Now let's comprehensively analyze that before the war is about to start, the response of the Great Song Dynasty basically has the following points: 1. Seal the Luo Luo to contain the effect; 2. Cut off all the privileges of Li Yuanhao in the Great Song Dynasty; 3. Strictly grasp the party items; 4 Xia Zhu and Fan Yong served as the top commanders of the front line to strengthen combat readiness; 5. Cut off the Song-Xia trade... A little analysis, you will find that it is basically unreliable.

First, due to internal divisions, Tibet's strength is not as strong as before. Although Luo Luo is still Li Yuanhao's enemy in the future, it will make Li Yuanhao taste the pain of defeat again... But for now, there is basically no hope for it.

Second, does Li Yuanhao care about his privileges in the Great Song Dynasty? Maybe he may not be willing to admit that he is the envoy of the Great Song Dynasty's Dingyan Army, the King of Xiping, the Taishi, and the Servant... I didn't want those prestigious titles, and now you've cut them off for me. Thank you!

Third, this is a realistic version of what has been left behind. As early as January 6 of the year before Li Yuanhao became emperor, he made an application: Dear Your Majesty, I have been fasting recently and want to worship the Buddha.

How can you not allow such piety? So the country was opened, the Xixia people took pen and paper, sightseeing and sketching all the way, and there were Song Dynasty officials accompanying the tour guide to explain, during which they were proud from time to time: please look here, our land is such a majestic shore, there, and there are some special points worth paying attention to... The spy has done this, what else is there to say?

Fourth, the military talents of these two high-ranking officials in the capital, let the three major battles of Song and Xia in the future be tested. That's pretty unusual... Strong!

Only this fifth point: cutting off trade is the real blow to Western Xia!

What made the Song Dynasty stronger than all the surrounding countries was its national strength. The war is fought by soldiers, but also by materials, the Song Dynasty has money and food, as well as all kinds of nomadic people drooling but do not produce luxury goods, as long as the war continues, the other party will collapse! Especially the embryonic empire of Western Xia, whose economy obviously could not keep up with the development situation!

Even during the period of Song Taizong. The Great Song Dynasty has already dealt an economic blow to Li Yuanhao's grandfather Li Jiqian. At that time, the Song Dynasty was just a piece of legal documents, which cut off the way of life for the party members. What are the party members? At that time, they only had two things: horses and green salt. The war horses of the party, the Song Dynasty still needed some at this time. But Qingyan, the Song Dynasty suddenly said we don't want it. In an instant, the party members watched themselves pile up a large number of good green salt, but they all became waste! The Great Song Dynasty has a boundless coastline, boiling the sea into salt, saying that you don't need it! But the Han people's silk silk, rice and white flour, tea and medicinal materials are indispensable to the party!

What to do? The smart Li Jiqian also saw an extremely precious opportunity in the huge crisis: great! The Song Dynasty is giving him gifts! He quickly gathered the people of the party. For the sake of common survival, please pull out your knives and come with me to the border of the Song Dynasty to rob!

This call was unanimously adopted, Li Jiqian finally became the leading brother, and the party members devoted themselves to the robbery movement with unprecedented passion, with great gains and many casualties, but on the basis of survival, the alliance established was unbreakable. They rallied tightly around Li Jiqian.

But in terms of cleverness, does anyone want to compete with the literati of the Song Taizong Dynasty? is still a piece of paper, Li Jiqian immediately betrayed his relatives and left, and was counted as a counteroffensive! The Song Dynasty suddenly said that it was very good. The green salt is delicious, and we want to go again... As a result, the party members instantly dispersed from Li Jiqian's surroundings, scrambling to go home to get salt to do business, and threw the boss on the vast Gobi Desert in a daze. Carrying a knife, he was so angry that he couldn't speak: Brothers, think about it, why did the people of the Song Dynasty agree to us to open the salt ban again? That's because we're in a group. Picked up the knife! So let's keep fighting, brethren...

But the problem is that the economic crackdown has been too slow to work. The materials have to be consumed little by little, but the victory and defeat on the battlefield are instantly clear, and the blood of the compatriots is spilled on the battlefield, can you be indifferent, and slowly want to drag down the enemy?

On November 10, the privy envoy Sheng Du and the governor Cheng Lin were dismissed. On the 15th, Wang Wei was the privy envoy, and Song Zhen was the governor of the council.

