September 14th, Xingqing Mansion.

"Something bad has happened! Something bad has happened!" Weiming Anhui rushed to the palace early in the morning. When he saw Li Qianshun coming out, he became even more excited, "Your Majesty, something bad has happened!"

"Why are you so panicked?"

"The Song Army sent troops to capture Dongsheng Prefecture!"

"The Song Army captured Dongsheng Prefecture?" Li Qianshun was shocked, and his expression immediately changed, "Is the news reliable?"

"It's absolutely true, the Jin army has arrived at the southern foot of Yinshan Mountain!"

"Oh." Li Qianshun breathed a sigh of relief, "Now that the Jin Army is here, the problem is not big."

"But the Wanggu tribe rebelled, and the Jin army is now encircling and suppressing the Wanggu tribe. The situation of the war is very unclear!"

Li Qianshun's heart became excited again. He stared at Weiming Anhui and said impatiently: "Can you finish what you said in one go?"

"Yes, yes, the Wanggu tribe is in rebellion. The Jin army is encircling and suppressing the Wanggu people. The Song army not only occupied Dongsheng Prefecture, but also mobilized a large number of troops and generals with the intention of seeking Henan and occupying the southern foot of Yinshan Mountain!"

"Go! Go and bring King Jin! Go quickly!"

"yes!"

Not long after, Brother Richard came.

"His Majesty."

"Prince Jin, the Song army has now begun to attack Yinshan Mountain!"

Brother Richard was stunned for a moment and thought: "The Jin Army will definitely send troops and will never sit idly by."

"The Jin Army has sent troops."

"Who is the commander-in-chief?"

Li Qianshun looked at Weiming Anhui.

Weiming Anhui said: "It was the slaves of the Pucha Shi family who led the army to the west."

"Since it is the Pucha Shi family slave who leads the army to the west, why should we worry about it?"

"But the ambitions of the Song people have been made clear. They occupied Yinshan to completely cut off our communication with the Kingdom of Jin!" Li Qianshun's face looked ugly.

"Your Majesty is completely over-concerned!" Brother Richard said, "The Song Army's move to occupy Dongsheng Prefecture is beneficial to us!"

"How do you say this?"

"Now that we have strong troops and strong horses, let alone the Song people, they will not be able to occupy Yinshan Mountain. Even if they do, as long as we send out cavalry from Black Mountain, we can threaten the Song Army in Yinshan Mountain at any time. The Jin Army will not sit idly by and ignore it. Then the Song Army will be attacked from both sides. How can we maintain a firm foothold in Yinshan for a long time?"

He said so that Li Qianshun couldn't help but nod.

"If you want to establish a foothold there, you need a lot of manpower and material resources, otherwise everything will be a castle in the air and will fall down at a blow." Brother Richard said, "If the Song Dynasty is willing to invest military funds there, Shaanxi will definitely not dare to do it again in a short time. If the Song Dynasty can fight against the Jin Kingdom there for a long time, we can seize the opportunity and take the initiative to attack the Song Army in Shaanxi."

Li Qianshun continued to nod.

"I heard that the war between Song and Jin in Liaodong is still going on. Now it is fighting again in Yinshan. If we start fighting again in Shaanxi and prolong the war, Your Majesty, how long can the Song Dynasty last fighting on three sides? Two years. , three years? Or five years? Will there be any problems within the Song Dynasty if we fight for such a long time?"

After listening to Brother Richard's analysis, the gloom in Li Qianshun's heart was suddenly cleared away.

"So what should we do now?"

"From now on, the only thing we have to do is to use every possible means to consume the money of the Song Dynasty. Whether it is trade or war, we must get closer to this goal."

"I have done some rough calculations. The annual fiscal revenue of the Song Dynasty is probably 40 to 50 million yuan. However, according to the war in Liaodong, troops were stationed in Hebei, and now the war in Yinshan has begun again, and troops are still stationed in Shaanxi. Such a huge front , the Zhao Guan family’s annual military expenditure is at least 25 million yuan.”

