Qian Song

Chapter 459 The 7th Year of Hongwu (please vote for me!)

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After Li Qianshun died three years ago, Li Renxiao, who was only 13 years old at the time, ascended the throne with the support of the civil and military officials of the Xixia Manchu Dynasty and became the fifth emperor of Xixia.

After succeeding to the throne, Li Renxiao respected his biological mother Cao as the "mother of the country". Although Li Qianshun's queen Ren was not Li Renxiao's biological mother, she was still named the queen mother by Li Renxiao, and designated the daughter of the Dangxiang clan as the queen.

Not long after he came to the throne, Li Renxiao encountered a difficult situation where the Daqian Dynasty cut Jin and the Kingdom of Jin asked Xixia for help.

Li Renxiao followed his father Li Qianshun's suggestion to send troops to reinforce the Kingdom of Jin at the suggestion of the ministers of Xixia.

As a result, Xixia sent two armies successively, but both were defeated by the generals Su Dong and Wang De of the Daqian Dynasty. Not only did they fail to reinforce the Jin army, they also lost their troops and generals.

Forget it, the problem is that despite the support of Xixia and grassland tribes, the Jin Kingdom only persisted for less than two years before being destroyed by the Daqian Dynasty.

Li Renxiao was shocked when he learned that the Jin army had been defeated in the decisive battle of Qianjin and that the country of Jin would surely perish!

Li Renxiao hastily summoned all the chief executives of Xixia to discuss countermeasures.

At the suggestion of the important minister of Xixia, Wu Daochong, Li Renxiao quickly changed his strategy and sent envoys to the Dagan Dynasty many times to pay tribute, and sincerely stated that they were only bewitched by the Jin people and did not intend to be an enemy of the Dagan Dynasty Yes, I beg for peaceful coexistence with the Daqian Dynasty, and for the understanding of the Daqian Dynasty.

In order to persuade Li Cun to give up attacking Xixia, Li Renxiao not only donated [-] first-class Xixia beauties to Li Cun in three times according to Li Cun's hobbies, but also ordered the envoy to present Xixia's "Hundred-Headed Account" to Li Cun to express his gratitude. The sincerity of the Daqian Dynasty’s surrender.

After Xixia occupied the Hexi Corridor, it was equivalent to inheriting the Silk Road on Chinese land. Therefore, Western gold, silver and jewelry continued to pour into Xixia.

Xixia then used these gold and silver jewelry to exchange for silk, porcelain, tea and other in-demand commodities or necessities of the Xixia people with the Liao Dynasty, Song Dynasty and the subsequent Jin Dynasty and even the Daqian Dynasty, and then sold silk, porcelain, tea and other in-demand commodities to The Western Regions were then sold to the West by merchants from the Western Regions, earning huge amounts of gold, silver and jewelry.

It can be said that with the Hexi Corridor in its hands, Xixia made a lot of money. Not only did it obtain all the daily necessities it needed, but it also owned a large amount of gold, silver and jewelry.

And this hundred-headed tent is actually a tent—it is said that the skilled craftsmen of Xixia cleverly spliced ​​and sewed the skins of a hundred kinds of rare and exotic animals together. It won't feel cold, and it is covered with rare treasures from all over the world.

This makes the hundred-headed tent not only practical, but also exquisite and magnificent. It is a rare and priceless treasure.

After receiving the Baitou account, even if he was as rich as Li Cun, he couldn't help but sigh, there is such a treasure in the world!

At the same time, Li Cun couldn't help taking a high look at Li Renxiao, who could even dedicate treasures like Baitou Zhang to him. He felt that Li Renxiao was a character. emperor.

Unfortunately, even if Li Renxiao achieved this level, he could not dispel Li Cun's determination to regain Xixia.

in fact--

Li Renxiao and his ministers are also very clear that even if he pleases Li Cun in every possible way, it may not be able to prevent the ambitious Li Cun from going to war against Xixia.

Therefore, while constantly sending envoys to the Daqian Dynasty to beg for mercy, Li Renxiao and his ministers have also been actively preparing for war.

Li Renxiao took his uncle Jin King Richard as the commander-in-chief and recruited soldiers and civilians across the country to prepare for war.

