During the super discussion of the Song Dynasty over 14 months from October 1038 to December 1039, 99% of people were shouting to kill Li Yuanhao and destroy the entire clan of the Party and Xiang! There were only one or two sporadic voices opposing it, not only did not work, but it was also officially considered that it was a brain that was crazy.

The voices of opposition came from Xia Su and Wu Yu and Xia Su. The father Xia Chenghao was a martyr who fought with the Khitans at night to sacrifice his country, but no one knew his true life, because he was an abandoned baby, which Xia Chenghao picked up on the way to work one winter morning.

To put it briefly, Xia Sheng started his career with poetry and prose, and was favored by his father's contribution to his country. He was promoted step by step and became the deputy envoy of the Privy Councilor in the Renzong Dynasty, serving as the political affairs officer, and envoy of the Three Divisions. He was sent to the frontier at this time, which was a "gift of talent and uselessness". He himself was also very unhappy. He was unwilling to deal with foreign barbarians. He even cried bitterly when he was ordered to go on a mission to the Khitan, and cried very passionately. "It is hard to worship the righteousness without being in the sky. Etiquette is a pillow, and he can't stand the sound of the barbarians." I hate the barbarians, which are the enemy countries in the world. I can't stand the bowing of their kings and talk to their ministers! So I said nothing!

It's shameless, but compared to his despicableness in the future, this is nothing. A villain is often talented, he has a good vision and looks far, and has the ability to promote his official position in the officialdom. He is also Fan Zhongyan's mortal enemy in the second half of his life. The Qingli New Policy can be said to be destroyed by him alone! He was also particularly sober on the battlefield. He didn't take long to analyze the current strength comparison between the enemy and us. Once the war begins, the Song Dynasty will definitely be defeated! The reason is as follows: Li Jiqian and Song Taizong

Compared with Li Deming and Song Zhenzong, Li Yuanhao and Song Renzong, everything is clear: the Dangxiang people are rising one by one, but the Song Dynasty is weakening step by step... The troops that were victorious at the beginning of the founding of the country could not wipe out Li Jiqian, who was a bandit; because they could tie the Liao Kingdom and signed the Chanyuan Alliance, the troops of Song Zhenzong could not attack Li Deming; now, why can you be confident that you can defeat Li Yuanhao and kill all the Dangxiang tribes?

How simple the truth is, but when I report to the court, I only get rid of the secretariat and the Privy Council - Xia Shu is a coward!

Wu Yu and Song Shi emphasized that he was very smart, but in fact he was wise and had a strong sense of the overall situation. He sat in Tokyo, just a civil servant, but he had a good judgment on the trend of the war thousands of miles away. The reason is also very simple - since Li Yuanhao was elected as emperor, would he automatically cut off the number and abolish it? If not, war is inevitable. Then there is no punishment. On the contrary, it is better to be kind to him. Just like when he was against Li Yu of the Southern Tang Dynasty, he tried his best to delay the outbreak of the war so that he could gain time and prepare for war actively. But this is not the best way. The best way is to "don't be detained if you are a foreign minister." He attacked, and we defended. He was about to escape, and we would not chase him. In the end, we would still surrender to us!

Please remember the above words. Four years later, when the ambitions of the Dangxiang people and the anger of the Song Dynasty were exhausted, every word of his words was fulfilled. But at this time, the whole country was thinking of fighting, and his words were simply adding fuel to the fire! The other party came to fight, and we defended; if the other party escaped, we defended again, what are we? Prime Minister Zhang Shixun sneered, "Wu Yu is crazy, indeed." After that, no matter what Wu Yu said, the Political Affairs Hall would suppress it and no longer report it. What they valued was the passionate declaration of a war-first-strife in the military:

Deputy Commander of the Infantry Army and Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Northwest Front Army Liu Ping reported that "Yuanhao is just a rat and is a desperate enemy, what should he do?" The four troops and horses of Fuyan, Huanqing, Jingyuan, and Qinlong were 200,000, and they attacked in two groups. Three times Yuanhao's people transferred 200 miles of grain. In less than a month, they will definitely win!

What a magnificent saying, the whole country is excited! All the people of the Song Dynasty believed the words of Liu Ping and Taiwei Liu, because in the eyes of the people of the Song Dynasty, he was a tough man with literary and military achievements, with outstanding military achievements, and every step of improvement was convincing. Given that the top leader of the Song Dynasty's frontier was a civil minister, he was the first representative of the military as a deputy chief. Now that he spoke, it should be a truth that cannot be refuted! But in fact, he was talking in a sleep. He was stationed on the frontier for many years, but he actually did not judge Li Yuanhao's troops. From then on, he could predict the outcome of the war.

