When Han Qi arrived in Longxi, it was already June, but before that, he had already taken over the position of the fourth road manager as early as March and April.

In fact, with the direct acquisition from the Daimyo Blacksmith's Workshop and Ye Qingchen's transportation, the resources that Han Qi was able to mobilize were greatly increased.

Nearly 25,000 longbowmen, as well as a large number of training arrows, these consumption, the three divisions are all covered, and the three divisions also use all their abilities to support this battle in the northwest, in terms of materials, Han Qi is very sufficient.

The longbow is easy to train, Longxi here, itself has the foundation of archers, mainly bows and arrows, this is not a joke, in the border army, the box army, and even the forbidden army, a large number of experienced archers, but insufficient strength, themselves are just the users of the soft bow, and they have become real soldiers, this temptation is not ordinary.

Longxi is based on combat, and the reward for military exploits is very high, Teng Zijing's problem is to use part of the funds of border trade for the reward of soldiers, which is an unspoken rule in itself, Teng Zijing is too careless, and at the same time is used by political enemies, and finally has no choice but to degrade.

Of course, Han Qi would not make his mistakes, within the scope allowed by the rules, he did not meet the standard before, and now the appearance of the longbow has completely lowered this standard, of course, it is logical.

Soldiers, get military merits, higher rewards, this is the key to attract many sergeants to invest, and sufficient logistics materials, and bring them enough provisions, with food to motivate training, is the best way.

The basics, easy-to-master longbow skills, coupled with rigorous training, eventually the longbow team has been formed, and all the siege and field technical items have been trained, just waiting for the war to begin.

When Han Qi was fighting on his side, Yuan Hao was full of bags, the Liao State really came, and it was Liao Xingzong who led an army of 100,000 to conquer in person.

He didn't expect that a series of things would eventually cause such a result, the Liao State had already set out on an expedition, it was impossible for him to retreat, as an emperor who had spent his whole life in war, Yuan Hao had his own pride, and the Northern Song Dynasty won the founding war in three battles, and the Western Xia was in his hands, and it was also expanded.

The Dangxiang clan in the territory of the Liao State is the established line, the Western Xia is narrow, the Dangxiang is based, the time is too short, the population is not large, and the large-scale plundering of the Han people is not a good method, and it is easy to cause problems in the country, so the Dangxiang people located in the territory of the Liao State are the natural targets.

At the same time, the party members in the Liao State have also been greatly oppressed, on the one hand, the lowest herdsmen, on the other hand, the main race, ranking in the upper class, anyone will choose.

In itself, Yuan Hao's method was to hook up, slowly annex, and obtain the tribe, but in the end it attracted the attention of the Liao State, and when the party rebelled, he sent a large army, but was killed by Yuan Hao, which is also the root of everything.

Of course, there were other things that eventually led to the outbreak of war.

Yuan Hao is a king, but also a warrior, the battle of his standing, is in the battle of attacking Ganzhou, his father fought six times, did not fight down, he fought a battle, in order to lay the position of the heir, and then in his life, turn to the north and south, rarely defeated, this is also this era, among the Three Kingdoms, the most terrible battle of a commander, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a natural general.

In the eyes of the general, the attack is certain, and some necessary preparations are also necessary, he knows very well that 100,000 troops is not the limit of Liao, as the strongest military power among the three countries, Liao has the strength to use 500,000, or even higher troops.

At this point, he even had to sigh that if it weren't for the Northern Song Dynasty in the front, not on the front line of Hebei, involving hundreds of thousands of troops, and the Liao State using a little more military power, it would not be something he could stop.

Hebei is not only the focus of the defense of the Northern Song Dynasty, but also the focus of the defense of the Liao State, where the two sides have hoarded millions of troops, and the confrontation for a hundred years is very rare in the military field.

The strong garrison dragged the strength of the Northern Song Dynasty and the Liao State, and also gave the Western Xia a chance to develop, otherwise, whether it was the Liao State or the Northern Song Dynasty, if there was no external influence and the entire army could be mobilized, how could the Western Xia survive.

Yuan Hao is a peerless general, this is a point recognized by everyone, Ke does not mean that he can be one enemy ten, in fact, whether it is the war between the Northern Song Dynasty and the Western Xia, or the war between the Liao State and the Western Xia, in terms of military strength, it is the Western Xia that has the advantage.

A small country with only five continents actually overwhelmed the Liao State and the Northern Song Dynasty in terms of military strength, which has to be said to be a joke, both sides were in the war with the Western Xia, acting as allies of the third party.

Even if it is the weakest Song among the Liao and Song Dynasties, it can mobilize an army of more than 200,000 people, or the most elite Central Forbidden Army, what will be the consequences.

