The Most Powerful Man in the World

But at this moment, Li Ganshun got up too hastily. Under the agitated mood, his eyes darkened, his body swayed, and he was about to fall to the ground.

Li Renxiao hurriedly stepped forward, helped Li Ganshun to support him, and carefully helped Li Ganshun to sit down. At this moment, Li Renxiao shouted at the door: "Come on, please call the imperial doctor."

Here, Li Ganshun almost fell into a coma and didn't mention it, but he said that on the Song Dynasty side, the army of Chu Yi had entered the border town, and Xixia and Song Dynasty had been fighting for many years in the border towns of the two countries. With me, I have you, but the place where the two countries meet is also densely covered with gateways.

Since the battle of Pingxia City, Xixia was defeated and the national strength was greatly damaged. The land of Hengshan fell into the hands of the Song Dynasty. In addition, the Song Dynasty built Xi'an Prefecture and Tiandu Village, opened up Jingyuan Road and Xihe Road, and Qinzhou became the inland. .

If we say that at the beginning of the founding of Western Xia, it is naturally strong national strength. When it was strong, its troops almost reached more than [-], and it defeated the Song Dynasty and the Liao people in a row, so the foundation of the country was established.

However, these years, especially under the efforts of the Song Dynasty, after several wars, Xixia has suffered heavy losses and has long lost its former prosperity.

Of course, although Xixia is said to be declining, it should not be underestimated. Otherwise, Da Song will not have hundreds of thousands of soldiers in this northwestern town. Even the strongest Western Army in the Da Song army is fighting against Xixia. Grind out of it.

In Qinzhou, hundreds of thousands of troops could not flood into the border town at once, so Qinzhou was chosen by Chu Yi as the rear of the attack on Xixia.

Qinzhou has also been tossed and turned several times, and now it has fallen into the hands of Song Dynasty, but it is obvious that Qinzhou is quite sparsely populated. Obviously, as a military state adjacent to a border town, few people are willing to thrive here.

However, in this case, there is no need to worry that the sudden influx of hundreds of thousands of troops into Qinzhou will have too much impact on the local people.

Qinzhou City, in the state city, in a huge mansion, the generals of the army are gathered together at this moment, a huge map is hanging there, it is the map of the Song Dynasty and the Western Xia, the detailed standard on the map The important cities and gates of the two countries are everywhere, which can be described as detailed.

Such a detailed map is located in the northwest, and Tong Guan, who focuses on defending Xixia, couldn't help showing surprise when he saw it, and couldn't help but secretly praised it.

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With the ability of Dongchang, it is not too difficult to come up with such a detailed map. It can even be said that if you are willing to work hard, as long as the strong people who are in the realm of heaven and man go out to investigate the terrain in person, it is completely possible. Do it in a very short time.

Qinzhou is located on Qinfeng Road, Fengxiang Mansion, and it is not too far away from the capital of Xixia. Xingqing Mansion is actually not too far away. In a straight line, it is only a few hundred miles away.

From Qinzhou to the northwest, along the way are Lanzhou, Ganzhou, Suzhou, Guazhou, Shazhou and Guyumen Pass. This route is basically the route of the old Silk Road.

With the establishment of Xixia, this golden road on land naturally fell into the hands of Xixia people. At least an extremely important part of the Silk Road is in the border of Xixia.

Relying on this road, Xixia can obtain a steady stream of resources, so that Xixia has the confidence to confront the Song Dynasty.

Chu Yi glanced at the map, and at a glance, he saw the marked state cities along the Silk Road. These state cities are important nodes on the Silk Road, and they are all guarded by Xixia troops and horses.

However, relatively speaking, Xixia soldiers and horses are more located in the border towns that meet the Song Dynasty. The two countries have hundreds of thousands of soldiers in the border areas. Every year, conflicts of various sizes continue, and this alone never stops. conflict that kills and injures thousands of people every year.

Tong Guan, who had been sitting there all the time, was shocked and heard Chu Yi say to him: "Tong Jianjun, you have been in the northwest for many years, and you must have a very deep understanding of Xixia. Chu came to destroy Xixia, I wonder if Tong Jianjun has any suggestions?"

Tong Guan hesitated for a moment, glanced at the map, and then slowly said: "If the chief officer is determined, then Tong suggested that the chief officer should divide the troops into three routes, namely Qinfeng Road, Yongxingjun Road, and Hedong Road. Sending troops to invade the territory of Xixia with a mighty army, you should be able to do your best in one battle..."

In fact, anyone with a little military common sense can see from the map that since Hengshan fell into the hands of the Great Song, the situation between Xixia and the Great Song has undergone tremendous changes.

