In the palace of Xingqing Mansion, in the imperial study, Xiao Fuzi hurriedly walked in front of Li Liangzuo and said, "Your Majesty, the prince of Chu asks to see you."
"Uncle Huang, why is he here" Li Liangzuo said with a questioning face; "Fuzi, take Uncle Huang to the Imperial Garden, I will go after I finish dealing with these affairs."
"Yes, the minion commands" Wei Ge Ning Ling waited in the Imperial Garden for half an hour, maybe he was old, maybe he was bored, when Li Liangzuo came to the Imperial Garden, Wei Ge Ning Ling was already lying on the recliner and fell asleep, and he was covered with a blanket, Xiao Fuzi wanted to wake up Wei Ge Ning Ling, but was stopped by Li Liangzuo, Li Liangzuo signaled to all the subordinates not to make any noise, and sat alone and waited for Wei Ge Ning Ling to wake up.
Li Liangzuo waited for about a quarter of an hour, and Wei Ge Ning Ling woke up, and when he saw Li Liangzuo waiting on the side, he was very frightened and said: "The old minister still let His Majesty wait here to die."
Li Liangzuo said with a smile: "I can see that you are sleeping so soundly, and my heart is steady, Uncle Huang, you are the pillar of my Great Xia Kingdom."
"Your Majesty is the pillar of this Great Xia Kingdom, and it's still okay for the old ministers to beat the side drums and cheer."
Wei Ge Ningling said with a smile.
"Uncle Huang went to the palace today to find me, what is the matter?"
"Today, Chang'er went to Lao Chen's place and talked about His Majesty's plan to go west, and wanted Lao Chen to persuade His Majesty to change the Western Expedition to the East."
"Uncle Huang, have you been persuaded by Chang'er?"
"The old minister will not object to the things decided by His Majesty, and the old minister also told Chang'er the reason for His Majesty's westward expedition, and the old minister came today to give His Majesty an idea for the westward expedition, and by the way, remind Your Majesty."
"Uncle Huang has nothing to say, just say it."
"Your Majesty's westward expedition is related to the life and death of my Great Xia Kingdom, the old minister reminded His Majesty that even though the enemy in the west is our fierce enemy, but the Liao and Song Dynasty in the east are our mortal enemies, especially the Liao State, which has gradually recovered its vitality, and a large part of the territory of our dynasty is from the invasion of the Liao State, although the Liao State is now at peace on the surface, but there is a deep hatred; In addition, the monarchs and ministers of the Great Song Dynasty are not a good thing, since Taizu returned to the Song Dynasty to this day, the kings of the Great Song Dynasty want to include the northwest into their territory, although the relationship between the two countries is now good, but they also have to guard against it, in case we come to a stab in the back, it will not be good. ” "Uncle Huang is reasonable, I will deal with this matter, so Uncle Huang doesn't have to bother so much."
"The old minister dares to ask, how many soldiers and horses does His Majesty plan to draw from the west?"
Li Liangzuo said very cautiously: "At least 600,000 troops are needed. ” "Six hundred thousand," Wei Ge Ning said in surprise; "This is all the elite of my Xia army, does Your Majesty really need so many soldiers and horses?"
"This is still my conservative estimate, if it is just a Black Khan Dynasty, it is naturally not necessary, the problem is that there are also the Seljuk Empire, the Ghaznavid Dynasty and the Khorezm countries, if we send too few troops, how to compete with these countries, so I must prepare for the worst, this war cannot be ended without a year and a half, if we want to return the Western Regions to my Great Xia territory, we must have an earth-shattering war with the countries of the Western Regions, only by subduing them and being afraid, can I free up my hands to deal with the Song and Liao, Eminence.
Li Liangzuo said impassionedly.
Wei Ge Ning Ling smiled and said: "Your Majesty has thought about it so thoroughly, it seems that the old minister is too worried. ” "Uncle Huang, this time I want to go to the west, I want to drive the expedition in person, this eastern I can be handed over to you, this is the foundation of my Great Xia Kingdom, I don't feel at ease if I hand it over to others," Li Liangzuo said to Brother Ningling.
Wei Ge Ningling assured Li Liangzuo: "Your Majesty rest assured, there are old ministers, you can rest assured that you will go west."
In Li Liangzuo's opinion, he can take advantage of the war between the Black Khan Dynasty and the Seljuk Empire to stab him in the back, and the Song and Liao countries can also do the same, so Li Liangzuo must find a way to stabilize the Song and Liao countries to win time for his western expedition, as long as he can destroy the Black Khan Dynasty and hit the Seljuk army hard, Li Liangzuo will be equivalent to a decisive victory, and it will be even more perfect if he can easily destroy the Seljuk Empire.
In the next period of time, Li Liangzuo began to prepare for the westward expedition, because it was a secret preparation for war, so the Black Khan Dynasty could not have any notice, the first to the west was to transport grain and grass, 600,000 soldiers needed to eat horses and chew the amount of grain and grass is simply an astronomical amount, Li Liangzuo transported most of the accumulated grain and grass materials to Gaochang City, in addition to grain and grass There are also a large number of military shoes and clothing, these are also consumables, in addition to more important weapons, armor, knives, guns, swords, halberds, axes, axes, hooks, forks, Bows and crossbows and arrow feathers are indispensable; More than 10 million arrows have been shipped alone, and the number is still increasing.
It is impossible for the outside world not to know about such large-scale military preparations, and the spies planted by the Song and Liao countries in the Great Xia Kingdom transmitted the news back to China for the first time, but the Black Khan Dynasty knew nothing about this matter, a large reason was that Suleiman, the ruler of the Black Khan Dynasty, devoted all his energy to the southwest, and the border with the Seljuk Empire, leaving only some old, weak, sick and disabled in the east, for Suleiman, this battle was related to the life and death of the Black Khan Dynasty.
In the Acting Palace, in Li Bingchang's study, Li Wu said to Li Bingchang: "Brother, my father has made such a big move in the west, do you think Su Laiman can know?"
"Whether Suleiman knows it or not, this battle is inevitable, and my only concern is that my father still wants to fight with troops like before, which will be very bad."
"Brother, what do you mean?"
"The battles we fought in the Western Regions, especially the Battle of Kyrgyzstan, show that the era of heavy armored cavalry is about to become a thing of the past, and in front of the light cavalry, the heavy armored cavalry is not its opponent at all, and my father is still fighting with heavy armored cavalry as the main force, and I am afraid that it will be more auspicious when the time comes," Li Bingchang said worriedly.
"Yes, although the heavy cavalry is powerful, but the mobility is not strong, in front of the light cavalry, the heavy cavalry is like a punch on the cotton, and it can't exert its power at all, but the light cavalry can distance itself from the heavy cavalry, and keep consuming the opponent with bows and arrows, so the protection in the powerful heavy cavalry can't bear it, and the final result can only be dragged to death by the light cavalry."
Li Wu said meaningfully.
"So I have to remind my father of this matter, or I'll leave this matter to you," Li Bingchang said to Li Wu.
Li Wu refused on the spot and said: "Don't brother, you don't know your father's temper, just me pretending to be a big-tailed eagle in front of my father, isn't it okay to find a smoke, brother, I think you have to go to this matter." ” "If you're afraid of being smoked, I'm not afraid," Li Bingchang pouted and said; "It's not that you don't know how much my father loves the heavy cavalry, so I went to tell my father like this, those people in the heavy cavalry army still hate me to death."
Li Wu glanced at Li Bingchang and said, "Why don't we go together, even if my father is mad, there will be someone to accompany me, brother."
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