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My name is Fan Zhichang."

Fan Zhichang smiled and said calmly, "I am from the Song Dynasty, and my great-grandfather is Fan Wenzheng Gong." Fan Wenzheng Gong was Fan Zhongyan, and after Fan Zhongyan died, he was posthumously named "Wenzheng".

Li Hu couldn't believe that the one sitting opposite him turned out to be Fan Zhongyan's great-grandson.

"My grandfather's name is Fan Chunli, he is a member of the Yuanyou Party. My grandfather's brother Fan Chunren is also a member of the Yuanyou Party." Fan Zhichang said sadly with resentment, "My Fan family has been loyal to the Song Dynasty for generations and has worked hard for the Song Dynasty. However, the emperor and Cai Jing party launched the Yuanyou Party case, which broke the Fan family and destroyed the family."

Li Hu was stunned. He never dreamed that Fan Zhichang was exactly the same as his own fate.

Fan Zhongyan had four sons, the second son Fan Chunren, who had served as the Chief Minister of Political Affairs (equivalent prime minister), and his third son Fan Chunli, who served as the Right Prime Minister of the Shangshu. These two were conservatives and belonged to the old party. Because of Fan Zhongyan's Yinze, they were very powerful in the court and were the backbone of the Yuanyou party members. After the Yuanyou party case broke out, their brothers were listed in front of the party members and were listed in front of the party members' monument. It is easy to imagine how great the blows their descendants suffered.

Fan Zhichang thought of the past scenes, and was so sad that he looked back.

Li Hu also thought of his father and the miserable and arduous years of escape, and felt sad.

The tent of the coach was quiet for a long time, and Fan Zhichang told the story again. Fan Zhongyan had presided over the military affairs in the northwest and established an intimate relationship with the Zhe family. This relationship has continued to this day with the careful maintenance of the two families. After the Yuanyou Party case broke out, most of the descendants of the Fan family were sent to the northwest border and received special care from the Zhe family and the Northwest generals. After Fan Zhichang fell into Xixia, the Zhe family tried to rescue him, but failed. Fan Zhichang immediately made a mistake and stayed in Xixia as an internal supporter.

"The news about the Zhe family about Xixia comes from you?" Li Hu asked in surprise.

"No, no..." Fan Zhichang shook his hand, "The Zhe family has been in the northwest for more than 400 years, and the relationship with the Dangxiang nobles in the Western Xia Dynasty is intricate, which is beyond your imagination.

Although I have been in Xixia for more than ten years, I have been in the dynasty for a short time. I mainly engage in etiquette teaching and have no contact with national political secrets. Therefore, I have not provided any important information to the Zhe family."

Li Hu hesitated a little and asked, "Then how do you know about Prince Yun?"

"The Zhe family asked me to find a chance to come back. But I want to stay in Xingqing Prefecture. One day I will help the Song Dynasty recover the western border." Fan Zhichang said. "But the Zhe family seemed to be very anxious and urged continuously. In order to convince me, they mentioned the land of Prince Yun in a secret letter. So..."

Li Hu became increasingly puzzled. Why was the Zhe family eager to recall Fan Zhichang? Fan Zhichang said clearly just now. He hoped that Li Hu would do his best to fight Xixia. It seemed that the purpose was to stop Li Hu from going south. But in fact, it was helping the people of the northwest. Once the Jin army took advantage of the situation to invade south, Bianjing asked for help from the northwest. The king and the Northwest Army could advance eastward to serve the king. However, Li Hu was constrained by the Jin and Xia armies in Daibei. This could not only help the people of the northwest to guard the border, but also block the Jin and Xia armies for the Song Dynasty. It was a killing of two birds with one stone.

The Zhe family was eager to recall Fan Zhichang. Do you want to recommend Fan Zhichang to Prince Yun and ask Fan Zhichang to assist the prince so that Prince Yun can ascend the throne and become emperor and ensure that the people in the northwest take power?

Li Hu's eyes were sharp and he stared at Fan Zhichang for a long time. Fan Zhichang was as quiet as water, and his calm attitude did not change because of the murderous aura in Li Hu's eyes.

"If I give up the idea of ​​going south and instead concentrate all my strength to attack Xingqing Mansion, how likely do you think I have to win?" Li Hu asked suddenly.

