Zhang Ying took two steps forward slightly, walked behind Li Zhan, and asked softly.

"Prime Minister, what should we do?"

Li Zhan turned around and looked at the northwest generals. With a calm face and calm eyes, he slowly walked out of the camp. Everyone was a little dumbfounded and looked at each other with unwillingness. They sighed and turned to the Yuzhou generals and the British. The men all snorted coldly and walked out of the camp.

Shen Congxing and others looked happy. Although they were close confidants of the official family, their prestige in the army was not high. After all, the northwest generals looked down on ministers who relied on luck. Most of the Yuzhou generals were just because The helper is an old minister of the official family. He has never experienced a real war at all. He only fought a family battle with the Imperial Guards in Beijing and became a first- and second-level general. How can he make the northwest generals confidant? .

Shen Congxing also knew this. He did not have enough prestige to overwhelm the generals, so the officials ordered the veteran general Ying Gong to be the commander-in-chief to control the armies to avoid accidents. It is a pity that even the former Yongxing After Li Zhan led the Yongxing Army to defeat Xixia in the first battle, the British generals' prestige in the northwest was not as good as that of Li Zhan, who was rising rapidly. All the generals followed Li Zhan, and the British Duke could only be dismissed. Ranked second, even Zhang Ying, the son of the British Duke, was no exception. He immediately obeyed Li Zhan's orders.

General Xiao Duan looked at the northwest generals outside the Chinese army's tent and cursed angrily.

"A group of arrogant and powerful generals are just blind cats and dead mice. They defeated the Xixia army once. With such virtue, sooner or later we will let them know how powerful we are!"

Hearing this, Gu Tingye frowned and glanced at General Xiao Duan. They had a close relationship, but he did not agree with General Xiao Duan's words. He had seen how powerful the Xixia Army was, and it was far from being comparable to the Imperial Guards. He and the British Duke had He took over Li Zhan's position and had a confrontation with Xixia in front of Xingqing Mansion for a period of time. Even though he had the superior force, he still had no results. Instead, he suffered a small loss, lost troops and generals, and had to retreat with the army.

The British Duke's face was even more ugly. Although he moved closer to the official family and married Shen Congxing, marrying his daughter Zhang to Shen Congxing, he still couldn't stand the arrogance and domineering of the Yuzhou generals. It was obviously just good luck. He suddenly became an important minister of the imperial court and became arrogant. He thought highly of himself and looked down on all the Wuxun families.

After all, the British Duke is a veteran general in the army and has a high prestige. If Gu Tingye can't say it, he can say it. He looked directly at General Xiao Duan and said displeasedly.

"General Xiao Duan, please be careful. This is the northwest camp. The generals are already dissatisfied with the official decree. If it arouses public anger, it will inevitably cause trouble!"

General Xiao Duan looked at the majestic British Duke, but he felt that he was not disappointed, but he did not dare to refute. He just muttered a few complaints. Most of them were heart-wrenching remarks about the generals in the northwest taking credit for their glory and trying to resist the imperial decree.

Even Shen Congxing felt dissatisfied. Since he got along harmoniously with the British government, he had a deep understanding of military affairs. Naturally, he knew that there was a reason for the dissatisfaction of the northwest generals. When Li Zhan was the commander-in-chief At that time, we could have captured Xingqing Prefecture and the Xixia Kyoto in one battle, and the remaining Xixia Prefectures were naturally not to be feared. It can be said that we could have destroyed the country in one battle, but because of the selfish concerns of the officials, the success failed. The generals were naturally dissatisfied.

Li Zhan stood outside the Chinese army's tent, with the generals of the four northwest groups behind him. He glanced at Xingqing Mansion in the capital of Xixia from afar, and sighed, feeling a little sad.

After Li Yuanhao (i.e. Xixia Jingzong) succeeded to the throne, Xixia built palaces and cities extensively, and promoted Xingzhou to Xingqing Prefecture. Civil and military classes were formally established here; the Xixia governance structure was established. The south of Tai City was built in the first year of Yanzuo's reign.

(1038) He was enthroned here and became the emperor. All the emperors of the Western Xia Dynasty used this as their capital.

The Emperor of Xixia is Weiming Liangzuo, also known as Xia Yizong, also known as Li Liangzuo and Tuoba Liangzuo. He has been on the throne for many years. Although he has a powerful strategy and is also a hero of the party, he is already old after all. In his old age, plus

After the previous defeat, his spirit was dissipated and he became more and more stupid. If he attacked Xixia at this time, Li Zhan was sure that he would succeed in one battle, capture Li Liangzuo, and destroy Xixia.

But it is a pity that the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty were only focused on fighting for power and profit. Even the officials, although they had the idea of ​​regaining the lost territory and had great ambitions, were still unwilling to support Li Zhan as commander. After all, if the fall of Xixia was not completed under his leadership,

This was not consistent with his imagination. During the reign of the late emperor, the eldest empress had seen too much of the ferocity and power of Xixia. She had long lost her temper and became a conservative. She felt that as long as she spent some money as annual coins, she could enjoy peace, so why bother?

Using swords and guns to start another war will cost a lot of money and the gains will not be worth the losses, so we have always tried our best to oppose the recruitment of foreign troops.

Li Zhan took another look at the Northwest Army he was training and the Imperial Guards that had been reorganized during this period. They were obviously quite capable, but they could not use their fists and kicks. He felt depressed in his heart. His eyes were full of resistance, and he was obviously dissatisfied.

The officials did not agree with the will.

Zhang Ying walked to Li Zhan's side again, looked at the soldiers in the camp, and said in a deep voice that seemed to have deep meaning.

"Prime Minister, the soldiers in the northwest have been looking forward to your arrival for a long time. This time I heard that you are taking command of the expedition. They all hope to obey your orders and destroy the prestige of the party members again, so that we can ride on the battlefield?"

All the generals in the northwest nodded in agreement, stepped forward a few steps, and chattered in confusion, with much reluctance and aggrievedness in their tone.

"No, Prime Minister, I, Old Liu, am still motivated to fight with you. Even facing hundreds of thousands of Xixia troops, one man dares to charge into the battle, and there will be no frown on his face!"

"That's right, so am I. Let alone rushing into battle, it's no problem even if we attack the city alone, as long as we can drive away the party members, why should we waste our lives!"

"Prime Minister, what they said is right. We have been in the northwest all our lives. We have seen many barbarians and Han people bullying us. We have been suffering for hundreds of years. Now we finally meet the Prime Minister, and we still have to endure it.

We are really unwilling to do so.”

The words of the generals were all sincere, and their faces were full of pleading and expectation. Zhang Ying glanced at the generals, and then at the Chinese army tent, with hesitation in his eyes, and finally gritted his teeth, closed his eyes and thought for a while,

The tiger eyes that opened were full of determination. He had been in the army since he was a child and had experienced hundreds of battles in the northwest. Only the last time was a great victory. He felt the most contented and happy in his heart. He no longer felt the frustration and depression of the past.

He has no longer adapted to the life in Bianjing and has long taken root in the northwest border.

Zhang Ying took two steps back, knelt on one knee, punched his chest with his right fist, and shouted loudly.

"The last general, Zhang Ying, respectfully invites the Prime Minister to take command and raise troops to conquer Xia!"

The generals straightened their expressions, took two steps back, knelt down on the ground, and acted in unison. The sound of armor clashing was clear and powerful.

"The general will respectfully invite the Prime Minister to take command and raise troops to conquer the summer!"

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