Chapter 68: Xixia’s plan (Part 1)

Xingqing Prefecture is the capital of Xixia, covering a huge area and a large population.

The imperial city in the city is the most conspicuous, tall and magnificent, and extraordinary. A fast horse was riding into the imperial city.

The current emperor of Western Xia, Li Bingchang, was seven feet tall, wearing a crown and a dragon robe. He was extremely dignified and was working on state affairs. At this moment, a eunuch hurried in and presented the urgent report in his hand.

Li Bingchang took it, opened it and took a look, stood up suddenly, raised his eyebrows, and laughed: "Haha! God helps me Daxia! Go and ask Li Zongbao, Liang Xi, all the ministers to come immediately and discuss major issues."

The eunuch received the order and hurriedly went to pass the order.

Li Bingchang looked at the urgent report again and again, and the more he looked, he became more and more happy. His eyebrows stretched out and his eyebrows were turning upwards, even more joyful than eating honey. He kept paced back and forth, and kept laughing: "You must not miss such a good opportunity! I have waited for this opportunity for so many years, and finally waited for me!"

"See the Emperor!" At this moment, two ministers came in, with very tall and strong figures. When walking, they were extremely powerful.

It was Li Zongbao and Liang Xi, whom Li Bingchang relied heavily on.

"Forgive." Li Bingchang waved his hand and handed the emergency report to the two of them, saying, "You can take a look first, think about it, ministers Rong have arrived, and discuss it carefully."

Li Zongbao reached out to take it, and when he saw it, he couldn't help laughing. Liang Xi went up to see it, and laughed so hard that he couldn't stop smiling. He said with a smile: "God gave a good opportunity! God gave a good opportunity!"

Seeing the excited expressions of the two, Li Bingchang smiled and laughed very happily. These two were the generals he relied on. They were so excited because they thought of going together.

The ministers arrived one after another and saluted Li Bingchang. Seeing the three of them so happy, they couldn't help but feel strange, but they were not easy to ask, so they had to endure it.

Li Bingchang glanced at the ministers and saw that all the important people had arrived. Then he walked to the throne and faced them, saying, "Dear friends, I have good news to tell you: Zhao Xu has shown his power and wiped out more than 70,000 Yelu Hongji's men in the land of Yanyun!"

"Impossible!" A voice of doubt sounded, and the ministers didn't believe it was true.

"For hundreds of years, the Khitans have suppressed Emperor Song to fight. Yelu Hongji has eaten more than 70,000 Zhao Xu's troops. I still believe that Zhao Xu is an A Dou who cannot help. He will never eat more than 70,000 Yelu Hongji's troops."

"Yes! Not to mention the powerful Khitan, even the Great Xia, Zhao Xu could not do anything to us. The Shanzhou soldiers are known as the elite soldiers in the world and are the most elite army of Emperor Song. However, can they win when they face the warriors of the Great Xia?"

The ministers, you said, and I said, all of them were talking about the incompetence of the Song Dynasty, and they didn't believe it was true at all.

"Silent!" Li Bingchang shouted majesticly, and the ministers had to shut up: "You don't believe it, it's understandable. But this matter is absolutely true. This matter has to start with a young man named Wu Ji, who is a scholar from Wujiazhuang..."

Li Bingchang briefly talked about Wu Ji, and at this point the ministers had to believe it even if they didn't believe it. Then they burst into laughter, loud laughing, and the sound of the sound shook the roof: "Your Majesty, this is a good opportunity given to Daxia by God. Don't miss it!"

"Well! Your thoughts are also my thoughts!" Li Bingchang listened to the words of the ministers and was very relieved. The king and his ministers thought of going together.

"Daxia fought with Emperor Song for decades and won many victories. In the battle of Haoshuichuan, Daxia won a great victory. Finally, he stopped paying tribute to Emperor Song, established the Kingdom of Daxia and established the capital Xingqing Prefecture." Liang Xi was very excited, his tone was very high, and his voice was a little sharp and harsh: "However, Daxia's strength is far less than that of Emperor Song. The tea, silk, spices, food, and iron we need to buy from Emperor Song. There are only two things that Daxia can sell to Emperor Song, one is salt and the other is horses, which makes Daxia very difficult to live."

Although Xixia was founded, its economy was highly dependent on the Song Dynasty. If there was no border trade with the Song Dynasty, Xixia could not hold on. However, Xixia could not sell many things to the Song Dynasty, mainly salt and horses. The most intimate one was horses, because the Song Dynasty lacked the most horses, and Xixia could threaten them at high prices.

"For this reason, Emperor Song often has to control Daxia, and his life in Daxia will be even more difficult." Li Zongbao took over the conversation and said, "What's even more hateful is that the Khitans formed the Chanyuan alliance with Emperor Song to help Emperor Song fight Daxia, and Daxia's life will be even more difficult. In recent years, if it weren't for fighting with Emperor Song, and if it weren't for the great capture, Daxia would have lived a more difficult life."

The Chanyuan Alliance was a turning point in the relationship between the Song Dynasty and the Western Xia. Before this, the main opponent of the Song Dynasty was the Liao Kingdom, which restrained most of the Song Dynasty's army. There was one Chanyuan Alliance, which asked the Liao Kingdom to suppress the Western Xia, which made the Western Xia very dissatisfied. Moreover, after the Chanyuan Alliance, the Song Dynasty did not fight for a long time, so the Song Dynasty transferred the elite troops to Shanzhou and fought against the Western Xia.

