Xiao Delisi came out of the camp with a few staff members, and when he walked to the gate of the camp, two men in their thirties wearing round-necked wide-sleeved leather robes, with Khitan-style snow skins, and full of faces, were all in their thirties, and they were already riding horses and arriving with a team of cavalry.

One of them, taller and thinner, Xiao Delis recognized, was the annoying Xiao Hui Libao. This guy has a good life, but he thinks about fighting and killing all day long, and when he arrived in the southwest, he constantly encouraged Yelu Dabei Nu to send troops to interfere in the Song and Xia wars, and said all day and night that the army of the southwest recruitment division was too loose and must be strictly trained, etc.

What else do you say, "the lips are dead and the teeth are cold", what is "the heart of the Great Song Fuyan is not dead", and what is "the first strike is strong, and then the first attack suffers". In short, it is necessary to immediately send troops to support the Western Xia who was beaten by the Song people.

Fortunately, Yelu Dabei Nu is a virtuous old minister, and he is proficient in Confucianism and Buddhism, and he will not be good at provoking the side, and has been suppressing the belligerent Xiao Hui Libao. Therefore, the Southwest Recruitment Division was not involved in the Battle of Song and Xia.

However, as the battle of Tongwancheng was decided, the Song army completely captured both sides of the Wuding River and began to covet Xingling. The Great Liao Imperial Court finally couldn't sit still, and on the one hand, it sent Xiao Delisi, Xiao Delisi, Xiao Delisi, and Niu Wenshu, the privy envoy of the Southern Yuan, to envoy the Great Song Dynasty to exert pressure.

On the one hand, he ordered Xiao Delis to lead the tribesmen of the Heqing army into the area of Quye River, so as to threaten the rear route of the Song army and delay their westward advance.

And today, Xiao Gan came to Qu Yechuan with his people again, and he didn't know what he wanted to do? I guess nothing good will happen either!

Thinking of this, Xiao Delisi hugged his fist at Xiao Gan, who was getting off the horse: "Back to Libao, which gust of wind blew you to the desolate land of Quye River?"

By the way, this benevolent brother is very angry, is he a newcomer to the Southwest Recruitment Division? ”

Xiao Gan glanced at the man beside him, then walked up to Xiao Delis, and stroked his chest with one hand and saluted: "Taishi, the last general was ordered by the general to ask for help, and brought the elite soldiers of the Nanpi Room to support." ”

He pointed to the man beside him again, "This is Xiao Heda, and he is also a good man of our Great Liao, but now he is an official in Western Xia, and this time he came to my Great Liao to ask for help and report the battle situation on the order of the Western Xia vultures." ”

"Xiao Heda? Oh, it's the courtier of Princess Cheng'an, long admiration, long admiration. Shawris then made a gesture of surprise and invited the two visitors into his tent together.

Seeing that there were several monks and Confucian scholars in Xiao Delis's big tent, Xiao Gan couldn't help frowning.

Raising a few Confucian students can still be said to be a staff copywriter, but what is it to bring monks to the army? Wait for someone to die in battle, do you do things to overtake?

Then he saw several books on the desk, all of which were very rare in the Liao Kingdom, and the Chinese characters for "Tianli Theory" and "Positivism" were impressively printed on the cover.

"It's ...... Wu Haogu's book? Xiao Heda also saw these books, he nodded and said, "Know yourself and know your opponent, win all battles!" Taishi Guo has foresight, and Heda admires it. ”

"Oh?" Xiao Delisi smiled and asked, "Heda, have you also read "Tianli Shuo" and "Positivism"? What do you think? ”

Xiao Heda smiled awkwardly: "Xia Guan hasn't read it...... Xia Guan just fought with Wu Haogu on the battlefield. ”

"And Wu Haogu?" Xiao Dries was stunned for a moment, "Will he still lead troops?" ”

Xiao Gan interjected: "Wu Haogu is now the Marquis of Yu, the former three straight capitals of the Great Song Palace, and together with Gao Yu and Tong Guan, he led the troops to fight against Wancheng. ”

Xiao Delis nodded: "No wonder the Western Xia army lost so miserably, it turned out that there was a martial artist Gu leading the troops!" ”

"How can Wu Haogu fight?" Xiao Gan smiled, "It's all Gao Yu in command." ”

Xiao Delisi looked at Xiao Gan, and then at Xiao Heda, who also nodded and said, "It's all Gao Yu, and maybe Tong Guan is in command." ”

Xiao Dries frowned, "Could it be that our fine works have been sent to Wu Haogu, Gao Yu and Tong Guan?" ”

"No, no."

"If that's the case, you can still defeat it?"

"Since there isn't," Xiao Delisi asked, "then how do you know that Wu Haogu can't fight, and it's Gao Yu and Tong Guan who are in command?" ”

Xiao Heda said: "This is unknown, a merchant in Wuhao Gu ......"

"Clearly?" Xiao Delis shook his head, "There is no evidence! There's no evidence, it's just speculation, I'm afraid you can't count it, right? ”

Xiao Gan and Xiao Heda were both stunned, looking at each other, they were a little speechless.

Xiao Delis continued: "You probably don't know that the Yuntai Academy and the Knight Academy opened by Wu Haogu in Jiehe both have military science classes.

In addition, the Sikai Academy (four academies, namely Nankai, Dongkai, Xikai, and Beikai) in Jiehe also taught martial arts and military strategy. To say that Wu Haogu doesn't know how to fight, I'm afraid there is not much basis! ”

"And this?" Xiao Gan said in a low voice, "If you have a chance, you should go to Jiehe Business City to have a look." ”

Xiao Delisi waved his hand and asked the monks and Confucian scholars in the big tent to retire, and then pointed to the two cushions in the tent, let Xiao Gan and Xiao Heda sit down, and he also sat down behind the desk in the center.

