Chapter 54 Land for Peace
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On the tenth day of the month, the Western Expedition of the Song Dynasty broke out in full swing.
Under the command of Zhe Yanzhi, the Northwest Army came out in full swing. About 250,000 troops from the seven routes of Xihe, Huanqing, Jingyuan, Linyan, Qinfeng, Yongxing, and Hedong crossed the border of Songxia in a mighty manner, and was unstoppable.
The Northwest Army was divided into three. Yao Gu came out of Xihe and restrained the Xixi army in Xixia; Yang Keshi, Zhong Shizhong, Yao Pingzhong came out of Huanqing and Jingyuan, and attacked the Hanhai Road in Xixia head-on, and the troops headed directly to Lingzhou; Yang Weizhong, Liu Guangshi, Wang Bing, and Zhe Kecun led Linyan, and the two armies of Hedong crossed Hengshan and killed Xiazhou.
At the same time, under the command of Dong Xiaochou, the Tiger Lie Army launched a fierce attack on the Tiande Army. The 130,000 troops gathered into a roaring torrent, destroying and invincible.
On the tenth day of the first day, Hu Lie's first army, Mu Taoli, took the lead in capturing two foreign tents, then Hu Lie's third army, Xu Dayan, conquered Liangcheng, and Hu Lie's eighth army, Lin Chong, conquered Yizhen... Within one day, the Selected Front Army fought seven battles in a row, wiped out four foreign tents, and captured three cities.
The Xixia army seemed to be caught off guard and retreated quickly after a little resistance.
On the 11th, the Mao army commanded the army to continue attacking. The first, third and eighth army became more and more brave and as powerful as the tigers, they advanced sixty miles in one day and fought the Eleventh Battle.
On the 12th, the Xixia army stubbornly defended Chengxian, and the blocking was quite powerful. Xu Dayan and Lin Chong were blocked. Mao's army immediately asked Gao Baolong to lead the horse army around the city, approaching Hongliuhai, and cut off the connection between the Xia army in Chengxian and its main force.
At dusk, Li Yancheng led the main force of the Xia army to fight with Gao Baolong, and the Xia army in Chengxian took advantage of the situation to break through.
On the 13th, Mao's army led the front-superior army to approach Hongliuhai and formed a confrontation with Chage's main force of Xia army.
Brother Cha personally rushed to the front and made an appointment with Mao Jun. Brother Cha was angry and scolded Li Hu for betraying his faith and breaking the contract to attack.
"I can remind you." Mao Jun smiled and said, "A few days ago, we wrote to the King of Jin. Please withdraw from the Tiande Army. Otherwise we will attack. Have you not received this letter?"
"I have already replied to the King of Han. I will withdraw my troops on a date. Why do you go back on your word and still attack?" Brother Cha waved his whip and widened his blood-red eyes and roared angrily.
"What's the point of this kind of delaying strategy?" Mao Jun sneered and waved his whip at him and said disdainfully. "Don't shout and scream like a shrew here. You are not embarrassed. I still think it's embarrassing. If you are a man, we will fight to the decisive battle tomorrow." After that, he drove away.
Brother Cha was so angry that he gritted his teeth and cursed. Mao Junli ignored him and rode his horse back to his original formation. If he could anger Brother Cha and drag the main force of the Xia army here to fight, the next battle would be easier. But will Brother Cha be fooled?
Brother Cha pretended to be angry and cursed in front of the formation regardless of his demeanor, and then drove his horse back.
Li Renli and Li Liangfu hurriedly met. Brother Cha asked anxiously without waiting for them to speak, "How many roads are there for the main force of the Tiger Lie Army to go from Hongliuhai?"
"According to the scouts, the main force of the Tiger Lie Army can arrive at Hongliuhai in the middle of the night." Li Liangfu asked, "Are we retreating overnight?"
