Traveling through Tianlong: Starting from the Zhenlong chess game

Chapter 497 The meat reaches the mouth

Hearing that the masked woman in front of him spoke rudely to Zhao Mu, and even called the barbarian "Da Xia".

The Yang family has been feuding with the Liao and Xixia kingdoms all their lives. After hearing this, General Yang put his hand directly on the hilt of his sword and asked: "Who are you! How dare you speak to His Highness King Qi like this? How rude!”

Seeing that General Yang was about to get angry, Zhao Mu quickly comforted him: "Oh! I forgot to introduce you. This is Princess Yinchuan of the Xixia Kingdom. She is also my future princess. This time we attack Xixia, and she is here to help us. After we defeat the main force of the Xixia Kingdom, we will not attack the other cities as planned. Princess Yinchuan will advise us to surrender the other cities."

King Zhongxiao asked at this time: "Princess? My Jin'er is just a concubine, and she is the princess? What about Princess Zhaohua?"

Li Qinglu looked at the unfriendly looks of King Zhongxiao and General Yang and understood them very well. After all, his family has been fighting with their ancestors for nearly a hundred years. Among them, the story of the Twelve Widows' Conquest to the West was also familiar to her. And he also admired Taijun She and Marshal Mu of Tianbo Yang Mansion.

Although Li Qinglu is from Xixia, she also respects these loyal people who shed their lives and blood for the Song Dynasty.

So Li Qinglu said: "There is no need to be suspicious of the two generals. I am indeed here to help the Song Dynasty this time. My father wanted to avoid this war by becoming a minister, but the warlike clans in Xixia would not My father allowed me to do this, so I came to my husband to end this unnecessary war at the lowest cost."

Li Qinglu looked at King Zhongxiao and said: "General Huyan, I am the legitimate princess of the Great Xia Kingdom. My father came to the Great Song Dynasty to surrender and sent me to the Great Song Dynasty for marriage. Am I not worthy of the position of an equal wife?"

Hearing this, Hu Yanxiong immediately put on another face. He waved his hands with a smile and said: "Your Highness the Princess misunderstood. The little king just asked casually. For the sake of peace between the two countries, Your Highness the Princess came to my university." Song Heqin is naturally worthy and worthy."

Although General Yang didn't like the Xixia people, they were here to help them this time, so he didn't care too much. He just kept a cold face and said nothing.

Zhao Mu saw that everyone had calmed down, and then said: "Okay, let's go back to the topic just now. Isn't Qinglu afraid that we don't have enough troops?"

Li Qinglu looked at Zhao Mu and said, "Yes, I, Daxia, have always coveted Xining Prefecture and Lanzhou for a long time. There are tens of thousands of elite troops stationed in Zhuoluo and Nanjun Division in the north of Lanzhou. And if Song and Xia start a war, there will also be war there. It will become a main battlefield, and not only do we covet your important border town of the Song Dynasty, but the Tubo Kingdom is the same."

At this time, Li Qinglu pointed to the sand table and continued: "If Lanzhou is lost, then the door to the Song Dynasty's westward march will be completely opened. After that, the armies of the two countries will drive in along the Wei River, directly aiming at Chang'an City. Just like the former Tang Dynasty At that time, the Tubo troops were barely able to defend Chang'an. It's somewhat of a joke that they still have to fight back. It's not that I don't trust the strength of the Song army, but I don't want you to make a big mistake by underestimating the enemy."

Zhao Mu shook his head and said, "Don't worry. If the 30,000-strong army can't defeat a ragtag group of chieftains from each town, then our long-term military reform will be in vain. It's not just about having too many soldiers. The more than 30,000 tiger and wolf troops, plus the 3,000 disciples of the Tianbo Mansion, are enough to deal with those miscellaneous soldiers. As for the elite soldiers of the Xixia Kingdom, I have my elder brother-in-law to deal with them. And now that I have defeated Tubo, it will be easier. The Xixia Kingdom took action."

Seeing Zhao Mu's confident look, Li Qinglu didn't know what to say and just shook her head. Zhao Muwang asked King Zhongxiao: "By the way! How is our front now?"

King Zhongxiao pointed to the sand table and continued the introduction: "The Xixia Kingdom has placed nearly 300,000 troops in front of us. Now they are lined up all the way from Xiping Mansion to Xiazhou. Moreover, we have suffered heavy losses in many wars against Xia. So much so that the Great Wall on the Hexi Corridor was taken away by them. Judging from the opponent's situation, it seems that they are going to have a head-on confrontation with us. "

Zhao Mu was overjoyed when he heard the news.

Zhao Mu said with a smile: "Is it a desperate move? Great! I was afraid before that they would give up the land east of the Yellow River, retreat to the west of the Yellow River, and concentrate all their forces to consolidate the front line of Xingqing Mansion. It seems that the commander-in-chief of the Xixia Kingdom is not He is an idiot for underestimating us. By the way, who is in charge of the Eastern Front of the Xixia Kingdom? "

General Yang said: "It's our old rival Helian Tieshu. The man known as the 'Generalissimo Zhengdong'." General Yang then remembered that Li Qinglu was here, and he swallowed the word "manzi" on his lips.

"General Helian? I still know him well. He is a brave and resourceful general in our Daxia who is accustomed to fighting. Logically speaking, from his perspective, he should be able to see that the Song Dynasty is coming this time. If we follow common sense, Just like my husband said, we should retreat to the west of the Yellow River to preserve our strength. This last-ditch situation is really abnormal," Li Qinglu analyzed.

Zhao Mu glanced at Li Qinglu and said, "No matter what. Since the other party has sent out all their troops, this is a piece of fat on our lips. We now have more than 100,000 troops on the front line in Qingzhou, which is enough to deal with it." If we can decide the outcome in one battle, we will save so much effort in the future.”

King Zhongxiao said at this time: "By the way, we also discovered the movement of the Liao army in the direction of Yunzhou. The 30,000 cavalry of the Liao army are now rushing towards Xiazhou. It is not clear whether there will be infantry in the follow-up. It seems that the Liao Kingdom found that our pass could not be breached, so they planned to march westward with the Xixia National Army. "

Zhao Mu sneered and said, "Haha, no matter how many people they come, I will kill as many as they come."

Li Qinglu said at this time: "This is not surprising. Although the Song Dynasty defeated the Liao Kingdom before, there is also a general arrogance in Xixia Kingdom that underestimates the enemy and has never regarded the Han people as opponents. Today, the Song Dynasty army along the route only has ten More than 300,000 people. Marshal Helian has nearly 300,000 people under his command, and there are 30,000 Liao cavalry on the way. It seems that they want to break through and march straight in. "

Zhao Mu looked at the sand table and said in surprise: "No matter what they want to do. Since the meat is in your mouth, there is no reason not to eat it. By the way, Qinglu, how many soldiers and horses can your Xixia Kingdom mobilize?"

Li Qinglu thought carefully for a moment, and then said: "If everyone is mobilized, it will be about more than 700,000. Now Marshal Helian has nearly 300,000, which is nearly half. Then the Xining Prefecture front line will Deploy tens of thousands of people. Others are stationed in various cities. At the moment, Marshal Helian’s troops should be our entire main force.”

Zhao Mu said: "Okay! If that's the case, let's make a big dumpling and eat the main force of the Xixia army in one bite. This way, I don't need to carry out any more 'surprise attacks'."

(End of this chapter)