Brother Li Cha is a man of great strength and power, able to draw a strong bow of two stones and shoot through heavy armor. At the beginning, the Tubo tribe in Qinghai rebelled against the Song Dynasty, and the Xixia sent general Ren Duobaozhong to lead the army to support Tubo, but was blocked by the Song army Miaolu tribe. In Huangshui, Brother Li Cha shot Miao Lu's lieutenant with an arrow, and he won the battle, and he has become famous since then.

After that battle, Brother Richard summarized his combat experience and wrote a letter suggesting that he should learn from the strengths of the Song army, select brave Tibetan and Han people, and teach them how to use strong crossbows. They should carry bows and hoe in peacetime, and advance in separate divisions in times of battle. The plains will be ridden with iron crows, and the valleys will be filled with Bu Bazi chases dangers and deploys troops flexibly according to the time and place.

Li Qianshun believed that his younger brother had the talent of a general, so he gradually promoted Brother Richard to the president of Xia Army.

Brother Richard also lived up to Li Qianshun's expectations. He led the Xia army to defeat the Song army many times and was recognized as the No. 1 general in Xixia.

Xixia's military service system is that a man becomes a man at the age of 15 and ends at the age of 60.There are two members of each family, one of whom is strong and fit, is the main army, and the other is the support (auxiliary army), who serves as a miscellaneous service with the army, forming a group.Anyone with more than four young men in the family will be drawn twice, and the rest of the strong men are called empty men. They may not serve, or they can replace other young men as support soldiers, and they can also replace weak members of the main army as the main army.

In addition to the emperor's pro-army, Xixia has a total of twelve supervisors in the left and right sides, namely: the left side is brave, Shizhou Xiangyou, Youzhou Jianing, Weizhou Jingsai, Xishou Baotai, Zhuo Luohenan, and the right side Chaoshun , Ganzhou, Gansu, Guazhou Xiping, Heishui Town Yan, Baimaqiang Town, Heishan Weifu.

Its troop distribution and garrison tasks are: 7 people from Hebei to Wulajun Mountain to prepare for the Qian army; 5 people from Hongzhou, Baibao, Anyanzhou, Luoluo, Tiandu, and Weijingshan in Henan to Guard against the cadres on the Huan, Qing, Zhenrong, Yuanzhou and other roads; 5 people on the Youzhou Road in the left wing to guard against the cadres in Yan, Yan, Lin, Fu and other prefectures; 3 people on the Ganzhou Road in the right wing. Bei Xifan and Uihe; Helan garrisoned 5 troops, Lingzhou 7 troops, and Xingzhou Xingqing Prefecture [-] men for garrison. In total, there were more than [-] regular troops.

——Later, after Ren Dejing and the other remnants of the original Zhao and Song Dynasty surrendered to Xixia, Xixia set up the Xiangqing Army Supervision Division and the Zhongzhai and Tiandu Second Supervision Divisions.

And this was only the military strength during the Xixia African National War.

In the event of a national war, Xixia usually mobilizes the people into soldiers, nine out of ten, and everyone under sixty and over fifteen years old will go with their own bows and arrows. Except for a small amount of military equipment, they all bring their own food and pay when fighting.

Moreover, not only men participated in the battle in Xixia, but also women.

In the Xia army, the valiant and heroic female soldiers are a unique sight. They are not afraid of life and death on the battlefield, march forward bravely, and their strong fighting power is not even inferior to that of men. In previous wars, they have made great contributions to Xixia. Because of her small contribution, she is known as the most capable female soldier in history.

In other words, Xixia is really all the people are soldiers, and almost [-] to [-]% of the people in the country can go to battle to kill the enemy.

Under the mobilization of the Xixia court, since the fall of the Jin Kingdom, almost all of Xixia's 300 million soldiers and civilians have been preparing for a national war with the Qian army.

At the same time, Li Renxiao also sent envoys to the Tubo tribes, grassland tribes, and countries in the Western Regions to ask for help, explaining to them the truth about the death of lips and teeth.

After repeated lobbying by the Xixia envoys, the Tubo tribes, grassland tribes, and Western Regions who became more and more aware of the ambitions of the Dagan Dynasty all reached a strategic alliance with Xixia, saying that if the Dagan Dynasty attacked Xixia, they would definitely send troops to help. The Tubo tribes and grassland tribes who also felt the crisis were quite active.

