The Great White High Country was what the Xixia people called him.
But in reality, they were neither magnanimous nor clean.
Rather than saying that he had noble character and integrity, it was better to say that he was shameless!
After detaining the Song envoy, Xixia chose to go to war without a declaration.
He immediately sent troops to Hengshan and launched a sneak attack.
The Song army was caught off guard.
The Xixia people had conquered five cities in three days, and for a time, the country was in an uproar.
It turned out that the people of Song were so weak now!
If we had known earlier, we would have sent our troops earlier!
The left guard of the camp.
When Wu Jie heard that Xixia had sent troops, he was confused and angry.
The Song people had a new understanding of the shamelessness of the Western Xia.
"Report, An Province, Hui Province, and Zhe Jiang Province have fallen!”
"If they dare to come out of Heng Mountain, eat them!”
Wu Jie immediately gave the order to mobilize the army to move towards the border.
Every time the Song Dynasty failed to destroy the Western Xia, it was the Hengshan Mountain Range that blocked them.
Relying on the natural barrier, Xixia had held on for many years.
The Song Dynasty occasionally won battles, but they could not destroy the country.
Half a month later.
Liu Chan of Jiankang learned of the instability at the border.
He thought for a long time before he remembered that he had given the Western Xia an ultimatum.
"Official, I think this is a good opportunity to destroy Xia.
Since the Song and Jin Dynasties were negotiating peace, there wouldn't be a big war for the time being. They could gather their forces and attack Hengshan!”
Prime Minister Zhang Jun cupped his hands and suggested.
Yue Fei's continuous stream of good news made the upper echelons no longer afraid of war.
In any case, Xixia was also a hidden danger. If it needed to be eradicated, it would be eradicated!
"The Left Guard Army is barely able to defend Shu Zhong and Northern Shaanxi. How many people can they mobilize to attack Xixia?”
"Twenty or thirty thousand,"
"Official, the Huaixi Army is resting.
Why not send Li Qiong to fight against the Western Xia?
A portion of the Yue Family Army in the middle could also be mobilized.”
Hearing this, Liu Chan thought it was a good idea.
Out of the 40,000 Huaixi soldiers, only 10,000 remained.
However, because of their great achievements, they were not the ones who suppressed so many of the puppet Qi army.
It was impossible for the encirclement to go so smoothly.
Today, the Huaixi Army had recovered to forty thousand men, and they had sufficient rations.
Soon, Liu Chan's order was delivered to the Huaixi Army.
Tens of thousands of people were mobilized, and countless rations and supplies were sent to the Western Xia.
40,000 Huaixi troops, 30,000 Yue family troops, and 30,000 left guard troops.
100,000 troops, plus the auxiliary troops, a total of 200,000.
They lined up at the border of Xixia.
A great battle was about to begin.
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Western Xia, Imperial Palace.
The battle report came from the front.
"An Province, Hui Province has fallen."
The country ruler and ministers in the hall were silent.
As soon as a few reports of victory came from the front lines, two of the three regions that they had occupied were lost.
"We only have five thousand cavalry and twenty thousand infantry.
The Song people had the advantage of numbers!”
The prime minister's pale defense made everyone realize an awkward truth.
Compared to the golden men, they were far inferior in terms of both military strength and combat power.
"That's right. The ones who attacked this time were only ordinary soldiers. Our Tie Yaozi and Bu Bazi did not participate in the battle!”
As soon as he said this, the officials in the hall immediately comforted themselves.
"Well said. As long as we mobilize the iron sparrows, everything will be fine!”
The so-called Iron Sparrows and Bubazi were actually heavy cavalry and elite mountain soldiers.
"Ruler, why don't we negotiate with the Song people?”
The pro-Song faction of the Department of Central Affairs seized the opportunity to remonstrate.
They also took out the statistics of the losses and gains from this large-scale conflict.
After more than twenty years, the Xixia people once again recalled the feeling of losing blood in battle.
There was no profit at the border, and the people did not like to settle here.
The more they fought, the more they lost.
"Ruler, the profits brought by the mobilization of troops are completely unable to match the huge expenditure!”
The pro-Song faction's words made the Xixia prime minister and the others feel a little uncomfortable.
