In recent years, the Western Xia, which had always regarded the Song Dynasty as a target for plunder. From the lord of the country to the courtiers, they would never have imagined that they would suffer such a fiasco this year. Not to mention the loss of nearly 20,000 elite cavalry, it also wiped out almost the Iron Harrier Army.

As much as they can't believe it, it's all true. But the reality in front of them told them that the Song Dynasty had formed a powerful cavalry force before they knew it. Because of Helian Tieshu's arrogance and conceit, Western Xia finally fell into a passive situation.

The lord of Western Xia, who understood that the situation was very serious, was eager to fight to the death with the Song Dynasty immediately. But he knew very well that this battle could not be fought. Once the fight broke out, Western Xia would be completely annexed by the Song, Liao, and Tibetan kingdoms.

Accepting the advice of several Han ministers in the court, the lord of the Western Xia Kingdom swallowed his stomach with his teeth. At the first time, a mission was sent to the Great Song Dynasty, hoping to peacefully resolve the conflict on the border.

Even if it costs something, it will prevent the Song Dynasty from attacking Western Xia. Otherwise, this winter, the days of Western Xia will be very sad. Xixia, who has endured it for so many years, doesn't care about enduring it for a few more years. Who calls them the losing side?

The reception of the Western Xia delegation was handled by those old ladies of the imperial court, Zhao Xiaoxi, the minister who contributed to the begging peace of the Western Xia. What to do is to put pressure on the Western Xia side.

In addition, the cavalry army began to train along the line of the Tibetan border, with those small units of Tibetan cavalry. In the border areas of the Song, Xia and Tibetan countries, the border between Western Xia and Tubo seems to have become lively.

The reason is simple, the two small tribes living on the border of the Tibetan State were attacked by unknown cavalry at night. From the direction in which these cavalry fled, they entered the Western Xia to take refuge.

The same thing happened on the border of Western Xia, and it was the one who led the matter. But it was wearing the clothes of the Tibetan cavalry, and attacked the cavalry of the Western Xia nomadic tribe in broad daylight.

Despite those Tibetan cavalry. Chased and run away by the tribe's cavalry. But the losses they caused caused almost all the food of the two tribes to survive the winter were burned. Without food, how will they survive this winter?

The nomads who live in the steppe areas like to return a tooth for a tooth and blood for a blood. For the tribe to survive. also to seek revenge on the Tibetans.

These tribal cavalry, regardless of what the lord above thought, resolutely led by the tribal leader. Crossing the border into the territory of Tibet, burning, killing and looting. Why not go to the Song Dynasty, the reason is simple, there are a large number of cavalry patrols there.

As a result, Xining Prefecture, which bordered the two countries in the past, has been exceptionally quiet this year, except for some losses in the early stage. In previous years, you could see the scene of wolf smoke rising at two ends in three days, but this year it has become a rare thing.

This kind of nomadic peoples by the two countries. Retaliatory actions organized by themselves. In the end, it was the Tubo and Western Xia sides that had to send regular troops to face off. As a result, the border conflict between the two countries has naturally become out of control.

The same thing happened in the area where the Liao State bordered Western Xia. Compared with the places bordering Tibet and Western Xia, everyone has different casualties. The people who died on the Xia-Liao border were more of the nomadic tribes on the Western Xia side.

The Western Xia, which had been suppressing the army easily, increased with the number of nomadic tribes that were exterminated. Survivors were also outspoken. It was the crime committed by the cavalry of the Liao State, in order to stabilize the border situation. They also had to send troops to encircle and suppress them.

The original form of scattered cavalry duels, as the war continued to prolong, and finally the army of the Liao State also began to be dispatched. In order to ensure that the territory is not lost, the Western Xia side can only desperately block it.

In the face of this kind of border instability between the two sides, a border war on one side may break out at any time. The Song Dynasty at this time, proposed a large number of damages. The Western Xia side could only grit their teeth and admit it.

By the time their envoys heard from the Song minister, who was in charge of the negotiations, that in order to consolidate the talks, the Song dynasty could do some business with the Western Xia in private. The Tangut people also thought that they were hallucinating!

It can be seen that the minister in charge of negotiations in the Song Dynasty clearly told the two countries that the peace talks were signed, and the two countries were friendly neighbors. Now the neighbors are in trouble. As a neighbor, you should naturally help. Nothing too unusual!

It's just that the purchase of these materials urgently needed in Western Xia, the Song Dynasty proposed that they would not need money, but would want more war horses that almost every tribe in Western Xia could have. At a normal price, war horses were exchanged for supplies from the Song Dynasty.

These materials include grain, as well as some standard weapons provided by the Song Dynasty, which are urgently needed by the Western Xia. The price is still very favorable, which makes the lord of Western Xia really hesitate.

Selling high-quality war horses to the Song Dynasty is really unknown. It's just the current situation, the Liao State is aggressive, and the Tibetan are pressing step by step. If they are not appeased by the Song Dynasty, who knows if they will join the practice of falling into the well?

Faced with this unpredictable situation, the Western Xia finally agreed to a deal of five thousand war horses. After all these war horses were received by the border army on the Hedong Road, a cavalry force of 5,000 people was raised in less than half a month.

