The emperor dream of Li Yuanhao in Xixia was almost killed by Di Qing in the first battle of invading Song Dynasty.

The border troubles in the Song Dynasty came not only from the northern Khitan, but also from Xixia.

Since Li Deming took over the power of Li Jiqian, Xixia tried to make up with Song Tingxiu. He did so because he accepted the advice of his father Li Jiqian, saying that it was not a way for him to make a living by robbing Dasong for more than 2 years. The best way to live a peaceful life was to make up with Song and get some subsidies from Song every year, which was more affordable.

After Song Dynasty and Liao Dynasty signed the "Alliance of Chanyuan", Li Deming felt the pressure from Song Ting. Without the support of the powerful Liao State, the life of Xixia was even more difficult, so "peace talks" were put on the agenda.

Emperor Zhao Heng of Zhao and Song Dynasties didn't want to go to war either. He gave generous treatment to Li Deming who was willing to be a vassal, awarded Li Deming Dingnan Army our envoy and Xiping King, and gave them 22, pieces of silver, 2, pieces of silk, 2, pieces of money and 2, Jin of tea every year in the name of "giving", and opened the border market to allow the people on the border to trade goods and exchange needed goods.

after the formation of the peace talks, Li Deming really didn't continue to be an enemy of Song Dynasty. He turned his development direction to the west, attacking Uighur in the west and Tubo in the south. It took more than 2 years before and after to seize the Gansu-Gansu region, and Xianshun, the Uighur leader of Guazhou, led his troops to join him, initially pacifying a large area of Hexi Corridor. Of course, Xixia also paid a great price.

Li Deming is very shrewd. He moves between the Song Dynasty and the Khitan like a businessman, surrendering himself to the Khitan, and appealing to Zhao Song with the help of the influence of the Khitan. However, Zhao Song didn't want to see Li Deming completely fall to the Khitan, so he tried his best to meet his demands.

In order to win over Li Deming, Liao Xingzong not only married the princess to Yuan Hao, the son of Li Deming, but also named him King of Xia. Not to be outdone in the Song Dynasty, he also named Li Deming King of Xia. Li Deming has become the darling of both sides, and her value has been rising all the way.

At this time, Li Deming has a vast area of Xia, Yi, Yin, Hui, Sui, Jing, Ling, Salt, Sheng, Wei, Ding, Yong He Gan, Liang, Gua, Sha and Su, and its strength is much stronger than that of Li Jiqian.

With the increase of strength, his ambition expanded. He began to dream of being an emperor, and his usual ostentation and extravagance imitated the appearance of the Central Plains emperor. He also built the capital in huaiyuan town, Lingzhou (now Yinchuan, Ningxia) in the fourth year of Tianxi (12), and formally established the capital.

Li Deming's preparations for becoming emperor have not been completed, and he died in October of the first year of Ming Dow (132).

After Li Deming's death, his son Yuan Hao appeared.

Yuan Hao's appearance was a nightmare for the people in the Song Dynasty and Xixia Dynasty.

since he was a child, Yuan Hao was clever and fond of reading. He was not only familiar with Tibetan and Chinese, but also proficient in Buddhism. However, he did not do good deeds and accumulate virtue because he was proficient in Buddhism, but took pleasure in militaristic tactics. He did not fully understand the essence of Buddhism's compassion. When Li Deming was alive, Yuan Hao repeatedly persuaded his father to oppose the Song Dynasty.

Li Deming warned that the Xixia suffered from successive wars, and the people had a hard life. Only after surrendering to the Song Dynasty did they live a luxurious life, and the people also got a rest. This is all thanks to Song Ting, so don't have the idea of betraying Song Ting.

Yuan Hao was unconvinced, saying that it was the custom of his nation to wear animal skins to herd cattle and sheep, and there was no need to wear silk and satin from the Song Dynasty. When a gentleman is born a hero, he should create his own imperial career, and he should not be willing to be a slave of Song Ting for a splendid suit.

But after all, the power is still in Li Deming's hands. Yuan Hao can't change his father's decision, even though he doesn't agree with his father. This situation remained unchanged until Li Deming died.

after Li Deming's death, Yuan Hao succeeded to the throne.

