Across the Water Margin: Officials of Ximen

When Li Qianshun himself was 16 years old, he was able to take charge of the government only with the help of Liao Daozong.

After that, Emperor Tianzuo Yelu Yanxi named Yelu Nanxian, the daughter of the clan, as Princess Cheng'an, and married Li Qianshun as his wife.

When the Song Dynasty Taiwei Tong Guan led the army to capture Hengshan and threatened the rule of the Xixia Kingdom, it was Liao Emperor Tianzuo Yelu Yanxi and Chen Bing who mediated at the Song and Liao borders, so that the Song Dynasty had to give up its advantages and retreat.

Li Qianshun received much favor from the Liao Kingdom in his life, and he had great affection for the Khitan people.

Because of this, Liao Emperor Tianzuo Yelu Yanxi fled to Jiashan. Seeing that the Liao Kingdom was about to be destroyed, Li Qianshun still sent troops many times to support Tianzuo Emperor Yelu Yanxi who was already at the end of his life.

It was not until Emperor Tianzuo Yelu Yanxi was captured by the Jin army and the Liao Kingdom declared its demise that Li Qianshun formally surrendered to the Jin Kingdom.

However, Li Qianshun and the forces of Canliao Yelu Dashi still have not broken contact.

Because Li Qianshun and Yelu Dashi were in the middle to help Li Qianshun win over the Khitan tribe on the Xiajin border, it was Li Heda, the governor of Xiazhou.

Li Heda's original name was Xiao Heda, and he was originally an aristocrat from Xi in Liao.

After Li Qianshun came to power, the relationship between Xixia and Liao was good. In order to further consolidate the relationship with Liao, Li Qianshun got the support of Liao, so he proposed to Tianzuo Emperor Yelu Yanxi.

Emperor Tianzuo Yelu Yanxi named Yelu Nanxian, the daughter of the clan, as Princess Cheng'an, and married Li Qianshun, which was also regarded as Liaoxia marriage.

It was at that time that Xiao Heda was ordered to escort Princess Cheng'an to Xixia to get married, and stayed in Xixia to become Li Qianshun's courtier.

Xiao Heda has a very good population, and he is brave and good at fighting. He is a talent capable of writing and martial arts.

After arriving in Xixia, Li Qianshun valued Xiao Heda very much, and awarded him the official post of Evans envoy.

Later, in the Xia-Song War, Xiao Heda, who was highly skilled in martial arts, made many military exploits and was promoted to deputy capital commander. He was also given the surname Guo by Li Qianshun. From then on, Xiao Heda changed his name to Li Heda.

During the Battle of Tong'an City, although Xixia had an advantage in military strength and was commanded by a famous general, brother Li Cha, but because of Liu Fa's reputation, none of the Xixia generals dared to take on the important task of resisting Liu Fa head-on.

At that time, only Li Heda stood up and volunteered to confront Liu Fa head-on.

Li Heda took the lead, led his troops to fight to the death, and finally defeated the Song army.

After that, he led hundreds of daredevils to chase down Liu Fa who had fled from the desert, and finally beheaded Liu Fa, a famous general of the Western Army of the Song Dynasty.

After the war, Li Heda was promoted to the capital because of his meritorious service, guarding Xiazhou, and was awarded the post of the southeast, becoming one of the best generals in Xixia.

When the Liao Kingdom was repeatedly defeated and seized a large area of ​​territory by the Jin Kingdom, when the country was in danger of subjugation, the upright Li Heda immediately wrote a letter to Li Qianshun, hoping that Li Qianshun would put Xia Liao's century-old reconciliation as the most important thing. Aid the Liao Kingdom and jointly control the Jin Kingdom.

However, Li Qianshun was unable to do what he wanted. When he failed to send troops to rescue the Liao Kingdom several times, in order to ensure the separatist status of Xixia, he had no choice but to switch to the Kingdom of Jin and recognize the Kingdom of Jin as his suzerain.

After the fall of the Liao Kingdom, Li Qianshun's queen, Princess Cheng'an Yelu Nanxian died of depression.

Li Heda was heartbroken. He heard that Yelu Dashi was going to rebuild Daliao in Mobei and the Western Regions and counterattack the Kingdom of Jin.

Therefore, Li Heda was an important chess piece for Li Qianshun to contact and use the old Khitan troops, and Li Qianshun was not willing to discard it.

Chapter 34 Golden Army Reinforcements

Li Ganshun was extremely worried about Li Heda's situation, but he couldn't let Li Heda, who was under attack, retreat from Xiazhou and jump out of the encirclement of the Chu army.

Li Heda's premature abandonment of the defense line from Xiazhou to Yinzhou will cause the Chu army in the eastern battlefield to merge with the Chu army in Lingzhou City, which will bring greater defensive pressure to Xingqing Mansion.

Therefore, after thinking about it, Li Qianshun sent someone to send a secret decree to Xiazhou, asking Li Heda, the governor of Xiazhou, to try his best to deal with the Chu army and drag the Jin army into the country.

Li Ganshun asked Li Heda to retreat north along the Xiajin border in the east of Xixia Kingdom when he couldn't hold on, so as to get rid of the pursuit of the Chu army.

