The place where the capital of the Western Xia kings was located.
When Wen Yanbo and others set out from Bianliang City, they received the news.
For this matter, King Li Yuanhao has already contacted several ministers to discuss how to solve this matter.
Li Yuanhao is a violent person by nature, very suspicious and prone to killing and cruelty.
But it has to be said that this is another man with heroic spirit. At least in terms of decisive killing, Song Renzong and Zhao Zhen are not as good as him.
Zhang Yuan, the prime minister of Xixia and also the military advisor, was given the courtesy name Lei Fu.
This person studied in the Song Dynasty when he was young, and he can be said to have a very good understanding of the Song Dynasty.
Regarding the arrival of Wen Yanbo and others, Zhang Yuan gave his own advice. "Promise them."
"Promise?" Brother Liang Wang Ning was very puzzled after hearing the answer given by Zhang Yuan. "Why should I agree to them? Seeing that they were going to kill Wang Xin without hiding the old news, at that time the entire Northern Territory of the Song Dynasty was
To fall into our iron heel, if we agree to Wen Yanbo's request for a truce, wouldn't it give the other side a chance to breathe?"
"Huh! It's just a prisoner. We have millions of good men in Xixia, so we can afford to lose this few men."
Brother Ning Ling disagreed and looked very angry. Li Yuanhao, who was sitting on the throne, couldn't help but frown.
This time, he did not rebuke his son Ning Lingge. Although his relationship with this son was somewhat subtle, it was obvious that he supported his son in this matter.
Speaking of Li Yuanhao and his son Ning Lingge, their relationship is far from as close as an ordinary father and son.
Ning Lingge's mother was born in the Musang family, and his uncles Yeli Yuqi and Yeli Wangrong became emperor after Li Yuanhao
During the founding of the People's Republic of China, he made great achievements in fighting against the Song Dynasty. His achievements shocked the emperor, and he was deeply feared by Li Yuanhao.
Soon afterwards, Li Yuanhao used a trick to kill Yeli Yuqi and others, and the entire Yeli clan was also exterminated.
Not to mention all this, when Li Yuanhao was inspecting Yeli Yuqi's house, he saw Yeli Yuqi's wife, Mu Zangshi. Li Yuanhao, an old pervert, was attracted by Mu Zangshi's beauty and had sex with her.
According to the incident described, a son Liang Zuo was born. Soon, Li Yuanhao deposed the Yeli clan who had lost the support of his mother's family.
This Liang Zuo, later Li Liang Zuo, was the second emperor of Xixia.
Brother Ning Ling was still young at that time, but his relationship with his uncles had always been good. At that time, he was unable to stop this matter. But as he grew up and gained experience in the military, he also gained his own strength.
The relationship between father and son also began to show cracks.
It's just that Li Yuanhao hasn't grown so much yet, Ning Ling hasn't met Wu Yijishan's daughter Wu Yishi, and the subsequent incident of father taking away his son's wife hasn't happened yet, so the father and son haven't really fallen out with each other yet.
With Su Shi's arrival, many things have changed. It's hard to say whether the same thing will happen in the future.
The father and son, who were still working together, at least on state affairs, looked at Zhang Yuan, waiting for his explanation.
"Haha, don't be anxious, Your Highness, the promise I mentioned is only a superficial promise."
With a smile on his face, Zhang Yuan began to explain.
"We just said that the Western Army of the Song Dynasty is allowed to reinforce the northern border, but can't we send reinforcements?
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"Not only that, we can also tell the news to Wu Zangguyin, who is already in the northern border of the Song Dynasty, and ask them to inform the Liao and Mongolian tribes. You tell me, at that time, it was the Song family that had the largest number of reinforcements, or the three of us.
How many reinforcements are there to join forces?"
"Over the years, we have fought and fought with the Song Army. Although we have won more victories than lost, and we have made some small gains, we cannot ignore that the Song Army is still very powerful. At least they have a large population, a large land and abundant resources, even if they encounter
When it comes to a big defeat, it won't take long to recover, and it's far from something we can easily shake."
"Now, the opportunity has come."
"We can use the power of the three tribes to fight against the Song Dynasty. Why not seize such a good opportunity?"
"Besides, we just promised each other, and we can go back on it at any time, right?"
"As long as we agree, the Western Army of the Song Dynasty will send part of its troops to the north to aid, and the pressure on us will be less. Then if we can take advantage of the fact that a large number of the Western Army of the Song Dynasty is involved in the north, and suddenly send troops, wouldn't it
Will there be big gains?”
After Zhang Yuan said this, he made a wicked laugh.
After listening to these analyses, Li Yuanhao and Brother Ning Ling finally understood what he meant.
This promise was actually to confuse the Western Army of the Song Dynasty. If possible, it would be best to severely inflict heavy losses on the Western Army of the Song Dynasty in the north. Even worse, you could also take advantage of the Western Army of the Song Dynasty to move north and suddenly send troops to make some gains in the west.
From this point of view, it seems that no matter what the outcome is, they will not suffer.
