Across the Water Margin: Officials of Ximen

Therefore, Li Qianshun tried his best to occupy the entire territory of Shaanxi before Jin Guo really reacted and forcibly intervened, creating a fait accompli.

In Li Qianshun's view, the Kingdom of Jin could destroy the Song Dynasty by force and cut off Hebei, Hedong and the land in the middle of the river north of the Yellow River. Why couldn't the State of Xia seize the land of Shaanxi by force?

Although the territory of Xixia Kingdom is not small, most of its actual territory is barren land like desert and Gobi Desert.

The land in the south of the Yellow River is Dijinze, which is later known as the Mu Us Desert, and in the west of the Yellow River there are the Tengger Desert and the Badain Jaran Desert.Therefore, the Xixia Kingdom has very little land that can be grazed and cultivated.

In this harsh living environment, the populated areas of Xixia Kingdom are mainly divided into three parts.

The easternmost is the northern foot of Hengshan Mountain, Yinzhou, Xiazhou, Hongzhou, Yanzhou and other places in the Wuding River Basin, a tributary of the Yellow River.

This place is separated from Hengshan by Song Yan Road and Huanqing Road, and the Huanqing Road is facing each other.

Therefore, after Tong Guan led the Song army to control Hengshan with the tactics of building fortresses, it posed a serious threat to the states in the Wuding River Basin of the Xixia Kingdom, forcing the Xixia Kingdom to send envoys to seek peace.

Now Li Ganshun, the lord of the Xixia Kingdom, put Li Heda, the fierce Khitan general, in the commanding army of Xiazhou in order to fight for the Hengshan area and wait for an opportunity to attack Chu Yan Road and Huanqing Road.

The central core area of ​​the Xixia Kingdom is at the foot of the Helan Mountains and the Yellow River Valley Plain.

From north to south, there are Dingzhou, the capital of Xingqing (Xingzhou), Huaizhou, Jingzhou, Xipingfu (Lingzhou) and Weizhou. It is the political, economic and cultural center of Xixia Kingdom.

From Weizhou to the south and over Qudouling, it is the Jingyuan Road of Song and Chu.

The Zhenrong Army, Huaide Army (Pingxia City) and Xi'an Prefecture on Jingyuan Road can invade Weizhou through the Hulu River passing through Qudouling from south to north, and go straight to the core of Xixia Kingdom.

Therefore, this place is also an important place for the Xia and Song armies to fight for the battle now.

This time, the Grand Marshal of the Xixia Kingdom and Jin Wang Li Chage led the army to attack Chu, and entered Xi'an Prefecture from the Hulu River to the south. The Huaide Army defeated the Western Army's hero Qu Duan in Zhenrong Army, and then went south to surround Weizhou .

The populated area in the west of Xixia Kingdom is not in the Yellow River Basin, but in the Hexi Corridor.

The Hexi Corridor is irrigated by the melted snow from the snow-capped mountains, enabling farming and grazing.

In this Hexi Corridor, from east to west, there are Xiliang Prefecture (Liangzhou), Xuanhua Prefecture (Ganzhou), Suzhou, Guazhou, and Shazhou.

To the south of Liangzhou, across the six ridges of the snow-capped mountains, are Lanzhou, Huangzhou and Xining prefectures on Xihe Road in Song and Chu countries.

The Song army or the Chu army can attack Xiliang Mansion from the north of Xihe Road, cutting off the connection between the Yellow River Hetao area of ​​Xixia Kingdom and the Hexi Corridor area.

Because in the north of Xiliang Mansion, there is a large desert that is difficult to cross.

Xiliang Mansion is the traffic throat connecting the east and west of Xixia Kingdom, so the Song army and Xixia army also fought under the six ridges of the snow-capped mountains many times.

Liu Fa, a famous general of the Western Army of the Song Army, was defeated by Li Cha, the commander of the Xixia Army, and was beheaded by a soldier after falling.

The geography of the entire Xixia Kingdom, connecting the states together, forms a w-shape, like a pearl necklace.

The states and cities of the Xixia Kingdom are like pearls on a necklace.

Such geographical conditions make the Xixia Kingdom inherently deficient and lack strategic depth.

Whether it is the former Song Army or the current Chu Army, as long as there is a stronger army, they can attack the core area of ​​the capital of the Xixia Kingdom at any time or cut off the communication between the east and the west of the Xixia Kingdom.

Therefore, it is very important for the Xixia Kingdom to seize the Five Roads in Shaanxi.

With the Shaanxi Five Roads, not only can the land and population of Xixia Kingdom increase sharply, and the national strength will increase greatly, but it will also change the current unfavorable terrain of Xixia Kingdom and give Xixia Kingdom a strategic depth.Xingqing Mansion, the capital of the Xixia Kingdom, will no longer be exposed to the enemy's blade.

