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Volume 1: Saving the Three Thousand Beauties in the Harem Chapter 447: Xixia seeks death

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    ????????????????????????????????????????????? away from the Northern Expedition, the Jin Kingdom died in half a year; the Southern Song Dynasty retreated, and the Hua Kingdom was born.

    This series of thunderous news has the greatest impact on all countries in the world, and it is Xixia.  Think about it, three years ago, Tianshu City was just a small force that occupied Hedong Road. At that time, Xixia had no idea how high or low it was to fight this emerging force.  The result was very desolate. One-tenth of the country's elite soldiers were reduced.  It was another disastrous military defeat after the failure of Xia and Jin in the Battle of Yichuan River in the fourth year of Yuande (1122).

    In the battle of Yichuanhe, Xixia saw the power of the Jin Kingdom and surrendered; and in the battle of Shenduiyi, Xixia learned how powerful the Tianzhu Army was. Likewise, Xixia changed from being arrogant and arrogant at the beginning to being honest.  Xixia is such a country that is afraid of being bullied but is afraid of being bullied, and won't obey if it doesn't fight.

    The rise of a strong neighbor is undoubtedly painful for a small country like Xixia.  In the early Northern Song Dynasty, Xixia had already experienced enough of a powerful Central Plains dynasty suppressing small neighboring countries.  Xixia was very willing to see the Central Plains dynasty fall into chaos and fall apart, so that they could fish in troubled waters - at the end of the Northern Song Dynasty, when the Jin State invaded the south, Xixia took advantage of the fact that the Song State had no time to take care of it, and captured the Song State's Xi'an Prefecture, Linzhou Jianning  Zhai, Huaidejun.  Taking advantage of the victory, he captured Tiandu Village, besieged Lanzhou, plundered massively, and then withdrew his troops.

    After tasting the sweetness, Xixia used the Jin Dynasty's promise to Xia to occupy Tiande, Yunnei, Wuzhou and Hedong Baguan, as well as Zhenwucheng on the Song border (today's Yulin in Shaanxi).  Really, a lot of money was made, and the territory of Xixia expanded to the largest size since the founding of the People's Republic of China.  This made the country's leader Li Qianshun's reputation closely match that of his ancestor Jingzong (Li Yuanhao), and he was hailed as the "Lord of ZTE" by the Chinese people.

    "It's a pity that when Li Qianshun was in a daze, the Jinren took action and gave him a slap in the ears - not long after.  Wu Shu, the general of the Jin Kingdom, led his troops to occupy Tiande, Yunnei and other prefectures, and forced Xixia to vomit out what he had eaten.

    Li Qianshun immediately sent an envoy to question the Kingdom of Jin.  In March of the first year of Zhengde of the Xia Kingdom (1127), the borders between the Jin Kingdom and Xixia were delimited.  The Kingdom of Jin allocated about several thousand miles of northern Shaanxi to Xixia as compensation for Tiande, Yunnei and other places.  Li Qianshun still felt unhappy.  It was convenient for him to send troops again in September of the following year to capture Song Ding Border Army (now Wuqi, Shaanxi) and Dejing Village (now Yulin, Shaanxi) and other places.  At the same time, they also took advantage of the fierce fighting between the Jin Kingdom and the Song Dynasty and Tianshu to occupy the territory in the northwest of Liaoning.

    Xixia is a country that has an extraordinary desire for territory. Over the past 100 years since its founding, it has fought hundreds of battles with the Song Dynasty for territory.  Li Qianshun was also one of the rulers of the Western Xia Dynasty.  A king who is the most persistent in his territory, he will not let go of any opportunity.  Well, he did succeed.  During his reign, Xixia's territory was the largest in history.  It's just that this success was short-lived, as the Central Plains country of China rose strongly.  How could the Hua Kingdom completely inherit the Song Kingdom's territory and let him take it away safely?

    In July of the first year of Tianjian, the State of Hua was established.  Xixia took advantage of the fact that its country was closest to Chang'an.  He quickly sent minister Cao Jie to Chang'an with heavy gifts to meet Emperor Hua to discuss border issues.  The Xia State wanted to spend a lot of money to purchase the Dingbian Army and Dejing Village, which were de facto occupied by the country in the second year of Yuande.

    At the Chinese Embassy in Chang'an.  Hong Hao, China's diplomatic ambassador, met with Xia's envoy Cao Jie. On behalf of Emperor Hua, he solemnly expressed his country's position: "National territory cannot be negotiated, let alone bought and sold. The Chinese territory occupied by Xia must be large and small."  Return the land.¡±

    Cao Jie could only say that he would send his deputy back to the country to ask for instructions from the country's leader, hoping that the relationship between the two countries would not be affected by the gains and losses of one army and one village.

