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Chapter Twenty-two

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Li Hu stood up and opened the map on the table... There were many thick lines on the map, marking the direction of the attack of the Northern Expedition.

Ma Kuo and Li Gang leaned over and looked carefully, then their faces showed joy, and their depressed and disappointed suddenly changed.

"In July, Wanyan Aguda led his army to attack Zhongjing. The Liao army and our army defended the enemy on Zhongjing Road. This is a decisive battle. If nothing unexpected happens, both sides will have to invest the maximum force. The battle time should be long, at least it will last until winter. Because I have joined forces with the Khitans and transferred the main army from Pingzhou Road to western Liaoning, after the war begins, the Emperor of Liao will gradually draw troops from Nanjing Road to reinforce north. At the same time, because Yelu Dashi has put down the rebellion that blocked the Bu people, the Liao army on the southwest road will also reinforce one after another. In this way, the power of Nanjing Road and Xijing Road is empty, which is the best opportunity for us to launch the Northern Expedition."

"According to the scheduled plan, the Song army's Northern Expedition was October. At this time, the Liao and Jin armies had been fighting for more than three months, and it was the time to be exhausted."

Li Hu pointed to Taiyuan on the map, "In order to save time and also to hide the intention of the Northern Expedition, the Northwest Army should not go to Hebei, and directly attack Xijing from Taiyuan to recover the Jiuzhou from Shanhou. = "Li Hu looked at Ma Kuo and Li Gang, "It should be no problem for 150,000 Northwest Army to attack Xijing."

The two looked at each other and nodded. The Northwest Army set out directly from Taiyuan and headed north to attack Xijing. It can not only cause surprise to the enemy, but also provide speed to the enemy. It can also exert the power of the Northwest Army to the extreme. It is indeed a very good attack strategy.

"I gathered the main force and sent the army from the sea to Pingzhou Road. I attacked Yanjing with lightning speed."

Li Hu pointed to Yanjing on the map, "The main force of the Liao army will return to help quickly, but they have no time to return to help Xijing. As long as I hold them in Yanjing, there will be heavy snow, the Song army will not only have enough time to capture Xijing, but also have enough time to recover the Jiuzhou behind the mountain. By the beginning of next spring, the Song army can attack Yanjing from Juyongguan, Zijinguan and Baigou. And I can cooperate from Pingzhou Road, so that Yanjing can be brought down every day and the seven states in front of the mountain can be recovered smoothly."

Li Hu looked up at Ma Kuo and said solemnly: "Go back immediately and tell Your Majesty. Once the battle between Zhongjing begins, the Liao and Jin dynasties and my army will suffer heavy losses. When the fierce battle between Zhongjing is in full swing, that is, the day when the Song army launches the Northern Expedition, this is the best opportunity to attack Youyan. Please launch the Northern Expedition immediately and do not hesitate at all." After a moment, Li Hu said again, "In addition, send 200,000 s of aid to Liaodong immediately, give me food and weapons, and prepare 300 sea ships, which will be called by me at any time."

Ma Kuo did not dare to delay. He hurriedly returned to Bianjing. He wanted to report the latest development of Liaodong to the emperor and supervise the emperor to launch a northern expedition immediately, because Li Hu didn't know how to learn about the highest secrets of the Song Dynasty. This was too dangerous for the Song Dynasty. Li Hu saw Yang Pu again.

The emperor of the Jin Kingdom agreed to Li Hu's request, first marrying, and then bringing Li Hu into the Song-Jin alliance. This is a need for the situation. Because one month later, Wanyan Aguda had to lead the army to attack Zhongjing. This battle was obviously not easy to fight, it took time, and Li Hu's cooperation. However, the Jurchens would never bow to a Han captain, so Yang Pu's mission was to drag it down.

It is indeed a way to drag, but you have to see who the target is. With Li Hu's strength, once the Liao and Jin armies fight fiercely in Zhongjing, he must make some moves. It is absolutely impossible for you to drag. Therefore, the Jin Kingdom plans to pay some capital to marry the princess Li Hu. Using a woman to exchange for Zhongjing and the Jin Kingdom's absolute advantage in Liaodong is a very cost-effective deal.

"This alliance is currently under negotiation. It is obviously inappropriate for the Jin Dynasty to unilaterally list you as the third party in the alliance. You must first seek the opinions of the Song Dynasty." Yang Pu smiled, "So, please wait patiently. Just wait for the Emperor of the Song Dynasty to agree, and the three of us can sit together and discuss the future of Liaodong in detail."

Li Hu sneered, "I just met the envoy of the Song Dynasty, and I probably knew some of the specific content of your negotiations. There is one thing I can't understand. I am in Liaodong, and I have more than 100,000 troops in my hands. Why do you want to go far and not discuss the future of Liaodong with me, but discuss with the Song people? Do you want to get along with the Song people? Want to join forces with the Song people and drive me from Liaodong to the sea?"