When Li Heda, the governor of Xiazhou, received the secret decree from Li Ganshun, the leader of the country, the Ximen Qing Army had already conquered Yanzhou and Jianing Army Division from west to east, and forced Xiazhou City.

After reading Li Qianshun's secret decree, Li Heda immediately gave up Xiazhou and led the army to move eastward to Yinzhou and Shizhou at the junction of Xia, Chu, and Jin.

The east of Yinzhou used to be the Jinning Army and Linzhou on the East Road of the Song Dynasty, but now it has been ceded to the Kingdom of Jin.

To the south of Yinzhou is the former Song Dynasty, now the Suide Army and Yan'an Mansion of Chu State.

When Song and Xia turned against each other, this Yinzhou faced the enemy forces on the east and south sides at the same time. There were constant battles, big and small, and the defense pressure was extremely high.This also contributed to the Xixia army building many fortresses and fortresses here, making Yinzhou easy to defend and difficult to attack.

Li Heda brought the army here, of course, the first purpose is to use Yinzhou's defense system to fight the Chu army for a long time.

Li Heda's second purpose, of course, is to get as close to the border of the Jin Kingdom as possible, so that it is convenient for the Jin army to send troops to interfere in the war between Xia and Chu.

Li Heda directly gave up Xiazhou and retreated eastward. Another purpose was to draw the Ximen Qing army to the east and keep the Ximen Qing army away from Xingqing Mansion, the capital of Xia.

In the face of the dominant Chu army, both Li Ganshun, the leader of the Xixia Kingdom, and Li Heda, the governor of Xiazhou, made wise choices.

The Ximen Qing army also seemed to have fallen into the trap of the Xixia army, chasing all the way from Xiazhou to Shizhou and Yinzhou, and fought with the Xixia army around one city after another.

Because of the division of troops and expedition, the Ximen Qing army's offensive against Xingqing Mansion was not so sharp.

Under the desperate defense of Shu Wang Li Renli, veteran Ren Duo Baozhong and Bei Zhong Sachen, Ximen Qing's army was temporarily blocked in the south of Jingzhou, Huaizhou and Shunzhou.

Li Ganshun, the leader of the Xixia Kingdom, and the ministers of the DPRK and China seem to have seen that the turning point of the war situation is coming.

In order to paralyze Ximen Qing, the coach of the Chu army, Li Qianshun sent envoys to the Chu army camp in Lingzhou one after another, sent many treasures and beauties, and humbly begged Ximen Qing for mercy.

How did Ximenqing not know Li Ganshun's strategy?Also in order to paralyze Li Ganshun, Ximenqing accepted all the gifts he sent, showing an arrogant look.

Moreover, due to the sharp drop in the marching speed of Ximen Qing's army, Mou Ning Keren was able to safely take the remaining prisoners of war past the forward of Ximen Qing's army and return to the city controlled by the Xixia army.

In this way, Li Qianshun, the lord of the Xixia Kingdom, has [-] more young and strong men to supplement the frontline soldiers, and Li Qianshun has a little more confidence in his heart.

Hearing that Mou Ning Keren said that the captives captured by the Chu army in Weizhou and Lingzhou can also be redeemed with silver money, Li Qianshun was overjoyed and immediately ordered the officials and wealthy families in Xingqing Mansion to donate money, preparing to let Mou Ning Keren go to Chu again Army, redeem all prisoners of war.

In Li Qianshun's view, Ximen Qing, the head coach of the Chu army, was rampant. After winning a few victories, he began to lose his tricks.

Therefore, Li Qianshun canceled his plan to move the capital and escape.

However, how could Li Qianshun expect that Ximenqing's division of troops to attack Xiazhou and slow down the offensive against Xingqing Mansion, of course, was not because he was confused and didn't understand the reason why soldiers are expensive and fast.

Ximenqing did this to relieve the pressure on Li Qianshun and his ministers, lest they abandon their foundation and flee to the barren land in the north.

The advantage of the Ximen Qing army is the muskets and artillery of the firearms battalion, which are unstoppable in frontal confrontation and siege.

However, the cavalry of the Ximen Qing Army was far inferior to that of the Xixia Kingdom, and they did not have an advantage in long-distance raids.

Of course, the urban agglomeration from Lingzhou to Xingqing Mansion could not stop Ximen Qing's army from attacking. Ximen Qing had full confidence in breaking through Xingqing Mansion and taking this hinterland of Xixia Kingdom as his own.

However, if Li Ganshun was frightened and took his army across the desert to escape to Yan Junsi in Heishui Town in the northwest, where he hid among the local nomadic tribes, could Ximen Qing drag his cannon across the desert to pursue him?

If Li Ganshun, the lord of the Xixia Kingdom, and his army cannot be completely wiped out, it will eventually cause future troubles for the Northwest Frontier Defense.

Therefore, Ximenqing stagnated on purpose, luring Li Ganshun, the lord of the Xixia Kingdom, to sit in the palace of Xingqing Mansion, and at the same time gave him the opportunity to gather all the Xixia troops who could be transferred to the surrounding area of ​​Xingqing Mansion.

At this time, Ximenqing, like Li Qianshun, was waiting for Wanyan Zonghan's Jin Jun to appear.

As long as Wanyan Zonghan's cavalry entered in large numbers from the north and cut off the Xixia army's retreat, Ximenqing could launch a strong attack.