I don’t know why, but Li Qianshun hasn’t been sleeping well in the past few days.

I woke up before dawn.

Early in the morning on the first day of March, he summoned Brother Richard.

"Why did your Majesty summon me?"

"I've been feeling restless lately."

"Your Majesty is overworking on state affairs and should rest more."

"Prince Jin, you have fought against the Song army before. Do you think Li Liangfu can win this time?"

The battle between Brother Richard and the Song Army he mentioned was already many years ago.

Liu Fa, the "Military God" of the Song Dynasty, was killed by Brother Richard.

How strong is Liu Fa?

In the Song Dynasty, there was a saying that "when talking about famous generals, law must be the first one", and he was called a "natural god general" by the Xixia people.

Perhaps many people in later generations are unfamiliar with him, because his son Liu Zhengyan participated in the "Miao-Liu Rebellion" in the early Southern Song Dynasty, so Liu Fa, who died fighting for the country, was also implicated.

Song Dynasty officials did not write a special book about Liu Fa in historical materials.

To put it simply, he played a vital role in the development of the Hehuang area.

But he became famous during the Battle of Song and Xia. How impressive was his record?

He challenged the Xixia people in Huizhou, defeated the enemy in one battle, crossed the Yellow River and pursued the enemy for more than 400 miles, deep into the desert!

Then, behead more than ten thousand people!

This is his real battle for fame.

From then on, Liu Fa made the Xixia people frightened by the news. His military exploits were not as simple as defeating the enemy. He killed thousands of Xixia people at least, and beheaded tens of thousands at most.

The Xixia people hated and feared him.

It's a pity that Liu Fa's life was not good either.

If his superior is a civil servant, it would be okay. After all, civil servants are well paid and will not pursue abnormal military exploits.

But it happened that his superior was a eunuch.

He was forced by Tong Guan to attack Tong'an City. As he expected, there were a large number of Xixia people ambushing him.

In the end, Liu Fa died in battle and the battle of Tong'an failed.

The Xixia coach in this war is Brother Richard.

As for the Song Dynasty, Tong Guan placed all the responsibility for the defeat on Liu Fa.

When the people below brought Liu Fa's head to Brother Richard, the whole Xixia breathed a sigh of relief.

That was also Brother Richard's most glorious moment in Xixia.

The nemesis of the Xixia people was killed by him.

This is also an important reason why Brother Richard has stabilized the military and political leadership in the Xixia court over the years.

Many times, Brother Richard's attitude has a great influence on Li Qianshun.

This time when he sent his troops south, he also asked Brother Richard. Brother Richard had no objection, which was regarded as acquiescence.

Brother Richard said: "In the battle between Song and Jin, the Song Dynasty suffered a lot of losses. It is true that the generals in the northwest were withered and their strength was greatly reduced."

"You mean, you can win?"

Brother Richard said: "It's possible, but there are risks."

"What's the risk?"

"If the Song Dynasty fights to the death and the war situation enters a stalemate, we must be forced to continue to invest troops. In that case..."

Li Qianshun frowned and said: "In that case, we must use our current reserve forces. If we go to full-scale war with the Song Dynasty, they will be exhausted and end up taking advantage of the Jin people."

Fortunately, the Song Dynasty was such a large territory, with sufficient population, strategic depth and economic strength, which could still hold it back.

But Xixia has no strategic depth. The essence of Xixia is distributed in the Houtao Plain (Ningxia Plain). Once the resources are completely consumed by the Song Dynasty, the Jin Kingdom can target the vicinity of Xingqing Mansion.

At that time, Li Qianshun could only escape to the desert, or even to the Hexi Corridor.

There are sufficient horse farms and grasslands in the Hexi Corridor, but agriculture is far behind compared to the Houtao Plain. Moreover, if the Xixia declines, the Uighurs will definitely take the opportunity to send troops to the Hexi Corridor.

In this situation, Li Qianshun was waiting for the country to be destroyed.

Brother Richard smiled and said: "Your Majesty is overly worried. The situation is very good now. There are many internal problems in the Song Dynasty. Liu Yu is raising troops in Hebei to attack the Song Dynasty. Your Majesty does not need to worry."

