After Li Liangzuo ascended the throne, the Empress Dowager sent envoys to the Great Song Dynasty, after all, in name Western Xia was still a vassal state of the Great Song Dynasty, compared to the Liao State in the north and the Great Song Dynasty in the south, the Western Xia was only a weak country, and the reason why the Western Xia was able to be established was largely because of the discord between the Song and Liao countries, which led to the situation that the Three Kingdoms stood together. \ Among the Song, Liao, and Xia kingdoms, the Great Song Dynasty was the richest, with a large population, and the most powerful comprehensive national strength, although the combat effectiveness of the army was not as good as that of the Liao State in the north, but it was more than enough for self-protection; Although the Liao State in the north is not as rich as the Great Song Dynasty, the Liao State at this time has transitioned into a semi-nomadic and semi-agricultural country, and the overall national strength is also thriving.
Compared with the Song and Liao countries, the Xixia is very weak, at this time the Xixia country is weak and the people are weak, most of the land of the Western Xia is desert Gobi, and the high-quality land that can grow grain is very scarce, only in the Ningxia Plain, the Hetao Plain, and the river valley and oasis of the Hexi Corridor can produce food.
Due to the constraints of food, the population of Western Xia at this time was less than two million, even if the whole people were soldiers at most, there were only 500,000 soldiers, and they could not compete with the Great Song Dynasty in the south and the Liao State in the north, so the Western Xia was a vassal to the Great Song Dynasty and the Liao State where it established itself, and with the war between the Song and Liao countries, the Western Xia was able to survive in the cracks.
Since the alliance of the Yuanyuan, the Song and Liao countries negotiated peace, the original situation of the Western Xia no longer exists, the original Western Xia policy of one servant and two masters is about to change, due to the serious dependence of the Western Xia on the economy and the Great Song Dynasty, so after Li Liangzuo succeeded to the throne, the Western Xia court very much hoped to be able to get the canonization of the Great Song Emperor, in order to stabilize the domestic economy.
Bianliang, the capital of the Great Song Dynasty, outside the imperial palace of the Great Song Dynasty.
"Your Majesty has a decree, Xuanxia State envoys will come to see you" "Your Majesty has a decree, Xuanxia State envoys will come to see you" The voice of Xuanjian spread from the main hall of the Great Song Palace to the main gate of the Great Song Palace step by step, and the Xia envoy who heard Xuanjian immediately walked quickly towards the palace.
"Foreign Minister Yang Shousu pays a visit to His Majesty the Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty."
Yang Shousu saluted Song Yingzong.
Song Yingzong sat on the dragon chair and said majestically to Yang Shousu: "Aiqing is flat, Aiqing has worked hard all the way. ” After Yang Shousu got up, he took out the Western Xia National Book from his bosom and said: "Your Majesty the Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty, the ancestor of our country was unfortunately assassinated on the night of Shangyuan, and now the young lord has succeeded to the throne and must be canonized by His Majesty the Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty." ” "Present me the credentials."
Song Yingzong said to the eunuchs beside him.
After reading the letter of state, Song Yingzong said to Yang Shousu: "I canonize Li Liangzuo as the lord of Xia from now on, and I will send someone to Xia to announce the summons in the near future." ” "The foreign minister bows to His Majesty the Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty."
Yang Shousu immediately thanked him; "His Majesty the Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty, after the assassination of the first lord, he wanted to build a new temple outside the national capital, one to pray for the blessing of the first lord, and the other to educate the people, but the scriptures of our country are scarce, and His Majesty the Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty is also invited to give the book."
"I already know what Aiqing played, and I will definitely give Aiqing an answer after discussing it with all Aiqing."
Song Yingzong said unhurriedly.
"The foreign minister bows to His Majesty the Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty."
Yang Shousu thanked again.
In April, the Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty sent Ren Rui, a servant of the Criminal Department, as the chief envoy, and Song Shouyuo, the deputy envoy of the Imperial Treasury, went to Xingqing Mansion, the capital of the Western Xia, to canonize Li Liangzuo as the lord of the Western Xia, and since then Li Liangzuo has truly become the emperor of the Western Xia, although the name of the emperor is not recognized by the Song and Liao countries, but at least Li Liangzuo has obtained the legal control of the Western Xia.
