On March 20th in the third year of Hongwu, Xingzhou City.
The former Tokyo Xingqing Prefecture of Dabai Gaoguo has now been renamed Xingzhou, and it is no longer Tokyo. Because the Great White Kingdom is gone...the country is gone, how can there be Tokyo or Xijing?
This country that used to dominate the northwest and was once known as the Western Dynasty, which attempted to be on an equal footing with the Liao Dynasty in the north and the Song Dynasty in the south, with Dangxiang as its nationality, has now been reorganized into the Hexi Jiedushi District of the Song Dynasty. Moreover, the official residence of Jiedushi was not in Xingzhou, but in Dunhuang in the west of the Hexi Corridor.
So starting from last summer’s harvest, Xingzhou Dangxiang began to move westward one after another... This is a big move of hundreds of thousands of people!
Since the Dangxiang people have lived a settled life for one or two hundred years, there is not much left of their nomadic customs. It is much more difficult than imagined to let them "swim" again, abandon the land that their ancestors have cultivated and harvested for generations, and open up a new homeland in the west!
Besides, heading west has a bleak future!
Although the Gaochang Uighurs in the Western Regions are not very powerful, the Kara Khanate, which is of the same race as them, is very powerful!
The Khan of the Kara Khanate is known as the "Peach Blossom Stone Khan", which is also the so-called Chinese Khan. He is a king who can be equal to the Liao Dynasty in the Northern Dynasty and the Song Dynasty in the Southern Dynasty!
When the Li family was destroyed by them in Khotan, the whole Hexi region trembled, fearing that they would come all the way!
If the Hexi Army wants to march westward, it will have to fight to the death with the Kara Khanate!
Moreover, I heard from Hu Shang from the Western Regions that there is a boss in this Kara Khanate. What kind of Turkic Khanate it is... It sounds very powerful when I hear it!
What's even more exaggerated is that there are still people in this Turkic Khanate... They are the Great Food Kingdom. They were the ones who defeated the Li Tang Dynasty in the Western Regions!
According to those Hu merchants in the Western Regions, this great food country is the lord of all nations in the Western Regions and a powerful country that cannot be offended.
Even the prosperous Tang Dynasty was defeated by them once. How could hundreds of thousands of party members defeat them?
Besides, if the Uighurs, Turks, and Dashi in the west were really easy to deal with, why did their party members have to fight with the Song Dynasty for more than a hundred years?
So since last summer, the powerful party members inside and outside Xingzhou City have been conveying a message to the superior former Wu Zu and current Hexi Jiedushi Li Qianshun... That group of people in the West is not to be trifled with! Let’s stay and fight with the one named Zhao!
However, their appeal did not seem to shake the determination of brothers Li Qianshun and Brother Richard to move westward!
Starting last autumn, groups of party members were organized and embarked on the journey westwards. Of course, not all party members, regardless of gender, old or young, went on the road together.
Instead, mothers took their children (including boys and girls) and went first under the protection of some of the party's young men. The elderly party members continue to stay in Xingzhou...to stand the last shift and plant the last season's fields.
Li Qianshun's father-in-law, Cao Mian, was appointed as the Chief Supervisor of the Xiping Army. He left Xingzhou early and went to Guasha Prefecture to deal with a lot of headache-inducing things - so many mouths to feed. , and all preparations must be made for the attack on the Gaochang Uighurs.
The Gaochang Uighurs are relatively weak, but the war between the Hexi Army and the Gaochang Uighurs will definitely trigger the intervention of the Kara Khanate. This is the real big trouble...
The two brothers Li Qianshun and Brother Richard who stayed in Xingzhou to manage the move encountered a bigger trouble - the Kingdom of Jin was coming!
Last year when Zhao Kai came to kill him, where was the Kingdom of Jin? It was agreed that there would be a five-pronged attack on the Song Dynasty, but Zhao Kai was there to beat Dabai Gaoguo violently, and the shadows of the three golden soldiers were gone.
And this year, the Dabai Gao Kingdom has become the Hexi Jiedu Envoy Division, preparing for the Western Expedition to open up territory, and when the Dangxiang people are also planning to move their entire clan... Dajin's soldiers are here again! And more than 10,000 people came!
They first raided Xiao Heda at the foot of Black Mountain, and then went south along the Yellow River to Keyi Gate. They said they wanted to unite with the Dabai Gao Kingdom to fight against the Song Dynasty... Why did you go there earlier? Now that Dabai and Gaoguo are gone, it’s a waste to unite!
To be honest, brothers Li Qianshun and Brother Richard are really not interested in this matter, but they don't dare to offend the Kingdom of Jin. If the Jin Dynasty could not deal with the Song Dynasty, could it also not deal with the Hexi Jiedu Envoy?
Therefore, Li Qianshun and Brother Richard had to deal with it vaguely, hoping to get this matter over with. But their ambiguity aroused the enthusiasm of the party members who were unwilling to move.
After the Jin people left, the relocation plan could not be carried out. Every day, a bunch of Dangxiang tribal leaders went to the Jiedu Envoy in Xingzhou City to ask Li Qianshun and Brother Richard for a fight. They all wanted to use the power of the Jin people to fight against the Song Dynasty. Yes...Although Li Qianshun was cruel, he was quite soft-hearted. He was a little moved when so many people said this.
However, Brother Richard disagreed, and Li Qianshun did not have the ability to kill the enemy in battle, so the two brothers would argue whenever they met these days, and neither could convince the other.
The plan to move westward also slowed down due to the differences between the two brothers and the opposition of the Dangxiang people.
