Fifty miles north of Handan, the Xia army camp, the Xia army stationed 170,000 troops here, all of which were composed of the state army, but now the command of this army is no longer in the hands of Li Bingchang, the king of Jin, but in the hands of Li Xiaoren, the king of Chu; Li Xiaoren, the king of Chu, is also the elder of the Great Xia Empire, and in the previous conquests of the Great Xia Empire, Li Xiaoren can rarely be seen, and most of the time Li Xiaoren is left in the Great Xia Empire to be responsible for guarding; To put it simply, Li Liangzuo fought in the front, and Li Xiaoren watched the family in the back to transport grain and grass, and Li Xiaoren was a pillar of the Great Xia Empire.
"My nephew visits the emperor."
Li Bingchang came in and saluted Li Xiaoren.
Although Li Bingchang is the prince and a first-class prince, Li Xiaoren is the emperor's brother, and he is also a first-class prince, and at the same time he leads the government of the Great Xia Empire; Therefore, the two have the same title, but whether they are in terms of seniority or official position; Li Bingchang is inferior to Li Xiaoren, and it is also appropriate to salute Li Xiaoren; But Li Xiaoren didn't hold it up, got up and saluted back: "The emperor's nephew doesn't have to do this big gift in the future, this king doesn't dare to be it." ” "The imperial uncle is the minister of his father's forehead and the elder of Chang'er; It is a matter of course for children to bow regularly.
Li Bingchang saluted again and said.
"There is no need to care about these false courtesies, now that it is a wartime, everything is based on military intelligence."
Li Xiaoren said.
"Nephew takes orders."
Li Bingchang said: "I just received a report that the 200,000 Song troops stationed in Handan suddenly withdrew 100,000 troops to the south. ” "The Song army's 100,000 army is going south," Li Xiaoren said with a frown; "Where did the Song army retreat?"
"The Song army went all the way south, and it seems that they want to retreat to Puyang."
"Puyang is backed by Pushui, it is the capital of Cizhou, and it is relatively close to the Daimyo's Mansion, it seems that the Song army really plans to evacuate."
Li Xiaoren said as he looked at the map.
"Uncle Huang, should we pursue and beat Song Jun a water dog."
Lee Byung-chang suggested to Lee Hyo-in.
"It's a good idea to beat the water dog, but Song Jun is not a water dog; The Song army still has 100,000 garrisons in Handan, and it is impossible for our army to bypass Handan to attack the retreating army of the Song army.
Li Xiaoren said: "Now that our army is scattered, it is not the time for a decisive battle with the Song army at this time, we need to wait for the best fighter." ” "My nephew understands, thank you for your teachings."
Li Bingchang said.
Just as Li Bingchang was about to leave, Li Xiaoren suddenly stopped Li Bingchang and said, "Bingchang wait." ” "What else does the emperor command?"
"Now there are no outsiders here, let's talk about how it is to be at home" "I would like to listen to the teachings of the emperor."
Li Xiaoren smiled and said, "Someone will prepare a roast sheep for this king." ” Although Xia Jun advocates the equality of generals and pawns, but after all, generals are still pawns or pawns, it is impossible to achieve real equality, and soon the roasted whole sheep that Li Xiaoren wanted was sent in, this sheep is not very big, Li Bingchang and Li Xiaoren have enough to eat, although there is roast sheep.
Li Xiaoren came to the fire and sat down and said, "This wine will be free today, and it is already very good to have this sheep." ” Li Bingchang also sat down next to the fire with a smile and said to Li Xiaoren: "Everything is arranged by the emperor." ” Li Xiaoren said with emotion: "Now there are no subordinates here, and there is no respect and humility etiquette, we just talk about family life; I still remember when my father and emperor just took over the Great Xia, but the current Great Xia Empire is no longer the Great Xia Kingdom of the past, and now I think back that it was more than 30 years ago, and the Xia Kingdom was just a small country in the northwest corner of An, and it could only survive in the gap between the Great Song Dynasty and the Great Liao; Since your father took power, he fought in the south and the north, annexed weak states, and resisted the weak and strong, and it was not easy to bring the Great Xia Kingdom to this day step by step, that battle, your father and emperor did not take the lead and spill blood on the battlefield, but as the king of a country, he shared weal and woe with ordinary soldiers, do you know why your father and emperor are this" "Of course, it's for the Great Xia Empire to expand its territory."
Li Bingchang said without hesitation.
Li Xiaoren smiled bitterly: "Whatever is expanding the territory, it is all a lie; The reason why they fought again and again was to survive, to have fertile soil and food, and not to be controlled by others. ” Li Xiaoren and Li Bingchang talked a lot this night, and at the end Li Xiaoren said to Li Bingchang: "Chang'er, you remember, some things are yours and will always be yours, and it is useless for you to earn if they are not yours."
"My nephew remembered, thank you for the teachings of the emperor" In Handan City, the adjutant general asked Zhang Miao: "Marshal, why didn't our army pursue the Xia army when it evacuated?"
"Because the best fighter has not yet arrived, we are shrinking our troops, and the Xia army is waiting for us to shrink our forces, and they want to eat us all in one bite."
Zhang Miao sneered: "With such a big appetite, Li Liangzuo is not afraid of breaking his own."
The evacuation of the Song army went very smoothly, and in the process the Xia army did not pursue the Song army, and while the Song army was accumulating strength, the Xia army was also accumulating strength; After the remaining 100,000 troops stationed in Handan also withdrew to Puyang, the 100,000 Song troops stationed in the Daimyofu also began to evacuate from hunger.
Daimyo's Mansion, inside the Zhaowang Mansion.
Zhao Qun said to Zhao Yan: "Lord Wang, everything has been prepared. ” "What is Xia Jun's movement?"
Zhao Yan asked Zhao Qun.
"There is no movement, Xia Jun is as if he doesn't know that we are moving."
"Order, after the evacuation of the Daimyo's Mansion, everything in the city will be burned" "Yes, the last general commands" Half a month later, the 300,000 troops of the Song army had withdrawn to Liyang and Kaide Mansion respectively, of which the 200,000 troops of Liyang and the 100,000 troops of Kaide Mansion withdrew to the south of the Yellow River in the Southern Song Dynasty, and the Xia army was also advancing step by step, at this time the 170,000 Bingzhou Army was stationed in the camp ten miles north of Liyang; The 150,000 Jizhou army was stationed in Jiuzhou Town, north of Kaide Province, and the Xia army later eyed the Song army.
In the camp of the Xia army in Jiuzhou Town, Emperor Li Liangzuo of Xia gathered all the generals, including Li Xiaoren, the commander of the Bingzhou army.
Li Liangzuo said to everyone: "You may not understand, why our army did not pursue the Song army before, let the Song army withdraw so leisurely, I am here to tell you now, not to pursue because we are not ready, at the same time, the Song army is heavily guarded, our army will not be able to take advantage of the pursuit at all, and now everything is ready to wait for the Song army to cross the river; This victory or defeat will be directly related to the encirclement and annihilation of the Song army by our army in the future, so this battle must inflict heavy losses on the Song army, try to kill and wound the enemy, and at the same time try to avoid casualties of our army, and give full play to the advantages of our army; Yang Aiqing, can you introduce how to attack in this battle. ” Yang Shousu immediately received the order and said: "Princes and generals, the next plan of our army is arranged like this."
After promulgating their respective tasks, Li Liangzuo continued: "The time for the general attack is set for the early morning of the day after tomorrow, and the army will attack on all fronts."
"Yes, in accordance with Your Majesty's Shengyu":