In the northwest corner of the Great Song Dynasty, there is a place called Xiazhou. It was a closed territory, a place that had been turned into a private domain of the Tuoba clan.

During the Tang Dynasty, Tuoba Sigong, the leader of the Party Department, was named the envoy of the Xiazhou Festival by the imperial court, and because of the meritorious work of the Huangchao Uprising, he once recovered Chang'an, and was given the surname Li again, and was named the Duke of Xia. Since then, Tuoba Sigong and his descendants surnamed Li have become local feudal forces with Xia Guogong.

With the changes of the times, the Li clan led the party armed group to make peace with the big countries in the Central Plains, and when they saw the opportunity, they took a handful of it, and immediately surrendered and admitted defeat if they could not win. In this way, the Li group insisted on ruling this territory until the Song Dynasty.

While Zhao Zhen was painstakingly preparing to build the powerful Great Song Empire in his heart, the capricious armed group in the northwest frontier was also struggling.

After more than 200 years of construction, the Tangut region became very rich. The fertile pastures with the Jinze area in the south of Ordos as the core, and the agricultural area represented by Qiliping at the junction of the Xia and Song dynasties provided a large number of cattle, sheep, grain and grass for the Western Xia, and at the same time, Ordos was also rich in the best green salt that could be used as currency at that time, with an annual output of about 15,000 hu. During the Song Dynasty, salt was equivalent to the existence of money, and the imperial court even set up a salt and iron department to manage the production and circulation of salt throughout the country, so it can be said that salt is synonymous with money.

Therefore, the Dangxiang tribe of Western Xia can be said to have soldiers, horses, food and money, and the time and place are favorable, and the people are evenly occupied, and their power has expanded rapidly. However, the ambition of the Li family has not been great, and it is nothing more than a willingness to be a prince, so that it has been preserved in the intricate state relations.

I don't know how many generations of Li Deming inherited the leadership of the party, and made further efforts to develop his own strength and devote himself to the development of the Hexi Corridor. The southern attack on Tibet and the western attack on the Uighurs greatly expanded the living space of the Dangxiang Qiang people.

By 1019 AD, Li Deming selected Huaiyuan Town as the capital and renamed Xingzhou. He still paid tribute to the Song and Liao externally, but internally he was completely imperial.

In the city of Xingzhou, a young man of nearly twenty years old is very strong, with big shoulders and a round waist, and he has a healthy and beautiful figure. Just after the Spring Festival, the climate is still relatively cold, but this boy wants to defy the sky, shirtless, standing on the snowy ground, swords, guns, swords, halberds are dancing vigorously.

After playing with the big knife, he played riding and archery again, that horsemanship, that archery, and the word "skillful in archery" was completely tailor-made for him, and it seemed that he had the courage of the overlord back then.

After finishing his cultivation, he was not busy putting on his clothes, he just stood there, looking towards the south, and his eyes showed a strong **. He clenched his fists and turned to walk towards the palace.

"Father, I heard some time ago that Huyan Lao'er gathered a group of rabble and was going to go to the Song Dynasty to loot, how is the situation?" The stout young man, who had changed his clothes, walked to the room and interrupted the musings of the old man sitting at the desk.

"Well, Wei Li has finished cultivating today! Father is thinking about this! Li Deming called Li Yuanhao's nickname and motioned for him to sit down. That's right, this young man is the later famous founding emperor of Western Xia, Li Yuanhao is also.

Seeing Li Yuanhao sit down, Li Deming continued: "Although the rabble gathered by Huyan Lao'er is useless, I have heard that the Song people are very cowardly, and I think they will not return empty-handed, but I haven't seen them come back for so long, is it that apart from what is wrong, my father is puzzled!" ”

"Those useless guys, it's really a shame for my party warriors, it took so much time to rob a Song person, but it's okay, just let them explore the way for us."

The father and son were chatting heartily, and a personal guard came to report: "Your Majesty, the spies we sent to the Song Dynasty today sent back the news, saying that those people in the Huyan tribe were killed by a field army called the Song Dynasty and left no armor, and Huyan Lao'er was also captured alive, and I heard that this leader is the prince of the Song Dynasty, and it seems that he is only twelve or thirteen years old this year. ”

"How is this possible! Didn't the Huyan tribe gather more than 20,000 cavalry, how could it be so miserable, could it be that the Song Dynasty mobilized a large army to encircle the Huyan tribe? Li Deming was shocked when he heard this, and hurriedly asked.

Li Yuanhao also frowned, staring at the guard.

Seeing that the guard shook his head and said, "According to the news from our probe, it seems that only that field army participated in the war in the Song Dynasty this time, and their total number is about 20,000 to 30,000. I heard that they still set off from Kaifeng, and it only took half a month to march to Yan'an Mansion in a hurry, and the Huyan tribe was caught off guard. Huyan Lao'er was defeated before he could react, and he himself was also alive, and the soldiers who went with him suffered heavy casualties, while the field army itself seemed to have suffered little loss. The Song Dynasty had a deep and strict management of this field army, and it was difficult for our spies to find out more information. ”

"Yo, this is quite evil! Those soft-boned literati in the Song Dynasty also played mysterious, which is a bit interesting! Li Deming touched his beard and quipped disdainfully.

"Father, it seems that this little prince of the Song Dynasty is still a little interesting! Although Huyan Lao'er and those people were a rabble, it would have been enough for the Song people to drink a pot before, but this time they were actually cleaned up by such a little kid! It's really interesting, so that the child will not be lonely by the Yangtze River in the future! Li Yuanhao said arrogantly to his father.

