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Xingqing Mansion is the capital of Western Xia, covering a huge area and a large population. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

The imperial city in the city is the most conspicuous, tall and magnificent, and the momentum is extraordinary. Ride a fast horse and gallop into the imperial city.

Li Bingchang, the current emperor of Western Xia, is seven feet long, wearing a crown and a dragon robe, with an extraordinary bearing, and is immersed in state affairs. At this moment, a eunuch hurried in and presented an urgent report in his hand.

Li Bingchang took it, opened it and took a look, stood up suddenly, raised his eyebrows, and laughed: "Haha!" God help me Daxia! Go, ask Li Zongbao, Liang Xi, and all the ministers to come immediately to discuss major matters. ”

The eunuch received the order and busily went to deliver the decree.

Li Bingchang looked at the emergency report again and again, and the more he looked at it, the more happy he became, his eyebrows stretched, his eyebrows turned upward, he was even happier than eating honey, and he kept pacing back and forth, and he was happy: "Such a good opportunity, you must not miss it!" I've been waiting for this opportunity, I've been waiting for so many years, and I've finally waited for it! ”

"See the emperor!" At this moment, two ministers came in, extremely tall and strong, and walked with a tiger and a tiger, extremely powerful.

It is the two generals Li Zongbao and Liang Xi that Li Bingchang relies on very much.

"Excuse me." Li Bingchang waved his hand, handed the urgent report in his hand to the two, and said, "You guys take a look first, think about it, let the ministers have arrived, and discuss and discuss." ”

Li Zongbao stretched out his hand to take it, and when he looked at it, he couldn't help laughing. Liang Xi leaned up to take a look, and he couldn't stop smiling, and said with a smile: "God-given opportunity!" What a godsend! ”

Seeing the excited looks of the two in their eyes, Li Bingchang smiled and smiled very happily. These two were the generals he relied on, and they were so excited because they wanted to go together.

The ministers arrived one after another, saluted Li Bingchang, and couldn't help but be very strange when they saw the three of them so happy, but it was not easy to ask, so they had to endure it.

Li Bingchang glanced at the ministers and saw that all the important people had arrived, so he walked to the throne, faced the ministers, and said: "Ladies and gentlemen, I have good news to tell you: Zhao Ji has become powerful, and in the land of Yanyun, he has annihilated more than 70,000 people and horses of Yelu Hongji!" ”

"Impossible!" There was a cry of doubt, and the ministers did not believe that it was true.

"For hundreds of years, the Khitans pressed the Song Emperor to fight, and Yelu Hongji ate more than 70,000 horses of Zhao Ji, I still believe it. Zhao Ji is a dou who can't be supported, and it is impossible for him to eat more than 70,000 people in Yelu Hongji no matter what. ”

"Yes! Don't say that the powerful Khitan is Great Xia, and Zhao Ji can't help us. The Shaanzhou soldiers are known as the elite soldiers in the world and are the most elite army of the Song Emperor, but can they win against the warriors of Great Xia? ”

A group of ministers, every word you say, I say a word, they all talk about the incompetence of the Song Dynasty, and they don't believe it is true at all.

"Silence!" Li Bingchang snorted majestically, and the ministers had to shut up: "You don't believe it, it's understandable." But this is true. This matter has to start with a young man named Wu Ji, who is a talented man from Wujiazhuang......"

Li Bingchang briefly talked about Wu Ji, and so far all the ministers had to believe it if they didn't believe it. Immediately afterwards, they just laughed, and the laughter was loud, and the sound shook the roof tiles: "Your Majesty, this is a good opportunity from God to Daxia, don't miss it!" ”

"Hmmm! Your thoughts are also my thoughts! Li Bingchang listened to the words of the ministers, and he was very relieved, and the ministers thought of going together.

"Great Xia and the Song Emperor fought for decades, and won a lot of battles, the battle of Haoshuichuan, the Great Xia won a complete victory, and finally stopped being a vassal to the Song Emperor, established the Great Xia Kingdom, and set the capital Xingqing Mansion." Liang Xi was very excited, his voice was very high, and his voice was a little shrill and harsh: "However, the strength of Great Xia is far inferior to Emperor Song, and the tea, silk, spices, grain and grass, and iron we need need to be bought from Emperor Song." There are only two things that Great Xia can sell to Emperor Song, one is salt, and the other is horses, which makes Great Xia very sad. ”

Although the Western Xia was founded, its economy was highly dependent on the Song Dynasty, and if there was no border trade with the Song Dynasty, how could the Western Xia survive. However, there were not many things that Western Xia could sell to the Song Dynasty, mainly salt and horses. Among them, horses are the most sought-after, because the Song Dynasty is the most scarce of horses, and Western Xia can be threatened at a high price.

"For this reason, Emperor Song has to control Great Xia from time to time, and Great Xia is even more sad." Li Zongbao took over the conversation and said: "What's even more hateful is that the Khitans and the Song Emperor have signed an alliance to help the Song Emperor deal with Great Xia, and the Great Xia will be even more difficult. Over the years, if it hadn't been for the battle with the Song Emperor and the capture of a lot, the days of Great Xia would have been even more difficult. ”

The alliance between the Song Dynasty and the Western Xia Dynasty was a turning point in the relationship between the Song Dynasty and the Western Xia. Prior to this, the main opponent of the Song Dynasty was the Liao State, which contained the vast majority of the Song Dynasty's army. There was one of the alliances of the Yuanyuan, which wanted the Liao State to suppress the Western Xia, which made the Western Xia very dissatisfied. Moreover, after the alliance between Song and Yuan, Song Liao did not fight for a long time, and the Song Dynasty transferred the elite army to Shaanzhou to fight with the Western Xia.