"Haha, okay, what the Prime Minister said is exactly what I want. Even so, we will agree to the Song people's request.
.Let the Prime Minister take care of everything." Li Yuanhao made the decision while laughing.
"Yes." Zhang Yuan bowed and bowed in agreement. Then he said: "But in this case, we have to inform General Wu Zangguyin that we can't attack Xincheng too harshly. We really want to capture it.
I’m afraid it will affect the whole plan.”
"Okay, what the Prime Minister has to do is to give people to people and give food to people." Li Yuanhao waved his hand and said very simply.
Although Li Yuanhao is very reckless, he also has his own intelligence, that is, he dares to delegate power to things that he is not good at.
This is something Zhao Zhen cannot reach.
Zhao Zhen can delegate power, but once the people below him gain more power, he begins to have all kinds of worries. As a result, many things tend to end in an anticlimactic manner, and ultimately achieve nothing.
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Qigou Pass.
Zhang Jian once again saw two thousand soldiers leaving.
These people were part of Dafangshan's reinforcements. They had been called upon by Zhang Jian to help him.
I just didn't expect that Su Shi's army did not choose to fight at Qigou Pass. Instead, he divided the army into countless branches and continued to attack other places.
In recent times, areas as far away as Yixian in the west, Wuqing in the east, Qifeng City in the northwest, and Miaoyin City in the northeast have been attacked by Su Shi's army.
As the Song army attacked everywhere, the Liao army that Zhang Jian had just recruited from nearby had to return home to defend.
There were originally more than 50,000 troops, but within a month, only 40,000 were left.
The troop strength continued to decrease, and Zhang Jian's black hair turned gray with worry. The imperial reinforcements were still delayed, and he felt even more pressure.
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At the end of the month, it was the rainy season. At this time, it started to rain continuously outside the military tent.
Watching the raindrops falling continuously with his hands behind his back, Zhang Jianshan took a breath and finally made a decision. "Withdraw, as soon as the rain stops and the road can be driven by carriages, we will retreat to Fanyang City and defend it until the reinforcements from Beijing arrive."
There were only 40,000 troops left, of which 20,000 were newly recruited troops. They had lost the ability to fight Su Shi head-on.
Thinking that if Su Shi was really not afraid of losses and suddenly launched an attack on himself outside Qigou Pass, he was afraid that he would be the one who would be destroyed in the end. Zhang Jian did not dare to gamble anymore.
Just when Zhang Jian made the decision to retreat, Su Shi, who had already arrived at Qigou Pass, had just put down the walkie-talkie in his hand.
Just now, a scout team from Eagle 1 received news that the Mongolian army had increased its troops again.
Normally, the Mongolian army was at war with the Song Dynasty, so it was normal to increase troops on the battlefield, but to Su Shi's ears, it made him feel something unusual.
It is now the end of August, and within a month, it may snow in the north. At this time, it is not suitable for large-scale army operations.
During the Song Dynasty, the weather in the Northeast was much colder than it is now. It is said that during this period, the Northeast should prepare for the Cat Winter, but now, the Mengqi are still increasing their troops. What's going on?
"Now that there are 30,000 people here again, do they still want to invade Bianliang City in one go?"
Su Shi muttered to himself in confusion.
Su Shi couldn't figure out what the Mongolian army did. But the more he couldn't figure it out, the more dangerous it was.
A self-drawn map is placed on the desk. This is a map actually drawn by two flying eagle squadrons. Many places have been visited personally.
Come anyway.
Regardless of its proportions and authenticity, it is far more detailed than the simple map provided by the Secret Service.
Su Shi's eyes fell on it, looking at it bit by bit, but he was a man, not a god. Without enough intelligence support, he still couldn't analyze a result.
It was not until two days later that news came from Gu Le, and Su Shi finally made his own judgment.
Wen Yanbo arrived at the western border of the Song Dynasty and quickly met with the envoy sent by Xixia. In order to gain the other party's favor, he returned Gule and others to Xixia first without even talking about anything.
In Wen Yanbo's words, you must first show your sincerity. What will they do after you tell them to leave Gule?
If you can’t kill, why should you stay and waste food?
It sounds reasonable, but it's actually nonsense.
Gu Le and other thousands of Xixia captured soldiers are all enemies, and they are fierce enemies.
Otherwise, there wouldn't be just five thousand cavalry that could just block the continuous attacks of the black cavalry and the vanguard.
Since he is an enemy, how can he let him go lightly? This is not only increasing the enemy's strength, but more seriously, it is aiding the enemy.
Okay, it’s not impossible to let it go, but at least you have to get some benefits back first.
Xixia just showed up as an envoy without promising anything, so you just let people go. Aren't you afraid that Xixia will fall out with you later?
I really don’t know what Wen Yanbo is thinking in his mind.
Above the Great Song Dynasty, he was extremely powerful and proposed to punish Su Shi.
When he saw the Xixia envoy, he immediately bowed his knees and looked like he had no bones in his body.
If Su Shi were to evaluate such a person, he would be a licker.