    Hong Hao said with a straight face: "More than one army and one village? Your Majesty is really forgetful."

    Cao Qiu blinked his eyes, confused and surprised: "Where else?"

    Hong Hao pointed to the north and said, "The land that was thousands of miles north of Shaanxi Province turned into quicksand and passed away.  ?¡±

    Cao Ji almost jumped up: "This, this is what the Kingdom of Jin used to replace Tiande and Yunnei"

    Hong Hao smiled disdainfully, rolled his sleeves and said: "What the envoy said is really ridiculous. What does the promise of the Jin Kingdom have to do with our country? Does your country want to exchange letters of credence with our country now, or do you want to conclude an alliance with the Jin Kingdom?"  "

    This, isn¡¯t this a run on people!  Where do you want the Xia Kingdom to go to find the Jin Kingdom to conclude an alliance?

    No matter how hard Cao Jie knows how to hide it, his face at this moment is as long and as dark as he wants.

    Hong Hao said no more. The bottom line has been given, so you can weigh it yourself.  Immediately, he closed his sleeves, bowed in salute, and walked away - just put down his words and leave without looking at the other person's face.  It¡¯s great to be a diplomat of a powerful country!

    News spreadIn the Kingdom of Xia, the whole court was in an uproar, and Li Qianshun smashed the jade paperweight on the imperial case on the spot.  Before sending the envoy, Li Qianshun was mentally prepared to return the Dingbian Army and Dejing Village to China if China refused.  But what he never expected was that the Emperor of China was so greedy that he even wanted to take back the thousands of miles of northern Shaanxi that the Jin Kingdom replaced and compensated, as well as the Zhouzhai army camp that had been captured in the early years.  Too many people!

    Of course, when Li Qianshun and the civil and military ministers of the Xia Kingdom were "filled with righteous indignation", no one would think about how this land of thousands of miles in northern Shaanxi and the Zhouzhai military stronghold came from, and whose territory it belonged to.  In this era, in the national consciousness, territory belongs to whoever occupies it, and whoever occupies it for a long time will naturally belong to whose territory it belongs.

    ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? The State of Xia, the State of Xia, was constantly making representations to the State of Hua, giving in and out, sometimes pretending to be pitiful, and sometimes being angry. The national character was like a human face, changing its appearance three times a day, and the response of the State of Hua was straightforward and straightforward.

    In November, the Hua Kingdom's local garrison, the Fuzhou Zhejia Army and the Jinning Army, each with three thousand cavalry and infantry, had just been prepared, and they were approaching the Zuoxiang Shenyong Army Division and Yinzhou in the northeast of Xia Kingdom.  The 14th division of the Fifth Army stationed in Yan'an Prefecture also deployed troops at the foot of Baigan Mountain, eyeing Longzhou and Hongzhou in the southeast of Xia Kingdom.  Not to mention, in the southwest of Xia Kingdom, the Zhao Zhe Division of the 21st Division of the Chinese Seventh Army stationed in Huanzhou also sent troops to the Shentang Fort of the Dingbian Army, setting up a force ready to cooperate with the Eastern and Southern brothers' troops.  , the posture of attacking Yanzhou, an important town in the western frontier of Xia Kingdom.

    This caused the Xia Kingdom¡¯s army to move frequently across thousands of miles of borders from east to west.  Very nervous.

    The mountain rain is about to come, and the whole Xia Kingdom is worried, frightened and angry.  A violent act against China.  Xia's opinions were divided into two factions, namely the hawks and the doves.

    A representative figure of the hawks.  It was Cha Ge, the first general of Xia Kingdom and King of Jin.

    In the court hall, Brother Cha made an impassioned speech: "The land of Henan (south of the Yellow River) is the foundation of our Great Xia Kingdom. Every city, village, village, and state was taken by countless party members who died and shed their blood. How can it be allowed?"  Abandoning it so lightly? If Di Lie wants to get it back, just take it with a sword and a gun. If I can't defeat you, give it away; if you lose my hand, don't mention it again!"

    A representative figure of the dove faction.  They were Tongzhi Privy Councilor Li Liangfu, Pu Wang Li Renzhong, and Shu Wang Li Renli.

