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Is Xia ready to fight?

Generations of Xixia have been fighting wars, fighting against the Song people, fighting against the Khitan people, and fighting against the Tubo, Uighurs, and Tatars. In order to survive, they must always prepare for war. Over the past century, they have accumulated rich war experience. Looking at the world today, if we only judge the level of war experience, the Xixia people deserve to be the first.

Among the three-legged tripods, Xixia is the weakest, with tigers and wolves in front and local dogs in the back. Tigers and wolves want to devour it, while local dogs always want to take advantage of the situation. This situation has not only not changed at all, but has become more and more serious.

The Western Xia was preparing to fight at all times. The people of the Xixia were all soldiers. Compared with the previous wars, the situation this time was not the worst. The worst war was born when Li Yuanhao was just founded, that is, Emperor Renzong of the Song Dynasty, Kangding. During the Qingli period (between 10401042 AD), the Song Dynasty wanted to destroy Li Yuanhao. Although Sanchuankou was defeated, the Song people still maintained a strong offensive. At the same time, the relationship between Liaoxi and western Liaoning broke down, and the Liao army rushed over from the north of Dai, intending to eat him in one bite when Li Yuanhao was seriously injured. As a result, Li Yuanhao's great power first defeated the Song army in the southern battlefield to win the Dingchuanzhai victory, and then defeated the Liao army in Dongtao, which reversed the dangerous situation in one fell swoop and established the foundation for the alliance with Liao to resist the Song Dynasty.

Of course, Li Hu's current strength cannot be compared with the heyday of the Great Liao Dynasty. The Northwest Army of the Song Dynasty has been exhausted in recent years, especially in the Shuofang War in the past few years, Liu Fa's entire army was wiped out, which even gave the Northwest Army a heavy blow. The current situation in Xixia is of course better than when Li Yuanhao was just founded. Although they have suffered huge internal and external consumption in the past forty years, Emperor Li Qianshun worked hard to govern and implemented a series of new policies. These new policies did not enhance the national strength of Xixia, but people's hearts were condensed.

As early as Li Hu entered Daibei and captured Xijing, the people of Xixia began to prepare for a war. Their speculation was very accurate. Li Hu indeed defected to the Song Dynasty when Datong was in danger. The consequence of Li Hu defecting to the Song Dynasty was that the war between Xixia and the Song Dynasty was about to break out again. What was different from previous wars was that the Song Dynasty had an absolute advantage. They could carry out two attacks, attacking the capital of Xixia from Shaanxi and Daibei at the same time, and directly attacking the key points of Xixia.

The people of Xixia tried their best to attack Daibei, but they were not strong enough and missed the opportunity again and again. For this reason, they had to face the reality and consider the issue of defense.

After the Song Dynasty seized Hengshan and Tiandushan, it was equivalent to destroying the southern barrier of the Xixia people. They were only five or six hundred miles away from the Xixia capital, and this area was the most prominent agricultural area in Xixia, with a dense population. If the Song army occupied this place and killed the Yellow River, Xingqing Prefecture would be trapped. The Xixia people had no choice but to give up the capital and retreat to Qilian Mountain to the west.

The Song army could not fight when it reached Hengshan, and the Xixia people rushed to seek peace. This is the reason. This is the foundation of the Dangxiang people and the place where the Xixia Kingdom relies on for survival. In order to survive, the Xixia people must fight desperately and concentrate all their strength here to defend. The Song Dynasty attacked this place, which is equivalent to a decisive battle with the entire Xixia Kingdom on a narrow battlefield. It is conceivable how much it will cost.

The atmosphere in the big tent was very serious. Brother Cha, Li Renli, Li Liangfu, and Li Yancheng sat around the desk, staring at the map. Li Renli's breathing was a bit heavy, obviously very nervous.

"Can we defend the capital?" Li Liangfu asked worriedly.

Brother Cha frowned and stroked his beard and pondered. But his eyes were very firm. He seemed not afraid of the upcoming battle of life and death.

"There is a Jurchen land behind Li Hudi. He can call for land forces at most no more than 100,000. But the Song army can mobilize at least 200,000 to 300,000 troops. We may not be able to stop the Song army from approaching the Yellow River." Li Renli whispered to Li Liangfu. "In my opinion, His Majesty may have to give up Kyoto this time and retreat to Hexi."

"Can't withdraw." Cha Ge spoke. "The foundation of our Party Xiang people is in Pingxia and Hanhai. The foundation is lost. What will we make a comeback? What will we use to counterattack?"

"Can we hold on?" Li Yancheng was not confident. There was a hint of frustration in his tone.

"We can hold on," Chage said firmly. "We can definitely hold on."

"Your Majesty's decision was to assemble the local army of five military supervisors in Pingxia and Hanhai, 60,000 live troops, and then mobilize 100,000 foreign troops from Hexi, plus the capital garrison troops, a total of about 250,000 troops blocked the Song army on the southern battlefield." Chage pointed to the map and said, "At the same time, he mobilized the Gansu Army, Zhuola and the Southern Army, and the Tubo, Uighurs, Tatar and other tribal troops to go south to attack Lanzhou, threatening the Xihe Road of the Song Dynasty, and forcing the Song army to mobilize troops from the main battlefield to return to aid."

"We can't fight the important town of Naixihe, Lanzhou." Li Liangfu said in a low voice, "It would be better to send troops south to Xihe to plunder, but no matter what method is used, the Song army will not be fooled. This time their target is Xingqing Prefecture, our capital. If you want them to give up halfway, it will probably be difficult."

