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Li Cun, the most powerful emperor in the world today, how can he stare at Wan Yan Liang every day, who is already destined to be unable to be an emperor again?

Mainly, Li Cun, who is ready to completely relieve the trouble in the north, has been really busy recently.

Let's not talk about anything else, let's just say that Li Cun just threw Wan Yanliang to Zhongshan as an observer on the front foot, and Li Cun received Wu Jue's "Pingxia Ce" for himself on the back foot.

Wu Jue said in "Pingxia Ce":

Hu Lu has no fixed place, comes and goes without a trace, robs if he is missing, and runs away if he robs, the Central Plains Dynasty has always been very helpless about this, and once could only accept this humiliation in the way of paying tribute.

If Your Majesty can not completely solve the northern troubles, the later king may not have the determination to expedition to Hulu, therefore, this is a major event related to my great cadres for thousands of generations, and must not be left to future generations, otherwise my Han people may lose this only opportunity to relieve the troubles once and for all.

I am a big worker, and the ears of the great powers of the East. west of Chang'an, Qianli Hexi Corridor; Further west, there are dozens of countries in the Western Regions and Tibet, where there are also vast land, and its territory is so large that it is not under our great efforts; Over the green mountains, there is a broader world.

Although we can have superficial contact and trade with all countries in the world at sea, it is a long-term solution for the sea to be variable, and the land is connected.

If you want to completely eliminate the Hu trouble, the Hexi Corridor must be obtained, otherwise you will not be able to trap Hu Lu to death on the Mongolian Plateau; If we want to open the road to the Western Regions and restore the diplomacy with the countries of the Western Regions and the countries west of the Green Mountains, which has been broken off for hundreds of years, the Hexi Corridor will also be obtained.

Wuwei, to promote China's martial arts and military might;

Zhang Ye, Zhang I China's fold, cut off the arm of Hulu;

In Jiuquan, Huo Qubing poured the wine rewarded by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty into the spring water, and drank the emperor's grace with the soldiers of the three armies;

Dunhuang is China's broad-minded opening to the West.

These four counties were taken by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty for the descendants of our Han people, showing that our Han people opened their arms to expand the military power to the distance, and spread the land of wine and nectar, how could they be occupied by a small party for a long time......

Li Cun knew very well that the reason why Wu Jue gave himself "Pingxia Ce" may be mainly because the soldiers of the Northwest Army were jealous of the great military exploits of the Northeast Army and were unwilling to be lonely, so they saved up their own Western Xia, showing that their Northwest Army was not under the Northeast Army.

Li Cun could even guess that Wu Jue did not have the idea of sealing the wolf Juxu one step before Yue Fei.

But then again, Wu Jue was right.

The Western Xia took control of the Hexi Corridor, the diplomatic lifeline of the Chinese nation.

The key is that if the Hexi Corridor is not seized and the back road of the steppe tribes is cut off, there will be no way to strangle the soon-to-be-born Mongolia in the cradle.

Furthermore, the general direction set by Li Cun for the Daqian Dynasty was to develop not only into a sea power state, but also into a land power state, so the Daqian Dynasty not only had to control the Maritime Silk Road, but also use the railway to connect the northwest region of the Daqian Dynasty with the Western Regions, Central Asia, and West Asia, and influence and even control all the countries along the road by land.

Moreover, although the Daqian Dynasty is also very strong now, in fact, to a certain extent, the Daqian Dynasty still did not reach the height of the Han and Tang dynasties.

At least the Daqian Dynasty did not reopen the Silk Road on land.

More than 1,000 years from the Han Dynasty to the Sui and Tang dynasties was a period of development and prosperity of the Silk Road.

After Tang Taizong Li Shimin conquered the Eastern Turks, he was respected as the "Heavenly Khan" by the Western Regions. Tang Gaozong Li Zhi destroyed the Western Turks again, and set up Anxi and Beiting two protectorates. The Silk Road became even more prosperous with the developed economy of the Tang Dynasty.

It was not until around the time of the Anshi Rebellion that the Silk Road began to appear intermittent.

In the Song Dynasty, due to the southward shift of the political center of the Zhao and Song dynasties and the relative military weakness of the Zhao and Song dynasties, the land Silk Road began to completely lose its former glory, and later because of the independence of the Western Xia, the land Silk Road was completely interrupted.

If the Great Qian Dynasty could not recover the Western Xia and completely restore the Silk Road on land, how could it compare with the two most powerful dynasties in Chinese history, the Han and Tang dynasties, and how different from the Zhao and Song dynasties?

In short, Wu Jue's "Pingxia Ce", although the motive is a bit impure, still very impresses Li Cun, who wants to strangle Mongolia in the cradle and reopen the Silk Road on land with railways, when the Northeast has basically been pacified.

