Across the Water Margin: Officials of Ximen

After hearing Xue Yuanli's words, King Pu Li Renzhong's eyes lit up, he stood up and asked, "Is the commander of the Chu army really afraid of the Jin army?"

Xue Yuanli nodded in response and said, "It's absolutely true, since the Jin army destroyed Song Lichu, not only the Chu army commander Ximen Qing dared not provoke the Jin army, but all the generals of Chu feared the Jin army like a tiger.

If not, Ximen Qing, the coach of the Chu army, was originally from Jingdong, and there is only a big river away from the Hebei occupied by the Jin army. Why would he go far away and spend several months traveling over mountains and mountains to attack me in Daxia? "

"Damn! This thief is bullying the weak and afraid of the strong, and even uses me, Da Xia, as his stepping stone!"

Shu Wang Li Renli scolded angrily.

"Renli, if swearing is useful, Chu Jun has already been scolded by me and returned to Jingzhao Mansion. Let's take a countermeasure now!

Your Majesty, I think that the situation is critical now, why not ask foreign aid to help me and defend the enemy with our army. "

Pu Wang Li Renzhong said.

After hearing this, Li Qianshun understood what King Pu Li Renzhong meant.However, he still asked King Pu Li Renzhong to make it clear.

Pu Wang Li Renzhong said: "Your Majesty, fellow colleagues, since the Chu army is most afraid of the Jin army, why don't I send envoys to Datong Mansion, invite a Jin army to enter the summer with a lot of money, and help our army expel the Jin army?" The Chu army is leaving the country."

Li Qianshun asked the ministers to discuss whether this method is feasible.

There were many discussions among the ministers, some in favor and some against.

Opponents believe that this move is "to drive out wolves at the front door and enter tigers at the back door". Although it can drive away the Chu army, it will attract a more troublesome army, which may cause endless troubles.

Supporters believe that Da Xia, the former Da Song, and the current Da Chu are mortal enemies for generations, so they will fight endlessly.

The Dajin Kingdom replaced the Liao Kingdom and is now the Suzerain of Daxia.

There is no major conflict between the Dajin Kingdom and the Daxia Kingdom, so they will not fight against the Xia Army like the Chu Army, and it will not threaten the survival of the Daxia Kingdom.

Xue Yuanli, who supported the invitation of the Jin army, even pointed out that the ministers who opposed it seemed to be well thought out, but they ignored reality.

Now that the robbers are at the door of the house, is there still time to worry about the neighbors who invite the burglars to steal the property at home?

Xue Yuanli asked the opposing ministers to come up with better countermeasures than asking Jin Jun to rescue him, but no one could respond.

In fact, the Xixia Kingdom was losing ground on the frontal battlefield at this time, and the Chu Kingdom resolutely refused to negotiate peace.

When the Chu army approached the city, Li Qianshun's first choice was to leave the city and surrender, allowing Chu to annex Xia, and then go to Bianliang City, Tokyo to be an Anle Gong.

Li Ganshun couldn't bear to abandon his ancestor's foundation, so of course he didn't want to surrender.

The second option is to abandon Xingqing Mansion and escape, bypassing the deserts and grasslands in the northwest, fleeing to Guazhou and Shazhou in the west of the Hexi Corridor, and using the desert next door as a barrier to fight a protracted war with Chu.

However, Xixia was able to control the distant Guazhou and Shazhou, relying on the Xixia Kingdom's possession of rich areas such as Xiazhou, Yinzhou, Lingzhou, Xingzhou, and Liangzhou, and its national strength.

The Xixia Kingdom has a powerful army, which was able to grab the land of melon and sand from the encirclement of Tubo and Xizhou Huihe.

If the mainland of Xixia is lost, only relying on Guazhou and Shazhou, Li Ganshun is not to say that he is fighting against Chu in the east, but only the three forces of Tubo in the south, Xizhou Huihe in the west, and Canliao Yelu Dashi in the north. It took Li Qianshun's life.

Therefore, this road is not easy to go.

The third option is to flee to the border of the Kingdom of Jin and become a vassal of the Kingdom of Jin, or to flee directly to the Kingdom of Jin and establish a government-in-exile.

Through this method, he lingered on his last days, after he cultivated and gained the support of the Kingdom of Jin, he waited for an opportunity to restore the country.

However, instead of putting your head under the sword of Jin Guo and living on the mercy of Jin Guo, it is better to stick to Xingqing Mansion and ask the Jin Army to help!

Chapter 33

In the palace of Xingqing Mansion, Li Ganshun, the lord of the Xixia Kingdom, discussed with the officials again. It was really forced by the situation, and there was no better strategy than inviting the Jin army to help.

