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Li Hu thought for a long time and decided to make a decision to fight south.

The rebel army has been able to achieve strength from the Dashan Alliance until now. When they are not strong, they are brave and try to fight all day long to strengthen their strength. Now that they have the strength, they are looking forward to the front and back and always want to preserve their strength. In fact, the more they want to preserve their strength, the more they cannot save their lives. It is best to sacrifice their lives to fight, but this matter cannot be said now, and it must be absolutely confidential.

The four people here, Li Hu is the commander-in-chief of the rebel army, Dong Xiaochou and Luo Qinghan are the deputy commanders of the left and right, and Tieying's official position has also been changed. Now he is the chief supervisor of the rebel army. In order to keep it confidential, the four people decided to go south to fight secretly, and first mobilize the army, and at the same time transport food, grass and weapons to Runzhou by sea, ready to attack at any time.

Ma Kuo first reported on the journey to Liaodong, explained the situation in Liaodong in detail, and attached a letter from Li Hu, the commander-in-chief of the Liaodong Rebel Army.

The emperor urgently summoned Ma Kuo to inquire. What he was most concerned about was the peace talks between Liao and Jin.

Ma Kuo reported the truth. Judging from various signs, there is a possibility of peace talks between the Liao and Jin dynasties. The reason for this possibility is that the Liaodong Rebel Army suddenly rose. With the rise of the Liaodong Rebel Army, Liaodong has a third force, and no matter whether this force goes to either side, it will directly change the situation in Liaodong. Fortunately, Li Hu and the Liaodong Rebel Army are both Han people. They look forward to returning to the Heavenly Kingdom, are willing to defect to the Song Dynasty, are willing to charge for the Song Dynasty, and regain their hometowns.

Ma Kuo's words made the emperor ponder for a long time, and then invited Cai Jing, Gao Qiu and other ministers to discuss the matter.

Ma Kuo’s trip to Liaodong has gained a lot. Not only did he understand the current situation in Liaodong, but he also brought back an unexpected surprise, that is, Li Hu and the Liaodong Rebel Army.

Everyone has known about the Liaodong Rebel Army for a long time. However, Li Hu's incident was said after Ma Kuo sent the Jin Kingdom to return last time. This incident was confirmed from the mouths of the Jin Kingdom envoy, but because Li Hu was just a rebel, it did not attract much attention at that time.

This time it is different. From the memorial of Ma Kuo, you can see that after Li Hu broke through the Shangjing Road, he was invincible and defeated all the battles. His strength became bigger and bigger. Now he not only gained a foothold in the Heishan area, but also had eleven prefectures and counties, and more than one hundred thousand troops. Hundreds of warships and nearly one million people. Although such strength is not enough to compete with the Liao and Jin Kingdoms, it can affect the situation in Liaodong, and the land can indeed be called the third force in Liaodong. Reading Zero Point Book

From Li Hu's letters, the emperor and ministers could feel his urgent desire to return to the Song Dynasty.

So, did the Song Dynasty accept Li Hu and the Liaodong Rebel Army?

The Song Dynasty needed to regain its hometown, which was the long-cherished wish of ancestors. Wang Anshi, who caused great ups and downs, made a great reform. In fact, the most fundamental purpose was to regain its hometown. In order to regain its hometown, the people of the Song Dynasty worked hard for more than two hundred years since the founding of the country. Now that hope is right in front of them, how can they give up easily?

The emperor's father, Emperor Shenzong, once said during his lifetime. If someone recovers Yan Yun, the royal family will enthrone this person.

The emperor always remembers this sentence. If Li Hu could recover Yan Yun and bring Yan Yun back to the Song Dynasty, I would never be stingy. I would grant him a king and a vassal state.

The ministers dared not speak, and the emperor had already expressed his meaning very clearly.

Recovering Yan Yun was a long-cherished wish for generations, but since the Chanyuan Alliance, the Song Dynasty also felt a strong sense of humiliation. Since the emperor was determined to cleanse his previous shame, there was no room for maneuver in this matter.

The Chanyuan Alliance was signed with the Song Dynasty's military advantage. At that time, Emperor Zhenzong and the war-first minister Kou Zhun signed this alliance with the Khitans in order to win peace. According to the alliance, the country of the Song and Liao brothers used Baigou as the national border. The Song Dynasty gave the Great Liao 300,000 yuan a year, and later the incident increased to 500,000 yuan a year.

To be honest, this amount of money is nothing to the Song Dynasty. At that time, the annual income of the Song Dynasty exceeded 150 million jin, and a medium-sized battle required 30 million jin. Five hundred thousand jin per year for peace, the pros and cons were clear at a glance.

However, this alliance was a surrender to the powerful force of the Khitans to some extent, and the Khitans looked down on the Song people. This is a strong sense of humiliation for the Song monarchs who regarded themselves as the orthodox Chinese and the Celestial Kingdom.

