Two days later, Li Yanqing's Sichuan-Shaanxi Jingliufu and the Marshal of the Northwest Third Road issued a war mobilization order, collecting 100,000 civilians and 30,000 large cars from the prefectures and counties of Northwest Third Road and Hedong Road. This order immediately shocked all the northwest roads and immediately became the focus of discussion on the streets and alleys. The order did not mention the direction of the war, and almost everyone turned their attention to the Central Plains region inertia.

Even King Liu Yu of Qi, who received the news, panicked and hurriedly reported to Wanyan Xie of Yanshan Prefecture in a 800-mile express, begging for military support.

Wanyan Xie also received the news a few days later, which surprised him. If this was the case, not only would the Central Plains be dangerous, but even Hebei would probably not be able to defend it. Currently, the Jin soldiers in the Central Plains are less than 10,000, and about 20,000 in Hebei. There are 50,000 soldiers stationed in Yanshan Prefecture, while the Han army has 200,000, but the 200,000 were recruited just last year, and their combat effectiveness is relatively weak. Once Li Yanqing marched into the Central Plains in a large scale, the consequences will be unimaginable.

Wanyan Xie also knew that the main force of the Jin soldiers was on the grasslands in the northern desert, but he still took measures from two aspects. On the one hand, he urgently asked for help from Huanglong Mansion, hoping that the 100,000 Jin soldiers who stayed in Huanglong Mansion would come to support him. On the other hand, he sent envoys to Lin'an to quickly ask why the Song Dynasty wanted to tear up the armistice agreement.

King Liu Yu of Qi also began to mobilize troops in large quantities. He immediately transferred more than 100,000 troops deployed in Bianjing and Jingdong to Luoyang, with his son Liu Lin in charge and guarding Hangu Pass.

Not to mention that Li Yanqing's war mobilization order brought an uproar to the Central Plains, while Li Yanqing issued the war mobilization order, a Song army of 3,000 people entered the Hengshan Grand Canyon and quickly marched towards Hu Xiaoxiao.

The Hengshan Grand Canyon is the eastern route between Song and Xia. Li Yanqing first participated in the war to fight against Xixia and went north from here. However, in the winter of the previous year, Li Yanqing led his army to counterattack Xixia, but he walked through the Hulushui Grand Canyon on the Western Front. There, he conquered two dangerous passes, namely the Shengyikou and the Tachuzhai.

In the subsequent negotiations between Song and Xia, the two sides had a fierce confrontation on the ownership of Zhuangyikou and Tachou Village. Xixia refused to ced the two dangerous passes to the Song Dynasty. Finally, the two sides reached a compromise. The Song army withdrew from Zhuangyikou and Tachou Village, and completely withdrew from the Hulushui Grand Canyon.

Xixia gave the Hengshan Grand Canyon on the eastern front to the Song army, and both sides used the entrance of Qinggang Gorge, the northernmost part of the Grand Canyon. In this way, the northernmost part of the Song army became the Qinggang Gorge military camp, and 1,000 troops were stationed in the military camp.

The Western Xia army stationed 3,000 troops in Bole City several miles away, confronting the Song army.

This Song army that entered the Hengshan Grand Canyon rushed to reinforce the Qinggangxia military camp. Once the Xixia discovered that the target of the Song army's war mobilization order was directed to Xixia, they would definitely take the initiative to seize the Qinggangxia military camp and the Hengshan Grand Canyon. The Song army must first support the Qinggangxia military camp.

The general who led this team of 3,000 people was the commander Wu Lin. Wu Lin was the brother of the deputy commander Wu Jie and a brave general with both civil and military skills. He was highly valued by Li Yanqing and appointed him as the deputy general of Baotao Guard.

In the cold moonlight, the team did not rest, but marched rapidly in the moonlight. They also brought dozens of large cars full of thunder, which would be their support to guard the Qinggangxia military camp.

"How far is Qinggangxia Military Village?" Wu Lin asked.

"You are still thirty miles away!"

"Tell me my order, let my brothers work harder and strive to arrive at the military camp before dawn, and then we will have a good rest."

The army accelerated its speed and marched quickly towards the military camp thirty miles away.

On February 27, the war mobilization order issued by Li Yanqing has been in progress for ten days.

In Xingqing Prefecture, a cavalry of hundreds of people was racing from a distance like lightning, stirring up rolling yellow dust on the official road.

The general was wearing a golden helmet on his head. It was Li Cha, the marshal of the Western Xia capital. Li Cha was leading 20,000 troops to suppress the Qiang rebellion in Xiliang Prefecture. He received an emergency letter from Emperor Li Ganshun and rushed back from Xiliang Prefecture.

The war horses were galloping on the official road, scaring the pedestrians on the road to dodge to both sides. The soldiers guarding the west city gate recognized Brother Richard, but they did not dare to stop him, and hurriedly urged the pedestrians in the city to give way.

Hundreds of cavalry rushed into the city like a gust of wind, and their horses ran towards the palace like thunder, and arrived in front of the palace in just a moment.

Brother Richard turned over and dismounted, and a guard ran out of the palace quickly, "The emperor was asking if the prince had arrived?"

"What happened?" Brother Richard asked while walking.

"There is not much situation on Shaanxi Road. Hundreds of thousands of Song troops gathered in Yan'an Prefecture, and there are also gathers on Xihe Road."

Brother Richard was shocked and stopped and asked, "Why did you realize that something was wrong when you gathered in Yan'an Prefecture? Is there no news before?"

