Zongwu: Your wife and I are really in love with each other.

"This is really too much!"

In the magnificent palace.

There were only a dozen or so people standing, and they were vaguely divided into two groups, one on the left and one on the right. The two groups were facing each other faintly, and the eyes of the two groups were flickering in the air.

These are the two most famous parties in Xixia, the Hou Party and the Imperial Party.

In fact, Xixia has always been in sharp contradictions.

According to the party names of Xixia, they are the Hou Party and the Imperial Party.

These two names alone are enough to explain everything.

The Hou Party is naturally the party headed by the Queen Mother.

Li Qiushui is the Queen Mother of Xixia, and she has not dealt with any government affairs for more than ten years. However, the actual situation is that all the appointment and dismissal of officials, economic and financial affairs, and even all aspects of taxation within the Xixia Kingdom have been dealt with. It is controlled by the Hou Party with the Queen Mother of Xixia as its faction. The Imperial Party, which officially represents the throne of Xixia, is actually just a puppet that looks good.

There is no real power.

It's just a vase placed high up.

Just like this palace, this extremely gorgeous palace complex. This palace complex was built with two years of national tax revenue from Xixia. Although this palace complex is extremely gorgeous, Xixia is not the Song Dynasty, it is just a small country occupying five continents.

Logically speaking, Xixia Kingdom is not qualified and has no need to use such a prosperous palace to support the scene and show off.

But it was because of one person's thought that this palace was built.

Not to mention spending countless manpower and material resources, the two newly formed military divisions and the two cavalry divisions that were used to resist the southward invasion of the Mongolian cavalry were suddenly abolished, leaving not a trace.

Compared with Dali and Tubo, the number of troops in Xixia was simply not worth mentioning, not even one-third.

If Dali and Tubo still have a certain ability to resist when facing the Mongolian cavalry.

Well, Xixia almost did not fortify Mongolia, but instead accumulated a large number of troops on the border of the Song Dynasty.

And all of this was the decision of Li Qiushui, the Queen Mother of Xixia.

Li Qiushui's decision was based on the rigorous study of the martial arts in the Central Plains.

Because Li Qiu Shui knew that there were numerous martial arts talents in the Central Plains who were extremely powerful, including some old monsters who had lived for many years and were even more advanced in age and strength than she was.

Therefore, in her opinion, piling up the army on the border of the Song Dynasty was the most correct choice.

Because only in this way can the masters in the Song Dynasty be defeated.

Rather than being unable to defeat the Manchus and Mongols, they would instead find opportunities to vent their anger on Xixia.

As for Mongolia, Li Qiushui was not worried at all.

Li Qiushui had a close relationship with the Mongolian kings.

This is why she has never been afraid of Mongolia.

For Li Qiushui.

As long as those Mongolian kings were not completely dead, Mongolia would not be Xixia's main enemy.

In fact, this is indeed the case. Just like this time, almost as soon as King Ruyang made a move, Li Qiushui, who was far away in the Xixia Palace, already knew the cause and consequence.

At the same time, I understand that the fundamental reason why King Ruyang wants to attack Xixia is to find an opportunity to get rid of Jinlun Dharma King, because this one has an unstable foundation and has no loyal Jinlun Dharma King. In fact, there is another Jinlun Dharma King. The dream of Mongol Fahan.

Keeping him in Mongolia was always a disaster.

It would be better to get rid of him than to keep him, but Jinlun Dharma King's strength is not weak after all.

Although King Ruyang still has a trump card, he is not prepared to expose it in advance.

So, I wanted to use this Queen Mother of Xixia to get rid of Jinlun Dharma King.

In addition, I also wanted to test whether Li Qiushui was dead after not appearing for more than ten years?

There is also a certain friendship between King Ruyang and Li Qiushui.

If Li Qiushui had not died, he would definitely change his plan and not invade Xixia forcefully.

But if Li Qiushui is dead, then everything will be difficult to say.

And it is precisely this that is known.

Li Qiushui didn't feel afraid of Mongolia at all.

Xixia will never be invaded by Mongolia as long as she is alive.

However, for others this is not the case at all.

After all, for the Central Plains region of the Song Dynasty, which was obviously in decline.

