Lingzhou was lost, and the news of the 40,000 defenders' defeat reached Xingqing Prefecture. The Emperor of Western Xia Li Ganshun fainted immediately. Everyone was first aid and finally woke Li Ganshun up.

Minister of War Yinggui advised: "Your Majesty, we still have a chance now. We still have more than 100,000 troops, all of which are powerful cavalry. We can still defeat the Song army. At this time, we must be more calm and cheer up. Your Majesty must not fall."

Jiao Yanjian also said: "Shangshu Ying is right. We are far from the end of our lives. The failure of the conventional army is only part of it. Our real strength is the coalition forces of various tribes. At that time, we had 500,000 troops. Even if we only had more than 100,000 troops now, we were still the elites of various tribes. When Xixia was in life and death, I believe that everyone will abandon past grudges and share the same hatred for the enemy."

Under the persuasion of everyone, Li Ganshun's desperate mood finally calmed down slightly. He asked again: "Is there any news from the Jin Kingdom?"

Everyone shook their heads, and King Pu Li Renzong bowed and said, "I think the Jin Kingdom is now eager to fight against Mobei and has no time to take care of us. This is also the main reason why the Song army chose to attack Xixia at this time."

"I'm afraid the Jin Kingdom was worried about helping us, so he gave the Song army an excuse to tear up the agreement. Your Majesty, you can't count on the Jin soldiers anymore, we can only rely on ourselves."

Li Ganshun nodded and asked, "My ministers, who is more suitable to command the coalition forces?"

Everyone was silent. At this time, Jiao Yanjian stepped out and said, "Your Majesty, I still recommend the King of Jin. There are many conflicts within the coalition forces. For example, the Tuoba tribe and the Xifeng tribe have been in opposition for hundreds of years. Unless a tough general cannot lead them. At present, only the authority of the King of Jin can suppress the army of various tribes."

Li Ganshun remained silent. Brother Richard had lost two consecutive games, Xiazhou was defeated in disarray, Lingzhou was defeated in disarray, and Xixia had lost 70,000 people. He could not tolerate Brother Richard again and again, otherwise he would not be able to explain to his ministers.

Li Ganshun shook his head, "Although King Jin has experience, he is in a bad state recently, so he should give the opportunity to others!"

Yinggui and Richard have always been at odds because of the military power struggle. He also expressed his opinion: "Your Majesty is right. We win first and then lose in the battle of Datong Prefecture, and we lose in the battle of Xiazhou and Lingzhou for no reason. We also think that the King of Jin is not suitable for commanding major battles. I am not saying that he lacks experience. Perhaps he is not very lucky in the past few years!"

"Who does Fang Shangshu think are more suitable?"

Yinggui smiled and said, "Jiu Shangshu also said just now that these more than 100,000 people are coalition forces and need a person recognized by all tribes. Weichen thinks that King Wei is a good candidate."

Jiao Yanjian shook his head and said, "The King of Wei is not good, he is not Li Yanqing's opponent!"

"Hmph! Then King Jin is Li Yanqing's opponent? At least King Wei has never been defeated. How many times has King Jin been defeated by Li Yanqing?"

"The failure of King Jin is understandable. The first time he had too few troops. He used 30,000 troops to fight against 100,000 Song troops. It is not surprising that the failure was. The second time was to defend the city. It is said that the Song army used powerful thunder. In this case, no matter who it is, it is difficult to defend Lingzhou."

"The difference between this statement by Shangshu Jiao!"

Yinggui retorted: "It has nothing to do with the inability to defend Lingzhou. The Song army soldiers did not have three heads and six arms, and they did not use the inverted sky to kill the Xixia soldiers. Both sides were sword-to-swords and spear-to-spear. Why did the final result be that the Song army occupied Lingzhou, instead of the Western Xia army driving the Song army out of Lingzhou? Is it because the Xixia army lacked military strength?"

Yinggui's question was very sharp. The defeat in Lingzhou was not because the thunder of the sky exploded the city gate, but because the army of Lingzhou City was not prepared at night. After the Song army entered the city, they responded hastily and were not good at night. In the end, they were defeated in a complete disastrous manner. Tens of thousands of troops only fled back less than two thousand people. Brother Richard did bear an unshirkable responsibility for the loss of Lingzhou.

Yinggui finally made a decisive decision: "The King of Jin guarded Lingzhou like a sleepwalking, and did not come out of the nightmare of the defeat in Xiazhou. He ganged up and dealt with misconduct overnight and had loopholes in the deployment, which eventually led to Xixia's defeat again. He should take responsibility for this, rather than handing over more than 100,000 people to him."

Yinggui's opposition was unanimously supported by everyone. It was not that he denied Richard Brother because of one or two failures, but that he was too out of place. He would still throw all his troops into vaguely like sleepwalking. At that time, Xixia would destroy the country.

