The Song army withdrew from the Xia army and did not pursue, and the 50,000 Xia troops who went to attack the Guan clan won or lost after a battle with the Song cavalry that came to the rescue in the south, the Xia army lost 5,000 cavalry, while the Song army lost nearly 10,000 people, and finally the Xia cavalry bypassed the main force of the Song army that was returning to the division and returned to Qingshui City.
Li Ke's battle report was quickly sent to the hands of the Xia Emperor Li Liangzuo, and the counterattack of the Song army also surprised Li Liangzuo's expectations, but this also gave Li Liangzuo a wake-up call, the Song army is growing, and war is the best teacher of the Song army, and with the loss of the elite cavalry of the Xia army, the combat effectiveness of the Xia army is declining.
"Brother Huang, what do you think of the Song army's counterattack this time" Li Liangzuo asked Li Yanzong.
"Your Majesty, Weichen thinks we are not going to postpone the war on the Eastern Front, according to the current situation, I am afraid that it will be difficult to eat the northern army of the Song army, the Song army still has more than 600,000 soldiers and horses in the north so far, of which there are at least 300,000 elite soldiers, and now the defenders of the Song army in Julu have retreated, although 200,000 people have been eaten by our army, but there are still 200,000 elites, and now they have retreated to Handan; The seed master Dao took over the 150,000 elite defense from Zhao Yan's hands, and guarded against our army's surprise attack from the rear in Kaifeng, Xingyang and other places; Zhao Yan had already led the army back to the Daimyo's Mansion to hold on, and stationed troops and horses in Puyang, Liyang and other places; The Song army in the three places has formed a linkage, one side is attacked, and the other two places can quickly rush to help, although the Song army has a lot of counteroffensive this time, but in terms of the current battle situation, the loss of the Song army is very worthwhile, the originally scattered forces are concentrated together, and it has also caused a lot of damage to our army. ” "There is also a problem exposed in this, doesn't the imperial brother see" Li Liangzuo asked Li Xiaorenren.
"Your Majesty means the three princes."
Li Xiaoren said boldly.
"Brother Huang, please evaluate the performance of my three sons in this battle."
Li Liangzuo asked Li Xiaoren.
"This" "Brother Huang, there are only you and me here, so you don't have to be restrained."
"Okay," Li Xiaoren said, "His Royal Highness the King of Jin performed the worst in this battle, and he was suspected of avoiding the battle to preserve his strength; And the performance of His Royal Highness the King of Hengshan is remarkable, there is nothing to say; And His Royal Highness King Changshan performed well, although he lost 100,000 soldiers and horses, but his idea was good, but he just miscalculated the situation of the enemy army. ” Li Liangzuo nodded and said, "I intend to go to Hebei in person to support the war, what does the imperial brother want?"
"Your Majesty, now that the war is going on, if you leave the capital, I'm afraid it will cause the army's morale to be unstable," Li Xiaoren persuaded Li Liangzuo.
"Brother Huang, tell me the truth, if I go to the front line, is it really unstable in the army" Li Liangzuo said with a smile: "I'm afraid that if I go, it will only increase morale."
"Your Majesty" "As I get older, I have fewer and fewer opportunities to go to war."
Li Liangzuo said to Li Xiaoren: "This time you go with me, the court and the central government let the queen supervise the country, and Zhou Wentai should preside over the government It should not be a big problem, and strive to end the war in the north before the beginning of spring, so that the army can repair the tuntian." ” "Since Your Majesty has decided, Weichen will follow."
Li Xiaoren said with a smile; "Your Majesty, the return cannon smashed by the few craftsmen from the Western Regions that you sent to the dog is said to be quite powerful, and you can bring it with you when you go this time."
"I've ordered them to return to Beijing."
