Chapter 589
Just like now, Liang Yibi commanded nearly 160,000 troops to retreat to Hongzhou. In addition to the 70,000 well-equipped Han and Fan armies belonging to the Liang family, there are 30,000 people under his control.
The so-called "Crashing the Imperial Lang" is a kind of organization in the Western Xia army. In fact, it means to drive death squads, and they are all army organized by various ethnic groups that are not Dangxiang people.
Their mission is that as the forewarriors of war, it means stormtroopers or death squads, in order to reduce casualties of Dangxiang Warriors.
After hearing the news that Xiao Liang was defeated and captured, Liang Yibi began to quietly change his attitude towards hitting the son, and he even gained great support for the Han army that hit the son, especially the Han army.
After so many years of envelopment, it has achieved considerable results. At least, Liang Yipeng can guarantee that once something happens, nearly half of the cowards will be willing to stand with the Han army under his command.
But the problem is that in Hongzhou, there are still more than 60,000 elite Dangxiang soldiers. Even if they still obey their orders, if something happens to them, I believe these guys will definitely turn against each other faster than reading.
Even if you seem to be the number of people on your side, don’t forget that after all, you are just cannon fodder after all, and your combat effectiveness is really average.
And the only ones he relied on were only 50,000 elite Han troops and 20,000 foreign soldiers. If there was no foreign aid, he would probably not even be qualified to negotiate with Li Qianshun.
But now, the letter from Su Dongpo, the world-famous Privy Councilor Song Ting, did make Liang Yip's thoughts suddenly come alive.
However, after careful consideration, Liang Yipin couldn't help but find that he didn't have much trump cards and he had almost no room for bargaining.
"If Liang's family is independent, how likely do you think you will have to win?" After pondering for a long time, Liang Yibing cleared his throat and sat upright, and asked Liang Shou.
Liang Shou looked at the scheming father in a daze, and then slowly shook his head after a while. "Father, I think the result of independence is probably no better than the result of you leaving your military power back to Xingqing Mansion."
"Why? You have also seen this letter, and I believe it should be clear that the Song Dynasty definitely hopes that the more chaotic Xixia, the better." Liang Yifu raised his thick eyebrows mixed with silver hair, and said in a displeasure.
"But, if you are independent, even if the Song Dynasty wants to help me, the help will be limited. After all, we have not surrendered to the Song Dynasty. Under such circumstances, if the Liang family is in a critical situation, do you think the Song Dynasty will risk the consequences of losing tens of thousands of troops to help with all its strength?"
"If the Song Dynasty came to defeat the enemy invaded by Xixia, then do you think it would be more in their interests to withdraw directly like a gentleman, or would it be more in line with their interests to deal with us?"
Today, the Song army's Yuanyou Armored Cavalry has obtained three thousand iron kites in Xixia and tens of thousands of war horses. With the quantity and quality of the Song army, tens of thousands of cavalry equipped in more than a month, there is really no problem at all. How many conditions can we talk to the other party?
Liang Yibi was very unwilling to accept it, but if he wanted to become king, he would rely on Hongzhou and at most Yuzhou, and only such a small territory. Not to mention that the Song Dynasty crushed himself with just one finger, even if Xixia really didn't consider other things and wanted to calm himself down, it would be a matter of minutes.
After all, it wasn't because my sister was too stupid that she had to stubbornly return from the same route, wanting to find the Zhe Keshi who attacked her back to take revenge. As a result, not only did the 60,000 troops be destroyed, but even he got in.
But now, even if I curse myself, I will useless to draw circles. Now that things have come to this, what else can I do?
After thinking about it carefully, the Shaanxi Road Strategy and Pacifier Su Xueshi's letter was in a sincere tone, and the promises he made really made Liang Yibu quite moved.
As long as you are willing to offer you to Youzhou and Hongzhou, you will at least protect yourself as a marquis.
"Let's do it, go first, no, tomorrow morning, go call Liang Zuo here..." Liang Yi paused and slowly shook his head.
"It's better for me to follow that boy Liang Zuo to meet the Song people first, see the situation, and then make a decision."
When Liang Shou heard Liang Yi, he couldn't help feeling relieved. Fortunately, at least my father was not thinking about being burned with Shi, so that would be easy. "Yes, the child knows. Now he goes over and chats with Liang Zuo. If so, try to connect with Song Ting's people to see if they are really sincere."
"It's just my father, the 20,000 soldiers in the city..."
"It's okay, I'm here, and I want to deal with them, just by turning my hands." Liang Yibi said with a full confidence.
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Early the next morning, Liang Shou was ordered by the general to leave Hongzhou City and inspect the defense of villages and forts in Hongzhou. Then, Liang Yibi ordered that in order to prevent the Song people from invading Xia, he would send 20,000 to the emperor, 10,000 Han troops, and 10,000 foreign troops to Hongzhou and Yuzhou to guard the villages and forts.
Assist the former Fort defenders to resist possible invasions by the Song army. In addition, he ordered his general Li Mao to lead 20,000 Han troops to enter Youzhou and strengthen the garrison of Youzhou.
Liang Yifu led 20,000 Han troops and 10,000 foreign troops in Hongzhou. As for the 60,000 elite troops in Xixia Dangxiang, Liang Yifu led 30,000 troops from various small tribes of Dangxiang to garrison them to Yinzhou and other places, in the name of guarding against the retaliatory attack of the Song Dynasty.
Among the remaining 30,000 troops, 10,000 were transferred to the city with 20,000 Han troops, and the remaining 20,000 were stationed in the camp outside the city with 10,000 foreign troops and 10,000 colliding men.
Due to Liang Yibi's intentional or unintentional indulgence in propaganda, the entire Jianing Military Office became noisy, as if a war would occur at any time, which disturbed the local Dangxiang tribe. Many small tribes were worried that the Song people had really attacked this place and had begun to evacuate the Jianing Military Office area.
Xixia was originally a vast land and sparsely populated area, and most of its population was mainly concentrated in the Xingqing Prefecture area and Hetao, which was further north. The total population of the entire Jianing Military Office did not exceed 500,000, and all young and strong people had to serve as soldiers to defend Youzhou and Hongzhou.
However, these soldiers and horses were similar to those of the Song army brave men. With the evacuation of the tribes, under the benevolence of Liang Yi and Liang prime ministers, the soldiers and horses that belonged to the tribes also evacuated from the forts and left with their own tribes.
Therefore, the important task of defending Hongzhou and Youzhou City was naturally taken over by Liang Yifu's army. The number of defenders in the fortresses, Han army and the number of collision-strikes accounted for at least 70%. In some places, only the Han army controlled by Liang Yifu or collision-strike-strikes and Fan army were left.
After Liang Shou led Liang Zuo away from Hongzhou City, he rushed directly to the previously determined joint location, and then went straight to the south to the Dingbian Army area controlled by the Song army, where Zhong Shidao had quietly led 30,000 troops to the station.
He rushed to the Song realm in less than a day and met Zhong Shidao, a general in the Western Army of the Song Dynasty.
"General Liang quickly invite him. He is worthy of being the son of Prime Minister Liang. He is majestic and majestic, and has the style of your father." Zhong Shidao kindly helped Liang Shou, who saluted to him, and said with a smile.
In his heart, Zhong Shidao was already so happy that he was about to hum a Shaanxi tune. Liang Shou came with Liang Zuo, which proved that the Liang Prime Minister of Western Xia must have been moved by the conditions offered by the Song Dynasty.
When he thought that Youzhou and Hongzhou were likely to become territory controlled by the Song Dynasty, Zhong Shidao looked at Liang Shou more kindly.
Chapter completed!