Chapter 68: Xixia’s plan (Part 2)

The smash was very powerful and loud. When the ministers heard it, they were like the sound of a beating war drum, making them feel hot as if they were boiling. They raised their heads and chests, and they wished they could kill to the battlefield immediately.

"Huh!" Li Bingchang took a long breath, finally calming his emotions, and then he smiled: "Dear friends, do you know what it means to get Shanzhou?"

Xixia was drooling at Shanzhou and had long wanted to get the benefits of Shanzhou. The ministers knew it well. However, when Li Bingchang was happy, no one wanted to steal the limelight. No one said it, but said in unison: "I'll ask the Emperor for the Holy Trinity!"

"Haha!" Li Bingchang raised his head to the sky and laughed loudly, his laughter was extremely happy.

"Haha!" The ministers of course understood the whole story and laughed happily. For a moment, the laughter shook the roof tiles and buzzed, like thunder.

After a while of old age, the laughter stopped. Li Bingchang walked and said leisurely: "After Shanzhou, I can join the Central Plains to compete for the deer, Song, Liao, and Daxia, who will win to death, is still unknown."

He walked to the map, pressed his right hand on Shanzhou and said, "This is the foundation of the king's business! In the early years of the Warring States Period, the famous general Wu Qi led the Wei army to seize the land of Hexi and could overlook Guanzhong. It was a good opportunity to destroy Qin. Unfortunately, the King of Wei had no ambitions and missed this opportunity and did not take the opportunity to march. This gave Qin a good opportunity to survive. Only then did Shang Yang's reforms, Qin was the world, wiped out the six countries, and unify China."

In the early Warring States Period, the most powerful country was Wei. The famous general Wu Qi seized the land of Hexi in Qin. Because of the high terrain here, it was indeed a good opportunity to destroy Qin. Wei used this as a springboard and even Hangu Pass was defeated, and Qin was on the verge of destruction. Therefore, Qin Xiaogong learned from his mistakes and decided to reform and seek strength, attracting talents from all over the world, so that Shang Yang could enter Qin alone.

Li Bingchang's feelings made sense. The Wei State did not govern the land in Hexi, which was equivalent to being abandoned and missing a great opportunity.

"The northern part of Shanzhou is high, and you can overlook Guanzhong. If you start from here and attack Guanzhong, you will get 800 miles of Qinchuan. My great cause will be accomplished!" Li Bing's fingers kept stroking on the map, and a route of march appeared from northern Shanzhou to Guanzhong.

"This route of march was taken by our predecessors." Li Bingchang, a man who was familiar with the past and the present, was familiar with historical facts, and then said: "The first person to take this route was Duke Xiang of Qin. King You of Zhou played with the princes in a beacon, and eventually he was defeated. The Zhou family was in danger. King Ping of Zhou went to Qi and Jin to seek help, but the king of Qi and Jin ignored it. King Ping of Zhou had no way to ask for advice, and had to travel through mountains and rivers. When he came here, the Qin tribe asked to meet Duke Xiang of Qin. Duke Xiang of Qin led 50,000 Qin tribe warriors from here and went straight to Guanzhong, fought with 80,000 Rongdi in Haojing, defeated Rongdi, recovered Haojing, and restored Zhou's room. It was the first achievement of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty."

After a brief pause, he continued: "It's a pity that King Ping of Zhou did not trust Duke Xiang of Qin, and did not appreciate it. What he trusted was the great prince of Shandong, Qi Jin, and rewarded Duke Xiang of Qin, the former land of the Western Zhou Dynasty. Although his reputation was a heavy reward, he was actually suspicious because it was occupied by Rongdi. He wanted to drive away wolves and tigers, and use Rongdi's hands to consume Duke Xiang of Qin. What King Ping of Zhou did not expect was that the old Qin clan dared to fight, and Duke Xiang of Qin recovered these lost old lands one by one, becoming a great country among the princes, with 800 miles of Qinchuan."