However, they had to admit it.
It seemed that the dispatch of troops this time was a little impulsive?
After a moment of awkwardness, Crown Prince Li Renxiao stood up and said.
"Imperial Father, please bring out the envoy of the Song people.
Stop this conflict as soon as possible and reopen trade.”
Hearing this, Li Qianshun nodded his head. He also felt that the war should not be expanded.
"The Crown Prince is right. Go and invite the Song envoy.”
However, the Xixia side started the war on their own and wanted to stop the war on their own.
How could there be such a good thing?
Two months later.
Two hundred thousand Song troops were deployed at the border of Xixia, and Li Qiong was appointed as the commander.
Such a promotion speed was rare in the Song army.
Li Qiong naturally thanked the Emperor for his kindness.
The atmosphere in Xixia immediately changed.
The Jingsong, no, the pro-Song faction began to shout in the court.
"We shouldn't have provoked the Song people!”
"We shouldn't have started this war!”
"You are sinners of Xixia!"
"We want peace, not war!"
When the prime minister of Xixia heard this, he glared at them with dissatisfaction.
In his eyes, these pro-Song factions were all traitors!
Up until now, he could only continue on the path of befriending the Jin people. It was impossible for him to change his mind.
The prime minister of Xixia cupped his hands and said to Li Qianshun.
"Ruler, this is sensational!
It wasn't the first time the people of the Song Dynasty had come here.
They will only suffer heavy casualties!"
After a pause, he continued.
"Besides, we've contacted the golden man.
They had also promised to send out a large army as support.
Then the Western Xia army would join forces with the Jin army and destroy the 200,000 Song army at Hengshan!”
His words were filled with killing intent, causing the pro-peace faction, which was also the pro-Song faction, to quiet down in fear.
"We'll do as you say."
The old country ruler Li Qianshun could only make this decision.
It was an unshakable national policy to be close to the Jin people militarily.
However, the Xixia people still took it for granted.
The signing of the peace treaty by the Jin people was not out of kindness.
It was because they really couldn't fight anymore.
At first, Wanyan Zongpan transferred 80,000 elite cavalry, intending to coordinate with Xixia.
If the Song army entered the hinterland of Xixia, it would cut off their food and grass, and they would be able to outflank and annihilate them.
Destroying 200,000 Song soldiers would greatly weaken the Song Kingdom.
Only Yue Fei who was in Bian Jing also agreed with Wanyan Zong Pan's decision.
The Jin army stationed by the Yellow River had just left a few dozen miles when the Yue Family Army began to mobilize.
If you dare to mobilize troops, I will dare to cross the river!
After comprehensive consideration, Wanyan Zong Pan decided to calm down and transferred his men back.
If he showed Yue Fei a weakness today, he might start the Northern Expedition again.
Wanyan Zongpan, who didn't dare to take the risk, had no choice but to abandon Xixia.
However, this made it difficult for the Xixia people who had been waiting for reinforcements.
This was because Li Qiong's Huaixi Army had been reborn and their combat strength had increased greatly.
Moreover, there were still thirty thousand Yue Family soldiers led by Niu Gao.
It was not easy to defeat the Xixia army. It was like beating his son.
Ling Province, Hong Province, You Province, Yin Province, and Xia Province.
Stone Province, Salt Province, and South Weizhou were all conquered by Li Qiong within three months.
Xingzhou, Dingzhou, Huaizhou, Yongzhou, Liangzhou.
Half of Ganzhou, Suzhou, Guazhou, and Shazhou had been conquered.
The remaining half was also in danger.
Now, Xixia had become the embarrassing existence that had lost half of its territory.
Under Li Qiong's frenzied attacks, the Song army had already reached the city.
Li Qianshun, who was trapped in Xingqing Prefecture, was so frightened that he almost sent him away.
He had been trying his best to contact the Song people and send Shi Chen to express that the Western Xia was willing to submit!
Li Qianshun was willing to immediately change his name to Zhao Qianshun and become a vassal state of the Song Dynasty.
After all, he had done this before.
Decades ago, when Song Shenzong defeated Xixia, the ruler of Xixia had already changed his name once.
He was very familiar with this matter!
There was no psychological pressure at all!
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