Powerful Song Dynasty

Chapter 858
Of course, there are still small-scale wars, which can be regarded as routine. If you beat me, I will beat you again, which is conducive to maintaining a healthy state.

Even in the Battle of the West of Beijing, the Western Army invested [-] to [-] troops, and the Jin Army's crusade against the Yongxing Army Road, he mobilized troops and horses to wait and see the changes.

The root cause is that although he showed weakness to the Jurchens, he was wary of this emerging powerful enemy and had a strong sense of distrust.After all, the Song court was a familiar enemy, and they knew each other, but the Jurchens were very strange.

Similarly, Xia's ambiguous attitude made Marshal Jin very dissatisfied. At that time, Wu Shi suggested that Wu Qimai should not trust the party members, and believed that Xia Meng was not trustworthy.

Under such a relationship, it was even more impossible for Li Qianshun to trust the Jurchens, and he took advantage of the fire to rob and use the main force of the Jurchens to go south to entangle him. He sent General Li Liangfu to gather 20 troops and demanded that the Jurchens divide the northeast.

This move was so vicious that the Jin Army's Bianjun and Wang Gu's troops could not support it at all, and it would not be appropriate to offend the party members if they were in a hurry. Think of the iron kite as worthy of its reputation!

Besides, most of the main warhorses of the Golden Army are herding horses from Liangzhou. Armored riding equipment is very demanding on horses. Obviously, warhorses on the grassland are not suitable. Only Hequ horses can stand it. Very unfavorable.

The Xia army was defeated several times, but the combat power impressed the Jurchen marshal. They did not dare to be careless, and they did not want to fight on several fronts at the same time. What is more urgent is to wipe out the remnants of the Khitan, and they still need the support of the party members.

Not only do the high-level party members distrust the Jurchens, but even the middle and lower levels do not have much affection for the Jurchens.Xia has established the country for a long time, and has psychologically regarded Song, Liao, and Xia as the ancient three kingdoms, and the Japanese inherited Sinicization and the state-owned Han system. Subconsciously, he believed that Song was the authentic Mahayana of clothing and crowns, and Xia was also a descendant of the Yellow Emperor, a branch of Han. Zong.

What is a Jurchen?They are just small wild tribes in Khitan, no different from animals.

Sometimes, cultural identity and prejudice are very interesting. Song regards Xia as a barbarian, but Xia considers himself a branch of China and regards Jin as a barbarian bastard.

In the end, due to the lack of strength of the Jurchens, they were unable to launch an all-out war against Xia, not to mention that the tribes in the grassland of the government still needed the help of party members, so they had to agree to Li Qianshun's request.

In fact, Li Qianshun was cautious, but he did not give up his ambition of recovering Hengshan and peeking into Guanzhong.On the surface, he respected the title of Jinzun, and took advantage of the opportunity of the Song Dynasty's western army to advance eastward, and launched a series of small actions. Each time, there were about ten thousand people, not big or small, to nibble as much as possible, and took the opportunity to take back the strategic strongholds along the border.

It should be Wang Xiu's appearance. Although the Western Army suffered heavy losses, the remaining troops of the Western Army successfully defended most of Hengshan and mastered the three strategically important places. The strategic posture of the party members is still in an offensive state.

With the gradual completion of the preparation and training of the Western and Northern Servants, the national power of the Great Song Dynasty has been greatly developed. The generals of the Western Servants headed by Qu Duan are no longer satisfied with supporting the Northern Servants and defending against party attacks, and require the court to take active measures. , and responded to the party members with practical actions, launching more than ten small-scale offensives one after another.

In Sanyuan, between the Jianing Army Division and the Jingsai Army Division located in the Zuoxiang Army Division, Qu Duan mobilized manpower and material resources to quickly build Pingqiang City as an offensive base.

Pingqiang city is composed of the main city and Sifangbao city. It is surrounded by mountains and rivers, and there are many cottages on both sides, forming a defensive system with both offense and defense. It hoards a large amount of grain and grass to form a large military stronghold on the eastern front.

Once there is a need, the main force of the Song army can be gathered in all directions to quickly form a battalion of soldiers and horses, forming a deterrent to Xingqing.

The intention of the construction of Pingqiang City is very obvious, and it is not tolerated by the party members. They can completely understand that Song Dynasty began to free up its hands.

Li Qianshun was full of anger, his body was not as good as before, and he could never tolerate Da Song's aggressiveness.

With the continuous development of the national power of the Song Dynasty, he even regretted it a little. He should have taken advantage of the Jurchen's southern expedition and boldly carried out the southward march, and perhaps he could win Guanzhong.It's a pity that the facts cannot be assumed, and he has no way to change them.

Although Song still maintained restraint, and even the market trade was very normal, the military deployment was real. He had to respond and remove the unfavorable factors that threatened the survival of party members.

No one is a fool, everyone understands that when the national strength of the Song Dynasty reaches a certain level and the military deployment on the edge of Shaanxi is completed, that is the time to meet Tuqiong with a dagger.

Regarding the possible military aggression of the Song Dynasty, the chiefs of the party and various ministries also had a clear understanding. The military meeting convened by Li Qianshun was supported by most of the generals.

The Jurchens also secretly supported it, and Wushu sent Zhang Qiyuan as an envoy to Xia, intending to let Li Qianshun use troops against Song Dynasty.

Zhang Qiyuan defected to the Jurchens and was reused. The Jurchens Lord Heshi met him personally, awarded him a Bachelor of the Imperial Academy, signed the Privy Council, and gave him real attention.

This was his first time working for the Jurchens, so he was naturally full of energy, at least on the surface, leading a huge mission into Xia territory.

I have to say that he is indeed very talented. Analyzing the power of the Song Dynasty shows that Wang Xiu, the prime minister of the Song Dynasty, has a very tenacious character and very cruel methods. He is always thinking about regaining lost ground. Zhou and Shazhou have long been included in the must-conquer targets by the Song Dynasty.

As a matter of fact, Li Qianshun had to believe that Zhang Qiyuan was a traitor, but this person was once a privy scholar of the Song Dynasty, and he knew the national conditions of the Song Dynasty well, even if it was a Jurchen conspiracy, he could judge the authenticity.

There are six camps in the Western Guards, and there are five camps along the border of Daxia. It can be seen that the Song Dynasty cared about him very much, which also proved Wang Xiu's determination to plot Xia.

The most important words of Zhang Qiyuan are: "Wang Xiu controls the power of the Southern Dynasties. He has great ambitions. The so-called meritorious deeds and annexation of the world can make great achievements. This is the case in ancient and modern times. If you want to compete with Dajin, everything in the Southern Dynasties Everything is ready, only good horses are owed, which is also the reason why Dajin has repeatedly traveled south and refused to let Nanchao spare his hand."

"Since ancient times, the lips have been dead and the teeth have been cold, but there are also self-inflicted crimes that cannot be lived. Daxia can preemptively strike, and Dajin may not be able to provide assistance. Once the general situation is over, it may not be impossible to share a piece of the pie. Go to Qing Tianzi for consideration."

Li Qianshun was shocked by what he said in the open and in the dark, without any reservations.

Similarly, he also made up his mind to preemptive strikes. Anyway, war is inevitable. It is better to take the initiative to go to Hengshan and get the support of the Jurchens than to be well prepared by the Southern Dynasty, beat them to death, and then be robbed by the Jurchens.

(End of this chapter)