"Haha!" Speaking of this, Li Bingchang burst into laughter again, his eyes full of wonderful little stars: "The eight hundred miles of Qinchuan is the foundation of the king's business! The Western Zhou Dynasty rose up to establish the Zhou family. Qin took this as a basis to spread the world, wiped out the six kingdoms, and unified China. If I got the eight hundred miles of Qinchuan, the army of Daxia could go out of Hangu Pass in the east and compete with Zhao Xu to dominate the world like the Qin army back then. By then, Yelu Hongji entered the Central Plains from the north, and I entered the Central Plains from Guanzhong, echoing each other. Can this Central Plains still belong to Zhao Xu?"

He painted a wonderful blueprint, which was exciting and passionate. The ministers couldn't help but laugh, and all their eyes were filled with blazing light, as if they had already entered Guanzhong and entered the Central Plains.

"I formed Liao to fight against the Song Dynasty, and on the grounds of restraining the Western soldiers, I sought wealth from Yelu Hongjido, and secretly promised Zhao Xu that I would form an alliance with Zhao Xu, so that Zhao Xu could rest assured and transferred the Western soldiers to the north. At that time, Shaanxi Province was empty, and I could launch a large number of troops to capture the northern part of Shaanxi Province, enter Guanzhong, and cover the 800-mile Qinchuan. The great thing was accomplished!" Li Bingchang became more and more happy as he spoke, but he was cunning everywhere. He was really an old fox.

"Hengshan is in hand, you can attack and defend. You can advance and retreat freely. If you want to fight, you can launch a large number of troops and defeat Zhao Xu's troops in Shaanxi!" Li Zongbao clenched his fist with his right hand, and was very excited.

"Yes!" The ministers immediately agreed and said, "Hengshan is in a complex terrain, with many dangerous passes, which is a natural danger of Daxia. With Hengshan here, even if Zhao Xu dispatched a million troops, he would not be able to do anything to Daxia!"

Hengshan is a natural danger. Whoever controls Hengshan will be able to advance and retreat freely. The Song Dynasty always wanted to seize Hengshan, but failed. Xixia controlled Hengshan, and with the complex terrain of Hengshan, it was always a headache for the Song Dynasty.

Everyone knows that the northwest is plateau terrain and the terrain is very high. The Western Xia fought against the Song Dynasty and took advantage of it. In addition, the Hengshan Mountain was controlled, so it became even more convenient to fight this battle.

On the contrary, the Song Dynasty wanted to attack Xixia, but it was a great loss. This is an important reason why the Song Dynasty had no choice but to fight Xixia.

"What a pity! That Wang Shao is so hateful. He took my land of Xihe!" Li Bingchang's face changed and he said hatefully: "If the land of Xihe is still in my hands, then I can divide my troops into two groups, from the north and the west, and attack Shanzhou at the same time. In that case, my achievements will be much more!"

Guanzhong is known as the four barriers, with dangerous barriers in the east, west, south and north. In addition, the 800-mile Qinchuan is a good place to establish a capital. Therefore, the powerful dynasties such as the Qin, Han, Sui and Tang dynasties all set the capital in Guanzhong. Liu Bang originally wanted to set the capital in Luoyang, but after hearing Lou Jing's words, he immediately moved the capital from Luoyang to Chang'an.

The four passes in Guanzhong are Hangu Pass to the east, Hexi to the north, Xihe to the west, Nanshan to the south, and Qinling to the current Qinling Mountains. Each place is an excellent natural danger, and it is the four gates in Guanzhong.

However, when the Song Dynasty was established, it only controlled Hangu Pass and Qinling Mountains, and the Xihe Land and Hexi Land were not in the hands. In other words, the Song Dynasty only had half of the four major portals in Guanzhong, and the other two portals were not in the hands of the Song Dynasty. This is an important reason why Song Taizu knew that establishing a capital in Guanzhong was better than in Bianjing, but he did not dare to put the capital in Guanzhong.