It's a pity that history has no if, in the long confrontation, military spending and manpower are consumed on the Hebei front, when the economic environment is reversed, the disaster weather continues, and there is a faint king, everything is irretrievable, strong, can compete with the heavy cavalry of the Liao State and Western Xia The Northern Song Dynasty Forbidden Army really became a guard of honor.

Now everything is still in time, Renzong not only has a brilliant Wenchen, but also has a group of Confucian generals who can write and martial arts, and there are also Jiangmen who have not completely declined, the founding Jiangmen may have been decayed, but the newly grown Jiangmen has become the mainstay, not to mention, Di Qing, an immortal famous general, is still there.

Yuan Hao didn't know this at all, and he hadn't realized that the Northern Song Dynasty was ready to attack him.

Before the founding of the country, Yuan Hao may consider this problem, because, at that time, the Northern Song Dynasty was the main attack, when the founding of the country after the three wars, with a large number of military defeats, along with the occupation of important military areas, the Northern Song Dynasty has actually lost the ability to attack Western Xia, and the strategic situation has reversed.

Yuan Hao is a military genius and also pays attention to intelligence gathering, but Han Qi did better, Longxi, where he is located, is at least thousands of miles away from the Western Xia front, and it is not easy for the Northern Song Dynasty, which is dominated by infantry, to mobilize.

The military strength of the front line is more than self-preservation, the attack is insufficient, and the important forces are placed on the inner line, ready to support at any time, which is a defensive situation.

In Yuan Hao's opinion, maybe the Northern Song Dynasty didn't get the news of the war between Western Xia and Liao, perhaps, the contract that was ready to be signed gave him confidence, perhaps, it was the pressure of Liao, in short, Yuan Hao made a mistake here.

Yuan Hao forgot a little, the Northern Song Dynasty also had horses, although it was not a military horse, it was impossible to go into battle to fight, but under extreme conditions, a large number of transfers, it was still no problem.

Similarly, as early as a few months ago, Han Qi was already preparing, and a large amount of supplies were sent to the border in a desperate manner.

If, at this time, Yuan Hao sent a large army to attack the border of the Northern Song Dynasty, the effect would definitely be much stronger than getting a little tribe in the Liao State.

There are many benefits of the longbow team, which is also the fundamental reason why Han Qi did not hesitate to popularize the longbow team, which is also the fundamental reason why the proud soldiers under his command never refuse.

If there is one only weakness in the advantages of the longbow, it is that the logistical requirements are huge.

The power of the longbow comes from the strong power, the arrow and the length are the key, there are very few trees in the northwest, and the arrow shaft is all processed and sent to the border.

Unlike the short bow, the weight of the arrows of the longbow is about twice as heavy as that of the short bow, and in battle, the rate of fire of three or four times has brought a huge consumption of the longbow.

Han Qi's plan was that once the Western Xia and the Liao State were in Helan Mountain, the newly formed forbidden army of 15 armies would divide the troops into three routes and jointly attack Xiazhou, and if everything went well, continue to attack Xingqing Mansion and disintegrate the Western Xia by smashing the Yellow Dragon.

About 40,000 people, 80,000 horses, and a large number of baggage convoys, most of the logistics and people have arrived at the border, slowly gathering in three places.

This is the best way to hide from the world, the Minfu is different from the army, the mobilization is more secretive, more unobtrusive, of course, the only weakness, is to throw a large amount of supplies, and there is not much resistance to the Minfu, on the border, if it is attacked by the Western Xia on a large scale, then the losses will be heavy.

The reason why Han Qi did this was that he was supported by intelligence, after investigating the intelligence of Western Xia and Liao, the main forces of both sides, at least a large part of the main force, were concentrated on the border between Liao and Western Xia, and the vanguard of Liao was less than 600 miles away from Jinsu City, and for Xiao Huibu, who was full of cavalry troops, it might take three days to arrive at Jinsu City.

The strength of the Liao State, which is clear to both the Western Xia and the Northern Song Dynasty, the imperial conquest, including the most elite North Courtyard, the Southern Courtyard, and the Tielin Army, these elite troops, not all of the Liao Army, but very powerful, Yuan Hao even if he fought locally, but the gap in strength made him have to go all out.

In this case, even the unbelieving Yuan Hao took the initiative to seek peace with the Northern Song Dynasty, and did not hesitate to lower the conditions.

Before, the Northern Song Dynasty was unwanted, and reducing the expenditure in the northwest was the end, but now, it is necessary to get enough benefits from this battle, and the destruction of the Western Xia is the highest idea, the most unfortunate, and it is also necessary to occupy a strategic advantage to ensure that the Western Xia will not take the initiative to attack.

In this case, what seems to be a risky move has become the best way to save time and increase efficiency, and now, everything depends on the other side, the development of the Liao State, especially as Zhou Wenxiu, who is dead, how much can be done in this battle.