Yun Langhuan received more detailed information, it seemed that Yue Fei had withdrawn, but before Yue Fei withdrew, he forced the Western Xia captives to harvest all the crops around Helan Si, and without the protection of Helan Si, the cavalry of the Great Song Jingyuan Road and Xihe Road also began to interfere with the crop harvest and cattle and sheep grazing in Hexi. This situation did not seem serious, but in fact it exhausted the armies in the areas bordering the Great Song Dynasty in Hexi, and many small tribes would migrate or surrender under such a threat, which was a fatal conspiracy for the already strained Western Xia.

After listening to Yun Langhuan's narration, the faces of the Western Xia monarchs and ministers became even more ugly, under this threat, it will definitely be difficult for the states in Hexi to reinforce Xingzhou on a large scale, no wonder Yun Langhuan is worried that the army is not enough and the food will be robbed; And Yang Zhi is likely to go north to Lingzhou after the army is assembled, and at that time, it will be the beginning of the decisive battle to defend Xingzhou.

Li Renxiao finally spoke to Brother Richard: "Uncle Huang, what do you think?"

Brother Richard said in a deep voice: "Liu Qi and Yang Yizhong are both suspicious soldiers, and they have no intention of attacking Hexi, so they can order the army of Dingnan Mansion to go to Hexi to help; What we have to do now is to transport grain from Hexi to Xingzhou, and dispatch all the soldiers and civilians to prepare pasture and charcoal, if we want to hold on to Xingzhou and teach the Song army a lesson, it is absolutely impossible to do without food. ”

Empress Dowager Ren asked: "Do you want Ren Decong to lead the Hexi soldiers and horses, and send someone to negotiate for Ren Dejing?"

Ren Dejing is the father of the Empress Dowager Ren, who was captured alive by the Dingbei Army, which gave the Empress Dowager Ren a feeling of losing her backbone; not to mention that Ren Dejing was a minister of the Great Song Dynasty, and took the initiative to dedicate Xi'an Prefecture to the Western Xia, and later fought with the Great Song Dynasty for many years, and the Empress Dowager Ren was afraid that Yue Fei would kill Ren Dejing's sacrificial flag. Brother Richard couldn't wait for Ren Dejing to die, how could he exchange Ren Dejing back; if it weren't for Ren Dejing's always hard-mouthed mouth, according to his own style of play, at least Xixia would not be at the point of being embarrassed by the army now.

Brother Richard said with a heavy face: "When Yue Fei is victorious, I'm afraid he won't discuss anything with us, but an important person like Lord Ren, Yue Fei shouldn't handle it himself, and it is likely to be escorted to Weizhou or Qinzhou and handed over to Zhao Kai, the king of Yun, to deal with; ”

Isn't it just to prepare for cooperation with Xingzhou when Re Gong Ji accompanied Li Xiaoyou in Hedong? Now that such a thing has happened, it is time for Hot Gong Ji to come forward; there is nothing wrong with Brother Richard's suggestion, and Li Renxiao immediately asked Shi Ming, the commander of the Iron Guard, to send someone to inform Hot Gong Ji. As for the money needed, Li Renxiao is not worried, in the past few months, through various channels, the money given to Hot Gongji is enough to feed the cavalry of 1,000 people for a year, and he believes that Hot Gongji can handle this matter.

Richard's arrangement lasted only three days, and came to an abrupt halt after the Jin general Nie Erjin arrived in Xingzhou with 20,000 horses, because Nie Erjin did not agree; in Nie Erjin's eyes, Richard's approach was to deceive himself and others, and the territory of the Dingbei Army far exceeded that of Western Xia, and if he recuperated, it would be more beneficial to the growth of the strength of the Dingbei Army.

Nie Erjin was impassioned in the Xixia Palace: "The Song people occupy your territory, seeing Xingzhou become an isolated city, you are still dreaming of the side of peace, you are waiting for the Song people to destroy you, you should fight, even if you fight to the last person, let the Song people see the demeanor of the Western Xia army." I have come to fight the Song army, and if you have the courage, go with me, and if you are timid, I will do it myself. ”596

Nie Erjin's words made many young magnates and generals of the Western Xia boil with enthusiasm, and they asked to go to war one after another; the ministers of the Western Xia were stunned, but they were morally kidnapped by Nie Erjin, and they were here to help them, how could they let Nie Erjin go alone. Besides, he still needs the full assistance of Jin Guo in the future, if Jin Guo sees his inaction, let Nie Erjin fail, it will be impossible for Jin Guo to continue to support him in the future.

Brother Richard didn't expect the Jin State to send such a brainless guy, not to mention that the Western Xia people suffered a lot in front of Yang Zhi's army, even those famous generals of the Jin State also had a record of total defeat in front of Yang Zhi. Nie Erjin is so arrogant, it's just that he has been in Mobei and has never seen the strength of the army under Yang Zhi, but Nie Erjin's idea is exactly what Li Renxiao likes, and Brother Richard's expression was directly ignored.

Li Renxiao decided to send troops after considering the time of a stick of incense, and the target was Lingzhou proposed by Nie Erjian, which was the closest battlefield to Xingzhou, and the Song army did not gather too much, and the Western Xia had an absolute advantage in terms of troops; even if it could not be defeated, it would be good to deter the Dingbei army. In a province of approval, Richard had no choice but to transfer 40,000 people from the Western Xia army of less than 80,000 to follow Nie Erjin on the expedition.

The first thing Richard did after retiring from the dynasty was to send a letter to Cao Zimu, asking Cao Zimu to be ready to reinforce Xingzhou at any time, or to seize Hexi; Richard could meet that once the battle of Lingzhou failed, Yang Zhi of Weizhou would wave his army north and fight a decisive battle with Western Xia under the city of Xingzhou. Yun Langhuan, who followed Brother Richard back to the house, couldn't help asking, "Is the prince too pessimistic?"

Brother Richard said helplessly: "I'd rather I think too much, if Yang Zhi is not sure about Yue Fei, how can he hand over the army to him." Yang Zhi is used to pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger, and he is doing this just to let people who have luck in their hearts try Yue Fei's whetstone, think about it, has Yue Fei ever lost a battle? From a certain point of view, Yue Fei is another Yang Zhi. ”

Yun Langhuan reminded: "Why didn't the prince ask to go to Hexi to inspect and consolidate the line of Helan Mountain?"

Brother Richard said helplessly: "The nerves of the court have jumped into place, if I say so, I am afraid that I will immediately lose the freedom of life, besides, the front line of Helan Mountain is no longer possible, and delaying the time of the Great Song Army is the last value of the Helan Mountain defense line." ”

Yun Langhuan looked left and right, lowered his voice and said: "The emperor is young and easy to be bewitched by outsiders, I hope that the prince can come forward and protect the country when the time comes." ”

Yun Langhuan's confession made Richard very pleased, although he was in a high position, he still hoped to be recognized by others. Brother Richard was extremely satisfied, and said noncommittally: "This king will consider flexibly, you must now ensure the supply of Nie Erjin's army, and don't let some people seize the handle." ”