Song and Qidan were busy. Song Ting sent an envoy Yang Ji to Xixia, conferring him the title of heir to Xiping's throne, and awarded him the posts of our ambassador to the difficult army and an observer in Xia, Yin, Sui, Jing and Yi. Qidan sent envoys to canonize him as King of Xia.

Yuan Hao is well-balanced, and he takes everything, benefiting from both sides.

immediately after Yuan Hao attacked the seal, he started the procedure of becoming an emperor.

He imitated the Zhao and Song systems, for example, the central government set up the administration of Chinese books, the military affairs under the leadership of the officials, the financial affairs under the three departments (the Ministry of Household Affairs, the Ministry of Taxation, the Ministry of Salt and Iron), the censorate, the supervision and impeachment, and the grinding and prospecting department, and so on.

It can be seen from this that Yuan Hao is not conservative. He is willing to learn anything that he thinks is advanced.

after the establishment of the new management system, Yuan Hao imitated the practices of the Han people and reformed the old mechanism.

In short, he copied everything that was beneficial to the development of Xixia, regardless of what others said.

Then, the army was reorganized and soldiers were trained. Everything was proceeding in an orderly way. The goal is one, to accumulate strength and prepare for the anti-Song.

After two years, Yuan Hao has almost finished his preparations. In the first year of Jing You (134), he began to act.

This year, Yuan Hao personally led the Xixia cavalry to sneak attack on Gyeongju. After conquering Gyeongju, he crossed the Song and Xia borders with lightning speed, attacked the city and pulled out the village, and even won several battles, which made Song Jun feel frightened. Even the crying children stopped crying when they heard that Xixia soldiers were coming.

Zhao Zhen also wanted to maintain the peace of the border by appeasement, and issued a letter of appeasement, so that Yuan Hao could also serve as the Chinese secretariat. His practice is exactly the same as that of Emperor Taizong.

The emperors of the Song Dynasty had a good endurance. When others urinated on their heads, they could not only endure it, but also gave some belongings to tell others to stop the thunder. Just say what they want, as long as they don't dance with knives and make great things.

The emperor of the Song Dynasty was able to respect his ancestors, and Yuan Hao was not bad either. He also learned the cunning of his grandfather Li Jiqian perfectly. On the surface, he pretended to accept the seal of the Song Emperor, but secretly sent a 25,-strong soldier of Su Nuer to attack Tubo.

Tubo was originally a powerful country in the western regions, and later surrendered to the Song Dynasty. Emperor Zhao and Song awarded Jiao Siluo, the chief of the Tubo Department, as the general of Ningyuan, and he also loved Zhou Yong ying ambassador. Yuan Hao had long had the ambition of annexing Uighur and Tubo and dominating the western frontier.

Jiao Siluo learned that Xixia soldiers were coming, and designed to lead Sunuer's troops into a dangerous place, and then surrounded them and beat dogs behind closed doors. The Xixia soldiers were almost wiped out, and the main commander, Su Nuer, was captured alive by the Tubo people.

Yuan Hao learned that the former army was defeated, and the main commander was captured. He personally led his troops to attack Tubo, captured Maoniucheng, besieged Zongge and Daixingling, and was finally defeated by Tubo, leading the remnant soldiers back.

Jiao Siluo sent someone to announce the good news to Emperor Zhao Song, and Zhao Zhen issued a decree, ordering him to be promoted to Baoshun Army to stay behind.

after Yuan Hao failed to attack Tubo, he took a short break and turned to attack Uighur. Having captured several states, such as Gua, Sha and Su, the territory of Xixia is getting bigger and bigger, and the momentum is getting stronger and stronger.

when it comes to the gradual prosperity of Xixia, there are two people who have to say, because these two people have played a vital role in the rise of Xixia.

There are two scholars in Huazhou, one is Zhang, and the other is Wu. Although they are knowledgeable, they failed in the imperial examination. In a fit of pique, they traveled together beyond the Great Wall.

when they learned that Yuan Hao was a great shock to the West, they wanted to find a part-time job in Xixia.

In order to create a sensation, the two of them renamed themselves. To borrow the word Yuan Hao, Zhang was named Zhang Yuan and Wu was named Wu Hao.

after they got a new name, they went to Lingzhou together. When they arrived in Lingzhou, it was difficult to see Yuan Hao because they were strangers. As soon as they got together, they went into a restaurant in the downtown area, ordered a table of good food, made five pounds of inferior white wine, and drank heavily.

after a full meal, I asked the shopkeeper for a pen and wrote "Zhang Yuan Wu Hao is here" on the wall of the hotel.

