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In early November, Li Hu went out of Yanmen Pass through Datong. From Taiyuan to cross the Taihang Mountains, he arrived in Kaifeng in early December.

Ying Qin, Liu Guangshi, Yang Keshi, Tian Fu, Wang Yan, Zhang Jun and other civil and military ministers went out of the city to greet them.

Li Hu greeted everyone one by one, especially Zhang Jun, and praised him for taking the initiative to offer Yingtian Prefecture when the Hu Lie Army headed south to attack Jianghuai, which won valuable time for the Hu Lie Army to capture Jianghuai. Zhang Jun was flattered and felt ashamed. It was time for him to see Li Hu. The young man in front of him was famous all over the world. His every move showed a powerful power. This power was very strong, which made Zhang Jun feel suffocated for a while.

Li Hu entered Kaifeng City once. Although this world-class city was no longer in glory, his majestic body still retained the domineering spirit of the past.

Ying Qin specially vacated a mansion for Li Hu to live temporarily, but Li Hu refused, "I can't stay in Kaifeng for a few days, just be in your Grand Governor's Office." Ying Qin knew Li Hu's temper and did not persuade him anymore. He immediately ordered a quiet courtyard in the Grand Governor's Office.

The group arrived at the Grand Governor's Office, and Ying Qin immediately reported to Li Hu about the recent battle situation.

Wang Yuan advanced smoothly and had recovered all prefectures and counties in Shandong. During this period, Liu Yu, Liu Lin and his son conspired to rebel and were bloodily suppressed by Wang Yuan. All the Liu family and Liu Yu's cadres were killed.

Ying Qin said it lightly, but Li Hu knew there was a problem here, but he didn't want to ask, killing a treacherous slander like Liu Yu is good for Chang'an and can win the hearts of the people for Chang'an. It is a good thing.

"The court has issued an order to order Wang Yuan to serve as the Shandong two routes to serve as the tutor of Shandong military, and to complete the reorganization of the Shandong Tiger and Lieutenant Army before the end of the year. The two routes have also been appointed and are on their way to Shandong a few days ago." Ying Qin smiled, "It is estimated that by the end of the year, the Shandong routes will be basically stable."

Li Hu nodded slightly and looked at Zhang Jun, "I received a letter from Chang'an and Yue Fei some time ago, saying that the people of Shandong are in trouble. You are trying every means to allocate money and grain from the two Huaihe Rivers to support you. I wonder how this matter is doing? The middle of winter is coming and the new year is approaching. We must do our best to make the people of Shandong eat and wear warmth. This is the minimum requirement."

"This matter is being done, everything goes well, so please don't worry about it." Zhang Jun said hurriedly, "Although the Central Plains War was in the autumn harvest season, the two Huaihe River did not suffer much influence, and there was sufficient food, so it could provide strong support to Shandong, but..." Zhang Jun looked embarrassed and wanted to speak but stopped.

"If you have any difficulties, say it, I can help you solve it." Li Hu said with a smile.

"The army gathers in the north bank of the Yangtze River, and it is expected to cross the river to fight next spring, so a large amount of money and grain is needed during this period. In addition, the court also required the Lianghuai to pay a certain amount of taxes, so..." Zhang Jun spread his hands helplessly, "The Lianghuai has limited money and grain, and he has to support Shandong, prepare for the army to cross the river to fight, and pay the imperial taxes, which is difficult."

Li Hu frowned slightly, and the smile on his face gradually faded. Zhang Jun was frightened and immediately added, "The officials will do their best..."

Li Hu shook his hand and interrupted him, "You only have so much money and food in your hands, you need it here and there, how do you solve it? Do you want it? You should do your best to support Shandong first. I will deal with it in Chang'an. As for the military supplies to cross the river, let it go temporarily, and this matter needs to be discussed in the long term."

Ying Qin, Liu Guangshi and others looked at each other, their eyes showing surprise. What does Li Hu mean? Want Nan Zheng to postpone it?

Zhang Jun was so grateful that he bowed to thank him. During this period, he was so overwhelmed with money and food that he was restless and restless. With Li Hu's words, he could finally let go of his high-hanging heart.

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"The prefectures and counties on Huaihe East Road have been fully controlled." Ying Qin continued to introduce military information to Li Hu. "Now, Luo Lan and Wang Guizhengtong led a large army to pacify Huaihe West Road. It is estimated that by the first month of next year, we will be able to completely occupy the entire Huaihe Road."

"Are Yue Fei and the main force on the front line in Yangzhou?" Li Hu asked.

Ying Qin nodded, "Ship Yue is collecting ships, but the main problem of crossing the river is not the number of ships transporting troops, but how to defeat the Southeast Navy. The Southeast Navy has now become the biggest obstacle for us to cross the river."

Li Hu frowned and pondered silently.

"After the Southeast rebels lost the Huaihe River defense line, they could only defend the Yangtze River with all their might. For this reason, they transferred a lot of sea ships from Liangzhe, Fujian and Guangnan to further enhance the strength of the navy." Ying Qin said, "In this case, if our army wants to forcibly cross the river from the Yangzhou line, it will be greatly increased."

"Yue Fei, what countermeasures do Song Jiang and the others have?"

"I haven't heard that they have come up with a countermeasure yet." Ying Qin smiled bitterly, "Yue Fei wrote to you repeatedly and asked about the specific date of your arrival in Kaifeng, which shows that he was also very anxious."