"No, don't retreat for the time being." Brother Cha lightly whispered, thought for a moment, and then said to Li Liangfu: "Order the troops to be prepared to retreat and retreat to Hebei at any time." Then he pointed to Li Renli and said, "You go to the Hu Lie Army, pretend to be in a panic, demand peace talks, and show that the enemy is weak. The more we are afraid, the more arrogant Li Hu and his men will be, so that they will be more likely to fall into the trap."
That night, Li Renli rushed to the Hulie Army camp with a generous gift and begged the Mao army to suspend the attack. "We will withdraw from the Tiande Army immediately, but you must comply with the alliance and not cross the border to continue attacking."
Of course, Mao Jun would not stop attacking, but for the sake of the generous gift, he sent someone to send Li Renli to Shuaiying Camp and let Dong Xiaochou deal with it.
Xun Qiao pretended to agree, and he said with a smile: "I tell you the truth. This time, it is not only our Hulie Mansion, but also hundreds of thousands of Northwest Army in the Song Dynasty. In order to defeat you, the emperor of the Song Dynasty did not hesitate to violate the ancestral system and asked the third prince, Prince Yun, Zhao Kai, to go to the northwest to serve as the Grand Marshal of the Army and Ma, with full command. This shows that the great determination of the Song Dynasty, so if you want us to stop attacking, it is far from enough to just propose peace."
"The situation has changed now, you won't know." Luo Qinghan also smiled from the side, "You go back and discuss with King Cha of Jin and your emperor to see if there is a plan to retreat to the enemy."
Li Renli pretended to be frightened, lowered her head and thought for a long time, and then asked, "What do you want?"
Xun clown spread out the map on the desk, and drew a circle around the front cover, "Give us the front cover, we will stop attacking and let you concentrate your efforts to deal with the people of the Song Dynasty."
Li Renli frowned and thought for a while, and was moved. Li Hu was a vassal state of the Song Dynasty, and the Song Dynasty could not tolerate the existence of the vassal state. The reason why Bian Jing and Hu Lie Mansion could maintain the current harmony was that the Song Dynasty had not stabilized Youyan and could not free up his hands to deal with Li Hu for the time being, and the Song Dynasty wanted to use Li Hu's force to attack Xixia. If the Song Dynasty stabilized Youyan and Li Hu suffered heavy losses during the Western Expedition, how many more Li Hu would have.
But it is impossible for Li Hu to know this. TT, the civil servant and military general of Hulie Mansion, is very clear about it. From this perspective, although Li Hu is determined to attack Xixia, his determination may not be very strong. The real purpose of Li Hu and Hulie Mansion is probably to replace the North and ensure a foothold in Daibei.
Li Renli suddenly had a new idea.
In Daxia, the emperor Li Qianshun was very visionary. After he took office, he vigorously promoted Han studies and appointed Han ministers. Although this helped Daxia restore national strength, it also intensified the conflict between Han and Fan.
Before Li Qianshun, Daxia mainly focused on Fan Studies.
When Li Yuanhao first founded the country, he hated the Song Dynasty and the Han people. His basic national policy was to de-Sinicize it, and he tried not to use anything from the Han people. He even changed the surname of his family to "Wei Ming".
Li Yuanhao asked Dangxiang's man Mo Ning to order Ye Li Renrong to create twelve volumes of Daxia characters, stipulating that all writings and chronicles in the country must be practical for foreign books, and issued orders to respect foreign books as "national characters" and be paralleled with Chinese characters. The National Character Academy and Chinese Character Academy were established. In addition to promoting and practical in the country, the national characters were mainly used for exchanges with Tubo, Uighurs and countries in the Western Regions, while Chinese characters were mainly used for document exchanges with the Song Dynasty.
On this basis, Li Yuanhao established Fanxue, used Daxia language to translate Confucian classics, taught aristocratic children to study, won the exam, and granted official positions, which is a copy of the imperial examination system of the Song Dynasty.
With Fan Studies and Sinology, there was a dispute between "Fan Li" and "Han Li". This debate lasted for decades in Daxia, but because of the existence of the national policy of de-Sinicization, Fan Li had an absolute advantage.
