Scholars do not bend their waists for five buckets of rice, this is personal ethics, not the basis for leading the army for politics, Ye Qingchen was also from a clean background before he was the third envoy, honest and honest, otherwise, he would not have been elected as the third envoy, but after becoming the third envoy, he must be investigated, as if he was a miser, for no other reason, for the political arena of the Northern Song Dynasty.

Han Qi is the same, after this trip to Western Xia, when Western Xia perished and Lingzhou was taken, even if he couldn't return to the center, he could be like Cao Di, as he participated in political affairs, knew all the way, and it was almost impossible to stay in the northwest.

Then laying a good foundation for the northwest is a necessary condition.

Lingzhou has a strong defense under the protection of more than 20 fortresses, but Lingzhou has a rich foundation, which is a joke.

Xixia is barren and backward, Lingzhou has developed Xiping Mansion a little better, and the rest is a pastoral plain, if you want to develop a stable foundation, at least it is equivalent to an ordinary city in Hebei.

The emergence of Zhao Xin, the blacksmith workshop, and some other innovations will make the financial situation of the entire center of the Northern Song Dynasty think well, and it can also afford millions, or even millions, but it also depends on the situation.

If it only occupies Lingzhou, facing the pressure and pervasive attacks of Western Xia, it is almost inevitable that huge forces will be invested to develop Lingzhou and use Lingzhou as a fortress.

But now, the situation has undergone a key change, and when the Western Xia no longer exists, how important the development of Lingzhou will be.

The Liao occupation of the Western Xia has become an established fact, and unless the Liao State largely withdraws from the occupied Western Xia territory and allows the Western Xia to recover, otherwise, they will face the Liao State.

The most important enemy of the Northern Song Dynasty was the Liao State, even when the northwest was in the most crisis, he had no choice, where to transfer troops from Hebei, at most a very small part of the argument.

Otherwise, without the threat of Liao, even if the logistical pressure is huge, and the millions of troops are pressed over, with the forbidden army of the Northern Song Dynasty and the strength of the Western Xia, can the Western Xia hold on?

However, the Liao State marched from the Western Xia side, and it was possible to deviate from the division, but it was impossible for the main force to arrive.

In fact, after so many years, the most developed ones are actually Shangjing and Nanjing, these two places are too far away from Xixia.

Liao State from the mainland, about 3,500 miles around, and then from the Western Xia side to attack the hinterland of the Northern Song Dynasty, about 2,000 miles, more than 5,000 miles longitudinal and horizontal, in order to only have a weak defense, is this possible, besides, Longxi is also a militaristic town like Hebei, it is impossible for him to break through easily.

Perhaps, it will take advantage of Lingzhou's weakness, blackmail or fight grass valleys and the like, but there will be no large-scale invasion, which is something that any military personnel can see clearly.

Han Qi also felt that after the fall of Western Xia, it was not so necessary to develop Lingzhou, as long as it took 15 years to develop it, at that time, it would become an important pole of the Northern Song Dynasty in the Western Regions, but it was useless, and it was difficult to invest a large amount of money under the premise of no threat.

Han Qi knew this, so he focused on mentioning this livestock in the negotiations with Liao, at that time he just thought that if he could get a little more, he would get a little more, and he had to find a way to get enough materials to start the development of Lingzhou.

Now that he has these livestock, if possible, Han Qi will form a border trade market here, and trade some goods and grain from the Northern Song Dynasty.

Mutton has always been synonymous with high-end food in the Northern Song Dynasty, and in the catering and high-end fields, it is almost in short supply. As long as you get it to the border trade city, it is easy to sell.

On this basis, we will continue to obtain livestock, and at the same time provide the necessary funds for the development of Lingzhou.

On the one hand, to supplement the various livestock urgently needed by the Northern Song Dynasty, not to mention cattle and horses, these animals that can be used as storage power, even if they are sheep, can also be used as food, and on the other hand, it is also to stabilize the Liao State.

Unlike the Western Xia, the Western Xia were unfed wolves, they got resources, and their first thought was to plunder and attack the Northern Song Dynasty, and the benefits obtained in countless hours made them unscrupulous.

On the contrary, it was the Liao State, which established a unified country, perhaps in private, there were some shady means, but on the surface, after the alliance of the Yuanyuan, there was no large-scale war between Song and Liao.

The long-term stability of the country has made their high-ranking officials and nobles begin to pursue luxury jewelry, even if they have gained some benefits, they will not use them for military purposes, and more will be used to exchange luxury jewelry.

In terms of formulating countermeasures, there is more preference for preserving this group of animals than ensuring maximum safety.

Perhaps, such a move is a bit risky, if the Western Xia army chooses to attack when the Song army arrives, everything is quite passive, and the ambushed Song army has to come out and use the best method to fight with the opponent's heavy cavalry, although he believes in the strength of the longbowmen, but the casualties will definitely be large.

