When Li Liangzuo led the Xia army southward, Yelu Nerugu also led part of the Eastern Liao army to the south, plundering a large number of people, materials and wealth from all over the north of the Yellow River in the Great Song Dynasty.
Logically speaking, this move of Jerunerugu is not bad, but from a military and strategic point of view, it is too bad.
Now Yelu Nerugu's strategy is to get it back from the Xia army, and even more from the Great Song Dynasty; If Yelu Nelugu was a smart man, after defeating the Song army, not only could he not attack the Great Song Dynasty, but he should have sent people to Bianliang to make peace with the Great Song Emperor, in exchange for the support of the Great Song Dynasty, and use the Great Song as the backing to resist the attack of the Xia army; Now Li Liangzuo's Xia army is very inflated, and the combat effectiveness of his army is not comparable to that of the armies of Song and Liao.
If Yelu Nerugu's mind can be broader at this time, and join forces with the Great Song Dynasty to fight against the Xia army, Li Liangzuo may not be so easy to achieve his strategic goals, but now this is just a if, due to Yelu Nerugu's strategic mistakes, it can be regarded as the Great Song Dynasty completely pushed to the Western Xia side.
Bianliang Great Song Dynasty Hall, at this time the Great Song Dynasty has become a pot of porridge, due to the erosion of the situation in Hebei, the entire Great Song Dynasty has been panicked, but it can be roughly divided into the following factions, there are those who are in favor of peace with Liao, those who are in favor of actively resisting the enemy, and of course those who are in favor of joining forces with Western Xia to resist Liao.
After the dispersal of the dynasty, Song Shenzong specially called Lu Gongshu over and asked, "Why didn't Aiqing say a word in the court today?"
"Your Majesty, is Wei Chen going to say something," Lu Gongshu said to Song Shenzong.
Song Shenzong said to Lu Gongshu: "Aiqing has nothing to say, but it doesn't hurt to say it. ” Lu Gongshu asked Song Shenzong: "Your Majesty thinks that my great Song national strength compares with that of Xia and Liao?"
"Xia and Liao are far inferior to my Great Song Dynasty."
Song Shenzong replied.
"Weichen asked Your Majesty again, how does Your Majesty think that the population of the people of my Great Song Dynasty is compared to that of Liaoxia and Xia," Lu Gongzhu continued to ask Song Shenzong.
Song Shenzong continued to reply: "I have hundreds of millions of people in the Great Song Dynasty, and the sum of Liaoxia is not as good as my Great Song Dynasty. ” "Wei Chen asked Your Majesty again, how is the military strength of my Great Song Dynasty compared to Xia Liao," Lu Gongzhu asked again.
Song Shenzong sighed and said, "Although my Great Song Dynasty has a million lions, its military strength is far inferior to Xia Liaoye. ” "Your Majesty, do you know why my Great Song Dynasty military strength is inferior to Liaoxia," Lu Gongshu continued to ask.
Song Shenzong said: "There is no excellent horse farm in my Great Song Dynasty, so there is a shortage of cavalry, since the founding of Emperor Taizu, my Great Song Dynasty does not have a good iron cavalry, so my Great Song army has always been dominated by infantry; On the contrary, the two countries occupy excellent horse farms, so the armies of the two countries have always been dominated by cavalry, so our army and Xia and Liao often win less and lose more in battles.
The more Song Shenzong said, the more ugly his expression became.
"Your Majesty is reasonable, the reason why my Great Song Dynasty is defeated by Xia and Liao is precisely because of this."
Lu Gongshu said to Song Shenzong; "Compared with Your Majesty's insistence on the Northern Expedition, it is also to take down Youyun and change the unfavorable situation of my Great Song Dynasty."
"That's exactly the case, but I didn't expect that my decision would make my Great Song Dynasty lose hundreds of thousands of soldiers in vain, and now it has also caused the emptiness of troops in Hebei, allowing Yelu Nerugu to take advantage of the void."
Song Shenzong said with great self-reproach; "In recent years, the power of Western Xia has become more and more huge, and I originally planned to use this Liaoxia War to recover the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun from the hands of Liao, but I didn't expect to forget it."
