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The officials stood in solemn silence.
Hu Anguo was the first to understand the deeper meaning behind it.
He immediately exclaimed, "Your Majesty is wise!"
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Lanzhou.
Yang Zhi held the newly received orders from the Grand Marshal's Office and the Ministry of War in his hand.
"We will send troops at the end of the month and ignore the Western Xia's peace negotiations."
"Let's do as we discussed before,"
"General Yao is going to attack Zhenwu City (Ancient Bone Dragon City)."
"I will lead my troops to attack the Southern Army Commandery."
Yao Gu couldn't help but ask, "Are there no friendly forces cooperating with us from the north?"
“We’ll leave that place alone!” Yang Zhi said.
Zhong Shidao instantly understood what Zhao Yuan meant.
"Your Majesty has changed the old Song Dynasty's strategy for conquering Xia,"
"Our plan is to first seize the Hexi Corridor."
The Northern Song Dynasty and the Western Xia Dynasty were at war.
In the last seventy or eighty years,
The core area of contention has always been in the Hengshan direction.
The Northern Song Dynasty occupied that area.
We can rely on Yokoyama's manpower and resources to launch an attack.
They could also build fortified villages layer by layer for defense.
If we lose that place, it will be impossible to penetrate deep into the Western Xia territory.
It requires traversing mountainous and desert regions.
A large number of laborers and provisions were mobilized for the long expedition.
Chapter 1,698 Hengshan
The Western Xia occupied that area.
Similarly, they could rely on Yokoyama's manpower and resources to launch an attack.
Otherwise, one would have to cross vast desert areas.
Now, Zhao Yuan has given up entirely!
Because of Xi'an Prefecture and Huaide Army, two places.
It was almost completely occupied by the Western Xia.
The northern part of Huizhou also fell into the hands of the Western Xia.
The achievements of the Song Dynasty's decades of war were destroyed in an instant.
Liu Yanqing and other border generals,
They could barely hold the city.
It is absolutely impossible to reclaim the lost territory.
Moreover, Zhao Yuan didn't have enough money and grain to supply them with troops.
Then let's just ignore Yokoyama.
Give them some money and food.
Let them handle the rest themselves.
Military generals in the relevant regions
They were all appointed as prefects or military governors.
Military and political power were concentrated in the hands of a single military commander.
This is essentially equivalent to making them warlords.
These military generals became warlords.
They will naturally be alert and defend their territory.
Because that's their own territory!
Liu Yanqing, Zhe Keqiu, Liu Zhengyan, and others
Overjoyed to receive the imperial edict of appointment,
They indeed racked their brains to guard against the Western Xia and the Jin Dynasty.
Zhao Yuan did not have high expectations of them.
Just don't let it all collapse at once.
After the south is pacified,
To stabilize the front line with the Jin Kingdom,
That would free up resources to deal with the warlords.
The terrain over Yokoyama is too complicated.
Zhao Yuan did not want to adopt the strategy of the Song Dynasty.
His idea was just as Zhong Shidao had said.
Let the Western Xia occupy Hengshan first.
The Ming Dynasty's border troops defended the city.
The main force of the Ming Dynasty
Fight directly into the Hexi Corridor
Although the journey is long,
However, logistics and transportation are actually more convenient.
Once the Hexi Corridor is captured
The population and food resources of the Western Xia Dynasty will be drastically reduced.
Business revenue will also be shattered!
This time, we need to seize the Southern Army Commandery and the Ancient Bone Dragon City.
They are all gateways into the Hexi Corridor.
Especially with the Southern Army Command,
That area belongs to the core of the southern war zone of the Western Xia!
At the end of May, they made a pledge to send troops.
Yang Zhi led an army of 22,000 men.
Following the Karuochuan (Zhuanglang River).
They marched directly to the Southern Army Command of Western Xia.
Of these, 18,000 were soldiers from Sichuan.
The four thousand men were Li Yanxian's ragtag cavalry.
The remaining Sichuan soldiers and miscellaneous infantry,
Remaining stationed in Lanzhou
We are ready to provide support to all fortified villages in Lanzhou at any time.
Yao Gu commanded 45,000 troops.
Starting from Xining,
Attack the Ancient Bone Dragon City along the Haomen River.
Yao Gu's 45,000 people
It includes auxiliary soldiers and civilian laborers.
The number of those with real combat capability is less than ten thousand.
Yang Zhi's 24,000 men
But they are all capable of fighting!
Yang Zhi brought only a few laborers.
Because the target was too close.
The straight-line distance between Henan Military Command and Lanzhou City.
It's not even 120 li yet.
The actual distance is less than 160 li.
And the entire journey can be followed along the river valley.
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Zhuoluo and Nanjianjunsi (Hongcheng Town, Yongdeng County).
As luck would have it, Li Yuchang, the prime minister of the Western Xia Kingdom, was here.
This guy also wanted to gain merit and prestige last year.
Commander of the Western and Southern Legions of Western Xia
They sent troops to conquer northern Huizhou and the entire territory of Xi'an Prefecture.
Li Qianshun relied on the Liao general Xiao Heda.
They also participated in the invasion.
Commander of the Eastern Army of Western Xia
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Yang Zhen, the garrison commander of Jianning Village,
He was killed by Xiao Heda.
Yang Zhen's son, Yang Yizhong.
They're making a ruckus every day now.
He urged Zhe Keqiu to send troops to avenge his father.
Li Yuchang practically emptied the army from the Hexi Corridor.
Because of the separation between the desert and the mountains,
Not only were they unable to continue their attack,
They couldn't even supply the army with provisions for a long time.
Therefore, he ordered the Western Legion to withdraw to their homeland.
On the one hand, they tried to negotiate peace with the new Ming Dynasty.
The first letter of negotiation.
It was the product of a compromise between Li Yuchang and Richard.
That is, to return a portion of the occupied territory.
The Western Xia controlled part of the Hengshan area.