Chapter 263: Dividing the Grass (3)
After these tribes returned, according to the agreement with Zhao Gu, they immediately sent teams ranging from hundreds to thousands to come to Zhao Gu's aid. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
These people combined, there are more than 20,000 people, Zhao Gu didn't charge more, he is not as stupid as Yi Dechao, these Western Xia soldiers are not disciplined, they can be used for logistics, it would be hellish to expect them to fight.
After collecting these soldiers, Zhao Gu did not break the appointment, and arranged for people to take these tribes to the pastures they had discussed, as for the grasslands that were still empty, they were also controlled by these people for the time being, and Zhao Gu could be regarded as saving some trouble.
The area of these grasslands is huge, and Zhao Gu can only ensure that it is not used by Li Jiqian if he continues to plow the fields on the grassland, and now that these tribes have joined the Great Song Dynasty, they have naturally become Zhao Gu's volunteer guards, and if Li Jiqian's soldiers and horses come here, they will definitely be discovered and stopped by these tribes.
After all, people die for money, birds die for food, after these tribes have experienced the catastrophe of no grassland, they will naturally cherish the grassland distributed by Zhao Gu more, and if Li Jiqian drives away Zhao Gu, it is unknown whether they still have so much grassland, so Zhao Gu believes that they will definitely make the most correct choice.
In this way, Zhao Gu's plan to recruit troops in Western Xia can be regarded as a success, and he only needs to defeat Li Jiqian in one fell swoop and help Xia Weibing to ascend to the throne, and this western expedition will be completely over.
After thinking about it for a long time, Zhao Gu decided to let Hao Bai lead the 20,000 Western Xia soldiers, and on the grounds of protecting the grassland, Zhao Gu sent them out, as for where these soldiers and horses went, only Zhao Gu and themselves knew.
Zhao Gu had said before when he signed the document that the 20,000 soldiers and horses were only borrowed by Zhao Gu, not the Great Song army, so even the army supervisor had no way to blame anything for their transfer.
On the other side, Li Jiqian quickly learned about the details of last night's dinner, and when he learned that Zhao Gu had hooked up with Xia Weibing, he was so angry that he directly smashed everything in the tent.
"Okay, you Zhao Gu, I said how do you plow the fields on the grassland, it turns out that you are not caught in the door, but you want the major tribes to taste the taste of no grassland! You then began to divide the grassland, obviously you are tempting them with the pastures of these tribes, these rat-eyed guys have experienced the crisis of no grassland, where can they withstand this temptation, and they will not immediately throw themselves into your arms! ”
"I thought that Xia Weibing would be even more nervous than me after seeing Zhao Gu's recruitment of troops, originally I wanted to wait until you were dead and the net was broken before reaping the profits, but I never thought that you pair of dogs and men had already hooked up together, and I was alone in the dark, I really damn you!"
“……。”
Li Jiqian, who had been scolding and scolding for half a night, finally quieted down, and shouted outside: "Come on, gather an army for me, I will fight Zhao Gu to the death." ”
Hearing his order, several generals immediately rushed in, and they were about to open their mouths to persuade them, Li Jiqian frowned and looked at them and said, "Do you think now is not the time to send troops?" ”
"Yes." A few generals said.
Li Jiqian smiled bitterly: "I don't know that now is not the time to send troops, but don't you see how attractive the grass division method is to the herdsmen?" Once we give Zhao Gu time, there will definitely be more and more people running to his side, the longer the time is not good for us, it is better to take advantage of Zhao Gu's unstable foothold on the grassland now, we will break his arrangement in one fell swoop, so that the situation in Western Xia can have room for reversal. ”
"But the Great Song Dynasty is much richer than us, and I haven't seen them flinch after losing so many people before, what if the Great Song Dynasty increases its troops at that time?" A general asked.
Li Jiqian shook his head: "I know Zhao Guangyi too well, he has already died so many people, if this western expedition fails again, he will definitely not send troops again." ”
The generals wanted to persuade again, Li Jiqian waved his hand directly: "Okay, there is no need to discuss this matter anymore, I have my own plans." ”
The generals had no choice but to go down and gather soldiers.
I have to say that Li Jiqian was able to survive the turmoil at the beginning of Zhao Guangyi's ascension to the throne and become the lord of Western Xia, and he was also somewhat capable, at least he guessed Zhao Guangyi's thoughts very accurately.
As he said, although Zhao Guangyi participated in the creation of the Great Song Dynasty, Zhao Kuangyin was responsible for all major events, so he lacked that kind of responsibility and enough perseverance and courage, which can be seen from the fact that he decided not to mention the Northern Expedition after he failed the Northern Expedition twice.
This time Zhao Gu was ordered to go west, it was the last westward expedition that Zhao Guangyi made up his mind, if even Zhao Gu failed this time, Zhao Guangyi would definitely not agree to the westward expedition again.
And with Li Jiqian's big move, his 200,000 army gradually gathered on the grassland, and this 200,000 army is also the last army under Li Jiqian.
It's not that Western Xia only has these 200,000 troops, but that if other tribes see him fail one after another, it is impossible to send their own tribesmen's men to the battlefield, and these 200,000 troops are the final bottom line of the tribal leaders, once they form another army in their tribe, it will inevitably affect the production and life of all tribes, which is what the leaders of the major tribes do not want to see.
Although Li Jiqian is said to be the lord of Western Xia, it is impossible to go against the sky, Western Xia is composed of various tribes, if he persecutes too much, the tribal leaders will no longer recognize him.
Moreover, even if it is within Li Jiqian's forces, it is not monolithic, and many people are also at odds with him, and once he loses troops one after another, these people may show their fangs.
These people don't have much influence on Li Jiqian on weekdays, but in the case of the Great Song Dynasty army approaching the city, any change may kill Li Jiqian.
Li Jiqian also knew this, so he decided to take advantage of the unstable foothold of Zhao Gu's army and take the lead in launching a decisive battle, so as not to have too many dreams at night.
As soon as Li Jiqian's side made a move, Zhao Gu immediately noticed it, and when he listened to the scout's report, he immediately started the arrangement and prepared for the decisive battle of Western Xia.
After everything was arranged, Zhao Gu also slowly gathered his army and began to head towards the center of the prairie, as expected, this would be the decisive battle place between Zhao Gu and Li Jiqian.
This stop is bound to attract worldwide attention, not only the Great Song Emperor and officials are looking forward to it, but even the major tribes of Western Xia are also looking forward to it.
In this station, the winner is king, and the loser is a slave!