Originally, the emperor wanted to ask Li Buqi to return to Beijing to report on his work immediately after the year, and the holy decree had already arrived in Shaanxi, but an accident made Li Buqi stay in Shaanxi for another two months.

Zhang Kang built a Wuwu village in the north of Mizhi Village, and built Funing Village in the west to force Yinzhou to test the reality of Western Xia. After the stockade was built, there was no action from the Tangut people who came to interfere, but the Qiang chieftains of Yinzhou led their troops to attach or donate land. This confirms the news I just got, that is, there was a rebellion in Xingqing Mansion, and the rebel army entered the Gang Pang Mansion and killed a lot of people from the Pang family.

Zhao Zhen knew that he couldn't help but seize such a good opportunity, and ordered Li Buqi to postpone his debriefing, move forward as much as possible, and seize all key points. In the spring, Li Buqi was strengthening the construction of walled forts in the direction of Suide and Mizhi, and in the direction of Huanqing Road, Jia Kui was also deployed to lead the army to approach Qinggang Gorge. Unlike the previous Song-Xia wars, the resistance of the Song army was very weak, and some Qiang tribes near the Yanyan Road came to surrender.

At first, Zhang Kang thought that the Qiang people were surrendering fraudulently, but later after repeated spying, he learned that these Qiang people saw the results of the Suide War, were frightened, and no longer dared to put their lives on Western Xia.

So what did the Suide War show them? They saw the tenacity of the Great Song Dynasty and the weakness of the Western Xia. He gathered an army of 70,000 or 80,000 to fight against the Song army for more than ten days, with more than 10,000 casualties, which only temporarily delayed the fall of Suide. However, in one month, the Song army could send 30,000 troops again to seize the Weimingshan clan tent and force Weimingshan to surrender, and since then, the Song army has been slowly but uninterruptedly pressing towards Hengshan step by step, which shows that the strong national strength of the Great Song Dynasty makes the Song army have a strong continuous combat capability. But what about Western Xia? As long as the Western Xia army fights a battle, it will have to recover for at least half a year, and then prepare for a few months, and it simply lacks the ability of the Song army to constantly attack.

If a military strongman like Li Yuanhao is still there, and the Great Song Dynasty and Shaanxi are still like Li Yuanhao when he was a mediocre official, Li Yuanhao can force the Great Song Dynasty not to dare to move at will with several shocking victories. But he didn't hide the slander Pang obviously doesn't have the military talent like Li Yuanhao, Li Buqi is not a coward like Xia Zhu, and Zhang Kang, Pang Ji and Jingtai, who was newly transferred to Jingyuan Road, are not fools like Han Qi and Fan Yong. These chieftains near the border can most clearly feel the change in the contrast between the Great Song and Western Xia, and those who are smarter will understand that sooner or later, the Song army will gradually encroach on their doorstep to carry out demolition.

These chiefs have lived here for generations, and they will cling to whoever can keep their tribe safe and have a place to cultivate and graze. As for who rules the land, it's all about the same for them. In the past, the Great Song Dynasty couldn't protect them, and they could follow Yuan Hao to the Song Land to rob if they took refuge in Western Xia, so why didn't they take refuge in Western Xia? Now the situation is reversed, and this time it is obvious that the Great Song Dynasty is not planning to fast in and out to punish the Western Xia, but to make up his mind to completely swallow Hengshan.

This is the time to surrender without a fight. In the early autumn, the Luowu Village, Funing Village and Mizhi Village were all expanded into cities, built a strong fortress, and the Yongle City across the river from the west bank of the Wuding River was also built.

It is said that the political struggle in Western Xia has been divided into winners and losers, and there is no hiding that Pang has temporarily gained the upper hand, and I don't know whether it is true or not. However, no matter who holds the authority of Western Xia, they must uproot the city of Ravul and Yongle City as soon as possible, because these two places are less than fifty miles away from Yinzhou in Western Xia, and it can be said that they are already close to the city, and they can threaten the three states of Xia, Yin, and You, and if Western Xia wants to keep Yinzhou, they must destroy the two advance bases of the Song army, Ravul City and Yongle City.

