Li Yuanhao stared at Xia Song and remained silent.
Xia Song asked again: "Do you know Kou Ji?"
Li Yuanhao narrowed his eyes slightly and frowned.
Xia Song asked three times, "Do you understand the Song Dynasty after Kou Ji appeared?"
Li Yuanhao's brows instantly wrinkled.
He hesitated again and again, gritted his teeth and said: "I understand..."
Xia Song laughed and said, "If you really understood Kou Ji and the Song Dynasty after Kou Ji appeared, you would not be defeated."
Li Yuanhao retorted: "Do you understand?"
The smile on Xia Song's face faded and she sighed, "I don't understand either. If I understand Kou Ji, I won't lose."
Li Yuanhao snorted coldly: "Then what qualifications do you have to tell me this."
Xia Song said calmly: "Although I don't know Kou Ji well, I know more about Kou Ji than you do."
Before Li Yuanhao could speak, Xia Song continued: "On the way here, I have learned the whole story of this war from the mouth of Lord Li. In the battle of Shazhou City, if you were not so trusting and more decisive, the Song soldiers in the city
When they were tired and exhausted, they joined Huangtou Huihe's soldiers and horses to seize Shazhou City by force.
I'm afraid Kou Ji won't even be able to enter Shazhou City.
After the soldiers and horses of Huangtou Uihe are forced to return to Huangtou Uihe, if you attack Shazhou City at all costs.
Kou Ji couldn't enter Shazhou City either.
You failed to seize the two opportunities.
It's not because you don't see the opportunity, but because you are too arrogant and underestimate Kou Ji.
I thought that Kou Ji, like other civil servants of the Song Dynasty, knew nothing about military matters.
You may be thinking that when Kou Ji arrives, with the iron kite in your hand, you can defeat all the Song armies in one fell swoop, so that the Song armies will never dare to appear in the Western Regions again.
But when you were thinking about this, have you ever considered your own strength?"
Li Yuanhao gritted his teeth and lowered his head slightly unwillingly.
Xia Song said everything that was on his mind.
When Xia Song saw Li Yuanhao lowering his head, he smiled faintly and admonished: "When Kou Ji defeated Huangtou Huihe's 150,000 elite soldiers with a very small force in the territory of Huangtou Huihe, you should have been alert.
At that time, you should attack Shazhou City at all costs.
If we cannot take Shazhou City, we should retreat decisively.
Instead of staying entrenched outside Shazhou City, waiting for Kou Ji to arrive, and having a showdown with Kou Ji.
You don't know Kou Ji, and your knowledge of Kou Ji is very little.
Kou Ji is a person who is very good at planning and has endless methods.
If he didn't have a way to restrain the iron kite in your hand, he wouldn't have rushed to Shazhou City alone with his men.
Therefore, the defeat of Shazhou City was due to your arrogance, your inferiority to your opponent, and your rash decisions because you did not understand your opponent."
When Li Yuanhao heard this, his head dropped even lower.
Xia Song continued to smile and said: "The defeat of Yangguan... Your plan at Yumen Pass and Yangguan can be said to be very brilliant. Even if I were in the position you were in before, I might not be able to come up with a plan.
A two-sided plan.
But you still didn't count Kou Ji out.
Zhu Neng, Li Zhaoliang.
The army to suppress the country, the army to rejuvenate the country, and the heavy armored cavalry are all included in your plan.
But you are the only one who did not count Kou Ji.
You probably think that Kou Ji's firearms have been used up in Shazhou City, so it is impossible to take out any more firearms.
Without firearms and heavy armored cavalry, Kou Ji was just an ordinary Song Dynasty civil servant?
Right?"
Li Yuanhao's head dropped to his chest.
Xia Song was right again.
Xia Song did not laugh again, but sighed, "There is a saying in the art of war. Know yourself and the enemy, and you can fight a hundred battles without danger. Although Kou Ji is my mortal enemy, I have to admit that Kou Ji is a great man.
Such outstanding people are like pearls in the darkness, shining brightly.
Everyone who cares about the world will pay attention to him.
Emperor Yelu Longxu of the Liao Dynasty did not hesitate to use a princess or a prince as a lure to keep him.
This shows how much the Liao emperor valued Kou Ji.
Why can't such an outstanding person catch your eye?
If you value him, you should understand everything he did in the Song Dynasty.
If you knew everything he did in the Song Dynasty.
You should know that even if the firearm in his hand is used up, he can still come up with a new one at a critical moment.
If you knew he could come up with new firearms, how could you let his firearms show off in Yangguan?
How can you let your plan be ruined?"
Li Yuanhao gritted his teeth, the shame in his heart suddenly hit his head, and his whole body was trembling.
Xia Song seemed to have not seen Li Yuanhao's expression, and sighed quietly: "The defeat of Yangguan was caused by your lack of vision. As for the defeat of Xiliang City, it's okay not to talk about it.
Since your plan in Yangguan has failed, you should know that the situation is over and retreat bravely.
You actually want to team up with Ye Li Wangrong in Xiliang City to attack Li Zhaoliang's troops and cause a heavy damage to the Song army.
Now that the situation is over, why are we still using this stupid trick?
Don’t you think you died quickly enough?”
Li Yuanhao clenched his fists, trembling all over and said nothing.
Xia Song stared at Li Yuanhao and said, "Now, am I qualified to be your husband?"
Li Yuanhao raised his head and glared at Xia Song: "I can recognize you as my husband, but you must answer me a question."
Xia Song was stunned and gestured: "You ask..."
Li Yuanhao said word for word: "Why did you lose?"
Xia Song stood there stunned for a long time, and sighed deeply, "Just like you, I have no vision. I looked at the wrong backer and the wrong allies, and that's why I ended up where I am today."
Li Yuanhao snorted coldly, "So you are just like me..."
Just as Xia Song was about to speak, Li Yuanhao continued: "Looking at your words, you don't really want to join me, Daxia?"
Li Deming squinted his eyes, glanced at Xia Song, and said nothing.
Xia Song didn't look at Li Deming, nor did he care about Li Deming's expression. He stared at Li Yuanhao and said, "I'm different from you... It's your fault that you failed. But it's not my fault that I failed.
Also, I have no choice but to take refuge in you.
As long as there are people in the Song Dynasty who can compete with Kou Ji's ancestors and grandchildren, I will not take refuge in you.
My life was ruined at the hands of Kou Ji's grandparents.
I will spend the rest of my life destroying Kou Ji's descendants.
My strength alone is not enough to destroy Kou Ji's ancestors and grandsons, so I have to rely on your strength."
Li Yuanhao snorted coldly: "Isn't it possible that Emperor Song couldn't compete with Kou Ji's ancestors and grandsons?"
Xia Song looked at Li Yuanhao as if he were a fool, "The Emperor of the Song Dynasty was able to sit as steady as Mount Tai on the Dragon Throne because of the strength of Kou Ji's ancestors and grandsons. He is now able to show off his power in the Great Song Dynasty because of the strength of Kou Ji's ancestors and grandsons.
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Would he be so stupid as to dig up the foundation that he has established on the court?"
Li Yuanhao's cheeks were red from being humiliated, and he gritted his teeth and said: "Then why didn't you choose the stronger Liao Kingdom, but chose me, Daxia? You must know that the Liao Kingdom is more powerful and it is easier for you to avenge you."
Xia Song once again looked at Li Yuanhao as if he were a fool, "Emperor Yelu Longxu of the Liao Dynasty was strong, and everyone in the world knew that. When he appointed southern officials in the court, he only used southern officials to do things, and rarely listened to the opinions of southern officials.
If I vote for him, he will never listen to my opinion.
If I want to use the power of the Liao Kingdom to take revenge, I have to wait until he is dead.
Emperor Yelu Longxu of the Liao Dynasty was younger than Kou Zhun. After his death, Kou Zhun's corpse was probably rotten.
Who should I seek revenge from?"
Li Yuanhao snorted: "Then why do you think that our father and son will listen to your opinion?"
Xia Song glanced at Li Deming and saw that Li Deming was listening, so he said calmly: "You have been defeated miserably one after another, and there is not much left in your hands.
If you want to become stronger again, you can only fight against Da Song Dynasty.
Even if you are not able to compete with the Song Dynasty now, you still have to fight with the Song Dynasty to gain more benefits and strengthen yourself.
In your eyes, conquering cities and territories is war.
In my eyes, diplomatic relations between the two countries are also war.
Although I cannot use the diplomatic relations between the two countries to destroy Kou Ji's ancestors and grandchildren.
But through the diplomatic relations between the two countries, it can create countless troubles for Kou Ji's descendants and weaken their power.
When their strength is weakened to the point where we can compete, we can swarm them."
"you……"
Li Yuanhao wanted to ask again.
Li Deming, who had been silent all this time, finally spoke. He snorted coldly and scolded Li Yuanhao: "Don't be rude to sir."
Xia Song has been in Xixia for several months and has talked a lot with Li Deming.
But I have never had a heart-to-heart talk with Li Deming.
Li Deming knew that Xia Song was a talented person, so he was determined to use him.
But Xia Song was unwilling to have a heart-to-heart conversation with him, and he was somewhat wary of Xia Song.
Now that Xia Song had spoken out everything in his heart in order to persuade Li Yuanhao, Li Deming also let down his guard against Xia Song.
Li Deming doesn't care whether Xia Song sincerely joins Xixia.
Suddenly a frontier official from an enemy country appeared and ran up to him and said that he was willing to hang out with him, to go through fire and water for him, and to sacrifice his life for him. He would not believe it, let alone reuse him.