The word Yuan Hao is the name of the ruler of Xixia, which violates the taboo of Xixia people. In addition, they scribbled in public, which attracted the attention of Xixia people. The Xixia soldiers patrolling unceremoniously tied the two of them with a rope and sent them to the government.

actually, this is exactly what the two scholars want.

When Yuan Hao heard that the two scholars were so bold, he angrily said, "When you are in Xixia, you should ask about the rules here. Are you tired of living if you dare to violate my taboo?"

Zhang Yuan and Wu Hao were not as scared as Yuan Hao imagined, but instead sneered and said, "If you don't even care about the surname left by your ancestors, how can you care about your own name?"

It turns out that Yuan Haoben's surname is Li, his grandfather's name is Li Jiqian, and his father's name is Li Deming. After surrendering to Zhao and Song Dynasties, the Emperor of Zhao and Song Dynasties gave them the national surname, Zhao. Therefore, Yuan Hao should have been Li Yuanhao, but he was called Zhao Yuanhao.

Yuan Hao froze on the spot after hearing this, but after all, he was a lean man, and immediately realized that these two men had come prepared. The next class untied them personally, gave them a seat, and humbly asked them for advice on how to govern the country.

Yuan Hao left Zhang Yuan and Wu Hao for a long talk. He thought that they were really extraordinary, and immediately sealed them to their senior officials. Soon after, Yuan Hao sent someone to secretly take their families to Xixia.

The wealth that Zhang Yuan and Wu Hao dreamed of was not available in the Zhao and Song Dynasties, but was finally available in the northwest border.

from then on, they completely sold themselves to Xixia. I tried my best to help Xixia establish a system of rules and regulations, formulate major policies and plans to invade the Song Dynasty. The history said that "Xia people thought that they should seek the master, and whenever the country was established, the strategy of invading the country should be guided by two more people."

Zhang Yuanhe Wu Hao's experience is lamentable, but they took refuge in foreign countries and vented their personal resentment at the expense of the disaster of a country and a nation, betrayed their ancestors and defected to the enemy for treason. They are national scum.

with the help of the two men, Yuan Hao became more and more powerful.

in October of the first year of Baoyuan (138), Yuanhao changed Lingzhou to Xingzhou, Xiping to Xingqing, and as the national capital, he stood on his own feet as emperor, with the founding name of Daxia (known as Xixia in the Song Dynasty) and Jianyuan Tiancai. Set up sixteen departments to manage state affairs. Set up 12 military supervision divisions, and assign chiefs of various ministries to be under the jurisdiction of the army.

in the summer, there are 5, troops, all around. Yuan Hao also created his own Xixia script, which looks like a Chinese official script.

Yuan Hao was going to attack the Song Dynasty. When his uncle Shan met him and advised him not to rebel against the Song Dynasty, Yuan Hao not only refused to listen, but scolded his uncle.

Shan Yu went to Song with his wife and children. Guo Quan, the magistrate of Song Yanzhou, took Shan Yu and took him back to Xixia. Yuan Hao brutally killed all his uncle's family. It seems that Yuan Hao is determined to fight against the Song Dynasty.

Yuan Hao first sent envoys to Song Ting, hoping that Song Ting would recognize the legal status of Daxia Kingdom.

Song Ting couldn't tolerate Yuan Hao's secession, although it was only a formal unification before.

Zhao Zhen immediately called a meeting for ministers to discuss after receiving Yuan Hao's badge.

At the meeting, many people advocated taking action by force, accusing Yuan Hao and suppressing the separatist.

Wu Yu, an admonition officer, put forward a plan to slow down the troops. He thought that recognizing Yuan Hao's status was just a hollow name. Song Ting met Yuan Hao's requirements on the surface to cultivate his arrogance, but secretly stepped up preparations. Once we really broke up openly, we were also prepared. This is called playing hard to get.

Zhao Zhen seems unable to swallow this tone, disagreeing with Wu Yu's playing hard to get. Not only did he not recognize the founding of Xixia, but he also wrote a letter to revoke all the official titles that Yuan Hao had been given in the past.