    Li Liangfu, I¡¯m an old acquaintance.  Needless to say, he was afraid of being beaten by the Chinese Army (formerly the Tianzhu Army), and he had "Chinesephobia", which is as normal as Liu Guangshi, the "famous general" of the Southern Song Dynasty, who had "Golden Fear".  King Pu and King Shu.  They are all sons of Li Qianshun.  These two brothers, as their names suggest, are both proficient in Tibetan and Chinese characters, and are good at poetry. They are talented members of the Xia royal family.  Li Qianshun loved these two sons very much.  Li Renzhong was awarded the title of Doctor of the Ministry of Rites, and Li Renli was appointed as the transfer envoy to Henan.  Both brothers dislike fighting and hate losing in battles.  In the battle of Shenduiyi in the past, the Xia Kingdom was deeply injured and the memory is still fresh, not to mention that the Hua Kingdom was so powerful at this time.

    The above three important ministers went hand in hand with each other, and his memorial said: "Every country knows how strong the Jurchens are; if the Hua destroys the Jurchens, they are even more powerful. If we start a border provocation rashly because of the dispute over the undecided territory, we are afraid of repeating the same mistakes and damaging our country."  It is harmful to the people but useless.¡±

    Just when the two factions of the Xia Kingdom were engaged in a war of words and Li Qianshun was in a dilemma, Hua Kingdom's next move completely confused the Xia Kingdom's monarchs and ministers, and they lost their temper.

    In mid-November, Yue Fei's 12th Division, stationed in Yunzhong (Datong), marched towards Pianguan, directly threatening Ningbian Prefecture in the northeast of Xia Kingdom.  The twelfth division was the most feared mixed cavalry and infantry division of the Xia Kingdom, and had the illustrious reputation of defeating the Jin Kingdom's Linhuang Mansion and Huanglong Mansion.  Yue Fei!  The 12th Mixed Brigade (Division)!  These two names have extraordinary intimidating power in the Xia Kingdom's court and army.

    Faced with the malicious movements of the four armies of China, especially the threat of Yue Fei's 12th Division, the ministers of the two factions of the Xia Kingdom, the Eagle and the Dove, finally gained the upper hand after a fierce quarrel. Li Qianshun had to hold his nose and hold back.  Surrendered.

    At the end of November, Cao Jie, the envoy of the Xia State, was formally summoned by Emperor Hua and conveyed the Xia State's willingness to unconditionally transfer Xi'an Prefecture, Lin Prefecture to Jianning Village, Huaide Army, Tiandu Village, Dingbian Army, Dejing Village and northern Shaanxi.  The meaning of returning to the homeland thousands of miles away.  At the same time, it is hoped that the two countries will conclude a reciprocal alliance, which can be regarded as Xia's condition.

    Emperor Hua expressed that he was willing to see and accept the goodwill of the Xia Kingdom's leader, and hoped that the two countries would demarcate the boundary as soon as possible, resolve disputes at an early date, form an alliance at an early date, and reopen business negotiations for mutual benefit.

    Cao Jie¡¯s mission was successfully completed, and he finally breathed a sigh of relief. He was filled with joy and thanked him happily.

    Both the Hua Kingdom and the Xia Kingdom thought that the matter was understood. Unexpectedly, at the end of December, the situation suddenly changed, and a fuse triggered a war between the two countries.

    The trigger comes from the northwest.

    After the fall of the Liao Kingdom for the Jin Dynasty, there was a large area of ??land in the northwest of its homeland, which was the northwest road of the original Liao Kingdom. It was the headquarters of the Zhenzhou (Kedun City, west of present-day Ulan Bator, Mongolia).  From here to the thousands of miles of grassland in the Altai MountainsThe Xia Kingdom has been coveting it for a long time.  However, the Jin Kingdom was too far away from Beijing to reach here, and it did not have the "four-season nabao" operating system of the Liao Kingdom, so it was difficult to achieve effective management.  The Jin people were smart enough to use this as bait to exchange for Xia's surrender and give this large piece of land to Xia.

    When the Li family of the Xia Kingdom learned about it, they were so happy that their buttholes bloomed. They immediately abandoned their old master, the Liao Kingdom, and joined the Jin Kingdom.

    ???????????????????????? However, the Jin man is very cunning. He verbally agreed, but has yet to deliver. It's a bit like holding the house key and delaying the delivery of the house.  The Xia Kingdom was not a good person either. When the Jin people were trapped in the quagmire of war and had no time to take care of others, they kicked open the door and "moved in" - sent troops to occupy.

    However, this kind of trespassing with incomplete procedures, after the fall of the Jin Kingdom, faced the questioning of the Hua Kingdom, which had formal procedures in hand and fully took over the hometown of Liao and Jin.

    There are two owners of one house. One has the facts and the other has the "house certificate". This lawsuit is worthy of being fought.