"Your Majesty has made an agreement with the King of Tubo that we will only wait for our army to attack Lanzhou and lure the main force of the Song army on Xihe Road to Lanzhou. The Tubo army will go down from the West Sea and kill Xige City (Song Zhijishi Army), and then take back this place." Cha Ge sneered, "The Song army will attack my capital, and I will

In Guanzhong, see who will be the winner in the end.”

Li Renli, Li Liangfu and Li Yancheng regained some confidence, and the three of them listened carefully to Brother Cha.

"On the South Road, we were blocking the heavy forces in Pingxia and Hanhai, and mobilizing troops to attack Xihe, making the Song army lose sight of one thing and the other, and it was difficult to take into account both, but on the East Road, we had to retreat with great strides."

"Retreat?" Li In-li asked in surprise, "Let Li Hu fight directly to Kyoto?"

"We can't stop him." Cha Ge said, "At present, there are 100,000 troops here, only 20,000 soldiers of Capturing the Lives Army are elite. The others are local troops of the Heishan Weifu Army, Baimaqiang Town Army, Right Chau Shun Army and Heishui Town Yan Army. Although Li Hu would not send all the main force to fight westward, a hundred thousand troops still needed it. His army fought from Liaodong to Liaoxi, and from Liaoxi to Daibei. In recent years, he has repeatedly fought in Daibei. The soldiers have experienced many battles and have very strong combat power. If one hundred thousand fights 100,000, we can't beat him and are not his opponent."

"So what? So I won't fight and let him kill to Helan Mountain?" Li Renli asked anxiously.

"Look..." Brother Cha pushed the map in front of the three of them, put his fingers on Wuyuan City in the cloud, and then slowly moved along the Yellow River, "From Wuyuan to our capital, from the front to the Western Tail, about 1,500 miles.

The northern part of the Yellow River in front is Heishan and Langshan, while the banks of the Yellow River in the west are Gobi and the desert." Cha Ge looked up at the three of them, with a smug smile on his face, "When Li Hu fought to Helan Mountain, his food route was more than a thousand miles long. How could he ensure the safety of the food route? If we break the army into pieces, lie in the mountains, Gobi and desert, and constantly attack his food route, what will he use to protect the food supply of a hundred thousand troops?"

When Li Liangfu and Li Yancheng heard Cha Ge say "one thousand five hundred miles", they already understood the meaning of "retreat". After listening to Cha Ge's words, Li Renli suddenly realized and nodded repeatedly, "Go to plan and put Li Hu in first, then let him get out of food, force him to retreat, and then surround him and eat him bit by bit."

"Li Hu has difficulty gaining a foothold in Daibei, so he really wants to defeat us, occupy the entire Hetao, and strengthen his strength." Cha Ge said, "This man has won many battles over the years and is arrogant. He seems to have forgotten the common sense that only by knowing oneself and others can he win every battle. He actually doesn't understand the Northwest, let alone the Gobi and deserts. He thinks he can still win invincible. He is wrong, so he is dead." Cha Ge sneered and punched the case table. "This time I must kill him and wipe out his tiger army in the desert."

Cha Ge once used the same method to lure Liu Fa, the Northwest general, into the desert and wiped out 100,000 Song troops. This time he did the same thing and planned to lure the enemy into the deeper again. Li Hu would definitely fall into the trap because the journey from Daibei to Helan Mountain was too long. As long as he crossed the front trap, he would fall into Cha Ge's trap.

"Will we withdraw immediately?" Li Renli's confidence increased and her previous frustration was wiped out.

"Retreat too quickly will arouse Li Hu's suspicion." Cha Ge smiled, "We fight and retreat all the way, and constantly seek peace from Li Hu, showing that the enemy is weak and lure Li Hu step by step."

"Li Hu is too cunning, he may not be fooled so easily." Li Liangfu and Li Hu fought together. The victory of the battle to kill Hukou made him admire Li Hu, and he was also very afraid of Li Hu.

"What if I give my sister to Li Hu?" asked Brother Cha.

Li Liangfu was stupid. Li Renli and Li Yancheng looked at Brother Cha in surprise. Brother Cha actually used his sister to win. Is this price worth it?

"Is it necessary to sacrifice Princess Snow?" Li Renli asked.

"Li Hu is not an ordinary person. If the bait is not fragrant enough, he will not take the bait." Cha Ge said expressionlessly, "I was beaten by him and retreated step by step. I was forced to give his sister to him and beg him to withdraw his troops. This bait should be fragrant enough."

Silence was in the big tent. Even if this matter succeeded, it would be a shame for Xixia. The well-behaved and beautiful Snow Princess may die because of this, and Cha Ge may be deeply guilty and will never be able to get rid of the heart-wrenching pain for the rest of her life.

After a long time, Li Liangfu said: "We must consider the entire battle situation. If the Song army took the lead in breaking through the southern defense and approached the Yellow River, and the capital was in danger, would Your Majesty still agree to this plan?"

"I think Li Hu's speed may not be as fast as we imagined." Li Yancheng also said, "The nearest journey from Datong to transport food and grass weapons to Yunnei is about 500 miles. If it takes seven or eight hundred miles to walk the main road, that is, Datong transports food and grass weapons to Helan Mountain, at least two thousand miles away. Just imagine how much manpower Li Hu needs to use to transport military supplies? Aren't he worried about the safety of the food route?"
Chapter completed!