Xixia had only a few million people, while the Song Dynasty had hundreds of millions.
The gap in national strength and productivity between the two sides is more than a hundred times greater.
The reason why they have never been able to conquer Xixia is that they can still fight for more than a hundred years. The real reason is not that the defense line is strong or that the Xixia army is brave and good at fighting.
There is no invincible line of defense in the world. No matter how brave and skilled the soldiers are, they will be killed at some point.
The real reason is that on the one hand, there are national traitors and spies like Sima Guang and Han Qi in the DPRK who will admit defeat even if they win, and return the land they regain to their opponents.
On the other hand, it was because the generals of the Western Army were trying to protect themselves from the invaders.
At that time, the generals of the Western Army cooperated with Sima Guang and others to kill Di Qing because they knew very well that once Di Qing took charge of the offensive against Xixia, Xixia would inevitably perish.
If Xixia is destroyed, where will the Western Army, which was specially designed to deal with Xixia, go?
The huge amount of military resources, food and salary every year will soon be greatly reduced.
There are so many subordinates who can be used for enslavement. The sergeants who are arranged to work in their own shops and farm in their own fields will be transferred.
The military exploits that can be obtained by sending out troops to fight will also be lost from now on.
It is precisely because of these reasons that Xixia has been able to survive for more than a hundred years, and it has nothing to do with its strength.
The size gap between the two sides is too big. If they can't win despite their superiority, it can only be due to internal problems.
By now, Sima Guang, Han Qi and his like have been wiped out by Li Yunze, and they are barely dancing on their graves.
The Western Army has also been completely dismantled by him, retaining the essence and discarding the dross. No one dares to blatantly engage in the practice of supporting the invaders and respecting themselves.
Coupled with Li Yunze's use of cross-generational technology to reduce dimensionality, it is natural that Xixia's so-called combat power, which was once praised to the sky, was destroyed like a rotten animal.
In the past, it was not that the Song army officers and soldiers did not work hard, but Sima Guang in the court.
The army attacked again, crossed the Yanchi Desert and the vast sea, and headed straight for the Yellow River along the ancient Great Wall.
The Yellow River is harmful and only benefits.
This set is the Hetao area. The core territory of the Xixia people is here.
During the period of Wu Zetian, the Tanglai Canal, also known as Tang Canal, was dug in this fertile fortress in the south of the Yangtze River.
Starting from Qingtong Gorge, we go all the way north through the Hetao area, diverting water from the Yellow River to irrigate the local fertile soil and open up millions of acres of fertile farmland.
In this barren northwest land, this is a true god-given land.
So after Li Yuanhao took over here, he immediately moved all his core strength from his hometown.
After that, successive dynasties continued to develop and reclaimed millions of acres of land, which became the lifeblood of Xixia.
"There are too many fields."
After passing Qingtong Gorge, Li Yunze saw the lush green fields in front of him. He frowned and shook his head without feeling happy.
"Prime Minister." Shi Wenbin, who went out with the army and was already appointed as the envoy to recover Xixia, immediately followed suit, "Isn't the more land, the better?"
Li Yunze nodded with satisfaction, "This is natural, but it also depends on the position and influence."
He raised his whip to signal the extremely wide Yellow River in the distance. "This is the upper reaches of the Yellow River. Large-scale reclamation has consumed too much grass and vegetation, and the direct result is soil erosion. It used to be called the Big River because the water was clear. It will be called the Yellow River later because of the clear water." Water and soil flow
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Looking at Shi Wenbin next to him who was trying to flatter him but couldn't understand him at all, Li Yunze stopped talking and smiled casually.
Tell these scholars who read books from sages and sages what to do. They are not as knowledgeable about scientific knowledge as the Taoist priests.
Even monks know how to bury bean sprouts in the ground, erect a Buddha statue on it, and water it every day to use the power of the bean sprouts to lift up the Buddha statue and perform miracles or something like that.
Shaking his head, Li Yunze rode forward. "In the future, the number of acres will be controlled here, and the upper limit must not be exceeded. Otherwise, the downstream will be miserable."
Although Shi Wenbin was puzzled, he kept saying yes.
Li Yunze believed that he would definitely do what he said, but when he leaves at the end of his term, will his successor continue to impose strict requirements?
The locals are definitely not willing to do so. Whether they survive downstream is none of my business. My land reclamation will come first or later.
Thinking of this, Li Yunze laughed again and shook his head.
His energy is limited and he really can't take care of too many things, so so be it.
On the way to Xingqing Mansion, the Xixia people made their final resistance.
They summoned almost all the manpower and material resources that could be mobilized. All the tribes under the Helan Mountain were mobilized, and a rabble was assembled to fight the Song army outside Jingzhou City.
Facing the Song army, which was well-trained, well-equipped, and most importantly fully paid, the Xixia people's rabble was defeated and collapsed without any surprise.
Jingzhou was defeated in one battle, and on the third day the vanguard of the army had already advanced to Xingqing Mansion.
Xingqing Mansion is Yinchuan, the core of the fortress in Jiangnan and where the capital of the Xixia people is located.
Before the siege could begin, the city gate was opened on its own initiative, and then a group of prominent figures in the city took the initiative to welcome Master Wang.
After losing his last capital outside Jingzhou City, Emperor Xixia Li Qianshun escaped and fled northward overnight with his royal ministers.
The city was leaderless and in chaos.
