Now occupy the land of Yinxia is the party Pingxia people Li Jiqian, Li Jiqian is the son of Yinzhou defense envoy Li Guangyan, before him, Pingxia Li is only a relatively autonomous separatist force, generations of Yinzhou defense envoys, the power is limited to Xiazhou, Yinzhou and other four states, and the relationship with the Great Song Dynasty is also relatively harmonious, they are attached to the Great Song Dynasty to pay tribute to it, in the event of a war will cooperate with each other; When Li Guangyan died, Song Taizu Zhao Guangyi also left the court for two days to mourn. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

If this development continued, the Li clan in Pingxia might gradually be included in the rule of the Great Song Dynasty and become the border guards of the Great Song Dynasty, just like the Fuzhou Zhejia, but the policy of emphasizing literature and light military force in the Great Song Dynasty gradually bred Li Jiqian's ambitions; And his brother Li Jizhuo was forced to enter the court under pressure from within the clan, and handed over the five prefectures of Xia, Sui, Yin, You, and Jing, which became the fuse for Li Jiqian to raise the flag of rebellion.

Li Jiqian, his younger brother Li Jichong, his cronies Zhang Pu and others organized various party departments to rebel against the Song Dynasty, and fled to Jinze with their cronies to avoid the Song army.

Then he attacked Huizhou and burned the city; The Great Song Dynasty sent heavy troops to encircle and suppress, Li Jiqian was defeated repeatedly and even lost Yinzhou, seeing that he could not resist the Song army independently, so Li Jiqian sent Zhang Pu to Liao with heavy coins, and expressed his willingness to join Liao Shengzong and obtain Liao's support; In order to contain the Great Song Dynasty, the Liao State canonized Li Jiqian as the envoy of the Dingyan Army, the observer envoy of the five states of Xia Yinsui Youjing, and the Taishi of the special inspection school, and supervised the military affairs of Xiazhou, and married the princess of the clan to Li Jiqian.

With the support of the Liao State, Li Jiqian's strength grew stronger and stronger, and he continued to attack Xiazhou and other border fortresses, Zhao Guangyi saw this and gave Li Jisheng the surname Zhao, changed his name to Baozhong, and granted Xiazhou the history of the assassination, the envoy of the Dingyan Army, and the envoys of Xia, Yin, Sui, You, Jing and other five states to observe and deal with the fall of Xiazhou, so that he could defend Xiazhou, trying to use Li Jisheng's familiarity with the party and Xiazhou and other places to eliminate his unruly brother.

At the beginning, Li Jishuang did win a few battles, but the good times did not last long, Li Jiqian once again resorted to the means of deception, defeated Li Jishou, and later occupied Yinzhou and Suizhou, and the Great Song Dynasty had nothing to do with him for a while; Li Jiqian also saw that it was good, so he accepted the table and returned to the Great Song Dynasty, and the Great Song Dynasty was forced to grant the title of Jiqian Yinzhou Observation Envoy and give the name Zhao Baoji.

Three years ago, he intercepted 400,000 grain and grass from the Song army, and sent a large army to surround Lingwu City.

After Zhao Guangyi died and Zhao Heng ascended the throne, in order to calm the people, he ceded Xia, Sui, Yin, You, and Jing to Li Jiqian, and named him the envoy of the Xiazhou Assassin History and the Dingyan Army, which actually recognized the independent status of Western Xia; Li Jiqian also saw their weakness from the repeated concessions of the Great Song Dynasty, and continued to plunder in the border areas to weaken the Great Song Dynasty and strengthen itself.

In particular, they were eyeing Lingzhou, which was a fortress in the Hexi Corridor into the Central Plains, and if Lingzhou was occupied by Li Jiqian, it would be much more difficult for the Khotan and Guiyi armies to establish contact with the Great Song Dynasty; Moreover, Lingzhou is not far from Ganzhou, and after Li Jiqian occupies Lingzhou, Lu Sheng should consider his own safety.

In fact, the Uighurs of Ganzhou were also vaguely aware of the threat of the Dangxiang people, and they sent part of their troops to the east in case Li Jiqian took advantage of the situation to attack Ganzhou after the fall of Lingzhou, otherwise Li You would not have taken Ganzhou so easily.

"In the past, when Khotan and the Qocho Uighurs encountered an attack by the Qarakhanids, General Lu Sheng and I led an army to help, and now General Lu Sheng will soon face the threat of the Dang people, so the King of Khotan and General Bilge should not sit on the sidelines, right?" Li You looked at the two of them with a smile, "The situation in the Western Regions is chaotic, there are many strong enemies, if we want to survive, we still have to watch each other, otherwise when Ganzhou falls and the sandbar is besieged, if the Qarakhanid people come east again, I'm afraid the two of you will have to fight alone." ”

First, the Guiyi Army and the Ganzhou Uighurs did them a great favor in this battle against the Qarakhanids, and neither the Sinhala nor the Bilego could not refuse with a cheeky face; Second, Li You is also reasonable, if they continue to be bigger by the party members, they may face a two-sided attack from the party and the Qarakhanids, and at that time they will be unable to resist such an attack, and the death of the country will only be an overnight moment.

Therefore, Yu Chi Sinhala Rama naturally accepted Li You's suggestion, "What the King of Dunhuang said is very true, and Xiao Wang still understands the truth of the death of cold lips and teeth, but the soldiers are tired of this campaign, and they have to leave heavy troops to garrison Kashgar, I am afraid that I can only send 10,000 soldiers and horses to Lingzhou in Khotan, but there are a lot of horses and armor captured this time, and Xiao Wang can be the master of half of the share I deserve in Khotan to be taken away by the King of Dunhuang and General Lusheng." ”

"The king of Khotan is so generous, and he is grateful." Lu Sheng has been here for more than a year, and he also knows a lot about the details of Khotan, he understands that Yu Chi Sinhala Rama has taken out 10,000 soldiers and horses is close to the limit, and he really can't ask them too much, and with these horses and armor, they can arm more troops, which is more valuable than sending troops directly to some extent, so he hurriedly got up and saluted and thanked him.

"The king of Khotan is the lord of a country, so he can naturally be the master and send reinforcements, but he will also send someone to Yidu Hu for instructions, but I think that Yidu Hu can also understand the benefits of this, and he will definitely not refuse." Bilge hurriedly said, he also knew the stakes, if the Uighurs of Gaochang sat idly by, they would greatly offend the other three forces, and the next time they encountered the attack of the Qarakhanid, they would have to bear it themselves, which they would absolutely not be able to bear.

"Well, I'll also write a letter to Yidu to explain that it's powerful." Yu Chi Sinhala Rama and Li You said at the same time, this is also to show their attitude.

Quickly whipped the letter to Yidu Hu, he really didn't dare to despise it, and immediately sent someone to send the letter back, allowing Bile Ge to take his men and horses to Ganzhou to help in the war.

So after repairing for a period of time, the coalition army started again, slowly moving eastward, although the strength of Khotanese was greatly reduced, and Wei Chi Sinhala Rama, as the lord of a country, also needed to stay in Khotan, but when they reached Shazhou, Ganzhou and other places in the future, the troops replenished by the Guiyi army and the Uighurs of Ganzhou were enough to make up for this shortcoming, and there was no need to worry about the problem of reducing the number of troops.