It can be said that the front line of Hengshan fell into the hands of Da Song, and the heart of Xixia was completely exposed to the front of Da Song. If Da Song wanted to destroy Xixia, it would not be too difficult.

However, in the absence of Chu Yi's appearance, it was not until the Northern Song Dynasty and the Southern Song Dynasty were destroyed by Mengyuan that Xixia was destroyed by Mengyuan.

In fact, with the strength of the Western Army and the support of the imperial court, even if it is not able to completely destroy Xixia, I am afraid that it can be completely disabled, and occupying most of the territory of Xixia is no problem.

However, since the Western Army seized the front line of Hengshan and occupied an absolute advantage in the confrontation with Xixia, the ministers in the court seemed to be blinded collectively, as if they could not see the opportunity to destroy Xixia.

Later, the Western Army was recruited to put out the Manichaeism rebellion in the south of the Yangtze River. After all, it was nothing more than the Son of Heaven and many civil officials in the court who felt the threat from the Western Army.

The Western Army has fought with Xixia for many years, and it is already the strongest army in the Song Dynasty. Eighty-nine out of ten soldiers who can conquer and fight well in the Song Dynasty are all in the Western Army, but the Song Dynasty has always emphasized literature and suppressed martial arts. If so, it is difficult to guarantee that the Western Army will not form a big tail.

In this case, even if you pretend to be deaf and dumb, you will never see the opportunity to destroy the Western Xia like a blind man, and you will never give the Western Army a chance to take the lead.

As the military supervisor of the Western Army, Tong Guan is naturally well aware of the thoughts of the court, but he has to avoid suspicion even if he knows that he has the opportunity to try to inflict heavy damage or even destroy Xixia. For various reasons, it can only suppress the thoughts in my heart.

Now that he heard Chu Yi asking for his advice, Tong Guan naturally expressed the idea of ​​Mie Xia Nian, who he wanted to do but couldn't do in the past.

Qinfeng Road, Yongxingjun Road, and Hedong Road, these three roads are all adjacent to Xixia, and Xixia is in a situation of being surrounded by a lot of people.

People such as Lu Shinang, Zhu Wu and others also showed some approval on their faces after listening to Tong Guan's suggestion. Obviously, Tong Guan's idea is very reliable, and it is also very safe. When the time comes, it is natural to need to divide the troops, which does not mean that the division of troops will inevitably lead to a major defeat.

However, Chu Yi nodded first, then shook his head and said, "Tong Jianjun's idea is indeed very safe, but if this happens, it will take a long time for several large armies to conquer, and Chu wants to go straight to Huanglong. , and destroyed Xixia in a war."

Saying that, Chu Yi pressed one hand on the map marked Xingqing Mansion. Xingqing Mansion is where the capital of Xixia Kingdom is located. If it is true that Xingqing Palace can be invaded, then the capital of Xixia Kingdom will fall within a short distance. Not far.

If a country falls, then the country is at least formally destroyed.

Tong Guan was stunned for a moment, with a wry smile on his face. Compared with Chu Yi's domineering, his previous thoughts were obviously too conservative.

I have to say that although Chu Yi's idea is very domineering, it is also extremely direct. If he can really invade Xingqing Mansion, it is naturally much more convenient and effective than his suggestion of dividing the army into three ways.

Taking a deep breath, Tong Guan said to Chu Yi: "If that's the case, Tong suggested that the chief officer head north from Qinzhou, take Yanzhou as a breakthrough point, and go straight to Xiping Mansion. After Xiping Mansion, it is the heart of Xixia. Qingfu, if Xixia does not want to sit back and watch my army enter its capital, then Xixia will definitely stop it in Xipingfu."

Chu Yi nodded slightly, his eyes swept across the group of people, and even if he issued a military order, a famous general who quickly led the military order led him out of the mansion and went straight to the barracks.

The army that had been repaired in Qinzhou for three days set out again to head north, and it would not take three or two days to reach the distance that stretched for hundreds of miles.

Just after Chu Yi made the decision to attack Huanglong and force Xixia to fight decisively in Xiping Mansion, the army made no secret of its own movements and ran towards Yanzhou.

The spies sent by the Xixia people were obviously able to deduce that Chu Yi's goal was Yanzhou through the marching route of the army under Chu Yi.

In Xingqing Mansion, in the royal city, Li Ganshun was discussing strategies for dealing with the Song Dynasty with the officials of the Western Xia Dynasty. For this reason, it is not impossible to negotiate the ceding of several state cities to Da Song.

In the final analysis, there are the main war faction and the main peace faction above the court, and even the wall-riding faction has no room for a foothold, and can only choose between the two.

