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How many troops did the tiger lead to attack Xixia?

The amount of troops is the key condition for the decisive battle, but at this point, the Xixia people have no accurate news. The spies lurking in Datong cannot penetrate into the Hulie Mansion, so the news sent back is not valuable. Although the troops in the right wing fought with the Hulie Army several times, there was only one approximate number. They estimated that the Hulie Army had about 100,000 to 150,000. After deducting the people transporting food and supplies, the actual force was about 70,000 to 80,000. However, as the Hulie Army captured Huhua Du and Honglin Du and opened up the passage on the east bank of the Yellow River, this number would at least double.

"The total strength of the Tiger and Li Lie Army is about 200,000, and Li Hu must leave at least 100,000 troops to guard Datong, so there must be more than 100,000 troops advancing westward to attack.

"Li Renzhong made his own judgment based on all aspects of information, "In addition, there is Yelu Mage's Khitan Army. We don't know how many people there are in this army, but according to Renduo Dongguang's estimate, there are at least 50,000 or 60,000."

"So, Li Hu led a 200,000 army to attack?" Brother Richard expressed doubts about this, "Hullie Mansion has such strong strength? Can Daibei's financial resources support so many armies?"

"Li Hu was a vassal state of the Song Dynasty, and Li Hu's army was the army of the Song Dynasty. Even if Li Hu had conflicts with Bian Jing, in order to use Li Hu's force to maintain the stability of the northern border, Bian Jing would give Li Hu enough assistance, such as providing him with military resources." Liang Qishen firmly believed that this was a Western Expedition launched by the Song Dynasty. "The Western Expedition can not only cause severe damage to us, but also weaken Li Hu's strength. Why not do Bian Jing?"

"But judging from the news from the Jin Dynasty, the Song Dynasty actively formed an alliance and wanted to join forces with the Jurchens to attack and kill Li Hu." Brother Li Cha talked about the crisis in the Song Dynasty. The continuous natural disasters and rebellion made Bian Jing frustrated and he couldn't take care of himself. At this time, the Song Dynasty was most worried about Li Hu was betrayal and took the opportunity to go south to plunder, so the Song Dynasty had no conditions to launch a Western Expedition.

"I think Li Hu already knew that Bian Jing was forming an alliance with the Jurchens to attack Daibeidi. In order to get rid of the crisis, he launched a Western Expedition."

Brother Richard analyzed the situation in the north in detail and finally came to a conclusion that Li Hu's ultimate goal of attacking Xixia might be to lure the Jin army south to invade the Song Dynasty.

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Emperor Li Qianshun and a group of central ministers all knew that the Jin Kingdom was in a dilemma. If the northern expedition to the desert, the Jin Kingdom was obviously not strong enough at present. And the situation was not good for it. Because Li Hu was always a threat to Daibei. The Jin Kingdom had to defeat him first. The Jin Kingdom was willing to form an alliance with Xia Kingdom to attack Li Hu. This was the reason. But what happened after defeating Li Hu? Who is Daibei? Of course, the Jin Kingdom had to occupy Daibei. This was the only way to ensure the safety of its rear when the northern expedition to the desert. Unfortunately, the Song Dynasty would never allow the Jin army to occupy Daibei. Bianjing killed Li Hu in order to control Daibei. Therefore, the Song and Jin must turn against each other.

Since sooner or later, the Huanglong Mansion itself was in crisis, the Jin Kingdom immediately had the idea of ​​going south to capture Yanyun and plundering the Song Dynasty.

When the envoy of Xia Kingdom went to Huanglong Mansion to sign the alliance, the emperor of the Jin Kingdom made a clear agreement in the alliance that the two sides joined forces to fight against the Song Dynasty. When any country on both sides was attacked or attacked the Song Dynasty, the other country must abide by the agreement and send troops to help. From this alliance, it can be seen that the Jin Kingdom already had plans to go south.

"Our local envoy should have arrived at Huanglong Mansion. It is estimated that we will be able to return in a few months. At that time, we will know whether the Jurchens will attack the Song Dynasty."

Brother Richard continued to say, "If the Jin army is determined to occupy Yanyun, this is their best opportunity. Because the main forces of Li Hu are all in the Helan Mountain area. The Jin army can use the troops in the west tent to restrain Datong. The main forces of the east tent to attack Youyan. Youyan lost the support of Datong. The Song army in Hebei is busy suppressing the rebellion and will not be able to go north in the short term. The possibility of land being lost in the seven prefectures in the front of the mountain is very high. Youyan is lost. The Jin army will go south and go south. In order to block the Jin army, the Song Dynasty will mobilize the main forces to fight."

"At that time, Li Hu will rob the fire." Brother Li Cha smiled. "The Song Dynasty impatiently killed Li Hu. In fact, it made a fatal mistake."

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Li Ganshun and the central ministers understood Richard's view on the situation.

Li Cha Ge believes that the Song Dynasty did not launch a Western Expedition, which was Li Hu's strategy to save himself. From this, it is speculated that the purpose of Li Hu's attack this time was not Xingqing Prefecture, but to attack Xia State again. Therefore, the number of troops he brought would not be too large, and he would not dare to fight the Xia army. As long as the Xia army gathered its main force to set up a decisive battle situation and advanced step by step, Li Hu would retreat.

Brother Richard's words completely denied the emperor and the central government's judgment of the situation and the strategies formulated accordingly, which made Emperor Li Ganshun extremely unhappy, and Liang Qishen, Li Renzhong and others immediately refuted it.

Many of Richard's views come from his speculation. Without factual basis, judgments made from speculation are obviously untenable. This makes people feel that he has ulterior motives. In order to mobilize more main forces to fight, he seems to be intentional about deceiving the emperor and the center.