On the 11th, Liao Xingzong, who welcomed back his biological mother, asked his 8-year-old prince and future Liao Daozong Yelu Hongji to gather a group of monks to talk about Buddhism. The Khitans were all devout Buddhists. Since the beginning of Yelu Zong, the atmosphere of valuing Buddha in the court has begun to reach the extreme. There are more than 20 monks who worship the three dukes, three teachers, and political affairs, and later historians evaluate "the decline of Liao to Buddha"

This month, Song Qi discussed politics, and pointed the spearhead at the biggest malpractice of the Great Song Dynasty, "three redundant and three expenses", redundant officials, redundant army, redundant monks, and three redundant ways. Dojo rituals, temple view field production, make phase festivals, three fees also. Please leave it at that.

Li Yuanhao claimed that the first battle of the emperor broke out in November 1039! He led his army to attack the security army in the territory of the Great Song Dynasty.

First of all, a brief introduction to the local topography: Luoshui and Yanshui are two north-south water systems as the area, Luoshui is on the left and Yanshui is on the right. The Qingjian City that is about to be built is in the east of Yanshui, and it is arranged from east to west in a large area between Yanshui and Luoshui. Below them is the confluence of three rivers, including Yeoncheon, Yicheon, and Jingchuan, which is called Sanchuankou. Below the mouth of the Sanchuan is Yanzhou City, the capital of the Great Song Dynasty.

Above the security army and Jinming Village is Tumen and a series of Qiang villages, and then to the north, it is the border of Song and Xia, which is more than 2,000 miles long in the Hengshan Mountains. But it is a pity that this natural boundary mountain is another Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures, and the Song Dynasty did not share its danger with the Western Xia, but was occupied by the Western Xia in its entirety. The party members were condescending and built strongholds in all the dangerous passes on Hengshan, with a total of more than 300 forts. Western Xia can basically retreat and defend the ground, and advance can attack.

The attack on the security forces this time was "five heads and forty sneakers", which is a more obscure term, but it is actually quite simple. There are so-called raw and cooked households on the border of Song and Xia, and the familiar households are those who surrendered to the Song Dynasty, and the party members who have lived for generations are composed of familiar households who were re-recruited by Li Yuanhao. Five heads, 5 large leader branches, each head 8 horses, a total of 40 horses. They were used as vanguards, and the main forces of Western Xia were hidden behind, waiting for them to confront the Song army before rushing out to clean up the mess.

The battle is on! The Tangut people, especially these acquaintances who defected to the past, have long figured out the reality of the Song army for many years, greedy for pleasure, cowardly and arrogant! So they rushed forward, believing that as long as they bared their fangs, they could intimidate the Song army.

Among the Song army, a person silently untied his bun. Let his long hair flutter in the cold wind outside, and his face can only be seen by chance. It was shining with a bronze luster, and a hideous and wild ghost face suddenly appeared in front of the eyes of the Xixia people!

The battle of the day was a nightmare for the party members! Under the leadership of Lu Shouqin, the security army swarmed out, led by a tall man, with his hair scattered and wearing a bronze mask, and rushed into the Western Xia army, invincible!

There are no challenges. There was no ambush, no traditional combat method of the Song army in the minds of any party members, only a fierce and ferocious and desperate impact! The five heads and forty men and horses were scattered, and they were directly reversed back to Li Yuanhao's Chinese army, and the Western Xia army ran away wildly, and directly escaped from the security army, before stopping and trembling. Question: The man just now... Is that really a person?

Behind them, the Song general finally took off the bronze mask, revealing a young and handsome face. It's a pity that there is a tattoo on it - he is a criminal soldier.

The 32-year-old first battle of the famous Song Dynasty general Di Qing made the opponent party frightened! He came from a poor background, and when he was 17 years old, his brother had a fight, and he took his brother's behalf. was assassinated and joined the army, and in the words of the time, it was a thief with an army of "the cheapest of the cheap". As is customary, he was elected to the capital. Incorporated into the Forbidden Army. The history of the Song Dynasty said that "young people have strong ambitions", but once they have integrity, they even have ideals, and they are not cowardly. Soldiers who practiced martial arts diligently, whether in the Northern Song Dynasty or the Southern Song Dynasty, were not welcome. Li Yuanhao rebelled, and he became the first batch of forbidden troops sent to the frontier, and assigned him to the most important forward position. I wonder if this is reuse or punishment? But that's how the iron-blooded legend begins... Di Qing rose up in the bad luck of the country, defended his family and country with bloody battles, and became the courage of the Song army in the northwest battlefield!

