Ziwei Palace, inside the Hall of Parliament.
Li Liangzuo summoned the envoys sent by Emperor Zhao Xu of the Song Dynasty, and the Song envoys came in and bowed to Li Liangzuo and said, "The foreign ministers pay a visit to Emperor Xia." ” "The Song envoy has something to say, but he came here for the war between the two countries," Li Liangzuo asked the Song envoy.
"Exactly."
Song Envoy said; "This is a letter sent by His Majesty, this time the conflict between your two countries is really an accident, and I also ask Emperor Xia to think of the common people in the world, and the two countries will stop swords and rebuild the alliance."
"I have sent an envoy to Jiangning."
Li Liangzuo said; "The Song envoy went down to rest first, and Rong Zhen discussed with the ministers for a while."
"The Minister's Retirement" After the Song envoy left, Li Liangzuo threw aside the Song Emperor's letter and said: "Is it war or peace, what do the secretaries think?"
"Your Majesty, Taiyuan has fallen, the war situation in Hedong is not favorable to my Great Xia Empire, the 80,000 army led by His Royal Highness the King of Jin has been blocked by the Song army in the Taiyuan Basin, Weichen suggests that peace should be negotiated first, and after the crisis in Hedong is resolved, then try to take revenge."
Zhou Wentai stood up and said.
"Minister's Reconsideration" "Minister's Reconsideration" "The minister also seconded the proposal" For a while, more than half of the courtiers agreed to negotiate peace with the Great Song Dynasty, and Li Liangzuo sat on the dragon chair without saying a word; At this moment, Li Xiaoren, the king of Chu, stood up and said, "Your Majesty, Weichen thinks that peace is absolutely impossible to negotiate at this time. ” Seeing that Li Xiaoren was not talking, Li Liangzuo said: "If the imperial brother has anything to say, even if he is blunt, there is no need to be taboo. ” Li Xiaoren continued to say to Li Liangzuo: "Although the war situation in Hedong is temporarily unfavorable to our army, if we negotiate peace with the Great Song Dynasty at this time, it will be a heavier blow to our Great Xia Empire than the fall of Taiyuan; In recent years, the Great Song Dynasty has expanded its army, and the combat effectiveness of the Song army has improved rapidly, and the Battle of Taiyuan is a good proof of this; The capture of Taiyuan by the Song army illustrates two problems, first, the current Song army is no longer a passive defensive army, and they are already capable of launching a counteroffensive against our Great Xia Empire; A number of outstanding generals have begun to appear in the Second Song Army, and they are very strategic, otherwise it is impossible to hit our vital point in Hedong with one blow, and then our 80,000-strong army has fallen into a passive situation; If we negotiate peace with the Great Song Dynasty at this time, it is equivalent to acknowledging the success of the Song army in this battle, and the myth of the invincibility of the Xia army will be completely broken, which is a heavy blow to the national prestige of our Great Xia Empire and the military prestige of our Xia army, and at the same time, it will also let the Great Song army and the people see that the Xia army is not invincible, and will increase their determination to resist; Moreover, now that the war situation in Hedong has just begun, although our army is in a disadvantageous position, but the final result is still uncertain, Your Majesty has ordered the King of Hengshan to send troops to rescue Taiyuan, as long as Taiyuan is recaptured, our army can still be invincible, and then the King of Jin may have launched a counterattack at this time, maybe the good news will arrive in a few days."
"Tell all the legions to prepare for battle at once, and the whole army will go to the border."
Li Liangzuo issued a holy decree; "Brother Huang, you declare war on behalf of me to the Great Song Dynasty, I don't want to hear any more voices from the court about peace."
"The ministers respectfully obey Your Majesty's Shengyu, long live my emperor, long live, long live."
Declaring war on the Song Dynasty, which means that the war between the Xia and Song dynasties restarted, and the two countries broke out again, which is destined to be an earth-shattering war, after Li Liangzuo's will was issued, the legions and government soldiers stationed in various places began to assemble, of course, it will take some time to go to the whole front, this war may be the largest cold weapon war in Chinese history, the troops invested by both sides have reached millions of people, and the entire land of China is full of devastation, of course, this is a later story.
Let's return to the Hedong battlefield, late at night Li Bingchang is leading 15,000 soldiers to the Song army's camp, these 15,000 people are all soldiers of the Flying Tiger Legion, trained by Li Bingchang, the reason why they were chosen to fight is very important, first, they are all foot soldiers, and they are all natives of Hedong, second, they are good at mountain warfare; Since he was ordered to form the Flying Tiger Legion, Li Bingchang has made great efforts to this army, the Flying Tiger Legion has an army of 30,000, including 20,000 foot soldiers and 10,000 cavalry.
The vigilance of the Song army is still very high, the Xia army has just touched the edge of the Song army's camp and was discovered, but because it was the rear camp that was attacked, the Song army's response was not so timely, the Song army's fortifications were all built forward, and the attack behind Li Bingchang did not work at all, although the Song army resisted desperately but was still attacked by the Xia army into the camp.
In the middle of the night, the Song army couldn't tell how many troops the Xia army had, and under the command of Zhao Yan, the Song army gradually stabilized its position, and Zhao Yan ordered: "Order, the whole army should not be chaotic, obey the orders of this king; The various ministries gathered resistance on the spot, and any non-stop orders to retreat without permission were killed. ” Zhao Yan's military order was issued in a very timely manner, the Song army quickly stabilized its position, under the command of Zhao Yan, the Song army established a temporary defense line in the rear camp, but the same Song army's losses were also very heavy, the Song army's main loss was a large amount of baggage, including grain and grass, weapons, armor and large bed crossbows and siege equipment, the Song army's rear camp soon ignited a fire, after attacking the Song army's rear camp, Li Bingchang ordered to light all the points.
"Lord Wang, the Song army has established a defensive line, and our army has suffered many casualties in the desperate attack."
The adjutant general walked up to Li Bingchang's side to report.
"Get those catapults, bed crossbows, and so on for this king, and launch an attack on the Song army."
Li Bingchang gave a military order.
"Yes, the last general commands" After seeing the fire in the south, An Qinggui immediately led his army to cross the river, acting according to the original plan; The cavalry of the Xia army on the north bank of Taigu Water was preparing to wade across the river at the shallows, and this place had already been reconnoitred.
"General, the vanguard army has begun to cross the river."
An officer reported to An Qingguiyu.
"Command the army to cross the river as quickly as possible to launch an attack and support the prince in the battle."
An Qinggui ordered.
It is not easy for the Xia army to wade across the river, although the rear camp of the Song army was attacked, but the Song army has a large number of soldiers and horses with 120,000 people, and the strength of the front line defense is still enough, after finding that the Xia army crossed the river, the Song army began to release arrows, because it is not clear in the dark night, the Song army can only shoot arrows blindly, but even so it has brought great damage to the Xia army.
The sky gradually brightened, the battle situation has fallen into a stalemate stage, An Qinggui led the Xia army cavalry encountered the Song army's stubborn resistance to cross the river failure, although Li Bingchang launched a fierce attack, but still broke through the Song army in the rear of the temporary defense line, Li Bingchang's battle plan did not achieve the expected combat effect, although the Song army was in a disadvantageous position to be attacked from both sides, but still stubbornly resisted.
After dawn, the cavalry of the Xia army led by An Qinggui retreated to the north bank of Taigu Water, and the rear defense line of the Song army shrank and gave up the rear camp, sticking to the camp of the Chinese army and the camp of the front army, more than 100,000 Song troops shrank together, just like a tiger in a cage, and may rush out at any time.
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