Li Liangzuo said with a smile: "In addition to returning the artillery, I have also prepared a large amount of gunpowder for the Song army, and it has already begun to be shipped. ” In the early morning of the next day, Li Liangzuo announced his intention to conquer Hebei in person, and the important ministers naturally blocked Li Liangzuo from leaving Beijing, but Li Liangzuo's mind was determined and they could stop it, this time Li Liangzuo went to Hebei with not many soldiers and horses, only 3,000 Yulin Army guards, Hebei already has two major armies of the Xia Army, so there is no need to take the army to go.
Li Liangzuo and Li Xiaoren under the protection of the three thousand imperial forest army from the imperial capital to the north and then into the territory of Hedong Province, through Taiyuan, Yanmen to the Flying Fox Guandong into Yizhou and then to the south, although the road is a little farther, but you can observe the local people's conditions by the way, to be honest, the life of the people in the north is still very bitter, especially this winter is very difficult, in order to prevent the local people from starving, the local government often organizes the people to go into the mountains to hunt, in order to solve the problem of lack of food.
Half a month later.
On the road south of Yizhou, Li Liangzuo rode on a war horse and asked Li Xiaoren: "You have also seen the way of the imperial brother, my Great Xia Empire really can't be delayed, and the war must be ended before the beginning of spring, if it affects tomorrow's harvest, I am afraid that the people of Hebei and Hedong will revolt." ” "Your Majesty, it would be too hasty to end the war before the beginning of spring next year."
Li Xiaoren said to Li Liangzuo: "The Song army still has 600,000 of them, and it is quite difficult to eat them all. ” "Even if you can't eat them all, you have to eat more than half of them, trap them in the Daimyo Mansion or Kaifeng area, cut off all their foreign aid, I want to see what resistance the Song army can take without food and grass."
After Li Liangzuo finished speaking, he immediately whipped the war horse under his crotch and galloped away.
"Quick, protect Your Majesty," Li Xiaoren also ordered.
Li Liangzuo's personal expedition is too simple, except for his own jade seal and battle armor, the rest of the ceremonial guards and the like are not brought, if you can't rush here with those things now, of course, the eunuch brought one, this time it was Xiao Zhuozi who followed Li Liangzuo's personal expedition.
From Yizhou to the south, Li Liangzuo ran all the way to the Qingshui front line in only five days, although Li Ke and others had already received the news of Li Liangzuo's personal expedition, but they didn't expect Li Liangzuo to come so quickly; When Li Liangzuo came to the north gate of Qingshui City, the entire Qingshui City was still tightly closed.
"His Majesty the Emperor of the Great Xia Empire is here, don't open the city gate soon," Xiao Zhuozi clapped his horse and came to Qingshui City and shouted loudly.
"Wait here, without my prince's military order, even if the king of heaven comes, he can't open the city gate."
The goalkeeper echoed.
"Bold" Xiao Zhuozi just wanted to be angry, but was stopped by Li Liangzuo.
Li Liangzuo saluted with his fists on the city tower and said, "This little brother, please go in and report to King Changshan, just say that he is here." ” The young general on the city tower did not dare to have any slackness and immediately sent someone to report to Li Ke, Li Liangzuo turned over and dismounted, threw the reins to a group of Xiao Zhuozi, and then walked under the city wall and reached out to touch the city wall, and wasted a lot of strength to buckle a piece of cold ice from the city wall, and then said to Li Xiaoren: "This is an ice city built with water, the emperor brother knows the allusion of this ice city."
"It is said that when Cao Cao and Ma Chao fought in Guanzhong, the Xiliang Iron Cavalry shocked the world, Cao Cao's army was invincible and could not set up a village to protect itself, and in the middle of the night, Cao Cao ordered the soldiers to build a city while pouring water to build a solid ice city overnight."
Li Xiaoren said to Li Liangzuo.
"It's a pity that this allusion should be covered, if I guessed correctly, this idea must have been thought up by Yang Shousu, and I like this city."
Li Liangzuo smiled and counted.
At this moment, the city gate opened "squeak, squeak", and Li Ke led the civil and military officials in the city out of the city together and knelt down in front of Li Liangzuo and said: "Erchen Li Ke led the front-line soldiers to visit his father, long live my emperor, long live, long live."
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