On the contrary, for people like Xia Song who sought revenge from Xixia and wanted to use Xixia's power, he could use it with confidence.
It doesn't matter whether you are loyal or not, what matters is that you are capable and talented and will not damage Xixia's interests.
Li Deming had been in power for many years, and he knew that the court could not be filled with loyal ministers.
In the court, loyal ministers are always a very small minority.
There are more ministers who share common interests or work hard to safeguard common interests.
In addition, there are some people with ulterior motives.
Zhongchen has the usage of loyal minister.
Nengchen has the usage of Nengchen.
Even if it is a traitor, there are also ways to use it.
As long as it is used well, ministers of any status can contribute to the court.
Li Yuanhao heard Li Deming's reaction and knew that Li Deming had recognized Xia Song, so he stopped chasing Xia Song and continued questioning him. Instead, he lowered his head, saluted Xia Song, and called him sir.
Xia Song nodded with satisfaction.
Li Yuanhao did not sincerely accept him as his husband, Xia Song could feel it.
But Xia Song didn't care.
He could see that Li Yuanhao couldn't stand the Song people very much, so it was naturally impossible for him to have too much respect for him, let alone respect him as a real life mentor.
Xia Song's thoughts were very simple.
He just wants revenge.
As long as he can take revenge with the help of Xixia's power, he doesn't care about anything else.
Even if he would breed a wolf that would bite him back, he didn't care.
After Li Yuanhao paid homage to Xia Song as his husband, the atmosphere in the Chinese army tent relaxed a lot.
Only then did Li Yuanhao have the opportunity to ask Li Deming his doubts, "When did your father arrive? Why did you come to Hexi?"
Li Deming walked to the main seat and sat down, saying: "We arrived yesterday... The reason why I came to Hexi is because the scouts on the edge of the Great Wall reported that the balance of the world in Qingjian City had been shaken, so I came to take a look."
Li Yuanhao's heart moved, "Father, are you worried about me?"
Li Deming glanced at Li Yuanhao and said nothing.
His son obviously said nonsense.
If he hadn't been worried about Li Yuanhao's safety, why would he have come to Hongshui River?
While Qingjian City is empty, it is better to fight in Qingjian City than to come here.
Although they may not be able to capture Qingjian City, they can take the opportunity to plunder a lot of people and food.
Li Yuanhao also realized through Li Deming's reaction that he had said something stupid.
He coughed dryly and said, "Father, have you brought any troops?"
Li Deming said calmly: "Fifty thousand anti-disaster troops are all five miles away."
Li Yuanhao suddenly became anxious, "Then why didn't your father lead troops to rescue Xiliang City and rescue General Wangrong?"
Li Deming frowned and snorted coldly, "How to save him? Go up and refuel? The iron kite is completely lost, how can he deal with the opponent's heavy armored cavalry? Who knows if Kou Ji still has the firearm in his hand? The opponent has two
One hundred thousand heavy troops are hoarded in one place, but we only have over 50,000 in our hands to fight.
Who can defeat the defeated generals in your hands?
Can they defeat the Xingguo Army in Li Zhaoliang's hands, or the 50,000 Qingtang Jingqi under Jiao Siluo?
Do you think it’s not enough to destroy the Iron Harriers and the Army of Capturers, and you also need to join forces with the Army of Detention?"
Li Yuanhao's face turned red, and he realized that he had said something stupid again.
He said stupid things not because he was stupid, but because he was so blinded by hatred that he could no longer think rationally.
Li Yuanhao thought for a moment and hesitated for a long time before speaking again, "Then why did your father refuse to show up yesterday?"
Li Deming let out a long sigh, "I was waiting for an opportunity to exchange prisoners. Unfortunately, I didn't wait. You killed enough in Suzhou to scare the Song people.
But I didn't expect that there is someone more ruthless than you, who wants to kill everyone even if they give up the benefits gained from the prisoner exchange.
Kou Ji, it really cannot be judged by common sense.
This person is as cruel as a madman."
Li Yuanhao hesitated for a moment and nodded heavily.
"Tomorrow, the master will return to the court... After returning, we will send envoys to the Song Dynasty to express our surrender attitude to the Song Dynasty. At the same time, we will tell the Song Dynasty that I, the Xia Dynasty, have absolutely no intention of going against the Song Dynasty.
By the way, I asked the envoy to cry out in the Song Dynasty about Kou Ji's murder of 30,000 sons of Xixia in Xiliang City.
Let the benevolent and righteous gentlemen in the Great Song Dynasty find trouble for Kou Ji."
"Here..."
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Kou Ji and others had no idea what happened by the Hongshui River.
Kou, whom Li Deming called a madman, slept soundly.
He was in a big shape and lay on the bed all night.