"By the way, there's one more piece of news. Just a few days ago, the emperor of the Song Dynasty died, and it is estimated that their messenger is on his way, and now it is their little prince who has ascended the throne and is in power. After listening to Li Yuanhao's words, the guard remembered that there was something else that he forgot to report.

"Haha...... Okay, this old guy finally went first. My father is too old to fight. But son, you are superior in force, not as brave as the overlord back then! In the future, it is time to break his wrists with the little emperor of the Song Dynasty. Li Deming was very happy, he won the emperor of the Song Dynasty at least in terms of life.

"Father, the child doesn't understand. You said that we now sit on the land of Xia, Sui, You, and Yinzhou, with sufficient money and food, no less than 100,000 soldiers in armor, and hundreds of thousands of soldiers who control the strings. Why don't you just go and occupy the territory of those Song people, then the fertile place should belong to my heroic party warriors, it is really a waste to those cowardly Song people. Li Yuanhao was mixed in the army all day long, and he felt that his army was extremely elite, and he didn't understand why this dad wanted to stay still.

"Son, if you are brave, you will be brave, and you will have to use your brain more in the future. Although we are strong now, our weaknesses are also obvious! You see, first, our division is unknown; Second, our backyard is not peaceful; Third, after all, the Song Dynasty was a big country in the Central Plains, and the emaciated camel was bigger than the horse; The most important thing is still in ourselves, it seems that we have so much territory, but there is no unified government. My father has spared no effort to enhance the strength of our army over the years, hoping that one day we can unify the party members, so that we can have the capital to compete for the world! Li Deming looked at his son with a trace of worry in his eyes, and he could only help his son analyze the current situation in detail.

Li Yuanhao listened to his father's words, nodded and said: "Father is reasonable, we should clean up those wall grass, and leave this to the child, the child must let them understand what will happen if they don't listen to you!" By the way, since you have no intention of going to the Song Dynasty now, then you are asking Huyan Lao'er to go to the Song Dynasty to plunder, isn't that a surprise to the grass and a snake, and arouse the hostility of the Song Dynasty towards us? ”

"Huh...... Father, this is a plan to kill two birds with one stone! Huyan Lao'er has always been tepid to us, thinking that a few small tribes follow him and don't know what his surname is. The father deliberately plucked him this time, so he could try the water of the Song Dynasty for us and attract the hatred of the Song people. In the second place, didn't the Song people get rid of the scum who followed Huyan Lao'er for us. Why not, you say? Li Deming proudly showed off to his son.

"Father, you really deserve the title of an old fox, this thing is beautiful!" Li Yuanhao praised his father with a thumbs up.

"You child, what do you say about your father!" Li Deming patted him lightly.

"Hey, hey! Father, rest well, and go to the barracks again, and clean up the rats as soon as possible. Li Yuanhao stood up and saluted his father.

"Go ahead, use your brains more, don't just know how to be strong!" Li Deming waved his hand and admonished.

Li Yuanhao came to the barracks, looked at his strong sons, his heart was full of pride and ambition, and his blood was boiling, and he only thought about how to go out to kill the general, and left all his father's admonitions behind.

In the days that followed, Li Yuanhao led his backbone to wipe out all opposition forces and thieves in the country. Since then, this piece of land has become a hall of the Li family, and the various departments have been unprecedentedly united and their strength has increased greatly.

These armies that have been following Li Yuanhao to conquer the east and west are the famous "Iron Harrier", "Bubazi" and "Poxi Army" in the Western Xia, which once terrified the enemies of the Western Xia, and the Song Dynasty also suffered greatly in history.

"Iron Harrier" is the most famous heavy cavalry in Western Xia, a heavy cavalry corps of only 3,000 people in its heyday, divided into ten teams, each team of 300 people, as the captain of the "all the fierce generals". The captains of the ten teams were: "Meile, Lang Yu Yi, Rewarder Bury, Linu, Miscellaneous Familiar Qu Zegu, Kuma Cai Langluo, Fine Mother Qu Be, Li Yan Shifting Rock Name, Fine Mother Wei Name, and Wu Luo Burying Cloth." It is the trump card in Li Yuanhao's hand, in addition to using it as the escort of the supreme ruler, he also uses it as the "front army" that charges into battle.

This cavalry was well-armed, well-armoured, invulnerable, and tied with hooks and ropes, even if they died in battle. In case of battle, the iron cavalry will break through the formation first, and the chaos will impact it; The infantry marched on horseback". This cavalry was the fiercest cavalry in the world before the appearance of the Mongol iron cavalry, and it was also the nightmare of all party enemies.

Bubazi, the title of the Western Xia infantry, was trained by selecting the sturdy people who were good at walking, mainly fighting with the "Iron Harrier", and it was also a very elite light infantry at that time.

In the end, this Poxi Army is very interesting, and it is similar to the War Elephant Heavy Armor Corps formed by Zhao Zhen. Xixia is located in the northwest and is the main production area of Bactrian camels in China, and the Poxi army is a strong force on the back of camels. Although only two hundred horsemen, the small stone throwers mounted on the backs of the Tanguts, the Whirlwind Cannon, terrified all of their enemies.

Although the stone fired by this cyclone cannon is not large, only the size of a fist, it cannot withstand the fast firing speed of others, or it is still a condescending shot from a high camel, and no kind of armor can resist the blow of such a blunt weapon.

It can be said that if it weren't for Zhao Zhen's constructive War Elephant Heavy Cavalry Regiment, the Poxi Army, which only had two hundred horsemen, would be the strongest cavalry in the Cold Weapon Era.

It was the help of these special arms, coupled with more than 100,000 elite armored cavalry, that Li Yuanhao laid down the famous Western Xia Dynasty.

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