Across the Water Margin: Officials of Ximen

I have a saying that if the commander does not abandon me, I will be loyal to him; if the commander treats me and Xi'an as abandoned sons, I should also protect myself.That's all! "

"Hahaha~ Ren Zhizhou, Ren Dejing, unexpectedly you are such a candid and interesting person!

Yesterday, my commander thought you were just an incompetent person who was greedy for life and afraid of death, and wanted to send you back to Xixia, so that you could ruin the affairs of the Xixia army again.From today's point of view, this handsome man underestimated you!

No matter!Since you are sincerely submitting to me at this time, this commander will accept you! "

Ximen Qing finally opened his mouth to accept Ren Dejing's surrender.

"Marshal, I have sent my brother Ren Degong to lead the troops back to Xi'an Prefecture to secretly monitor and control the Xixia people in the city. As long as the commander gives an order, I can wipe out all the Xixia people and dedicate Xi'an Prefecture .”

Ren Dejing immediately changed his title to Xiaguan and regarded himself as Ximenqing's subordinate.

"Ren Dejing, since I dare to accept you, I dare to use you. You don't need to dedicate your city, you can still serve as the magistrate of Xi'an Prefecture in our Chu State! In the future, if you make contributions, I will be promoted and rewarded."

Ximen Qing casually gave Ren Dejing an official hat, and still let him manage Xi'an Prefecture.

Although Ren Dejing had been answering fluently in front of Ximen Qing, but until now, when he heard that Ximen Qing had appointed him an official, his heart was safely put in his stomach.

Sure enough, he did not misunderstand the person this time, and his family's life, prosperity and wealth were saved.

Just when Ren Dejing let out a long breath and bowed his head to thank Ximenqing, Ximenqing made another request to him, asking him to help the imperial court defeat the deputy marshal of the Xixia Army who invaded Lanzhou, Weiming Awu.

Ren Dejing immediately understood Ximen Qing's meaning, and immediately expressed his willingness to lead the army from Xi'an to Lanzhou, join forces with Weiming A Wu, and then cooperate with the Chu army to defeat the West Route Army of the Xixia Kingdom.

Ximenqing nodded, and asked Ma Kuo to find Liu Kai and entrust him with the important task of conquering Lanzhou in the west.

Because Zhao Dian died in the rebellion of the Qinfeng Road strategy, and the current position is vacant, Ximenqing added Liu Kai as the Qinfeng Road strategy envoy with the surprise attack on Pingxia City, and asked him to lead the Qinfeng Road troops to Lanzhou to rescue Liu Kai. brother Liu Xi.

Ximenqing handed over 3 soldiers and horses from the Shaanxi prefectures outside the city to Liu Kai's commander, and also placed Ren Dejing's army under Liu Kai's jurisdiction, and asked Ren Dejing to cooperate with Liu Kai in the battle, and be sure to kill the deputy of the Xixia Army. Marshal Wei's name is Wu.

Both Liu Kai and Ren Dejing joined Ximenqing's command only recently, so they were eager to make contributions and left immediately.

Liu Kai is both wise and brave, good at using soldiers, Ren Dejing is courageous and resourceful, and good at stabbing a knife in the back.With these two people cooperating internally and externally, Ximen Qing predicted that the Xixia veteran Weiming Wu would be defeated by these two people.

After defeating the main forces of the Xixia Army, Brother Li Cha and Li Liangfu, the Xixia Army has been greatly weakened. With the strength of the Western Xia Army, it is enough to launch a counterattack, and there is no need for Ximen Qing and Wang Jin to lead troops to fight the fire.

What Ximenqing needs to do now is to recharge his batteries and gather his troops to attack Xingqing Mansion, the capital of the Xixia Kingdom.

Why didn't Ximen Qing go to the north immediately while taking advantage of the big victory?

Because the logistics and supplies can't keep up!

Ximenqing is now engaged in a national war between Chu State and Xixia State. The army under his command is 1000 instead of [-] cavalry, and he can run for thousands of miles at will.

How many civilians are needed to transport food, grass and supplies along the way when a [-] army marches northward?How many auxiliary troops are needed to escort and escort along the way?

Ximenqing fought all the way from Weizhou to Pingxia City. After two battles, he had already consumed more than half of the guns and ammunition he carried with the army, as well as a lot of food and grass, and had to wait for the rear to be transported and replenished.

Although the grain and grass of Li Liang's auxiliary army were seized in Pingxia City, it was only enough for Ximen Qing's army and the prisoner camp to barely maintain, but it could not support Ximen Qing's attack into the hinterland of Xixia.

Now the brigade transporting ammunition, food and supplies has just reached the territory of Weizhou, and is rushing across the mountains to Pingxia City.

Therefore, Ximenqing could only rest and reorganize his army in Pingxia City, wait for the replenishment of supplies, and then go north to conquer Xia.

Wang Jin also stood still and rested and trained the army in the Zhenrong Army.

While the Ximen Qing Army was resting, the news of the Huaide Army's victory had already spread throughout the Fifth Route of Shaanxi, boosting the morale of the soldiers of the Western Army everywhere.

Liu Xi, the strategic envoy of the Xihe Road, learned that the Ximen Qing Army had wiped out the [-] elites of the Xixia Army's coach Li Chage and the general Li Liangfu. Facing the attack, the inside should cooperate with the outside, and the deputy marshal of the Xixia Army, Wu Ming, was defeated at the city of Lanzhou.