Seeing the passage of time, the Gaochang Uighurs and Kara Khanate in the west have most likely heard the news and begun to strengthen their defenses. Brother Richard is really anxious and has no choice. Today he wants to have a showdown with his brother - if Qian Shun really doesn't want to leave, then Brother Cha will go to Dunhuang first... Now there is always someone in Dunhuang The army of 100,000 was sent out, which was at least a little less, but there was no other way, so we had to risk using this 100,000 troops to conquer the Uighurs in the west.
But Brother Cha did not expect that he would arrive a step too late... Wanyan Xiebao, the supervisor of the Southwest Recruitment Department of the Jin Kingdom, had entered Xingzhou City at some point and was still in charge of Jiedushi Si Neihe Qian Shun is having a good time drinking and talking!
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"Brother, you came just in time... Supervisor Wanyan just said a perfect plan, this time it will definitely kill Zhao Kai!"
When Li Qianshun saw his brother coming in a hurry, he smiled and called him forward to discuss together.
Brother Richard couldn't bear to contradict Qian Shun in front of outsiders, so he had to greet Xie Bao politely, and then sat down beside him.
Wanyan Xiebao smiled and said in Khitan dialect to Brother Richard, who was wearing the official uniform of the Northern Song Dynasty warrior: "Your Highness, King Jin, now is really a good opportunity to kill Zhao Kai in one fell swoop... Even if we can't kill him, As long as we can act according to the plan, we can also severely damage him and Xiao Heda, and regain Lingzhou and Xiazhou. There is no difficulty. Give up this opportunity and escape to the west to fight with the Kara Khanate and the Turkic Kingdom. It is really not a wise move for powerful countries to fight for the Western Regions!"
Brother Richard still didn't speak.
Xie Bao said: "Now Dajin has assembled 30,000 regular troops at the foot of Heishan... They are all Jurchen and Bohai elite soldiers! Hebule, the Khan of the Mongolian tribe and the governor of Hedong, also sent 20,000 The elite soldiers of the Mengwu tribe arrived at the foot of Black Mountain. Adding the two places together, it is 50,000 regular troops!
With these 50,000 regular troops waiting for work at the foot of Black Mountain, waiting for Zhao Kai and Xiao Heda to run into them... they are basically invincible! "
Brother Richard smiled and said, "In that case, doesn't it matter whether we send troops or not?"
"Of course it's different." Wanyan Xiebao said, "Now Zhao Kai also has many war horses, and his elite troops move quickly and fiercely, and they come and go like the wind. Xiao Heda's Khitan people are also nomadic. It is easy to defeat them, but it is difficult to annihilate them all. It’s difficult. If you party members hadn’t sent troops to cut off their return, Zhao Kai would have been able to retreat calmly even if he was defeated at the foot of Black Mountain."
Brother Cha raised his eyebrows and seemed to be a little moved: "Just to break off the way back?"
Wanyan Xiebao nodded, and then glanced at Qian Shun - in fact, he proposed two strategies for Qian Shun to choose.
It was only a bad idea for Dangxiang to send troops to block Zhao Kai's return route. The real best option was to set up an ambush in Shengwei City at the intersection of the Yellow River and Luotuo River... The elite Jurchen troops were ambushing in the city, and Dangxiang's elite troops pretended to greet him outside the city. The people were lying in ambush in the grasslands and sandy areas north of the Luotuo River.
When Zhao Kai arrived, the two brothers Qian Shun and Cha Ge set up defenses to trick Zhao Kai into approaching Shengwei City. Then they ambushed and attacked suddenly, killing Zhao Kai in one fell swoop!
But Qian Shun gave up when he heard that he had to come forward to deceive him... He is an honest man and will not lie to others! What if Zhao Kai sees through it on the spot and throws a bomb over?
So Xie Bao had no choice but to come up with the next trick.
But this strategy is also very powerful... It is unlikely that Zhao Kai will lead an army of more than 50,000 people north to Montenegro. Even if he led so many people there, Wanyan Xiebao was not afraid. Because Heishan is very close to Xijing Road in Dajin, large troops can be dispatched to the front line of Heishan at any time. In order to fight this battle, Emperor Wu Qimai of Dajin has left Yanjing and personally went to Datong, Xijing to take charge.
If necessary, Wu Qimai will come to the front line in person!
This time, the Kingdom of Jin has made the greatest determination to show Zhao Kai how powerful he is!
And it is impossible for Zhao Kai to transfer troops from the battlefields of Hebei and Hedong - the Song army does not have that kind of mobility, and the army has to cross mountains and ridges to cross the Yellow River to go from Hedong. If it does not attack the Jin army from Datong, it only needs to walk through the grasslands. .
Therefore, the numerical advantage must be on the Jin Army's side.
As long as the Jin army reaches a stalemate with Zhao Kai, brothers Li Qianshun and Brother Richard will send troops to cut off Zhao Kai's retreat - after all, retaking Lingxia is more promising than going to the Western Regions!
Qian Shun smiled and said to Brother Cha: "Brother, let's send 50,000 people... As long as the soldiers of the Kingdom of Jin are in a stalemate with Zhao Kai's army at the foot of the Black Mountain, we will use your reinforcements as reinforcements." I'll send the troops there in name, and then give Zhao Kai a fatal blow when he gets close!"
"Yes, yes!" Wanyan Xiebao said with a smile, "The Wu soldiers are really smart in using troops, much better than Xiebao! King Jin, let's do this! As long as you can do it, the northwest will be your world... ..No, not only the northwest, but also the land of Bashu is allowed to be taken by the Great White Kingdom!"
"Okay!" Brother Richard finally called, "It's a deal! I know Gao Guo will send 50,000 troops!"
Wanyan Xiebao finally breathed a sigh of relief... He had known for a long time that Zhao Kai would not be able to get rid of this thief, but unfortunately he never had the chance. But this time, Zhao Kai would be dead!
