Powerful Song Dynasty

Chapter 914 Li Qianshun is about to die
On Qinfeng Road and Jingyuan Road, Wu Jie's Seventh Battalion and Liu Yanliang's Eighth Battalion were the absolute main forces, responsible for frontal assault missions, and the Tianwu Army of Dianqian Division temporarily followed up.They were faced with several important passes on the vast sea, as well as severe terrain conditions. Once a breakthrough was made, the main force of the infantry had to go north along the Lingzhou River, and the transfer route had to be fixed on the Lingzhou River, which was extremely difficult.

On Xihe Road in the west, Shaoxing's Ninth Battalion governs Yunjie, Fan Luojun, and the Xihe Road Review Xiang Army, issuing Fanhan Township Army, directly attacking Zhuoluo City.This army is relatively remote, and the target of the attack is Liangzhou. The theater is relatively independent. There are relatively many horse troops, and the number of Fan troops exceeds that of the Han army.

The strategy of the three-way army is obvious. The five armies of Feiqi, Wanjie, Konghe, Longqi, and Yunjie are two battalions on the east line; The army, with a clear focus on distribution, looks murderous.

Xie Qian controlled the two battalions of Li Yanxian and Xu Huiyan to launch an offensive, and the Song Army of the five armies moved aggressively towards Xiazhou.

Immediately, the Song Army entered the offensive positions on all fronts, and the vanguard began to pull out the Xia Army's strongholds, and the Northwest War officially started.

War is not about swarming up. The first batch of troops dispatched are certain special forces, who are pulling out points and investigating to create conditions for the assault troops to attack.

At this time, Xia Guo did not celebrate the annihilation of nearly [-] people in the Song army. On the contrary, there was a strange atmosphere, and the atmosphere was quite depressing.

As the capital city of Xia Kingdom, Xingqing Mansion has a history of [-] years. The outer city is about [-] miles around, and the east and west are twice as large as the south and north. It is a rectangular city with a herringbone layout.

In the later period of Li Yuanhao's rule, he expanded the city to enjoy it extravagantly, but was limited by the lakes in the north and south, so he could only develop horizontally, and the city was oriented south to west according to the terrain.

The moat was excavated around the outer city, which was more than ten feet wide, and the water from the big river was connected to the canal system inside and outside the city. Water from the canals was diverted into the city from different directions, and used for irrigation and filling the water surface of the palace. The defense was considered solid.

The entire building of Xingqing Mansion is based on the planning and layout of Chang'an, the former capital of the Tang Dynasty, and Kaifeng, the capital of the Song Dynasty.Especially in the names of the city gates and neighborhoods, there are direct borrowings. Take the highest local government office in Xingqing as an example, it is also called Kaifeng Mansion.

There are only four gates in the outer city of Xingqing, and there are tower buildings on the gates. The neighborhoods in the city are in a square system, and the residents are densely distributed in dozens of neighborhoods. As the center of royal rule and life, there are large-scale palace buildings in the city. , government offices, and handicraft workshops and huge barracks and warehouses.

There is a summer palace in the northwest of the city, a palace, a Buddhist temple, a Wutaishan temple, and the emperor's cemetery in the west of Helan Mountain in the west, and a Gaotai temple and various floating pictures in the fifteen miles east of the city.

Gaotai Temple gradually developed into a city, where the garrison was stationed and became a guard pass in Xingqing, which is of particularly important military significance.

The battle at Sanyuan in Hengshan was in full swing. Xia's army of 10 troops could not attack for a long time. Li Qianshun was so anxious that his body became weaker and weaker. He adopted the strategy of Zhang Qiyuan, the envoy of the Great Jin, and annihilated the 46 Brigade Town of the Song Dynasty.

Of course, Gu Lihei and Ren Jingde did not dare to tell the story of the 52 brigade breaking the siege. That would be too embarrassing and even more embarrassing.

When the news came, Li Ganshun, who had been in anxiety for several days, fainted from extreme joy and fell heavily to the ground.

The room leak happened to rain all night, just when the wind and clouds were meeting, the eminent monks gathered in the Jietan Temple of Xingqing City, the prime minister of the country, Dao Chong, the important ministers Re La Gongji, Wang Shu and other princes and ministers gathered in the temple. Headed by Wang Chage, Shu Wang and Li Renli, they performed deeds for the emperor Li Qianshun to eliminate the sickness and pray for blessings and prolong life.

The garrison outside is one post at three steps and one sentry at five steps. Strict vigilance is imposed inside and outside to prevent anyone from disturbing the ritual, and offenders will be arrested immediately.

Rumors have begun to circulate in the city that Emperor Li Qianshun is seriously ill, and the imperial physicians are at a loss. Even the most beloved Ren family went to Jietan Temple to pray for a day. panic.

There are rumors that the Great Song Dynasty has already prepared properly, and hundreds of thousands of troops are ready to go to war, which means that the battle will start in a few days. There are even outrageous rumors that the Song Army has organized a powerful horse army, preparing to attack Helan Mountain and directly arrive at Xingqing City.

Prince Li Renxiao sat alone under the pagoda of the Buddhist temple and meditated quietly. He was watching the situation and knew that Li Qianshun was already terminally ill.

Although the imperial physicians were vague and secretive, they made it very clear that they were at the end of their game, and now they were not concerned about Li Qianshun's life or death, but how to resist the crusade of the Song Dynasty. excellent reason.

Although he is a prince, he seems to be in great glory, but in reality he is full of dangers and every step of the way is frightening, because his biological mother is Han Chinese, which invisibly puts him at a disadvantage, unable to get the full support of the party and family, and can only do his best to maintain his reputation , and strive to get the support of as many ministers as possible to stabilize his position.

However, the mothers of the emperor's brothers Li Renzhong and Li Renli were both daughters of the party's powerful clan, which allowed them to be supported by tribes that held military power, and they themselves also controlled heavy troops.

Li Renzhong was in Hengshan, supervising Li Liangfu's army. He was an absolute real power faction. Even Li Liangfu had to bow his head and proclaim himself a minister. Since he was able to supervise the army, it also showed Li Qianshun's love for this guy.

Li Renli is the nephew of Renjia, a wealthy family of the party, and he seems to be very laid back and quiet, without showing any ambition.However, the human heart is greedy, who can not be indifferent before the throne?Even if Li Renli has no intention of being the throne, how can the Ren family be reconciled?They will support Li Renli without hesitation under the right circumstances.

Everything is unknown, internal and external troubles, it is really troublesome, as the crown prince, he is very aware of the current situation, and he said bluntly that Daxia has reached the edge of the cliff, and he can't stay out of it.

Lee In Hyo really has a headache!Before the official start of the fight, he felt that the Xia Kingdom was in danger, and the Song Dynasty was sharpening its knives, but the powerful still didn't know it.

Ever since Li Qianshun wanted to take advantage, he has strongly opposed it, believing that the Great Song Dynasty is definitely not something that the Great Jin can subjugate. .

However, Li Qianshun listened to the words of Zhang Qiyuan, the envoy of the Great Jin, and rashly attacked Pingqiang City. He still deployed 7 troops to leave a lot of emptiness for the defenders in various places. Half of the main force of the army caused emptiness in Xiazhou and other places.

However, the Great Song Xingchao was sharpening his sword, showing fierce murderous intent.

(End of this chapter)