Prince Li Renxiao, as the representative of the main war faction, is arguing with the officials of the main war faction at the moment. According to the suggestion of the officials of the main war faction, Xixia can send envoys to the Great Song Dynasty to make peace with the emperor of the Great Song Dynasty, as long as they declare themselves ministers to the Great Song Dynasty. , even if it is to cut off the king's title and cede the state city, then it will definitely be able to impress the emperor of the Song Dynasty.

Such a suggestion was naturally irritating, the prince Li Renxiao pointed at the officials of the Lord Peace faction and cursed.

Li Ganshun, who was sitting in the first place, looked at the people on both sides of the dispute below, no matter how much Li Ganshun disliked those officials of the Lord's Reconciliation faction, but took a look at the important officials in the court of the Lord's Hepai faction. If he really wants to get angry and put these people into prison, I am afraid that the entire Xixia court will fall into a semi-paralyzed state the next day.

With a light cough, Li Ganshun glanced at the group of people below, and then said to the officials of the Lord Hepai: "The suggestion of Dong Qing's family is not unreasonable. In this case, Lao Dongqing's family led a team to Bianliang and his party in the Song Dynasty. See the emperor of the Song Dynasty and fight for a chance for my Xixia."

Saying that, Li Ganshun slowly got up and bowed to Dong He: "The fate of Xixia is in the hands of Qing, and I hope that Qing's family can go here to help me find a century of national fortune for Xixia."

Dong He stroked his beard, and when he heard the words, he bowed to Li Ganshun and said, "I will live up to your majesty's expectations."

The faces of all the leaders and officials were filled with joy, obviously very satisfied that Li Ganshun could take their advice.

However, the expressions of the officials of the main war faction became quite ugly, and one of the generals said to Li Ganshun in a loud voice: "Your Majesty, when did I Xixia be afraid of the Song Dynasty? The Song Dynasty has been fighting continuously, year after year, how has it ever suffered a big loss, this time the Song Dynasty conquered my Western Xia, I am afraid that it will be as usual in the past, and it will eventually be over."

Having said this, the general clasped his fists and said, "The last general and others implore your majesty to allow me to send troops. The last general is willing to guarantee that the people of Song will be killed in this battle."

Many officials of the main battle faction immediately stood up, bowed down and shouted: "Please think again, Your Majesty."

Li Ganshun glanced at the officials of the Lord Harmony faction with a look of difficulty on his face, and then slowly said: "I... I'm sure, the prince obeys the order."

Seeing the prince Li Renxiao get up, he stepped forward and said, "The child is here."

Li Ganshun looked at Li Ren and said filially, "I made you the chief of Zhendong University, supervising the military and horses of the country, and mastering the military affairs of the Song Dynasty."

For Li Ganshun to hand over military power to Li Renxiao, everyone present was not surprised. You must know that Li Ganshun's intention was to hand over all the military power of Xixia to the so-called general manager of Zhendong. In this case, in addition to the royal family Apart from the clan, Li Ganshun was afraid that he would not dare to hand it over to anyone else.

Li Renxiao immediately said, "My child takes orders."

As for those officials of the Lord Peace faction, they couldn't help but open their mouths when they saw such a situation, but when Li Ganshun suddenly stood up and announced his retirement, it was too late to say anything.

Some leaders and officials wanted to stop Li Ganshun, but they were pulled by his companions.

Here, Xixia has a master and sent officials to Bianliang City in the Great Song Dynasty, while the prince Li Renxiao was recruiting soldiers and horses from all over the country to prepare for war.

After all, Xixia has been a country for nearly a hundred years, and there are many soldiers and horses, especially this time it can be said that the whole country is fighting against it. In a short period of time, nearly [-] soldiers and horses have been gathered.

Of course, the number of [-] soldiers and horses is indeed quite a lot, but among them, those who can be regarded as elites are actually good enough to have [-].

In Ning County, Xiping Prefecture, hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses gathered in this Xia County, which was not famous in the past. The news that Chu Yi led his army to Yanzhou had been detected by Xixia a few days ago.

Without hesitation, Li Renxiao led all the troops and horses to Xiping Mansion. After some consideration, he finally chose Ning County as the place of decisive battle.

The land of Ning County is a plain for hundreds of miles, which can be said to be the most suitable for cavalry combat.

After all, they have been at stalemate with the Great Song for hundreds of years, and the details of the Great Song cannot be more clear. Just can't get on the table.

It's just that Li Renxiao and others also know that since the fall of Dajin, the Song Dynasty has not lacked war horses since then, but war horses return to war horses, but cavalry is not enough for war horses alone.