This is just an indication of Song Ting's attitude. Yuan Hao is the emperor himself. Is it rare for Song Ting to bestow such official positions as our time and nobility?

It's easy to show your attitude, but it's a bit difficult to take any action against Yuan Hao.

For many years, Song Ting didn't reorganize the military equipment at all, so that "there is no adviser in the temple, and there is no brave general in the border; Will be ignorant of war, soldiers arrogant do not know the war; The equipment is rotten and the city is ruined. " Such an army is unable to defend the border and resist foreign invasion, let alone send troops to Xixia to teach Yuan Hao, who is far away in the west.

since we can't solve the problem by force, we have to take economic measures to punish it.

Zhao Zhen ordered to stop trade with Xixia in order to crush Xixia economically. At the same time, it also publicly offered a reward, promising that whoever had the ability to capture and kill Yuan Hao would be appointed as a difficult army to save our time, which was the sorrow of the Song Dynasty.

In order to prevent the invasion of Xixia, Zhao Zhen ordered Xia Song, the Yongxing Army, to be the comforter of Jingyuan Road and Qinfeng Road, and Fan Yong, the comforter of Yanzhou, to be the comforter of Yanyan Road and Huanqing Road. They were both in charge of Xiazhou.

Wang Deyong, who knew about the Privy Council, invited his troops to the Western Expedition to teach Yuan Hao a lesson.

Zhao Zhen's reason for not allowing Wang Deyong to use the Western Expedition is absurd, just because of Wang Deyong's appearance.

It is said that Wang Deyong is a mighty man who looks like Zhao Kuangyin in Song Taizu. Moreover, Wang Deyong manages the army well and is deeply loved by soldiers. Because of this, someone fanned the evil wind and lit a jack-o'-lantern in Zhao Zhen's ear, saying that Wang Deyong should not stay in the Privy Council, let alone let him take charge of the relieving.

Zhao Zhen listened to rumors, not only refused to let Wang Deyong lead troops to the Western Expedition, but also reduced him to Suizhou Zhizhou, and was replaced by Xia Guanyun, who was prosperous and knowledgeable about the Privy Council.

in the song dynasty, the monarch and his subjects knew nothing but infighting. A group of infighting courtiers and a cowardly and incompetent emperor can't do great things at all.

in November of the second year of Baoyuan (139), that is, the year after Yuanhao became emperor, the lean man of Xiqiao finally launched a war against Song.

the wolf smoke rises in the northwest.

Yuan Hao didn't get any benefits when he sent troops against Song Dynasty, but he was defeated by a little-known person. Such a thing happened, which was not only a blow to Yuan Hao, but also surprised Emperor Zhao Song and those officials who stayed in the capital of song dynasty to talk big.

here's what happened.

Yuan Hao led an 8,-strong army to attack the security guards, and it was invincible all the way. When the Xixia army came to a place called Anyuan Village, suddenly a small group of Song Jun rushed out of the front mountain, and there were only three or four thousand people at best. The Xixia army didn't care about this small group of Song Jun at all, and Yuan Hao didn't care. He ordered the former army to kill this Song Jun.

Unexpectedly, just after the confrontation, a general wearing a sword and a golden mask suddenly rushed out of the Song army array. I don't know whether he is a man, a ghost, a demon or a fairy. Xia Bing was in an uproar and suddenly became chaotic.

The general with golden hair in Song Jun took the lead in rushing into the Xia Jun array, chopping everyone and killing everyone. Like a tiger in a flock of sheep, Xia Bing's soldiers were in a panic, and even Yuan Hao could not deal with this monster that looked like a demon, but he was caught in the scattered disorderly army and fled in a hurry.

This tiger general in Song Jun array was the patrol commander, who later became famous all over the world and was regarded by Zhao Zhen as the Di Qing of the Great Wall.

Di Qing, a native of Hexi, was brave and good at fighting. At first, he rode a horse to disperse straight, followed the army to the west, and repeatedly made meritorious military service.

He usually has a habit of wearing a bronze mask and long hair when fighting.

he thinks that appearing in front of the enemy in this image can play a deterrent role to the enemy. In popular novels, it is nonsense to say that Di Qing has magic.

nowadays, Di Qing is a security force.