"There was news before, but everyone thought that the Song army was going to attack the Central Plains. It was not until they gathered in Yan'an Prefecture a few days ago that we realized something was wrong."

Brother Richard became nervous. Now is the time for the Western Xia to be in trouble with internal and external troubles. There are the rebellion of the Tubo, Uighurs and Qiang people, and the other seven Dangxiang ministries joined forces to demand tax reductions. The two sides are still in a stalemate. Last year's tax sheep have not been paid, and the Western Xia is extremely embarrassed. But at this time, the Song army invaded the north, and they obviously know the internal situation of the Western Xia.

"How many days have you been gathering in Yan'an Prefecture?"

"About five days!"

Brother Richard quickly thought in his mind that the army would usually gather first, and then the logistics supplies would be transported together. Judging from the distance between Jingzhao Prefecture and Yan'an Prefecture, it would take about ten days. Then, in five days, the Song army would probably go north to a large scale.

Brother Richard was anxious, and I wonder if his royal brother had taken any emergency response measures?

After a moment, he walked into the imperial study room and saw the emperor's brother sitting behind the table, next to him, the Secretary of the Shangshu Ling Cao Jing, the Deputy Prime Minister King Lian Feng, the King of Pu Li Renzhong, the King of Wei Li Zhizhong, the King of Liang Liang Anren, the Minister of War Yinggui and the Minister of Revenue Jiao Yanjian. They seemed to be discussing important matters.

"I am going to see Your Majesty!" Brother Richard stepped forward and bowed.

"The marshal is coming just right, and we are also discussing countermeasures urgently. You sit down!"

"Your Majesty, I already know a little about the situation, but I want to know whether there is any emergency response?"

"What does the marshal's emergency response mean?"

"Weichen refers to Qinggang Gorge and Hengshan Grand Canyon, especially Qinggang Gorge Military Village, which has extremely important strategic significance."

Yinggui next to him said: "We have ordered the Xiazhou governor Sa Jin to lead 5,000 troops to attack Qinggang Gorge, but no news has come yet."

Li Ganshun waved his hand and said, "It is not the time to consider the gains and losses of one city and one village, but the danger of Xixia. Li Yanqing sent 200,000 troops north, obviously to destroy the country. Especially now we are internal and external troubles, and it is the time when the national strength is weakest. How should we deal with the crisis of destroying the country?"

Jiao Yanjian, Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, stepped out and said: "Do Your Majesty still remember the battle between Yanshan Prefecture of Liao and Song Dynasty? The Liao Kingdom was about to destroy the country, but it still defeated hundreds of thousands of Song Dynasty imperial guards with tens of thousands of mourning soldiers in one fell swoop. We still have 70,000 troops and the most elite 30,000 Iron Harrier Army. We can also compromise with each unit and agree to their conditions to send troops. In a short period of time, we can also gather 200,000 troops. Your Majesty, although our situation is unfavorable, it is still far from the time to destroy the country."

Jiao Yanjian's opinion was responded to by all the ministers, and Richard said: "Weichen also supports Jiao Shangshu's view. We are just facing an unprecedented unfavorable situation, but it is still far from the time of destruction of the country. Weichen proposed four emergency response plans that can be implemented immediately."

"Marson, please say!"

"First, we will immediately reach a settlement with the various ministries, agree to their tax cut requirements, and let them understand the truth that there is no end to the eggs under the collapse of the nest. We must let them send troops; second, we will immediately send troops to the frontier to block the Song army from the north. At present, we still have 70,000 permanent troops. We recommend leaving 10,000 to guard the capital, and the remaining 60,000 to all the frontiers. Among them, the 20,000 troops from Xiliang Prefecture ordered the deputy general Yingting to lead the Song army to block the Xihe Road. We will lead the remaining 40,000 troops south to Weizhou and Xiazhou respectively; third, we will immediately ask for help from the Jin State and beg the Jin State to send troops to support us; fourth, we will conduct a comprehensive search of Xingqing State and severely crack down on the scouts and spies of the Song Dynasty, so that our intelligence will not be lost again. Please approve the above four points!"

Li Qianshun looked at the other ministers, and everyone nodded slowly, agreeing with Brother Richard's four emergency response plans. Li Qianshun resolutely said: "Just decide like this, implement the four plans immediately."

Everyone dispersed, and Brother Richard deliberately stayed. He whispered to Li Qianshun: "I suspect that King Liang may have an affair with the Song army."

"Why do you think so?" Li Qianshun asked in confusion.

"I have investigated a large number of cattle and mutton fat loss incidents last year. Later, I found that all these cattle and mutton fats were bought by King Liang at a low price, and then sold to the Song Dynasty at a high price."

Li Qianshun said: "I actually know about this. I can only say that he is using his power for personal gain. There should be no affair with the Song army."

"The problem is not here. The businessman who does business with him is Baoyanzhai. All his beef and mutton fat was sold to Baoyanzhai. The boss of Baoyanzhai was Li Yanqing's father."

This news shocked Li Qianshun very much, "Is this true? Baoyanzhai was opened by Li Yanqing's father?"

Brother Richard nodded, "This is already a household secret in the capital of the Song Dynasty. It's just that our intelligence is extremely backward, so we never know the relationship between Li Yanqing and Baoyanzhai. King Liang got a lot of benefits from Baoyanzhai. How could he not apologize to Li Yanqing?"

Li Qianshun walked a few steps behind his hands and suddenly turned around and said, "You must have taken a fancy to Liang Anren's wealth!"

"This is also one aspect, we urgently need military spending."
Chapter completed!