After losing the first battle, Li Yuanhao turned his horse and chose Cheng Pingqi to try his luck. This time, Li Yuanhao removed all the leaders who did not die, and directly sent 30,000 people from the party headquarters! This figure has never appeared in Li Jiqian's era, and it only had such a scale when it attacked the famous Tibetan city of Maoniucheng four years ago. But that is the city, this is the "砦" that is, the village, is the fence used for defense, and by extension, the barracks, then its scale and strength can be imagined. With 30,000 cavalry attacking, the outnumbered Western Xia army went straight to the gate! But what I never expected was that the gate suddenly opened, and the Song army rushed out like a security army, facing the elite soldiers of the party who had passed through the Pinguighurs, the battle of Tibet, and the sweeping of the entire Hexi corridor, the Song army chose to go out of the city to fight in the field, hand-to-hand combat!

History does not record whether the 30,000 party cavalry were put into the battlefield at one time, but the Song army rushed out of the gate of only more than 1,000 people, but they dared to win the decisive battle, and the party was quickly defeated. On the same day, the enemy army was defeated, but the Song army did not enter the fortress, and lined up outside the gate, they knew very well that it was just an encounter just now, and the enemy was caught off guard. At this time, the enemy has returned, and the situation is just as bad... If you want to fight, you must fight clearly!

Sure enough, after a while, the Western Xia army assembled again, this time slowly pressing, and there was no arrogance at the beginning. The situation was even more obvious after the initial fierce battle, and the party members clearly saw the number of the Song army outside the gate and the strength of the defense of Chengping... As long as we are more serious, victory is still firmly in the hands of the party members!

But the problem is that Song Jun doesn't think so. The two armies lined up, the Song army was silent and waited for the battle, but the party members were in chaos, and after a while, the formation separated, and a different warrior with bright armor stood up, only to see his luck, saddle support, open mouth... Song Jun held his breath and stared, but he heard a lot of foul language!

This is the Western Xia warriors, and this is the respect that the party members have for the enemy. The Song army responded by the fact that all remained silent, and their general suddenly drew his bow and arrow, and an arrow struck the big mouth of the party card. After that, the whole army moved, put pressure on the Tanguts, and prepared for a second charge!

But there was no charge, and the huge Western Xia army chose to retreat a second time after a commotion. At the end of the battle that day, the Song army could not really drive the Tanguts away, but the situation of the siege attack failed to form, and Li Yuanhao's pre-war budget fell short again. After reconnoitring afterwards, he found that his luck was really better: Cheng Pingqi was really not too big, but the guards inside were actually Yizhou Thorn Shi and Yan Yan Lu Xu Huaide! Cheng Pingqi is not his guard, he happened to be passing by here, Li Yuanhao was lucky and hit the iron plate!

After that, Chengping became a hedgehog, Li Yuanhao's 30,000 troops surrounded it and gnawed on it, but the days passed, and on the 6th day of the siege battle, he broke into the Song Realm for half a month, and Li Yuanhao suddenly ordered: Go immediately, immediately withdraw to the north of Hengshan!

Something happened to his old nest, the Song army was not only stubbornly resisting in the security army and Chengping, they already had a large number of men and horses into the territory of the party, and the results were very good, the Xixia frontier military village - Houqiao Village was breached, and the Song army was looted from the defenders to the supplies!

It was led by Gao Jilong, the governor of Huanqing Road, Zhang Chongjun, the governor of Gyeongju, and Wu Ying, the lord of Rouyuan Village, who united several roads and counterattacked into the territory of the party when the Yanyan Road was attacked. The intention is very obvious, Li Yuanhao, why do you have to defend when you attack us? You and I will attack the enemy's territory at the same time, and see who is more lethal!

The Song army won a complete victory, and for the first time, whether attacking or defending, the Song Dynasty army had the absolute upper hand! For a while, the government and the opposition were excited, from the emperor to the people all celebrated, and their eyes shone brightly-if they committed me to the Song Dynasty, although they were far away, they would be punished! (To be continued......)