The current Western Xia, or the Dangxiang, was still under Li Deming's control. Li Yuanhao, who had founded Western Xia as a country, was still Li Deming's son.
Currently, there were around 100,000 armored soldiers in Western Xia. This was not a terrifying number for Huo Qubing, even though he only had 10,000 people.
After all, if one observed Huo Qubing's battle history, it could be said that he had fought dozens of battles, big and small, and had fought many with fewer people.
Especially since the Hetao region was Huo Qubing's old territory. Back then, he fought from Hetao to Qilian Mountain, forcing the Xiongnu to flee to Mobei.
In the Battle of Mobei, Huo Qubing had used 10,000 cavalry to capture 70,000 Xiongnu captives.
Moreover, Li Deming and Li Yuanhao only occupied ten provinces. Excluding the soldiers under their command, they only had 70,000 to 80,000 cavalry.
Moreover, Zhao Xuan had planted many spies in Longxi and the Western Regions. With the help of these spies, Zhao Xuan believed that it would be easy for Huo Qubing to attack the Li family of Western Xia.
The reason why he chose to attack the Li family first was partly to train his troops, and partly because the Li family's position was too important.
Later generations studied the Northern Song Dynasty and believed that the turning point of the Northern Song Dynasty's demise was the establishment of the Western Xia.
The only places around China that could be used were the Great Wall and the Hetao. The Northeast Great Wall was occupied by the Liao people. Without taking back the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun, it would be difficult for the Great Song to obtain high-quality warhorses.
The only place left in the Great Song where warhorses could be obtained was the Hetao region.
After Xixia was established, the Northern Song Dynasty did not take it to heart. In the end, they lost the source of the horses and lost the initiative in the strategy of the entire country. In the end, they were destroyed.
Although Zhao Xuan had built several horse farms in the Great Song after his return, these horse farms usually only had a few thousand horses. The most important thing was the breeding of horses.
If he really wanted to build a large number of cavalry units, he would have to train tens of thousands of horses on the grasslands.
Therefore, taking down Hetao was one of the most important steps in Zhao Xuan's strategy to strengthen the Great Song. It was even more important than taking down Koryo.
Because of this, the fate of the Li father and son was destined from the beginning.
Three days later, under the protection of Sword Eight and a group of sword guards, a mysterious young man set foot on the road to the west.
His meeting with the Marquis Champion, Huo Qubing, was calm. After learning about his resurrection, Huo Qubing calmly accepted everything.
In Zhao Xuan's room, after looking at the current situation in Great Song, Huo Qubing pointed out that seizing the Hetao was the only way out for Great Song.
The current situation in Great Song was extremely similar to the Great Han Dynasty, and Huo Qubing's strategic vision was naturally top-notch.
After receiving Zhao Xuan's assurance, Huo Qubing chose to head west.
However, before he left, Huo Qubing made a request to Zhao Xuan.
If he controlled this cavalry unit, then the name of this cavalry unit would be the palace guards!
The wings of the country, like Lin Changsheng!
This was the army that Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty had upgraded from the Zhang-Building Camp. It was one of the strongest troops in the Great Han Dynasty, and Huo Qubing was from the Zhang-Building Camp.
Zhao Xuan agreed. The Great Song was currently using the Imperial Army, unlike the Sui and Tang Dynasties, where there were 16 Guards and only the Imperial Army was stationed. However, Zhao Xuan would have to change the Imperial Army sooner or later. Of course, that would take a long time.
Zhao Xuan wasn't worried about Huo Qubing's control of the cavalry unit. If he couldn't even control the cavalry of the three Horse Gangs, then Huo Qubing wasn't worthy of being called the God of War.
Three days after Huo Qubing left, Zhao Xuan also stood up and left.
This time, he didn't bring the Black Dragon Cavalry with him. The 300 Black Dragon Cavalry would return to the capital with the Eight Virtuous Kings, while Zhao Xuan followed Ling Chuchu to the Hermit Village.
Zhao Xuan knew that there would be another case in Luzhou City, which was the treasure of the Suiyi Race, which was the copper oil.
However, Zhao Xuan was not interested in the copper oil at the moment. It was very difficult to extract copper oil, and he had to use the power of the country.
In addition, Zhao Xuan did not want to interfere too much with Bao Zheng's development. After all, he was also a historical celebrity. He still had to have a chance to perform.
"Chuchu, your house is really in the remote mountains!”Zhao Xuan said with a smile as they crossed a barren mountain.
Seeing the sweat on Chuchu's head, Zhao Xuan took out a handkerchief and wiped it off for her. A sweet smile appeared on Ling Chuchu's face.
To her, Zhao Xuan's small actions were far more coaxing than those sweet words.
"Soon. We'll reach it after crossing the mountain in front. I don't know why Father and the others built the village there!”Ling Chuchu shook her head lightly.
Two hours later, Zhao Xuan and the others successfully crossed the last barren mountain and saw a small village below.
"Who is it?"
Jian Jiu shouted softly and then said sternly to Lin Zi.
"Who are you?" A few people walked out of the forest with knives and forks in their hands and said to Zhao Xuan and the others.
"Zhuo Yun, Yang Kai, it's me!" Chu Chu said happily.
"Chuchu, you're back!" When Yang Kai and Zhuo Yun saw Ling Chuchu, they were both delighted.
"Chuchu, who are they?" Zhuo Yun looked at Zhao Xuan and frowned.
"They are my friends. I brought them back! This is Zhao Xuan. Zhuoyun, I'll tell you the details when we get back to the village!”
"You are Zhuoyun?" Zhao Xuan looked at the young man who asked the question and asked curiously.
Zhuo Yun looked at Zhao Xuan unkindly."You know me?"
"I don't know him, but I'll know him soon!”
As soon as Zhao Xuan finished speaking, Jian Jiu moved and appeared beside Zhuo Yun.
Zhuo Yun subconsciously resisted, but his martial arts were obviously different from Sword Nine. He could not dodge at all and was captured by Sword Nine.
"Zhao Xuan, what are you doing?"
"It's fine. Don't worry, I won't hurt Zhuoyun. Chuchu, don't say anything from now on. Follow me. Let's go.”Zhao Xuan said calmly.
Then, surrounded by the villagers, they arrived at the entrance of the Hermit Village.
At the same time, a figure descended from the sky and grabbed at Jian Jiu, who was holding Zhuo Yun hostage.
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