So, Li Cun first threw aside Wan Yanliang, a small toy to pass the boring time, and ordered Wu Jue, Wu Lu, Liu Qi and other generals of the Northwest Army to immediately go to Beijing to discuss the recovery of Western Xia.

After Wu Jue, Wu Lu, Liu Qi and other generals of the Northwest Army entered Beijing, they immediately gave Li Cun a general strategic direction of "first taking the Hengshan area, and then destroying the Western Xia".

Speaking of this Hengshan area, we have to mention the wars between the Song and Xia countries over the years.

One of the most unavoidable focal points of the war between the Song and Xia countries in these years was the Hengshan dispute.

Hengshan is located in the northern region of Shaanxi, across more than 1,000 miles, the terrain is dangerous, the two countries take Hengshan as the dividing line, in general, the north of Hengshan is owned by the Western Xia, and the south belongs to the Song Dynasty, and the Hengshan area is also the forefront base of the Western Xia's attack on the Zhao and Song dynasties.

At the beginning, after Song Zhenzong foolishly gave Hengshan, along with Ling and Xia Erzhou, to Li Deming, the leader of the party members, the party really had the foundation for the founding of the country.

The Hengshan region was important to Western Xia mainly because:

First of all, the Hengshan area is not only vertical and horizontal, but also rich in water power, Wuding, Dali, Tuyan, Baima and other rivers criss-cross, making the Hengshan area become in addition to Lingzhou, Liangzhou, Suzhou, the most fertile place in Western Xia, where animal husbandry and agriculture are very developed, is the most important grain production area for the Western Xia to attack the Zhao Song Dynasty, that is, with the Xixia in the Hengshan area, there is no need to transport grain and grass to the battlefield like the Zhao Song Dynasty.

Secondly, the tea mountain, Qilu Mountain and other places in the east of Hengshan were the main production areas of salt and iron in the Western Xia, which made the Western Xia not need to transport armor and salt to the battlefield.

Thirdly, the Hengshan Qiang, who lived in the Hengshan area, was an important source of Western Xia soldiers, and their courage and good fighting were the best in Western Xia, and they also had the same stubborn belief in protecting their families and defending the country as the Zhen family.

Secondly, the terrain of the Hengshan area is steep, which is very easy to defend and difficult to attack.

Since the Western Xia built more than 300 fortresses in the dangerous mountains on the edge of the Han border, the Hengshan area has become the first and most insurmountable obstacle for the Song army to enter Lingzhou in the north.

The Western Xia relied on the danger of Hengshan and directly blocked the transportation line from Tianshui to Datong in the Zhao and Song dynasties.

At the same time, after the Xia army gathered in the Hengshan area, the long Song-Xia border line could become the target of its breakthrough at any time and anywhere.

Before the Qingli army was greatly increased, the Zhao and Song dynasties were in a hurry on the Northwest Fourth Road, in addition to poor mobility, but also related to the favorable terrain of the Hengshan region occupied by the Western Xia.

To put it simply, the Hengshan region is as important to Western Xia as the sixteen states of Youyun are to Liao, which can be attacked, retreated and defended, and is also an important agricultural and economic base.

The Zhao and Song dynasties, which lost the Hengshan region, were extremely passive strategically, and the prefectures and counties of Dun, Yan, Huan, Qing, Jing, Yuan, Qin, and Long were always under the threat of the Xia army.

Due to poor mobility and unfavorable rescue, the Zhao and Song dynasties could only divide troops to garrison.

In this way, the Zhao and Song dynasties gave the Xia army the opportunity to break through one by one, and the defeat of the three Song armies of Sanchuankou, Haoshuichuan, and Dingchuanzhai was all caused by Li Yuanhao taking advantage of mobility to surround and outnumber.

In terms of offense, the passivity of the Song army was even more obvious.

After losing the Hengshan area, a natural front-line supply base, the Song army could only rely on the people to carry grain across the 700-mile Hanhai Sea for supply when attacking Western Xia.

"If you get Hengshan and Tiandu, it will also be very immortal. The imperial court is often trapped by the Westerners, and they go out of bounds to enter the desert land, seven or eight journeys and even Lingzhou, there is neither water and grass, nor is there any human population, and before they meet the enemy, our division has been trapped. The Westerners came, although they had waded into the sand, but in their territory, every time they gathered troops in Hengshan, they were trapped in the jam, and if they entered our territory, they would get something, so the Westerners often profited. ”

These words of Zeng Bu during the reign of Zhezong Yuanfu undoubtedly completely explained the importance of the Hengshan region to the strategic initiative between the Song and Xia countries.

