Gao Huaide, Cao Bin, Pan Mei and others really can't do anything to the Liao people?
In the fifth year of the Taiping and Rejuvenation of the Song Dynasty, the Liao people took advantage of the failure of Song Taizong Emperor Zhao Guangyi's first Northern Expedition and saw the opportunity to station troops outside Yanmen Pass in preparation for the southern invasion of the Song Dynasty.
One hundred thousand Liao troops knocked on Yanmen.
Pan Mei and Yang Ye led thousands of people and defeated the Liao army of 100,000 people. They killed their military envoys, consorts, and servants Xiao Du Li, and captured Li Chongjie, the commander of the horse and infantry army, alive. They also captured many armored and leather horses.
Known in history as the Battle of Yanmen Pass, it was also the battle that made Yang Ye famous.
Pan Mei and Yang Ye defeated the Liao army of 100,000 people with thousands of troops.
Gao Huaide, Cao Bin and others were only stronger than the two of them, so how could they not defeat the Liao people?
In the final analysis, you still have no choice but to do it yourself.
When Xia An told Li Yuanhao this, he was telling Li Yuanhao that the soldiers and horses of the Song Dynasty were far less easy to bully than what Li Yuanhao saw.
The soldiers and horses of the Song Dynasty were defeated in foreign battles, not because they were not strong enough, but because they could not make the decision.
After Li Yuanhao heard Xia An's words, he frowned and did not speak.
Xia An continued: "Zhao Zhen is different from his grandfather Zhao Guangyi. Zhao Zhen dares to delegate power to his generals. Whether it was Li Zhaoliang, Zhu Neng and others fighting in Hexi before, or now Cao Wei and others are fighting in the Yanyun land of Liao State.
Combat.
Zhao Zhen never intervened in the military affairs of the army.
The Song State was not as weak as we have seen, otherwise it would not have been able to firmly occupy the wealthy area of the Central Plains.
The reason why the soldiers and horses of the Song Dynasty were defeated was not because they were not strong enough, but because they had a layer of shackles on them.
Now the shackles are gradually being opened.
Their power was gradually released.
Hundreds of thousands of unfettered Song troops have invaded Daxia. I don’t need to tell you what will happen to Daxia.
So don’t go astray and offend the Song Dynasty. If they really let go and fight to the death with us in Daxia, we will definitely lose."
Li Yuanhao believed Xia An's words in his heart, but he refused to be outdone and said: "Sooner or later, the Song Kingdom will become my land of Great Xia. How can I be afraid of them?"
"cough……"
Li Deming, who had been silent all this time, suddenly said: "Xia An's words make sense..."
Li Deming also has a temper. It is not difficult to see from his uncontrollable roar in the palace just now.
But he will never involve his temper in government affairs.
Because he knows that anger will affect his decision-making.
He is not a tough-talking person either.
Li Yuanhao was dissatisfied and prepared to speak, but Li Deming did not give him a chance to speak.
Li Deming looked at Xia Song.
Xia Song proposed to get rid of Kou Ji, so he would definitely find a way to get rid of Kou Ji without causing trouble.
Xia Song felt Li Deming's gaze and immediately understood what Li Deming was thinking.
Xia Song spoke slowly, "The defection of the Liao people captured by the Song Kingdom has brought disaster to our Daxia. They must be trying to accumulate strength and take revenge on Kou Ji. If they take off Kou Ji's head and return to the Liao Kingdom, they might be able to survive
Make up for it.
I remember that there were many sharpshooters among the Liao people, who were known to be able to pierce Yang Yang with a hundred steps.
If they were to ambush on Kou Ji's side, and when Kou Ji showed up, they would kill him with an arrow."
Li Deming heard Xia Song's words and narrowed his eyes slightly.
Li Yuanhao frowned and said, "Isn't this an assassination?"
People in high positions don't like assassination.
Most of the people in high positions who like assassination also die due to assassination.
As the prince of Xixia, Li Yuanhao naturally did not like assassination.
Xia Song heard what Li Yuanhao said, glanced at Li Yuanhao, and said calmly: "Whether it was an assassination or not, I dare not say for sure. After all, it is the Liao people who want Kou Ji's life, and it has nothing to do with us."