This battle lasted for decades. Although the Song Dynasty did not win many battles, it was not enough for Xixia to bear it. After all, Xixia was just a little bigger, with a small population, a lack of resources. Compared with the Song Dynasty, it was just a small matter, while the Song Dynasty was a huge creature, which caused Xixia to complain.

What Xixia couldn't stand the most was that Wang Shao's Xihe Battle even abducted hundreds of thousands of people from Xixia, which caused Xixia to suffer heavy losses.

Everyone knows that the northwest has been widely and sparsely populated since ancient times. Not to mention that the population was sparsely populated during the Song Dynasty, even in modern times when the population exploded, the northwest was not large. It was really painful to lose so much population at once.

"It's all right now! Song and Liao finally turned against each other! Haha!" Li Bingchang laughed loudly, laughing happily: "Yelu Hongji was ambitious and had long been determined to march into the Central Plains, imitating the old stories of Yelu Deguang, entering the Central Plains, and becoming the Central Plains emperor. For this reason, he was determined and plotted everywhere. Last year's battle in Xiongzhou, he almost succeeded, but he was destroyed by Wu Ji. This made him very angry, but he endured it. Now, Emperor Song is interested in training for a new train.

The combat power of the new army has been verified in this deep plunder of Liao territory. Yelu Hongji will never be willing to suffer such a big loss! Yelu Hongji is not a person who suffers a loss! He took a bite and he was about to bite back ten bites. Hehe, whether it is to take revenge or to destroy the new army of Emperor Song, Yelu Hongji will definitely fight with Emperor Song. From then on, the world will be in turmoil and the wars in the Song and Liao dynasties will continue. The two families will no longer care about us."

Li Bingchang really knows Yelu Hongji very much. Yelu Hongji is definitely not a person who suffers losses. If he gives someone a bite, he must have a dozen mouthfuls before he will be willing to do so. Otherwise, he will never stop until he dies!

Furthermore, the strong combat power of the Song Dynasty's new army has been verified during this plunder. If the Song Dynasty continues to develop like this, it will be a great threat to the Liao Kingdom. Yelu Hongji is ambitious and wants to enter the Central Plains. When the Central Plains emperor is formed, his ambition will be shattered.

This is secondly. The Song Dynasty wanted to recover the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun for hundreds of years, but it has not been successful. It was not because the Song Dynasty gave up, but because it had no strength. If the new army was formed, the Song Dynasty would have the strength to recover the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun. By then, the Song Dynasty would definitely send troops to the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun. If the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun were lost, the strength of the Liao Kingdom would plummet.

Therefore, no matter from which angle, a great battle between Yelu Hongji and the Song Dynasty is inevitable. When these two families fight, the world will be in a turbulent situation and no longer care about Xixia. The opportunity that Xixia has been waiting for decades has arrived.

"You guys think Daxia is better at attacking Emperor Song or Yelu Hongji?" Li Bingchang looked at the ministers and asked.

"It's better to start at the same time." A minister was very excited, rubbed his hands and shouted loudly.

It can be predicted that this battle between the Song and Liao dynasties will inevitably be a situation where one will die and never stop. It is difficult to take care of Xixia in a short time, and it is a good opportunity for Xixia to show its strength.

"No!" A minister immediately opposed: "Although it is a good opportunity for God, Daxia must have such strength. Daxia is located in the northwest border, with a large area, a sparse population, a small number of people, and a large amount of money and property, making it difficult to fight on both sides. Furthermore, if you fight on both sides, it will lead to the conquest between Song and Liao, which is very unfavorable to Daxia. What I mean is to choose one side to start and make friends with the other side, so that it can not only enhance the strength of Daxia, but also have strong foreign aids."

"Good idea!" Another minister echoed loudly: "This powerful foreign aid is very different from the past. In the past, although Daxia had formed Liao to resist the Song Dynasty, the Liao Kingdom was just talking nonsense and would not give Daxia much wealth. Now, we use this as a foundation, and Yelu Hongji will send us a large number of wealth."

A group of ministers said something, and I said something, a complete plan gradually took shape.

"You think Daxia attacked Yelu Hongji or Zhao Xu?" Li Bingchang looked at the ministers, looking confident.

"Your Majesty, you are already in control of the Zhizhu, so please ask the Emperor for the Hadith." Li Zongbao looked at Li Bingchang with a smile.

"I have made a decision." Li Bingchang walked around and said, "Whether it was against Zhao Xu or Yelu Hongji, this was of great benefit to Daxia. However, if Daxia wants to compete for the greatest benefit, after thinking about it, Zhao Xu is more suitable. Who said that he is so rich? Although Yelu Hongji is richer than me, he is far behind Zhao Xu."

Among the three kingdoms of Song, Liao and Western Xia, the richest was the Song Dynasty. The strong economic strength was shocking. The total economic strength of the Liao and Western Xia was not as good as that of the Song Dynasty. It should be said that it was still far behind.

"This time, I have decided to join forces with Liao to fight against the Song Dynasty, make friends with Yelu Hongji, and deal with Zhao Xu." Li Bingchang's complacent abacus was very loud: "If Yelu Hongji wants to fight with Zhao Xu, he needs the army of Daxia to restrain the Song army. The army of Shaanxi Province, known as the Western Army, is Zhao Xu's most elite army. If we don't restrain it, once we are transferred to the north, Yelu Hongji will be in great trouble. This time, even though we speak loudly, it is probably that although Yelu Hongji is in pain, he has to agree with the request of Daxia."
Chapter completed!