Zhao Zhen received the work arranged by his wife, and he didn't dare to be careless at all, so he hurriedly summoned Sun Fu to help, and then chose a suitable auspicious day for the zodiac to hurry up and handle the affairs of Zhang Qian and Jia Xian. Taking this opportunity, Zhao Zhen also took Zhang Lan to the capital, and let the three sisters have a good chat for a few nights, of course, this is nothing to do with him Zhao Zhen, so they ate a few nights and closed the door.

Therefore, a few days after their wedding, Zhao Zhen drove a few people back and continued to work for himself, while he himself lived a comfortable life with his wife and children on the hot kang.

At the same time, Zhi Weizheng also moved all the belongings of the Qinglong Legion to Yinzhou, and concentrated the original troops in the northwest region to the security army and the Zhenrong army, forming a defensive posture against the Western Xia three-point line. Of course, Zhi Weizheng did this entirely to complete the task assigned by Zhao Zhen - to reorganize the Third Field Army and monitor the Western Xia.

In fact, from the point of view of the Song Dynasty's habitual defense, the Song-Xia border is extremely ideal, the entire border is the Hengshan Mountain Range from beginning to end, and the only large gap is directly opposite Yanzhou, only this place can allow large-scale troops to pass through, which is also the reason why Yanzhou was chosen when the Dangxiang tribe invaded. Of course, the officials of the Song Dynasty were not all military idiots, and they also arranged a force before Yanzhou, and also set up a military region, that is, the security army.

Zhi Wei is accepting the defense of the northwest border, so naturally he will not ignore this strategic place, and considering the delicate situation at present, he did not directly arrange the Qinglong Legion here, but concentrated nearly 200,000 trained troops in the security army, and the other more than 200,000 training troops were arranged in the Zhenrong army.

For this arrangement, Zhao Zhen is still quite satisfied, the population of the northwest border is relatively sparse, mainly concentrated around the major towns, and there is no need to disperse troops to strictly defend it, as long as the superior forces are concentrated to hold the main road. When Zhao Zhen was still the crown prince, it was precisely because of the dispersion of troops that he was exploited by the party cavalry with his mobility ability.

In the original history, the three major wars between the Song and Xia all ended in the Western Xia, and the Western Xia also established the situation of the Three Kingdoms. The reason why Western Xia was able to achieve victory. There are two main reasons for this. In this regard, Li Yuanhao is indeed a military genius, who has fought countless battles in his life and rarely lost. It can be said that Li Yuanhao has quite a lot of experience in guerrilla warfare. Relying on his familiarity with the terrain, he often attacked from the east to the west, and concentrated superior forces to break through the Song army; On the other hand, the Song army used literature to control the military, and the main generals were not all military bricks. He often commanded operations based on his feelings, took the combat terrain and enemy movements for granted, and even the intelligence detected by spies and sharp soldiers was not true, so he could only be led by Li Yuanhao, and it was not surprising that he was defeated.

Zhao Zhen was also worried that history would repeat itself here, and especially explained that he should pay attention to intelligence investigation, and he must not easily divide his troops if he is not completely sure. Even if the Blue Dragon Legion, which has been reorganized, is seized by Li Yuanhao, it is not impossible to be defeated. The history of Western Xia was very short, though. However, Li Yuanhao's "Iron Harrier" is famous, with its proud metallurgical technology and forging technology, the Western Xia production was once crowned with the title of high-quality products, and in addition to creating a heavy armor army with great achievements.

Speaking of which, the pursuit of metallurgy in Western Xia is the same as that of Little Japan. Because of the historical background and geographical background, the Western Xia had to produce under the cracks of the Song and Liao Dynasty, and was seriously insecure and desperate to rely on weapons and equipment. However, because of the poor geographical location of Western Xia and the lack of iron resources, it was not able to be self-sufficient. He often had to go to the Song Kingdom for smuggling. Since the quantity can't come, it has to make a fuss about the quality, starting from Li Yuanhao's ancestors, he has vigorously supported the metallurgical industry and convened craftsmen across the country. Set hundreds of schools of thought into cold forging technology. The hard work paid off, and the Western Xia finally achieved the leading position in weapons manufacturing with these valuable craftsmen.

Of course, with the arrival of Zhao Zhen, Xixia's technology will not be on the table, even if Xixia's cold forging technology is not resistant. But the disadvantage of the essence of the material is difficult to reverse with this technology alone, not to mention that Zhao Zhen still brings advanced forging skills!

