As an emperor, no matter how old or young he is, he is eager to hear the news of the great victory at the border pass. Especially for Zhao Xu, who took over the Great Song Dynasty at a young age, he was even more eager to surpass the previous emperors during his reign.

This kind of thinking is good, but Zhao Xu also understands that the current situation of the imperial court is not optimistic. In addition, the power of the emperor was largely in the hands of the emperor's grandmother, and the ministers in power in the court were a little war-weary or afraid of war.

Thinking about the three countries of the Central Plains, it is normal to be worried. For this reason, in the face of those Fanbang cavalry who repeatedly violated the border after the river was closed, what the imperial court could do was to avoid the fall of the border city.

As for the ordinary people who did not have the protection of the big city, they could only rely on their luck to escape the sack that would come every day. This kind of looting is lucky, and at most loses some wealth. If you're unlucky, you might turn into a corpse in the wild.

Knowing how much the emperor longed for good news during this period of time, the minister of civil and military affairs naturally knew the prince of the county. He entered Qinfeng Road from before the river was closed, preparing to teach the Western Xia Kingdom a profound lesson.

It's just that after the other party entered Qinfeng Road, although the imperial court didn't receive the unpleasant news there, it didn't hear any news of the war. It seems that the piece of Qin Fenglu has been completely forgotten by the imperial court this year.

During this time, Zhao Xu also asked the Ministry of War if he had received a battle report from Qin Feng Road. As a result, today I finally waited for a great victory. As for how much this big victory is, we have to read the battle report to know.

From the post that knelt on the ground, the eunuch who got the report of the victory and the battle respectfully handed the fold to Zhao Xu. When he quickly opened the fold and saw the familiar words on it, Zhao Xu knew that this battle report was written by Zhao Xiaoxi.

Wait until it is detailed above. The news of the invasion of the Western Xia army, as well as the number of Western Xia cavalry annihilated. As well as the nearly 5,000 captured Western Xia cavalry, the border cities were safe and sound, and the number of deaths of the border people was negligible.

Zhao Xu's tightly knit brows finally bloomed, and he said happily: "Okay, good." Well, the king of Bashu County lived up to my expectations, led my personal guard cavalry, and finally fought a beautiful victory.

Before the battle, he killed Helian Tieshu, the general of the Western Xia expedition to the east, annihilated nearly 10,000 enemy cavalry, and captured nearly 5,000 enemy cavalry. His own casualties are only 2,000, which is a well-deserved victory for this dynasty! ”

When the ministers heard the news, the generals were naturally overjoyed and a little unconvinced. Although the ministers were happy, they were a little worried about this. Will the Western Xia be angry and invade the border?

In these years, the reason why the Song Dynasty Wenchen opposed the war was very simple, out of public intentions, that is, the war was a bit of labor and money. If you are selfish, you don't want the generals to seize power.

Seeing that everyone seemed to be unconvinced, Zhao Xu directly handed the victory report to the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs around him to watch. It has the seal of the king of Bashu on it, which also means. It is impossible to fake this war report.

Unless the king of Bashu County dares to risk the crime of bullying the king for the sake of greed. to achieve the so-called great victory. In the face of many ministers in the DPRK, they all felt that they had given too much favor to their cousins, and they greatly raised their faces.

Emperor Zhao Xu's confidence suddenly exploded and said: "Fan Xiang, all Aiqing, now you still think that I will draw taxes and silver from the treasury to form a pro-guard army. Is it a waste of labor and money? Usually you all say that the Fanbang cavalry is invincible, but now?

The king of Bashu County achieved such a great victory with only 5,000 troops of his personal guard cavalry. Do you still think that the king of Bashu County is too young to win the position of commander of the cavalry? ”

These Wenchen were speechless. Zhao Xu's cheerfulness is not to mention how beautiful. Some time ago, in order to prepare Qin Fenglu's war preparation materials, the imperial court did spend a lot of money. But with this big victory, what else can these people say?

In the past wars, if you want to achieve such a major victory, the cost of that time is not as high as this time. What's more, the battle report clearly stated that in addition to the major achievements made by the enemy cavalry of Western Xia.

The tens of thousands of fine war horses of Western Xia alone are enough to make the imperial court make a lot of money. Everyone knows the importance of war horses to the imperial court today.

With these tens of thousands of excellent war horses, the imperial court can greatly reduce an expense in the formation of elite cavalry. It can really be described as a good thing for both people and money, how can Zhao Xu not be happy as the emperor?

Seeing these ministers suffocating in front of the emperor, the generals who had a good impression of this good martial prince also felt deeply shocked.

It's just that in addition to the shock, they are also worried. In the casualty list of more than 1,000 cavalrymen, there are no relatives of them.

Although the soldiers died on the battlefield, it was also a very glorious thing for them, a martial arts family. But when a person dies, what is the point of being glorious alone? Isn't it more gratifying to live and enjoy this honor?

It's just that compared with this eight-hundred-mile expedited victory report, the follow-up twists and turns of the battle will need to wait for a while to know. Then it may be known whether there are any of their children in the list of those killed or disabled in battle.

When Zhao Xu and the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs of the Song Dynasty, as well as the people of Bianliang who soon learned the news, were happy for the victory in Lanzhou.

