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The envoy sent by Xixia to Chang'an had not returned yet, so Liang Qishen suggested that he send an envoy to Taiyuan, Hedong to test the reaction of Hulie Mansion. If Li Hu wanted to attack Xixia, Luo Sinan, who was in charge of Hulie Mansion, would definitely be the first to get the news. However, this suggestion was opposed by Brother Richard.

"Li Hu has always been in danger in wars and won incredible victories, so in our opinion, the more impossible it is, the more likely it will become a reality." Richard said, "Now the Jurchens have suffered consecutive defeats in Daibei, Hedong and Central Plains, and they cannot launch a counterattack in the short term. Let's take a step back, even if the Jurchens launch a **, the target is Daibei, not Hedong and Central Plains. Since the Jin army cannot pose a threat to Hedong and Central Plains, as long as Li Hu forms an alliance with the Song people in the southeast or reaches a temporary peace agreement, he will have the conditions to launch the Western Expedition."

"Where is money and grain? How does he solve the money and grain problem?" Li Anhui asked, "Is it a reckless plunder? It is a massive plunder in his occupied area?"

"What can Li Hu do? Sichuan and Jinghu in Central China have always been rich, and huge merchants and wealthy businessmen have emerged one after another, and there are many wealthy families. Li Hu can borrow money by means of force, or find other ways to seize the plunder." Richard sneered, "China is divided, in chaos, and it is just right.

It is the best opportunity for Li Huxiong to dominate the world. He will lose the world for the so-called benevolence and righteousness? Besides, whether it is the Jurchens or the Song people in the southeast, they all need time to consolidate their territory to establish a three-legged situation. In this case, Li Hu attacked our Xixia, which is in line with their wishes. They can sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, watch Li Hu consume his strength in the northwest, and they won the time for recovery and development. Such a thing that can kill multiple goals in one go, will the Jurchens and Song people have no tacit understanding? I think they wish Li Hu would launch a Western Expedition so that they could watch the fire across the river and watch coldly?"

This sentence made a group of monarchs and ministers speechless, and the trace of luck in their hearts disappeared.

Liang Qishen couldn't see Richard's arrogance. He thought about it for a little while and said: "Li Hu defeated the Jurchens this spring and killed the Pu family slaves. The Jurchens dug up the Yellow River embankment when they evacuated the Central Plains and drowned hundreds of thousands of people from the Song Dynasty. The two sides thus formed a deep hatred and deployed their main forces on the east and west foothills of the Taihang Mountains, ready to fight at any time. Judging from this situation, Li Hu's chances of taking advantage of the situation to attack Hebei are still the greatest. At present, a series of military deployments he made in Daibei and Northwest seem to be attacking us, but in fact, it may be a sound to the west and attacking the east. The real target is the Jurchens, Hebei."

Brother Richard sneered at this

With a nose.

"From the situation, Li Hu's successive victory in Daibei, Hedong and Central Plains has ensured that he has gained a foothold in the three-point pattern of Middle Earth. Next, he is not about survival, but development, and how to unify Zhongtu as soon as possible." Brother Richard walked to the map and briefly talked about the three-point pattern of Middle Earth. "I believe everyone has seen that it is our Daxia that threatens Li Hu's survival and hinders his development. As long as our Daxia exists, there will be no peace in Shaanxi, Hedong and even Daibei. Li Hu will fall into the dilemma of multi-line combat, and he has no strength to compete for Middle Earth. Over time, the strength of the Jin Dynasty and the Song people in the southeast has developed, and Li Hu's survival will be in danger."

Indeed, Li Hu was deeply trapped in the Western Xia, Jin and Da. The three sides of the Song Dynasty were surrounded by the Song Dynasty and were not enough to protect himself. How could he have the strength to compete for the world? At present, if he wanted to break through the siege, his only goal was Xixia. Although he could also attack the Song people in the southeast, neither the Jin nor the Xixia would allow Li Hu to conquer the Southeast. If Li Hu conquers the Southeast and gets a wealthy place in the southeast, his strength would increase sharply, and the Jin and Xixia people would not be able to deal with him in the future. On the contrary, even if Li Hu conquers the poor Xixia, his consumption will not only be extremely shocking, but also continues to consume a lot of money in the future.

In addition to winning strategic advantages, Li Hu's conquering Xixia is not worth the effort in other aspects. He is more likely to drag himself into a bottomless pit that burns money and is trapped in a quagmire and cannot extricate himself. What is particularly serious is that if he fails to destroy the Dangxiang people and leaves a "tail" to seek revenge day and night, then this battle is the beginning of his defeat and a terrifying nightmare for him.

Brother Li Cha's analysis finally made the monarchs and ministers of Xixia realize that Li Hu must have taken action. Li Hu was eager to destroy Xixia, and the Jurchens and the Song people were happy to sit in the mountains and watch the tiger fight, using the Dangxiang people to consume Li Hu's strength. The battle that concerns the life and death of the Dangxiang people began like this.

