King of Song

Chapter 635 Where Did King Qin Go?

"Stable the country? How to stabilize it?" The Empress Dowager Liang said angrily, "I've said it many times, but those old guys still don't listen. What can I do?"

Empress Dowager Liang is really helpless, and now the most direct and effective way to stabilize the country is for the lord Li Bingchang to come forward.

But the actual situation is very bad, Li Bingchang is really difficult to come forward, especially at such a critical moment.

The last time Li Bingchang went on a personal expedition, he returned in a big defeat. When he came back, he was seriously ill. Coupled with the huge blow of the failure, Li Bingchang's health went from bad to worse.Lately, I have even slipped into a coma at times, as if time is numbered.

This situation, if known to outsiders, will also cause anxiety.The king may die at any time, and there are not a few people who covet the throne.Without Li Bingchang, her queen mother, how can he be an uncle?Therefore, even if you are misunderstood, you must persist, and you must not lose your foundation!
Of course, this situation can't last for too long, the king still wants to meet people after all.Empress Dowager Liang was waiting for an opportunity. Although her son was seriously ill, her daughter-in-law, Liang Yibu's daughter, was now pregnant.Seeing that she is about to give birth, as long as she gives birth to a son, she will be able to inherit the Xixia throne logically.

At that time, she will become the Empress Dowager with the dignity of her grandmother, and she will still be able to hold great power and have a high status.

Therefore, even if the Song army is coming in menacingly, the enemy cannot let his son show up!Otherwise, not only would the party nobles be more eager to move, but the critical illness of the king would also directly affect the morale of the army, let alone resisting the Song army.

Liang Yi had no choice but to lead the army out to resist the strong attack of the Song army.And Empress Dowager Liang sits in Xingqing Mansion to ensure the safety of the capital!

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"Your Highness, the three armies have all set off on time according to your request, and everything is going well so far!"

In Chang'an City, by the Qujiang Pool, Li Cheng promptly reported the situation on the front line to Qin Wang Zhao Zhao.

"Ok!"

Zhao Zhao just nodded his head lightly. He had just dispatched troops, so naturally there would be no major problems.Everything will have a preliminary result after encountering the Xixia army.

"Where is Your Highness going to supervise the battle?" Li Cheng asked softly. He knew that although King Qin was still in Chang'an, his mind was already on the battlefield.For such an important battle, he will definitely go out in person!
"Isn't Chang'an very good?" Zhao Zhao smiled, looking at the Qujiang Lake, a small boat shuttled among the lotus leaves.Wang Chaoyun is picking lotus pods with a smile on her face. In Hangzhou, picking lotus in the West Lake was a great pleasure for her, and now she has the same joy in Chang'an.In fact, she wants to pick lotus seeds by herself and cook lotus seed soup for her husband, so as to fulfill her duties as a wife and concubine.

"Chang'an?" Li Cheng asked in confusion, "His Highness intends to stay in Chang'an?"

"Look at you, are you confused again?" Zhao Zhao winked, Li Cheng reacted immediately.

Zhao Zhao said with a smile: "This king has a high status now, is it possible that he wants to fight the enemy himself and risk his life?"
"Yes, there are soldiers fighting ahead, Your Highness just needs to sit in Chang'an and plan a strategy!" Li Cheng immediately echoed with a smile.

While talking, the boat had already docked, Wang Chaoyun lightly jumped ashore, said with a smile, "Husband, I picked some lotus seeds and made soup for you to drink, please go to bed."

"Okay!"

"Knowing that my husband is leaving, I can only do my best with a bowl of lotus seed soup." Wang Chaoyun looked a little sad, although she understood the reason very well.But as a newlywed, the husband and wife are about to separate, and it is inevitable that they still feel a little reluctant in their hearts.

Zhao Zhao smiled and said, "That's enough, but these days, if you have time, it would be the best to cook a bowl of stew for your husband every day!"

"Daily?" Wang Chaoyun was puzzled, with a little excitement in his eyes.

But Zhao Zhao said in a low voice: "You help my husband drink..."

"Oh!" A faint disappointment flashed in Wang Chaoyun's eyes, and he nodded silently.

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The Song army's crusade against Xixia, advancing in three directions, started smoothly.

The Fuzhou Zhekexing army crossed the Wuding River and sent troops from Jialuzhai, which quickly cut off the connection between Jingzhou and Suizhou.Since Zhao Zhao occupied half of Suizhou to the east of the Wuding River, there was only a narrow passage between Jingzhou and the mainland of Xixia.Now it only needs to use a little troops, and China has become an enclave.

When Jingzhou was besieged, Zhong Er led his army to attack Suizhou City, and the Xixia general led his army to rescue.As a result, Zhong Er shot a feint under the city of Suizhou, ambushed the reinforcements, and beheaded more than a thousand enemies.

The first battle against Xixia got off to a good start.

At the same time, the army led by Zhong Shidao also bypassed Maxian Mountain and marched northeast along the Yellow River.Liu Changzuo's troops set out from Qingzhou and soon approached Weizhou, and Jing Siyi also advanced along the Hulu River.

In this way, the fronts of the two armies were completely pushed to the territory of Xixia Kingdom.Unlike the previous battlefields that were mainly concentrated in the territory of the Song Dynasty, this time the people of the Song Dynasty took the initiative to attack, so they were no longer on the defensive, showing their sharpness, and the effect was good.

But just after the start of the war, Xixia suffered consecutive defeats in several places, and when the news reached Xingqing Mansion, there was an uproar.

Xixia has always been strong, and has always invaded other countries. How can it be oppressed like this?In the past, even if you lost a battle, it was a failure to attack other countries, and your own land was not lost.

The situation is different now, and the people of the Song Dynasty began to act wildly on the land of Xixia.There was also a panic in Xixia, and the party nobles who were famous for their bravery and ruthlessness were even more indignant, blaming the Queen Mother Liang and the Prime Minister Liang Yibu for their ineffective resistance, which made the Song army aggressive.

Even though the rumors continued, Liang Yibu, the Prime Minister of the country, took it lightly.

He is already mobilizing troops to resist the Song army's attack.Li Bingchang's personal conquest last year was not useless. At least Xixia gathered a large number of troops and food in the east, and now it just comes in handy.After receiving the order, the Western Army has already sent reinforcements to various important cities, so that the war will not deteriorate rapidly.

It is not easy for the Song army to drive straight in. There will be fierce battles, which is inevitable.

Even though the start was unfavorable, Liang Yibu was not worried.Although the Song Army's three-way army was coming menacingly, in his opinion, it was not impossible to deal with it.

As long as you deal with it well, it is not impossible to retreat the enemy cleverly, at worst, you will have to pay a painful price.At least there will be no disaster of subjugation, and he is confident about this.

His real worries were about other things, three things to be precise.One is Xingqing Mansion, he is about to lead an army to go out, those party aristocrats are ready to move, can Empress Dowager Liang suppress and stabilize the situation?
There is also Lanzhou, this key city has fallen into the hands of the Song army, Hehuang is now also in the hands of the Song army, and the right wing of Xixia is completely exposed!Fighting ahead, you have to be careful about the rear at all times, which is somewhat exhausting.

That's all, Liang Yibu is most worried about Zhao Zhao, king of Qin!
The three-way army did not see him, so he didn't participate in the war?That's impossible, Liang Yibu is very sure about it.

But where did Zhao Zhao go?
(End of this chapter)