Of course, each of Xixia's allies did not help in vain. They all put forward various conditions to Xixia - some wanted money, some wanted food, some wanted cattle and sheep, and some wanted women. , and even asked Xixia to marry him, etc...

In order not to be the king of subjugation, under the persuasion of all the ministers in Xixia, Li Renxiao agreed to all of them.

All in all, Xixia is actually ready to fight this national war, and its strength cannot be underestimated!

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In the autumn of the 16th year of Hongwu.

Li Renxiao, who was always paying attention to the Daqian Dynasty, which had already assembled a large army, received accurate news that Li Cun came out again to support Wu Jie, Chen Yu and others in their expedition to Xixia.

Li Renxiao was very helpless and very angry. Young and frivolous, he swore that if one day he could destroy the Daqian Dynasty, he would definitely cut Li Cun into pieces!

However, being angry and speaking harsh words will not help at all. Li Renxiao can only follow the advice of the ministers of Xixia, while continuing to beg for peace from the Dagan Dynasty, while sending Brother Li Cha to lead the soldiers and civilians of Xixia to fight, while asking the tribes of Tubo, the grasslands, etc. All the ministries and countries in the Western Regions havetened to send troops to help in accordance with the covenant...

However, without waiting for the arrival of reinforcements from the Tubo tribes, the grassland tribes, and the Western Regions, Wu Jie personally led an army of 15 out of Huangzhou, and veteran Wang Zhi led an army of [-] out of Huizhou. The marching routes of the two armies were different, but The purpose is the same - to open up the road to Lingzhou.

At the same time, Zhe Yanzhi led the Zhejia army and some Northeast troops to attack Xixia Youzhou Road, restraining some Xixia soldiers and horses as a support.

Liu Kai led 20 cadres to sit in Lanzhou, ready for reinforcements at any time.

Soon after, Wu Jie led his army to the ancient bone dragon, and met Brother Li Cha who came to fight.

Due to the haste of the incident, there was no time to mobilize more troops, so when the two armies met, Brother Li Cha only had tens of thousands of troops.

15 versus tens of thousands, and Wu Jie is a famous general in hundreds of battles, so the war naturally has no suspense.

Under Wu Jie's command, the Gan army won a complete victory, beheading more than 3 Xia troops, and Brother Li Cha was forced to retreat.Although the Qianjun army was very powerful this time, and they were going to destroy Xixia with all their might, but Wu Jie learned the lesson of the failure of the Zhao and Song Dynasty to attack Xixia, and decided to take it step by step and eat Xixia bite by bite.

Therefore, after repelling the Xia army, Wu Jie did not take advantage of the victory to pursue it, but occupied the famous Song army Liu Fa and built a city called "Zhenwu" here at that time. They also sent civilians to build the railway leading here as soon as possible.

At the same time, after Wang Zhen led his army into Qingshui River, he was also blocked by the Xia army. Wang Zhen and his son took the lead and fought hard for many days to repulse the Xia army's attack. Then they also protected the people who built the city and built the railway here, and then Send troops to guard.

A month later, Wu Jie sent Wu Lin to lead an army of [-] to attack Zangdihe City in Xixia.

Brother Li Cha confronted each other and sent troops to rescue.

Wu Lin led his army to march straight in, opening the way with red cannons, and defeated Xia's army steadily. He fought all the way into Xiaoguan, plundered and returned, and then left his general Yao Zhong to garrison Xiaoguan and protect the civilians building the railway.

After resting for a few days, Wu Lin led the Qian army to continue to attack Zangdihe City, and planned to conquer it within ten days.

Because Zangdihe City was built close to mountains and rivers, it was very easy to defend and difficult to attack. The two armies of Gan and Xia fought fiercely for eight days and were still in a stalemate.

Seeing this, Wu Lin reorganized military discipline, killed those who were slacking off, and the morale of the army was restored.

Soon after, Wu Lin's general Tian Cheng led a death squad to the city first, killing hundreds of Xia's troops, and then the Gan army swarmed under the cover of artillery fire. The entire Xia army collapsed, and the Gan army captured Zangdihe City.