However, in the end, the bet was right, the ambushed Western Xia army, looking at the Song army that had already set up camp, had a slight headache, but did not attack.

This is thanks to a Western Xia general who knew the soldiers, this was born in the Western Xia aristocracy, and was the commander of the first army in the city battle, he knew a little bit of the art of war, and he knew very well that the attack at that time would be prepared for the Song army.

Now that Xingqing Mansion has been captured, the soldiers in his hands will become his only bargaining chip, and he still chooses to ambush them at their location according to the established plan.

They have all come to this position, and it is almost inevitable that they will pass through their ambush circle, and when the road is blocked and the cavalry charge are carried out at the same time, the time for the Northern Song Dynasty army to hold up a cup of tea is already good.

It's just a day's stop, that's nothing, he still has the patience.

The Western Xia generals didn't know that he lost the last opportunity, and when the Northern Song army set up camp, his last way to force the Northern Song Dynasty to fight a decisive battle was completely lost.

The next day, one night, when the Western Xia generals, who were on semi-alert, got up, they found that there was no movement in the other party's tent.

It can't be said that there is no movement, but there is no sign of pulling out the camp at all, and even when it is three poles in the morning, there is cooking smoke, and eating at this time is considered late for ordinary people, let alone for the army in a hurry.

According to this point, it is not until noon to set out, and then they will have to set up camp again after walking for less than an hour, unless they are willing to walk at night.

This is impossible, this is the forbidden army of the Northern Song Dynasty, with strict requirements, it is difficult to do it, today, it will not leave.

Sure enough, General Xixia's premonition became a reality, it was already noon, and even more than an hour later, the other party still did not pull out of the camp, and there was no sign of leaving at all.

This is strange, yesterday set up camp in advance, and it can be said that something happened, why didn't you leave today!

The army hiding in the mountain nest began to make some commotion, they didn't know why this was happening, could it be that something was wrong and found their ambush.

The Western Xia general was quite calm, perhaps thinking that the Song army really had something to do, relying on authority, suppressing everyone, letting the soldiers set up camp, and then continuing to wait.

But on the third day, when there was still no movement, even if they were stupid, they knew that they were sure that the other party was guarding against something, or that they had been exposed.

Here, it is only about a hundred miles away from Lingzhou and the base area of the Northern Song Dynasty, and the fast horse may be a day's time, even if it is an infantry, three or four days, they have no time to drag it out.

Even if the opponent has a barracks, a temporary barracks, and a large number of livestock in them, it is impossible to defend them in a comprehensive way, and they must start moving.

The Western Xia general was very cautious, he did not choose to do it on the same day, this is not the best moment for the cavalry to sneak attack, he has to wait for a night, wait until the early morning of tomorrow to do it, the distance of 15 miles, for the cavalry, is not long, but in the daytime charge, that is not conducive to the attack.

Of course, he was also on guard, and the Song army came and sent a large number of scouts to the east to search the surroundings in a carpet manner to see if the Song army had arrived.

The inertia of thinking made him miss another area, that is, the west, in his opinion, the Song army came from the west, and there must be no one in the west, but he didn't know that Han Qi grasped this misunderstanding of thinking.

The army of the Northern Song Dynasty had already been in place, except for a few in the camp, the rest were in the west, two or three miles away from the preset position, there was a dense forest and mountainous area, which was easy to hide.

And the traces of the time when they came over, under the deliberate cleaning and the passage of time, can no longer be seen, this is where Han Qi's confidence lies.

Tanma did not search for the Song army, and even in the surrounding 50 miles, there was no trace of the Song army, which made the Western Xia general feel a little relieved, as long as there were no reinforcements, just with 20,000 Song army foot soldiers, at most it was a victory with large casualties.

The conditions of Liao Xingzong are very simple, this is also the only purpose for them to be able to come out of Xingqing Mansion, even if there are some difficulties, even if they have bad thoughts in their hearts, they must rush forward.

That night, the Western Xia army buried the pot early to cook, and rested early, and even the guards were lowered to the lowest end, responsible for observing their horses, watching everything in it, and flying to report to Han Qi.

The last battle came, this will be the last battle of the Northern Song Dynasty in the territory of Western Xia, under the calculation of many parties, the result is already doomed, he will use the strongest force to completely display the combat effectiveness of the new army of the Northern Song Dynasty, and also chop off a hand that Liao Xingzong wants to penetrate into the territory of the Northern Song Dynasty.

Between countries and countries, there is no so-called friendship, interests and strength are the most important, but if you want to talk about some interests on an equal footing, strength must be displayed, it seems that it is not enough to show in Xingqing Mansion, and it is the same to show it here.