Ren Dejing nodded with a bitter face, the main reason for his main battle was to gain the support of some powerful people, strategically speaking, he was still inclined to small-scale attacks; Ren Dejing said in Li Renxiao's earnest eyes: "I have discussed with the prince, I need 300,000 troops to participate in the battle, but fortunately, the spring is warm, the cavalry is easy to move, and the movement of men and horses can be in place in less than half a month." ”

Hot Gongji couldn't help but complain in his heart, no wonder Brother Richard has never been the main battle, such a move is simply crazy, not to mention what the result will be in case of failure, even if it is Li Renxiao and the royal family, I am afraid that they will not dare to hand over the last 300,000 main forces to Ren Dejing to command, in case this guy is on the front line, who knows what kind of things will happen.

Gaoshu Fugu is also disappointed, Gaoshu Fugu is a messenger of the remnants of the Jin State, to put it bluntly, it is a special envoy to the three kingdoms of Goryeo, Uighur and Western Xia, and the countries of the Western Regions and Dali in the south are naturally within the scope of Gaoshu Fugu's envoy, but across the Great Song Dynasty and other three countries, there is basically no chance to go, at most it is to make small moves in Xingzhou in Western Xia and Gaochang City in the Uighurs. Gaoshu Fugu knew the current situation of Western Xia, the total strength did not exceed 400,000, and 300,000 elites were dispatched, which meant that if there was no replenishment of troops after the first battle, no matter whether he won or lost, he would not have the strength to fight again.

The Northern Army had already expanded to 200,000 in Shaanxi, and with the ability of that devil Yang Zhi, even if it was defeated, there would be no problem in increasing the number of troops by 100,000 from other places, and in this way, the Western Xia would be dragged south of the Yellow River; if the Tibetans and Uighurs had the idea of sending troops to sack the Western Xia, the Western Xia would basically be defeated, and if they were unlucky, they would die in a year. This is not what the Jin State wants, with Wanyan Zongwang taking control of the military power, the Jin State no longer has the initial idea, and now they all admit that it is not difficult to defeat the Great Song Dynasty, but to destroy the Great Song Dynasty, it is a goal of more than ten years.

After reading the analysis of the Golden Vulture and knowing that there was a backup plan, Gao Shu Fugu said with a stern face: "If that's the case, you can temporarily give up the idea of returning to Youzhou, you can contact Tubo and take Hezhou and Lanzhou first." The opening of the Xihe Road by the Great Song Dynasty is a kind of helpless reversal, because they need war horses and a second battlefield to deal with you, but this has caused a sense of crisis among the Tubo people, and Hezhou and Qingtang City have been turbulent and repeated for decades, which is the reason. I think that if you are sincere, there will be tribes in Tibet who are willing to help you. ”

Brother Richard couldn't help but look at Gao Shu Fugu, he didn't believe that this guy in front of him could have such a brilliant vision, and the hot Gongji rarely lost a smile and said, "Lord Wang, what do you think?"

Brother Richard nodded and said: "It is feasible, but Yang Zhi is not a vegetarian, knowing that Youzhou and other places are approaching Lingzhou, and the Dingbei Army is close to each other south of the Yellow River, and the depth is enough, so he is not worried; There are a total of 12 passes in Hezhou, which is almost a big fortress surrounded by mountains, easy to defend and difficult to attack; ”

On the surface, Brother Richard was talking about the situation in Xihe, but in fact, he was telling Li Renxiao that this matter was no fun, even if he helped the Tubo tribes to conquer Lanzhou, what could Daxia get; according to Brother Richard's opinion, there was nothing left except to be praised by the Tubo people. Even those Tubo people would turn around and hook up with the Great Song Dynasty again to avoid the Song army from fighting again, after all, even the Western Xia did not dare to fight Yang Zhi, let alone the loose alliance of the Tubo. Rainbow Literature Network

However, in the eyes of Li Renxiao, Brother Richard is old, and he no longer has the commanding posture of the past; Li Renxiao was not a belligerent person, but the loss of Youzhou and other places was too serious, and the two capitals of Western Xia were almost completely under the front of the Great Song Dynasty. Needless to say, the Xiazhou front, which was alone in the desert, even the southern front, because of the loss of the Baotai army, made Western Xia only threaten Lanzhou from the north and northeast, and lost the mobility of outflanking.

In the city of Xingzhou, there is no longer a shadow of a leisurely life, inside and outside the palace gate, there are discussions about the cruelty of war; although spring is coming, the flowers are still red, the trees are still green, but there is no smile on the face of the Xixia people. The 200,000-strong army was wiped out, and the rich areas south of the Yellow River were lost, and most of the people had already thought about what would happen next, except for those old masters who were still arguing about what was righteous.

Li Renxiao was familiar with the Han classics and knew very well what would happen next, the economic capacity of the Great Song Dynasty far exceeded that of the Western Xia, and even when the Western Xia military was at its peak, it still had to agree to negotiate peace because the Great Song Dynasty cut off trade exchanges. Li Renxiao didn't dare to wait, Taiyuan, Bianliang, Qinzhou, Zhao Kai and Yang Zhi have shown their extremely high operational ability again and again, Li Renxiao is afraid that after a year or two, relying on the land of Henan, the economy of the Dingbei Army will be overwhelming Western Xia, and there will really be no room for resistance at that time.

Fighting a battle for the country is almost the only option, but Raida Gongji disagrees, Raida Gongji thinks that with the current strength of Western Xia and the Dingbei Army, there is a big gap, once a war breaks out, everything currently has will be like a cloud of smoke and smoke;

Li Renxiao also understood that even with the cooperation of the Jin State, it would not be possible to completely defeat the Dingbei Army in a short period of time; however, Li Renxiao believed that it was still possible to dispatch 300,000 troops to deal a fatal blow to the Northern Army; as for the negotiation of peace, as long as the Jin Army once again defeated Bianliang, how could the Great Song Dynasty have time to worry about these things for himself.

Li Renxiao was silent for a long time, so that everyone could see his attitude, that is, he did not approve of Brother Richard's words; Hot Gongji asked tentatively: "Lord Ren, what if you send troops from Lingzhou? Even if it is not Youzhou, can Xining Prefecture and Baotai Army work?"

Ren Dejing shook his head and said: "It is a line of defense that Yang Yizhong personally sits, plus the armies of Weizhou and Xi'an Prefecture are convenient for reinforcements, unless they are prepared for a long-term battle, it is not advisable to raid them." On the contrary, Lanzhou and Yinzhou have few garrisons, and with proper planning, we can achieve a victory at the minimum cost. ”

"Our alliance is not a victory. Gao Shufu Gu interjected: "We need to completely defeat the Dingbei army, eliminate this henchman, and occupy the entire Hedong and even Guanzhong." ”