Therefore, the ministers unanimously agreed to invite the Suzerain Dajin to send troops to uphold justice, force Chu to accept the peace talks, and withdraw from Xia.

After the debate ended, Li Qianshun and his ministers faced two new problems.

Firstly, the state of Chu is also a vassal state supported by the state of Jin. Will the state of Jin send troops for the state of Xia?

At this time, it was a long journey to beg Wanyan Wu, the emperor of the Kingdom of Jin, to buy it.Only Marshal Wanyan Zonghan of Datong Mansion was able to immediately dispatch troops to Xia to save Xia from the crisis.

It's just that Wanyan Zonghan has already rejected Xia Guo's request for mediation, and Li Qianshun and his ministers don't know whether they can persuade him to send troops.

Second, even if the Jin army can be mobilized, before the Jin army arrives, the Xia army must stick to Jingzhou, Huaizhou, Shunzhou and other places to prevent the Chu army from going north, so as to defend the capital Xingqing.

These two things are not things that can be easily done, and they cannot be done without competent ministers.

Xue Yuanli, the minister who proposed to invite the Jin army to join in, took the initiative to invite Ying again, willing to rush to the Datong Mansion of the Jin State, and asked the Marshal Wanyan Zonghan of the Jin Army to send troops.

Li Qianshun also delegated power to Xue Yuanli, and he could cede the land in the negotiation with Jin Guo in exchange for Jin Guo's support.

In any case, it is better to cede the land in exchange for the continuation of the Xia Kingdom than to be completely wiped out by the Chu army.

Regarding this, all the ministers in the palace knew the current affairs, and none of them objected.

Diplomatically, Xue Yuanli was shouldering the burden alone, but militaryly, someone still needed someone to lead the troops to withstand the Chu army's offensive.

However, none of the ministers in the palace dared to stand up and take command.

After an embarrassing silence, Li Ganshun, the lord of the country, could only order generals himself, and ordered Shu Wang Li Renli, veteran Ren Duo Baozhong, and Bei Zhong Sachen to lead the troops to guard Jingzhou, Huaizhou, and Shunzhou respectively to prevent the Chu army from going north. Enter.

Wang Cunli, who was defeated in Lingzhou, also fought again as the lieutenant general of Shu Wang Li Renli.

Moreover, in order to defend Xingqing Mansion, Li Ganshun decided to give up the front-line defense of Xiazhou and Yinzhou, and ordered Li Heda to lead the troops westward from Xiazhou to attack the rear of the Chu army in Lingzhou.

After the court meeting in the palace, Xue Yuanli rushed to the Kingdom of Jin without stopping. Li Renli, veteran Ren Duo Baozhong, Bei Zhong Sachen and others also bid farewell to the lord Li Ganshun, and embarked on their respective journeys with the determination to die.

The battle to defend Xingqing Mansion, which determined the life and death of Xixia Kingdom, began.

However, whether it was because they were worried about being attacked by the enemy, the Ximen Qing Army did not immediately launch an offensive in the direction of Xingqing Mansion after capturing Lingzhou, but quickly divided up and marched eastward, heading towards Xiazhou by the Wuding River, five hundred miles away.

As a result, the war between Chu and Xia changed from the Xixia army attacking the Chu army from north to south as expected in the Battle of Xingqing Mansion, and turned into the Battle of Xiazhou where the Chu army attacked the Xixia army from east to west.

After Li Ganshun, the leader of the Xixia Kingdom, got the latest information, he didn't know whether he should be happy or worried.

Happily, the Chu army suddenly changed the direction of attack, which gave him a chance to breathe, strengthen the defense line of Xingqing Mansion, and persist until the Jin army arrived.

What is worrying is that he attacked the Chu army from north to south, and the only hope of turning defeat into victory was snuffed out by the Chu army.

Li Heda's troops in Xiazhou were under the attack of the Chu army's things, and it might be difficult for them to hold out until the Jin army came to help them.

The military talents around Li Qianshun were withered, and he really didn't want to lose Li Heda, a fierce general.

Li Heda was not only the only remaining general in the Xixia Army, but also the person who secretly connected Li Ganshun, the leader of the Xixia Kingdom, with the old Khitan of the Liao Kingdom.

As Wanyan Zonghan found out, after the fall of the Liao Kingdom, Li Qianshun, the leader of the Western Xia Kingdom, was forced to regard the Jin Kingdom as the suzerain due to the situation, but in fact he was secretly involved with the Khitan anti-Gold forces.

In fact, this is a matter of reason.