Let's say that as soon as Zhi Weizheng finished deploying the troops, Li Yuanhao received a report from his spies. Seeing that Song Jun was menacing this time, he did not dare to despise it, and hurriedly convened a meeting of his "think tank" and cronies.

Li Yuanhao is still quite individual, although he looks down on the cowardly Song people, but the "think tank" he relies on the most, including Wang Qiu, only Wei Mingshou has one party item, and the other Han people are Zhang Zhi, Zhang Jiang, Yang Kuo, Xu Minzong, and Zhang Wenxian.

In addition, there are two military division-level figures - Zhang Yuan and Wu Hao. These two goods often induced Li Yuanhao to invade the Song Dynasty, and they also had a pivotal position under Li Yuanhao.

These two people can also be regarded as some real talents and wisdom, but unfortunately they are unlucky, they have tried for a long time, and they have been confident in their Chinese Taowu strategy, and they originally wanted to make some merit on the border. It's a pity that the Song Dynasty used literature to control the military, and the principals in the frontier were all civilian officials, and they were all born in the imperial examination, so how could they take the guys who couldn't pass the two exams in their eyes!

So, Zhang Yuan and Wu Hao touched a gray nose and suffered a lot of anger, and finally the two defected to Western Xia one after another, and began their "traitor" career. In other words, their career in Western Xia is also quite dramatic, when the two of them wandered to Xingqing, every day in a luxury tavern to drink and sing, and on the snow-white powder wall with pen and ink "Zhang Wen, Wu Hao came here to drink", was discovered by the plainclothes spies of Western Xia, arrested overnight, and directly escorted to Yuan Hao.

His luck was not bad, Li Yuanhao was looking for a helper at this time, and when he saw that these two people were extraordinary, he personally interrogated them and asked angrily: "How dare you offend my name?" ”

Zhang and Wu are both freshly dressed and talented, although they are tied into a zongzi, their two mouths are still sharp: "You don't even care about your surname, why care about your name!" ”

Just this sentence made Li Yuanhao shocked, and it just hit his sore spot. Because, from the five dynasties of the Tang Dynasty to the beginning of the Song Dynasty, the surname of Yuan Hao was "Li", and then to the present, the surname of Yuan Hao and his family was "Zhao", which was the "given" surname of the Central Plains Dynasty. So, Li Yuanhao personally untied the rope for the two of him, thanked each other with good words, and the three of them immediately spoke very happily, and Zhang and Wu became his most important advisers in the Song Dynasty. It wasn't until Wang Qiu's sudden appearance that he slowly replaced the position of the chief staff officer of the two, but this was not because Wang Qiu was much more capable than the two of them, but simply because they each had different reasons for joining Western Xia.

Although, the concept of the state in this era is still relatively vague, and even from top to bottom, it is customary to call the country and the dynasty, which leads to their "treason" without so much ideological pressure, and to them as "traitors". It was not uncommon in the Xia Liao court. However, for Li Yuanhao, the two of them are still suspected of betrayal, and they are also betrayed because of their power. He had a little pimple in his heart. However, the situation of Wang Qiu is completely different from the two of them, people are here for revenge, this mind is relatively simple, and it is natural to be valued.

years ago. After Li Yuanhao established the country, he also divided his slap into small pieces, took Xingqing, the capital of the Xia Dynasty, as the baseline, divided his territory into two halves, and set up 12 military supervision divisions, which were respectively ordered to be stationed in military names, thus improving the command system of the Western Xia army. These 12 supervising military divisions, namely the Left Chamber, Xiangyou, Jianing, Jingsai, Xishou Baotai, Zhuo Luo and Nan, the Right Chamber, Chaoshun, Ganzhou, Gansu, Guazhou, Xiping, Heishui Zhenyan, Baimaqiang Town, and Montenegro Weifu. The commanders of each military supervision department are the metropolitan commander, deputy commander, and military supervisor. Its subordinates include commanders, coaches, and left and right attendants. It can be seen that his army is mainly named according to the station, but some of the place names are in the territory of the Song Kingdom, which can be said to be Sima Zhao's heart, which is known to passers-by!

And under the full preparation before the founding of the country, Li Yuanhao not only reorganized the national tribal soldiers, but also quickly created several new troops, namely the Iron Harrier, the Capturing Army, the Proton Army, the Garrison Army, and the Pop Xi Army.

