In the Song Dynasty's super debate for more than 14 months from October 1038 to December 1039, 99% of the people were shouting to kill Li Yuanhao and slaughter the entire Dangxiang clan! There are only one or two sporadic voices in opposition, which not only did not work, but was also officially recognized as brain water and crazy.

The opposition came from Xia Zhu and Wu Yu. Xia Zhu. His father, Xia Chenghao, was a martyr who fought and martyred the Khitans at night, but no one knew his true life experience, because he was an abandoned baby, which Xia Chenghao picked up on the way to work on a winter morning.

To put it simply, Xia Zhu started with poetry and essays, and then won favor with his father's martyrdom. Promoted step by step, in the Renzong Dynasty, he became a top high-ranking official such as the privy deputy envoy, the governor of the council, and the three envoys, and was sent to the frontier at this time, which can be said to be "big talent and little use". He himself was also very unhappy, he was unwilling to deal with foreign barbarians, and even the Khitan envoy had to cry bitterly, crying very impassionedly, "If you don't wear the sky, it is difficult to worship the vault." Etiquette as a pillow, endure the sound of Yile "I hate the Yidi barbarians, that is the enemy country, bow down to their king, talk to their courtiers, I can't stand it!" So he said he wouldn't go!

It's shameless in comparison, but it's nothing compared to his meanness in the future. Villains are often talented, this person has accurate vision, sees far, has skills in promoting officials in the officialdom, and is also Fan Zhongyan's sworn enemy in the second half of his life. Qingli's new deal can be said to be destroyed by his own hands! He was also very sober on the battlefield, and it didn't take long to analyze the current strength comparison between the enemy and us, once the war started, the Song Dynasty would be defeated! The reason is as follows: Comparing Li Jiqian with Song Taizong, Li Deming with Song Zhenzong, Li Yuanhao and Song Renzong, everything is clear: the party is rising step by step, but the Song Dynasty is weakening step by step... At the beginning of the founding of the country, the troops who won all battles could not exterminate Li Jiqian, who was a bandit; Song Zhenzong's troops who were able to tie with the Liao State and sign the Lanyuan Alliance could not attack Li Deming; Now why do you have the confidence to defeat Li Yuanhao and kill the entire party clan?

How simple the truth is, but reported to the imperial court. only got a ridicule from the Zhongshu Province and the Privy Council - Xia Zhu is a coward!

Wu Yu, Song Shi emphasized that he was very smart, but in fact he was wise and had a very strong view of the overall situation. He sat in the city of Tokyo, just a civil official, but he judged the trend of the war thousands of miles away. The reason is also very simple - may I ask Li Yuanhao that he is the emperor, will he automatically cut his number and abolish it? If not, war is inevitable. In that case, it doesn't matter if you punish him, on the contrary, it is better to be kind to him, just like when you did Li Yu in the Southern Tang Dynasty. We should postpone the outbreak of war as much as possible so that we can gain time and actively prepare for war. But that's not the best way to go. The best way is to "give the courtesy of a foreign minister, and do not refrain from restraint" He comes to attack, we will defend, he is going to escape, we will not chase, and after all, we will surrender to us!

Please remember the above words, after 4 years have passed. When the ambition of the party and the anger of the Song Dynasty were exhausted, every word of his words was fulfilled. But at this time, the whole country was thinking about war, and his words simply added fuel to the fire! When the other party comes to fight, we guard; The other party fled. What are we? Prime Minister Zhang Shixun sneered, "People say that Wu Yu's heart is crazy, and sure enough" No matter what Wu Yu says after that, the political affairs hall will be suppressed. No more escalation. What they fancy is the enthusiastic declaration of a pro-war faction of the military:

Liu Ping, deputy commander of the infantry army, deputy commander of Huanqing and Huanqing, and deputy commander-in-chief of the Northwest Front Army, played "Yuan Hao is just a rat running for a poor Koer, what can he do" with a total of 200,000 soldiers and horses on the four routes of Yanyan, Huanqing, Jingyuan, and Qinlong. Attack in two ways, triple the crowd of Yuan Hao, transfer 200 miles of grain, and within a month, it will be a big victory!

The whole country is excited! The whole Song Dynasty believed in Liu Ping and Liu Taiwei's words, because in the eyes of the Song Dynasty, he was a tough guy who was literate, martial, upright, and had outstanding military achievements, and every step of improvement was convincing. In view of the fact that the number one leader of the frontier of the Song Dynasty was a Wenchen, as the deputy capital deployed, he was already the first representative of the military. Now that he has spoken, it should be true and irrefutable! But in fact, he was talking in his sleep. has been stationed on the frontier all the year round, and his judgment of Li Yuanhao's troops is not accurate, and from this time on, he can already predict the outcome of the war.

