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Chapter 81: The Great Summer Messenger

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Under February, the envoy of Daxia arrived in the clouds.

The envoy of Daxia is very high. He is King Shu Li Renli, who is currently the transfer envoy of Henan Road. Hebei Road is also Li Liangfu, the commander of the Heishan Weifu Army Division. The Henan Road in Xixia is located in the south of the Hetao area, with the Yellow River as the boundary, and north of Hetao is Hebei Road.

As early as after the defeat of the Xijing War last year, the Emperor of Dalia sent envoys to the Daxia Kingdom for help. There was a controversy in the palace tent about whether to rescue Daxia. It was very simple. Opponents were worried that the Dangxiang people would take advantage of the situation and capture the northwest prefectures and counties, and it would be too late to regret it at that time.

This judgment is based on the fact that since the Emperor Li Ganshun of the Great Xia, he has been using troops to seize the territory of the Great Song Dynasty. The reason why he wanted to join forces with Liao to attack the Song Dynasty was not because of the strength of the Khitans. If the Khitans were strong enough to destroy him, the two countries would have started a war long ago. The Khitans have vast territory. Due to their own strength and the eye of the Song Dynasty, the Liao army was no longer able to attack the distant northwest, so they retreated to the second best, and the Dangxiang people were to help the Dangxiang people, and used the Dangxiang people to hold the Song army down, thereby ensuring the safety of Yanyun. The Dangxiang people and the Khitans needed each other and helped each other. One of the two countries was in the east and the other was in the west, firmly suppressing the Song Dynasty.

The situation is different now. Liaodong is in chaos and has begun to show a three-point pattern. This three-point pattern is very beneficial to the Song Dynasty. If Liaodong stabilizes in time, the Song Dynasty will do its best to deal with the Great Xia. Although the Great Xia is located in the distant western border, it cannot be indifferent to the general trend of the world, and it cannot be ignorant of everything. What strategy will Li Ganshun of the Great Xia formulate at an important moment when it is related to the rise and fall of the country?

Emperor Li Ganshun ascended the throne at the age of three and ruled Daxia for more than 30 years. He had outstanding civil and military achievements. In addition to constantly using troops to expand territory, he also solved the dispute between "Fan rituals" and "Han rituals" that plagued the Dangxiang people for decades, vigorously promoted Confucianism, implemented the Han system, and had clear domestic politics, and stable government and opposition. Just imagine. With his talent, did he not know the crisis facing Daxia? What would he think of to solve it? Undoubtedly, taking advantage of the Khitans' dying to divide the territory of Daliao, expand territory, and increase strength. This is the only way to fight against the Song Dynasty.

At this moment, asking for help from Daxia is very likely to evolve into attracting wolves into the house. If the Daxia army captures Yunzhong, the Liao army will not only be unable to recover Xijing, but also all the prefectures and counties south of Yinshan will be lost. In the end, they have to avoid the desert and lose the last glimmer of hope for a comeback.

There were also ministers supporting the emperor's decisions.

Starting from Li Jiqian, the founder of Daxia, the Dangxiang people and the Khitans were allies. It was not until Li Yuanhao founded the country and became emperor that a war broke out between the two sides. But under the threat of the Song Dynasty, the two sides immediately shook hands and made peace. This peace situation continued until now. This shows a problem, which shows that if the people of Daxia want to survive and develop in the northwest, they must adhere to the strategy of uniting Liao to attack Song. If the two sides fight and the snipe and clam fight, the fisherman will definitely benefit the people of the Song Dynasty.

Since the Emperor Li Ganshun of the Great Xia Dynasty was outstanding, he should not be confused about the place where "the snipe and the clam fight". The two countries depended on each other, and their lips were lost and their teeth were cold. This principle is very simple. Especially now, when the war between Liao and Xia started, the Jurchens and the Han people were definitely the Jurchens and the Han thief Li Hu was in Xijing. When the two sides started a war, the one who benefited the most was of course Li Hu.

