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The front condom was exchanged for peace? Brother Cha was furious when he heard this.

Since the Emperor of the Song Dynasty sent a birdless eunuch to take charge of the Northwest Army, the Xia army has repeatedly failed. First, they lost Xige City and Taozhou, and then they lost large fortresses in Tiandu Mountain and Hengshan, resulting in Xixia losing its defensive advantage in both the southwest directions. If they abandon the front trap now, it is equivalent to losing the defensive advantage in the east again. What will Xixia do in the future?

There were only six or seven hundred miles from the front condom to Helan Mountain. If Li Hu had stored enough food and supplies in the front condom, his confidence in attacking Xingqing Mansion would be greatly increased. Li Hu's purpose of occupying the front condom was too obvious, just to prepare for the next step of attacking Xingqing Mansion. This condition would never be agreed.

"The front condom is just a temporary abandonment." Li Renli explained, "Who is our biggest enemy? It is the Song Dynasty. Now the Song army has been rushing in from the south, and Li Hu has launched an attack from behind us, and we are attacking from behind. If this battle ends in two or three months, we can still support it, but if it is delayed until the severe winter and the Yellow River is frozen, the situation will be very beneficial to the Song army. In addition, our national treasury is unable to support hundreds of thousands of troops in a row for four or five months, and we do not have any strength." Li Renli looked at Brother Cha's murderous face and said carefully, "In the past two years, you have failed three times, and you have suffered money and your national strength is even more unbearable, so..."

"Tell me, how many months can the treasury last?" Cha Ge asked sternly.

"At most three months," Li Renli said, "We couldn't hold on until the Yellow River is frozen. After the Yellow River is frozen, the Song army crossed the river as if walking on flat ground. What should we use to guard Kyoto?"

Three months ago, Brother Cha leaned over and looked at the map, silent.

Li Liangfu and Li Yancheng looked at each other, and their expressions were heavy.

It took nearly a month for Li Hu's army to arrive at Helan Mountain from Yunnei. When Li Hu arrived near Helan Mountain, the grain route was lengthened, and the Xia army had the opportunity to block the food and supplies of the Huli Army in the front and desert areas. Li Hu would definitely have expected that the food route might be attacked. He would let the army carry a large amount of food and grass weapons. After arriving near Helan Mountain, he could also plunder and hunt grass valleys around to supplement the military shortage. In this way, Li Hu could at least support the Helan Mountain area for two to three months or even longer. At that time, the Yellow River would definitely be frozen, and the attack of the Song army would be even more fierce. Once the two armies met, Xingqing Prefecture would be in danger.

"Are you sure we can defeat Li Hu in three months?" Li Renli asked.

Of course, Brother Cha couldn't guarantee that it was not a chess game, so how could it be considered a complete solution?

"Then what are you going to guarantee that Li Hu will not continue to attack after he gets the front trap?" Li Liangfu asked back.

"So why should Li Hu guarantee that he can conquer Xingqing Mansion in front of the Song army?" Li Renli also asked back. "Even if Li Hu and the Song army meet in Xingqing Mansion, will the Song Dynasty give Xingqing Mansion to Li Hu as a territory after conquering Xingqing Mansion?"

Brother Cha, Li Liangfu and Li Yancheng thought of Li Hu's situation at the same time. He was a vassal state in the Song Dynasty. The Song Dynasty would not give him any opportunities for development.

"But in order to quickly expand its strength, Li Hu really needs to conquer Xingqing Mansion. In this way, he can rise to Daibei." Li Yancheng shook his head and sighed. "Li Hu is a madman. He may just want to bet. He has good luck and won the bet. He will be here for the rest of his life."

"The front condom is very important for us. Once the crisis is over, we will take it back." Li Liangfu said. "Do you think Li Hu will believe this covenant? He will not believe it at all."

"Our purpose is to resolve this crisis. It is to defeat the invading enemy." Li Renli immediately retorted. "Whether Li Hu believes that this covenant is not important to us. We just need to delay the speed of his attack. In this way, we can concentrate all the power of the land to defeat the Song people first. This Western Expedition of the Song Dynasty was a two-way attack. We just need to defeat one of the lines. The Western Expedition of the Song Dynasty would be a failure."

"The failure of the Western Expedition of the Great Song Dynasty is the contribution of the King of Jin." Li Renli smiled, "The King of Jin has great merits, higher prestige, and greater power. Only in this way can we firmly control authority and have the opportunity to drive the Han people out of the court. On the contrary, if the emperor and those Han people defeated the Song army and won this victory, then we may..."

"Can they defeat the Song people?" Li Liangfu sneered.

"If they ceded the front trap to Li Hu and had no worries, can you guarantee that they would not defeat the Song people?"

This sentence focused on the key points of Cha Ge. This war was related to the safety of Daxia, but the emperor asked Cha Ge to lead his army to resist Li Hu and personally blocked the Song army. This was obviously not allowing Cha Ge to make contributions, and was worried that Cha Ge posed a threat to the imperial power. This was a dangerous signal.

"Retreat." Brother Cha said decisively, "According to the scheduled plan, retreat slowly." Then he looked at Li Renli and asked coldly, "Did you decide to return to the capital?"

"If you withdraw from Hebei, I will rush to the capital." Li Renli smiled, "As long as you agree, I think the emperor and the prime minister will accept this delaying strategy. If we are blocked from regaining the previous trap in the future, the responsibility will be the emperor and the prime minister, and it has nothing to do with you."

A trace of disdain appeared on the corner of Brother Cha's mouth and he hummed softly.

"When Your Majesty asks you for your opinion, you should neither object nor support you, just say

To command the battlefield, you not only stay out of the matter, but also get a score of hits, which can be said to have multiple shots in one shot."

