The Song army withdrew from the Xia army and did not pursue it. The 50,000 Xia army that went to attack the Guan family fought with the Song cavalry who were rescued south and each side had their own victory or defeat. The Xia army lost 5,000 cavalry, but the Song army lost nearly 10,000 people. In the end, the Xia cavalry bypassed the main force of the Song army who was returning to Qingshui City.

Li Ke's battle report was soon sent to the hands of Emperor Xia Li Liangzuo, and his counterattack against the Song army was beyond Li Liangzuo's expectations. However, this also reminded Li Liangzuo that the Song army was growing and the war was the best teacher of the Song army. Moreover, with the losses of the elite cavalry of the Xia army, the combat effectiveness of the Xia army was declining.

"Brother, what do you think of this counterattack of the Song army?" Li Liangzuo asked Li Yanzong.

"Report to Your Majesty, I think we are going to postpone the war on the Eastern Front. According to the current situation, it is probably difficult to eat the northern army of the Song army. The Song army still has more than 600,000 troops in the north so far, of which at least 300,000 elite troops. Now the Song army's defenders in Julu have retreated. Although our army has eaten 200,000 troops, there are still 200,000 elite troops, and now they have retreated to Handan; and Zhong Shidao took over 150,000 elite troops from Zhao Wei to defend in Kaifeng, Xingyang and other places to guard our army from the rear; Zhao Wei has led his army back to Daming Mansion to defend and stationed troops in Puyang, Liyang and other places;

The Song army in the three places has formed a linkage. One side was attacked, and the other two places can quickly rush to rescue. Although the Song army counterattacks this time, the Song army's losses are very worthwhile in terms of the current situation. It has concentrated the originally scattered forces together and caused a considerable blow to our army."

"There is another problem exposed. Doesn't the emperor look?" Li Liangzuo asked Li Xiaorenren.

"Your Majesty refers to the three princes." Li Xiaoren said boldly.

"Brother, please evaluate my three sons' performance in this battle." Li Liangzuo asked Li Xiaoren.

"this……"

"There are only you and me here, so there is no need to be restrained."

"Okay!" Li Xiaoren said: "His Royal Highness King Jin performed the worst in this battle, and he was suspected of avoiding war and preserving his strength; while His Royal Highness King Hengshan's performance was remarkable and there was nothing to say; while His Royal Highness King Changshan's performance was good. Although he lost 100,000 troops, his good idea was just a miscalculation of the situation of the enemy."

Li Liangzuo nodded and said, "I intend to go to Hebei in person to support the war situation. What do the emperor's intentions?"

"Your Majesty, it's a big battle now. If you leave the capital, it may cause unstable morale in the army!" Li Xiaoren persuaded Li Liangzuo.

"Brother, tell me the truth. If I go to the front line, will my morale be really unstable?" Li Liangzuo said with a smile: "I'm afraid that my morale will only increase!"

"His Majesty……"

"When I get old, I have fewer and fewer opportunities to go to the battlefield." Li Liangzuo said to Li Xiaoren: "This time you go with me and let the empress supervise the country in the court. Zhou Wentai presided over the government should not be a big problem. We will strive to end the war in the north before spring so that the army can repair the military farm."

"Since Your Majesty has decided, I will just follow you." Li Xiaoren said with a smile. "Your Majesty, the Huihua cannons you smashed and smashed by the Western Regions craftsmen you sent to Juzi is said to be quite powerful, and you can take them together when you go there this time."

"I have issued an order to let them return to Beijing." Li Liangzuo said with a smile: "In addition to Huihui cannons, I have also prepared a large amount of gunpowder for the Song army and have started shipping."

The next morning, Li Liangzuo announced his decree to personally enlist in Hebei. The important officials naturally stopped Li Liangzuo from leaving the capital, but Li Liangzuo had already decided that they could stop him. This time, Li Liangzuo brought not many troops to Hebei, only three thousand imperial guards. Hebei already had two major corpses of the Xia army, so there was no need to lead the army to the place.

Under the protection of the three thousand imperial guards, Li Liangzuo and Li Xiaoren went north from the imperial capital and then entered Hedong Province. Through Taiyuan, Yanmen turned to Feihu Guandong and Yizhou and then headed south. Although the journey was a little far, we could take a look at the local people's conditions. To be honest, the lives of the people in the north were still very hard, especially this winter was difficult. In order to prevent the local people from going hungry, local governments often organized people to go to the mountains to hunt to solve the problem of food scarcity.

More than half a month later.

On the way to Yizhou south, Li Liangzuo asked Li Xiaoren on the war horse: "You have seen the emperor's journey. My Great Xia Empire is really impossible to drag on. The war must be ended before spring. If it affects tomorrow's harvest, I am afraid that the people of Hebei and Hedong will revolt."

"Your Majesty, it's too hasty to end the war before the beginning of spring next year." Li Xiaoren said to Li Liangzuo: "There are still 600,000 out of the Song army, and it's quite difficult to eat them all."

"Even if you can't eat them all, you have to eat more than half of them. The trapped beasts in Daming Mansion or Kaifeng area will be cut off all their foreign aid. I want to see if there is no food and grass, what else can the Song army resist." After Li Liangzuo said that, he immediately ran away with the war horse under his crotch.

"Hurry, protect Your Majesty..." Li Xiaoren also ordered.

Li Liangzuo's personal expedition was too simple. Except for his jade seal and armor, he didn't bring any other ceremonial guards. If he had brought those things, he wouldn't have arrived here yet! Of course, the eunuch brought one, and this time he followed Li Liangzuo to personally expedition was Xiao Zhuozi.

It took only five days to run from Yizhou to reach Qingshui Front. Although Li Ke and others had received news of Li Liangzuo's personal expedition, they did not expect that Li Liangzuo would come so quickly. When Li Liangzuo came to the north gate of Qingshui City, the entire Qingshui City was still tightly closed.

"His Majesty the Emperor of the Great Xia Empire is here, why don't you open the city gate quickly..." Xiao Zhuozi slapped his horse and came to Qingshui City and shouted loudly.

"Wait here, without my prince's military order, even if I come, I cannot open the city gate." The goalkeeper replied.

"Bold..." Xiao Zhuozi was about to get angry, but was stopped by Li Liangzuo.

Li Liangzuo bowed to the city tower and said, "Brother, please come in and report to King Changshan, just say he is here."

The young general on the city tower did not dare to make any negligence and immediately sent someone to report to Li Ke. Li Liangzuo turned over and dismounted, threw the reins to a group of Xiao Zhuozi, and then walked under the city wall to reach out to touch the city wall. He used a lot of strength to pull a piece of ice from the city wall, and then said to Li Xiaoren: "This is an ice city built with water! Can the emperor know the allusion of this ice city?"

"It is said that when Cao Cao and Ma Chao fought in Guanzhong, the cavalry of Xiliang was so powerful that the world was so powerful that Cao Cao's army was unable to establish a village to protect himself. Late at night, Cao Cao ordered his soldiers to build a strong ice city while building a city while splashing water overnight." Li Xiaoren said to Li Liangzuo.

"It's a pity that this allusion should be covered. If I'm not wrong, this idea must have been thought of by Yang Shousu. I like this city building." Li Liangzuo smiled and several times.

At this moment, the city gate opened with a "creak! creak!" and Li Ke led the civil and military officials in the city to leave the city together and knelt down in front of Li Liangzuo, "My son Li Ke led the front line soldiers to pay homage to his father. Long live my emperor, long live, long live..."

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