Two days later, Li Yanqing, Sichuan and the Marshal of the Northwest Third Road issued a war mobilization order, collecting 100,000 people and 30,000 carts from the prefectures and counties of the Northwest Third Road and Hedong Road.

Even Liu Yu, the king of Qi, who got the news, panicked, and hurriedly reported to Wanyan Xian of Yanshan Mansion in the form of an eight-hundred-mile express report, begging for military support.

Wan Yan Xian also got the news a few days later, this news surprised him, if this is the case, not only the Central Plains region is dangerous, even Hebei may not be able to hold it, at present the Jin soldiers in the Central Plains region are less than 10,000 people, in the Hebei region about 20,000 people. There are 50,000 troops stationed in Yanshan Prefecture, while the Han army has 200,000, but these 200,000 have only been recruited since last year, and their combat effectiveness is relatively weak.

Wan Yan Xian also knew that the main force of the Jin soldiers was in the Mobei grassland, but he still took measures from two aspects, on the one hand, he urgently asked for help from the Huanglong Mansion, hoping that the 100,000 Jin soldiers who stayed in the Huanglong Mansion would rush to support him, and on the other hand, he sent an envoy to Lin'an to ask why the Great Song Dynasty wanted to tear up the armistice agreement.

Liu Yu, the king of Qi, also began to mobilize his troops on a large scale, and he immediately transferred more than 100,000 troops deployed in Bianjing and Jingdong to Luoyang, with his son Liu Lin in charge, and stubbornly guarded Hangu Pass.

Not to mention that Li Yanqing's war mobilization order brought an uproar to the Central Plains, at the same time that Li Yanqing issued the war mobilization order, a Song army of 3,000 people entered the Hengshan Grand Canyon and quickly marched in the direction of Huxiao Gorge.

The Hengshan Grand Canyon is the east road passage between Song and Xia, Li Yanqing's first time to participate in the war against the Western Xia was from here to the north, and the winter before last Li Yanqing led the army to counterattack the Western Xia, but it was the Hulushui Grand Canyon on the western front, where the two dangerous passes of the Xiangyikou and the Ta Cutting Village were conquered successively.

In the ensuing Song-Xia negotiations, the two sides had a fierce confrontation on the ownership of the Reward Shift and Ta Cut Village, and the Western Xia resolutely refused to cede these two dangerous passes to the Song Dynasty, and finally the two sides reached a compromise, and the Song army withdrew from the Reward Shift Mouth and Ta Cut Village, and completely withdrew from the Hulushui Grand Canyon.

The Western Xia gave the Hengshan Grand Canyon on the eastern front to the Song army, and the two sides were bounded by the entrance of Qinggang Gorge, the northernmost part of the Grand Canyon, so that the northernmost military village of the Song army became the Qinggangxia military village, and 1,000 troops were stationed in the military village.

The Western Xia army garrisoned 3,000 troops in Bole City, a few miles away, and confronted the Song army.

Once the Western Xia found that the goal of the Song army's war mobilization order was directed to the Western Xia, they would inevitably strike first to seize the Qinggangxia Military Village and the Hengshan Grand Canyon, and the Song Army must first support the Qinggangxia Military Village.

The general who led this team of 3,000 people was to control Wu Lan, who was the brother of Wu Jie, the deputy commander of the capital, and also a brave general with both civil and military skills, who was deeply respected by Li Yanqing and appointed him as the deputy general of Bao Taowei.

In the cold moonlight, the team did not rest, but marched quickly in the moonlight, and they also brought dozens of carts, which were full of earth-shaking thunder, which would be their reliance on to hold the Qinggangxia military village.

"How far is the Qinggangxia Military Village?" Wu Lan asked.

"General Qiyu, there are still thirty miles!"

"Pass my order, let the brothers work harder, and strive to arrive at the military village before dawn, and then everyone will have a good rest."

The army quickened its speed and marched quickly towards the fortress thirty miles away.

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On 27 February, Li Yanqing's war mobilization order had been going on for 10 days.

In Xingqing Mansion, a cavalry of hundreds of people was galloping from a distance, stirring up billowing yellow dust on the official road.

The head of the general wearing a golden helmet is the marshal of the Western Xia Capital, Brother Richard, who is leading 20,000 troops to suppress the Qiang rebellion in Xiliang Mansion at this time, he received an urgent eagle letter from Li Qianshun, the son of heaven, and rushed back from Xiliang Mansion.

The war horses galloped on the official road, so frightened that the pedestrians on the road dodged to both sides, and the soldiers guarding the west gate recognized Brother Richard, they did not dare to stop it, and hurriedly urged the pedestrians in the city to give way.

Hundreds of horsemen rushed into the city like a gust of wind, and the sound of horses' hooves was like thunder, and they galloped towards the palace, and arrived in front of the palace in a few moments.

Brother Richard turned over and dismounted, and a guard rushed out of the palace quickly, "The emperor was still asking if the prince had arrived just now?" ”

"What the hell is going on?" Richard asked as he walked.

"There is not much on the Shaanxi Road, hundreds of thousands of Song troops have assembled in Yan'an Mansion, and there is also an assembly on Xihe Road."

Brother Richard was taken aback, stopped and asked, "Why did you find out that something was wrong when you assembled in Yan'an Mansion, didn't you have any news before?" ”

"There was news before, but everyone thought that the Song army was going to attack the Central Plains, and it wasn't until they assembled in Yan'an Mansion a few days ago that we found out that something was wrong."

