Da Song: The opening game killed Ximen Qing

To the northwest of the Great Song Dynasty was the Kingdom of Western Xia.

Li Yuanhao, the first emperor of the Western Xia Kingdom, was originally the son of Li Mingde, the king of Western Xia, who was canonized by the Great Song Dynasty. At that time, Western Xia was just a vassal state of the Great Song Dynasty.

However, as the power of Western Xia continued to increase, the Song state continued to decline.

Li Yuanhao took the opportunity to establish himself as emperor and rebelled against the Song Dynasty.

After a series of wars, the Song Dynasty quickly raised a large number of elite troops in the northwest and had to accept the status quo that the Western Xia Kingdom had risen.

During the Song Shenzong period, Wang Anshi changed his law and trained a group of elite troops for the Great Song Dynasty. At the same time, a lot of money and food were accumulated.

In the Western Xia Kingdom at that time, the young lord succeeded to the throne, and the empress dowager obeyed the government. And when Emperor Li Bingchang grew up, he naturally did not want to be a puppet again. This plunged Xixia into chaos for a while.

Seeing this rare opportunity coming, Song Shenzong sent a full 300,000 troops to attack Western Xia, trying to eliminate Western Xia in one fell swoop and make this land once again the territory of the Great Song Dynasty.

You know, for this war, Song Shenzong attaches great importance to it.

Not because of anything else, but the land occupied by the Western Xia Kingdom was the only place in the Great Song Dynasty that could breed war horses on a large scale. If you can destroy Western Xia and retake these territories. The Great Song Dynasty was able to obtain a large number of military horses continuously. It was possible to rely on these military horses to build a powerful cavalry unit.

Then, in the war with the Liao State, the Great Song Dynasty would not have been beaten by the Liao State because it did not have a strong cavalry.

Even going north to defeat the Liao Kingdom and recapture the Sixteen States of Youyun is not a dream at all!

I have to admit that Song Shenzong’s overall plan is good.

But unfortunately, the Western Xia Kingdom is not as bad as imagined.

Although the entire Western Xia Kingdom has a population of only four million. But when the whole people are soldiers, they are enough to mobilize 5.6 million troops when mobilized at the limit. Among them, the 100,000 capture army as a standing army has been more than 30,000 troops as the emperor’s personal army, and their combat effectiveness is not strong.

In addition, in the Loess Plateau area, the transportation infrastructure is very bad, and the roads are difficult to travel. Without enough horses, the Song army was very difficult to maintain the supplies of 300,000 elite troops.

Even food is insufficient.

It was in this way that the Western Xia Kingdom adopted such a strong wall and cleared the wilderness, so that the 300,000 troops of the Song army could not advance or retreat. Even in the war, the Song army caused a lot of losses to the Western Xia Kingdom. But when the Song army didn’t even have food, it was naturally no match for the Xixia people.

After the failure of the Five Routes Army to conquer Western Xia, the only chance for the Great Song Dynasty to destroy Western Xia no longer existed.

Although in the following time, wars broke out between the Great Song Dynasty and Western Xia. The two sides are even more flickering about the victory and defeat. But overall, no one can help anyone.

The Song army wanted to destroy Western Xia and seize this place for raising horses.

And Western Xia also looked at the territory of the Great Song Dynasty. However, it was resisted by the border army of the Great Song Dynasty located on Qinfeng Road and Yongxing Military Road, and was unable to invade south.

But now, civil strife broke out in the Great Song Dynasty, which seemed to give the Xixia people a golden opportunity.

Li Qianshun, the emperor of Western Xia, thought that the great time had come.

“Gentlemen, the Song people are in civil unrest. The Song court is fighting against the Liangshan anti-thieves, which is definitely a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for my Western Xia. In the decades since the founding of the Western Xia State, we have fought dozens of wars with the Song State. During this period, although there were victories and defeats between each other, no one could achieve a decisive victory. Now, we finally have the opportunity to defeat the Song people in one fell swoop and push our territory to the south and east by a great margin! Li Qianshun was very excited.

“Your Majesty, although the Song people are in civil unrest. However, its Yongxing Military Road and Qin Feng Road were not affected. A large number of border troops are still stationed in various places. If we attack rashly, I am afraid that it will be difficult for us to win. Unless, gather all your forces and attack. However, we also have to guard against the Liao and Tubo people, as well as the Uighur people, and so on. The Western Xia Privy Envoy said.

“Yes, Your Majesty. Although the Song people are in civil unrest, it is a rare opportunity for us. But it’s too early to send troops. What’s more, now is the time of spring plowing, and we cannot use troops abroad on a large scale! The other ministers also persuaded.

Although Western Xia is a combination of soldiers and people, it produces in peacetime and joins the army in wartime.

However, during the planting season, a large number of people have to work, and it is simply impossible to gather enough troops to attack.

Li Qianshun’s face couldn’t help but become very ugly, in his opinion, now was the perfect opportunity for Western Xia. If you miss this opportunity, I am afraid that it will be difficult to have such a good opportunity in the future.

“Are we going to watch this great opportunity slip away? If we miss this opportunity, then when will our Western Xia be able to enter the Central Plains? Li Qianshun looked angry.

“Your Majesty, according to the information we have so far. The Song army and Liangshan anti-thief are fighting a decisive battle on the east-west road in Beijing. We can wait until this decisive battle is divided before we assemble our troops. If the Song army is defeated, I am afraid that the entire Song Kingdom will fall apart. This is undoubtedly a good opportunity for us to attack. If the Song army wins, its own losses will also be very large. We can also seize this opportunity and attack south. If nothing else, if you go all out to launch a war against the Song Kingdom, there is still no problem in capturing Qin Fenglu and Yongxing Military Road. Having occupied these two territories, it was easier for us to attack either the Hedong Road or the Gyeonggi region of the Song Kingdom. At the same time, it will not affect spring plowing in the country. The Privy Seal suggested.

When Li Qianshun thought about it, this is indeed the truth.

If the Song army and the Liangshan rebel army rushed to intervene before they could divide the victory and defeat, it was indeed too eager. It is completely possible to wait a little longer, wait until both sides are exhausted from fighting and have consumed more strength before sending troops. In this case, the odds of victory may be a little greater, and the price paid will be a little smaller.

“Okay, gather the soldiers and horses after the spring plowing is over. However, the grappling army needs to be prepared. As soon as the time is right, attack immediately. This time, seize the opportunity no matter what. At the very least, it is necessary to capture Qin Feng Road and Yongxing Military Road! Li Qianshun ordered.

“Yes, Your Majesty!” The ministers of the Western Xia Kingdom replied one after another.

There is no doubt that the great battle between the Great Song Dynasty and the Liangshan Rebel Army gave the people of Western Xia hope to see hope, and naturally hoped to seize this opportunity and bite off a piece of fat on the body of the Great Song Dynasty.