Fan Zhichang seemed to have thought about this question, and he stretched out his hand without thinking, "A number of five or five."

"Fifty percent chance of winning?" Li Hu frowned slightly, and his heartbeat suddenly accelerated. If he had a 50 percent chance of winning, then the goal of this battle could be changed and a risky gamble. For Hu Lie Mansion, if he conquered Xingqing Mansion and took the Helan Mountain, it would be equivalent to being in a alliance with Shaanxi, so that the room for maneuvering the Hu Lie Army would be greatly increased.

"If the King of Han conquered Xingqing Prefecture, occupied Helan Mountain, captured Ling, Xia, and Shaanxi, then the Northwest Army could use its main force to advance eastward to the Central Plains to fight for the king, and the northwest would be the king's world."

As soon as Fan Zhichang said this, Li Hu immediately knew the intention of the Northwest people. Since the Northwest people helped the king ascend the throne and became emperor, and repelled the invading and powerful enemies in Hebei to garrison the country's destiny, then the increase in their status and status of Prince Yun was far from enough, and they had to share authority. The Northwest people wanted to go to Bianjing, take charge of the center, and control authority.

Once the sword of a warrior is unsheathed, it will be bloody and will never give up halfway. Li Hu underestimated the Northwest people and underestimated the general's desire for power, and to a certain extent, the situation in the Northwest was wrongly estimated. The Northwest people were local snakes, and their power was far greater than that of Hu Lie Mansion.

Li Hu's mind flew around, deducing the situation again, weighing the pros and cons again, and instantly he had a clear idea.

Fan Zhichang's words make sense. The Hu Lie Army rushed south. If it advances and cannot control Hebei and retreats, it cannot ensure the North. In addition, the people of the Northwest will lose sight of one thing and gain nothing. These days, those who make first birds will have no good ending. Since the people of the Northwest want to make first birds, they will make trouble for them. Once the losses are huge and difficult to support, they will naturally seek help from Hu Lie Mansion.

Let the Northwest people do it, and Hu Lie Mansion can then concentrate its efforts to survive the Northwest. When the Northwest people are no longer able to do it, they will have to take the slightest revenge of Hu Lie Mansion. Li Hu is the veritable king of Northwest. Li Hu becomes the king of Northwest, and his survival is guaranteed, but he is still afraid that he will not be able to develop? This strategy is actually Li Hu's past strategy.

It was necessary to conquer Xingqing Prefecture. Before taking Xingqing Prefecture, Li Hutt implemented his strategy. Because the situation in Daibei was too bad, the Huliwei Army had to go south to seek development, and even risked the demise of the Song Dynasty.

Survival is always the first need.

"Can you tell me where these 50% chances come from?"

Li Hu and the central officials of Hu Lie Mansion have been considering the issue of attacking the Western Xia for at least two or three years. They have been thinking about this issue since Li Hu planned to replace the north as the foundation, but they are still at a loss. Fan Zhichang's words are assured, so why?

Fan Zhichang did not hide it, and explained the financial difficulties of Xixia after 40 years of frequent wars, the conflicts between Han and Fan, the disappearance of the basic strategy of uniting Liao to resist the Song Dynasty, etc. He was familiar with Xixia, and the reasons he said were reasonable and evidence-based, and of course the persuasiveness was different.

Li Hu knew all these, and he knew them from the Zhe family, but these were not enough to help the Huli Army capture Xingqing Prefecture. He needed effective specific strategies.

"The conflict between Han and Fan in Xingqing Prefecture has reached an intensified state. The emperor, Han ministers and foreign ministers are fighting fiercely. Your attack will intensify the chaos in Xingqing Prefecture." Fan Zhichang said, "War can intensify the chaos in Xingqing Prefecture, and also ease the contradiction in Xingqing Prefecture. If the Han King wants to ensure that the contradiction in Xingqing Prefecture breaks out during this period, in addition to constantly winning on the battlefield, it is more important to alienate the relationship between the emperor and the foreign ministers and the relationship between the Han ministers and the foreign generals."

"Where did the plan come out?" Li Hu asked afterwards.

"You have to kill someone."