200,000 horses is three times the size of the entire Western Xia army? So Li Yuanhao only has more than 60,000 people? It's a pity that this figure is a bit reliable if it is used to measure Li Jiqian when he was close to extinction in the later period. As for the current Li Yuanhao, he has... 500,000 people! From the beginning of the civil strife among the Tibetans, Li Yuanhao was able to calmly reorganize the army, constantly annexing the Uighurs, constantly robbing the Tibetan war horses, coupled with the guidance of the Han think tank, by this time, his army had not only expanded, but also began to classify the military branches, and could no longer be limited by the primitive steppe cavalry's predatory and sneak attack combat effectiveness.

There are 5 types of military services, including the Iron Harrier, the Capture Army, the Wei Rong Army, the Splash Xi Army, and the Bang Ling Lang.

Iron Harrier, also known as "Iron Forest", is the most elite unit of the Western Xia cavalry, equipped with the most sophisticated war horses, the most selected armor and the best soldiers, only 3,000 people, divided into 10 teams, each 300 people is a combat group, in the chaotic and entangled battle with them to win the decisive battle.

The Capturing Army was created by Li Yuanhao and was specially used to plunder the enemy people in the war, some of which were like the Khitans' grass valleys. It's just that the Tangut people are poorer, and their desire for money and things makes them more ruthless. This force actually reached 100,000 people.

The Wei Rong Army was the Praetorian Guard of the Western Xia capital, with a total of 5,000 people, all of whom were the sons of the Western Xia nobles. It is difficult to estimate the combat effectiveness, Li Yuanhao used them to guard the gate, or as hostages, and it is unknown whether he wants to threaten the nobles into submission.

Pop Xi Army, this is artillery, shells are stones, different sizes. The big ones are used for siege cities. Small? Be careful with oncoming enemies, as fist-sized rocks are smashed in baskets, and anything happens to you.

As for Bang Linglang, this is a sturdy man specially selected by Li Yuanhao from the Han people, and he has no weapons for them, so he drives them to rush to the front when he fights. It's enough to imagine what will happen. If you want to cut the knife on the party members, you have to kill all these brothers of your own clan first!

In leap December, Li Yuanhao sent He Jiuyan to send a letter and a brocade box to the Great Song Dynasty. The brocade box is known as the god box, which contains the edicts, edicts, and festivals that the Song Dynasty has rewarded Li Yuanhao with over the years, that is, his token as an official of the Song Dynasty. The intention is very obvious: you don't want me to be an official of your Song Dynasty, and I will directly return the seal letter you gave.

That letter is more famous, that is, the "insulting letter" that really angered Song Renzong and provoked the Song-Xia War A humiliating letter from Western Xia - His Majesty, the Emperor of the Southern Dynasty: Before the envoy I sent to you returned, your soldiers entered our country, and the scale was very large, and there were 9 invasions in the boundaries of the four roads of Yanyan, Huanqing, Jingyuan, and Qinlong. But it's a pity. I have defeated all of them, I have robbed a lot of your banners, swords, guns and halberds, and I have killed a lot of your soldiers. I feel honored. But I believe that this is not your intention, it is a private decision of your ministers, who are trying to stir up disputes in order to profit from them, which is really humiliating. I hope you recognize the fact, I am Fan, you are a Han, and the land is different, how can you say that the monarch and the minister? Why are you so jealous of me? I, Li Yuanhao, were elected by the people. Follow in the footsteps of our ancestor Tuoba Sigong and be a legitimate emperor, what is there not to do? And let me reiterate that I have started normal diplomatic relations, and your equal friends Liaoguo are all my relatives, and we are getting along very well, and looking forward to the future, we will do the same. I hope that Your Majesty will take a closer look at what I have said that is not in place, and feel my deep sincerity. You can reply to me with the etiquette of peace and friendship, and feel the gift of your handover...

How modest and peaceful, Da Song almost vomited blood when he saw it up and down. If the last time it was a note from the state secretary, this time it was outright teasing. Li Yuanhao didn't take Song Renzong, the emperor of the Heavenly Dynasty, in his eyes at all. To that end. did not hesitate to fabricate the facts, what 9 route army entered Western Xia? There was Song Taizong in the front and Song Shenzong in the back, which of His Majesty was not so generous!

Looking back at history, Li Yuanhao really touched the Song Dynasty this time. Even the bottom line of the dignity of the Han emperors of the past dynasties, the emperor of the Central Plains, you can go and rob his people. Take away his silver, and even let him cut the land and sue for peace, but just one thing, you can't let him lose face! Not to mention Li Yuanhao, even if the former grassland giant Xiongnu Shan Yu defeated Liu Bang and wrote a letter to invite Empress Dowager Lu to dinner in the felt tent, it was recorded in Han history, and was retaliated against by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty Liu Che decades later!

Who said that the Han Emperor was not brave, but he did not reach the sad place...

Back in Western Xia, Li Yuanhao put on another face. He looked up to Heaven in fear: God, you have really appeared, thank you for giving me such a clear signal of victory...