    In early December, the State of China sent Xiao Tegemou, a surrendered general of the Jin State and an old general of the former Liao State, to Zhenzhou to negotiate with Liang Maizhong, the military envoy of the Xia State.

    Xiao Tegemou and his master Yeluyu saw that they had made a contribution to Xijing, and now they have been appointed as the deputy governor of Xijing. With the big tree of China as their back, it is natural to be arrogant; and in his hand, he found it from the imperial register in Shangjing, the original Liao Dynasty.  The edict documents and seals of the Northwest Road Recruitment Department legally possess the ownership and right to rule over this land, and they are naturally overwhelming.

    Liang Maizhong, the commander-in-chief of the Xia Kingdom, was born in a prominent family of the Xia Kingdom with "one family and two empresses". He was the direct relative of the late Queen Mother, and he had always been arrogant.  If the visitor was a Jurchen, he would still be wary; if it was a Chinese (Song Dynasty), he would still be restrained; but it turned out to be a Khitan whose country had been destroyed for many years and had old grudges. How could Liang Maizhong see it?  There was little room for sarcasm, and the two sides almost fell out and broke up unhappy.

    Liang Maizhong, who was born in the Liang family, had a deep grudge with the Liao Kingdom.  This can be traced back to thirty years ago, in the second year of Yong'an of the Xia Kingdom (1099). The emperor of the suzerain state, Daozong of the Liao Dynasty, could not tolerate the arbitrariness of the Empress Dowager Liang of the Xia Kingdom. He wanted to get rid of the control of the Liao Kingdom by relying on the prestige accumulated by repeatedly attacking the Song Dynasty.  Then he sent people to the summer to kill the Empress Dowager Liang, and ordered Li Qianshun to take charge of the throne. Qianshun was sixteen years old at that time.  Since then, the Liang family of Xia Kingdom has declined.  Just imagine how Liang Maizhong did not hate the Khitans?

    And the Khitans also hate the Dangxiang people.

    In the last years of the Liao Kingdom, Emperor Tianzuo sent an envoy to appoint Ganshun as the emperor of the Xia Kingdom, and ordered troops to be sent to rescue the Liao Dynasty.  At the same time, the Kingdom of Jin also sent envoys to Xia and proposed to Li Qianshun: If Emperor Tianzuo fled into Xia, he should be captured and sent to Jin; if Xia could serve Jin with the courtesy of Liao, Jin would allow the northwestern part of Liao to be conquered.  This area was ceded to Xia.  Seeing that the demise of Liao was a foregone conclusion, Li Qianshun agreed to Jin's conditions in order to preserve Xia's separatist status.  In March of the sixth year of Yuande (1124), he swore an oath to the Jin Dynasty to express his attachment to Jin.  After the fall of Liao Dynasty, Princess Liao Cheng'an, the queen of Xia Kingdom, was so sad that she went on a hunger strike in the palace and died.

    When the Liao Kingdom was prosperous, they hugged their thighs and knelt down to lick them, but when the country fell, they added insult to injury and even forced the princess of the motherland to death How can the Khitans not hate the Dangxiang people?

    It was night, and the soldiers of both sides, who had deep grudges, had a quarrel. They exchanged unkind words, which then escalated into a fight, and then into a bloody conflict.

    When Xiao Tegemou got the news, he thought it was Liang Maizhong who sent people to attack and kill him. He hurriedly carried the imperial document and seal, without even wearing boots, rushed into the stable, snatched the horses and escaped from Ketun City.

    Xiao Tegemou fled in despair, fled thousands of miles back to the clouds, and removed half of his orders.  This is a big deal.  The commander of the Fourth Army, Guan Zhongyong, was furious. He immediately ordered Yue Fei's 12th Division, which was preparing to withdraw troops from Pianguan, to stand still. At the same time, he ordered Xu Qing's 36th Brigade of the 12th Division to send troops to suppress the prefecture.

    Before the Thirty-sixth Brigade left the Xijing Road, they saw more than 20 soldiers of the Khitan Guards of Xiaotegemo who were driven back - all of them had one ear cut off, and more than 30 guardsmen were killed.

    The news spread from the clouds to Chang'an, and the whole country was in an uproar.

    Emperor Hua urgently summoned the envoy Cao Jie who had not yet returned to his country, severely reprimanded the Xia State for its barbaric behavior, and strongly demanded that the Xia State apologize, compensate, hand over the murderer (meaning Liang Maizhong), and withdraw from the northwest road to recruit Si Gujiu.

    This time, Xia Guo no longer gave in, and quickly replied, "There are thousands of miles of fertile land, but only blood can wash it away."

    The war alarm is sounding.
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