The Emperor of the Great Liao Dynasty had a different idea. The Dangxiang people were not fools, nor were they great charity. There were only interests and no friendship between countries. You asked him for help at this time. Of course, you have to pay a price. Therefore, the Emperor of the Great Liao Dynasty planned to cede land in exchange for assistance, and dragged the Dangxiang people into the Daibei battlefield first. There were two opponents in this battle, the Jurchens and the Han people were very strong. If there were not enough troops, money, food and weapons, this battle might not be won. If you win, the country still has hope of saving. If you lose, you just need to go to the desert.

Li Renli and Li Liangfu brought the letter of the Daxia Emperor's land. The Daxia Emperor agreed to the Khitan request and sent troops to help. The specific matters were negotiated and handled by the two envoys and the Dalia Emperor.

Li Renli is the transferee of Henan Road and land. Li Liangfu is the commander of the Hebei Road and land army. The two routes in Henan and Hebei are adjacent to the Liao territory. So whether it is discussing war land or discussing money, grain, weapons and land affairs, these two people can make half of the decision.

What the Emperor of the Liao Dynasty was most concerned about was how many troops could Daxia produce?

"We want to know the latest situation in Liaodong." Li Renli said. "How many troops can be produced in Daxia? It depends on the development of the situation."

This sentence is reasonable. I can't say how much you want, I'll just adjust it. I also want to see if it's worth it.

Xiao Fengxian spread out the map, stirred up the tongue and talked endlessly. He concealed several important things. One was that Zhongjing was lost. Two was that Yelu Chun had the possibility of usurping usurpation. Three was that Li Hu was in power. Four was that Liao army was in power. In order to convince the people of Daxia, he then told a huge lie.

"According to the reliable news we have received, Li Hu joined the Song Dynasty as early as the western part of Liao. In order to attack Yan Yun, the Song Dynasty has been trying hard to support Li Hu. They even used the Song Dynasty Navy fleet to transport money, grain and weapons to Li Hu. This is also an important reason why Li Hu could last for three years in western Liaoning." Xiao Fengxian said, "This time, with the cooperation of the Song army, Li Hu suddenly fought from western Liaoning to Xijing Road, which caught us off guard. Because the main forces of the Liao army were all in Zhongjing, the Yanjing front line blocked the attack of the Song and Jin armies, the Xijing Road was empty, which made Li Hu pick up a big advantage."

"Why did the Song army cooperate with Li Hu to attack Xijing Road? It is obvious that this is a trick of killing two birds with one stone." Xiao Fengxian pointed to the map and said, "Look, after Li Hu captured Xijing, he could attack Yanjing with the Song army. Once Yanjing is lost, Li Hu's army and the Northern Expedition Army of the Song Dynasty can turn around and attack you. Li Hu crossed the Yellow River to the west, and the Northern Expedition Army will go to Taiyuan. If the Song Dynasty's Northwest Army launches attack from the fourth route of Shaanxi, you will be attacked from three sides, and the situation is extremely critical."

Li Renli looked at the map and concentrated.

Li Hu's name had long been spread to Daxia. When he and the Liaodong Rebel Army suddenly appeared in Datong, Datong's spies sent the news back to Helan Mountain as quickly as possible. Since then, the Emperor and his ministers of Daxia have realized that the crisis has come and they are going to take action to eliminate the threat to Daxia, even possible threats.

Going back three years later, when Yelu Dashi was sent to Helan Mountain to ask the Daxia army to attack the Song Dynasty to cooperate with the Liao army to fight against the Jurchens in the east, the Emperor of Daxia suddenly discovered that the situation in the world had changed. With the powerful strength of the Khitans, in order to quell the rebellion of a foreign tribe, he actually traveled thousands of miles to Helan Mountain to seek help, which means that the Khitans were in great trouble, and this big trouble was not the Jurchens, but the Song people.

