After Wang Qiu went to Liao, Zhang Yuan finally got his wish and occupied the position of chief civil official, and went to the front line non-stop as a military officer, and his brother Wu Hao naturally went with him as a privy envoy.

The experiences of Zhang Yuan and Wu Hao when they were young made them not have a good impression of the Song State, especially for those ministers who controlled the country's resources, and they still had a feeling of envy, jealousy and hatred. Now that he has this opportunity, he naturally wants to teach those border ministers of the Song Kingdom a profound lesson, and at the same time vent the depression that has been suppressed in his heart for many years.

It's useless to have this idea alone, then you have to have the strength to implement it, but don't look at the fact that the two of them are not low, but they don't have the matching forces to achieve the goal. And throughout the entire Xia Dynasty, in addition to Li Yuanhao's central guard army, there was only the strongest fighting force left. So, on the way to Youzhou, the two also met with the supreme commander of the Capturing Army, Shan Yu Weiliang, and conveyed the meaning of Li Yuanhao asking him to cooperate with him to deal with the war in the Song Kingdom. But he didn't expect to touch a nose of ash at him, and Shan Yu Weiliang not only refuted his idea of intending to counterattack the Song Kingdom, but also warned him to divide a little bit, and guard his place well and not come out to point fingers.

The identity of this mountain Yu Weiliang is not simple, he is not only the commander of the only mobile force in Western Xia, but also a high-ranking and powerful military and political member in the middle of the court. At the same time, he also has a special identity, that is, Li Yuanhao's uncle, and it is only because of this that Li Yuanhao can let him stay in such an important position. Compared with Li Yuanhao, who is only interested in war, Shan Yu Weiliang not only made outstanding achievements in the process of following Li Yuanhao to fight, but also an important person in handling political affairs in the Xia Dynasty, or Li Yuanhao's right-hand man.

So, Zhang Yuan and Wu Hao had no choice but to leave the territory of Shanyu Weiliang in disgrace. Then with Li Yuanhao's will, he mobilized the four military divisions of the Left Chamber, Xiangyou, Jianing, and Jingsai near the southern border, and let them enter a state of war.

As a result, the Song-Xia border was heavily armed. The storm is so thick that it seems that a large-scale military conflict may break out at any time.

Of course, don't look at Zhao Zhen's arrangement of troops and make a lot of fun, in fact, he doesn't want to use troops against Western Xia at this time. One came according to his plan. At this time, the Northwest Army had not yet completed the reorganization, but he did not expect Li Yuanhao to claim that the emperor was so many years earlier than history, which led to his previous plan being seriously disrupted. Naturally, in order to deal with the indignation of the government and the opposition at Li Yuanhao's claim to be emperor, he had just won an unprecedented victory over Liao. It also happened that Li Di, the secretary of the military department, was promoted to the prime minister, and at this time, whether he wanted to fight or not, he had to ask Zhao Zhen to respond accordingly to Li Yuanhao's claim to be emperor.

It was precisely because of Zhao Zhen's secret instructions that Zhi Weizheng did not take any radical provocative actions after arriving at the border, but hoarded troops to train on the spot.

He did this in several ways.

First of all, he made a statement to the government and the opposition and the people of the world, at least my Great Song army is very obedient, saying that I want to teach the Li family a lesson, so I mobilized a heavy army, as for why I didn't fight for a long time, it was because my Great Song Dynasty is a state of etiquette. How can you go straight to the army without saluting!

Secondly, the training task assigned by the emperor will be carried out as usual, no matter what you do in Western Xia, I will pile up hundreds of thousands of troops there, and you can try one if you have the ability.

However, it was impossible for Zhao Zhen to tell Li Yuanhao about this careful thinking, so Li Yuanhao was both scared and excited when he saw Song Guo's big move. What I'm afraid of is that the Song State is an old big country after all, and he can't just call himself an emperor, and he can mobilize 600,000 troops, which is actually more than his own national troops. And the excitement is that Chao Siwan wants to fight with Song Guo. That goal seems to be on the verge of being reached. In short, he is in a chaotic mood right now.

