Before we knew it, another year passed. In the past year, the whole world was relatively peaceful, and there were no large-scale wars. The Liao army at the bridgehead occasionally had some conflicts with the Song army. That's all; but the frontiers of the Great Xia Empire had never been calm, and small-scale wars had never stopped, especially in the northern and northwest of the empire, which was the area under the jurisdiction of the Anbei Protectorate and the Beiting Protectorate.

During this period, there was never a fixed border between countries, between countries, between tribes, and between tribes. The so-called territory is actually a territory that can be actually controlled. Last winter, the cold current from Siberia once again swept across the entire northern hemisphere, and most of the territory of the entire Great Xia Empire suffered from white disasters. Fortunately, the Great Xia Empire had a precaution for these natural disasters. The Empire stored enough food and grass and heating items in many areas, and some affected tribes were rescued.

For the herdsmen of these tribes, it is fortunate to be the people of the Great Xia Empire. If such a disaster occurred in the past, it would be very likely that the entire tribe would suffer a catastrophe; but not all tribes were lucky. The nomadic tribes located in the north of the Anbei Protectorate, that is, the Beihai (Lake Baikal), would not be so lucky. They sometimes surrendered and sometimes rebelled against the Great Xia Empire, which would have long annoyed Richardhan, who was the Anbei Protectorate.

Therefore, when facing the northern nomadic tribes asking for help, Richardhan ignored it. In Richardhan's opinion, they were not the people of the empire at all, and the empire had no obligation to rescue them. Richardhan's actions also annoyed the leaders of these tribes. After discussions by the tribe leaders, these tribes were prepared to jointly send troops to the Daxia Empire to rob the Daxia Empire to obtain necessary living supplies, and the northern border of the Daxia Empire began to turmoil.

Zhenzhou, the headquarters of Anbei Protectorate.

Richardhan has received investigations from the north, and the inspectors claimed that the two nomadic tribes at the northernmost end of the empire were massacred, thousands of people died in misfortune, and all the cattle, sheep and property were plundered. Richardhan was furious when he received this news. While gathering troops scattered in various places, Richardhan asked Li Liangzuo whether to send troops to eliminate the nomadic tribes entrenched in the Beihai area.

"Report to the Protector, the envoy sent by His Majesty has arrived." A general led his way in and reported to Richardhan.

"Come on the incense case quickly and prepare to receive the order." After Richardhan finished speaking, he went out of the city to greet the envoys himself.

After welcoming the envoy to the mansion, a set of procedures for receiving the orders had been completed. The envoy asked for an imperial edict to be issued and read loudly: "In accordance with the will of heaven, the emperor's edict said: Order the Marquis of Anping, the great guardian of Anbei, and lead the Anbei army to attack the Beihai tribe, and I respect this."

"I received the order, long live my emperor, long live, long live..."

"Marty, this is a tiger talisman..." The envoy handed a tiger talisman to Richardhan's hand and said.

"If you have time, angels come all the way, come and arrange for the angels to go down and rest!"

"Thank you, Marquis..."

After receiving the imperial edict, Richardhan led his personal guards to the Xia army camp outside the city. At this time, 50,000 troops were gathered in the camp. In addition to 30,000 Anbei Army, there were 20,000 tribal soldiers. This was the largest force that Richardhan could gather on the grassland. Previously, most of the Xia army's troops in the western expedition were recruited from the Anbei region, which had become the main source of the Xia cavalry. Moreover, the languages ​​of all tribes under the Anbei Protectorate's Office were no longer Turkic language, but Chinese. This was also the most successful part of Li Liangzuo's assimilation reform, and these tribes have become nomadic tribes that have been sinicized.

In the Xia army camp outside Zhenzhou City, the generals of the Anbei Army and some governors of the Governor's office have arrived. On the battlefield of the colonel, the 50,000 Xia cavalry soldiers are ready to go. They are waiting for Richardhan's military order. Except for the 30,000 Anbei Army, the other 20,000 tribal soldiers are new soldiers who have never been on the battlefield. The average age of these tribal soldiers is no less than eighteen years old. For the grassland people, they are already a qualified soldier at the age of eighteen.

"Soldiers, Your Majesty has sent an edict to order our Anbei Army to send troops to fight against rebellion and eliminate all the enemies who dare to invade our Daxia Empire. We must use their blood to avenge our people..." Richardhan said passionately.

"Revenge, revenge, revenge..."

"Where is the vast governor Yelu Jin?"

"The last one is here." A veteran stood up and said.

"I ordered you to be the deputy commander and help me take charge of the army." Richardhan ordered.

"The last general takes the order..."

Yelu Jin was the first Liao people to surrender to the Xia army. After surrendering, he served as the governor of Haohan. During the Anbei Army's expedition, Yelu Jin was once appointed as the left-behind envoy of Anbei to be responsible for the protection of the Anbei Protectorate. Although he was not officially appointed by the court, Yelu Jin was very attached to it. He was completely equivalent to the second-ranked person in the Anbei Protectorate. This time, Richardhan sent this veteran general to make some contributions to Yelu Jin in order to be promoted.

"Where is the Black Detachment?"

"The last one will be in..."

"I ordered you to be the vanguard general, lead five thousand troops to go first, and explore the way forward for the army."

"The last general takes the order..."

"Where is Brother Wumeng?"

"The last one will be in..."

"I'll be the commander of the left army..."

"The last general takes the order..."

"Where is Wudu'er?"

"The last one will be in..."

"I'll order you to be the commander of the right army..."

"The last general takes the order..."

The people appointed by Li Chahan were all generals who surrendered to the Xia army back then. Over the years, these surrendered generals have been sitting on the bench. They have also written to Li Liangzuo several times to ask Li Liangzuo to lead the army to fight, but they were all rejected by Li Liangzuo. First, because Li Liangzuo had sufficient generals at that time, these generals were all Li Liangzuo's direct descendants. They had not grown up yet, and Li Liangzuo needed to let them go to the battlefield to exercise more, and naturally these surrendered generals could only sit on the bench behind. Second, these newly surrendered Li Liangzuo was not at ease with them and needed to investigate them.

This time, the reason why Li Liangzuo asked Richard to use these surrendered generals was that the Xia army was already inadequate, and all the generals had their own tasks. Li Liangzuo had no extra generals to send to Richard. Secondly, these surrendered generals had been suppressed for too long. If they were suppressed, it would probably cause trouble, which would not be conducive to the surrender work of the Daxia Empire in the future. In addition, because these veterans had been holding back for too long, it would be like a tiger that was hungry for a long time before they were released when they saw someone.

After appointing generals at all levels, Richardhan led his army to set off, and it was still thousands of miles away from Zhenzhou to the Beihai. It was just spring and the grass had just emerged. It was the time when the nomadic tribes were most vulnerable. Choosing to attack at this time was the best fighter. The Xia army was not marching fast, because in addition to the army, they also carried some cattle and sheep. Some of these cattle and sheep were given to the Xia tribe in the north, and the other part was to serve as the military rations of the Xia army. This was also the difference between grassland cavalry and Central Plains warfare. They had no food and logistics supply at all.
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