These people who did not run away all owned a large amount of real estate in and outside the city. At this time, for the sake of his family's property, he could only compromise and see if he could deceive the Song people to save his family's property and life.
If someone like Sima Guang came over and said something nice, not only could he save his family's property, but he could even take back the territory previously captured by the Song Army.
It's a pity that those who come are powerful officials with no shame.
The first thing Li Yunze did after coming over was to seal off the city and conduct door-to-door inspections.
It was the same no matter who it was, all the property was sealed and taken away, and everyone could only make a living by dividing the land according to the head.
Moreover, only Han'er can divide the land, and the party members don't have a hair on their heads.
If you are lucky, you can be selected as a knight and get money, food and military pay.
If you are unlucky, just figure it out on your own.
Looking at the Helan Mountains not far away, Li Yunze, who had successfully overthrown Xixia, sang with satisfaction, "Driving a long chariot, crossing the gap in the Helan Mountains~~~ He had great ambitions and ate Hulu meat when he was hungry, and laughed and drank the blood of the Huns~~~"
Just when I was happy, I saw the original author listening with great interest, and I couldn't sing anymore.
Considering the thickness of his skin, this shouldn't be the case.
But who made the original author Yue Fei? Li Yunze still wanted to save some face in front of Yue Pengju.
Li Yunze went to Li Qianshun's palace and searched around for something interesting.
Naturally, he is not short of money, but there are many things that he cannot get even if he has money.
There are many rare and unique items that can only be found in the imperial palace.
When Li Qianshun escaped, he took away most of his gold and silver goods, and naturally he didn't take care of antiques, calligraphy and paintings.
For example, the gilt bronze statues of Guanyin Bodhisattva, both gold and bronze, were also taken away. But the long scroll of Buddhist scriptures written in cursive script was retained because it was difficult to cash in to provide military supplies for the restoration of the country.
Li Yunze unfolded this long Buddhist scroll, which was more than five meters long, and looked at it carefully from front to back.
Although he studied Taoism, he would not reject Buddhist magic classics. There is no telling which parallel world he would be able to use them in the future.
After reading it, Li Yunze expressed that he was very satisfied and immediately packed up and opened the time and space door and took him back to the modern world.
He no longer lives in the Shangri-La Hotel and instead bought a big house in the mountains here.
There is no need to mention the price, I don’t care anyway.
After returning home, Li Yunze looked around with his long scroll under his arm, looking for a suitable place to put it.
The house is large, but almost all of it is filled with various treasures.
Xuande's stoves, Ru kiln's porcelain, Tang Yin's paintings, and Zhao Ji's calligraphy are everywhere.
The furniture in the home is all antiques, the kind used in the palace.
The dishes used in the kitchen are all from the official kiln, the kuaizi are all from ivory, and the stairs going up and down the stairs are all from white marble.
The walls are covered with calligraphy and paintings by famous artists, and it is really difficult to find a place for the long scroll in my hand.
After walking upstairs for a while, Li Yunze finally opened the door of Paoyu's room.
Paoyu, who was doing a live broadcast in the room, turned around and saw Li Yunze suddenly appeared on the scene. He hurriedly explained, "My man is back" and closed the live broadcast.
Ignoring the heartbreaking cries of many fans, he hurriedly stood up and hugged Li Yunze's arm, "You just went out after dinner, are you back now?"
Li Yunze was stunned for a moment. The last time he came back to the modern world, it seemed that he had dinner with the girl and then went to the warehouse to transport minerals and medicine.
"Oh." Li Yunze grabbed the girl's a4 waist and raised the long Buddhist scripture scroll in cursive script in his hand. "I got a good thing back. I don't have room to put it. Let's see if you still have some space on the wall..."
Her room was not empty, and there was a painting of spring trees and autumn frost by Tang Bohu hanging on the wall.
Li Yunze looked at it for a while, and directly hung the long scroll of Buddhist scriptures in cursive script on top of the picture of spring trees and autumn frost.
"That's right." Paoyu looked at the painting hanging on the wall and seemed to remember something. "When I was doing the live broadcast two days ago, someone said that the painting on the wall was authentic..."
"Of course it's true." Li Yunze affirmed without hesitation.
How could the things brought back from the palace be fake?
"They said that authentic works are very expensive, and they are in museums." Paoyu looked at Li Yunze with flashing eyes, "How come there are two authentic works?"
Li Yunze smiled and explained, "That's because Tang Bohu is a poor artist."
Bubblefish was puzzled and tilted his pretty head to ask for an explanation.
"Tang Bohu is a poor man, so he has to keep painting to make a living. He has painted hundreds of pictures of spring trees and autumn frost, and of course they are all authentic."
The girl's face showed a look of astonishment, "So that's the case, it really increases my knowledge."
Li Yunze has never been in the antique business, because the income is not as high as expected, and the circle is very small. But whenever he gets something good, it will immediately attract huge attention. This kind of attention is not what he needs.
Others, such as precious medicinal materials, precious wood, jade and white jade, are similar.
The income is not big, but there are many things to do. It would be better not to touch or pull him down at all to save trouble.
He placed many of these antique calligraphy and paintings in his home simply to remember them.
In case the time and space gate disappears one day, these things are precious memories of his time traveling through thousands of worlds.
Li Yunze, who was planning to go back, turned around and saw the charming girl next to him, and suddenly had the idea of defiling his son.
"I'm here to teach you how to identify the authenticity of antiques... You squat down and see if the shoes I'm wearing are antiques..."
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