Weizhou City is busy preparing for war, and the city of Daxia Huizhou, which is more than 180 miles north of Weizhou, is also a scene of war preparations.

Time goes back to 20 days ago, since Li Ningming, the crown prince of Great Xia, was captured by Su Jin, after Li Yuanhao received Li Jiqian's report, he immediately convened His Royal Highness's ministers to discuss countermeasures.

The first holy decree is: immediately abolish the position of the crown prince of Li Ningming, and replace the crown prince with the second son Li Ninglingge, so as to completely smash the Song Dynasty's attempt to use Li Ningming as a hostage to threaten or issue words and deeds that are unfavorable to Great Xia; This is greatly admired by the ministers, and few people can abandon their biological son so simply, because in this way, it is equivalent to sending Li Ningming to the guillotine with his own hands, the son of a worthless enemy, and his fate can be imagined with his ass.

The leitmotif of the second decree is two words: revenge!

Li Yuanhao thought that he had suppressed the Song people and couldn't move, for nearly half a year, the Great Xia cavalry was as common as the Song Realm, and if there was nothing to do, they would lead their troops into the Song Realm to wander around, and the Song Army would only hide in the walled city and watch, although the Great Xia cavalry did not dare to attack the walled city easily, the Song army's walled city was very strong, and the bow and arrow range was both long and strong, and the siege of the city was tantamount to asking for hardship, but even if it was not fighting, this satisfaction was enough to boost morale.

It's like a robber entering someone else's yard, and the master knows that the robbers are urinating and pooping in the yard, but they can only hide in the house and watch, which is an unspeakable shame for the master's family, and for the robbers it is a kind of confidence with empty eyes.

The first order was praised by the ministers, but the second order was issued, which immediately attracted the opposition of most of the courtiers, among which the most fierce opposition was the foreign relatives Yeli brothers, these two people are called Yeli Yuqi, one is called Yeli Wangrong, is the two elder brothers of the queen Yeli, these two are the leaders of the most powerful Yeli tribe of the Dangxiang clan, and most of the most brave and warlike soldiers in the Western Xia army are in the Yeli tribe, they are also Yuan Hao's loyal supporters and the most reliable right-hand man, at this moment they are respectively the president of the left and right side of the army. People send wild and profitable two kings.

But today, the opposition of these two people is the most fierce, and the reason for their opposition is that since the emperor has set up another crown prince, the influence of Li Ningming's capture has been eliminated, and it is really righteous to deliberately retaliate for a Li Ningming who has no effect.

Moreover, the deeper reason is that the Great Xia Kingdom seems to have been unable to withstand the attrition of a major war, in the four years of the war, the men of the various tribes of the Great Xia have been drawn to join the army, and most of the country is left with only women, children and children struggling to support production, the fields are innumerable, the number of cattle, sheep and horses is also declining sharply due to the lack of manpower, and the life of the entire Daxia people has not only plundered more materials as expected after the war with the Song Dynasty in the past four years, but also lived more nourishingly. On the contrary, it has regressed to the point where it can't even drink tea, a basic luxury of life.

Tea and cloth were originally traded with the Song Dynasty, and now 'drink no tea, wear no clothes', fur and green salt are piled up, but due to the cut off of trade, the Song people changed to eat sea salt, no fur Song people have cotton clothes to spend the winter, and the original to the Great Song Dynasty when the annual can not only be exchanged for grain, tea, cloth and other things, but also every year the Song Dynasty will give 10,000 taels of silver, tens of thousands of dollars, 20,000 catties of tea, and now there is nothing.

In the face of such a situation, the Yeli brothers, who are the leaders of the tribe, naturally have a painful skin, and the warriors of the tribe die on the battlefield, the warriors are born to fight, and they are reborn after death. However, in the current situation, the army's food cannot be guaranteed, and the women and children left behind in the rear are not well fed and clothed; after autumn and October, a heavy snowfall may freeze tens of thousands of people to death, and there are not so many people killed in the war, and if many people die of starvation and freeze to death, it will be a great shame.

