Chapter 69 Section 2 The Rise of the Golden Kingdom

Xia Chongzong and Li Qianshun knew that Xixia was weaker than Song and Liao, so they could only adopt a pro-Liao and Song strategy to survive in the cracks.But Xia Chongzong and Li Qianshun's wishful thinking was wrong... The Kingdom of Jin rose and sent troops to attack Liao.Liao asked to unite with Xixia to fight against the Jin Dynasty. Xixia and Liao had always been good friends of Qin and Jin. Emperor Chongzong sent 5,000 soldiers to reinforce Liao.This is also a matter of face, five thousand people went to reinforce the Liao Kingdom, it would be good if the entire army was not wiped out.Emperor Chongzong of Xixia invited Emperor Tianzuo, the last emperor of Liao Dynasty, to visit Xixia at his convenience.However, due to the long distance and the obstruction of Jin Bing, this historic visit has never been successful.

At this time, an envoy from the Kingdom of Jin came and wrote a letter to Chongzong of Xixia, which contained three points. The first point is that if Emperor Tianzuo really comes to you for a state visit or applies for political asylum, you can detain him and give him to me. The second point, you don't do this for nothing. After you send Emperor Tianzuo here, I will return to you the territory that Liao occupied you back then. The third point is that there is a threat in the words, "If you have doubts, you may regret it" (Volume 33 of "Xixia Shushi").If you don't do it, you'll regret it if you're a good boy.

Jin and Liao have been sentenced to compete, the temptation of territorial size, the consideration of the survival of the country, absolutely overcome the feelings with the father-in-law.The century-old reconciliation and the country of nephews and uncles were all forgotten, Xia Chongzong immediately changed his tune, made an oath to Jin, and became a minister to Jin.From then on, I will be your subject, and I will help you destroy Liao.If Emperor Tianzuo comes, I will deliver it to you, please rest assured.Jin no longer has to worry about the future, and concentrates on destroying Liao.But Jin people are cunning, if you don't help Liao, if my requirements are met, my words will not count.I promised to give you Liao's territory, but I won't give it now, and I also promised to occupy Song's territory to you, that's something for another time, and I won't give it anymore.

After the Jin people seized the territory of the Liao Dynasty, it was originally promised to Xixia, but now it is handed over to the Song Dynasty.Xixia was in a hurry, and couldn't afford to provoke Jin, so she went to provoke Song.It should be said that the cultural level of the Jin people was not high at that time, but strategies were innate, and they cannot be taught to you in any book.With Jin Chao's instigation, Xixia and Song started to fight.At this time, it was 1124, and the Liao Dynasty perished in the next year, and the Northern Song Dynasty also perished three years later.This time, Xixia took advantage of it and seized several fortresses in the Song Dynasty. I am very happy.Not long after they were proud, the people of the Kingdom of Jin sent troops to seize the original territory of the Liao Kingdom occupied by Xixia—Tiande and Yunnei states.This time, Xixia was dumbfounded.I attacked the territory occupied by the Song Dynasty, I captured it myself, not you promised me.You promised me the land, but you didn't give it away, and even took the land in Liao that I occupied.Why am I so wronged, where can I justify it?what to do?Xixia can only repeat the old tricks, and then attack the Song Dynasty.This kind of strategy of Xixia was consistent when facing Jin and Mongolia later. If someone beats me, I will fight someone weaker than me. I have never adopted an effective strategy to unite the weak against the strong enemy.Later, Song, Liao, Xixia, and Jin fell one after another, doing exactly the same thing, as long as someone beat me, I beat the weaker than me, but I didn't expect the big guy to be stewed in the end, and it was all over.

Of course, in addition to attacking the Song Dynasty, Xixia also wanted to show its toughness to the Kingdom of Jin, so Chen Bing bordered the Kingdom of Jin.Fortunately, at this time, the Kingdom of Jin wanted to destroy the Song Dynasty and was unwilling to provoke Xixia, so why did they have so many enemies out of thin air?So I told Xixia that I can't give you the Tiande and Yunnei lands I occupied. This is the main road to the Central Plains, but I can give you the territory I occupied in northern Shaanxi in the Song Dynasty as compensation.Xixia felt that this was more or less the case, so the Kingdom of Jin gave Xixia the territory it occupied in northern Shaanxi in the Song Dynasty.Xixia took advantage of the demise of the Northern Song Dynasty, and the Song Dynasty moved southward, and expanded wantonly in Shaanxi and Gansu, and its territory became larger and larger.Xixia was very respectful to the Jin Dynasty, and paid tribute to a large amount of gold and silver treasures. The emperor of the Jin Dynasty was happy and rewarded Xia Chongzong with the land in Qinghai.During the reign of Chongzong, the area of ​​Xia Kingdom reached its peak.The Northern Song Dynasty perished, Jianyan crossed to the south, and the Song Dynasty moved to the south. The contradiction between Xia and Song ceased to exist, and the two countries were no longer next to each other.

Since there is no conflict between Xixia and the Song Dynasty, when the Jin Dynasty deceived people too much, they would send envoys across the Jin-occupied area to the Song Dynasty to contact the Song Dynasty's Sichuan-Shaanxi army and attack the Jin Dynasty. The Xia envoy once approached Yu Yunwen.Of course, the Song Dynasty was too busy to take care of itself most of the time, and did not unite with Xixia. Even if they united, they would not be able to defeat the Jin Dynasty.Therefore, Xixia's missions are often just a gesture.When Emperor Chongzong Li Ganshun was in power, he had both sides, hit the big luck, and made the area of ​​​​Xixia the largest.Chongzong succeeded to the throne at the age of three and reigned for fifty-four years, becoming the most successful monarch in the history of Xixia.As soon as he died, his son Li Renxiao succeeded to the throne. He was only sixteen years old, and this was Xia Renzong.