At this time, there was also a guy in the Western Xia court who didn't want to fight, and that mountain was only bright. Because he's also in charge. The way of nature itself was very restricted by the Song State in terms of economy at this time, and many resources, including people's livelihood resources and military resources, depended on the Song State.

Therefore, he followed the plan of Li Yuanhao from Zhang Yuanna's way. rushed back to Xingqing non-stop to meet Li Yuanhao.

It is said that at this time, Li Yuanhao himself is almost older, and most of the affairs of the court are entrusted to Wei Ming Shouquan and a few other cronies and officials who have not gone to the front line.

"Uncle Huang, this Song Kingdom is coming, why did you come back at this time!" Li Yuanhao seemed to ask casually when they met.

"The ministers see the emperor, long live my emperor, long live long live!" After Chang Liang bowed first, he replied: "Back to the emperor, the minister is here for this matter, can you listen to the minister?" ”

Li Yuanhao looked at his expression, and there was a sense of ominousness in his heart, but he still said: "Uncle Huang, please speak!" ”

Shan Yu Changliang organized his language and said cautiously: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that it is not appropriate for us to start a war with the Song State now!" ”

"Why?" Li Yuanhao stared at his uncle with two bull's eyes.

Wei Mingshou swallowed his saliva, facing his nephew's eyes, to be honest, he was really a little scared. Although he is also a battle-hardened general, and there are not a few people who have died at his hands, it is nothing compared to Li Yuanhao's habit of killing people at every turn and killing tricks.

He stabilized his mood for a moment before he said: "Your Majesty, look, although our Great Xia is very strong now, we also have many shortcomings, and the lack of resources is the most important one. Our Great Song Dynasty can have the current strength, it is the result of decades of accumulation by the previous emperor, once the war starts now, our resource accumulation will inevitably be affected! Besides, I heard that you accepted the suggestion of Lord Wang Qiu Wang to really reorganize the garrison and change all of them with crossbows, so you shouldn't have been trained yet! Therefore, I would like to ask you to think about it again, do you wait for some time to think about starting a war against Song? ”

Young people, they don't like the elders to come out and point fingers, let alone Li Yuanhao, a guy with a brutal temper! However, seeing that his uncle had helped him a lot, he still held back his temper and said in a tone that he thought was peaceful: "Your Majesty, you said that you also came all the way with me to fight in the south and the north, don't you still believe in my ability." As you said, once we go to war, there are indeed many aspects that will be affected, but as long as I hurt the Song army, or even occupy some Song territory, won't they obediently send us something! Have you forgotten. At the beginning, Liao Shengzong scared the Emperor of the Song Kingdom, and he ate and drank for nothing for so many years, and the current Emperor of the Song Kingdom is a little guy, maybe he won't be able to find the north if I scare him! Besides. You said that the garrison changed the crossbow, this is even simpler, which of my Great Xia warriors is not skilled in bows and horses, what is the difficulty of a repeater, it is enough for them to contact on the way south. So. Uncle Huang, don't worry too much, hurry back and prepare for the preparation, I will soon be on the royal expedition. ”

Shan Yu Changliang originally wanted to say something more, but he was frightened by Li Yuanhao's cold snort, and he no longer had the courage, so he kowtowed a few times in a proper manner before running up and continuing to work.

If this scene is placed in the Song State, it is a very common thing, and there are not a few ministers of the Song State who scold the emperor, whether it is overt and secret, Zhao Zhen does not take it seriously, in line with the principle of accepting criticism and not changing. This kind of "offensive" remarks will be treated coldly.

But Li Yuanhao doesn't think so, what does he think? I think that at a young age, I have already killed all sides, and established my own country, and I have gone to the history books to flip through it, who has the cow to break! I am the only male lord in heaven and earth, my words are the truth, and whoever dares to say a word is death!

From the perspective of Western Xia, Shanyu Changliang was for the benefit of the entire Western Xia. It is not an exaggeration to say that he was a loyal servant of Western Xia. But from the point of view of Li Yuanhao, who has too much power, this is a sign that a powerful minister is trying to provoke himself.

