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Chapter 23 Take what you need

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"What are the opinions of the general general?" Yang Pu vaguely guessed some of Li Hu's thoughts, but he was not sure, so he asked again...

Li Hu smiled slightly, "The situation in Liaodong has developed to this point, and it is the result of your and my joint efforts. Why can't we continue to join forces? Why can't we sit down and negotiate a covenant and plan for the future Liaodong? Why should we give part of Liaodong to the Song Dynasty for free? If the Song Dynasty enters Liaodong, whether you are the Jurchens or me, you are not an opponent, we still have to join forces, but it was too late to join forces at that time. The Song Dynasty is too powerful, it is like a ferocious tiger, whoever you catches and eats."

Yang Pu's expression changed slightly and he didn't say anything for a long time. The price of this is very high. With Li Hu's current strength, he is not qualified to offer this price.

"Think about it carefully. The Song Dynasty suddenly sent envoys to Huanglong Mansion, proactively proposed to form an alliance, and proactively proposed to attack Liao. There are many questions here? First, how did the Song Dynasty know that there was a Jin Kingdom in the distant Liaodong? Second, why did the Song Dynasty surrender to nobleness and form an alliance with a small wild country that had just established a country and was struggling for survival? Third, when the Jin Dynasty cut off contact with the Song Dynasty, why did the Song Dynasty still send envoys to form an alliance to attack Liao without regard for its face? It can be seen that the Song Dynasty has been paying close attention to the Liao Dynasty and has long had a plan to attack the Northern Expedition.

The strategy of the Northern Expedition was obviously not as simple as regaining its hometown. In my opinion, the real intention of the Song Dynasty was to conquer the entire Liaodong, spend 120 years of national strength, expand its territory, and establish a huge dynasty. Li Hu pointed to Yang Pu and asked with a smile: "Do you know the story of the dead lips and cold teeth? We destroyed the Great Liao, but we ourselves were also scarred. We were seriously injured and our foothold was not stable. If the millions of troops of the Song Dynasty roared forward at this time, can you, the Jurchens stop it? May I ask, what is the significance of this alliance between you and the Song Dynasty?"

"So..." Li Hu took out a document and handed it to Yang Pu, "This covenant is about the Liaodong Future Land Covenant. The congressor of this covenant is us. As for the Song Dynasty, it is our enemy, not a friend."

Yang Pu hesitated for a moment, opened the document and looked down.

Li Hu's eyes looked at Wuyan, who was sitting next to Yang Pu. Wuyan showed admiration and nodded slightly at Li Hu, feeling very happy that he could make such a decision.

Li Hu's covenant is very simple.

If you attack Zhongjing, I attack Yanjing, we will join forces to attack together. The Liao army will definitely be difficult to take into account both head and tail, and will be defeated and fled to the southwest road. Later, I will cross Juyong Pass to attack Xijing. I will fight the Liao army in the Great Wall, and you will attack the desert. You will fight the Liao army outside the Great Wall. Whoever captures the territory will be. There is no need to argue.

In the future, if the Song army in the north is invading, I will be the first to bear the brunt. At that time, we must comply with the alliance and join forces to prevent them from being defeated, so as not to suffer from the disaster of losing our lips and cold teeth.

"I will report back to Your Majesty immediately." Yang Pu did not dare to delay time.

The Jin army was about to launch an attack, and Li Hu asked for a price at this time. The timing was very good. The consequences of not agreeing were very serious. In addition, from the content of the alliance place, it was very beneficial to the Jin Kingdom. After defeating the Khitans, the Jin Kingdom needed time to stabilize the prefectures and counties and restore vitality. At this time, Li Hu was used as a buffer to block the Song people, which could give the Jin Kingdom precious time. On the contrary, signing an alliance with the Song Dynasty was equivalent to making a fuss with the tiger. If you were not careful, you might become prey in the tiger's mouth. Beijing, the Emperor of the Song Dynasty summoned the Grand Tutor Tong Guan, the Left Secretary of the Shangshu Zhang Bangchang and Wang Anzhong, and the Censor Wang Fu (fu and other gangs of leaders sent the priests to discuss this matter.

Ma Kuo detailed Li Hu's strategy for the Northern Expedition. "Empress Li knew everything about Liaodong, especially after he captured Pingzhou Road, he controlled the development of the situation in Liaodong. Therefore, the minister and Deputy Li believed that his suggestion was very practical and could help the Song army easily capture Xijing and take the lead in the early victory of the Northern Expedition. With this victory, Your Majesty can not only win the support of the ministers for the Northern Expedition, but also reduce the shocking losses in the Northern Expedition."

The emperor looked at Tong Guan. In military terms, Tong Guan had absolute authority and the emperor trusted him. Tong Guan was sixty-six years old and had gray hair. Because he led his army to fight in the northwest for many years, the wrinkles on his face were like the gullies on the yellow soil in the northwest, crisscrossing. Fortunately, he was tall and had a bright eye. Although he was old and looked like a dry and dry look, he still made people feel his sharp sharp edge and fierce momentum.

"This strategy is wonderful and feasible." Tong Guan's tone was very firm, without any hesitation. For him, there was not much time left to live in this world, but the Northern Expedition was not realized, and his homeland was still at the feet of the Khitans. The fame and fortune that had been left forever was far away. He couldn't wait to fight the Northern Expedition and regain his homeland.

"This month, the army was ordered to be transferred. In August, the troops of the fourth line of Shaanxi and Hedong were advancing rapidly towards Taiyuan. In September, 150,000 troops could be assembled. In October, the army could launch an attack." Tong Guan turned his head and looked at Ma Kuo with his eyes extremely sharp. Ma Kuo was secretly shocked and did not dare to look at him.

"The key to this strategy is whether the Han Lu can attack Yanjing within the scheduled time to restrain the main force of the Liao army." Tong Guandi's voice was old and hoarse, his tone was cold and solemn, and he was aggressive. "Ma Sheren, can you make sure that the Han Lu can attack Yanjing in October?"

Ma Kuodi's official position is Xuanzansheren of the Pavilion Gate. This Xuanzansheren of the Pavilion Gate is a "post-office" and not a real position. It is usually led by a military minister. The emperor admires Ma Kuo's talents and is attracted to him as a confidant. He entrusted him with important tasks to avoid people's eyes and ears. Although Ma Kuo was afraid of Tong Guan, he could not help but answer this sentence, "Last year, Li Envoy attacked the east and west in the similar situation and seized Pingzhou Road. According to my estimate, Li Envoysheshesheshesheshesheshesheshesheshesheshesheshesheshesheshesheshesheshesheshesheshesheshesheshesheshesheshesheshesheshesheshesheshesheshesheshesheshesheshesheshesheshesheshesheshesheshesheshesheshesheshesheshesheshesheshesheshesheshesheshesheshesheshesheshesheshesheshesheshesheshesheshesheshesheshesheshesheshesheshesheshesheshesheshesheshesheshesheshesheshesheshesheshesheshesheshesheshesheshesheshesheshesheshesheshesheshesheshesheshesheshesheshesheshesheshesheshesheshesheshesheshesheshesheshesheshesheshesheshesheshesheshesheshesheshe

The emperor looked at Tong Guan again and asked for his opinion.

"Of course the Song army has to launch an attack first." Tong Guan said, "If the Han army attacked Yanjing first, the situation in Liaodong will completely change, our army will lose the initiative, and the battle situation is unpredictable." Then he looked at Zhang Bangchang and Wang Anzhong, "From now to October, there will be three months. Please do your best to transport food, grass and weapons to Taiyuan."

Zhang Bangchang and Wang Anzhong were obviously a little afraid of Tong Guan and agreed repeatedly.

"Does the negotiations with the Jin people continue?" the emperor asked. Now that the strategy of the Northern Expedition has changed, he no longer wants to talk to the French captains about the swearing covenant.

"It's better to continue to talk." Wang Fu hurriedly said, "The Han captives have always been a big concern. Once our Northern Expedition is successful, the first thing we do is to eradicate the threats from the Han captives to us. Then we need to rely on the power of the foreign captives. In addition, after we recover Yanyun, we need time to stabilize our hometown and appease the people. If we can maintain friendly relations with the Jurchens, it will help us rebuild the defense of the northern border."

The emperor felt that this statement was reasonable, so he immediately drafted an order to ask Ma Kuo to go to Liaodong again. The Liao people confirmed through their own ways that the Jin army was indeed going to attack, but they were worried that Li Hu would go back on his word, and like the last raid of Pingzhou Road, he would attack east and west again and raid Yanjing. The situation this time was very different from the last time. If the Liao Dynasty raided Li Hu again, it would be very likely that Zhongjing and Yanjing would be lost in a row, and the five capitals would lose four of them, and the great Liao Kingdom would be in danger. Therefore, Yelu Yu personally went to Jinzhou and discussed the attack deployment with Li Hu in detail.

The Liao army deployed 150,000 troops on Nanjing Road, and was personally commanded by Marshal Yelu Chun of the capital. The Zhongjing Road deployed 200,000 troops, including elite troops transferred from Xijing Road, Southwest Road and Northwest Road. In this way, it was very difficult for Li Hu to use the same trick again and raid Yanjing.

On the battlefield of Zhongjing Dao, Xiao Degong, Xiao Xiamai, and Yelu Monknu led their troops to attack the main force of the Jin army in Fengzhou and Gaozhou. Yelu Yuji, Yelu Dashi, Xiao Gan, and Yelu Han Funu led their troops to attack Chengzhou and the front line of Targlutinous Mountain. Li Hu led the Liaodong Yi army to attack Tokyo from the direction of Jinzhou.

The two sides discussed the details and agreed on the code of the letter. Yelu Yujiu said goodbye immediately. He was convinced that when Li Hu knew that Yelu Chun led a 150,000 army to take charge of Yanjing, he would definitely not dare to attack Yanjing again.

Li Hu rushed to summon Li Gang and asked him to write to Bian Jing. Now the capital of western Liaoning is empty, and there are no troops to adjust the South and North Liaoning Roads and North West Roads. Please ask Your Majesty to launch the Northern Expedition within the scheduled time to attack Xijing. The specifications of this mission were very high. The eldest son of the king Wanyan Zonggan, the second son Wanyan Zongwang, the deputy commander of the South Road Wanyan Olu and Yang Pu, Wuyan, etc., were about a dozen people.

In addition to determining the specific time when Li Hu married the Princess of the Jin Kingdom, the content of the negotiations was how to join forces to destroy Liao and divide Liaodong. The Jin Emperor and Bo Jilie basically recognized Li Hu's alliance plan. The territory you captured was yours, and the territory I captured was mine. The more you work, the more you get, there is no need to quarrel, and it is clean and neat. For the Jurchens, Li Hu, the crazy tiger, blocked the powerful Song Dynasty for them, and they could do it immediately.
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