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Yuwen Xuzhong also gave an image example to illustrate.

The alliance with Jin to attack Liao was like a rich man living next to a poor man. The rich man wanted to annex the poor and expand his territory, so he found a robber and said to him, kill this poor boy, give you half of his territory, and all his property belongs to you. If this matter is done, the rich man's neighbor will then turn from a poor man to a robber. Just imagine, will the rich man have a stable life from then on?

In other words, the thing we are doing now is like a robber in a neighbor's house. Not only do we not go to rescue us, but we also take advantage of the chaos to rob and divide the spoils. This kind of thing cannot be done and is unethical.

Yuwen Xuzhong therefore proposed the theory of alliance with Liao to the court.

He believed that since the Jurchen invaded Liao, the Liao Dynasty has been obedient to the Mu Dynasty. Now he has abandoned the Khitan and is facing the powerful Jurchen. He is afraid that China's border troubles will not be peaceful, so it is better to join Liao to resist the Jin Dynasty.

From a moral perspective, Dazai Zheng Juzhong and Deng Xunwu, the head of the Privy Council, also made a statement.

The ministers led by Taizai Zheng, the chief ministers insisted on the theory of sitting and observing.

They asked the emperor to keep the alliance, dismiss the envoys, and severely condemned Cai Jing. Tong Guan, as an important official of the country, abandoned the alliance of ancestors, and created trouble out of thin air.

In the memorial, Zheng Juzhong said that after the alliance of Chanyuan, the two countries had been peaceful for a hundred years, with the border feasts, and the soldiers did not recognize swords, and farmers did not have extra military service. If they break the agreement and break the alliance, they should carefully consider it. What's more, the way of using troops is unpredictable. Even if they win, the treasury is lacking and rewards, and the household registration is trapped in the service of the people, which is also a destruction of the country and the people. If they fail, the consequences will be even more unimaginable.

Zheng Juzhong blamed Cai Jing, who was a veteran of the country, but he did not keep his promise. He started a war, causing trouble to the lives and the country was in danger. He talked freely, and Cai Jing blocked him back with just one sentence, "This is the emperor's meaning. The emperor could not bear the shame of giving the Liao Kingdom the might of the great Song Dynasty. Every year, he had to give the Liao Kingdom 500,000 yuan in his life."

Deng Xunwu, the head of the Privy Council, also opposed the joint attack on Liao with Jin. He said that in the early years of the country, he used the Shenwu of Emperor Taizong, the strategy of Zhao Pu, and the ability of Cao (bin) and Pan (mei) to win every battle. He conquered all directions, but Yan Yun had not yet made a comeback. What's more, how can we talk lightly about it today? And if a hundred years of alliance is swearing, I will abandon it once, I am afraid that if the war moves, Chinese insects, plants and trees will not be able to rest!

His memorial seemed to be a direct opposition to sending troops, but in fact he denied the people who did this. To put it bluntly, he told the emperor that this matter was a good thing and Pingyan Ce was also good, but whether it could be done well depends on when or who would do it. At this time, if these people do it now, China will definitely be over. He is full of confidence and firmly supports the emperor's land proposition. He believes that although China and the Khitan are brotherly countries, for more than a hundred years, many people have always opened borders and provoked me. He is also a good martial arts master. If I don't take Yanyun, the Jurchens will be strong, and the Central Plains will no longer have me.

This is also emotional and irrefutable.

When the emperor heard these words, he felt a little dizzy. He was originally ambitious to recover the land of the clouds and complete the unfinished cause of his ancestors. As a result, he was poured with a basin of cold water on the head. He also knew that these opponents were not full, and what they said was the truth.

At this time, Ma Zheng and Ma Kuo had returned from their envoys, and the Jin envoys also arrived in Bianjing, but then news of the Liao and Jin peace talks came.

Wu Shi, the clan of the Secretariat, wrote a letter to stop the advice and tried his best to persuade the emperor not to betray the century-old alliance. Three more things happened, and these three things made the emperor determined not to join forces with the Jin and attack Liao. When they returned to their country, they specially sent a message from the King of Goryeo, "I heard that the emperor would use troops to attack Liao, and Liao was a brotherly country, so it was enough to defend the border. The Jurchens were tigers and wolfs, so they could not be divorced." King of Goryeo suggested that the Emperor of Song maintain Liao, support Liao, and defend the border with Liao's military force for the Song Dynasty.

This idea coincides with Yuwen Xu's theory of joining Liao, and it has the same effect, but the key is not this. It is because even the Koreans knew about the Great Song Dynasty's joint attack on Liao, so there was no secret. The Liao people would be prepared for it and change their strategies, such as proactively advocating peace with the Jin Kingdom. In this way, it would be even more difficult to recover their hometown.

The second thing was that a Caoze Xiaomin, named An Yaochen, wrote a letter to the emperor with a letter of ten thousand words, which was reported in several court affairs and eunuchs. He believed that today's troubles were inside and not outside, so he couldn't sleep at night, and was just heartless for the emperor day and night. When he was about to come, he scolded Tong Guan, Cai Jing, and Zhao Liangsi, the group of people who were so angry that they didn't know that their lips were cold and their teeth were cold. They colluded with each other and offered the proposal of Pingyan, and had an ulterior motive behind them.

It is impossible for a cannibal to know the secrets of the court. This An Yaochen was obviously instructed by the ministers of the lord and sent. From this, it can be imagined that the court opposition had tried every means and used all means to prevent the Jin Dynasty from attacking Liao.