Li Hu smiled and asked again: "Where is Chang'an? What countermeasures can the Privy Council have?"

"I haven't heard of it either." Ying Qin said, "I guess Dong Shuai and Liu Shuai don't care about crossing the river for the time being. This year, the Tiger Lieutenant Army won consecutive battles, and the control areas increased greatly. It was the end of the year. The Privy Council had to do too much, so how can I have time to consider the specific strategies for crossing the river for the river?"

Li Hu frowned and then asked, "What's wrong with Chang'an recently?"

Ying Qin was stunned for a moment. Chang'an and Li Hu have always maintained close contact. How could Li Hu not know about Chang'an? I immediately thought that Li Hu went south day and night in the past month, and there may not be any connection between the two in the near future, so I immediately said: "It was the end of the year, and the court had a lot of things, and the government agencies were busy, and the weather was calm. However, there was something you would definitely be happy after hearing it."

"Oh?" Li Hu suddenly became interested, "What's the good thing?"

"Yuwen Xuzhong is back."

"Really?" Li Hu asked in surprise, "Have he really been back? When did he cross the river to the north?"

Ying Qin briefed Yuwen Xuzhong and Wu Min crossed the river from Jiangning, "Chang'an issued an order to supervise Yuwen Xuzhong, and Wu Min entered Beijing immediately. Now they are on the way, and they are probably about to arrive in Tongguan."

"This is indeed good news." Li Hu smiled happily and said excitedly, "This will have a great blow to the Southeast rebels. You can imagine how much impact this matter will have in the Southeast."

"Tong Guan has always been cautious, but he didn't expect that this time he miscalculated and made Yuwen Xuzhong turn against him." Ying Qin smiled, "In the future, we must thank him, thank you for helping him at critical moments."

Everyone joked and the topic gradually turned to the Nanzheng.

Judging from the current situation, the southern expedition was beneficial to the Tiger and Lieutenant Army. Li Hu helped the Khitans rebuild their country in the north and formed an alliance with the desert, posing a great threat to the Jurchens; Yue Fei was unstoppable in the Central Plains, severely damaged the Jin army, recovered Shandong, captured the Jianghuai River, and laid the foundation for the southern expedition; the Chang'an court tried hard to implement a series of new policies, and all the ways were stable, and the momentum of financial deterioration had been effectively curbed. Although the current financial resources were not enough to support the huge military expenditure, as long as the army crossed the river and supplemented with the seized income, this war related to the unification of China-Turkey could be completed.

Several civil and military ministers, including Zhang Jun, believed that the army should take advantage of the victory to attack and sweep the southeast with the fastest speed and shortest time. After capturing the southeast, all the places in Zhongtu, except Hebei and Youyan were occupied by Chang'an, and they were close to the unification of Zhongtu. What is particularly important is that when you get the southeast, you will get more than 60% of the financial income of Zhongtu, which is crucial for the great cause of unification.

"The Southeast Army is now divided into four parts." Zhang Jun took the initiative to introduce Li Hu, "Part one is the garrison army that protects the emperor and the court, led by Zhang Shizhengtong; part one is the army that guards the Yangtze River, led by Lu Yi; and part one is the army that guards the West Road of Jiangnan, led by Tong Shimin, this army directly confronts our Jingxiang army; and the other is the Southeast Navy, which is now led by Dong Yun." Speaking of this, he looked at Li Hu and asked, "Does the general know this Dong Yun?"

Li Hu not only knows Dong Yun, but also is very familiar with him. As Tong Guan's chief historian, Dong Yun has always been by Tong Guan's side, and is considered Tong Guan's right-hand man. Now Tong Guan asks him to command the army outside. From this, it can be guessed that Tong Guan is indeed powerful in the southeast and has monopolized power, and no one can compete with him.

"Is it him the commander of the Yangtze River Navy?" Li Hu was very surprised. Dong Yun followed Tong Guan and fought south and north, with great strategy, and marching and fighting was no problem, but he obviously had no experience in water combat. Can such a person become the commander of the navy?

"Tong Guan covers the sky with his hands and arranges his confidants in both the military and political circles, and has long lost the hearts of the people." Zhang Jun said hatefully, "Dong Yun is a man who is very conspiring and tricking. He is suitable for staying in the court. However, in order to firmly grasp the military power and let him command the navy to guard the Yangtze River defense line, this is obviously a mistake. If we can start with the Yangtze River Navy and use the fierce conflict between Dong Yun and the navy general to provoke their internal strife, or directly send people to bribe some navy generals and cause severe damage to the Yangtze River Navy, the possibility of successful crossing the river will be greatly increased."

"It takes time to implement the divisive plan, but what we lack is time." Liu Guangshi shook his hand and disagreed with Zhang Jun's suggestion. "I think it is better to take multiple attacks. Multi-channel attacks can first disperse the rebels' defensive forces. Secondly, there are feints and main attacks in the attack. The rebels have no way to judge, and there will inevitably be loopholes in defense, so our opportunity will come."

"Where do we get so many troops?" Yang Keshi said with a smile, "The north of the Yellow River is the Jin army. The Jurchens always covet the Central Plains and Shandong. We must leave enough troops to guard the army, so the number of troops in the southern expedition will definitely not exceed 200,000. You divide the 200,000 troops into several routes and attack at the same time. There is no advantage in any route, so it is difficult to succeed in crossing the river.
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