I think 200,000 troops are three times that of the entire Xixia army? Then Li Yuanhao has only more than 60,000 people? What a pity, this number is a bit reliable if used to measure Li Jiqian who was close to his demise in the later period. As for Li Yuanhao now, he has... 500,000 people! Since the civil strife of the Tubo people, Li Yuanhao was able to calmly rectify the army, constantly annex the Uighurs, constantly rob Tubo war horses, and with the guidance of the Han think tank, until then, his army not only expanded, but also began to be classified, and he could no longer be limited by the primitive grassland cavalry plundering and sneak attack combat power.

The military branches are divided into five types, including Iron Harrier, Capturing the Life Army, Guarding the Rong Army, Poxi Army, and Crazy Lang.

Iron Harrier, also known as "Iron Forest", is the most elite unit among the Western Xia cavalry, equipped with the most excellent war horses, the most selected armor and the best warriors. There are only 3,000 people, divided into 10 teams, and each 300 people is a combat group. They are used to fight to win in the chaotic and entangled battle situation.

The Capture Army was created by Li Yuanhao, and was specially used to plunder the enemy people in wars. Some of them were like the Khitans' Grass Valley. However, the Xixia people were poorer, and their desire for money and goods made them more ruthless. This army actually reached 100,000 people.

The Wei Rong Army was the imperial guards in the capital of Xixia, with a total of 5,000 people, all of whom were children of Xixia nobles. It is hard to estimate how powerful the combat effectiveness is. It is not known whether Li Yuanhao used them to guard the gate or be hostages, and threatened the nobles to submit.

Poxi Army, this is an artillery, and shells are stones, which vary in size. Large ones are used to attack cities. Small ones? Be careful when the enemy is coming. Fist-sized stones are smashed over in baskets, and anything is normal.

As for the collision of the king, this is a strong man specially selected by Li Yuanhao from the Han people. He didn't have any weapons to give them, so he drove them to the front when fighting. What would happen is enough to imagine. If you want to cut the knife on the Dangxiang people, you have to kill all the brothers of this clan first!

In December, Li Yuanhao sent He Jiuyan to send a letter and a brocade box to the Song Dynasty. The brocade box is called the God Box, which contains the imperial edicts, imperial edicts, imperial edicts, and royal edicts that the Song Dynasty rewarded Li Yuanhao over the years, which is the token of his official in the Song Dynasty. The intention is very obvious: If you don’t let me be an official in your Song Dynasty, I will directly return the seal you gave me.

The letter is even more famous, that is, the "Shu" that really angered Song Renzong and provoked the Song and Xia war. An insulting letter from Xixia - His Majesty the Emperor of the Southern Dynasty: Before the envoy I sent to you came back, your soldiers entered our country. It was very large invading. It was divided into nine routes in the four regions of Fuyan, Huanqing, Jingyuan, and Qinlong. But unfortunately, they were all defeated by me. I robbed a lot of your flags, drums, talismans, swords, guns, spears and halberds, and many of your soldiers were killed by me. I felt quite glorious. But I believe that this was not what you meant, it was all the private decisions of your ministers. They tried to provoke disputes and make profits from them. It was really very

I am ashamed. I hope you will recognize the fact that I am a fan and you are a Han, and your country is different. How can you say the king and the minister? Why are you so jealous of me? I, Li Yuanhao, was elected by my subordinates. I followed the footsteps of my ancestors, and became a legitimate emperor. What's wrong with me? And I will reiterate that I have developed normal diplomatic relations. Your equal and friendly countries are my relatives. We are getting along well. Looking forward to the future, we will do the same. I hope that Your Majesty can carefully look at these words that I have said very inadequately, and from it I feel that I am deeply sincere, can reply to my peace and friendship etiquette, and feel the gift you have given to you...

How humble and peaceful, the Song Dynasty almost vomited blood. For example, if the last time was a note from the letter of the country, this time it was a complete teasing. Li Yuanhao did not take Song Renzong, the emperor of the Supreme Kingdom seriously at all. In order to achieve this goal, he did not hesitate to fabricate facts. What army of nine straits of troops entered Xixia? There was Song Taizong in front and Song Shenzong in back, and no His Majesty did not make such a big deal!

Looking back at history, Li Yuanhao really touched the bottom line of the dignity of the Emperors of the Song Dynasty and even the Han dynasties this time. Emperor Zhongyuan, you can steal his people, take away his money, and even let him cede land for peace, but only one thing, you can't let him lose face! Not to mention Li Yuanhao, even the former giant Xiongnu Shanyu, who was defeating Liu Bang and writing a letter to invite Empress Dowager Lu to have dinner together in the felt tent, was recorded in the history of Han, and was retaliated by Emperor Wu of Han Liu Che decades later!