Yang Pu was stunned for a moment and didn't understand. Li Hu was too cunning. He relied on his strength to deal with the three kingdoms of Song, Liao and Jin to gain the best interests. The three kingdoms were forced to do anything with him due to the situation. However, among the Three Kingdoms, the Liao Kingdom hated him to the core, and the two sides lacked trust and had no possibility of cooperation. The Song Dynasty wanted to use him, but was worried that the ends of the future would not be lost. Therefore, the only one in the two sides of the rat was the only one who was determined to use him.

He came to kill him wholeheartedly, so the decision was very clear and every step was planned. This time the Jin Dynasty was going to attack Zhongjing, and Wanyan Aguda learned the lesson of attacking Shangjing, and did not expect Li Hu to help. He just asked Li Hu not to help, and just not to make a bad move behind his back. So, he gritted his teeth and put some money to marry his daughter to Li Hu, trying to stabilize Li Hu through marriage. Unexpectedly, in a blink of an eye, Li Hu's price increased again.

"General Manager, what you mean..." Yang Pu had to ask clearly.

"It's very simple. What does the local affairs in Liaodong have to do with the Song Dynasty? The affairs in Liaodong are the Khitans, the Jurchens and our Han people have nothing to do with the Chinese in the Song Dynasty. Why do you want to go far and wide, make a covenant with the Song Dynasty, and talk about joining forces to attack Liao? After the Song Dynasty recovered the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, it would be possible to sign a 100-year peace alliance with your Jin Dynasty? The Song Dynasty has accumulated energy for more than 120 years, and the country is rich and the people are strong. At this time, it has been condescending and surrendered to the nobles and takes the initiative to form an alliance with a small wild country that had just been established for five years and join forces to attack Liao. Don't you think it's famous here?"

Li Hu laughed and said in a pun: "The weasel wishes the chicken a New Year's greetings, with the purpose of eating chicken, not New Year's greetings. A Guda shot the eagle all day long, and was self-righteous, but he was afraid that he accidentally bit a weasel's neck and died like a plague chicken, haha..."

Of course, the Jurchens considered this issue.

As early as when Ma Zheng and Ma Kuo and his son were on their first mission to the Jin Kingdom, Wanyan Aguda and Bo Jilie had already guessed the thoughts of the Song Dynasty. The Song Dynasty was too powerful. When the situation in Liaodong was so chaotic and the Khitans were in danger, it was too incredible that the Song Dynasty wanted to join forces with the Jin Dynasty to attack Liao. There was only one explanation, that is, the Song Dynasty tried to be a fisherman, first using the Jin Kingdom to consume the Khitans, so that both sides could lose both sides. Then he came out to get a bargain, first destroy Liao and recover their hometown, then crossed the Great Wall to fight the Jin people, realize the unification of China and foreign countries, and establish a huge dynasty.

Therefore, when the Jin envoy returned to Huanglong Mansion and Wanyan Agu found out that the Emperor of the Song Dynasty was arrogant and regarded the Jin Dynasty as a vassal territory, he immediately concluded that the Song Dynasty had bad intentions, so he cut off contact without hesitation.

This year, the envoy of the Song Dynasty came again, and it was still about joining the Jin Dynasty to attack Liao. The Jin people didn't believe it anyway, and there was no reason to believe it. The Song Dynasty wanted money and the army, and the national strength and strength were unparalleled today. You can just fight the Northern Expedition alone to recover the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, why did you have to pull me up? Even if the Jurchens were made by Tiedan, they knew that the Song Dynasty had no good intentions and had ulterior motives and wanted to plot against themselves. However, they were strong and surrendered to form an alliance, so they were not willing to refuse. So they fought to the capital while talking nonsense with the envoy of the Song Dynasty.

The nonsense result made the Jurchens very uneasy. The conditions given by the Song Dynasty were so good. The Jurchens could get 500,000 yuan a year as long as they conquer Zhongjing and don’t do anything. This kind of cheapness was like a golden toad that fell from the sky and could not even think of it in their dreams. You should know that the Khitans fought for more than 30 years and spent hundreds of thousands of lives to earn the 500,000 yuan a year, but the Jin Kingdom earned 500,000 yuan a year without any effort. This advantage was too great, and it was impossible.

The Jin Kingdom was originally worried that the Song Dynasty would benefit the fishermen, and now they became even more uneasy, so they decided to take Zhongjing first. If the Song Dynasty suddenly launched a northern expedition, attacked two groups and captured Xijing and Nanjing at the same time, it was obvious that the Song Dynasty would attack Zhongjing and Tokyo next, and the Jin Kingdom would most likely become a vassal again and become a dog of the Song Dynasty.

In May, the Jin Kingdom failed to attack south and suffered heavy losses. However, in order to prevent the Song people from entering Liaodong with lightning speed, Wanyan Aguda and a group of Bojilie carefully weighed the gains and losses, they decided to attack Zhongjing for the second time in July, and no matter what, they would seize Zhongjing in front of the Song people to establish the Jin Kingdom's stable position in Liaodong.
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