After so many years, everyone can tolerate it, on the one hand, because 500,000 yuan is insignificant compared to tens of millions of military spending. On the other hand, the more important reason is that even if the huge military spending is spent, no one can afford the guilt of defeat, and even the consequences of the generals being able to dominate the master and being too big to lose.

The national policy of the Song Dynasty was to use culture to control military affairs, which forced the monarchs and ministers of the Song Dynasty to struggle in enduring humiliation and the plot of governing military officials. This struggle made them extremely painful, and also made the country and the people pay a heavy price for it.

Today, the monarch and ministers are also struggling in pain in humiliation and calculations.

In the past, Taizu released military power with a cup of wine and decided to use civilized military power. The reason is that since the Anshi Rebellion, the war has been caused by disasters, and for more than two hundred years, the arrogant soldiers and generals performed tragedies of rebellion, separatism, and melee. In order to eradicate the bad habit of "superior soldiers will be expelled from the commander, and strong commanders will be rebelled", Taizu changed the military system and focused on centralization, and the essence of it was "using culture to control military power".

The priests reported based on this, believing that if they were not careful about this matter, it might lead to disasters from the vassal states, and this would not be worth the loss.

The emperor was very angry. Recovering his hometown and purging shame, which is more important than the disaster of the vassal states? The hometown is recovering, and the shame of the vassal states has been washed away, and the Song Dynasty has become stronger. Can't we control the disaster of the vassal states? Is there no way to solve a vassal state? Could it be that a Han captain subverts the world?

This is the truth. Now the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun are still in the hands of the Khitans, and now the Song Dynasty still has to send 500,000 yuan to the Khitans every year. Now the Central Plains is still under the threat of the Khitans' iron hooves. At this time, the first thing to consider is to regain the hometown and rebuild the barrier of the Central Plains. As for the issue of vassal states, it is a future matter and I will find a way to deal with it in the future. What has not been done yet, but I am worried about the future first. This may not be too ridiculous. If you keep your mind at the forefront of things like this, what can you do? Can you still make achievements?

The emperor decided to accept Li Hu and the Liaodong rebel army. The ministers did not dare to object, but were afraid of starting the disaster of the vassal states. So they followed the emperor's wishes and gave several countermeasures. They vowed that whoever could recover Yan Yun's hometown would be granted the king. If Li Hu regained Yan Yun's hometown in the future, it would not be too late to be granted the king again.

Secondly, you must be cautious when establishing vassal states. The Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun are barriers to the Central Plains, and they cannot build vassal states, and the Han captives in Liaodong and East could not control the Central Plains barrier. Li Hu wanted to use Youyan as a vassal state, but could not agree. At most, he allowed him to build vassal states on Pingzhou Road and guard the East Gate of Youyan for the Song Dynasty.

Again, aid cannot be given free assistance. Although we need the Liaodong rebel army to charge, we cannot raise tigers to cause trouble. Li Hu and the Liaodong rebel army are both Han captives, and they are no different from the Hu tribes and are not trustworthy. Once they are raised into a big tiger, the Central Plains will be in danger. Don’t forget that the disaster of the vassal states starts from the foreign captive An Lushan, and we must not repeat the same mistakes. Therefore, aid can be exchanged for war horses, otherwise there will be no one son.

In addition, considering the future situation in Liaodong, a strategy of "using the enemy to control the enemy" needs to be formulated.

Today, the Han captive Li Hu took the initiative to surrender to the Song Dynasty. His motivation was very obvious, that is, to survive. He was the weakest in Liaodong. If we did not have our assistance, he would be very likely to be defeated. Therefore, after we recover Yanyun in the future, will Li Hu and his Liaodong rebel army be used by me? Is they absolutely loyal to the Song Dynasty? No one could predict. For this reason, when we use the Han enemy to attack Youyan, we will continue to form alliances with the Khitans and Jurchens, and fight with each other from a distance, join forces with each other, let the three forces in Liaodong fight each other, and try our best to consume the strength of the enemy, and create opportunities for the Song army to go north to conquer and achieve the great cause of Chinese and foreign unification in the future.

To put it simply, it is to first use Li Hu to attack Youyan, consume the strength of the Khitans, and at the right time to form a alliance with the Jurchens and join forces with Jin to attack Liao. In this way, it will be foolproof. Even if Li Hu is defeated, the Song Dynasty can still join forces with the Jurchens to destroy the Liao Kingdom and recover their hometown.

The emperor was very satisfied with this plan and immediately issued an order to ask Secretary-General Zhao Liangsi to meet the Liaodong military and local envoy first. He would talk about it. If the envoy accepted the arrangements of the Emperor of the Song Dynasty, he would send the priest to discuss in detail. If everything went well, he would summon him in person.

Zhao Liangsi received the order and went to Ma Kuo's mansion to meet Huang She.

After seeing him, Huang She burst into screams, and Zhao Liangsi's expression changed drastically, both surprised and happy. Not only did the two know each other, they also had a good relationship, and they met again in different places, with sadness and joy.

"Why did you arrive in the Song Dynasty? Why did you change your name to Zhao Liangsi?" Huang She asked impatiently.
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