The most terrifying enemy of Xixia is Mongolia from the north.

Especially those kings of Xixia and the imperial party he controlled who reached the pinnacle of power by seeking power a few years ago.

For them, although they are just puppets and vases on the surface, they still enjoy the peak of power that ordinary people cannot enjoy because of their status. Once a person sits in that position, even if there are no sweet memories or vases, it is absolutely impossible for him to take the initiative to get down from that position.

Moreover.

They had already had enough of the empress dowager above who had been oppressing them.

"It's really too much to deceive others. These Mongolians actually want to marry the Queen Mother. This is really the most ridiculous thing in the world!

This kind of thing is really intolerable. We must rise up to resist. If you ask me, let's cut off the heads of those Mongolian envoys and send them back to the Mongols to express our determination to oppose them. "The leader of the rear party standing on the left said first, with extremely contemptuous eyes, without even looking at the King of Xixia on the throne.

"What you said is really light. The Mongolian army of 300,000 troops is pressing on our border. If this matter does not go as planned, these 300,000 cavalry will enter our Xixia Kingdom in an instant.

The Heishan Weifu Military Division and the Heishui Town Military Division alone, with less than 100,000 troops, wanted to stop the Mongolian army of 300,000 troops in the undefeable Gobi Plain.

Simply, there is no difference from daydreaming.

As long as the Mongols come in, Xixia will be in ruins.

The people were displaced and corpses littered the fields.

This will shake my Xixia foundation.

Instead of doing this, it is better to sacrifice the small self and achieve the greater self! If Xixia can safely integrate with Mongolia and merge with each other, then the people of Xixia will not have to be displaced and die in the wilderness. "

The leader of the royal party on the right immediately retorted. The two military divisions, Black Mountain Weifu Military Division and Heishui Town Military Division, are the armies of the imperial party. Once the Mongols invade, they will definitely be the first to face the Mongolian cavalry. Military Division.

The strength of the imperial party is much worse than that of the rear party.

If he is sent out to die as cannon fodder again this time, it will really be over.

These words immediately aroused opposition from the rear party members who had this idea in mind. ,

"If you can't stop us, you have to stop them. It was agreed upon back then. You saw that the Mongols were unwilling to invade, so you resolutely requested to defend the northern defense line, and our army was responsible for defending against possible invasions from the Song Dynasty.

In recent years, you have also made a lot of money from the Silk Road's tariff trade. The personnel of the two military divisions, Black Mountain Weifu Military Division and Heishui Town Military Division, have more than doubled.

Is there any good thing in this world that just takes money and does nothing?

You spent so much money to recruit troops and horses, but you didn't even draw a sword or shoot an arrow, and yet you just want to surrender to the Mongols.

Sacrifice the small self to achieve the greater self. It sounds so nice, don't you just want to marry Her Highness the Queen Mother to Mongolia?

You damn white-eyed wolves, don’t forget, how did you get to the position?

If the Queen Mother were not willing to give you a chance, do you think you would still have a chance to make noise here? "The leader of the rear party said while staring at the King of Xixia in his seat.

He is the real leader of the imperial party. This elected leader is just a puppet. What he says is just the meaning of this Xixia king. This Xixia king used conspiracy and tricks to kill himself in the early years. ’s brother, won the throne, and has been pretending to be a good boy since then.

In the past two years, the Queen Mother had not shown up due to personal reasons, which caused the good boy, the King of Xixia, to have other ideas. Sure enough, just as the Empress Dowager said, if a person can even kill his own brother, what else can't he do?

Faced with his provocation.

The face of the King of Xixia began to slowly turn gloomy.

But he didn't have time to speak yet.

His bastard scolded him harshly.

"Bold, what do you mean by this? Are you questioning whether the crown is in the right position?"

"It is not up to me, nor to you, to decide whether the crown prince's position is right or wrong. This must be judged by future generations' history books. We are just the authorities and have no right to judge, let alone I am not qualified to judge! However, everyone standing in this court should know exactly what is going on!"

The King of Xixia suddenly stood up from his position.