"And this military expenditure will continue to increase as long as there is a slight accident. Zhao Guan's family is dancing on a knife's edge." Brother Richard analyzed in an orderly manner, "Expenditures continue to increase, but Zhao Guan's annual income has reached the limit. It will not It’s growing again.”

Li Qianshun walked back and forth, his mind moving rapidly, and he said: "So, the Song Dynasty seems to have become stronger, but the front is stretched and the internal tension is tight, which is actually very dangerous?"

"Yes, the Zhao Guan family can't afford to lose, and they can't fight for a long time. Just like when the Han Dynasty fought against the Huns, and Emperor Xiaowu once had a strong Han army, did they really destroy the Huns? No! Not only did they not, the Han Dynasty's treasury was empty, and the people inside were struggling to survive. , If it weren’t for Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty’s sinful edict in his later years, the Han Dynasty would have been destroyed long ago, and the Zhao Guan family is now following the old path of Emperor Xiaowu of the Han Dynasty!”

"Prince Jin, just tell us what we should do at this moment?" Li Qianshun's eyes burned with light again.

"The Hengshan defense line has gathered elite soldiers. It is not that simple for the Song army to attack Hengshan." Brother Richard said, "Now we can send a cavalry from the Weifu Army Division in Heishan to Yinshan, and then send an envoy to Dongsheng. state."

"Heading to Dongsheng Prefecture?"

"That's right, when you meet the Song people, you will tell them that Dongsheng Prefecture has always been my territory of Daxia Kingdom!"

"Isn't this a declaration of war on Song Dynasty?"

"We can't even talk about declaring war, it's still being debated." Brother Richard added, "Send another person to the Jin Kingdom to meet the commander of the Jin Army, have secret talks with the Jin Army, jointly consume the Song Kingdom, and muddy the waters!"

Li Qianshun took a deep breath and said, "It makes sense!"

Yinshan is an absolutely indispensable strategic location, whether it is to attack Xixia, deter the Jin Kingdom, or deter the Mongol and Tatars in the future.

Therefore, during the Han and Tang Dynasties, many cities were built here and a large number of people were moved here.

The Song Dynasty's attack here has almost touched Xixia's last nerve.

If the Song army destroyed the Hengshan defense line in the Hengshan area, the Xixia people could flee north and take advantage of the desert to live a nomadic life in Heishan, Heishui and the Hexi Corridor in northern Xixia to recharge their batteries before planning a counterattack.

But if Yinshan is captured by the Song army, it is only five hundred miles away from Dongsheng. The Heishan Weifu Army Division, which is also on the edge of the Yellow River, will be directly exposed to the iron hoof of the Song army.

In that case, the Xixia people would have no choice but to huddle to Hexi, and Hexi would become their final settlement.

If we lose our strategic buffer and huddle in Hexi, it will only be a matter of time before we perish.

Therefore, for Li Qianshun, when the situation has developed to this point, he will never sit back and ignore it anymore.

On September 16th, Pucha Shi's slave met Ala Hushu.

"See Marshal Zuo!" Alash said.

"sit down."

"Thank you Marshal Zuo."

"Originally, they said they would cut you into pieces as a warning to others, but I decided to spare your life for the sake of your abandonment of the dark side and your willingness to surrender to me, Dajin."

"Thank you Marshal Zuo for your kindness in rebuilding." A Lahu Shi's face showed a look of gratitude, and he even couldn't help but squeeze out a few tears from the corners of his eyes.

"The misunderstanding in the past has been put to rest. I will intercede on your behalf with His Majesty."

Alashu quickly stood up and saluted: "Marshal Zuo's kindness to me, if I can't repay it, my bones will be broken into pieces!"

"Okay, how many troops do you have now?"

"There are still 12,000!" A La suddenly said without changing his face and without changing his heart.

Pucha Shi's slave cursed in his heart: Fart!
Chapter completed!