It only took a year for Dajin to be destroyed. They did not believe that Da Song could train a tyrannical cavalry in such a short period of time.

Therefore, Li Renxiao chose this place for the decisive battle in this plain, and the purpose was to take advantage of the power of the Xixia cavalry to give the Song Dynasty a blow.

Xixia serial horses, Tiefu Tu is famous, and it is also the pride of Xixia people.

On this day, a group of men and horses appeared outside the Xixia army and horse camp, and one of them came out on horseback, and it was an envoy sent by Li Ganshun.

Li Renxiao left the camp, met the messenger, and learned that the messenger was here to lead the way for the Tubo reinforcements. Li Renxiao was overjoyed.

You must know that as the troops and horses under Chu Yi's troops are getting closer and closer to Yanzhou, Li Renxiao's mood can't help becoming a little anxious. They are definitely not Chu Yi's opponents in Xixia alone, so Li Renxiao has been praying for the reinforcements of Tubo. Can come as soon as possible.

Finally, I hope that the stars and the moon will bring the reinforcements of the Tubo people.

Following the messenger, Li Renxiao saw from a distance that the leader was Kumozhi, who went to Daxueshan to visit the Buddha not long ago.

The lord of Tubo is the honor of a country, and it is obviously impossible to appear in Xixia, but he did not expect that it would be Kumozhi who led the reinforcements this time.

Behind Jiu Mozhi was a team of men and horses that exuded a chilling air. There were a lot of people, but they were not too many. Judging from Li Renxiao's experience, this team was probably about ten thousand people.

Before driving the horse, Li Renxiao bowed to Kumozhi and said: "Renxiao has seen the national teacher, and the national teacher has come from afar to help me in Xixia. Renxiao is grateful."

Jiu Mozhi smiled slightly and said: "His Royal Highness is polite, this time the poor monk led the personal guards to join the Xixia event."

Li Renxiao looked behind Jiu Mozhi, but did not see the figure of the Lord Buddha, his eyes showed a bit of disappointment, and Jiu Mozhi obviously noticed the change in Li Renxiao's expression: "His Royal Highness is very welcome. Rest assured, the Lord Buddha has already descended from the mountain, and when it is time to appear, he will definitely appear."

Hearing what Jiu Mozhi said, Li Renxiao let go of his heart and said with a bit of joy: "So everything is ready, just wait for Chu Yi to come and die."

A few days later, the mighty army broke through Yancheng like a broken bamboo, broke the checkpoint, and entered the land of Xixia.

If the hundreds of thousands of troops are scattered at this time, it will inevitably cause chaos in Xixia, but Chu Yi's goal is very clear, that is, a battle to set the world.

Xixia was able to grasp Chu Yi's marching route. Similarly, the changes in Xixia's national middle school were also clearly investigated by Dongchang. Chu Yi couldn't be more satisfied with Xixia's prince Li Renxiao and Chen Bing in Xiping Mansion.

If it is said that Xixia is hiding and playing guerrilla warfare with him, to be honest, Chu Yi is not in the mood to attack a little bit. Now that Li Renxiao has cooperated with him to integrate Xixia troops and horses to fight against him, then it is natural Nothing better.

After passing Yancheng, it is a land of flat rivers, but the speed of the marching forty or fifty miles a day suddenly dropped, and it turned out to be only twenty or thirty miles a day.

In fact, Li Renxiao, Jiu Mozhi and others are not surprised that the speed of the Song army's march has dropped suddenly. Obviously, the Song army is recuperating in the slow march. , the army will collapse.

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As the army of Chu Yi's army got closer and closer to the land of Ning County, the scouts between the two sides were fighting each other.

In order to grasp the dynamics of the opponent's army and investigate the terrain of the four directions, it is naturally necessary to send scouts. The two sides scattered a large number of scouts. In this case, once the scouts from the two sides meet, a fight is inevitable.

It was only a short period of two or three days, and the scouts killed by the two sides alone were no less than a thousand.

In a plain area more than ten miles away from Ning County, a huge military camp that stretched for more than ten miles appeared. It was the Song army camp.

It can be seen that this place is planned by Xixia, and within a radius of dozens of miles, this place is the most suitable.

But anyone with a discerning eye can see that this position was specially reserved for the Song Dynasty by Xixia, which must involve the planning of the Xixia people.

If it were someone else, even if this location was suitable, they would definitely not choose this location as a place to set up camp.

But if it was Chu Yi's words, Chu Yi really hadn't thought about it. Even if this place was most likely deliberately planned by the Xixia people, Chu Yi didn't care.