Along with the envoys of the Great Song Dynasty, there were also gifts from the Great Song Emperor to Western Xia and a large number of Buddhist scriptures, after receiving these rewards, the Empress Dowager Wuzang immediately ordered the construction of a magnificent temple Chengtian Temple outside the capital Xingqing Mansion.
Chengtian Temple is the royal temple of Western Xia, which entrusts the wish of the Empress Dowager Muzang, who hopes to be blessed by the Buddha and hope that the Buddha can keep her son, her family and her country.
As the royal temple of Western Xia, the scale of Chengtian Temple is naturally not small, in order to build this magnificent temple, the treasury of Western Xia was depleted, so that the national strength of Western Xia was greatly weakened, although the Chengtian Temple was built, but the Buddha did not complete the wish of the Queen Mother, but because of the construction of the temple made the people of Western Xia miserable.
As the saying goes, good and bad are not one-way, Liao Xingzong Yelu Zong really sent envoys to spy on the situation of Western Xia, because in the last Liaoxia War, Liao Xingzong led an army of 100,000 and was defeated by Li Yuanhao, for which Liao Xingzong has always held a grudge; And at this time, it is the best time to formalize, the young lord of Western Xia will succeed to the throne, and the lord Shaoguo is suspected of formal revenge.
Liao State Shangjing Linhuang Mansion Palace.
Liao Xingzong Yelu Zongzhen sat on the dragon chair and listened to the report of his ministers, and after the ministers finished their reports, the ministers of Liao State below began to actively discuss, and there was only one topic for discussion, that is, whether to fight Western Xia or not.
Liao Xingzong looked at the court like a vegetable market, and scolded the ministers and said: "Don't quarrel, the young lord of Xixia will succeed to the throne, this is a great opportunity for God to give me Da Liao, this time I will avenge the defeat of the army a few years ago, and avenge the 100,000 heroic souls of my Da Liao." ” "Your Majesty Shengming, Your Majesty Shengming" a group of generals shouted.
"Spread my will, and ordered Xiao Hui, the king of the Southern Courtyard, Yelu Chongyuan, the emperor's younger brother, and Xiao Xiaoyou, who stayed in Tokyo, to lead 30,000 troops to attack Western Xia in three ways, and I personally led 100,000 troops as backup.
Liao Xingzong Yelu Zong really made a high-spirited decree.
With the issuance of the holy decree of Liao Xingzong, the war machine of the entire Liao State quickly operated, and the Liao State raised an army of 190,000 and claimed to be 300,000, and killed Xingqing Mansion, the capital of the Western Xia State, and the people of the Western Xia were panicked for a while.
The minister of state did not hide the false Pang hurriedly sent people to the Liao State to negotiate peace, Liao Xingzong killed the Xia envoy without the slightest intention of peace talks, in the face of the Liao State of 200,000 tiger and wolf army, the castles on the Liaoxia border were lost one after another, and the Liao army approached Xingqing Mansion.
In the Xixia Palace of Xingqing Mansion, Li Liangzuo already knew in the words of his mother and uncle that the Liao army was coming, but now Li Liangzuo is powerless to resist at all, after all, no matter how good Li Liangzuo is, he is just a baby who has just turned one year old.
Faced with the menacing army of the Liao State, after experiencing the initial panic, the Western Xia immediately went north to resist the Liao army with three armies led by the Minister of the State Wu Zang Pang, the Right Wing General Nuo Yishengdu and the Imperial Uncle Wei Ge Ningling.
At this time, the Liao army has invaded the Hetao Plain, in order to resist the offensive of the Liao army, the Western Xia adopted the method of clearing the wilderness, for the nomadic army, the army sent troops to fight almost without any grain and grass, all the grain and grass materials were looted on the spot; But this time the Western Xia made a mistake, this time Liao Xingzong learned the lesson of the last time, in order to prevent the Xia army from clearing the wilderness, the Liao army came with a large amount of grain and grass
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