Wu Lin left Tian Sheng to lead an army of [-] to garrison Zangdihe City to protect the people who were repairing the railway, and then returned with the main force.

At the same time, Liu Qi led an army of 20 to attack Renduoquan City in Xixia.

The Xixia defender sent someone to ask for help from the Xixia court, Li Renxiao hurriedly ordered Richard to lead the army to reinforce.

Unexpectedly, Brother Li Cha led his army halfway, but stopped.

Brother Richard's choice actually makes sense, because after fighting several times in a row, Xia Jun was defeated by Qian Jun, which shows that the military strength of both sides is indeed not on the same level. Brother Richard also thinks that he is sharp against Qian Jun. He had absolutely no confidence in defeating the red-coated cannon. If he went to reinforce him, he would probably be surrounded by Gan troops for reinforcements. In order to prevent the lives of his soldiers from being lost in vain, he could only reluctantly stop the march. Can Renduoquan City be defended? It just depends on fate.

Reinforcements did not come for a long time, and the Xia army in Renduoquan City had to defend itself.

But the dry army with many firearms is most afraid of the enemy's defense.

In just three days, under the bombardment of red cannons, Renduoquan City was captured by Gan's army.

After occupying Renduo Spring City, Liu Qi left General Wang Yan to guard it and build a railway here.

At this time, it was already freezing cold, and the weather was really not conducive to the attacking party.

Once Wu Jie, Chen Yu and others discussed it, they could only call a temporary truce.

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The time came to the spring of the 17th year of Hongwu.

Wu Jie personally led an army of 30 out of Xiaoguan.

Brother Richard led a 50-strong coalition of Xixia, Tubo, and grassland tribes to fight.

It is worth mentioning that the coalition forces also included thousands of Jin troops led by Jin Wushu.

It can be seen from this that Jin Wushu's heart to restore the country is not dead.

It's a pity that after repeated bloody battles, the Gan army defeated the coalition forces, captured Yonghe Village, and surrounded the city of Cutada in Xixia by victory.

Xia Jun went out of the city to resist, but was defeated again by Qian Jun.

After that, the Gan army divided up and headed north, approaching Mingsha, and the Xixia defenders abandoned the city and fled.

Qian Jun took advantage of the situation and occupied Mingsha City.

Because Li Chage's army had threatened the hinterland of Xixia, he could only lead his army to besiege Zhenwucheng again, hoping to encircle Wei and rescue Zhao.

The Xia army continued to attack day and night, and the number of troops defending the city was becoming increasingly tight. Zhe Kecun had no choice but to send people back for help.

Wu Jie received the request for help and sent Wu Lin and his army to take a train to rescue Zhenwucheng.

In just two hours, Wu Lin's leading troops arrived at Zhenwu City. In just one day, Wu Lin's main force arrived at Zhenwu City, along with a hundred red cannons.

Wu Lin and Brother Richard opened their stance and exchanged blows for a while, but Xia Jun was beaten to death and wounded by red cannons and had to retreat.

In the ensuing battles, the Gan army continued to attack, and built cities and fortifications and railways in the newly occupied places. The territory of Xixia could only shrink more and more.

At the same time, the national power of Xixia, which has been fighting for a long time, has been seriously damaged.

Plus the high pressure of war.

There was a serious famine in Xixia, and food prices soared. A liter of rice sold for hundreds of dollars.

This made Xiao Heda, the commander of the Western Xia Dynasty, led a rebellion to occupy Xiazhou, and peasant uprisings began to break out in Weizhou, Dingzhou and other places.

Xixia undoubtedly fell into serious internal and external troubles.

The point is, after this year's war, the Hengshan area, which was regarded as the lifeline by Xixia, was completely lost and occupied by the Daqian Dynasty.

Under the pressure of subjugation, Li Renxiao once again sent an envoy to the Dagan Dynasty, saying that Xixia was willing to submit to the Dagan Dynasty, and that Xixia was willing to cede the entire Hengshan area to the Dagan Dynasty, and was willing to pay tribute to the Dagan Dynasty every year. Years later, and he himself is willing to recognize Li Cun as his father, hoping that the Daqian Dynasty and Xixia will become a country of father and son...

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