When the internal power struggle in Western Xia was just beginning to be clear, no matter who won, it may not be completely victorious, and if something goes wrong in the process of attacking the city of Luowu and Funing, it may fall into the abyss of no return.

Ignore the city of Vuul and the city of Yongle? Li Buqi estimated that no Western Xia ruler had the courage to do so. Not to mention that the Song army can use this as a forward position to cut into the hinterland of Hengshan next year, it is a question whether the Qiang tribes in Xia, Yin, and You will fall to the Great Song Dynasty under the oppression of the Song army. Then the legitimacy of the authority of the Western Xia rulers would be questioned. Now that Western Xia does not have such a political and military strongman as Li Yuanhao, Li Buqi can't think of anyone who dares to take this risk for the time being.

The four cities of Yongle, Luowu, Funing, and Mizhi will be the starting positions for the Song army to march into Hengshan next year and launch a fatal blow against Western Xia, which is very important to the course of the war. Therefore, Li Buqi not only strengthened a large number of fortifications for these four cities, but also transferred the seed of Huanqing Road to Yongle City, and the brave general Gao Yongneng defended the city of Luowu, and the capital of Yanyan Road was overseered and succeeded to the army of 20,000 troops in Mizhi City as a backup. In addition, he also asked the imperial court to allocate 30,000 troops from the Hedong Road army to Linfu to prepare to flank the Western Xia army.

When leaving Jingzhao Mansion, Li Buqi specially explained to Zhao Sheng and Pang Ji that even if he gave up all the key points captured by Huanqing Road and Qinfeng Road in the past year, he would still have to keep the cities around Mizhi.

After arranging everything, Li Buqi left Shaanxi at ease in early August, Zhao Sheng did not give up his authority as the deputy envoy of the economic strategy, and Pang Ji was transferred to the post of Yin of Jingzhao Mansion, obviously preparing Zhao Sheng to be officially qualified to serve as the deputy envoy of the economic strategy to assist Zhao Sheng.

This time, Li Buqi didn't have anything to worry about, and walked slowly all the way, and arrived in Luoyang in early September. By the time it was time to reach Chunzejian, Shaanxi's urgent report had already been pursued, saying that it had not hidden a large army of 300,000 to surround the two cities of Yongle and Luowu, and was stepping up the attack.

At this time, the emperor was frightened again, and issued an edict overnight to ask Li Buqi how to deal with it. Li Buqi had no choice but to write a recital to the emperor overnight in the post station, telling the emperor that Western Xia did not have an army of 300,000, and that the two cities were impregnable, so that the emperor could rest assured.

There was really no way to meet such an uncontrollable emperor, so Li Buqi had no choice but to rush back to Bianliang after sending a fast horse to make a recital. But there are benefits to this. If there is no urgent military report, according to etiquette, Li Buqi needs to fast and bathe for at least two or three days before he can see the emperor, this time there is no need at all, as soon as he arrives in Bianliang, he is called into the palace to play the right. Seeing Li Buqiyun's light and breezy appearance, Zhao Zhen, who was originally burning, was in a calmer mood, but Li Buqi said something that made his blood pressure rise again. "Your Majesty is not in a hurry thousands of miles away, it is better to order the army on the east road of the river to cross the river immediately, starting from Linfu, which can soothe the enemy's flank and back, which can not only relieve the danger of rice fat, but also break the enemy's miraculous effect."

As soon as Li Buqi mentioned this, Zhao Zhen's face was like constipation. Because to transfer troops across regions, it is necessary to have close cooperation with the Privy Council, but except for Di Qing, who is in favor of transferring Hedong troops, everyone else is resolutely opposed on the grounds of guarding against Liao, even Wen Yanbo and Han Qi are also hoarsely opposed, so the so-called Hedong Corps has no shadow yet, even if it is formed immediately, it is too late.

Li Buqi naturally knew that this was because someone didn't want Zhao Sheng to make another meritorious service, but the emperor wanted to wait for him Li Buqi to leave Shaanxi and leave the credit to his son was also a reason. He didn't say anything, he could only spread his hands: "Your Majesty, then we can only sit and wait for the news from the front line, and in addition, we can probably only ask the gods for protection, and it is too late for anything else." ”