Li Yuanhao was about to speak.
Li Deming said decisively: "Okay, let's not discuss this matter. At present, I, Daxia, do not have the ability to go to war with the Song Dynasty, so I can only seek humiliation between the Song and Liao countries.
Kou Ji needs an explanation, so I will give him an explanation.
Pass on the order and order all the soldiers and horses in our Daxia territory to use all their strength to wipe out the Liao people who are causing trouble in our Daxia territory.
At the same time, orders were sent to the Zuoxiang Shenyong Army Division stationed in Xiazhou and the Jianing Army Division stationed in Baichi City to block the troops led by Kou Ji to the south of Anqingze and east of Xiazhou.
My Daxia territory near Xiazhou must not be invaded by others any longer."
"Here..."
The Xixia civil and military officials in the palace all saluted.
Li Deming waved his hand and said: "Let's all disperse...Mr. Xia stays..."
Xixia civil and military officials left the palace.
Only Li Deming and Xia Song were left in the palace.
The two discussed secretly in the palace for a while.
Xia Song left the palace and appeared outside the Xixia Palace.
As soon as Xia Song left the Xixia Palace, he saw Xia An standing next to his carriage waiting for him.
When Xia An saw Xia Song, he gritted his teeth and said, "Dad, do you really want the Xixia people to assassinate Kou Ji?"
Xia Song opened his eyes and glared at Xia An fiercely. After looking around to make sure no one was paying attention, he reprimanded: "How many times have I told you, here, I am not your father, I am just your husband.
"
Xia An gritted his teeth and said angrily: "Xia...sir, do you really want the Xixia people to assassinate Kou Ji?"
Xia Song stared at Xia An coldly and said, "So what if it is, so what if it's not? Could it be that you don't want Kou Ji to die? Don't forget that the reason why our father and son are where we are today is all thanks to Kou Ji.
Your brothers, your mother, and my Xia family members all died because of Kou Ji.
If I hadn't sent you to study in the northwest when you were successful in your studies, I'm afraid you would have died.
We have a blood feud with Kou Ji, so Kou Ji must die."
Xia An said in a deep voice: "Mr. Xia..., you know that the relationship between Kou Ji and Zhao Zhen is unusual. If Kou Ji dies, Zhao Zhen will definitely turn his anger on Xixia. No matter how clean you pick Xixia, Zhao Zhen will not care.
I will let Xixia go.
Xixia is likely to perish as a result.
If Xixia disappears, how will we, father and son, get on with ourselves?"
Xia Song pulled Xia An onto the carriage. After he sat down, he ordered his servant to start the carriage. When the carriage started to move and made a sound, Xia Song said to Xia An: "Whether Xixia will perish or not, what does it have to do with our father and son? Our father and son."
The purpose is revenge, not to help Xixia rejuvenate the country."
Xia An stared at Xia Song in disbelief.
Xia Song snorted coldly: "You don't naively think that with Xixia's power, you can defeat the Song Dynasty, right?"
Xia An stared at Xia Song and questioned: "Why not?"
Xia Song said coldly: "Because Xixia has no successor."
Xia An couldn't believe it.
Xia Song said in a deep voice: "Li Deming definitely has the qualifications to be a hero. Xixia is growing continuously in his hands. He also knows how to play both sides, constantly seeking benefits from the Song Dynasty and Liao Kingdom to make Xixia grow stronger.
But Li Yuanhao is not the hero.
Li Yuanhao has some talents in leading troops.
But when it comes to governance, it’s so childish that it makes people laugh.”
Xia Song sarcastically said: "A few days ago, I taught Li Yuanhao how to profit from the border markets between Song and Xia and grow secretly. What do you think he said?"
Xia An remained silent.
Xia Song sneered: "He actually said that when he becomes the lord of Xixia, he will cut off all contacts with the Song Dynasty and close all border markets."
Xia An looked shocked.
Even the poor people in Xixia have immortal horses, which has reached the point of being extremely vicious.
Li Yuanhao didn't want to make money, but actually wanted to cut off his own money.
What Li Yuanhao did was childish and clearly stupid.
Xixia is not a small area, but most of it is desert, and most of the productive areas were taken up by the Song Dynasty.