Richard Ge's heart was nervous, now is the time of internal and external troubles in Western Xia, there are rebellions of the Tibetans, Uighurs and Qiang, and there are other seven ministries of the party to unite to demand tax reduction, the two sides have been deadlocked, last year's tax sheep have not been paid, the financial resources of Western Xia are extremely embarrassed, but at this time the Song army invaded the north, they obviously know the internal situation of Western Xia very well.

"How many days have you been assembling in Yan'an Mansion?"

"About five days!"

Brother Richard quickly calculated in his heart, generally the army is assembled first, and then the logistics materials are transported and assembled, judging from the distance between Jingzhao Mansion and Yan'an Mansion, it will take about ten days. Then, five days later, the Song army is likely to go north.

Richard was so anxious that he wondered if his imperial brother had taken any emergency measures.

After a while, he walked into the imperial study, only to see the imperial brother sitting behind the table, and there were seven or eight ministers next to him, Shangshu Ling Cao Gao, Deputy Prime Minister King Lianfeng, Pu Wang Li Renzhong, Wei Wang Li Zhizhong, Liang Anren, King of Liang, and Yinggui of the Military Department and Jiao Yanjian, the Shangshu of the Hubu, who seemed to be discussing important matters.

"Weichen see Your Majesty!" Richard stepped forward and saluted.

"The marshal has come just in time, and we are also urgently discussing countermeasures, you can sit down!"

"Your Majesty, Wechen already knows a little bit about the situation, but Wechen wants to know, has there been any emergency countermeasures?"

"What does the marshal's emergency response mean?"

"Weichen refers to Qinggang Gorge and Hengshan Grand Canyon, especially the Qinggang Gorge Military Village, which is of great strategic significance."

Next to him, Yinggui said: "We have ordered the governor of Xiazhou, Sajin, to lead 5,000 troops to attack Qinggang Gorge, but there is no news yet. ”

Li Qianshun waved his hand and said: "Now is not the time to consider the gains and losses of one city and one village, but the peril of Western Xia, Li Yanqing sent 200,000 troops to the north, obviously to destroy the country, especially now that we are suffering from internal and external troubles, it is the time when the national strength is the weakest, how should we deal with this crisis of destroying the country?" ”

Jiao Yanjian, the head of the household department, came out and said: "Your Majesty still remembers the battle of Yanshan Mansion in the Liao and Song Dynasties? When the Liao State was close to destroying the country, it still defeated hundreds of thousands of Song Dynasty forbidden troops in one fell swoop with tens of thousands of mourning soldiers, we still have 70,000 troops, and the most elite 30,000 Iron Harrier Army, we can also compromise with the ministries, agree to their conditions, let them send troops, and we can also gather 200,000 troops in a short time, Your Majesty, although our situation is unfavorable, but it is far from the time to destroy the country. ”

Jiao Yanjian's opinion was responded to by all the ministers, and Richard said: "Wechen also supports Jiao Shangshu's point of view, we are just facing an unprecedented unfavorable situation, but it is far from the time to destroy the country, Wechen put forward four emergency response plans, which can be implemented immediately." ”

"Marshal, please!"

"First, immediately settle with the ministries and agree to their demands for tax cuts, and make them understand that there are no eggs under the nest, and that they must be sent troops; Second, immediately send a large army to the frontier to block the Song army to the north, at present we still have 70,000 standing troops, Weichen suggested leaving 10,000 to guard the capital, and the remaining 60,000 all rushed to the frontier, including 20,000 troops in Xiliangfu, Ling Deputy General Yingting led to rush to Huizhou, blocking the Song army on Xihe Road, Weichen led the remaining 40,000 troops to the south, stationed in Weizhou and Xiazhou respectively; Third, immediately ask for help from the Kingdom of Jin, and beg the Kingdom of Jin to send troops to support us; Fourth, comprehensively search Xingqing Mansion, severely crack down on the scouts of the Song Dynasty, and prevent our intelligence from leaking out again. ”

Li Qianshun looked at the other ministers, and everyone nodded slowly, agreeing with Brother Richard's four emergency response plans, Li Qianshun resolutely said: "It's so decided, implement the four plans immediately." ”

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When everyone dispersed, Brother Richard deliberately stayed, and he whispered to Li Qianshun: "The younger brother suspects that King Liang may have fornicated with the Song army. ”

"Why do you think that?" Li Qianshun asked puzzled.

"Last year, my brother investigated the loss of a large number of cattle and mutton fat in the past few years, and later I found that all these cattle and mutton fat were bought by King Liang at a low price, and then sold to the Song Dynasty at a high price."

Li Qianshun said: "In fact, I also know about this matter, and I can only say that he is using his power for personal gain, and he should not talk about having an affair with Song Jun." ”

"The problem is not here, the merchant who does business with him is Baoyanzhai, and all his beef and mutton fat are sold to Baoyanzhai, and the big proprietor of Baoyanzhai is Li Yanqing's father."

This news shocked Li Qianshun extremely much, "Is this true?" Baoyanzhai was opened by Li Yanqing's father? ”

Brother Richard nodded, "This is already a well-known secret in the capital of the Song Dynasty, but our intelligence is extremely backward, so we have never known the relationship between Li Yanqing and Bao Yan Zhai, King Liang has gained a lot of benefits from Bao Yan Zhai, how could he not fornicate with Li Yanqing?" ”

Li Qianshun took a few steps with his hands in his hand, and suddenly turned around and said, "You should have taken a fancy to Liang Anren's wealth!" ”

"This is also one thing, we urgently need military spending."

Li Qianshun pondered for a long time, and the crisis of the empty treasury finally overcame his feelings, he nodded, "I will leave this matter to you, as long as Liang Anren is willing to hand over all the money, you can spare his life and exile him to the northern Gobi." ”