In view of the unique geographical environment of the Hengshan area, it can be said that the Hengshan area is not only the territorial dividing line between the Song and Xia countries, but also the dividing line of the fate of the two countries.

In other words, if you own the Yokoyama area, you will be invincible.

Later, the Zhao and Song dynasties gradually understood this, so Fan Zhongyan, Han Qi and other leaders opened the "Hengshan Raiders", that is, to build fortresses in the Hengshan area step by step, and encroach on the Hengshan area little by little.

During the Yuanfeng period, the Song army invaded Xia on a large scale and captured a large number of fortresses in Western Xia.

Then, Li Xian entered the construction according to the danger.

In the year of Zhezong, it was further improved by Zhang Qi to a shallow attack.

Each improvement of this decades-long strategic evolution was an adjustment and correction made by the Song army after paying a heavy price.

And in the end, it also proved that the Hengshan strategy after continuous improvement was a devastating blow again and again for Western Xia.

The Zhao and Song Dynasty's "Hengshan Raiders" for the Western Xia Dynasty began from the Song Renzong Dynasty to the end of the Song Huizong Dynasty, which lasted for decades.

In the past few decades, the Zhao and Song dynasties have built hundreds of front-line forts-for-tat, and seized a large number of forts built by the Western Xia.

After Zhao Ji, who wanted to restore his father's and brother's ambition, ascended the throne, Zhao Ji appointed Tong Guan as the commander of Yongxing, Yanyan, Huanqing, Qinfeng, Jingyuan, and Xihe.

Tong Guan, who was out of Li Xian's gate, continued to implement the strategy of shallow attack and stationing, and encroached on Hengshan step by step.

In April of the first year of Xuanhe, Tong Guan took Liu Zhongwu, the father of Liu Qi and Liu Qi, as his generals, and led the soldiers and horses of Yan Yan and Huanqing out of Xiaoguan to attack the Hengshan area, the Xia army was defeated, the field elite was annihilated, and the Hengshan area was completely captured by the Song army.

Fan Zhongyan, Han Qi, Li Xian, Zhang Qi and others planted the seeds, and finally the fruits were picked by Zhao Ji and Tong Guan Junchen during the Huizong Dynasty.

The Hengshan Raiders of the Zhao and Song dynasties were a perfect success.

After the defeat of Xuanhe, the Western Xia was already on the verge of extinction, although the core area of Lingxia and other places did not suffer losses, but the loss of the Hengshan area has made the Western Xia completely lose the geographical advantage and strategic initiative, and the Song army, which can attack and retreat, only needs to work harder, and can enter Xingqing Mansion.

But at this time, Yelu Yanxi threatened to send troops to force the Zhao Song Dynasty to give up destroying the Western Xia, and the Western Xia, who was frightened by the Zhao Song Dynasty, also surrendered to the Zhao Song Dynasty.

Zhao Ji and Tong Guanjunchen were forced by the situation to suspend the destruction of Western Xia.

To be fair, this is actually one of the reasons why the Zhao and Song Dynasty tore up the alliance of Tanyuan and destroyed Liao.

Then, the southeast rebellion arose, and the Zhao and Song courts mobilized the western army to quell the rebellion.

Immediately afterwards, the Zhao and Song dynasties started the idea of recovering the sixteen states of Yanyun and destroying the Liao state together with the Jin state.

If this were not the case, in the Battle of Hengshan, the Song army completely conquered the Hengshan area, making the Western Xia lose its barrier, and the Zhao and Song dynasties should have destroyed the Western Xia and completely quelled the rebellion in the northwest......

Imagine it.

Historically, if the Zhao and Song dynasties put down the Fangla uprising, they did not implement the strategic strategy of Lianjin to destroy Liao and recover the sixteen states of Yanyun, but took advantage of the Liaojin war and had no time to take care of him, and devoted themselves to the strategic strategy of recovering Western Xia to the end.

Then, the Western Xia, which originally had only one breath left, was completely likely to be destroyed by the Zhao Song Dynasty.

After the fall of the Zhao and Song dynasties in the Western Xia, they could achieve stability in the northwest, and they could also obtain a coveted horse-producing land, and their strength would undoubtedly be strengthened.

On the other hand, the Zhao Song Dynasty gave up the Yanyun Campaign, and even more, the Zhao Song Dynasty could borrow some troops to the Northern Liao to resist the invasion of the Jin State, in that case, it was most likely to lead to the independence of the Northern Liao that controlled the Yan Land at that time, and act as a barrier between the Song and Jin, and the worst result was only that the Jin State defeated the Northern Liao, and the Yanyun region was occupied by the Jin State, and the Jin State replaced the position of the Liao State.