The party members were honored again, this time not sleeping until midnight and being hit by a meteorite, but seeing a miracle in the blue sky and daylight. I saw that the sun in the sky was slowly missing a corner in the west, and it paused for a long time before it slowly returned to its original state. This is not surprising today, but it is a partial solar eclipse! But Li Yuanhao looked up to the sky and shouted-"Japan and the West have one Er" Our country is in the west, this is the victory of our army!

At this time, the Song Dynasty was also enraged by the slander, and the army began to move towards the border, and the great war began immediately!

At the beginning of the war, both the Song and Xia sides focused their attention on Yanzhou, the capital of Yanyan Road. The Song people know very well where their weaknesses are, and the evidence is Qingjian City.

Qingjian City, 200 miles northeast of Yanzhou, is an excellent strategic point. It can consolidate the defense of Yanzhou to the left, connect the grain road of Hedong Road to the right, and the north is the most critical. It is so important that you can get evidence from the history books: the previous dynasty built a city here, called Kuanzhou. But as the years go by, they have long been abandoned.

The congenital military weakness of the Song Dynasty was that it could not build a complete Great Wall to defend against enemy capture like Qin Shi Huang, but the Han people's combat methods needed to have strongholds to rely on. In this way, there was a walled and fort. This is an independent or conjoined combat unit, surrounded by mountains and rivers, and each other's horns, scattered between major states and counties, guarding the Great Song Dynasty frontier. History has shown that this is more effective than the Great Wall, which is immovable and purely defensive, while fortresses and forts can be built at any time, and with each step forward, one step of territory is gained, and one step closer to the heart of the enemy. It may seem slow and laborious, but once and for all.

The problem is that in the early days of the Song-Xia War, these were just beginning. At this moment, when a famous general is needed, a famous general finally stood up: Chong Shiheng! The founding ancestor of the military family, and the previous Zhe family and the Yao family later, the three major military families became the backbone of the Western Army of the Northern Song Dynasty. The most elite and warlike Western Army in the history of the Northern Song Dynasty began to appear!

Chong Shiheng, the nephew of the hermit of the Northern Song Dynasty. At that time, he was killed by the Empress Dowager Liu E and the Prime Minister Lu Mengzheng (strange?). Lü Mengzheng died early, but that's what the history of the Song Dynasty wrote) Jointly drove out of the imperial court and went to the northwest to be a judge. There is providence in the dark. A legend of the Western Army of the Great Song Dynasty - the legend of the seed clan started from Qingjian City!

Chong Shiheng keenly discovered this strategic point, and wrote to the imperial court to build this city, but it was too difficult. Whoever proposes it will do it, and Chong Shiheng will be sent to the ruined city of Kuanzhou to be responsible for establishing this super military village.

I ask you: This place is so important, why is it now deserted? Answer: Lack of water. Although there is a Yanshui River outside the city, once the enemy besieges the city and cuts off the water source, the people in the city are in chaos without a fight. The only way is to dig a well. But keep digging down to 150 feet... Dig into the rocks. Now everyone is desperate, this job can no longer be done. But Chong Shiheng began to turn over his pockets: For every time a dustpan of gravel is smashed, I will reward 100 yuan! Under the heavy reward, a load of gravel was lifted out of the deep pit, and the spring water finally gushed out, which is how the name "Qingjian City" came from, to commemorate this precious water source.

The super military village was finally built before the outbreak of the super war, its significance is far-reaching, and the lower left is the Jinming Village, which is the stronghold of the strongest troops in the entire Yanyan Road, as long as there is an echo, it will form a defensive chain. On the upper left of it is a series of Qiang tribes, which are the most powerful weapons of the Han people against the Yi people. Now that they are very close, they can have a better relationship at a deeper level, and Chong Shiheng has already included the Qiang people in his list of descendants. History proves that he succeeded.

However, if we look high and far, we will find a fact that has left generations of Chinese helpless: the territory is too large, the border is too long, and as long as the enemy wants to invade, he can choose a breakthrough at will. If you want to defend it thoroughly, only the Great Wall of China, which blocks the entire territory, can do this, but this was a delusional dream in the Song Dynasty!

During the Spring Festival of the 3rd year of Baoyuan (1040), Fan Yong, the highest military and political governor of Yanyan Road, was relieved after being super nervous. After Li Yuanhao's security army and Chengpingzhai lost the two battles, he threatened to attack Yanzhou directly! One of the things that Fan Yong did the most was to ask Kaifeng for help continuously. He doesn't understand military affairs, but he can calculate: how big the Yanyan Road is, how wide the Yanzhou Mansion is, and how many soldiers he has under his command, these numbers are all obvious. He was afraid, he didn't know the bottom of his heart. Especially Li Yuanhao now directly chose him as his opponent. (To be continued......)