Xiao Delis came out of the camp with several staff members. When he walked to the entrance of the camp, two men in their thirties, wearing round necklines, wide-sleeved leather robes, Khitan-style wind and snow-skinned, and all over their bodies and faces, were already riding a horse and a team of cavalry.

One of them was taller and thinner, Xiao Delis recognized that it was the troublesome Xiao Huilibao. This guy had a good life, but he always wanted to fight and kill. When he arrived at the southwest, he kept inspiring Yelu Dabei Nu to send troops to interfere in the Song and Xia war. He also said all day long that the army of the southwest, the army was too loose and needed to be trained strictly, etc.

He also said "the lips are gone and the teeth are cold", "the Song Dynasty's heart is not dead", and "the action is strong first, and then the action is disaster". In short, he must immediately send troops to support the Xixia who was beaten by the Song people.

Fortunately, Yelu Dafeng Nu was a virtuous old minister, proficient in Confucianism and Buddhism, and was not good at engaging in border quarrels. He always suppressed the warlike Xiao Huilibao. Therefore, the Southwest Zhaodansi was not involved in the battle between Song and Xia.

However, as the battle of Tongwancheng was decided, the Song army completely captured both sides of the Wuding River and began to covet Xingling. The Liao court finally couldn't sit still. On the one hand, it sent Xiao Delis' brother Xiao Delide and Niu Wenshu, the Privy Councilor of the Southern Court, to send the Song Dynasty to exert pressure.

On the one hand, Xiao Delis was ordered to lead the tribal troops of the Heqing Army into the Quyechuan area to threaten the Song army's retreat and delay their progress in the west.

And today, Xiao Gan came to Qu Yechuan with his men, and didn’t know what he wanted to do. I guess there would be nothing good!

Thinking of this, Xiao Delis hugged Xiao Gan, who was coming off the horse's back and said, "When return to Libao, what gust of wind blows you to Quyechuan, this desolate place?

By the way, this guy is very keen. Are you a new student in the Southwest Recruitment Department?”

Xiao Gan looked at the man beside him, then walked to Xiao Delis, stroked his chest with one hand and bowed: "Tai Shi, the general was ordered to recruit the general and brought the elite soldiers from the Nanpi room to support him."

He pointed to the man around him again, "This is Xiao Heda, and he is also a hero in our Great Liao Dynasty. But now he is an official in Xixia. This time he came to our Great Liao Dynasty for help and report on the war situation by the orders of the Western Xia Wuzhang."

"Xiao Heda? Oh, it's the accompaniment of Princess Cheng'an. I admire you for a long time, long time." Xiao Delis then made a gesture of Suke and invited the two visitors into his tent together.

Seeing that there were several monks and Confucian scholars in Xiao Delis's tent, Xiao Gan couldn't help but frown.

How many Confucian scholars can be said to be a copywriter of a staff member, but what is it to bring a monk in the army? Will someone die in battle and do a ritual to pass through?

Then he saw several books on the case table, all of which were very rare thread-bound books in the Liao Kingdom, with Chinese characters "Theory of Heaven" and "Personal Theory" printed on the cover.

"This is... Wu Haogu's book?" Xiao Heda also saw these books. He nodded and said, "Know yourself and your enemy, and you will win every battle! The Grand Master has a vision, and Heda Pei is impressed."

"Oh?" Xiao Delis asked with a smile, "Heda, have you read "Theory of Heaven and the Theory of Empiricality"? What do you think?"

Xiao Heda smiled awkwardly: "Xiaoguan has never read it...Xiaoguan just fought with Wu Haogu on the battlefield."

"Haogu and Wu?" Xiao Delis was stunned, "Will he lead troops?"

Xiao Gan interrupted, "Wu Haogu is now the three direct capitals of Yuhou in front of the Great Song Palace. He led his troops to attack Tongwancheng together with Gao Qiu and Tong Guan."

Xiao Delis nodded: "No wonder the Western Xia army lost so miserably. It turns out that Wu Haogu is leading the army!"

"Where can Wu Haogu fight?" Xiao Gan smiled, "It's all Gao Qiu who is in charge."

Xiao Delis looked at Xiao Gan, then looked at Xiao Heda, who also nodded and said, "It's all Gao Qiu, and maybe Tong Guan is still in charge."

Xiao Delis frowned, "Are we sent all our works to Wu Haogu, Gao Qiu and Tong Guan?"

"No, no."

"If that's the case, can you still defeat it?"

"Since there isn't," Xiao Delis asked, "How do you know that Wu Haogu can't fight? It's Gao Qiu and Tong Guan who is in charge?"

Xiao Heda said: "This is not obvious. Wu Haogu is a businessman..."

"Obviously?" Xiao Delis shook his head, "There is no empirical! There is no empirical, just speculation, I'm afraid I can't count it, right?"

Xiao Gan and Xiao Heda were both stunned and looked at each other, and were speechless.

Xiao Delis continued: "You probably don't know yet that there are military classes in the Yuntai Academy and the Knights' School opened by Wu Haogu in Jiehe.

In addition, the Sikai Academy in Jiehe (four academies, namely Nankai, Dongkai, Xikai, and Beikai Academy) also teaches martial arts and military strategies. It is probably not a good foundation to say that Wu Haogu does not know how to fight wars, so there is probably no basis!"

"Is there any more?" Xiao Gan whispered, "If you have the chance, you should go to Jiehe Market to take a look."

