"Xixia is located in the northwest, the product is relatively scarce, the domestic people are mostly the party and Han and other multi-ethnic mixed people, has always been half farming and half farming, the country has a lot of rich pastures, mainly rich in cattle, sheep and horses, but lack of some ordinary daily necessities, especially the most needed iron tools for war. Since the founding of the Western Xia, they have been invading the west and failed, and in addition to worrying about the Liao and Song dynasties, there is no iron to forge various weapons, which is also a major factor restricting their progress. ”

Cai You's words came to this, and the ministers in the palace were not stupid, and everyone heard what he meant.

"Never!" Before the others could speak, Li Daocheng, an old minister from Jiaozhi, immediately objected.

Li Daocheng, who is now in his prime, although his beard is white, but since he descended to the empire, as a civil servant who is more valued by the emperor Li Nan, he has miraculously radiated a second spring.

During the Zhennan Kingdom, Li Daocheng, who saw the development potential of Li Nan, led the entire Li clan of Jiaozhi to serve this emerging country wholeheartedly.

It can be said that Cochin was able to change from an occupied country to two major provinces of the empire with stable hearts, and this old minister contributed a lot, so he was also promoted to the auxiliary prince of the empire.

Regarding the issue of Western Xia, Li Daocheng had a lot of say, because in the past, the situation of Jiaozhi and Western Xia was very similar.

These two neighbors of the Song State are the kind of people who are very ambitious, invading weak and small neighbors everywhere, but all kinds of domestic industries are imperfect and underdeveloped, and they all need to obtain resources from the Song Kingdom's fields.

"Your Majesty, this must not be done!"

Li Daocheng took a few steps forward, came to the front of Emperor Li Nan, pointed at Cai You with an angry face, and reprimanded: "This person has ill intentions, and please ask the Holy Lord to cure his crimes!" ”

"Hahaha, Li Aiqing don't be impatient."

Li Nan said with a smile: "I have long said that when the empire discusses political affairs, you can speak freely, and you will not condemn your guilt with words, and besides, Cai Qing is only talking about Western Xia, and there is nothing wrong with it." ”

"The Holy One is magnanimous, but do not be deceived by the villain." After Li Daocheng glared at Cai You, he said loudly: "Although the old minister has lived in Jiaozhi for a long time, he also has an understanding of the Western Xia Kingdom. Although this country is weak, there are many people in the country, and the descendants of the party are not much worse than the Jin people in terms of riding and archery, which can be said to be far superior to the Song people. ”

"The Western Xia established the country with bows and horses, and Li Yuanhao formed a multi-arm tiger and wolf division composed of infantry and cavalry, supplemented by the 'Poxi Army', the 'Strong Crossbow Army', the 'Capture Army', the 'Sailors', and the 'Collision Linglang'. The three most powerful armies of Western Xia, one called the 'Iron Harrier', traveled a hundred miles, thousands of miles and periods, and the most able to come and go suddenly, if the electric shock Yunfei. Whenever they encounter an enemy in a galloping place on the plains, they use iron harriers to think that they are rushing soldiers." This cavalry was the fiercest cavalry in the world and the nightmare of all party enemies. ”

"The second is called the 'Poxi Army', which is the artillery unit of Western Xia, although the number is not large, only a few thousand. However, the stone fired from the stone thrower mounted on the camel is the size of a fist, and it is so fast that even the enemy wearing heavy armor will suffer heavy blows and be seriously injured, and the Song people called this weapon "whirlwind cannon". As a long-range attack force with strong mobility, it can provide strong fire support to the Western Xia army. ”

"The 'Bubazi' was the main component of the Western Xia army, and it was the largest in number. These elite infantry of Western Xia were all composed of the 'mountain tribe' Ding Nan. 'Bu Baozi', light footed and good at walking, agile, over the mountains and streams like walking on the flat ground, long-distance running fast as the wind, the ability to fight in complex terrain is very strong, is the elite of the elite in the Western Xia army. ”

After introducing the three major arms of the Western Xia, Li Daocheng looked around at the people in the hall, especially at Cai Youfa and asked: "The Western Xia has all the arms, and the only thing that restricts them is the lack of military equipment. If the materials flow into Western Xia today due to the alliance, it is tantamount to raising tigers, and one day it will become the great enemy of our empire. ”

To tell the truth, Li Nan really didn't look down on Western Xia, after all, this country had been suppressed by the Song State for many years, if it hadn't been for the outbreak of the Liaojin War, I'm afraid that the Western Xia would have been destroyed by the Song State.

At this moment, when he heard Li Daocheng talk about the various types of troops in the Western Xia Kingdom, Li Nan even felt as if he had heard about the military structure of the army in later generations.

The Western Xia not only had the 'Pop Xi Army' that could move quickly, the 'Bu Bazi' who was good at fighting in special terrain, the 'Iron Harrier' who was responsible for charging bows and arrows, the 'sailors' who haunted the river, and a large number of 'strong crossbow troops' that could strike the enemy in medium and long distances, etc.

Li Nan, who had doubts about the military strength of the Western Xia, looked at the Imperial Minister of Defense in the palace, who had fought against the Western Xia people for a long time, the first-class Zhenguo Gong, and Lu Zhishen, who was nicknamed 'Flower Monk'.

After Luda came to the empire, because he was reused by Li Nan and often sat in various places, his personality became more and more calm, and he had already quit drinking and returned to vulgarity.

Seeing that Li Nan had the intention of inquiring, Luda opened his mouth and said: "In the old days, a certain family was slightly fairer in the small species......

Just speaking of this, Zhenguo Gong Luda couldn't help but be stunned, because his former boss, Xiao Seed Jing Xiao Xiang Gong Seed Division, had been captured and sent to the imperial capital Changsha when he was fighting against Sienna on Jingnan Road.

"Hahaha......" Li Nan noticed Luda's embarrassment, and hurriedly said with a smile: "Big brother, the palace is full of your own people, you don't need to scruple to call it, just say it directly." ”

"Uh, okay." Luda has a bold personality, and he is also one of the few people who is not restrained in front of Li Nan, the emperor of the empire, and immediately continued: "When I was under the command of the seed division, the main enemy I faced was the Western Xia army, as Lord Li said, the Western Xia army was complete, and the soldiers' fighting will and training far exceeded that of the Song State, and they could be called the heroes of the world. ”

Even Luda praised the Western Xia army, and Li Nan couldn't help but ask curiously: "Since the Western Xia army is so powerful, how does the Song State deal with this evil neighbor?" ”

Hearing this, although he is no longer a general of the Song State, Luda still said with a slight shame: "The population of the Western Xia Kingdom is only three million, but its whole people are soldiers, and many times they can gather about 500,000 troops, and the Song State has to defend against Northern Liao, so the Song State suffers in terms of the number of soldiers participating in the war. Coupled with the terrain and lack of cavalry, although the Song State had millions of troops, it lost many victories in the Song-Xia Wars over the years, so that there were heavy losses such as the 'Battle of Haoshuichuan' and the 'Battle of Yongle City'. ”

"The Song State Field War was not the opponent of the Western Xia, but the fighting attrition, the Western Xia was far inferior to the Song State with strong national strength, so the Song State began to build fortresses everywhere, slowly encroaching on the tactics of the Western Xia, until the 'Battle of Pingxia City', the Song State reversed the situation and gained the upper hand, but unfortunately the Liaojin War began, so that it was unable to destroy the Western Xia."