This fight was decades, and although the Song Dynasty did not win many battles, it also made the Western Xia unbearable. After all, Western Xia is such a big place, with a small territory, a small population, and a lack of resources, compared to the Song Dynasty, it is just a small point, but the Song Dynasty is a behemoth, and the consumption of Western Xia is bitter.

The most unbearable thing for Western Xia was that Wang Shao's Battle of Xihe took away hundreds of thousands of Western Xia people, which made Western Xia's losses very heavy.

We all know that the northwest has been vast and sparsely populated since ancient times, not to mention the sparse population in the Song Dynasty, even in the modern era of population explosion, the population of the northwest is not large. Having lost so many people at once, Western Xia really hurts.

"Now it's good! Song Liao finally turned against him! Ha ha! Li Bingchang laughed out loud and smiled very happily: "Yelu Hongji is ambitious, and he has long had the intention to march into the Central Plains, imitate Yelu Deguang's old deeds, and enter the Central Plains, the emperor of the Central Plains." For this reason, he was careful and calculating. In the battle of Xiongzhou last year, he almost succeeded, but he let this Wu Ji destroy it. This made him very angry, but he endured it. Now, Emperor Song intends to train the new army, and the combat power of the new army has been verified in this deep Liao border captivity, Yelu Hongji has suffered such a big loss, and he will never be reconciled! Yelu Hongji is not a loser! He took one bite, and he had to bite back ten. Hehe, whether it is from revenge or defeating the new army of the Song Emperor, Yelu Hongji will definitely have a big battle with the Song Emperor, and since then, the world has been turbulent, and the Song and Liao wars have continued. The two of them can't take care of us anymore. ”

Li Bingchang really knows Yelu Hongji too well, Yelu Hongji is definitely not a loser, if he gives someone a bite, he must take ten bites before he is willing. Otherwise, don't die!

Moreover, this captivity, the strong combat power of the new army of the Song Dynasty has been verified, and if the Song Dynasty continues to develop like this, it will pose a great threat to the Liao State. Yelu Hongji was ambitious and bent on entering the Central Plains, and the Central Plains Emperor, if the new army of the Song Dynasty was formed, his ambitions would be shattered.

This is also secondly, the Song Dynasty has wanted to recover the sixteen states of Yanyun for hundreds of years, but it has not succeeded, not because the Song Dynasty gave up, but because it has no strength. If the new army is formed, the Song Dynasty will have the strength to recover the sixteen states of Yanyun, and at that time, the Song Dynasty will definitely send troops to the sixteen states of Yanyun. If the sixteen states of Yanyun are lost, the strength of the Liao State will plummet.

Therefore, no matter from which point of view, a big war between Yelu Hongji and the Song Dynasty is inevitable. If these two families fight, the world will be turbulent, and they will no longer be able to take care of Xixia, and the opportunity that Xixia has been waiting for for decades will come.

"You say, is it better for Great Xia to attack Emperor Song, or to attack Yelu Hongji?" Li Bingchang looked at the ministers and inquired.

"It's better to do both." One of the ministers was very excited, rubbed his hands, and roared loudly.

It can be expected that this time the Song-Liao war will inevitably be a situation of life and death, and it will be difficult to take care of Xixia in a short period of time, which is a good opportunity for Xixia to show its strengths.

"No way!" Immediately, a minister objected: "Although it is a God-given opportunity, it is also necessary for Great Xia to have that kind of strength." Great Xia is located in the northwest frontier, the land is vast and sparsely populated, the population is not large, and the wealth is not abundant, so it is difficult to fight on both sides. Moreover, if it was a two-sided battle, it would cause Song and Liao to conquer at the same time, which was very unfavorable to Great Xia. The meaning of the minister is to choose one side to start and make friends with the other party, so that it can not only enhance the strength of Great Xia, but also have strong foreign aid. ”

"Great idea!" Another minister chimed in: "This powerful foreign aid is very different from the past. In the past, although Daxia was to fight against the Song Dynasty, but the Liao State was just grinding its tongue and would not give much property to Daxia, but now, we use this as a fundraiser, and Yelu Hongji will send us a large number of goods. ”

A word from you, a word from me, and a complete plan gradually took shape.

"You say, is Daxia going to attack Yelu Hongji, or is it going to be done to Zhao Ji?" Li Bingchang looked at the ministers, looking confident.

"Your Majesty, you already have the wisdom pearl in your hand, or please ask the emperor for the Hadith." Li Zongbao looked at Li Bingchang with a smile.

"I've made up my mind." Li Bingchang walked around and said, "Whether it is against Zhao Ji or Yelu Hongji, this will be of great benefit to Great Xia." However, if Great Xia wants to fight for the greatest benefits, think about it, or Zhao Ji is more suitable, who called him so rich? Although Yelu Hongji is richer than me, he is too far behind Zhao Ji. ”

Among the Song, Liao, and Western Xia kingdoms, the richest was the Song Dynasty, and its strong economic strength was shocking. The Liao State and the Western Xia, all their combined economic power was not comparable to the Song Dynasty. It should be said that there is still a long way off.

"This time, I have decided, it is still to unite Liao to resist the Song Dynasty, make friends with Yelu Hongji, and deal with Zhao Ji." Li Bingchang's smug calculation was very loud: "If Yelu Hongji wants to fight Zhao Ji, he needs the army of Great Xia to contain the Song army. The army of Shaanzhou, known as the Western Army, is the most elite army of Zhao Ji, if we do not contain it, once it is transferred to the north, Yelu Hongji will be in great trouble. This time, although the lion opened his mouth, presumably Yelu Hongji had to agree to Daxia's request even though his flesh was in pain. ”

"Bang!" Li Bingchang's right hand slammed on Shaanzhou on the map, and said loudly: "Great Xia will take Shaanzhou this time!" ”

(To be continued)