Chapter 529 Seeking the Skin of a Tiger

"When something fishy happens, there must be a monster!"

Lin Chen looked at the battle report in his hand and whispered to himself.

As early as when Xin Qiji was ordered to lead the Liaodong frontier army to the northwest to support the Western army, he asked Jinyiwei's spies to pay attention to the northwest war.

In Lin Chen's opinion, Xixia should retreat after learning that the Liaodong border troops were coming for support.

Although Xixia sent out 120,000 troops this time, they accounted for almost 60% of the country's standing troops!

But for the vast territory of the Central Plains, Xixia is just a separatist force in a corner.

After all, Xixia is a place with a lack of resources, and it is very difficult to support a standing army of 200,000 people.

Not to mention, in the past, they had to rely on grain trade with Li Tang to barely make ends meet.

This is also the reason why in the past more than ten years, the successive kings of Xixia have not started another war with Li Tang.

It can be said that Li Tang has already grasped the key to Xixia's lifeline, namely food, by relying on trade!

Once Li Tang blocks the border and no longer allows a grain of food to enter Xixia, countless people at the bottom of Xixia will starve to death.

Even if King Wu's rebellion gave Xixia an excuse to send troops, King Wu had already been wiped out by him. Why did Xixia still squeeze into the Weizhou Pass and engage in a meat-crushing fight with Li Tang's Western Army?

To grab some ground?

What a joke.

With the national power of Xixia, even if they were lucky enough to bite off a piece of meat from Li Tang, so what?

According to Li Zhao's usual style, he will definitely mobilize a large army for conquest after the war!

Moreover, in the northwest, there are mountains and complex terrain.

If the two sides compete for a city and a land here, they will surely pay the lives of countless soldiers.

Obviously, Li Tang has a huge advantage in the war of attrition that Xixia cannot match!

Lin Chen originally thought that those in Xixia who knew the current affairs were heroes, and he would give up when he saw good things.

Never thought!

The Xixia army came out of the Helan Mountains and stood firm at a place called Wushu Mountain. It was likely that they would fight to the death with Li Tang.

It's a pity that they faced the 70,000 elite Western Army led by the famous general Zhong Shidao, and the 80,000 brave and capable Liaodong border guards under Xin Qiji. Xixia could not gain any benefits at all.

As a result, the two sides launched an extremely brutal strangulation battle on this small mountain.

Life is disappearing every moment, and there is also a staggering data.

That is the number of soldiers killed in Xixia and Li Tang every day in the past few days, up to thousands.

"The current king of Xixia is called Li Zunxu?" Lin Chen's eyes flashed with thought.

He didn't know much about the original history of Xixia, and it was even less possible for him to write down the names of the emperors of Xixia.

But since I have no impression of this person, it means that the other person has not left any outstanding deeds in history.

As we all know, there are only two ways to leave a name in history books.

Either he will leave a good name and be respected by thousands of people in future generations, or he will be infamy for thousands of years, like Qin Hui and Zhao Gou.

"What does Li Zunxu want to do?"

Lin Chen was filled with doubts.

However, seeing that the situation in the northwest was very stable and there were no major fluctuations, he did not intend to delve into it.

Anyway, according to the current situation, any fight would be beneficial to Li Tang.

Again.

He and Tong Piaoyun agreed to go to Xixia to find Li Qiushui.

Tong Piaoyun wanted revenge, but Lin Chen wanted to meet this woman who was famous for her ruthlessness and scheming in the original book.

With the cultivation levels of Lin Chen and Tong Piaoyun, they were considered top experts in the world, and it only took them three days to cross the entire Helan Mountains.

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Five days later.

Lin Chen and Tong Piaoyun were walking on the streets of Xixia Kingdom dressed as young masters from rich families.

"Is this Xixia?"

Although it is not as grand as Li Tang's capital, it is still lively with people coming and going.

However, compared to the martial arts in the Central Plains, the arena in Xixia was more bloody.

Here, there are no four famous arresters from the imperial court to intimidate the martial arts warriors.

As the saying goes, a chivalrous man breaks the law with force.

Along the way, Lin Chen saw several scenes of warriors killing people over disagreements.

And most of those killed by these warriors were ordinary people.

It can be seen that the atmosphere of Xixia martial arts is very evil.

certainly.

These Xixia warriors who were unlucky enough to bump into Lin Chen died a simple death.

at the same time.

In the Imperial City of Xixia, in the palace of the king Li Zunxu!

If any foreign ministers glimpsed the scene at this moment, they would be surprised that their king was respectful and whispering to a dilapidated statue.

However.

Only Li Zunxu knew that this might be his only chance!

He wanted to eliminate those military heroes in the court who did not obey orders, and firmly control the power in his own hands.

Furthermore, he also needs to get rid of the woman in the palace who has been pretending to be a ghost and putting pressure on him!

"Your Majesty, I wonder if these blood foods are enough?"

With awe and anxiety, Li Zunxu asked respectfully towards the ferocious and incomplete statue of the evil spirit.

I saw that half of the statue's head was missing, and its bloody mouth was still ferocious, as if it could swallow countless creatures.

"Not bad!"

At this moment, a chilling and strange sound sounded.

Judging from the source of the sound, it was coming from inside the statue!

"But this is not enough!"

The smile on Li Zunxu's face froze before it lasted for a moment.

"If you want me to help you secure your throne, you still need to donate 30,000 blood meals!"

"Thirty thousand?!"

Hearing the other party's request, Li Zunxu swallowed his saliva subconsciously.

You know, the blood food that the other party specifically asked for is the lives of his Xixia soldiers!

Of course.

This mysterious evil ghost is not picky, and he also eats the blood food of Li Tang soldiers.

"What, regret it?"

Seeing Li Zunxu's hesitation, the statue spoke again, his tone full of teasing.

Hearing this, Li Zunxu hurriedly shook his head: "No, I don't!"

"Humph, in this case, go down and prepare quickly. I promise that as long as you deliver all the blood food, you will definitely sit firmly on the throne of the king of Xixia!"

This sentence hit Li Zunxu's heart like a heavy hammer, as if he had taken a reassurance pill.

He clenched his fists tightly, and a trace of determination flashed in his eyes, as if he was making an important decision.

However.

He didn't notice that the words of this evil ghost statue were full of inexplicable mockery.

What is going on here?

It turned out that after Li Zunxu ascended the throne, he learned a secret about the Li royal family.

This secret has always been known only to the monarch.

According to the secret legend, there is a thing that cannot be brought out of the world in the forbidden area of ​​the Xixia Imperial Palace!

Once this thing is brought out, it will cause chaos in the world and all living things will be destroyed!

Faced with such a legend, Li Zunxu was half-believing and half-doubting.

Perhaps out of curiosity, or driven by fate, he went to the underground palace by some strange coincidence.

And what he finally brought back was this creepy evil ghost statue in front of him.

After a period of communication with the statue, Li Zunxu gradually understood it and roughly guessed its origin and identity.

It is nothing more than an evil god or a ghost. The most important thing is that it has the terrifying power to control life and death and subvert the world.

This shocked Li Zunxu and made him crooked, choosing to seek the skin of the tiger.

It can only be said.

The situation in Xixia has pushed him into a desperate situation.

Outside the palace, Li Zunxu, as the king of a country, has no say at all. Even inside the palace, there is a grand empress dowager who controls all matters.

It can be said that Li Zunxu, the successor king, is just a rubber stamp, good-looking but useless!

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