Brother Cha nodded slightly and expressed his agreement.

On the fifteenth, the troops of Huliu Mansion gathered in the Hongliuhai to attack the Xia army.

Cha Ge led the main force to withdraw, Li Yancheng led 20,000 horse troops to sway on the battlefield a few times, and then roared away.

Xun Xiao Chou, Luo Qinghan's letter told Li Hu, and at the same time, he urgently reported to Datong that the Western Expedition Army successfully conquered the Tiande Army.

On the 16th, Mao's army led the elected army to cross the border, enter the Hebei Road of Xiaguo, and advance rapidly along the south bank of the North River.

On the 17th, Dong Xiaochou and Luo Qinghan led the main army to follow up. They advanced along the north bank of the South River and advanced side by side with the Mao army's selection army.

The army attacked the cities and villages all the way, but it was unstoppable.

The Xia army fought every battle, but it was defeated every battle, and the retreat was very fast.

Within twelve days, the Tiger and Steve Army advanced 500 miles to reach the Red Bull Desert. Facing the vast sea of ​​sand, the soldiers were afraid and finally stopped.

On September 30, Dong Xiaochou ordered the army to rest on the spot, stockpile military supplies, and prepare to cross the desert and Gobi.

In the fifth year of Xuanhe in the Song Dynasty (1123 AD), October.

On the fifth day of the 10th month, the Red Willow Sea and the King of Han was in his tent.

After the news of the army successfully capturing the previous trap reached the tent, Li Hu had no joy at all. Just as Xun Clown, Luo Qinghan and Mao Jun reported in the battle report, this was Cha Ge's plan to lure the enemy into depth. The Red Bull Desert was a trap. When the army stepped onto the desert, it was about to face a cruel battle.

"The key to whether this battle can be won is not the army, but whether the food, grass and supplies can be continuously transported to the front line." Li Gang looked at the map on the table with a serious expression, "Four years ago, Liu Fa and his 100,000 troops died in the desert, on the way to retreat."

Li Hu stared at the Red Bull Desert on the map without saying a word. The Red Bull Desert is close to the west bank of the Yellow River, about 500 miles long, and the widest place is about 200 miles. If you take a detour, you will have to travel a few hundred miles more. The army can cross the 500-mile desert, but the baggage convoy that transports food, grass and weapons is not enough. They must rush to Helan Mountain along the Gobi at the edge of the desert. In this way, the convoy becomes the target of the Xia army and the grain channels may be cut off at any time.

"We lack an army." Yuanye sighed, "If there are enough troops to protect the baggage convoy, we will not be afraid of the Xia army's sneak attack."

"How many pack teams do we have?" Li Hu asked.

"The transport capacity of the load team is limited, and it will also be attacked by the Xia army." Li Gang shook his hand, "The Dangxiang people grew up in the desert. When fighting in such places, we are no match for them."

Li Hu sighed, "This battle is more difficult than we imagined."

"I suggest stop the attack for the time being." Li Gang said, "Although this western expedition was a two-way attack, our attack was restrained, and the main battlefield was Lingzhou and Xiazhou in the north of Hengshan. As long as the Northwest Army fought on the Yellow River, we basically had a 50% chance of winning in this battle." Li Gang looked up at the field and continued, "We made an appointment with the Zhe family. The scouts of the Zhe family went deep into Ling and Xia lines. Once the Song army attacked Ling and Xia states, the scouts crossed the desert to the front and looked for our army's newspaper. Our army can carry one month's food and grass, and quickly attacked Helan Mountain on the northwest edge of the Red Bull Desert, and cooperated with the Northwest Army to attack Xingqing Prefecture."

Li Hu lowered his head and said nothing. Li Gang's meaning was very obvious. He hoped that the Northwest Army would conquer Xingqing Prefecture instead of the Hu Lie Army. However, Li Hu's goal was contrary to Li Gang's wish. He urgently needed to capture Xingqing Prefecture to expand his strength. However, from the development of the battle situation, the Hu Lie Army could not fight for the time being. If he continued to fight, he would go deep into the army alone, without reinforcements, and no friendly troops to support him. There were Helan Mountains in front, and there were deserts and Gobi behind. Once there was insufficient food and grass, the army would be in danger. The Xixia people were ambushed in the desert, and they would never miss any opportunity to attack.

"Is there the latest news in the southern battlefield?" Li Hu asked, "Where is the Taiyuan?"

After the war began, Taiyuan Marshal's Mansion, Shaanxi Xuanfu Department and Datong Hulie Mansion have maintained close contact, and there are letter exchanges every day, but because the battlefield is too far away, the message is transmitted very slowly. In comparison, the message sent by the Zhe family is the fastest.

"Zhe family said that the Xia army's blockade was not tenacious and retreated slowly, but its strong walls were cleared and light cavalry frequently cut off the food route, which was very likely to lure the enemy into deep." Yuanye said, "The head commanders of each army were worried about repeating the failure of the five routes in the past, and the attack speed was very slow."

In the fourth year of Yuanfeng (1081 AD), the imperial family in Xixia was in chaos. The Song Dynasty thought there was an opportunity, so it sent troops to attack Xixia. However, the people of Xixia were strong and cleared the fields to lure the enemy into the depths. The five armies of the Song Dynasty retreated due to poor food and grass, and were killed and injured. They retreated one after another and returned without success.

The strategy of the Western Expedition of the Song Dynasty was almost the same as the strategy of the Western Expedition forty years ago, and the people of the Western Xia also adopted the same strategy to face the enemy. The generals of the Northwest Army were very careful about this, fearing that they would repeat the same mistakes. However, in this way, when will they conquer Ling, Xia, and force Xingqing Prefecture to force them to defeat?
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