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Chapter 748 Does the Liao Kingdom have the confidence to confront the Song Dynasty head-on? (first update)
Chapter 757

The officials dispersed one after another, and only a few chief officials remained.Wang Yang, Zhe Keshi, Gao Shize, Zhong Shihe, and Youzhou Tongjuan Tang Xuncheng.

"The court's attitude is that way, but they are not us. We are the people in charge of the three states. We need to be responsible for the 40 soldiers and civilians in the three states."

Having said this, Wang Yang couldn't help but laugh at himself. "At the beginning, Wang wanted to use the Three States as a lure to attract the attention of Xixia and Liao. What he didn't expect was that if such a situation really happened, the pressure on the Three States would be so great. .”

"Can the Liao Kingdom really make up its mind to go to war with the Song Dynasty?" At this moment, Tang Xuncheng still had a lot of uncertainty in his heart.After all, there has been peace between the Song Dynasty and the Liao Kingdom for decades.

Decades of peace and quiet are indeed enough to make many people forget the pain and hatred that war has brought to each other.

"Could it be that the Liao Kingdom wants to take advantage of Xixia's weakness and take advantage of it?"

After hearing Tang Xuncheng's hesitant analysis, Wang Yang did not get angry, but nodded and analyzed. "I don't rule out such a possibility, but there are a few points, please think about it."

"First, in the successive wars between our Great Song Dynasty and Xixia, our Great Song Dynasty frequently took the upper hand. Under such circumstances, the Lord of the Western Xia Dynasty proposed to the Liao Kingdom, and then, the Liao Kingdom sent envoys to punish our Great Song Dynasty. Afterwards, the Xuanwei envoy of the Northern Academy went to Bianliang, Tokyo with the Xixia envoy, as if Daliao wanted to report the injustice for Xixia no matter what, and act as the master for Xixia..."

"Under such circumstances, if the Liao Kingdom really wanted to confront Xixia, it would indeed be able to catch Xixia by surprise. Moreover, if the Liao Kingdom invaded Xixia, would my Great Song just sit there and do nothing? At least my official You definitely won’t sit and watch a show.”

In other words, if the Liao Kingdom attacked Xixia, and Wang Yang attacked from south to north, under the attack from both sides, the already declining Xixia would inevitably end up in ruins.

But the question is, isn't the Liao Kingdom's frequent gestures of favor and help to Xixia before all in vain?What's more, isn't it true that the civil and military ministers of the Manchu Dynasty in the Liao Kingdom are all idiots, can't they see that the current Song Dynasty is forging ahead, with strong soldiers and strong horses?
Once Xixia is destroyed, it can be said that there will be no buffer between the Liao Kingdom and the Song Dynasty. The two most powerful countries in the world will inevitably confront each other head-on.

Compared with the Song Dynasty, which is determined to forge ahead, the country is rich and the people are strong, the Liao Kingdom, which has played in entertainment and neglected politics for decades, has led to the decline of national power, the people in the country are in dire straits, thieves and robbers are rampant, and the northern part of the Liao Kingdom is really confident. Is the current Da Song positive and tough?
No matter what others think, Wang Yang thinks it is impossible, at least the Liao Kingdom will not be so stupid.

"Maybe there is another possibility, that is Xixia completely surrendered to the Liao Kingdom, and united with the Liao Kingdom to go south..." These words did not come from Wang Yang, but Gao Taotao's nephew Gao Shize.

Hearing this, everyone couldn't help but look more ugly. If the Xixia and Liao allied forces go south, who can they deal with? The land of Yan, You, and Hong will definitely bear the brunt.

"This possibility is not impossible, it may even be very high. After all, if the Liao Kingdom really wants to go south, how can Xixia, who needs to take shelter from the Liao Kingdom, sit idly by?" Wang Yang took a deep breath, his face sinking like water.

