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Li Hu frowned slightly, looked solemn, staring at Zhe Keqiu with his eyes, waiting for his explanation...

"Zhe family... this time..." Zhe Keqiu's steps were disrupted by Li Hu's sudden move. He started in a hurry. "This time, the Zhe family became a victim of the Bian Jing's imperial ruling dispute. The official family, Tong Guan and Cai Jing fought openly and secretly, pushing the Zhe family to the forefront, and there is no way out."

"The Zhe family supports the prince?" Li Hu asked in surprise.

Zhe Keqiu smiled bitterly and nodded.

"The emperor wants to abolish the legitimate legislatives and establish a gangster, and the power of Prince Yun is at its peak. The situation is so clear. Why is the Zhe family still supporting the prince? Isn't this seeking death?" Li Hu pretended to be shocked and asked angrily, "You are marrying me, do you want to drag me onto the prince's boat?"

Zhe Keqiu is very passive, tongue-in-mouthed, and looks very embarrassed.

"My situation is very bad. I have not escaped the survival crisis yet. If you drag me onto the Prince Yun's boat, I will be grateful. But if you drag me onto the Prince's boat, aren't you going to kill me?" Li Hu was furious, "I suspect now that this is simply a treacherous plan of Bian Jing. The purpose is to use the dispute over the imperial rule to capture the prince, your family, and me in one place."

When Zhe Keqiu was happy when he heard this, he was afraid that Li Hu would not think so. As long as Li Hu pointed his hatred at the emperor, Prince Yun and the gang of officials who supported the deposed legitimate and established illegitimate officials, this matter would be easier.\\*\\

"People in Bianjing think that the Zhe family is the right-hand man of Prince Yun, and Prince Yun does think so. The Zhe family also supported Prince Yun at the beginning. However, after Cai Jing stepped down last year, in order to make a comeback, he suddenly supported the prince and used various methods to pull a group of people for the prince in a short period of time. The Zhe family unfortunately fell into the trap set by Cai Jing."

Li Hu sneered secretly. What trap? It’s just that Cai Jing is too powerful and capable. The future he depicts tempted the Zhe family and made the Zhe family join the prince. He was willing to take risks for a better future. If a person has no greed, he will not be moved even when facing temptation. The Zhe family has gone through more than 400 years. What temptation hasn’t been seen? The prince obviously gave the Zhe family an irresistible promise, which made the Zhe family risk the family's foundation being destroyed.

"In the game of chess, the emperor, Tong Guan and Cai Jing are all chess players, and the Zhe family is just the chess pieces they play." Li Hu became angry when he heard Cai Jing's name, but he was indeed capable and had a good time. He had to guard against it. "Once Cai Jing's goal is achieved, the chess pieces will be useless."

"Of course I know," Zhe Keqiu said, "So after you joined the Song Dynasty, the Zhe family immediately thought of a marriage plan. You and I will join forces, Hu Lie Mansion and the Northwest Generals will join forces to get rid of the situation of the chess piece and become the chess player in this game.\*\/\ In this way, we can take the initiative firmly."

"Where is the plan?" Li Hu asked.

"You have said that you are willing to seize Yanjing, which shows that you also know that Yanjing is the only way for us to take the initiative and turn the passive situation in one fell swoop." Zhe Keqiu was not polite and spread out the map and said. "Take Yanjing and use the land in front of the mountain to threaten Bianjing. Force the emperor to not give the credit for regaining Yanyun to Prince Yun, so that the dispute over the imperial rule will be temporarily suppressed. Then we proposed a strategy for the Western Expedition. This Western Expedition is different from the past. We occupied Daibei and have formed a clamp-shaped encirclement of Xixia. We can attack north and south, with a very high chance of victory."