Iron Harrier, also known as "Tielin", is the most elite cavalry unit in the hands of Li Yuanhao and the most powerful heavy cavalry in Asia. Not one of them. Equipped with the best horses and the finest armor, the unit numbered three thousand men and was divided into ten teams. Each captain is a close confidant of his.

The Proton Army is the Western Xia Janissary Army, with a total of 5,000 people, all of whom are filled by the children of Western Xia nobles, named to protect the emperor, but in fact, it is to strengthen the control of various tribes, needless to say. This kind of trick can only be figured out by his "think tanks".

The Janissake, also known as the Praetorian Guard, was stationed near Gyeonggi and numbered about 25,000 men, all of whom were well-trained elite troops, known as the Central Guard along with the Iron Harriers and the Proton Army.

The capture army is a special unit set up by the Western Xia in order to capture the other party's people in the war, this unit is the "original" of the Western Xia, with a very large number of people, there are 100,000 people, and it is also the main mobile and offensive force of the Western Xia. Its status is equivalent to the field army created by Zhao Zhen, it can be seen that this kid is also copying the road after Zhao Zhen ascended the throne, and he has also played to a new height, Zhao Zhen has not played so many tricks with him.

In addition to the Central Guards, the Capture Army, and the local troops of other tribes, Li Yuanhao also developed a new tactical force, the Poxi Army. This can be said to be an "artillery", but also a very high-end "self-propelled artillery", composed of a man and a camel, on which a small trebuchet is erected, if necessary, it can be used as a "tank", although the number is the smallest, only 200 people, but it is undoubtedly a veritable "special forces".

In addition, Li Yuanhao created the most scheming and immoral military system, that is, he deliberately selected captured Han people to form the "Crashing Linglang" army. In the future, the Mongols and the Japanese all adopted this method, using these "puppet armies" as the vanguard troops, allowing them to rush in front of the main army of their own tribe as cannon fodder, so as to minimize the casualties of the Western Xia party soldiers.

All in all, at the beginning of the founding of the Western Xia state, its total military strength had reached 500,000 people, not including the number of people recruited from various tribes as soldiers during the big war, and it was almost a soldier for the whole people. This also laid the foundation for the Western Xia to be extremely powerful for a while, but it was short-lived.

At this time, Li Yuanhao sat on his throne, looked at the think tank and cronies and generals below, and threw down the information in his hand: "This is the information that I sent someone to Hengshan to investigate, all Aiqing should take a look!" The Song State has deployed nearly 600,000 troops on the front line of Hengshan this time, in addition to the troops stationed before, there are also 100,000 elite troops who have just fought with the Liao State. ”

Zhang Yuan had been the boss of Li Yuanhao's think tank before Wang Qiu's arrival, and he could be described as the first civil official, but now he was robbed of the limelight by Wang Qiu, and only got an official position in Shang Shuling, and he was naturally unwilling to cling to power.

So, as soon as Li Yuanhao's voice fell, he took the lead in standing up: "Your Majesty, I have a dangerous mountain in Great Xia, and I am not afraid of the Song army's large-scale attack. Besides, the people in charge of the frontiers of the Song Kingdom are all civilian officials, so they don't dare to kill a chicken, how can they do a major military event, and no matter how many troops they are given, it will be in vain. The minister thinks that we can use Hengshan to severely damage the Song army, so that we can not only consolidate the position of our Great Xia, but also learn from the Liao State to ask the Song State for benefits, killing two birds with one stone, why not do it! ”

Li Yuanhao: "Zhang Aiqing is confident that I am very happy!" However, you have also seen that the number of Song troops is as high as 600,000, while my Great Xia only has 100,000 capturing troops and less than 100,000 local tribesmen on the front line of Xiazhou, so the gap in number is quite large! ”

Wu Hao stood up again: "Your Majesty, the minister has something to say!" ”

Li Yuanhao: "Wu Qing's family just say! ”

Wu Hao: "Your Majesty, the minister also agrees with Lord Zhang's point of view, although the Song army is a little more numerous, but we have a number of their combat effectiveness." In addition to the new unit, it is not very clear, and the Gao family and the Zhe family still have a little combat effectiveness. With your supreme power as the emperor, it will be a piece of cake to deal with them! ”

Li Yuanhao smiled and bowed slightly, very satisfied with his little brother's sycophancy, but he glanced at Wang Qiu, who had not said a word, and asked, "Wang Aiqing, have you always been very enthusiastic about attacking the Song Kingdom?" Why are you silent when this opportunity comes? Don't you think about me? (To be continued.) )