After Li Qianshun took power, he adopted the suggestion of the Chief Censor Xue Yuanli, and implemented the "respecting Confucianism" in China, restored the "Han rituals" and changed the basic national policy of de-Sinicization.
In the first year of Zhenguan (1101 AD), Li Ganshun ordered the founding of Chinese studies (i.e., Chinese studies), and the establishment of professors and 300 disciples were appointed in addition to Fan Studies.
The northwest has been a place of China since the Qin, Han and Tang dynasties, and Han culture has had a huge influence. The French people of all dynasties have learned Han culture, and the Dangxiang nobles are no exception. Therefore, Li Ganshun changed the national policy, and the dispute between "Fan Li" and "Han Li" that plagued Daxia for decades ended immediately. Soon Confucianism flourished, culture and education flourished, and "Han Li" quickly occupied a dominant position.
Hanology and Han rituals occupied the dominant position. Of course, the Han ministers of Daxia rose and entered the court and center one after another, and vigorously revised the national policies of Daxia and implemented the Han system. These national policies were definitely conducive to the Daxia dynasty's strength, but on the other hand, they would definitely seriously harm the interests of the foreign ministers. As a result, the conflicts between Han and Bohai suddenly expanded, and the power struggles and racial conflicts between the Han and Bohai were intensified inside and outside the court, from the court, from the government and the country, and the power struggles and racial conflicts intensified.
The prime minister of the Daxia dynasty was Xue Yuanli, and his biggest opponent was Cha Ge. The focus of the dispute between the Han and Fan courts was the power struggle between Xue Yuanli and Cha Ge. Xue Yuanli had Emperor Li Ganshun as his backer, and Cha Ge gathered the power of the Dangxiang nobles and foreign ministers. The two sides had fought very hard for more than ten years.
In order to firmly control power, Li Ganshun learned the lessons that the imperial power of the previous dynasty was repeatedly stolen by Dangxiang's relatives, consciously used the Han people to win the power of the Han and Fan people, and used the conflicts between Han and Fan to weaken the power of the Dangxiang nobles. Cha Ge was the person Li Ganshun had to control the system.
Cha Ge had military talent and was very good at fighting. During the twenty years Li Ganshun was in power, he led his army to fight with the Song people repeatedly and made outstanding achievements. Li Ganshun needed him, but was afraid that his power would endanger the safety of the country, so he asked the Han Dynasty Xue Yuanli to be the prime minister and let Xue Yuanli control him and Zhizhang Cha Ge.
Under the current situation, Xue Yuanli believes that Daxia should establish a solid alliance with Li Hu, so that Li Hu can be used to block the threat of the Jin Kingdom in the east, and Li Hu can be used to restrain the Song Dynasty in the south. In this way, Daxia can quickly strengthen its national strength in a relatively peaceful environment and wait for an opportunity to develop, while Cha Ge will occupy Daibei and take advantage of the chaos in the north to develop rapidly.
Cha Ge's wishes represent the wishes of most Daxia people. The adults have been trapped in the western border for nearly a hundred years and have been beaten and angry all day long. They finally got a rare opportunity to show their talents. Who would like to let go? The emperor was not willing, so Cha Ge's strategy was recognized by the emperor and the court. But things went as expected. Cha Ge fought against Datong three times and returned three times. This not only made the emperor very dissatisfied, but even the Dangxiang nobles who had high expectations for him were disappointed. As for the Han ministers, let alone the opportunity to take the opportunity to take the blame.
Cha Ge holds military power and has a group of loyal and powerful generals under his command. Even the emperor has to give him three points of courtesy. No one in Xingqing Prefecture can touch him at present. However, if the war is lost, the people of Daxia will lose the capital and retreat to Hexi, the next thing will be difficult to say. Either the emperor and the Han ministers join forces to kill Cha Ge to shirk responsibility, or Cha Ge takes over the power of the emperor and the Han ministers. At that time, what should be destroyed and what should be killed will be killed. There will be chaos, and Daxia may be over.
Chapter completed!