"I hope I am worrying too much."

From Li Qianshun's perspective, objectively analyzing the wars and internal conflicts fought by the Song Dynasty in recent years, it was indeed a good time to send troops at this time.

After all, Liu Yu was causing trouble in the east, and the Sixth Northwest Road was in chaos.

If you miss this opportunity, where can you look for it in the future?

However, Li Qianshun may not know that while the Song Dynasty has been in chaos in recent years, a group of new forces are rising rapidly.

The old shackles are being destroyed with overwhelming force.

However, in the chaotic period of the transformation of the times, these new forces were obscured by the amplified chaos and were not noticed by outsiders.

During the critical periods of the Song-Qi War and the Sixth Song-Xia War, these new forces played a vital role.

Li Qianshun asked again: "By the way, Wang Yi has surrendered. What position is suitable for him?"

"We can give him a post on the Privy Council. After all, Wang Yi knows the military affairs of the Song Dynasty very well. Letting him serve in the Privy Council will be beneficial to us all. It also demonstrates His Majesty's determination to reuse Han people, and can attract more Han talents to strengthen the power of the Privy Council." I am the national power of Daxia."

"What King Jin said makes sense."

However, the reality is unexpected.

On the first day of March, at four o'clock in the afternoon (seven o'clock), the early morning mist spread outside Lanzhou City, and spring brought vitality.

After the ice and snow melted, even the bare Gaolan Mountain began to have new green.

Li Liangfu, who was preparing in the camp, was in a particularly good mood today.

Li Liangfu asked: "Where is Wang Quan's head?"

Atuhan said: "Li Shuai, Wang Quan's head is still hanging outside for public display."

"Wang Yi sent this head at the right time." Li Liangfu said with emotion. Since they had been unable to attack Lanzhou City for a long time, the morale of the Xixia army was a little weak.

But two days ago, Wang Yi sent someone to deliver the head of Wang Quan, the general manager of Xihe Road, which greatly aroused the morale of the Xixia people.

Li Liangfu walked out, and the army was already cleaning up.

He wanted to personally select the best people to surrender to Wang Yi.

In front of Lanzhou City, there is a head hanging on the tall wooden pole.

That head was that of Wang Quan, the commander of the Xihe Road Military and Horse Command.

The reason why it is hung there is not only for the Xixia people to see, but also for the Song army in Lanzhou City.

This caused a great psychological blow to the Song army defending Lanzhou City.

Guan Shigu stood guard in Lanzhou City for more than a month, waiting for the Xizhou army to send troops. At that time, the inside and outside should cooperate to make dumplings for the Xixia people.

Xizhou is not far from Lanzhou, so it stands to reason that we should have arrived long ago.

But after waiting and waiting, he finally got the general's head.

Li Liangfu ordered: "Go and talk to the Song Army in Lanzhou City. Just say that the Song Army in Xizhou has been defeated by us and surrendered tens of thousands of people. They still have time to surrender today."

"yes!"

Not long after, the voices of the Xixia people were heard outside Lanzhou City: "The Song army in Xizhou has been completely defeated. Tens of thousands of people surrendered. General Wang Quan's head is here. You still have time to open the city and surrender today!"

Lanzhou Pi general He Yu hurried to Zhizhou Mansion. At this time, Guan Shigu was counting the grain rolls. He Yu said: "Guan Zhizhou, it is better to go out of the city to kill the enemy! If this continues, morale will be exhausted!"

Without raising his head, Guan Shigu continued to look at the booklet and said: "When I finish counting this batch of food and divide it among everyone, even if I want to kill the enemy, I have to eat it before killing!"

He Yu felt sad and said: "The beacon smoke has been lit and the fireworks have been set off. No reinforcements have arrived in the surrounding cities and towns yet. It seems that the Xixia people have sent out a lot of troops this time!"

Guan Shigu suddenly raised his head and said: "If we want to leave the city to fight, we will divide into two groups. I will lead one group of troops to attack the main road of Xixia, and you will lead the other group of troops to find an opportunity to withdraw!"

He Yu said: "Why do Zhizhou say this! In the end, the general is willing to fight to the death with Zhizhou!"
Chapter completed!