Xiao Delis waved his hand and asked the monks and scholars in the tent to leave, then pointed to the two cushions in the tent, allowing Xiao Gan and Xiao Heda to sit down, and he also sat down behind the center desk.

"Return to the Baobao," asked Xiao Delis, "What does recruiting the Investigation Department mean?"

"I have to push forward." Xiao Gandao, "pushed to Mingtangchuan!"

"Mingtangchuan?" Xiao Delis was stunned, "Upstream?"

"The middle reaches, push it to a hundred miles north of Amitabha Cave."

"What?" Xiao Delis stared at his eyes, "Is it because he really wants to go to war with Song State? He Qing Army is not good!"

He understands positivism, and of course he knows that his Heqing army is an army that cannot stand empirical tests. If he really goes to the battlefield, he will definitely give heads to the enemy.

"War?" Xiao Gan shook his head, "It's nothing...but the Hetao grassland will belong to our Great Liao! Brother Heda was ordered to come here to envoy this time to cut off the land of Henan and Hebei from our Great Liao."

The "Henan" and "Hebei" he mentioned refer to the areas south of the Yellow River and north of the Yellow River in the Hetao region.

In other words, the Xixia wanted to cede most of the Hetao area except the part close to the Xingling area to the Daliao.

"Don't Hui Libao know about Feng Ting's plan to blame him in the past?"

"Feng Ting?" Xiao Gan was stunned, not remembering who this person was.

Xiao Delisi said: "The Western Xia Wuzun wanted us to fight a 'Changping Battle' with Song State!"

When talking about the Battle of Changping, Xiao Gan finally knew it. He shook his head and said, "This plan cannot be hidden from Zhidan and the court, but Zhidan still asked me to bring troops to help you. I think there must be a suggestion."

Xiao Heda said: "The land of Xingling Treasure in Xixia is no longer guarding! If Hetao enters Song, then on the northwest ground, the Song State will have a situation of Han and Tang dynasties... If they re-establish the strong town of Shuofang and use iron tools to support the divine power, our Daliao may be in a crisis of collapse.

Therefore, the Hetao grassland must be firmly grasped in the hands of our Daliao!”

Although Xiao Heda became an official in Xixia, he was always a Khitan and regarded the Great Liao as his motherland. In history, he had raised an army and made a rebellion, hoping to rebuild the Liao Dynasty on the land of Xixia, but was defeated by the surrendered general of the Song Dynasty. It can be seen that he had no loyalty to Xixia, but he was loyal to the Great Liao.

"Will the war start?" Xiao Delis asked.

"It shouldn't be." Xiao Heda said, "Now Brother Cha has returned to Xingling to reorganize the Iron Harrier and the garrison. When the supplement is completed, he will go to lift the siege of King Chuan City of Qin. I guess that Brother Cha is likely to win this time, and the Song people will not care about us at that time."

Iron Harrier and the garrison were both feudal troops. The former was hereditary, while the latter recruited heroes from the Dangxiang tribe. Therefore, hereditary soldiers who could be quickly supplemented can bring brothers and nephews into the army, while tribal soldiers can allow the tribe to produce heroes again.

Of course, supplementation is not unlimited. If you can make up for one or two, you will be able to reach the end.

In contrast, if the voluntary military system was really pushed out in the Song Dynasty, coupled with the professional officers trained by military schools, the military's ability to supplement the army would be truly terrible! Even if it is a war of attrition, it can make ethnic minorities fully realize that only by maintaining good national unity can long-term development and interests...

However, Brother Cha had not realized this yet, so after he rushed back to Xingqing Prefecture, he not only proposed the strategy of ceding Hetao to blame the Liao Dynasty, but also tried his best to replenish the army and prepare to go to Qin Wangchuan and the Song army on the Western Front to fight to the death!

King Chuan of Qin was surrounded by a large army led by Gao Yongnian in early March of the fourth year of Jianzhong Jingguo in the Song Dynasty.

While surrounding the Qin Wangchuan, Zhong Fu, the Hexi pacifier of the Song Dynasty, also sent 20,000 troops to command the army of Zhong Shidao to expedition Liangzhou, trying to disperse the troops of Xixia.

In short, due to the oppression of the Khitan on the Eastern Front, the Song and Xia armies on the Western Front were planning another decisive battle.

However, the battle on the Western Front has nothing to do with Wu Haogu who had just arrived at the Amitabha Cave. What he has to consider now is how to deal with the approaching Khitans, and at the same time, he has to deal with the Song Dynasty court behind him.

"Shi Yan, Chongdao, the Khitan troops have advanced to Mingtangchuan!"

Wu Haogu and Gao Qiu just saw Su Chi, the magistrate who moved here from Shicheng, who had just arrived at Amitabha, and got the latest news about the Liao army from him.

"How many people are there?" Gao Qiu, who was exhausted, asked anxiously before he even had time to take a sip of tea.

"More than ten thousand," Su Chi said, "Shi Yan, Chongdao, what should I do?"

"We can't let them approach the Amitabha Cave!" Wu Haogu said immediately, "The water and grass on both sides of Mingtang River are fertile, suitable for farming and herdding, which is the foundation for the Song Dynasty to establish itself in Hetao."

Su Chi looked at Gao Qiu, and Gao Qiu's face turned pale, "Does the court know? Is there any order?"

"I've reported it a long time ago," Su Chi said, "I'm afraid I'm arguing now, right?"
Chapter completed!