"Once we defeat the people of Xixia and recover Heshuo and Hexi, your strength and territory will be expanded. It will be very difficult for Bianjing to reduce the vassals again." Zhe Keqiu looked at Li Hu and continued, "Bianjing cannot control you, so he must be worried about re-enacting the split in Xixia. At that moment, the prince will propose a strategy of using vassals to control the vassals, which can not only protect the territory, ensure the border control, but also pose a huge threat to the northern enemy."

Li Hu understands why the Zhe family took risks. The prince’s promise is indeed tempting.\*\/\

The Song Dynasty used culture to build military affairs. Although the Zhe family was the first general in the northwest, its status was not high and its wealth was limited. To put it bluntly, it was just a watchdog. When the owner needed the land, he took it out and used it. No, he rewarded two bones to one side to chew it. What's more serious is that the Song Dynasty controlled the Northwest general in the northwest general in the south, and generally declined after two or three generations. There was only one who was prosperous like the Zhe family. In other words, the Song Dynasty's attitude towards military men was to kill rabbits and kill donkeys. In the long run, the dissatisfaction and resentment of the military men, especially the Northwest military men, could be imagined that the military men were also human beings, and they made many contributions to defend their families and the country.

Queen Xu also wanted to get corresponding rewards, but Emperor Zhao and the civil servants of Bian Jing were suppressed at all costs, hoping to turn the warriors into obedient dogs, beating and scolding, and eating as much as they want. The result can be imagined. In peacetime, the warriors had no place to use their weapons, so they had to swallow their anger and make a living. When it came to the war, the resentment that had been accumulated in their hearts for a long time erupted. Some people tried their best to consider themselves, but most of them were fighting with a revenge mentality, wanting to use defeats to attack those high-ranking emperors and civil servants, and want to destroy this extremely unfair system.

The prince's promise gave the warriors a chance to turn things around. The basis of using the vassal system is to raise the status of the warriors. If the warriors have a high status, they can get the rewards they deserve when making contributions in wars, and they will naturally do their best to defend their country.\/*/\Of course, given the lessons of the vassal states that harm the country, the court will still strictly control the power of the warriors, but this is a specific policy issue and has nothing to do with the basic national policy of improving the status of the warriors.

Li Hu laughed. He didn't expect that things were so complicated. He always thought that it would be easier for the Song Dynasty to deal with him, but he did not expect that under the heavy suppression of the emperor and the court, the warriors of the Song Dynasty could no longer bear it and wanted to rebel. This was a good opportunity. He had to seize it firmly and take the opportunity to grow and grow.

The Song Dynasty would not easily change its national policy. In order to win the support of the Zhe family, the prince might have made a promise according to the wishes of the warriors, and he could not be honest. However, this incident can show that the warriors' desire to improve their status is getting stronger and stronger, and the civil servants' means of suppressing the warriors will become more and more cruel. Once this contradiction is aroused, the Song Dynasty will not be far from defeat.

"Okay, good plan." Li Hu became excited and cheered.

Li Hu needed to develop and grow the Western Expedition, while the Zhe family and the martial artists of the Song Dynasty needed to change their destiny and change the unequal system. The two sides had different purposes but their interests were the same. With common interests, they could of course win each other's trust.

Zhe Keqiu expressed his purpose.\*\Li Hu then stopped hiding it, and made an open and honest explanation of his entire vision of the northern war situation.

The Zhe family is deeply rooted in the northwest. It is considered a local snake. In comparison, Li Hu and the rebel army are strong dragons. They fight to the northwest to find a way out. Because of their different understandings of the northwest, there are certainly differences in the concept of the battle situation.