"This game of chess is too big. We live in a corner, so it's really hard to grasp it. It's just that I didn't expect that all the adults in the court..." Gao Shize seemed to be taken aback by his own brain hole, and couldn't help it. He sighed with emotion.

What he said was quite reasonable. After listening to Wang Yang's analysis and judgment, Gao Shize also had a vague feeling that Wang Yang's judgment was probably the closest to the truth.

However, before things happen, who has the ability to stand up and overthrow the tone that has been set after the court meeting?There is no proof, everything is guesswork.

"No matter what, no matter whether the Liao army is coming to our Great Song Dynasty or Xixia, the lands of Yan, You and Hong must be ready to fight at any time." Wang Yang glanced over The main officials in front of them looked very serious and authentic.

All the officials present nodded heavily. "Don't worry, my lord, we will definitely not dare to slack off in the slightest."

"There is another big problem, that is, if the army of the Liao Kingdom is really coming towards us, then this Youzhou must bear the brunt. If Youzhou loses, the entire land of the three states is tantamount to completely opening the door to the enemy. Whether Youzhou can be as stable as Mount Tai depends on General Zhong and Tang Tongpan..."

"But don't worry, you two. If you have any difficulties, just tell them and I will try my best to find a way to solve them for you." Wang Yang looked at the cultivator in front of him and Tang Xunchengyan said.

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Does that need to be said?There must be a lot of difficulties. The first is the lack of troops, the second is the lack of weapons and equipment, and the third is the lack of protective gear. In short, besides the complete city defense, Youzhou now lacks everything else.

Because Youzhou is located in the northernmost protrusion of the three states, facing the sand sea in the north, and in the left and right directions. Although it is the control area of ​​Xixia, it only borders Hongzhou in the south.

Once a war breaks out, Youzhou must be the first to be attacked. Only after taking down Yuzhou, can you connect the east and west sides of Xixia.

So this is also the reason why Wang Yang immediately decided to transform Youzhou into a military fortress armed to the teeth after he took charge of the three states.

"Now the defense facilities of New Yanzhou are complete. As for the internal facilities, there is no need to worry too much, so I think it should be possible to deploy [-] troops from New Yanzhou to garrison Yuzhou. What do you think?"

"That's no problem. Youzhou is the key point. With the current strength, it is indeed too weak. However, the Xiang army has no armor. This is a great trouble..." Zhong Shihe replied with both joy and worry .

"Yanzhou still has 20 spare Yuanyou crossbow handles, [-] bows, and [-] spare soft steel crossbow arms, as well as [-] bolts and [-] arrows each. They will all be handed over to Youzhou at that time. However, before the reinforcements from the Great Song Dynasty arrive, the time you need to defend is probably not short, so you need to think of ways to make more preparations for the crossbows and arrows."

"That's no problem. I will definitely inform Zhufang as soon as possible, and try my best to make crossbows and arrows." Tang Xuncheng didn't dare to neglect, so he replied. "In addition, the prefecture has [-] yuanyou crossbows, [-] divine arm crossbows and [-] bows in reserve. We will use all of them to equip the soldiers."

"In Hongzhou, I remember that there are 1000 and [-] crossbows, and [-] bows. When the time comes, I will tell General Huang and Master Dong to send them to Youzhou."

What do you rely on to defend the city?What they mainly rely on is relying on the solid city defense to throw arrows and crossbow bolts at the attacking enemies, causing a lot of damage to the enemies.

If you lack long-range weapons and can only fight at close range, you are giving up your advantage.Therefore, Wang Yang gritted his teeth and made up his mind to hand over all the long-range weapons inventory to Youzhou.

In this way, there are [-] Xiang troops, [-] elite frontier troops, [-] elite cavalry, and a total of [-] bows and crossbows. If they only rely on the military fortress of Youzhou and defend it for more than a month, there should be no Too big a question.

However, in order to reduce casualties, even the wise and resourceful Wang Daguan couldn't help but feel a little dumbfounded at this moment.

(End of this chapter)