The spring offensive in the fifth year of Longdao lasted from the end of April until early July.

A large number of cavalry were recruited on the Liaozhong Plain in companies. The Jurchens dispatched brigades to encircle and suppress them, and the cavalry companies retreated one after another.

The Jurchens could not withstand the logistical pressure of large-scale mobilization and retreated, so the cavalry company gradually followed up.

The Jurchens sent a small-scale cavalry team that could withstand logistics, but were repeatedly beaten by Qi's army with similar forces.

The first time the Qi cavalry, which had the dual maneuverability of tactical and strategic, fully demonstrated the sixteen-character tactical mantra of "the enemy advances, the enemy retreats, the enemy retreats, the enemy garrisons, and the enemy is tired, and the enemy attacks."

The three princes of the Wanyan family discovered very sadly that they had no choice but to take the Qi cavalry, so that the Qi cavalry once appeared under the city of Liaoyang, which deeply shocked the entire Jin regime.

It was not until early July that the Qi cavalry was satisfied and evacuated from the Liaozhong Plain.

At this time, they left thousands of soldiers to the Jurchens killed, hundreds of villages were burned, more than 5,000 women, children, elderly and weak were killed, more than 5,000 Aha slaves were dispersed, and countless losses of cattle, sheep, livestock and property.

These direct losses are okay, but what shocked the Jurchens even more was that there was no spring plowing south of Haizhou this year, and nearly half of the arable land south of Liaoyang failed to complete the spring plowing work. Other land was just tilled for a while, and how much harvest could be obtained was simply unsure of it.

What's more, after Qi Jun tasted the sweetness, there was no doubt that he would come again during the autumn harvest. At that time, this year will be equivalent to a perfect harvest!

The Jurchens are fishing and hunting nations, and this statement is correct, but fishing and hunting cannot support the finances of a country. Therefore, after the establishment of the Jin Dynasty, the Jurchens began to transform into a mixed agricultural and nomadic regime. Fishing and hunting are just a supplementary means.

If you don't farm for a year, the Jin Dynasty's economy will undoubtedly collapse.

Now, 80 guan per stone of grain in Liaozhong may not be able to fight by next year. So if the Han people don’t need to fight, the Jin Dynasty will starve itself to death!

"I have to think of a solution!"

Wanyan Zongbi jumped in the hall of Liaoyang Palace in a hurry:

"We need food! Food!!! Food!!!"

Wanyan Zonggan said helplessly: "We all know where the problem is, but where does the food come from? We don't have food!"

"Now the only Han people in southern Liaoning are the only ones with food in the surrounding area." Wanyan Zongwang also said: "But we don't have the ability to grab food from southern Liaoning."

"The Gaoli maids in the east are easy to rob, but now we can't get through the Qi army in Xiuyan and Phoenix City."

"The Mengwunu in the west is easy to deal with, but they have no food at all. They can't feed so many people even if they grab some cattle and sheep."

"Soren in the north is even poorer than dogs. The income from eating on an expedition is not as good as the consumption."

"What should I do now? I starve to death?" Wanyan Zongbi shouted angrily: "Or should I give Liaozhong to Hangou, and let's go back to the deep mountains and forests to be savages? Even if I become savages, will Xu Shiyang's Hangou let us go?"

Absolutely no, everyone in the world knows this.

"Then think about the problem from a different perspective."

Wanyan Zongwang said:

"Xu Shiyang regards my Dajin as a barbarian and savage. He must destroy it quickly. Then will he let the Mengwu people and Dangxiang people go?"

"..." Wanyan Zongbi remained silent.

"What do you mean is to join forces with the Mongols?" Wanyan Zonggan asked.

"Yes! If possible, you have to add Dangxiang people." Wanyan Zongwang confirmed his thoughts: "Zamuha will not be under pressure from Xu Shiyang. He has food from Shanxi and Shaanxi. I will support us a little, and it should be no problem to survive this year."

"What should I do next year?" Zong Bi asked.

"Think of another way next year." Wanyan Zongwang replied: "Maybe, give us some time and we can contact the people of Zhou in Jiangnan."

"So what can I do if I contact them? They are now in power in the warring faction and will not give us food."

"That's not necessarily." Wanyan Zongwang smiled and said, "Now Qi is still the one who respects the Zhou Emperor, but they have some signs of obedience to Jiangnan? In the eyes of the Zhou Emperor, Xu Muhe, Xu Shiyang and his son are probably traitors, right?"

"As long as we re-establish peace agreement with Emperor Zhou, we will no longer ask them to surrender and ensure the status of Emperor Zhou, Emperor Zhou will definitely not care about the past with us."

"Then the food in Jiangnan cannot be transported."

"No, what we need is that the Zhou army threatens the Qi army from the south."

Wanyan Zong said with hope:

"No matter how bad the Zhou army is, it is known as the 800,000 imperial guards. It is always possible to restrain the 30,000 Qi army, right? Then there are the Mongolians, who control the 200,000 strings and restrain the 30,000 Qi army in Hebei Province, can it be done? Then we concentrate our troops to attack southern Liaoning, and we only need to deal with the remaining Qi army. As long as we recover southern Liaoning, we can farm and cook salt with peace of mind, slowly restore national strength, take it slowly, and don't worry."

In this way, there is indeed hope.

Qi State has been building an anti-Qin siege, but they are too strong and put too much pressure on everyone around them. Then Jin State has the opportunity to build an anti-Qin siege in turn.

At that time, the situation may still be reversed.

Unfortunately, at this time, Bo Jilie, the three princes of the Wanyan family, did not know that the Qi army had fought a fierce battle with the Mongolian army, and at this time Xu Shiyang had reached certain agreements with Jamuha that both sides could accept.

As for the Great Zhou Dynasty, Emperor Longdao was indeed very alert to the booming Qi State, but he had no choice now.

Because the Great Zhou Dynasty was a real king and scholars and officials ruled the world together, the emperor's disgust and vigilance towards Qi State could not resonate with the scholar-official class - because everyone began to invest in Qi State's enterprises and looked forward to dividends from it.

Stakeholders are more important than anything more important and moral articles can easily convince others.

Of course, Jiangnan was not without people who hated Qi and the Xu family very much, such as those tyrants who were suppressed after the war faction came to power, those tyrants who regarded Xu Shiyang's exile as the greatest atrocities, those tyrants who were stern and strong royalists, and Weng Shuping.

In short, it is possible that Jiangnan, who advocates suppressing Qi, is not small, but they all have their own political opponents, and the pressure on all sides is not easy.

...

After July of the fifth year of Longdao, Qi began to put pressure on the Shanshan, Shaanxi and Han Army Shihou with the remaining power of two great victories.

Xu Shiyang asked them to be clear allegiance to Qi State and told them clearly that the Qi State court did not recognize the jurisdiction of the Celestial Majesty over the people of Shanxi and Shaanxi, and all Shanxi and Shaanxi people must be registered as households and citizens.

In the announcement of Xu Shiyang's cold air, he said bluntly that if the Shanxi and Shaanxi monks were unwilling to be loyal and accept the adaptation, they would be severely punished.

But if they choose the right path, Qi Guo is willing to give them some degree of policy preferential treatment and economic compensation.

Whether to agree is limited to a decision before the five years of Longdao.

Before November 20, all Shihou families will send representatives with identity to Quancheng to attend the annual meeting.
Chapter completed!