Chapter 468

"What?!" Zhao Xu, who had been playing checkers with Wang Yang and Duan Wang Zhao Ji, had never expected that he would receive such a bad news.

Wang Yang couldn't help but be stunned. The Western Xia Kingdom received Northern Liao's aid to soldiers, food and supplies. The Queen Mother Liang of the Western Xia sent Liang Yibi to send another 100,000 troops to attack Suide City in the Song Dynasty. Suide City was broken, and more than 10,000 soldiers were killed or injured. Liang Yibi was robbing the area of ​​Chude City at this moment.

Empress Dowager Liang, who was in charge of the Western Xia Kingdom, was overjoyed. While she ordered Liang Yibu, who was robbing, to station troops on the spot. She personally led an army of 200,000 to leave Xiadu and headed towards Suide City. It seemed that she was about to come to the country and engage in a big battle. Maybe by then, the entire Huanqing Road would be in danger.

"At the beginning of the year, Liang Yibi led his army to attack Suide City and returned to the north. Now, with the help of Northern Liao, he finally destroyed Suide City, destroying the lives of more than 10,000 tigers in the Song Dynasty, and even plundered the tens of thousands of people in the Song Dynasty. The barbarians of Western Xia are really annoying and hateful!" Zhao Xu's face turned pale and threw the teacup in his hand on the floor and shouted fiercely.

"Your Majesty, please calm down. Now the most important thing is how to deal with the attack on our Song Dynasty by Xixia." Wang Yang saw Zhao Xu's look so angry that his orifices were almost smoking, and quickly spoke up.

"Yes, Your Majesty, you still have to take care of yourself. The two countries have fought each other. The victory or defeat is unexpected..." Meng Yaoniang's gentle voice also rang in time.

After looking at Meng Yaoniang with a deep concern on her face, Zhao Xu felt warm in his heart and his eyes fell on Wang Yang. "Oh, this is the current situation in the Song Dynasty. Xixia and the Northern Liao Dynasty colluded with each other and echoed left and right. I, the Song Dynasty, are really a bit alone..."

"I think my father has been in charge for many years and has always been eager to pacify the land of Xixia and return the grand occasion of the founding of the Song Dynasty, but in the end..."

Wang Yang looked at the angrily complaining young emperor and couldn't help rolling his eyes in secret. The Song Dynasty is not without combat effectiveness now, but it is indeed because it is necessary to deal with the two strong enemies of Xixia and Beiliao at the same time. It can be said that two fists cannot match four hands.

When attacking Xixia, I was afraid that the Northern Liao would invade and attacking Beiliao, and I was also worried that the Western Xia would attack and could only be on the defensive all year round. But the problem is that you only defend, wouldn’t that be equivalent to giving the opponent a chance to attack calmly?

"...I'm afraid that when we discuss this matter, the officials in the court will definitely speak again, hoping that the Song Dynasty can adhere to the attitude of calming things and give more money and silk in Xixia in exchange for peace." Zhao Xu, who had complained for a long time, finally sighed helplessly.

"Your Majesty, I think this seems inappropriate, right?" After hearing Zhao Xu's words, even though Wang Yang pretended to be deaf and dumb, he couldn't hold it in his hands at this moment. "Our Song Dynasty is not a soft persimmon. It is a small country in Xixia. Why should I let them flatten and round it?"

"At least, the Song Dynasty had a million tiger troops, and the Xixia country had a population of only more than three million. I am afraid that it was even worse than our Song Dynasty. Why should we make them so arrogant and domineering?"

With a population of three million, even if the whole people are soldiers, the young and strong will be together, and at most, it will be 400,000 or 500,000. Can it be said that the entire Xixia Kingdom does not need production and grazing, and it depends entirely on war to support it?

When Zhao Xu saw Wang Yang standing in front of him, he couldn't help but feel like he was promoted to a close friend. Yes, he thought so too.