"Since the founding of the country, the survival strategy was to unite Liao to resist the Song Dynasty. Now the Liao Kingdom is no longer possible. The strategy of the Xixia people will naturally change to joining Jin to resist the Song Dynasty." After hearing Li Hu's idea, Zhe Keqiu immediately said, "In the battle of Xijing, the reason why the Xixia people were willing to form an alliance was because the Jurchens were too strong and they wanted to eat even the Xixia people in one bite. Therefore, the Xixia people must first use the power of you and the Khitans to destroy the Jurchens' momentum and curb the Jurchens' offensive. Now that you shake hands with the Jurchens and make peace, the Song Dynasty will soon recover Youyan. The Xixia people just look at the map and know that the next goal of the Song Dynasty is the northwest. Therefore, the Xixia people must form an alliance with the Jin Kingdom and join forces to seize Daibei to ensure their safety."

Li Hu also thought of this problem, so he rushed to launch the Western Expedition and got all Daibei first.

"You said just now that the Jurchens wanted to seize Pingzhou Road, and the purpose of snatching Pingzhou Road is very simple, which is to maintain a threat to Yanjing and Hebei." Zhe Keqiu continued, "The Jurchens signed an alliance with you to attack Xixia together. The purpose is to unify the north. They want to use Xixia to consume your strength and make both of you lose the loss, so that the Jin Kingdom can seize the northwest in one fell swoop, rather than letting you capture the northwest and prevent him from unifying the northwest. Therefore, the Jurchens will never let you capture the northwest. On the contrary, he wants to prevent you from conquering the northwest. The way is to attack Yanjing from Pingzhou Road, attack Hebei, and force you to withdraw troops and return to aid."

Li Hu thought for a long time and asked, "What do you mean is to give up the Western Expedition for the time being and concentrate the main force on Youyan?"

"Yes, Youyan is like a big rear for you. If Youyan is lost, you will be trapped in the dilemma of being attacked from both sides and you will definitely withdraw from the northwest." Zhe Keqiu said, "If the Western Expedition fails again and again, how much strength do you have? To have a Western Expedition, you will attack with all your strength while ensuring Youyan's safety, and succeed at one time. Otherwise, you will be the one who will be defeated, not the Dangxiang people."

"But what if I fight Youyan with all my might, and Liao, Xia and Jin will join forces to fight Datong?" Li Hu hesitated.

"This kind of danger must exist, because you did not get Youyan. If the Northern Expedition Army captured Yanjing, what would you use to threaten Bianjing? If the battle between the Bianjing Emperor's Unification is decided, the situation will change suddenly, which will be extremely unfavorable to you and me. Therefore, you must seize Yanjing before the Northern Expedition Army." Zhe Keqiu said, "It is very difficult for the Liao, Xia and Jin alliance to form a great difficulty, and it takes time, and this time is enough for you to conquer Yanjing and control the initiative in the war situation in the north."

Li Hu nodded, "Then what suggestions do you have for the Daibei War?"

"You join forces with the Jin army to enter the collapsed ridge and chase the Khitans. This is undoubtedly true, because the Jin army poses too great a threat to Datong, and it must be transferred to its main force, but at the same time, I don't agree with the war with the Xixia army." Zhe Keqiu said, "You have limited troops and fight on three fronts. There is no advantage in each battlefield, so failure is inevitable."

"Will the Xixia Army take the initiative to attack?"

"You can negotiate first to confuse the people of Xixia." Zhe Keqiu said with a laugh. "When you have completed the attack on Yanjing, you can lead the main force into Youyan, and I will lead the army into Ningbian Prefecture and carry out north-south attacks with the Tiger Lieutenant Army in Yunnei, dragging the army of Richard on the west bank of the Yellow River, making it difficult for him to move."

Li Hu thought about it and thought, feeling that there were too many uncertainties, and the entire war situation was full of crisis. He immediately ordered the call to urgently summon Dong Xiaochou, Luo Qinghan, Tie Ying, Huang She, Huo Liuge, Chai Yun, Li Gang, Yuwen Xuzhong, Ma Liang and Ma Kuo to hurry to the office to discuss matters overnight.

"Today is your wedding day?" Zhe Keqiu felt sorry for her sister, so she actually asked her to stay alone in the empty room on the wedding day, so she whispered.
Chapter completed!