So when I heard that Da Yuanhao was going to call for a big battle again, the Yeli brothers were angry, this brother-in-law was too good and happy, completely by his temperament, he liked to bully men and women, and he liked to kill people indiscriminately, after all, this is not a fatal shortcoming for a man and a king, but completely ignoring the situation in the country and blindly going his own way, this is a childish trip.

In the face of the opposition of the Yeli brothers, Li Yuanhao and his anger, but he knew very well in his heart that half of his Jiangshan Sheji was supported by Yeli Yuqi and Yeli Wangrong, if it weren't for these two exhausting manpower and financial resources to help him clear the entire territory of Daxia, he would not be comfortable as the emperor in Xingqing Mansion anyway, even if he started a war with the Great Song Dynasty, the main army was still in the hands of these two people, these two people did not agree, and this battle could not be fought if they wanted to.

How Li Yuanhao wished he could shout happily: "Who dares to oppose immediate beheading." But no matter how much he wanted to say this, he smiled and explained to the Yeri brothers.

"I know both of your intentions, and I know what you are talking about, and last month you wrote that you were going to release a part of the army back to farm, and this is the season of cultivation and grazing, and it is indeed necessary to make our granaries plump up and our cattle and sheep fattened; In fact, both sides are tired of this battle to this day, and some people have written a letter suggesting a truce with the Song State to make peace, and I have thought twice that it is time. ”

Ye Li Yu begged and said: "In this case, why didn't the emperor send someone to the Song Dynasty to discuss the meaning of the peace of the army?" Since the emperor knows the situation in the country, how can you not feel worried? If this continues, this winter will be a winter of hunger and cold, and I am afraid that the ministers will be in turmoil because of this, and it will be too late to regret it. ”

Li Yuanhao suppressed the urge to slap the table, and sighed: "It's easy to say, is it so easy to make peace?" Since we want to make an armistice with the Song State, we have to squeeze something out of the Song State, if not, to make peace is to surrender to the Song people, and I must not lose this face. ”

Yeli Wangrong said: "Your Majesty, then what do you say is correct to talk about peace?" You want the conditions again, and you have to gather troops to attack the Song State on a large scale, is this any good for the talk? ”

Li Yuanhao said: "You don't understand this, talk about peace with the Song Dynasty, it's useless to grind the skin, you all know that the Song people's mouths have been beaten by thousands of troops and horses, our party people can only talk with knives and guns, see the truth on the battlefield, and they will lose if they grind their mouths, and how to make the Song people obediently shut up, accept our conditions and dare not bargain, only by an overwhelming victory can the Song people understand that we make peace with them is charity rather than helplessness, so that we can obtain more favorable conditions, I am also for the sake of the interests of Great Xia." ”

The Yeli brothers were thoughtful, what Li Yuanhao said was not unreasonable, peace talks after a big victory are tantamount to more decent and beneficial to Daxia, as the saying goes, who fights and talks about who fights hard, who has a straighter waist at the negotiating table, Li Yuanhao took the opportunity to retaliate this time, in fact, he wants to end the war between the two countries with a big victory and dignity, which is also a clever strategy.

Li Yuanhao saw that the Yeli brothers seemed to be touched, and hurriedly struck while the iron was hot: "Two commanders, after this battle, I will agree to your request to return to the army to cultivate, and I will immediately talk to Song He, let's recuperate for three or five years, and then attack the Great Song Dynasty when the time is ripe, and then I will let one of the two commanders be the king of Bianliang and the other be the king of Yingtian, so that you can enjoy the second half of your life." ”

Ye Liyu sighed and said: "What is the king of Bianliang should be the king of heaven, my brothers and I don't dare to ask for extravagance, if we can really complete the great cause of reunification, the two of us will naturally return to the field and ride horses to herd cattle and sheep, but it is also very comfortable; Anyway, what the emperor said is not unreasonable, let's do the Song people and hurt them, which will be more beneficial to the peace negotiation. ”

Li Yuanhao breathed a long sigh of relief, these two agreed, and the opposition of others was meaningless, and if there was any objection, Li Yuanhao would cut off his head without hesitation; Li Yuanhao also secretly determined that he must find an opportunity to get rid of these two people, these two people are indeed important to him, but they are also his biggest threat and obstacles, and he must not let these two people control his actions and use himself as a puppet to manipulate.