Chapter 513 Liaodong Border Army Enters the Pass

It can be said that all forces in the world are paying attention to this battle in Hanzhong.

Whether it is a king with a different surname or a foreign force outside the Li-Tang border, they are all paying attention.

There is no other reason.

If Sichuan and Shu fall into the hands of King Wu, they will be able to separate themselves from the land of Tianfu and compete with the entire Li and Tang Dynasty as a state!

By then, those restless kings with different surnames will inevitably take action.

Whether he raises troops to respond or stabs Li Tang, the whole world will be in turmoil.

Therefore, Li Zhao was shocked when he learned that Lin Chen only trained 30,000 Huaiyang Second Guards and then went to Sichuan and Sichuan to guard them.

She originally thought that out of the 60,000 Liangshan bandits, Lin Chen would choose 40,000 to 50,000 capable soldiers.

Looking at the rebels of King Wu, they claim to be five hundred thousand strong.

Such a disparity in military strength is really a huge difference.

So when Li Zhao noticed this, he deliberately dispatched the Yulin Guards to support Sichuan and Shu.

However, she quickly gave up the idea.

Just because now is not the time to mobilize the central army, she needs the elite Yulin Guards who have moved to Liao and Tokyo to intimidate other kings with different surnames.

Therefore, she had no choice but to order King Ning to send troops quickly to cut off the retreat of King Wu's rebels.

But even so.

The number of soldiers under King Ning's command was only 70,000, and together with Lin Chen's Huaiyang Second Guard and the original strength of Sichuan and Shu, the number was only 150,000.

Moreover, the two sides were hundreds of miles apart, making it difficult to form effective cooperation and could only trap the King of Wu.

It can be said that this kind of siege is actually a result of external force and internal control!

If Lin Chen's side is broken through by King Wu's army, it will be difficult for Sichuan and Shu to withstand his troops.

The situation in Sichuan and Sichuan was not optimistic, and another news came that shocked Li Zhao even more.

It turned out that Xixia, who had been at peace with Li Tang for several years, suddenly made some moves.

That month, the Xixia general led an army of 110,000 to attack Weizhou, along the state line!

The Western Army was caught off guard. On that day, the Seven Villages and Twelve Fortresses bordering the two sides fell into the hands of the Xixia people. The Western Army suffered more than 8,000 casualties!

For a time, the northwest frontier was in danger, and the generals of the Western Army, Zhong Shidao, Zhe Keqiu and others, wrote to the imperial court for support.

As soon as the memorial arrived in Li Zhao's hands, he asked the young emperor to smash an imperial case into pieces.

You must know that the Western Army has as many as 170,000 registered soldiers!

Although there will definitely be a shortage, there are still more than 100,000 soldiers, right?

The Western Army actually wanted support from the imperial court. Could it be that the border army that Li Tang had worked so hard to manage was so vulnerable?

Furious, Li Zhao immediately summoned Shangguan Wan'er.

"Wan'er, do you have any news from the inner guard? How many actual troops are there in the Western Army?!" Li Zhao asked coldly with a gloomy face.

Upon seeing this, Shangguan Wan'er whispered with a slight headache: "Your Majesty, the Western Army has a total of 140,000 soldiers, of which 45,000 are under Zhekeqiu's command, and 60,000 are under Zhongshidao. The total number of soldiers in each state is forty thousand."

Based on this calculation, the Western Army's shortage is less than 30%.

As soon as this number came out, Li Zhao couldn't help but be stunned.

This was different from what she expected. She had thought that the Western Army would be short of most of its vacancies.

"Then why did the Western Army let the Xixia army march in?!"

Li Zhao did not believe that the 140,000 Xixi army could not stop the 110,000 Xixia troops.

Hearing this, Shangguan Wan'er stopped talking.

"Ming it!"

Li Zhao glared at Shangguan Wan'er angrily.

Now that things have come to this, there is nothing left to hide.

That’s all.

Shangguan Wan'er didn't hide anything and said bluntly: "Your Majesty, before you ascended the throne, the late emperor neglected the Western Army..."