Therefore, at this moment, the mountain meets Changliang and does not know. He has slowly entered Li Yuanhao's blacklist, and he is still working hard for him.

After a while, the time came to the middle of June of the second year of Xinghua, and even Western Xia was relatively hot. Only then did Li Yuanhao rush to Youzhou with more than 30,000 of his central guards and officially sit on the front line to command.

As soon as he settled down in Youzhou, he called Zhang Yuan and asked, "Zhang Aiqing." What is the situation now? ”

Zhang Yuanchao made a big salute to Li Yuanhao before saying: "Back to the emperor, after the minister was ordered to come here, he arranged the defense according to your wishes, and now with your central guard army and the capture army, I have gathered nearly 300,000 troops on the side of Hengshan near Youzhou. Although the number of people is less than that of the Song army, with the fierce combat effectiveness of our army, it is not inferior to the Song army. Coupled with your wise and martial leadership, it will be a matter of time before you defeat the Song army! ”

Li Yuanhao fluttered for a while before he said to him: "Zhang Aiqing, I have read some of your Han people's military books, and I remember that there is a sentence on it called 'Knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent will not be defeated in a hundred battles', I think it is still very reasonable!" I wonder how you heard about Song Jun's intelligence? ”

Zhang Yuan: "If you go back to the emperor, the minister also knows the importance of intelligence, and our small number of people is bound to seize the weakness of the Song army and give them a fatal blow in order to be able to settle the battle in one battle." Therefore, the first thing the minister did here was to spread spies, in addition to the spies in the various armies, the minister also sent some Han people to enter the Song Kingdom in disguise to investigate, and now a lot of information has been gathered. ”

"Oh!" Li Yuanhao said happily: "With Aiqing here, I have saved a lot of things!" ”

Zhang Yuan: "The emperor is serious, this is the duty of the minister!" ”

"Good!" Li Yuanhao patted Zhang Yuan's shoulder heavily, and didn't consider whether the weak scholar could afford it, and said with a grin: "Aiqing, hurry up and listen to me!" ”

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Zhang Yuangong arched his hand and said: "The spies sent by the minister to Yinzhou and the Zhenrong army have not returned because of the long distance, and only the location of the former Song army security army on the other side of the mountain has sent back the news. The news from the spies in the army and the secret agents of the ministers is basically the same, and the Song army has gathered no less than 300,000 troops here, in addition to the original security army, as well as the troops close to the interior of the Song State, all of them have fallen. If this was the case with Zhenrong, then all the Song army's armies in the northwest should have gathered in these two places. ”

Li Yuanhao pondered for a while and said: "In this way, the Song Kingdom should be very empty, how about we send a surprise army to raid their rear?" In this way, they will definitely go back to the rescue, as long as they move and don't huddle together, I will be able to eat them little by little! ”

Zhang Yuan: "Back to the emperor, your idea is very good!" However, this time, the Song generals seem to be quite cunning, the places where they are stationed are all strategic places, and the ministers have already inquired about the border people, and the routes that can allow a large number of people and horses to pass through them cannot be bypassed. So, even if you have to send people, it's not a big deal. And, have you forgotten about someone? ”

Li Yuanhao: "Who?" ”

Zhang Yuan: "Li Shibin! You forget, he is the largest Dangxiang clan chief in the Hengshan Territory, with nearly 100,000 fierce Qiang soldiers in eighteen villages. Since the Hu Yanzhuo Department invaded Yanzhou of the Song State many years ago, the Song State spent a lot of money to buy him and named him the Jinming Capital Inspection Envoy, and stationed in Jinmingzhai in the north of Yanzhou, and the Song army stationed in the security army was far away. Although he is a member of the party, he has never obeyed your call, if we have to favor the Song army when we fight with the Song army, then we will be very passive! ”

"What Aiqing said is polite!" Li Yuanhao touched his short beard and said in a sinister manner: "Those who follow me prosper and those who disobey me die, it's time for him to understand this truth!" (To be continued.) )