With only a few hundred cavalry left, he rushed across the Yellow River into the Tuobaya. The news of the defeat of the army was also reported to the lord of Western Xia as soon as possible.

For a while, the lord of the Western Xia Kingdom felt incredulous, how could this confident victory turn into a big defeat in a blink of an eye?

Especially when he learned that Helian Tieshu, a confidant general, was also killed by the generals of the Song army, the lord of Western Xia was even more unbelievable. You know, Helian Tieshu is a rare brave and good fighter in Western Xia, how could he be killed?

As the lord of Western Xia, who also ascended the throne not long ago, Li Qianshun was ambitious for sending troops to Lanzhou this time. I very much believe that this senior general in the army, who has been picked up single-handedly, can make another meritorious service for him and recover the Lanzhou area that was recaptured by the Great Song Dynasty a few years ago.

But what about the reality now?

Helian Tieshu was beheaded in Lanzhou, not to mention, his more than 10,000 cavalry, all of which were buried in the territory of the Song Dynasty. In addition, even the Tuoba tribe's dispatch of troops this time can be described as a great injury.

In this way, in the face of the invasion of the Liao Iron Cavalry, the Tuoba clan will also be under double pressure. This means that if Li Qianshun wants to ensure the stability of the Xia-Liao border, he must transfer troops from other places to increase the ratio of troops between the two sides.

With the news of this great defeat by Li Qianshun, he announced it in the early dynasty and asked these civil and military ministers. Next, when it was a war or peace with the Song Dynasty, the entire court also became a vegetable market where the main battle and the two factions quarreled.

The reason for the main battle is very simple, that is, the Song Dynasty must be taught a profound lesson. In the eyes of these main battle factions, Helian Tieshu's failure in this invasion was more of a defeat than his carelessness in underestimating the enemy.

As long as they increase their forces to invade next, Lanzhou will definitely be able to capture it. On the other hand, in addition to wealth, the people who go on their expedition will naturally get no less meritorious service.

On the side of the Lord and He, he felt that the situation that Western Xia was facing now was also very dangerous. Once a major southward invasion is carried out, it is good to be able to win.

But in case of repeated defeats, or a miserable victory. In the face of the Liao State and the Tibetans, and even the Uighur tribes, how would Western Xia deal with it when it arrived?

After all, even if the Song Dynasty is not as strong as before, it can emaciate a camel bigger than a horse. Once the war reached a stalemate, the situation was even more unfavorable for Western Xia.

For a while, what the two factions said seemed to be reasonable, but they made Li Qianshun, the lord of the country, irritated, and directly ordered the withdrawal of the dynasty to be postponed and then discussed. It's just that after rediscussion, the result is still a pot of porridge.

And with some scattered cavalry who escaped from the encirclement one after another, after returning to Western Xia in embarrassment, Li Qianshun also learned that the Song Dynasty had also captured 5,000 Western Xia cavalry. Among them is also the nephew who may be escorted into the capital of the Great Song Dynasty in the near future.

In the midst of this controversy, the Western Xia mobilized cavalry along the Yellow River to prevent the Song cavalry from attacking. I didn't find that there was a shadow of the Song army's cavalry attacking.

only to learn that the fierce ghost cavalry was camped on the opposite side of the Yellow River, and they stayed there without crossing the border. It seems that he intends to wait for Western Xia, and he will come up with a happy decision on the next battle.

Faced with this black-clothed cavalry of the Song army, which was described by Tuoba Ye as being able to compete with the iron harrier mastered by the lord of Western Xia, Li Qianshun, who was recently upset, decided. Send the 3,000 iron harriers in his hands to try the ghost cavalry army that stays by the Yellow River.

According to his idea, if the Iron Harrier can win, then he will stand on the side of the main battle and deploy troops to invade the Song Dynasty. If the Iron Harrier is no match for the cavalry, then he chooses the side of the Lord and the Lord. Send someone to the Song Dynasty to negotiate peace with the Song Emperor.

Regarding Li Qianshun's decision to obviously stand on the side of the main battle, the civil and military ministers, who had not yet made a decision after arguing for several days, could only wait for the dispatch of troops by Iron Harrier.

It's just that the people on the main side are also worried, if even the most elite Iron Harrier is defeated, how much price will it cost Western Xia to negotiate peace with the Song army?

When Zhao Xiaoxi camped by the Yellow River and sent a small detachment of ghost cavalry to patrol the surrounding area to kill those Western Xia scouts who crossed the border. Mu Wanqing and Zhong Ling, who have been staying in Dali during this time, really can't stand the thoughts of Zhao Xiaoxi in their hearts.

In the end, the elder brother Duan Yu, who had just been released from prison, was pulled, and the three of them took a Dali cavalry of more than 100 people and embarked on the road to Lanzhou City. And when he received this information, Zhao Xiaoxi also felt that these two women were really bold.

Knowing that the other party was already on the way to Lanzhou City, Zhao Xiaoxi had no choice but to order the military department to escort them along the way. Try to ensure the safety of the two sisters and the prince of Dali.

As for the Dali royal family daring to put Duan Yu in such a dangerous situation, I think I also want to let him see what the real border situation looks like. Let this prince of the Buddha experience the cruel and ruthless side of the world! (To be continued......)