In that case, if the capital is placed in Guanzhong, it is seeking death and waiting to be beaten.

In fact, the Song Dynasty never gave up on the plan to move the capital from Bianjing to Guanzhong, and kept building Guanzhong, but the gate was not closed and it was not safe enough, so it was never moved to Guanzhong.

Wang Shao captured the Xihe land and closed the Xida Gate of Guanzhong, which was a major blow to Xixia. Otherwise, if Li Bingchang sent troops from both sides, Guanzhong would have been very critical.

"This time, I have decided to send out the iron kite, and all the elites will be sent to Guanzhong as quickly as possible!" Li Bingchang was very excited.

Tie Yaozi is the most elite army in the Western Xia, as famous as the Pishi Army of the Liao Kingdom and the Tiefutu of the Jurchen Kingdom. He will not be dispatched at any time. This time it is of great importance. Li Bingchang finally decided to give out all the elite troops.

"Okay! As long as Iron Harrier is dispatched, Guanzhong will be able to capture it!" The ministers were extremely pleased.

"Although the chance of winning is quite high, I can't say that." Li Bing waved his hand and said clearly: "The Yao family and the Zhong family in Shanzhou are all strong enemies, and they are deeply connected with military power and cannot be underestimated."

The situation in Shanzhou is very different from that in the north. The main ones that govern the army here are several major families. The most famous ones are the Zhong family and the Yao family, the Zhong family army and the Yao family army, which are famous in history.

The most famous of the Zhong family is the Zhong Shidao, known as the "Soul of the Great Song Army", and the most famous of the Yao family is Yao Pingzhong.

There is no need to explain the famous name of Zhong Shidao. It is known as the soul of the Song Dynasty and is admired by future generations. Yao Pingzhong's name is notorious because when the Jurchens first arrived in Bianjing, he went to steal the camp. After being besieged by the Jin army, he left more than 10,000 Yao's army and fled alone, and since then he has no idea where to end.

Yao Pingzhong's failure to rob the camp triggered a chain reaction, so Li Gang stopped his precepts and ruined the great situation of fighting against the Jurchens. Therefore, Yao Pingzhong left an eternal infamy in history.

In fact, Yao Pingzhong was very unfair. He was likely to succeed in the robbery. The reason for his failure was that Song Qinzong leaked the secret. Song Qinzong obeyed Yao Pingzhong's advice and wanted to go to the robbery, so he thought that victory was a good idea and wanted to prepare a celebration banquet in the palace. He was a big mouth and actually told the matter out. He then passed it out through the eunuchs in the palace, inquired about the spies of the Jurchens, set up a bureau, and waited for Yao Pingzhong to go to the tragedy.

Yao Pingzhong found that the situation was wrong, so he knew that someone had leaked the secret. After he returned, Song Qinzong would definitely punish him and had to escape. In fact, even if the secret was leaked, the camp was still good. If Li Gang raised an army to help, he actually won a good victory. Unfortunately, Song Qinzong gave Li Gang indiscriminately.

"The Yao Zong's two families are indeed a bit difficult, but if all the elite troops in the Daxia are revealed, they will not be afraid of them." Li Zongbao was very confident.

In recent years, the Song army that Xixia fought in northern Shaanxi was mainly the two armies of the Yaozhong family. The ministers of the Xixia were very familiar with the situation of the two armies of the Yaozhong family. Although these two armies were very capable, if all the elite troops of the Xixia were produced and condescending convenience, it would be impossible to defeat these two armies.

"As long as you defeat the two Yao Zong families, the northern part of Shaanxi Province will be in the hands of Daxia. Then, I personally lead the army and go straight to Guanzhong, and the big thing will be done!" Li Bingchang was very happy and said, "Li Zongbao, Liang Xi, you two start to prepare. Once the time is right, send troops directly, and there is no need to report to me. You can do things at a cheap price!"

"Abide by the order!" The two of them answered the order in unison.
Chapter completed!