After the unification of the northwest, the Zhao and Song dynasties could sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, who was weak and who helped whom, and when the Khitans, Jurchens, and Mongols were all defeated, they would slowly try to ......

If that were the case, it might not only be the situation of the Zhao and Song dynasties, but also the situation of the Han people, and perhaps the situation of the whole world at that time would be different.

It's a pity that Zhao Ji doesn't have this kind of vision, and he doesn't have talents with this kind of vision under him.

Taking a step back, even if there is such a talent, it is not allowed to be reused by Zhao Ji's father and son.

Li Cun is not Zhao Ji's father and son, he knows the general trend of history, and he will never make such a low-level mistake.

Li Cun wouldn't have stopped making a move when he should have made a move.

Therefore, Li Cun agreed to the strategic goal of recovering Western Xia proposed by Wu Jue and others.

Moreover, Li Cun happily appointed Wu Jue as the marshal of the Western Expeditionary Army, Liu Qi as the capital supervisor of the Western Expeditionary Army, and Wu Ling as the deputy marshal of the Western Expeditionary Army, so that the three of them were fully responsible for the military operation to recover Western Xia.

In addition, Li Cun sent Wang Yu, Wang Yan, Zhai Xing, Zhe Yanzhen, Fan Qiong and other generals who could fight well to obey the command of commanders such as Wu Jue, Liu Qi, and Wu Luan.

In terms of civil officials, Li Cun transferred Chen Yu, who had been stationed in the southernmost part of the Daqian Dynasty for more than ten years, and let Chen Yu serve as the Xuanfu envoy in the northwest, and ordered Chen Kangbo, Zhan Du, Qiu Xi, Tang Chong, Lin Shiyi, Zhang Kejian, Zhang Suo, Xu Huiyan, Xiong Anshang and other capable officials to serve as Chen Yu's deputies and staff, and let them use political, economic, diplomatic, and military means to organize the military and people in Sichuan, Shaanxi, Hedong, and Yundi to recover Western Xia.

From Li Cun's arrangement, it is not difficult to see that Li Cun's attention to the recovery of Western Xia is actually no less important than the importance of recovering the Northeast.

The two sets of civil and military teams selected by Li Cun to recover Western Xia, after full discussion and communication, gave Li Cun an ultimate plan for recovering Western Xia, that is, the Hengshan strategy to restart the Zhao and Song dynasties.

At the beginning, the Western Xia took advantage of the decisive battle of the Qian-Song Dynasty and the Great Qian Dynasty had no time to take care of it, and took back all the Hengshan area.

Moreover, because Ren Dejing, Du Chong and others surrendered to Western Xia, Western Xia also recaptured Xiazhou, Dingzhou and other places.

In other words, today's Western Xia has regained its peak strength.

Wu Jue's ultimate strategic strategy to recover Western Xia was to retrace the old path of the Song army and encroach on the Hengshan area step by step.

Of course, the Daqian Dynasty will not be like the Zhao and Song dynasties, which will use several generations to encroach on the Hengshan region in a few decades.

This is not only because the military strength of the Daqian Dynasty is many times stronger than that of the Zhao and Song dynasties, but also because the Daqian Dynasty has trains with extremely strong ability to transport troops and grain, as well as better mobility.

In fact, in recent years, the Daqian Dynasty has not been idle in the northwest region.

Li Cun, who was bound to win the Western Xia, had already sent the Ministry of Railways, the Ministry of Transportation, and the Ministry of Households to overhaul the railways in the northwest region.

After so many years of operation, the Daqian Dynasty not only built the major trunk lines in the northwest region, but also the railway had already passed through the 700-mile Hanhai Sea and reached the Hengshan area.

In other words, the Daqian Dynasty no longer had the dilemma that the Song army could only rely on the people to carry grain across the 700-li Hanhai Sea for supply when the Song army attacked Western Xia, and there would be no logistical inadequacy.

In addition, in order to cope with the mobility of the Xia army, the Daqian Dynasty also built a ring line in the Hengshan area, and at the same time, Li Cun transferred 200,000 Han cavalry from the northeast region to the Western Army area to ensure that the mobility of the Qianjun army was far stronger than that of the Xia army.

Now, as long as the Qianjun army is engaged in a normal battle with the Xia army, while annexing the Hengshan area step by step, and then the railways built by the Ministry of Railways, the Ministry of Transportation, and the Ministry of Household can keep up in time, the Great Qian Dynasty should be able to realize the fast-forward version of the Hengshan strategy of the Zhao and Song Dynasty.

Once the Daqian Dynasty captured the Hengshan region, Western Xia would be in the pocket of the Daqian Dynasty......

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