At this time, the arrival of Wang Jieru, the envoy of the Kingdom of Jin, made Li Qianshun, the leader of the Xixia Kingdom, more convinced of his own judgment: after two strikes by the Jin army, the hastily established Chu Kingdom was weaker than the Song Kingdom, and now it is taking advantage of the vacancy. , a godsend opportunity to capture Shaanxi Fifth Road!

Faced with a piece of fat that could be bitten at will, Li Ganshun, the leader of the Xixia Kingdom, could no longer resist the temptation, and threw Li Liangfu's army into the war, which seemed to be a desperate attempt.

Chapter 998 I am the master of my territory

Outside the city of Weizhou, Zhao Dian sent Xiao generals to kill under the city of Weizhou, and shot Zhao Dian's letters into the city with bows and arrows.

The sergeant in the city hastily handed over the letter to Xi Gong, envoy of Jingyuan Road.

This time, the Xixia army stormed Jingyuan Road, and the strategy of Jingyuan Road caused the Huaide Army, Xi'an Prefecture, Huizhou and Zhenrong Army in the Xigong area to fall successively, and Jingyuan suffered heavy casualties.

Today, there are only three states left on Jingyuan Road: Weizhou, Jingzhou and Yuanzhou.

Knowing that the Xixia army was approaching Weizhou, Xi Gong transferred all the troops from Jingzhou to Weizhou to strengthen the defense, and assumed a posture of fighting to the death and never retreating.

Indeed, the strategy of the Jingyuan Road made it impossible for Xi Gong to retreat. Without the well-defended Weizhou City, Jingzhou and Yuanzhou would also be lost, and the entire Jingyuan Road would be captured by the Xixia Army.

At that time, even if Emperor Zhang Bangchang spared Xi Gong's death penalty, Xi Gong would have no face to see the world's elders again.

It's a pity that Xi Gong gathered the strength of the states along Jingyuan Road, but he couldn't repel the invading Xixia army, so he had to retreat in the city of Weizhou, watching the Xixia army show off their might outside the city.

It wasn't until Qin Feng Lu's strategist Zhao Dian led Qin Feng Lu's main force to help that Xi Gong heaved a sigh of relief and saw the hope of victory.

After receiving the letter from Qin Fengjun's shooting into the city, Xi Gong hurriedly tore off the wax paint and opened it for a closer look.

This letter was written by Zhao Dian, Qin Fenglu's envoy, asking the Jingyuan army to cooperate with him inside and outside, and defeat the Xixia army outside Weizhou city in one fell swoop.

After reading the letter, Xi Gong was overjoyed, and immediately summoned all the generals in the Jinglue Mansion to discuss a decisive battle with the Xixia Army.

Regarding the decisive battle outside the city, all the generals in the city held their own opinions.

Qu Duan, the commander of the Jingyuan Road Economic Strategy Department, opposed going out of the city for a decisive battle.

Qu Duan believes that the Xixia army outside the city is the elite of Brother Li Cha, who are good at field battles.However, most of the Chu army was newly recruited and supplemented after the Jin and Song Dynasties. If they were trapped in the city, they could fight to the death. Once they went out of the city to fight in the field, it would easily cause the army to collapse.

Wu Jie, the deputy director of Jingyuan Road, observes his words and sees that Jingyuan Road makes Xi Gong disapproving of Qu Duan's words.

Wu Jie's words, Dahe Xigong's heart.Xi Gong smiled and nodded slightly.

Naturally, there is no shortage of generals in the army who can see the wind and turn the rudder, and many people have seconded Wu Jie.

However, there are also veteran generals who are mature and prudent, who support Qu Duan's opinion and suggest that Xi Gong wait for all the troops and horses to gather before fighting the Xixia army.

Xi Gong held Zhao Dian's letter in his hand, and said to the generals: "Zhao Jinglue's letter has informed me that the Xixia army is attacking across the board, and there are enemies on Yanyan Road, Huanqing Road, and Xihe Road.

Therefore, the Yanyan Army, the Huanqing Army, and the Xihe Army were already fighting on their own and were unable to reinforce Weizhou City.

Seeing this situation, Zhao Jinglue used all his soldiers from Qin Feng Road to help, in order to defeat the army of the enemy chieftain, Brother Li Cha, with our army.

Gentlemen, now that Yanyan Road, Huanqing Road, and Xihe Road are all in dire straits, our Jingyuan Army can no longer sit guarding the isolated city and do nothing! "

When all the generals heard the words, they all looked at each other in blank dismay, and no one spoke out against sending troops.

Only Qu Duan protested and argued: "Mr. Jing Lue, at this critical moment, how dare the last general avoid fighting?

However, Fuyan Road, Huanqing Road, and Xihe Road are all hostile, but the Jingzhao Mansion on Yongxing Army Road is safe and sound.

Presumably Jingzhao Mansion's reinforcements are on their way, why don't I wait for Jingzhao Mansion's reinforcements to arrive, and then go out of the city to wipe out the enemy? "

"Hmph! I'm fighting in Kansai, why do I need Kanto children! Qu Duan, don't talk too much, I've made up my mind!"