Although the Western Xia has been studying the Great Song Dynasty, the Western Xia palace and the palace of Bianliang are not the same thing at all, the elements of the Liao Kingdom and the Western Regions obviously exceed the components of the Central Plains, and the three gray-yellow pagoda spires pierced into the sky, as if to promote their unwillingness. The tower is so tall that both the people in Xingzhou City and Li Renxiao in the palace can see it clearly, but it has been seen for a long time, and it is a bit of a familiar taste.

In the wide square in front of the palace, twelve soldiers were practicing, and the broadsword weighing fifty catties in their hands was like a kind of toy; under the gaze of Li Renxiao, these twelve people had been practicing under their eyes for an hour, and sweat was thrown down with the movements of their bodies. It's just that Li Renxiao, who is the lord of the country, stood motionless on the high platform, gave them ten dares, and didn't dare to stop.

Li Renxiao has no talent for martial arts, and he does not advocate any force, but now the situation in Western Xia is as dangerous as a pebble, and Li Renxiao can only disguise himself heavily in order to boost the morale of the army, and come out to sit and sit; Li Renxiao is thinking more about the defeat of Youzhou last year, and the monarchs and ministers of Western Xia have reviewed it many times afterwards, how to look at it, the battle that made Western Xia lose the situation south of the Yellow River is like an exquisite trap.

This defeat made the Western Xia feel a deep pain in the heart, and the sacrificed army and the lost land and people were all unbearable pain for the Western Xia, but in Li Renxiao's view, these were not a big deal, the Western Xia still had a population of 800,000 and an army of 300,000, and it was not that they did not have the strength to fight again. The point is that the military of Western Xia has lost the courage to fight again, and the horror of the balloon makes all the generals talk about the tiger.

Seeing Brother Li Cha and Ren Dejing walking side by side from the gate of the palace, Li Renxiao finally decided to return to the main hall, and the guards around him waved their hands, and the twelve warriors who were practicing were extremely excited, and immediately put away their swords and walked towards a side door in line. Ren Dejing was still persuading Brother Richard: "Lord Wang, if you want to realize our ideals in Great Xia, only those who cross the hurdle of the Dingbei Army and achieve great things can not be restrained, and how can they give up the overall situation because of the victory or defeat of a battle." ”

Brother Richard sneered, in the eyes of a surrendered Song man like Ren Dejing, the huge efforts of the Western Xia people were turned a blind eye, and Ren Dejing only pursued huge returns. Now continuing to go to war is not just taking some risks, but gambling on the fate of the country, Ren Dejing has done a lot of things in the past month or so, just to give his emperor nephew an excuse, a reason for Xia Renzong Li Renxiao to make up his mind to continue fighting with the Dingbei army.

Brother Richard's face did not change in the slightest and said: "We just sued for peace with the Great Song Dynasty, and once again tore up the agreement to go to war, you let the whole country think of us, let the Jin country see us." Originally, we all estimated that Song and Jin would fight, but with the death of Wan Yan Gao, all the armies of the Jin Kingdom in the clouds were retreating, and if we start a war now, we would fight alone, which was completely different from the original strategy of flanking and attacking. ”

Ren Dejing said indifferently: "This time, we can mobilize 300,000 troops to recover the land of Henan in one fell swoop, and on the west side of the river, we can buy two tribes as vanguards to contain the troops of the Great Song Xi River Road." The lord of the kingdom is a male lord who has the ability to restore the majesty of the former Great Xia. ”

Brother Richard snorted and said: "If you want to hurry, you will not be able to reach it, you are present in the battle of Gyeongju, if you still arrange for you to command the army, do you have the confidence to deal with Yang Zhi? Don't think about raiding the Quartet from the desert, the Dingbei Army set up a field in Youzhou and Jingzhou, and its intentions are very vicious, that is, it will compete with our Daxia for the hearts of the people, once you act rashly, you will be used by the Dingbei Army, and in the end the gains outweigh the losses. ”

Ren Dejing didn't answer, to be honest, he hasn't thought of any good way until now, and if he comes again, Ren Dejing can only say that there will not be much change, but the results of these short-term sneak attacks can still be obtained, but as Richard said, it won't be interesting to cause a big war between the two sides.

The two had already entered the palace while talking, and found that in addition to Li Renxiao and Raida Gongji, there was also the envoy of the Jin Kingdom, Gao Shu Fugu. Both of them were stunned, and Rya Gongji hurriedly explained: "Dajin knew that our strength was weakening, so he decided to give us Tulu Luo, and in addition, he handed over the Yara Department and the Bura Su Department to us to govern, and the two departments together have more than 50,000 people and 26,000 people who control the strings. ”

Richard asked, "Are there any prerequisites?"

Brother Richard didn't believe that pie would fall from the sky, so Hot Gongji lowered his voice and said, "Dajin hopes to fight Hedong with us." ”

Ren Dejing was overjoyed and asked, "How many troops is Jin Guo going to send?"

Gao Shu servant Gu knew that the two people in front of him were the most powerful generals in Western Xia, and said with a slight bow: "Our army is ready to send 200,000 troops to attack Yunzhong, 100,000 troops to attack Hezhong, and 50,000 troops to attack Taihang Mountain. Although I dare not say that we can take Taiyuan all the way, there is no problem in containing the 200,000 troops of the Dingbei Army in Hedong, so the emperor wants you to say a word, can you send troops to cooperate with us. ”

Ren Dejing asked, "What if you occupy Hedong?"

Without hesitation, Gao Shu Fugu pointed to the map that had been hung up and said: "All the places west of the line from Fuzhou to Yanzhou belong to you, and as many places in Shaanxi as you can lay will belong to you." ”

This condition is extremely favorable, higher than any previous price in the Jin Kingdom, no wonder Li Renxiao will be tempted to invite Brother Li and Brother Li to come to the face-to-face interview; Brother Li walked to the map, pointed to Youzhou, and said: "Yang Zhi is now staying in Youzhou, and is repairing various castles and abandoned cities in the past, and it is clear that he wants to put the roads on both sides of Lingzhou and Xiazhou under close surveillance. Yang Zhi's intention was not complicated, that is, to turn Youzhou into a bridgehead for the Dingbei Army, and to send soldiers, food, and baggage from Wuyuan County and other places in an endless stream to solve the supply problem.

Youzhou will become a battlefield that we cannot avoid, and if we forcibly attack without taking it, our army will face the Achilles heel of cutting off the grain route. Yang Zhi put on a posture of long-term combat, his goal is still Lingzhou and Xiazhou, as long as these two cities are lost, the Dingbei Army can echo Youzhou and Lingzhou, and besiege the periphery of Xingzhou in multiple ways, so that we are exhausted. When Xingzhou is isolated, we can only retreat westward to Dunhuang and other places again.

If we attack Hezhou or Jingzhou, Yang Zhi's response will be simpler, and we will attack one side on each side, and take the initiative to attack Xiazhou and Lingzhou, forcing us to retreat. So once you decide to send troops, storming Youzhou is the only option, Lord Ren, tell me about your battle plan and the military information you have obtained. ”