Today, a large part of Xixia's income comes from bilateral trade with the Song Dynasty.
If Xixia cuts off its bilateral trade with the Song Dynasty.
Xixia's fiscal revenue will drop by as much as 50%.
By that time, not to mention immortal horses, immortal armor and weapons may appear.
Xia Song continued: "He looks down on the Han people, and he also admires the old party members. Do you think he can achieve something big?"
Xia An had a gloomy face and said nothing.
Through Xia Song's words, he had more or less seen some of Xixia's future.
Some of Li Yuanhao's statements and practices are really stupid and make people laugh.
Restore the ancient party system?
The talents that Li Jiqian and Li Deming have diverted and reserved for Xixia for many years will be lost quickly.
The cultural heritage that Li Deming has accumulated for Xixia for many years will soon be lost.
Without talents, there is no cultural heritage.
It would be easy for Xixia to dominate the country by virtue of their bravery.
But trying to conquer the world with bravery is a joke.
Conquering and destroying the Song Dynasty is a joke within a joke.
Is it true that the Liao Kingdom is as strong as it is today because of its bravery?
The Liao Kingdom is as prosperous as it is today, thanks to Xiao Yanyan, a female figure, who vigorously promoted the Han system in the Liao Kingdom, vigorously promoted the Han people, and vigorously introduced Han talents, which laid a solid foundation for the Liao Emperor Yelu Longxu.
Emperor Yelu Longxu of the Liao Dynasty raised troops every year, but so far he has not drained the Liao Kingdom's money, let alone caused the Liao Kingdom to fall apart. This is because of the credit of the Han officials recruited by the Liao Kingdom.
It was those Han officials who were constantly administering the place for the Liao Kingdom, collecting taxes for the Liao Emperor Yelu Longxu, and helping the Liao Emperor Yelu Longxu accumulate money needed for the war.
If it weren't for that bunch of Han officials.
Can the Liao Kingdom be strong for a hundred years?
joke.
Without that group of Han officials, the Liao Kingdom might not be able to govern even the sixteen states of Yanyun.
The Liao people once invaded Kaifeng Mansion, but they did not choose to govern it. Instead, they supported an emperor to help them govern it. Why?
It was because they knew they could not govern well that they chose to support an emperor.
It can be said that without the help of the Han people, it is delusional to plan and govern the Central Plains.
What Li Yuanhao thinks and does is obviously going downhill and he is still delusional.
Seeing that Xia An still didn't speak, Xia Song said calmly: "The other princes of Xixia are worse than Li Yuanhao. So it is impossible for Xixia to conquer the Song Dynasty.
Therefore, we, father and son, don’t have to go out of our way to help Xixia plan.
We just need to use the power of Xixia to take revenge."
Xia An clenched his fists and gritted his teeth, "But we can't go back to the Song Dynasty. If Xixia assassinates Kou Ji and arouses the anger of Zhao Zhen and Kou Zhun, we may be in danger of extinction.
Of course we can’t stay in Xixia anymore, where else can we go?”
Xia An looked at Xia Song and asked, "Are you going to Liao Kingdom?"
Xia Song shook his head slightly, "The Emperor of Liao is old, and the prince of Liao is young. In the next period of time, the Liao Kingdom will probably fall under the control of the Eight Khitan Tribes. Although the Liao Kingdom is undergoing a great development of Chineseization, the Liao Kingdom nobles of the Eight Khitan Tribes
, still look down upon the Han people.
Once the power of the Liao Kingdom fell into the hands of the eight tribes of Khitan, the Han people in the Liao Kingdom's court would probably not be able to get along.
So we won’t go to Liao.”
Xia An said solemnly: "If we don't go to Liao Kingdom, then where else can we go?"
Xia Song looked at Xia An and laughed softly: "There is... there is a place that is very suitable for us father and son to go."
Xia An was stunned for a moment, thought for a while, then looked at Xia Song and said, "Qingtang?!"
Xia Song nodded slowly, "Yes, Qingtang... Qingtang Zanpujiao Siluo is a hero who is not inferior to Li Deming. He is still young, and he does not have a son yet. As long as our father and son go to Qingtang, we will devote ourselves to
Assist him, wait until his son is born, and then devote himself to teaching his son.