In this battle, Ren Dejing's army caused chaos in the Xixia army, causing chaos in the Xixia army.Ren Dejing's younger brother, Ren Deren, plotted against the unsuspecting Wei Ming Wu in the rebellious army, and beheaded the leader of the party clan.

After annihilating the Weiming Ah Wu army, Liu Xi, Liu Kai, and Ren Dejing joined forces and marched westward to Huangzhou and Xining Prefectures.

The Xixia Liangzhou army, which was attacking these two states, had already fled in fright after receiving the news that the main force had been defeated.

Liu Xi and the others were not satisfied with rescuing the prefectures along Xihe Road. Instead, they led the troops to pursue and seize the opportunity to capture Renduoquan City in the Xixia Kingdom, and pointed their troops at Liangzhou City in the Xixia Kingdom.

On the eastern front of Shaanxi Fifth Route, the Fuyan Army and Huanqing Army supported by Guan Sheng Army stabilized the situation and repelled the Xixia Army from near Yan'an Mansion.

After Ximen Qing’s victory and Li Cha’s and Li Liang’s auxiliary’s defeat spread to the Eastern Front, Xixia’s generals Li Heda and Wu’er Siqi hurriedly withdrew. Li Heda and Wu'er Siqi lost their troops and lost their generals.

Now, the Guan Sheng Army and the Yan Yan Army have joined forces to retake the Hengshan area, and are threatening Xiazhou of the Xixia Kingdom from a high position.The Huanqing army also turned from defense to offense, and was heading north from Huanzhou along Guidechuan, preparing to attack Yanzhou in the Xixia Kingdom.

Chapter 23 Xixia Summation

When the state of Chu turned from defense to offense, Li Ganshun, the leader of the Xixia Kingdom, was also devastated by various unfavorable situations.

When the Ximen Qing Army sent people on flying horses to bring the head of Brother Li Cha, the king of Jin, to let the Li Qianshun brothers meet for the last time, Li Qianshun was shocked and angry, and vowed to personally conquer and avenge the king of Jin.

However, the news of Li Liangfu's and Wei Ming's A Wu's defeat came one after another, but Li Qianshun felt as if he had fallen into an ice cave, and half his life's ambitions disappeared in smoke.

Li Qianshun and the ministers in the court all understood that the military pillar of the Xixia Kingdom was completely interrupted, and the Xixia Kingdom was facing a huge survival crisis.

Now, Li Qianshun no longer dared to ask for revenge, he had no choice but to choose to be wronged and seek peace, and try to keep the ancestral temple.

Li Qianshun once sent his minister Xue Yuanli to negotiate with Chu State in order to deal with the mediation of Marshal Wanyan Zonghan of Jin State.

At that time, Li Qianshun was ambitious and wanted to annex the five roads of Shaanxi in Chu State, so he instructed Xue Yuanli to make every possible effort to make things difficult when negotiating with Chu State, deliberately delaying the time.

At this time, Li Qianshun sent someone to urgently give Xue Yuanli an order to reach an armistice peace agreement with Chu as soon as possible without hesitation.

In the secret letter, Li Qianshun instructed Xue Yuanli not to get entangled with the Chu State, even if he gave up on the border territory, as long as he could keep the foundation of Xing, Ling, Xiazhou, etc., he could promise Chu State.

At this time, Ximenqing's army had not entered the territory of Xixia Kingdom, but Li Qianshun had already made a keen judgment and adopted a strategy of breaking his arms to survive.

A few days after Li Qianshun's secret envoy was sent out, troubles came to him that made him quite helpless.

Ximenqing released [-] to [-] soldiers of the Xixia Army who lost their combat effectiveness due to injuries in Pingxia City, and gave them some food and injured and sick horses, allowing these people to return to the Xixia Kingdom safely.

After these wounded soldiers returned to the country, the Xixia Kingdom had to accept and treat them, so as not to arouse the resentment of the wounded soldiers.

If it is just to treat and resettle the wounded soldiers, the local officials of the states can take care of themselves.However, these wounded soldiers brought back another piece of news, which caused a great headache for Li Qianshun and his ministers in the Xixia Kingdom.

On the way back to the country, these wounded soldiers traveled from Weizhou Jingsai Army Division all the way to the north through Lingzhou, Jingzhou, Huaizhou, and finally to Xingqing Mansion in the capital. There are still tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians in the army who have been captured by the Chu army, waiting for the imperial court to pay for their rescue.

These wounded soldiers sent messages to their captured fellow countrymen one after another, telling their families that XX had not died in battle, but was being held in a prisoner-of-war camp of the Chu army.

The wounded soldiers vowed that when they were released by the Chu army, they could hear clearly that as long as the court was willing to cede land and pay compensation, the Chu army would be able to release all the captured brothers back to their homes.

By the time these wounded soldiers returned to Xingqing Mansion, the soldiers and civilians in various prefectures were already talking about how the court would deal with this matter.

After Li Qianshun learned of this in the palace, what else could he do?Of course, be prepared to be blackmailed, send people to contact the Chu army, and try to rescue those prisoners of war!

Now that the main force of the Xia army has been wiped out by the Chu army, the people in the country are panicked and morale is low.If Li Qianshun didn't care about the captured soldiers at this time, he might lose even the last bit of morale in the army.

Li Qianshun hastily dispatched his minister Mou Ning Keren to Pingxia City to negotiate with Ximenqing on the redemption of the captured Xia army officers and soldiers.