And the news of the Tang Army's defeat of Chamur naturally couldn't be hidden from the spies of the imperial court, so it quickly spread back to Brother Qiu, and they were immediately shocked.
After Du Jia and the others left, Brother Qiu and they of course had to analyze the battle situation and make a choice in their favor, a few of them thought that the Western Xia army would win, and unexpectedly most of them thought that the Tang army would win.
This has to be attributed to the fact that the achievements of the Tang Army in the recent period of time are too brilliant, in the hinterland of the Song Dynasty, the surrounding strong environment has actually killed a piece of the world, it is too many times to shock the world, so although the Western Xia Army is strong, everyone is still more optimistic about the Tang Army.
It's just that everyone really didn't expect that the Tang army was so strong that it actually wiped out Chamur's army in one battle, and it only took half a day.
Moreover, according to the spies, the Tang army's approach was also quite tough, and all the captives of the Western Xia Kingdom were mutilated and turned into slaves.
This undoubtedly made everyone present feel disgraced, but they naturally didn't want to admit their incompetence, and after scolding Tang Guo for his barbarism and stinginess, everyone suggested that the Tang Army should not be allowed to destroy the prestige accumulated by the imperial court over the years, and they must be disciplined well.
Gao Yu was also a little undecided for a while, his eyes glanced around, and he suddenly saw the newly promoted Du Yu Hou Song Jiang's eyes couldn't help but light up, this guy has a unique vision, a flexible mind, and is very good at figuring out what he means, so you might as well ask his opinion.
Hearing Gao Yu's name and question, the old traitor was sad and happy in his heart, sad that he is now like a divorced and remarried woman, the better his ex-husband lives, the more regret he regrets in his heart, of course, the joy is that the current husband still attaches great importance to him, he hurriedly bowed down and said: "Enxiang, according to the villain, the next target of this Tang Kingdom must be Li Dezhong's team, we are waiting here in vain to waste the opportunity, it is better to send troops to follow the Tang Army far away, and it is better to act when the time comes." ” Gao Yu heard that what he said was reasonable, and immediately nodded in agreement, and the remaining few Jiedu envoys hurriedly counted the soldiers and horses, and then the army of the imperial court also followed far behind.
But Li Dezhong, who is on the other side, is the uncle of Li Qianshun, the current lord of Western Xia, and has a deep foundation in Western Xia, so he had the intention of rebelling and seizing power before, but now he sees his nephew so deeply hidden, he extinguishes that ambition and intends to serve his life well.
Therefore, he and Chamur parted ways in the middle, Chamur was bent on making great achievements and burning and looting, but Li Dezhong only wanted to rob more property, the two sides chose different routes due to their different personalities and backgrounds, Chamur's team was like a sharp knife straight into the hinterland of the Great Song Dynasty, while Li Dezhong was just fighting steadily in the original place to maximize the benefits.
And there are differences between the two in terms of means, Chamur They belong to the traditional conservative faction of the Western Xia Kingdom, and they are more inclined to conquer everything by force in a primitive nomadic way, while Li Dezhong follows the rules left by the ancestor Li Yuanhao, and they have a high degree of sinicization, especially the senior officials have basically read the four books and five classics of the Han people, so they know some benevolence and righteousness, and they are not so cruel and bloodthirsty.
Therefore, Li Dezhong called all the Han people out to lecture everywhere he went, and asked them to hand over most of the gold, silver, livestock and other property to spare their lives, of course, if those people were unwilling, they would also kill chickens to show the monkeys, and kill some people who took the lead in resisting, but in general, compared to Chamur, they were much milder, and the extreme thing of slaughtering the village almost never happened.
Li Dezhong also ordered his subordinates to grab a few maps of Yongzhou from the government, and they followed the map all the way, not even sparing a village.
During this period of time, they have robbed more than 100 villages, townships, towns, and counties, and they have already met the goal set by Li Qianshun for them at that time.
It stands to reason that the defenders here are weak and incompetent, except for two encounters that are not fierce resistance at all, the rest are obedient like rabbits, which makes Li Dezhong also have a deep contempt for them, and he decided to report the situation here to the lord of the country after he goes back, and see if it is time to officially send troops to the Great Song Dynasty.
So he still ignored his hunch and decided to finish this vote beautifully, I have to say that his carelessness made him miss the last chance to survive, which shows that Skynet is magnificent, but it is negligent but not leaky.
On this day, Li Dezhong laid down a county town called Kangde County, it is better to say that it is better to say that the other party took the initiative to open the city gate honestly, in fact, Li Dezhong has now made a lot of money, and does not want to waste time and troops, he was just tentatively intimidated the other party a few words, if the other party is strictly guarded, he may choose to leave, but I didn't expect that the county order was scared half to death when he saw that it was a Xixia person, and he surrendered without a fight.
After sighing in his heart, the southern barbarians are all soft bones, Li Dezhong accepted this gift with a smile, he asked the county order to pack all the gold and silver, grain, livestock and other valuable things in the county and then let them go, the county order immediately nodded and did it, Li Dezhong They were happy to be idle, and they camped directly outside and waited for the other party to take the initiative to send the gift over, this errand was too easy and pleasant.
But he didn't know that the sword of Damocles above his head was already hanging high, that the Tang army had reached less than twenty miles away from them, and that Tanma had already reported back all the information they had here.
Du Jia immediately convened the generals to discuss countermeasures, Qin Ming had already been unable to bear it, and asked for orders to be the striker to attack Li Dezhong, and the rest of the generals were naturally not far behind, and after the battle with Chamur, the Tang army undoubtedly took another shot in the arm, and it was not how to take the Western Xia Kingdom in mind.
However, Gongsun Sheng immediately offered a plan: "This Li Dezhong did not divide the army, so he still has more than 10,000 horses in his hands, and he also relies on Kangde County, if he comes up and give them a ruthless blow, they will inevitably retreat to the county seat, and they will also use tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians in the city as hostages, this is not the best policy, it is better to lure them out to fight according to the humble opinion of the poor." ”: