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The New Year is here.

At the beginning of the first lunar month, the envoy of the Liao Kingdom arrived. Han told Li Hu that the Jin army was attacking Zhongjing and the war on the front line was very tense. Considering the need to stabilize the morale of the army, Yelu Chun decided to postpone the time for ascending the throne and becoming emperor. In addition, it was to urge Li Hu to send troops south to Taiyuan as soon as possible to restrain the Song army. This was the third time that Yelu Chun made the same request.

Li Hu said that he had difficulties. Hundreds of thousands of people suddenly flocked to Xijing to settle down. There were too many things to do, so wait a little longer. In his opinion, the Song army would have to wait at least until the beginning of spring before attacking. There is still time, so don’t worry.

On the eighth day of the first lunar month, the envoy of the Song Dynasty arrived. In addition to Ma Kuo, there was also Dong Yun, the chief historian of Tong Guan, the two routes of the Hedong and Hebei.

Li Hu suddenly gave up western Liaoning, which made the Song Dynasty very angry. It was obvious that Li Hu had formed an alliance with the Khitans and he was going to develop in the north of Dai, which was a treason. At first, the Emperor of the Song Dynasty was very happy to hear the news of occupying Xijing, thinking that the Jiuzhou behind the mountain had already been obtained. As long as the Song army joined forces with the rebels in western Liaoning, they could recover the seven states in the front of the mountain. In this way, Yan Yun could easily win it, and his achievements could be preserved forever. However, before he was happy for a few days, news came from the Hebei border that the rebels in western Liaoning took the initiative to evacuate and all ran to Xijing Road.

Li Hu's ambition was obvious. He wanted to make an independent plan. The Han captives were indeed unreliable. However, after careful analysis by the ministers, they believed that Li Hu was stationed in Daibei, which was not a good thing.

The Song army had a limited force, with only 100,000 people, and more than half of the soldiers were recruited from Hebei recently. The real elite troops of the Northwest Army were Zhong Shidao, Zhong Shizhong, Xin Xingzong, Liu Yanqing and other tens of thousands of troops. The expedition and suppression of Fang La caused the Northwest Army to lose tens of thousands of people, which could not be supplemented in the short term, which made the combat effectiveness of the Northern Expedition Army not as strong as imagined. In order to ensure that Yanjing could be captured, the Song army needed the cooperation of Li Hu.

When Li Hu occupied Xijing, the army should have suffered a lot. The army he left in western Liaoning and had to guard the Daling River line. Then the army he used to cooperate with the Song army's northern expedition was very limited. Li Hu gave up western Liaoning and was obviously considering the difficulties of survival. He made a decision under the urgency, otherwise the army in other places could carry out east-west attacks and seize Yanjing in front of the Song army. Now he couldn't do it, so he concentrated the army to Daibei. On the one hand, he had a stronger strength, and on the other hand, he could also use more troops to cooperate with the Song army's northern expedition.

As long as Li Hu abides by the agreement and is willing to cooperate with the Song army's northern expedition, the attack effect will be the same, but the results will be different. If the rebels stationed in Daibei and Liaoxi and maintain a pincer attack on Yanjing, Li Hu will still have the opportunity to occupy Yanjing in the future, but it will be different now. Now that Li Hu withdraws from western Liaoxi, the Song Dynasty can immediately take Youyan all, including Pingzhou Road, so Li Hu can only stay in Daibei and cannot get involved in Youyan.

In the future, Li Hu will be a vassal state of the Song Dynasty and guard Daibei for the Song Dynasty. His north is the Khitan, the Jurchens to the east, and the Xixia people to the west. He is attacked from three sides and is still not enough to protect himself. How can he have the ability to go south to plunder? On the contrary, if Li Hu will station in Youyan, he will only have the Jurchens to the east, and the Song Dynasty will not be able to stop him. He has enough strength to go south to Hebei and attack the Central Plains. Li Hu will station in Daibei, which has actually greatly reduced the threat of the vassal states.

After this analysis, the emperor was happy. Li Hu occupied Daibei and gave up Liaoxi. Although he solved his survival problem, he also limited his own development. He could only rely closely on the Song Dynasty and become the vassal state of the Song Dynasty. Li Hu was indeed very smart, but his intelligence was mistaken for his intelligence and he tied his hands and feet.

The next thing will be easier. Coax Li Hu first. Use his local strength to cooperate with the Song army's northern expedition. Then get Youyan. This northern expedition can be accomplished and great achievements can be achieved. This time it is not like last time. The last time the Liao Dynasty was still in strength. The Song Dynasty was not ready for the Northern Expedition. Li Hu was just a bandit. Now two or three years have passed. The Liao Dynasty is dying. The Song Dynasty is about to expedition. Li Hu's strength has increased sharply. It is impossible to fool him. It must be given real benefits. Otherwise, it will be angered. Things will be troublesome. Now he has territory and strength. Resigning to the Khitans can help the Khitans defend half of the country. Resigning to the Jurchens may become Shi Jingtang's second. In the future, he will become the vanguard of the Central Plains.

The emperor discussed with several prime ministers and decided to grant Li Hu the title of King of Han and promoted him from Duke to King.

When the Emperor of the Liao Dynasty recruited Li Hu and granted the fief of King Han, Li Hu refused to accept it. In the eyes of the Emperor of the Song Dynasty, this matter could at least prove that Li Hu did not dare to offend the Song Dynasty and did not dare to betray him. The Han captor was not ignorant and not stupid enough to be irrescue. According to the teachings of the late emperor, those who recovered Yan Yun could be the king. Although Li Hu only recovered half of it, he could be the king. If he could recover Yan Yun alone, it would not be possible to resolve the matter at that time. It would be the disaster of the vassal state.

Li Hu recovered the Jiuzhou behind the mountain. This place was a border county. The Emperor of the Song Dynasty decided to set up Yunzhong Road here. Li Hu served as the ambassador of Yunzhong Road. Quan Zhiyi's military affairs.

As for the Jiedushi and the Minister of the Tiger and Lieutenant Army, Pingzhangshi, and the Kaifuyi and the Three Sessions, they were originally just honorary positions and honors. There is nothing to add.

Ma Kuo is now very afraid of Li Hu. He doesn't know what his ultimate goal is. Li Hu voluntarily gave up the change of western Liaoning to replace the north as the base. In a sense, he is establishing his own kingdom. Establishing a kingdom requires expanding territory. So where will Li Hu's sword point?

When he was in Bianjing, Ma Kuo expressed this concern to the emperor. Li Hu was recommended by him. If he would cause trouble to the Song Dynasty in the future, he would be very guilty, so he wanted to remind the emperor, but the emperor looked down on the Han captain at all. Isn’t it just a rebel? Is Song Jiang powerful? Is Fang La powerful? Isn’t Fang La powerful? Isn’t they all trampled to death by me like an ant? How big a stir can a Han captain cause? Do you think he really has the ability of Shi Jingtang? Not everyone can do it. Do you think that finding a Han captain is Shi Jingtang the second? A joke. Now I need this Han captain, so high-ranking officials and generous titles are rewarded. When I get things done about the northern border, if he is still stubborn, barbaric and stupid, and continue to fight against me like this, I will swallow him alive.

The emperor stayed in the deep palace every day, and there were a group of slanderers around him. He heard and saw things from the world of gods. It didn't matter who Li Hu was, but Ma Kuo had to know that if something happened, Ma Kuo could not afford to take it and killing the nine clans was nothing. Compared with the millions of dead creatures, he would have to go to the eighteen levels of hell even if he became a ghost.

Ma expanded to Datong and did not give out an imperial edict, but instead took Li Hu's words first. If Li Hu was dissatisfied with the Song Dynasty and had some slight remarks to the Emperor of the Song Dynasty, then he would use this as an excuse to take the imperial edict back so that Li Hu would refuse in public and lose the face of the Song Dynasty and the Emperor of the Song Dynasty.

Ma Qiu's tone was very strict and asked why Li Hu deceived the Song Dynasty? Why did he give up the western Liaoning without authorization? Since you defected to the Song Dynasty, you were the prime minister of the Song Dynasty and the minister of the Song Dynasty, then you must listen to the Emperor of the Song Dynasty. If you do this, you will simply ignore the emperor and look down on the king's laws and commit the crime of deceiving the king.

Li Hu sneered, "I am in Datong, and I have no way to contact Bianjing. Let's take a step back and forth, even if I can contact you, it will take several months to go back and forth from Datong to Bianjing, then from Bianjing to Datong, and then to western Liaoning. However, the situation of the war has changed rapidly, and the plan a few months ago has long been useless." Then Li Hu said coldly, "What do you mean? Do you want to use the set of things in the Song Dynasty here? Tell you, you'd better magnify your eyes and see who I am? Don't mess with me, I will make you lose all your money."

Ma Kuo continued to question: "You retreated from western Liaoning to Datong, and your journey was safe and sound? Why? Since you defected to the Song Dynasty and became a minister of the Song Dynasty, why did you face and reciprocate with the Khitans behind your back? How can you make the Song Dynasty trust you?"

"Your Majesty and I made an agreement to help the Song Dynasty recover my hometown. The Song Dynasty admitted that I was a vassal state, that's all." Li Hu sneered, "As for the current situation in Liaodong, if I were bound by the status of the Song Dynasty's vassal state, I would have reported everything to the emperor. I would have died long ago. Can I still stand here to talk to you?" Li Hu's eyes showed murderous aura and said coldly, "If you continue to mess around, get out of here immediately. Killing you is too simple, but your head represents the face of the Song Dynasty. Killing you is equivalent to slapping the emperor in the face. I don't want to turn against the Song Dynasty, so you'd better disappear immediately."

Li Hu was really angry and was about to kill someone, but he spoke without revealing his dissatisfaction with the Song Dynasty and the Emperor of the Song Dynasty.

Ma Kuo dared not be arrogant anymore, and then changed his subject and talked about the Northern Expedition, "The official means that you attack Juyongguan, threaten Yanjing, and restrain the Liao army's forces, but don't cross Juyongguan."

Li Hu sneered. The people of the Song Dynasty were afraid that they would take over Yanjing, so they made such an agreement. Did the emperors and ministers in the city of Bianjing know nothing about the situation in Liaodong? Don’t you know that the most dangerous enemy is the Jurchens now? I concentrated my troops on the front line of Juyongguan, what should I do if Xijing? No more?

Li Hu was too lazy to talk and nodded, so he agreed. Anyway, he did his own thing and would not pay attention to the Song people.

"I just arrived in Datong, and my money, food and weapons were seriously insufficient." Li Hu put forward the conditions, "Hedong Road is rich, and you have the conditions to help me. In addition to opening the border market, you also have to allow Datong merchants to go to Taiyuan City to do a rebirth."

"The Song Dynasty was going to fight the Northern Expedition, and the national treasury was tight and could not provide assistance. If you need money, food, weapons and other materials, then exchange it for war horses." The horses did not allow them.
Chapter completed!