In the same way, after the Western Xia side had a ration of grain, grass and weapons, the morale of the troops on the border was greatly boosted. and the invading Liao Iron Cavalry, also launched a close battle.

With the intelligence department in charge of collecting by the imperial court, this kind of war that is getting bigger and bigger is reported to the imperial court. It was learned that the Liao army, which had been operating in Hedong and Hebei before, seemed to have all withdrawn to the Liao State.

The minister, who did not agree to this business at the beginning, finally understood the feeling of sitting on the mountain and watching the tiger fight. It not only solved the crisis on the border between the DPRK and the DPRK, but also instigated the three states to carry out internal trouble. Whoever benefits, just think about it!

The fighting continued until the snow began to fall in the north, and the road was piled up to a halt. Although the Western Xia side lost some cavalry, the territory was finally preserved.

The Liao State, which won this battle, found that in addition to capturing some prisoners, they also robbed some of the population and materials of Western Xia. It seems that he didn't wait for too many other things, but let the Song Dynasty escape this year.

This year's heavy snow is more intense than usual. After the end of the border war, the Western Xia, faced with the grain stored in the country, all coped with the war, and when it fell into a shortage of food, it once again put forward the intention of buying it like the Song Dynasty.

The monarchs and ministers of the Song Dynasty, who were worried about the small business done last time, naturally would not refuse the business sent to the door. Compared with the relief grain they distributed at the border in previous years, the border that has not suffered much damage this year can sell the stored grain.

One needs life-saving food, and the other needs high-quality war horses to form cavalry. With each of the two countries taking what they needed, another trade of exchanging war horses for grain was soon completed under the cover of the two countries' intentions.

The second batch of tens of thousands of war horses exchanged by Western Xia were in accordance with Zhao Xu's orders. All of them were sent to the troops bordering the Liao State, so that the troops there began to form cavalry teams of 1,000 men one after another.

Why don't you send these war horses to Zhao Xiaoxi's cavalry troops. The reason is very simple, the number of war horses captured by the cavalry this year is quite large. All of a sudden, it was not necessary to form a cavalry with so many war horses.

These nearly 20,000 war horses were put into the hands of those border troops. When the cavalry needs to be expanded, elite cavalry can be selected from the cavalry formed by these border armies to supplement the source of troops.

This kind of thing kills two birds with one stone, Zhao Xiaoxi is naturally more willing to let the imperial court distribute all these war horses to the troops below. With so many war horses, Zhao Xiaoxi believes that the quality of cavalry in the Song Dynasty will gradually improve.

The same thing happened when countries began their winter break in the face of heavy snowfall. The war-torn tribes of the three countries are facing a shortage of food and supplies. After learning that the place bordering the Song Dynasty could exchange war horses for food and supplies.

In the end, they ignored the national ban and followed the cavalry of these nomadic tribes on the border through the caravan of dart divisions sent by Zhao Xiaoxi. carried out a secret war horse exchange business, constantly enriching the number of war horses of the Song army.

As long as there are war horses, the number of cavalry in the Song army will continue to increase, which Zhao Xiaoxi sees very clearly. Compared with the nomadic people of Fanbang countries who love horses and suffer from the lack of war horses, the Song army also cherishes these rare war horses.

With a war horse, you can form a cavalry, and you can continue to train exquisite riding skills. These war horses will be distributed to the border armies, and the expansion of the cavalry army tomorrow can also be selected from the best of the best to ensure that the combat effectiveness of the cavalry will not be affected by the expansion.

This kind of strategy and layout may not have any effect in a short period of time. But with the increase in the number of war horses, when the Great Song Dynasty really launched a mobilization in the future, these scattered cavalry will be gathered together, and I believe that all countries in Fanbang will be shocked.

The Song Dynasty had cavalry, equipped with elite infantry, and the Song army, which was both offensive and defensive. In the future, when fighting against the Fanbang cavalry, there is no need to rely solely on infantry to fight cavalry. This increase in military strength was crucial for the Song Dynasty.

Seeing that the situation on the border was stabilizing, Zhao Xiaoxi also ordered the carefully selected seven thousand cavalry. With the ashes of those dead cavalry, he set out on the road back to Chengdu Mansion.

Although they took away a lot of border cavalry from Qin Feng Road and Yongxing Military Road, they had the war horses left by Han Ankang. The number of cavalry on both sides of the border army, instead of decreasing, increased slightly.

Except for the elite cavalry, they all chose to join the cavalry, the Son of Heaven's personal guard cavalry. It is not too difficult to select people who are good at riding in the border army.

In the face of this Lord Qincha, he poached many elites of the border army at one time, and gave the gift of war horses. These commanders and generals of the border army are not good at saying much.

On the contrary, this year, the border generals of the two roads have been commended by the imperial court. Because compared to previous years, they have disgraced the imperial court. This year's fat beating of Xixia's military exploits, Zhao Xiaoxi, the minister of the Qin Mission, did not forget to ask for credit for them.

Even if there are many defenders of the city, this year I didn't even see the shadow of the enemy horse. But a meritorious service to protect the border people still allows them to get a lot of benefits and rewards. I really owe this county prince, a big favor! (To be continued......)