"Returning to the Protector," asked Shawris, "what do you mean by recruiting the Division?" ”

"Gotta push forward." Xiao Gandao, "Push to Mingtang River!" ”

"Mingtang River?" Xiao Dries was stunned for a moment, "Upstream?" ”

"In the middle reaches, it has been pushed to the north of Mida Cave for a hundred miles."

"What?" Xiao Dries's eyes widened, "Leave the ...... Don't you really want to start a war with the Song Kingdom? The Heqing Army can't do it! ”

He understands positivism, and of course he knows that his Heqing army is an army that cannot stand the test of empirical evidence, and he will definitely give the enemy a head when he really goes to the battlefield.

"At war?" Xiao Gan shook his head, "It's nothing...... However, the Hetao grassland will be owned by my Da Liao! Brother Heda was ordered to come this time, that is, to cut the land of Henan and Hebei to my Great Liao. ”

When he said "Henan" and "Hebei," he meant the area south of the Yellow River and north of the Yellow River in the Hetao area.

In other words, Western Xia was to cede most of the Hetao region, except for the part near the Xingling region, to the Great Liao.

"Doesn't Hui Libao know Feng Ting's plan to marry the trouble in the past?"

"Feng Ting?" Xiao Gan was stunned for a moment, not remembering who this person was.

Xiao Deli said: "The Western Xia vultures want us to fight a 'Battle of Changping' with the Song Kingdom!" ”

When it came to the Battle of Changping, Xiao Gan finally knew, he shook his head and said: "This kind of plan can't hide the solicitation and the imperial court, but the solicitation still allows me to bring troops to help you, I think there must be a proposition." ”

Xiao Heda said: "The Xingling Treasure Land of Western Xia is not guarded!" If the Hetao entered the Song Dynasty, then on the northwest ground, the Song State would have the situation of the Han and Tang Dynasties...... If they re-establish Shuofangqiang Town, and then use iron tools to support the blockade, we are afraid that Daliao will be in danger of destruction.

Therefore, the Hetao grassland must be firmly in the hands of our Da Liao! ”

Although Xiao Heda became an official in Western Xia, he was always a Khitan and regarded Daliao as the motherland. In history, he once rebelled and wanted to rebuild the Liao Dynasty in the land of Western Xia, but was defeated by Ren Dejing, a general of the Song Dynasty. It can be seen that he has no loyalty to Western Xia, but he is fiercely loyal to Daliao.

"Will there be a war?" Xiao Deli asked.

"Probably not." Xiao Heda said, "Now that Brother Cha has returned to Xingling to reorganize the Iron Harrier and the garrison, and when the replenishment is completed, he will go to relieve the siege of Qin Wangchuan City." It is estimated that this time Brother Cha has a great chance of winning, and the Song people will not be able to take care of us at that time. ”

Both the Iron Harrier and the Garrison were feudal armies, the former being hereditary and the latter being strong men recruited from the Dangxiang clans. Therefore, it can be quickly replenished - hereditary soldiers can recruit brothers and nephews into the army, and tribal soldiers can make the tribe produce strong men again.

Of course, the supplement is not unlimited, and it will be heaven if you can make up once or twice.

In contrast, if the compulsory government military system is really pushed out in the Great Song Dynasty, coupled with the professional officers trained by military schools, the army's supplementary ability is truly terrifying! Even if it is a war of attrition for human lives, it can make the ethnic minorities fully realize that only by doing a good job in national unity can they achieve long-term development and interests......

However, now Brother Cha has not realized this, so after he rushed back to Xingqing Mansion, in addition to proposing the strategy of ceding the Hetao to blame the Great Liao, he was desperately replenishing the army and preparing to go to Qin Wangchuan to fight to the death with the Song army on the Western Front!

Qin Wangchuan, on the other hand, was surrounded by an army led by Gao Yongnian in early March of the fourth year of the Great Song Dynasty.

While besieging Qin Wangchuan, Zhong Fu, the pacification envoy of Hebei in the Great Song Dynasty, also sent an army of 20,000 troops under the command of the Great Song Dynasty to Liangzhou in an attempt to disperse the forces of Western Xia.

In short, on the Eastern Front, the battlefield fell into calm for the time being due to the oppression of the Khitan. The Song and Xia armies on the Western Front are brewing another decisive battle.

However, the battle on the Western Front has nothing to do with Wu Haogu, who has just arrived at Mida Cave, and what he has to think about now is how to deal with the Khitans who are approaching step by step, and at the same time deal with the Great Song Dynasty behind him.

"Shiyan, Chongdao, the soldiers and horses of the Khitan people have advanced to Mingtang River!"

Wu Haogu and Gao Yu had just met Su Chi, the governor of Yinzhou who had moved here from Shicheng, in Mituo Cave, and they got the latest Liao army movements from him.

"How many are there?" The dusty Gao Yu didn't even have time to take a sip of tea, so he asked eagerly.

"More than 10,000," Su Chi said, "Shiyan, Chongdao, how is this good?" ”

"Can't let them approach the Mida Cave!" Wu Hao Guma said, "The water and grass on both sides of the Mingtang River are fertile, suitable for farming and animal husbandry, which is the foundation of the Great Song Dynasty based on the Hetao." ”

Su Chi looked at Gao Yu, Gao Yu's face was pale, "Does the court know?" Is there a will to come down? ”

"It's been reported a long time ago," Su Chi said, "I'm afraid it's a quarrel at this time, right?" ”

"No matter what happens to the imperial court," Wu Haogu raised his voice again, "we can't let them continue to go south along the Mingtang River, otherwise we will suffer a big loss in the future demarcation negotiations." ”