Li Ganshun finally made up his mind that since the army of each tribe was summoned by King Wei, he should naturally be allowed to serve as the head coach.

He also knew that King Wei had a little softer in leading troops and had no experience in combat. These two items were actually military tactics, but the only ones who could integrate more than 100,000 troops were the only ones except Brother Richard. As for making up for the lack of experience, he could only let some experienced generals follow him.

It was related to the life and death of Xixia. Li Ganshun personally sacrificed the flag for this army and awarded the tiger talisman to King Li Zhizong of Wei in front of more than 100,000 troops.

Li Zhizong immediately led an army of 150,000 to Jingzhou.

Lingzhou and Jingzhou were about a hundred miles apart. Li Yanqing did not go north immediately after capturing Lingzhou. He knew that the opponent's 150,000 troops had already assembled. At this time, he went up and fought head-on with them.

Although many generals led by Wang Gui believed that before the 150,000 army had just assembled and had completed coordinated unification, the Song army took the initiative to attack the enemy off guard.

However, Li Yanqing believed that the Xixia army had always been in a loose alliance state, and this state would not change due to time. Unless the Dangxiang people directly annexed other tribes, the situation where each tribe maintains independence would not change.

Similarly, the combat effectiveness of the Western Xia army will not become weaker because they just assembled. They will still attack more points. This is the tactic that the Song army has experienced for a hundred years.

The Song army occupied Lingzhou, but the camp was still stationed south of Lingzhou.

That morning, Li Yanqing and a hundred personal soldiers inspected the restoration of Lingzhou City. The Song army destroyed the southern gate of Lingzhou City, and simply demolished all the northern gates and rebuilt them at the same time. There were very few people in Lingzhou City, and almost all were captured by the Song army in the last war and were taken to the south. Later, after the Dangxiang people were exchanged for Song slaves by Xixia, they were arranged to enter Xingqing Prefecture, making Lingzhou City almost a military city.

Since the big city was occupied, the Song army would also make full use of it. Liu Tie led 30,000 troops to be stationed there, which would restrain the Dangxiang coalition to a certain extent.

Hundreds of craftsmen at the city gate were repairing the city wall in full swing. They moved quickly and completed 70% of the project in just two days.

"How long will it take to repair the city wall?" Li Yanqing asked a master craftsman.

"Your Majesty will be able to complete the repairs tonight, and strive to end everything before dawn."

Li Yanqing nodded, "Thank you all for your hard work!"

"This is our duty, and the strategy will make the adults overreach."

At this time, a rapid sound of horse hooves came from behind. Li Yanqing turned around and saw Wang Gui riding on a horse with excitement on his face. Li Yanqing couldn't help laughing. He knew why Wang Gui came, but he wouldn't have thought of the answer so soon!

Last night, the generals discussed military affairs. When talking about combat strategies, everyone was quarreled. Li Yanqing asked everyone a question: How to use the opponent's weakness to defeat the enemy?

Judging from this, Wang Gui has found the answer.

After a moment, Wang Gui walked forward with excitement on his face and bowed: "I thought of the answer!"

"Tell me, what's the answer?"

Wang Gui looked at both sides vigilantly, as if there were ears in the wall. Li Yanqing was amused by him, so he slapped him in the head and said with a smile: "Who will listen to your secrets? Tell me quickly!"

Wang Gui scratched his head and smiled, "The biggest weakness of the 150,000 cavalry is the supply of military food. They cannot eat dry food every day! They will inevitably establish a huge logistics supply line. I guess they will serve as the logistics supply center in Jingzhou. We can pull the battlefield a little further, and the opportunity will be left to the Lingzhou defenders. As long as Jingzhou is captured, the enemy's logistics supply will be cut off. This is the time for us to attack hard."

Li Yanqing smiled and said, "If Jingzhou is really taken away and the logistics supply is lost, will the 150,000 troops retreat to Xingqing Mansion? Or will they starve to death on the spot?"

Wang Gui was stunned for a moment, and his face gradually faded away. He felt that the foolproof plan was broken by the unification of the whole sentence, which really made Wang Gui really depressed.

"Isn't the weakness of the enemy's army the general's words a problem of military rations?"

Li Yanqing said lightly: "The military ration issue is indeed the weakness of the Xixia army, but it is not the biggest weakness. We need to hit the key points and grasp their biggest weakness to make a fuss."

Seeing that Wang Gui was still confused, Li Yanqing smiled and said, "Let me remind you! The biggest weakness of this Xixia army is their composition."

Wang Gui pondered for a moment and said, "What the governor means is that they are actually eight armies?"

Li Yanqing nodded, "That's exactly!"

"But this has always been the case with the Western Xia army! It has not changed for more than a hundred years. It has all been eight armies, and the Song army has never discovered their weaknesses."

"That's because the Song army has not penetrated the hinterland of Xixia like us in the past years."
Chapter completed!