However, the Dangxiang people were confident of defending their territory. The Dangxiang people occupied the right time, place and people. In the past eighty years, they repeatedly defeated the Song people and the Khitan people, and established themselves with the Song and the Liao. Now, Zhongtu has split and the most powerful opponent has been defeated. The strength of the Jin Kingdom and Li Hu is not enough to replace the former Da Liao and the Song Dynasty, so they have absolute confidence to defeat Li Hu and create a four-legged world pattern.

In the face of national crisis, it was a crisis. At the moment, Li Qianshun and Liang Qishen temporarily put aside their grudges with Richard Brother, instead accept Richard Brother's analysis and judgment, mobilize the power of the whole country to block Li Hu.

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This time, Li Qianshun learned his lesson and gave Richard full trust, allowing him to command the war of defense that was related to the life and death of the Dangxiang people.

Brother Richard also learned his lesson, lowered his attitude, put aside the contradictions, and set out from the overall situation, united as one and the other to guard the country's destiny. For this reason, he begged Li Qianshun to re-appoint Li Renzhong, Renduobaoguo and Li Dingchuan. The battle of Luotuohe years ago, Li Renzhong, Renduobaoguoguo and Li Dingchuan were severely punished because of the defeat, and were dismissed and returned home. It was the time to employ people. If these commanders with rich combat experience continued to be idle, it would be a waste.

Li Qianshun agreed, but he had the conditions, that was to re-appoint a group of Han officials such as Xue Yuanli, Gao Shouzhong and others.

Brother Richard compromised without hesitation. It was related to the survival of the country. The Dangxiang people had to use all their strength to fight against Li Hu. At this time, they had no time to consider whether the re-appointment of Xue Yuanli would trigger a new round of Han-Bund struggles. If the country was gone, would this game of power and interests still exist?

Renduo Baoguo and Li Dingchuan

They are all generals of all wars. After their comeback, they immediately assisted Richard in formulating offensive and defensive strategies for the Battle of Defense of the Kingdom.

Brother Richard summarized Li Hu's new attack strategy from the entire Jurchen war launched by Li Hu this spring, which is to start from the situation of the war, give the enemy a fatal blow at key points, and then control the entire situation.

Renduo Baoguo and Li Dingchuan immediately realized Richard's offensive and defensive ideas, and at the same time thought of Karochuan.

In the past eighty years of the battle between Song and Xia, from Li Yuanhao to Li Ganshun today, in order to capture Shaanxi, they have been trying every means to seize Hehuang in order to implement the attack strategy of east-west attack. However, the Xixia people have never succeeded, especially since Tong Guan arrived in the northwest, the Xixia people suffered heavy blows, whether in the Hehuang battlefield on the west wing, Hengshan and Tiandu Mountain battlefields on the front. Although the Xixia people also achieved good results on both battlefields, they were unable to realize their strategic intentions from beginning to end and could only defend passively, and the focus of the defense was Karochuan.

In order to seize control of Karochuan, Tong Guan launched three western expeditions within six years. Judging from the overall record, the Xixia people had the advantage, especially the victory of the Tong'an War, which was a turning point.

In the past, the Xixia people have always been defensive, and they have rich experience in defense.

After Li Hu arrived in the north of the country, the confrontation between the Western Xia and the Song Dynasty changed with Li Hu's surrender to the Song Dynasty. Li Hu's attack from the Yinshan direction made the people of the Western Xia attacks attacked from three sides. Fortunately, Li Hu and the Song Dynasty were in harmony and distrust each other. The Western Expedition became a means for the Song Dynasty to consume Li Hu's strength, which led to Li Hu's return in vain both Western Expeditions.

At this time, the situation in Zhongtu changed, the Song Dynasty split, and Li Hu took control of the authority of the Chang'an Song Court, so the attack strategy of the third Western Expedition he launched was completely different from the previous two times.

As for the current situation in the northwest, Li Hu has an absolute advantage in terms of military strength, national strength or battlefield situation. If nothing unexpected happens, Li Hu's attack strategy is to siege three sides. His western route starts from Lanzhou and attack Shuofang and Hexi north; his eastern route starts from Jingyuan and attacks Ling and Xia areas; his northern route starts from Wulahai City in the front tower and attacks Lou Bobei and Keyimen.

"Li Hu must attack three times this time to encircle Helan Mountain." Brother Richard stood in front of the map with an extremely solemn expression. "We have limited troops, and Li Hu has the advantage of military strength in any route, and the possibility of defeating each one is possible.

It is very small, so I oppose division of troops to block and concentrating forces to fight Li Hu all the way. Li Hu actually hopes that we will fight him at the foot of Helan Mountain. As long as we win another victory like the Camel River, our troops will be greatly damaged, and the hope of defending Helan Mountain will be slim."

"With our existing strength, the best defensive strategy is to avoid the enemy's edge, strengthen the walls and clear the fields, and defend Helan Mountain. But in this way, we need to make plans for long-term combat, and the support from Hexi will directly affect the victory or defeat of this battle."

"We have a strong wall and cleared the fields, and we need to transfer a large number of people and livestock to Hexi. At the same time, Hexi will provide us with reinforcements and food and grass. Therefore, once Hexi is lost, Helan Mountain will definitely be lost."
Chapter completed!