The empress of the Emperor of Daxia was the princess of the Khitan royal family. The father of the royal family was an official in the Khitan palace tent at that time. He had a close relationship with the Emperor of Daliao. Through this relationship, the Emperor of Daxia spent a lot of money and finally bought the top secret news of the Jin attack on the Liao Dynasty. The Khitan palace tent actually had no secrets. Not only did the Emperor of Daxia know this news, but even the King of Goryeo knew that the King of Goryeo had entrusted the imperial doctor of the Song Dynasty to bring a letter to the Emperor of Daxiong, and kindly advised the Emperor of Khitan. Therefore, the Emperor of Daxia knew most of the secrets of the Khitan people.

Therefore, the Emperor of Daxia had a premonition that the opportunity to achieve great success came. He did not think that the Song and Jin teamed up to defeat the Daliao, because the Jurchens were just a rebellious tribe for the Emperor of Daxia. They could not achieve the climate. I thought that the Shubu people rebelled for more than ten years, but in the end they were destroyed by the Khitans. Compared with the Shubu people, the Jurchens were much smaller in strength, so there was no hope for the Jurchens to rebel. However, because of the intervention of the Song Dynasty, this incident suddenly had a variable. The good days of the Khitans were over and they had to go through continuous wars.

Both Song and Liao were very strong. The battle was magnificent, and the end result might be both defeats. However, the Khitans suffered greater losses due to the internal troubles of the Jurchens. Therefore, the Daxia people planned to fight eastward, take advantage of the scars of the Khitans and take advantage of the Song people's vitality to recover, and first defeat Daibei. Then they fought southward, and went out to Taiyuan and all the way out of Shaanxi. Taiyuan is close to the capital of the Song Dynasty, and the threat is great, which can restrain the main force of the Song army, so the Xia army has the opportunity to capture Shaanxi.

The Emperor of Daxia was ready and waited patiently. Unexpectedly, the development of the terrain in Liaodong was dazzling. The Han Dynasty Li Hu suddenly rose. He also fought to the Liao people's Xijing Road and occupied Xijing. It was simply incredible. What's more serious is that he destroyed the strategy of the Eastern Expedition of Daxia.

Winter is coming, and the Dangxiang people can only wait until the beginning of spring to launch an attack. They had already thought of the reason for sending troops, so they used the excuse of helping their allies. However, the Emperor of the Daliao suddenly sent someone to ask for help, which surprised the Dangxiang people. They did not expect that the Emperor of the Daliao was in Daibei and in the clouds. In this way, although the reason for sending troops was better, it would be even more difficult to achieve the goal of sending troops.

Xiao Fengxian's words make sense.

For the Song Dynasty, the existence of Western Xia not only caused the Song Dynasty to lose its northwest territory, but also had always been a major concern. This time, the Song Dynasty's northern expedition to the Liao Dynasty obviously took a long time to prepare for the Song Dynasty. For example, the Song Dynasty suddenly launched a large-scale attack on Western Xia in the past few years, which was obviously to prepare for the Northern Expedition to the Liao Dynasty. From this, it is speculated that when the Song Dynasty recovered Yanyun and rebuilt the Central Plains barrier, it would definitely attack the Western Xia again and occupy the western border. This is obvious.

Li Renli thought for a long time and said, "How about five thousand people?"

Five thousand people? There was not enough between the teeth. Xiao Fengxian smiled slightly, "Five thousand Iron Cavalry?"

"Five thousand baits." Li Renli said, "The losses will inevitably be huge in attacking Xijing. In my opinion, if you want to defeat Li Hu, you must lure him to the grassland, and then use the advantage of the horse army to surround him and kill him."

The Emperor of the Great Liao thought so too. He only had a few people in his hands and did not dare to fight Li Hu head-on, so he immediately agreed to this plan, "If Li Hu arrives on the edge of the Yellow River, how many troops do you plan to dispatch?"

Li Renli smiled and said, "The Xia army can arrive in advance to the Tiande Army, Heqing Army, Jinsu Army and Ningbian Prefecture to assemble. If Your Majesty agrees, he can assemble a hundred thousand troops within half a month."

The Emperor of the Great Liao knew what he meant and immediately said: "If I could defeat Li Hu, Tiande Army, Heqing Army, Jin Su Army and Ningbianzhou, it would be my reward to the Xia army."
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