Lu Gongzhu saw Song Shenzong's appearance and said: "Your Majesty, in fact, Weichen thinks that it is not difficult for His Majesty to get the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun, and Weichen has a way to make His Majesty's wish come true. ” "Aiqing, is there any way to tell me quickly."
Song Shenzong said excitedly.
Lu Gongzhu chattered in Song Shenzong's ear for a while, the more Song Shenzong listened, the brighter his eyes became, and after listening to it, Song Shenzong laughed and said: "I will hand over this matter to Aiqing, Lu Aiqing, don't let me down."
"Please rest assured that Weichen will live up to Your Majesty's expectations."
Lu Gongzhi knelt on the ground and said.
More than half a month later, outside the Gubei Pass, Li Liangzuo led the Xia army to launch a fierce attack on the Gubei Pass, but now the banner of the Eastern Liao Army is still fluttering on the tower of the Gubei Pass, and in the face of the attack of the Xia Army, the Eastern Liao Army can be said to be desperately resisting, causing great casualties to the Xia Army.
In the camp of the summer army, in Li Liangzuo's big tent of the Chinese army, Li Liangzuo said to the generals under him: "It is definitely not a way to fight like this, the loss of the attack is too great, and we can't afford to delay the time, and now our army's grain and grass are facing exhaustion." ” Li Yi said to Li Liangzuo: "Your Majesty, can we join forces with the old general Jila, so that our army can concentrate its forces together, and even if it is a strong attack, we can capture the city pass." ” Li Liangzuo said with a heavy face: "Li Yi, have you thought about how much our army will have to pay for casualties if this is the case, and can we afford this price?"
"Your Majesty, it's better to break the net than to go on like this."
Qin Hu said to Li Liangzuo.
At this moment, a herald hurriedly ran in and said, "Your Majesty, there is a person outside the camp who claims to be an envoy of the Great Song Dynasty and wants to see Your Majesty. ” Li Liangzuo frowned and said, "The Great Song Envoy, why did you come here." ” Li Yi said to Li Liangzuo: "Your Majesty, now that the Great Song Dynasty has been beaten by Yelu Nerugu, how can Emperor Song still have the leisure to send envoys to us?"
Li Liangzuo suddenly thought of something, so his eyes lit up and said to Li Yi: "Li Yi, you personally bring someone to meet the Song envoy, and I am waiting for him in the big tent." ” "Your Majesty, this" Li Yi said a little inexplicably.
Li Liangzuo scolded Li Yi and said: "If you want to go, you will go, so much nonsense." ” Li Yi didn't dare to slack off and immediately took the order: "Yes, the last general will go." ” After Li Yi invited the Song envoy in, Li Liangzuo immediately ran down the throne and said to the Song envoy: "The Song envoy has come from afar and worked hard, please take a seat." ” The Song envoy returned the salute and said: "The lord of the country is polite, and the Duke of Lu in the outer city came to meet the lord of the country with the holy decree of His Majesty the Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty. ” Li Yi heard that Lu Gongzuo called Li Liangzuo the lord of the country instead of His Majesty, and he was a little annoyed and silently put his hand on the handle of the knife, Li Liangzuo glared at Li Yi, and then asked Lu Gongzuo: "Isn't it the Song envoy who came to see me?"
Lu Gongzhu stood up and saluted Li Liangzuo and said, "This envoy is here this time to serve Your Majesty and the Xia Army. ” Li Liangzuo smiled and said: "Why did your envoy say this, according to the news I got, now the Great Song Dynasty is in crisis."
When Lu Gongzhu heard Li Liangzuo say this, he said: "The Great Song Dynasty is a vast land, although it is now at a disadvantage in the battle with the Eastern Liao Army, but the Eastern Liao Army cannot let the Great Song Dynasty fall to the country, on the other hand, the lord of the country is not like this, once the Xia army fails to fight in the territory of the Liao State, I think Your Majesty should be more aware of the situation faced by the Western Xia than under you." ” Today's update will provide: