi paused and shook his head slowly.

"Or Wu'er, you go with Liang Zuo's kid to meet with the Song people first, see the situation, and then make plans."

When Liang Shou heard Liang Yixiao, he couldn't help but feel relieved, fortunately, at least Dad didn't want to burn with the stone, so it would be easy to do. "Yes, the child knows, the child will go over and have a good chat with Liang Zuo, if possible, try to connect with the people of Song Ting to see if they are really sincere."

"It's just my father, the 20,000 party soldiers and horses in the city......"

"It's okay, there is an old man here, and if you want to clean them up, that is, between the palms." Liang Yikui said with a confident smile.

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Early in the morning of the next day, Liang Shou was ordered to go out of Hongzhou City and inspect the defense of various walled forts in Hongzhou. Later, Liang Yikui ordered that in order to prevent the Song people from invading the Xia realm, 20,000 Linglang, 10,000 Han troops, and 10,000 Fan soldiers were assigned to Hongzhou and Youzhou to garrison the forts.

Assist the defenders of the original walled fort to defend against a possible attack by the Song army. In addition, he ordered his general Li Mao to lead 20,000 Han troops into Youzhou to strengthen the garrison of Youzhou.

And Liang Yikui himself led 20,000 Han troops and 10,000 Fan troops to be stationed in Hongzhou. As for the 60,000 elites of the Western Xia Party, Liang Yikui sent the 30,000 soldiers and horses belonging to the small tribes of the Party and asked them to rush to Yinzhou and other places to garrison, in the name of guarding against the retaliatory attack of the Great Song Dynasty.

Among the remaining 30,000 soldiers and horses, 10,000 were transferred to garrison the city with 20,000 Han troops, and the remaining 20,000 were stationed in the camp outside the city with 10,000 Fan troops and 10,000 Bang Linglang.

Due to Liang Yikui's intentional or unintentional connivance and propaganda, the entire Jianing Military Division became noisy, as if at any time, there would be a big war, disturbing the local party and tribes three times a day, and many small tribes were worried that the Song people would really attack this place, and they had begun to evacuate the Jianing Military Division area.

Western Xia was originally vast and sparsely populated, and most of the population was mainly concentrated in the area of Xingqing Mansion and the Hetao further north, and the total population of the entire Jianing Military Division did not exceed 500,000, and the young and strong all had to be soldiers to garrison Youzhou and Hongzhou.

However, these soldiers and horses are similar to the Song army's Xiangyong, and with the withdrawal of the tribes, under the benevolent connivance of Liang Yi and Liang Xiangguo, those soldiers and horses belonging to the tribes also withdrew from the fortresses and went with their own tribes.

Therefore, the heavy task of garrisoning Hongzhou and Youzhou City was naturally taken over by Liang Yiqi's army. As for the defenders of Zhuzhai Fort, the number of Han troops and Bang Linglang accounted for at least 70%, and even in some places, only the Han army controlled by Liang Yiqi or the Bang Linglang and Fan army were left.

After Liang Shou led Liang Zuo out of Hongzhou City, he rushed directly to the previously determined junction location, and then went directly to the south and rushed to the Dingbian Army area controlled by the Song army, where the seed master had quietly led an army of 30,000 to station.

Rushing non-stop, it took less than a day to arrive at the Song Realm. I met the seed master Dao, the general in the Western Army of the Great Song Dynasty.

"General Liang, please hurry up, he is worthy of being the son of Liang Xiangguo, mighty and majestic, and has the style of your father." The seed master Dao very kindly helped Liang Shou, who was saluting towards him, and said with a smile.

And in the heart of the seed master, he was already so happy that he was about to hum the Shaanxi minor tune, and Liang Shou accompanied Liang Zuo to arrive, which proved something, proving that Liang Xiangguo of Western Xia must have been moved by the conditions of the Great Song Dynasty.

Thinking that Youzhou and Hongzhou were likely to become the territory controlled by the Great Song Dynasty, the eyes of the cultivator Dao towards Liang Shou became more and more kind.

It's like an old farmer looking at the crops that are about to get a good harvest.