Liang Qishen's rebuttal was very convincing. The simplest fact is that since the founding of the Song Dynasty, it was first determined to recover Yanyun. The alliance between the Chanyuan was just for the Song and Liao Dynasty to take a breath. However, something happened in the northwest and the Dangxiang people became independent, and the Song Dynasty fell into the trap.

In order to reverse this unfavorable situation, the Song Dynasty tried its best to attack the Party for more than 80 years. Now that the Khitans have been defeated, the Song Dynasty took the opportunity to recover Yan Yun. So what is the Song Dynasty going to do next? Is it necessary to guess? In order to avoid falling into the dilemma of two-line combat, the Song Dynasty had to take advantage of the Jin Dynasty not yet unified the north and regain the western frontier.

As for the idea of ​​Jin's land south, because of its own strength and contrary to the strategy of unifying the north, the Jurchens were unlikely to put it into practice. As for the Song Dynasty's alliance with the Jin Dynasty to kill Li Hu, it was probably a strategy that the Song Dynasty came up with to ensure the stability of the northern border. The Song Dynasty was unstable, and if the Jurchens could attack Li Hu and make the two tigers fight, the Song Dynasty's goal would be achieved.

The Jurchens were brave and wise, and Li Hu was even more cunning. The tricks like the Song Dynasty were nothing at all, and they would not be fooled, so the Song Dynasty had to change its strategy and drag Li Hu into the northwest battlefield. In this way, even if the Jurchens were at the side, because Li Hu and Xixia were restraining each other, the Song Dynasty could concentrate all its strength to block the Jin army.

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After some debate, the emperor insisted on the central government's judgment of the situation, believing that the Song Dynasty would definitely send troops, and the timing of the Song Dynasty's troops was probably the moment when the Xia army and the Tiger and Lieutenant Army fought a decisive battle.

"Your Majesty, our troops are limited and the national treasury is exhausted. Regardless of whether the Song Dynasty sent troops or not, for us, there is only one way to reverse the situation, that is, to defeat Li Hu." Brother Richard suppressed his anger and tried his best to persuade him.

"What if we lose? Our troops are limited and the treasury is exhausted. If we lose, we will never have a chance to turn over again."

Li Ganshun was very determined. He felt that it was a mistake to recall Brother Richard. Brother Richard did not consider the safety of the country at all. Under this situation, he still believed that the Song Dynasty had no possibility of attacking Western Xia. This was ridiculous. It can be seen that Brother Richard's purpose was to control the army and then control military power. This person could no longer believe it.

Li Ganshun adopted the decisive battle strategy, but he asked Richard to return to the southern line as soon as possible to defend the Song army with all his might.

Brother Richard had no choice but to return to the Hengshan front line. Before leaving, he handed over the decisive battle plan he had formulated to Li Renzhong, hoping that Li Renzhong would learn from it. Li Renzhong was a civil servant. Before entering the center, he was in the Shangshu Province and was not familiar with military affairs, but he was very conceited and thought that he was both civil and military. This time it was an opportunity to show his skills, so he looked at it quickly and threw it aside.

Li Ganshun quickly issued an order to appoint Li Renzhong as the commander of the army, Renduo protects the country as the deputy commander, and leads his army to fight Li Hu.

Li Renzhong formulated a decisive battle plan.

At this moment, the front of the Huliwei Army was approaching Huaizhou line, so he decided to place the battlefield near the Crescent Lake on the east bank of the Yellow River. Crescent Lake is close to the Yellow River, and to the east is the grassland Gobi, followed by the Bad Water Desert (Mu Us Desert). This is an extremely open and flat area with no danger to defend, but if the two armies fight decisively, it is the best battlefield.

Li Renzhong requested to dispatch 100,000 capturing troops, 50,000 Helanshan troops and 50,000 Lingzhou troops as decisive forces. Li Ganshun agreed and asked Prime Minister Liang Qishen to do his best to cooperate.

Calling 200,000 troops is already the limit of Xingqing Prefecture. At present, the Right Xiang Army on the Northeast Road is guarding the Keyi Gate, and 30,000 garrison troops guarding Kyoto. The Left Xiang Army led by Richardge defends the Song Army. There are three military supervisors on the Northwest Road. Although they are affiliated with the Right Xiang Army, they have to defend against Tubo and Xizhou Uighurs, and cannot be called. Originally, Richardge meant to bring the main force of the Left Xiang Army to the decisive battlefield, so that the total strength of the Xia army can reach at least about 250,000, but no one dares to take risks.

At the end of July, the Catching Sheng Army and the Helan Mountain troops began to cross the river from five ferries and quickly assembled in the area of ​​Crescent Lake. The Lingzhou Army rushed north and met with the main force.

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On the first day of August, Hongyao Ferry.

Li Hu received an urgent report from Yelu Mage. When he heard that the Xia army was gathering in Crescent Lake and made a decisive battle, he immediately reported Yelu Mage to stop advancing and keep a distance from the Xia army and not contact him.

"The Dangxiang people are going to have a decisive battle." Dong Xiaohou looked at the map, thought for a long time, turned to ask Chai Yun, "How many troops do we have to cross the river?"

"The Tiger Lie 2nd Army and the Resentful Army are fourth, and the Sixth General is still on the other side." Chai Yun said.

"What's the news over Lou Bobei?" Dong Xiaohou asked.

"The scout reported that the Xia army in Alaxa has retreated and there is no sign of Xia army attacking Lou Bobei at present."

Dong Xiaochou pondered for a moment and looked up at Li Hu who was paced back and forth in the coach's tent. "General General, is it that Hulie's Second Army asked him to temporarily suspend crossing the river and observe the movements in Lou Bobei's direction?"

"Are you worried that the Xia army will capture Lou Bobei and threaten our flanks?" Li Hu stopped.
Chapter completed!