Of course, Shangguan Wan'er said this rather tactfully.

Li Zhao is naturally not a fool and understands what the so-called neglect means.

Compared with the large amount of military pay she invests in Liaodong every year, the Western Army seems to have been forgotten in the corner these years.

Even though the Western Army needed to beware of Xixia and the Mongolian tribes coveting the Hetao at the same time, it was in a difficult situation and failed to receive the attention it deserved.

It can be said,

It is not easy for the Western Army to maintain the situation in such a difficult situation!

Shangguan Wan'er even heard that both Zhongshi Dao and Zhe Keqiu had begun to let their soldiers work in the fields to maintain military supplies.

Now, in addition to the Western Army that needs to defend against Mongolia, the Western Army can mobilize less than 50,000 troops for field battles with the Xixia army!

Even if the Western Army was well prepared, it would be difficult to stop the Xixia army from advancing straight in.

That's why he wrote to Li Zhao, asking for support from the imperial court.

Obviously, this was the last resort that the two of them had come up with due to their helplessness.

After hearing this, Li Zhao was silent for a moment.

She also had a headache at the moment.

From this point of view, it is still necessary to mobilize the Beijing camp to support the Western Army.

But at this time,

Shangguan Wan'er sent good news to Li Zhao.

It was a memorial from Xin Qiji, the governor of Liaodong who had just taken office less than a year ago.

The memorial stated: The situation in Liaodong has improved, and military households in various places have established tens of thousands of hectares of farmland.

Therefore, Xin Qiji organized and trained 150,000 Liaodong frontier troops and drilled them every day.

Now that the Jin Dynasty is weak, if the imperial court needs it, the Liaodong border troops can be mobilized to enter the pass to help the Western army!

Li Zhao couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief when he looked at this memorial.

The government should be governed by capable ministers!

Looking back at the memorial, it was revealed that Supervisor Xin Qiji wanted to lead the Liaodong Frontier Army on an expedition, and Li Zhao couldn't help but laugh.

"In this case, order Xin Qiji, the governor of Liaodong, to lead the Liaodong frontier army to enter the pass and rush to the northwest to help!"

at the same time.

Kings with different surnames from all over the world also learned about the situation in various places.

Just when they wanted to see Li Zhao's joke, Xin Qiji suddenly came out and killed them.

The news that the Liaodong governor led 90,000 Liaodong border troops into the pass shocked the world.

Among the 90,000 Liaodong border troops, there were 30,000 cavalrymen who called themselves Guanning Iron Cavalry.

As soon as this news came out, some kings with ill intentions immediately stopped and hid again.

Originally, they heard that an unknown prefect was promoted to the Liaodong governor, and they were still laughing at the emperor for having no one to use.

But they didn't expect that

this ignored Liaodong governor had such ability!

As for Xin Qiji, who was remembered by several kings of different surnames, after receiving the imperial edict from Li Zhao allowing him to enter the pass, his face was calm, but his eyes could not hide the joy.

Although he was born a scholar, he always had the ambition to fight the enemy.

Now he finally got what he wanted!

Xin Qiji pondered for a moment, and immediately called out:

"Where is Changbo?"

Not long after, a white-armored general walked in from outside the tent, and when he saw Xin Qiji, he immediately knelt down and said: "Adoptive father!"

This boy is none other than Wu Sangui!

On that day, when the Liaodong border army was purged by Lin Chen, he was lucky enough to escape.

After Xin Qiji came, Wu Sangui saw the opportunity and resolutely chose to serve under the new commander.

Among the many Liaodong military generals, Wu Sangui's ability is indeed quite outstanding.

It is precisely because of this that Xin Qiji valued him very much and adopted him as his adopted son, responsible for commanding the Guanning Iron Cavalry.

Compared to the original history.

In this world of comprehensive martial arts, Wu Sangui's life experience is really rich.

Of course.

Wu Sangui, who didn't know these, was now wholeheartedly serving Li Tang and his adoptive father!

It can be said that he was a loyal minister of Li Tang.

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