He said in a tone that left no room for doubt, "Compared with the important events of the family and the country, the personal honor and disgrace of the mother is not very important. Compared with the millions of people in Xixia, the people of Xixia are more important. This matter Needless to say, I agree with the marriage contract proposed by the Mongolian envoy, but King Ruyang must come to Xixia in person to marry his mother to express Mongolia's respect for Xixia."

"Your Majesty!"

The faces of the courtiers from the Houdang faction changed drastically, and they all looked at the King of Xixia with expressions of disbelief.

Did the King of Xixia drink too much today?

He actually said such an outrageous thing?

Putting aside the Mongolian ambitions, even if they marry the Queen Mother, will the Mongols really not invade? Are they really willing to accept Xixia as a vassal state, or become a state capital not controlled by Mongolia?

How can this be?

Even though Xixia is small, it still has five continents.

Moreover, Xixia occupies the most important passage of the Silk Road.

The annual trade volume is huge.

In this situation.

How could Mongolia allow Xixia to continue to be independent and self-reliant?

Although the Mongols have been gaining momentum in recent years.

But it also faces a situation of insufficient military spending.

Although the Mongols were not at war with the red-haired ghosts.

However, the battle with the Western Region and even further north did not stop for a day.

The most fundamental reason why the Mongols had such a large cavalry army was because they gained endless wealth through invasion.

It is precisely because of the existence of this wealth that it is possible to support such a huge cavalry and to gather so many people. It is not a tribe in one's heart.

Once the Mongols stop their advance one day, they will immediately be choked by this huge army. Without a large amount of wealth to support the army, mutiny and internal strife would occur almost instantly.

The reason why King Ruyang doesn't want to touch the Song Dynasty for the time being is not because he really cannot break through the Xiangyang defense line composed of the six cities, but because he knows that the Song Dynasty is the last life-saving straw in case the northern army fails. If there is no way to win again or there is no way to get enough benefits to support the huge army, then the Song Dynasty will become a good medicine for the continued operation of the Mongol Empire.

King Ruyang has actually been slowly changing the way Mongolia operates internally.

This Silk Road passage in Xixia is one of the operating methods he changed.

So no matter what, he will not give up this channel.

Since the hard one is not enough, then use the soft one.

Li Qiushui is indeed very powerful.

But the Mongolian army has 300,000 cavalry.

No matter how powerful Li Qiushui was, he still didn't have the ability to kill all 300,000 Mongolian cavalry in one go.

However, even if she really has such ability, King Ruyang will not resent her, but will thank her, because she eliminated 300,000 people in one go for the bloated Mongolian Empire, eating meat and drinking wine, and also made a lot of money. The mouth of a soldier!

Such a sweet dream will make King Ruyang wake up with a smile.

"Your Majesty, think twice! If the Queen Mother knows."

"Shut up!"

The King of Xixia frowned coldly, his brows furrowed high, like the Chinese character Sichuan.

"You are all talking in the name of the Queen Mother in this place, but in fact it is not for your rights! You Xixia worms, I have tolerated you for a long time, come here, take them all down , take custody."

As these words were spoken, a large number of Xixia soldiers rushed in from outside the main hall. They were all in a hurry, and without even giving the rear party a chance to react, they captured them all, gagged their mouths and took them out. .

Only then did Hou Dang understand. No wonder there were only a dozen or so of them today. It turned out that this was a game that had been planned a long time ago. This King of Xixia was not a loser. It seemed that he had been preparing for today for a long time. .

But there was no joy at all on the face of the King of Xixia.

Although these rear party members were captured, the most terrifying one was Li Qiushui.

As Li Qiushui's son, he knew how powerful his mother was.

"Little guy, don't worry, as long as I'm here, I will definitely make this marriage come true." A short dwarf girl with a red hair bundle on her head, who looked no more than seventeen or eighteen years old, smiled from behind the scenes. When she walked in, she looked very cute while jumping up and down, but the King of Xixia said respectfully with a straight face: "Uncle Wu, I have to trouble you to do all this. My nephew, I will definitely do it as promised." Later, the Lingjiu Palace was enshrined as the national religion of Xixia!"

"Okay, okay, as long as you say this, I will definitely protect you."

(Love to hear and see) (End of chapter)