Who said that Emperor Han was not brave enough to be sad because he had not arrived...

Back in the Western Xia country, Li Yuanhao changed into another face. He looked up at God with fear and fear: God, you have really appeared. Thank you for giving me such a clear signal of victory...

Dangxiang people were honored again. This time, they were not sleeping until midnight and were hit by a meteorite, but saw miracles in the blue sky and the sun. They saw a corner in the sky, and paused for a long time before they slowly returned to their original state. This is not surprising today, but it is just a partial solar eclipse! But Li Yuanhao shouted to the sky, "There is an eagle in the west." Our country is in the west, and this is the victory of our army!

At this time, the Song Dynasty was also angry with the insults, and the army began to move towards the border, and the war began immediately!

At the beginning of the war, both Song and Xia focused their attention on Yanzhou, the capital of Fuyan Road. The Song people knew very well what their weakness was, and the evidence was Qingjian City.

Qingjian City, 200 miles northeast of Yanzhou, is an excellent strategic impetus. It can consolidate Yanzhou's defense to the left, and connect the grain road to Hedong Road to the right. The north is the most critical. It is close to the starting place of Xixia to determine the five states, and can attack them at close range! It is so important that you can get evidence by looking through historical books: the previous dynasty built a city here, named Kuanzhou. But it has been abandoned over time.

The innate military shortcomings of the Song Dynasty were that it could not build a comprehensive Great Wall like Qin Shihuang to guard against the enemy, but the Han people needed to have strongholds to rely on. In this way, villages and forts appeared. These combat units were independent or integrated, surrounded by mountains and rivers, and supported by each other. They were scattered between major prefectures and counties, protecting the borders of the Song Dynasty. History has proved that this was more effective than the Great Wall, because the Great Wall was immovable and purely defensive, and villages and forts could be built at any time. Every step forward, they obtained a step of territory and pressed closer to the heart of the enemy. It seemed slow and labor-intensive, but once and for all.

The problem is that in the early days of the Song and Xia war, these had just begun. At this moment, when famous generals were needed, some famous generals finally stood up: Zhong Shiheng! The founder of the military aristocratic family, the Zhe family, and the previous Zhe family and the Yao family, became the backbone of the Western Army of the Northern Song Dynasty. The most elite and war-friendly Western Army in the history of the Northern Song Dynasty began to appear!

Zhong Shiheng, the nephew of the Northern Song Dynasty hermit Zong Fang, was joined by Empress Dowager Liu E and Prime Minister Lu Mengzheng (strangely? Lu Mengzheng died long ago, but this is what the Song Dynasty wrote) and drove out of the court and went to Fuzhou in the northwest to be a judge. There was a will in the dark. A legend of the Western Army of the Song Dynasty, the legend of the Zhong family, started from Qingjian City!

Zhong Shiheng was keenly discovered this strategic impetus and wrote to the court to build this city, but it was too difficult. Whoever proposed it would do it, Zhong Shiheng was sent to Kuanzhou Waste City to be responsible for establishing this super military camp.

May I ask: This place is so important, why is it abandoned now? Answer: Water shortage. Although there is Yanshui River outside the city, once the enemy besieged the city and cut off the water source, the whole city will be in chaos without fighting. The only way is to dig a well. But it dug 150 feet down... The rock was dug. Now the whole person is desperate and there is no way to do this work. But Zhong Shiheng began to turn his back: for every dustpan of gravel I would like to reward one hundred coins! Under the heavy reward, a load of gravel was put into a deep pit, and the spring finally poured out. This is the name "Qingjiancheng" that is used to commemorate this precious water source.

The Super Military Village was finally built before the outbreak of the Super War. It has far-reaching significance. The lower left is Jinming Village, which is the strongest stronghold in the entire Fuyan Road. As long as there is an echo, a defensive chain will be formed. On the upper left is a series of Qiang tribes, which are the most powerful weapons for the Han people to deal with the barbarians. They use barbarians to control barbarians and try them all! Now they are very close, and they can establish relationships at a deeper level. Zhong Shiheng has long included the Qiang people on his own list of direct descendants. History has proved that he succeeded.

But if you look higher and far, you will find a fact that has made generations of Chinese people helpless: the land is too large and the border is too long. As long as the enemy wants to invade, you can choose a breakthrough at will. If you want to defend thoroughly, you can only block the Great Wall of the entire territory to do this, but this is a dream that is almost delusional in the Song Dynasty!
Chapter completed!