"So what can you do if you and I know? The Western Xia has never been engaged in production, and it is like a robber to make a living. In addition, in order to make it difficult for our Song Dynasty to fight, the Northern Liao Dynasty funded the Western Xia soldiers, the armor and food for many years, hoping that the Western Xia will become a confidant of our Song Dynasty."

"Since my father was in power, he has been practicing military armor, intending to pacify the small country of Western Xia, but God will not help me, the Song Dynasty, alas..."

Zhao Xu, who had been depressed for a long time, suddenly said to Wang Yang. "Wang Qing, do you think my Song Dynasty can pacify Xixia?"

"This is natural. In fact, it is not difficult to deal with a mere Western Xia. The real problem is the alliance between Western Xia and Northern Liao." Wang Yang nodded, thought carefully before speaking in a deep voice.

"However, the reason why the Northern Liao Dynasty is willing to help Xixia is because Xixia can restrain part of our Song Dynasty's energy, but at most it is that it is impossible to help Xixia without harming its own interests."

"Over the years, after the Liang family came to power, Xixia has been in a state of war and its national power has declined... And their frequent attacks on our Song Dynasty, because of the operation of our Song Dynasty on the border between Xia and Song, Xixia felt the danger of national destruction. Secondly, the urging of the Northern Liao Dynasty forced them to launch frequent attacks in order to survive..."

After listening to Wang Yang, Zhao Xu's eyes lit up. "I have never heard of your opinion on Xixia. What do you mean is that Xixia is now like the end of a powerful crossbow?"

Wang Yang nodded and replied, "Even if it is not the end of the power, it is not far away. Whether it is the descendant of Daliang of Xixia or the current Xiaoliang of Xixia, they are all under the control of the government of the Xixia Party and Xiang, and the conflicts in the country are very deep. In order to attract the contradictions, this is also one of the reasons why they had to frequently launch an attack on our Song Dynasty..."

"But, although Xixia has few soldiers and generals, they are different from my Song Dynasty. My Song Dynasty has too broad territory and a wide defense. Although Xixia is small, it can pinch all its strength into a fist."

"If my Song Dynasty's defense on the border of Song and Xia was an iron pot, then the Xixia army would be like an iron nail. Although the overall quality of the iron pot is stronger than that of the iron nail, it will still be punctured by the iron nail. For example, this battle in Suide City is a typical example."

"There is a folk proverb that only a thousand days of being a thief, but no reason to guard against thieves for a thousand days, people will eventually be slackening..."

"Yes, an iron pot can create hundreds of iron nails, but the problem is that it is easy to be poked by iron nails... No matter who it is, I am afraid that it is not capable of defending against thieves for thousands of days." Zhao Xu nodded frequently with deep understanding.

After a long time, looking at Wang Yang's equally young Pang, Zhao Xu couldn't help but sigh and said with some emotion. "It's a pity that you are only in the seventh rank now. Otherwise, I really want you to lead a tiger to pacify the small girl in Xixia on my behalf and restore my old land of the Song Dynasty."

"Of course I can't ask for it. As long as your Majesty gives you an order, I am willing to be your Majesty's forward." Wang Yang couldn't help but answered excitedly. To be honest, he really looked down on the small Western Xia country like a dog-skin plaster.

If the Song Dynasty had not had to face strong enemies like the Northern Liao Dynasty, how could it have allowed a group of clowns to keep striking there?

"You are not a pawn, you are my loyal minister. One day, you will join me in giving up the Song Dynasty and restore the glory of my Chinese Han and Tang dynasties."

"Your Majesty's wish is also the aspiration of the minister." Wang Yang looked at the somewhat excited Emperor Song Dynasty and bowed deeply to the ground.

"Although I am not talented, I am willing to work hard for everyone!" Zhao Ji also bowed with excitement and said loudly.

Seeing this scene, Meng Yao's wife bowed. "I hope that your Majesty will come true..."
Chapter completed!