Kill someone? Li Hu looked at Fan Zhichang in surprise, "Who to kill?"

"Princess Cheng'an."

Princess Cheng'an? Li Hu was puzzled. Princess Cheng'an was the queen of Xixia. Killing the queen of Xixia was like picking stars in the sky, purely dreaming during the day.

"This is simply impossible."

"The King of Han just needs to have someone write a letter." Fan Zhichang said, "I can guarantee that Princess Cheng'an will die. The relationship between Xixia Emperor Li Ganshun and Princess Cheng'an is very good and extremely favored. If Princess Cheng'an dies, and it is because of Li Ganshun, then Li Ganshun will pour anger on Brother Richard in addition to being sad and guilty. Brother Richard is the commander of the Xia army, arrogant and domineering, and does not have Li Ganshun in his eyes at all. If he Li Ganshun had reasons and determination to dismiss him. Of course, Li Ganshun would not hand over military power. Li Ganshun trusted Prime Minister Xue Yuanli and a group of Han ministers. Richard gave military power, which was actually equivalent to handing over the Western Xia army to Han ministers. How could Richard and the foreign generals accept it? The result was self-evident. Once the emperor and Richard fell apart, the monarch and ministers would be distracted, and the morale of the front-line troops would be dispersed. The King of Han was afraid that there would be no chance to conquer Xingqing Prefecture?"

Li Hu became more confused and waited for Fan Zhichang's explanation.

"As far as I know, the reason why the Khitan Emperor Yelu Yanxi was caught by the Jurchens was because Brother Richard insisted on using Yelu Yanxi to exchange the attack on Datong by the Jin Kingdom." Fan Zhichang looked at Li Hu and asked, "If I guess well, will Princess Cheng'an's letter beg you to rescue Yelu Yanxi?"

Li Hu shut up his mouth and said nothing.

Fan Zhichang smiled and continued, "The King of Han wrote a letter to Princess Cheng'an in the name of Princess Changle, telling her that her father had been arrested and killed by the Jurchens, and the great Liao Dynasty was cut off, and all this was Li Ganshun's guilt. Li Ganshun was betrayed and was a real villain. Princess Cheng'an did not provide assistance when she knew that her father was betrayed by Li Ganshun, which led to the death of the great Liao Dynasty. The great Liao Dynasty was cut off, and the sin was even more serious. Then she asked Princess Cheng'an, what else do you have to live in the world? If you die, what else do you have to meet your ancestors?"

"Princess Cheng'an is knowledgeable and polite, and has a strong personality. She has made a lot of efforts to rescue the Liao Dynasty in recent years, but in the end things went as expected. Not only was she unable to save her father, but she sent her father to a dead end, leaving the Liao Dynasty dead. She could not accept this blow at all, and she would commit suicide."

"Li Ganshun knows clearly why Princess Cheng'an died."

"Betrayed Yelu Yanxi was an absolutely wrong decision. Not only did he offend the Khitans and the Hulie Mansion, which led to the outbreak of the Han-Xia War, but he also directly pushed the Xixia Kingdom into the abyss of defeat. Princess Cheng'an's death was a heavy blow to Li Ganshun, and he would resent Li Cha Ge. Richard himself was domineering, and the conflict between Han and Fan happened to be in an outbreak. At this time, as long as Brother Richard was defeated on the battlefield and Li Ganshun seized the opportunity to regain military power, the conflict in Xingqing Palace must break out. The outbreak of this contradiction is very terrible, especially under the current situation, which will inevitably lead to the collapse of the Xixia Kingdom."

Li Hu stared at her eyes widened and looked contemptuous, "You asked me to kill an innocent woman?"

"Even without this letter, Princess Cheng'an will know through other channels that Yelu Yanxi was killed by the Jurchens, and she will still die." Fan Zhichang said expressionlessly, "It's death late, and it's death early, so why not let her die a little valuable? If her death can allow the King of Han to conquer Xingqing Prefecture and collapse the Western Xia Kingdom, she will have the face to meet her father and Khitan ancestors in the nine springs."

Li Hu shook his head and asked, "Are you the great-grandson of Wen Zhenggong?"

Fan Zhichang and Zheng focused on it.
Chapter completed!