An Yaochen's Wanyan Letter made Cai Jing, Tong Guan and others hate him, and they all advocated severe punishment for the crime of slandering current affairs and slandering important officials. However, the emperor had to consider the stability of the court, so he was quite generous to this Wanyan Letter. In addition to disagreeing with the accusations made by An Yaochen of Cai Jing, Tong Guan and others in the book, he also admitted that what An Yaochen said was not all false. The emperor believed that his loyalty was commendable. Not only did he not punish him, he also rewarded An Yaochen as an eighth-rank inheritor. The emperor used this method to comfort the ministers of the lord and sent. I accepted your advice and stopped making trouble.

The third thing is that the Northwest battlefield suffered a great defeat and the Northwest War was in a deadlock.

According to Tong Guan's "Ping Yan Ce", in order to recover Yan Yun's hometown, he first attacked Xixia and stabilized the northwest border. This strategy has been implemented and has achieved certain local results.

The first step in implementation was to appoint Tong Guan as the Xuanfu Envoy of Shaanxi and Hedong Road, leading a large army to attack Xixia.

Before going to war, the emperor summoned Tong Guan, who was the Grand Marshal at the time, and granted him full attack strategies and military and political power. He rewarded the imperial "Yu Eagle Map" with his keen eyes, hoping that he could look at the western front line like the eagle in the picture, use sharp minions to capture prey, and defeat powerful enemies. Tong Guan naturally made a statement, expressing his willingness to raise the army of the tiger, break through thousands of miles, and maintain peace and stability.

Tong Guan arrived in the northwest and stationed in Lanzhou with the central army. Liu Fa, the Xihe Road General Pacifier, led an army of 150,000, and Liu Zhongwu, the Qinfeng Road General Pacifier, led an army of 50,000 to attack Gugulong City (in the mountains and valleys of Qilian Mountains in the northwest of Huangzhou). The head coach of Xixia Cha Ge was defeated and fled. He won the first battle.

Soon, Liu Fa and Liu Zhongwu joined forces with 100,000 troops to attack Renduoquan City, Xixia (now Menyuan Hui Autonomous County, Qinghai Province). He won again.

After two battles and two victories, Tong Guan was full of confidence and launched a new offensive in the Security Army (now Zhidan County, Shaanxi Province).

The security army borders the north of Xixia, and there is the Zangdi River on the border. The Xia people built a city by the river, which is a place that the two countries must compete for. Tong Guan authorized Liu Zhongwu to lead several troops from Shaanxi to attack Zangdi River City, hoping to attack the hinterland of Xixia from this. As a result, he lost, 70,000 or 80,000 people died, and the third general of Qinfeng Road had 10,000 troops, and none of them survived.

The emperor has always liked to report good news but not bad news. Tong Guan exaggerated Liu Fa's two great victories in secret reports of the war and formal memorials, and doubled the number of enemies who had annihilated. However, he deliberately concealed the defeat of the Battle of Tiangdihe. In order to win, he exaggerated tens of thousands of enemies. Tong Guan also offered many prisoners of war, including the princes and chiefs of the Western Xia, for the capital to hold a ceremony for the surrender ceremony.

After receiving the surrender ceremony, the emperor rewarded merits. Tong Guan was promoted to the junior guard of the procuratorate for the development of the territory and the senior generation of honors. He was promoted to the junior guard of the procuratorate, and was in charge of the three departments of the State Council. Liu Fa was promoted to the junior guard of the procuratorate and the governor of the army because of his noble attacks and defenses, and was brave and good at planning. He was promoted to the junior guard of the procuratorate and the governor of the army. Gao Qiu, the commander of the palace, made border contributions for his mission. This time, he made border contributions because of his mission. Finally, he was appointed as the Grand Marshal. However, although the troops in Xixia were less damaged, the country was poor and the people were limited. The emperor of Xixia asked the Liao Kingdom to mediate and was willing to discuss peace with the Song Dynasty. The emperor and Tong Guan wanted to attack and destroy Xixia first. Now he was looking for peace in Xixia, and he was even more arrogant. He immediately ordered the mobilization of Shaanxi and a total of 100,000 troops from the seven routes of Hedong, with Zhong Shidao as the commander, and launched another attack.

Master Zhong is very powerful, and he will win a great victory in the battle of Zangdihe.

The emperor was very happy, but Master Zhong was not conscious of his tact, so he gave a memorial at this time.

Zhong Shidao said that his father and ancestors received favor from the country for three generations and served in the western battlefield. He knew that the Western Qiang was strong and cunning and difficult to destroy, so the strategy of defeating the enemy should be different from time to time, and the kindness and power should be used together.

In the past, when Zhao Yuanhao and Empress Dowager Liang were in power, they had long launched troops to invade the people of our border, and plundered livestock and property. In order to protect the country and the people, the court sent heavenly soldiers to attack and severely injured them, and built fortresses in dangerous places in mountains and rivers to facilitate attack and defense. These measures were undoubtedly correct.

The emperor of Xia today is indeed sincere in reconciliation, and the court should allow Xixia to submit money.

Although our army's attack this time was aimed at weakening and even destroying the Western Xia, it weakened the opponent and also weakened itself. Annihilated one thousand enemies and injured eight hundred, which has been like this since ancient times. In terms of our national strength and military strength, it is impossible to destroy the Western Xia at present.
Chapter completed!