Qingtang will definitely continue to grow.
I will definitely miss that fat piece of Song Dynasty."
Xia Song continued nonchalantly: "What's more important is that Qingtang has now made great efforts to make good friends with the Song Dynasty and has obtained a lot of benefits from the Song Dynasty. As long as the price paid by Qingtang is higher, it will definitely get it from the Song Dynasty.
firearm.
With firearms, Qingtang has the qualifications to dominate.
With firearms, Qingtang has the qualifications to challenge the Song Dynasty."
Xia An's brows furrowed into the character "Sichuan" and his face was very gloomy.
Xia Song's thoughts made him feel very uncomfortable.
Seeing that Xia An didn't say anything, Xia Song didn't say anything more.
The carriage moved forward slowly and arrived at a street entrance.
Xia An got off Xia Song's carriage and left in a hurry.
Inside the Xixia Palace.
After Xia Song left, Li Deming summoned Li Yuanhao.
As soon as Li Yuanhao arrived, he couldn't wait to ask Li Deming.
"Father, do you really intend to assassinate Kou Ji?"
Li Deming nodded slowly.
Li Yuanhao frowned and said, "Xia Yuan's plan can really allow me, Daxia, to distance myself from this matter?"
Li Deming slowly shook his head and said: "Although I have never been to Bianjing City, I also know the friendship between Kou Ji and the powerful people in Bianjing City, and I also know about the friendship between Kou Ji and Zhao Zhen.
Once Kou Ji is assassinated, even if we, Daxia, try our best to separate the relationship, Zhao Zhen will still vent his anger on us.
That old man Kou Zhun dotes on his cheap grandson very much.
He will definitely try his best to force the Song Dynasty court to send troops.
The Song Dynasty court will definitely come to settle accounts with us."
Li Yuanhao was stunned when he heard this and said in a deep voice: "Father, is there a way to defeat the Song Dynasty?"
Li Deming still shook his head, "No..."
"That……"
"But I have a way to calm the anger of the Song people. Xia Song, Xia Anqi and his son are my tools to calm the anger of the Song people. They were imperial prisoners in the Song Dynasty, and they had a bloody feud with Kou Ji. Their father and son are with me.
He was hiding in Daxia, pretending to be a Liao man, and ambushing Kou Ji. I couldn't stop him.
As long as I hand over the culprit, even if the Song Dynasty wants to raise troops against me, Daxia, it will not go all out.
It is even more impossible for the civil and military ministers in the court of the Song Dynasty to watch Zhao Zhen and Kou Zhun get hundreds of thousands of people involved in the war just to avenge one person."
Li Yuanhao stared at Li Deming blankly, "Xia Song knows that he is Xia Yuan, but who is Xia Anqi?"
Li Deming stared at Li Yuanhao and said calmly: "I won't hide it from you until now. Xia Yuan is Xia Song, the imperial convict of the Song Dynasty, and Xia An is Xia Song's son, Xia Anqi."
Li Yuanhao opened his mouth in shock, "Are they father and son?"
Li Deming nodded slowly, "Although Xia Song tried his best to hide it, how could I not send someone to investigate him for such an important figure? As early as when Xia Song was sitting on the border of Daxia, I sent people to investigate him.
, know how many sons he had, and also have portraits of each of his sons.
Although Xia Song tried his best to hide his son after arriving in Daxia, he still couldn't hide it from my eyes."
Li Yuanhao pursed his lips and asked in question: "Father, didn't you say that Xia Song has always been talented and valued him very much? Why did you push him out to help me Daxia block it?"
Li Deming said calmly: "It's true that I value him, and it's true that I want to reuse him. But after the father and son arrived in my country, not only did they not help me gain any benefits, but they also caused me to lose ground.
In this case, I don't want to keep them anymore.
Hao'er, you have to remember.
As long as you are in a high position, there are plenty of talents for you to use.
There is no need to put everything on someone just because you value one person.
We can reuse talents, but if talents cannot actually help Daxia seek benefits, they will lose their due value.
We don’t have that much time to screen talents, so we can only decide whether to keep them based on the results of their work.”