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On the ninth day of the eighth month, Li Chuwen returned to Yanjing and bid farewell to the princess before leaving.

Li Hu deliberately avoided this meeting. After Li Chuwen came out of the tent, Li Hu met him and sent him ten miles away in person. Li Chuwen's expression was not abnormal at all, but he repeatedly mentioned the battlefield of Zhongjing, hoping that Li Hu could keep his promise and turn against the Jurchens when necessary to help the Liao army guard Zhongjing.

Li Hu heard the threat in Li Chuwen's words. If the Rebels were perfunctory on the battlefield of Zhongjing, and thus used the crisis in Zhongjing to effectively restrain the Liao army in Yanjing, resulting in the two capitals being in danger, he might reveal the news of the Rebels' Western Expedition to the Jurchens. At this moment, the Rebels' military strength in western Liaoning was weak. If the Jurchens turn against each other and raid on western Liaoning, Li Hu was very likely to lose western Liaoning.

Li Hu certainly knew how powerful it was. Western Liaoning was crucial to the survival and development strategy of the rebel army. Now western Liaoning can use Zhongjing and Yanjing to effectively restrain the enemy. In the future, western Liaoning can use the main force of the rebel army to attack Yanjing from the east and west. When the rebel army takes over the land of Yanyun, western Liaoning can become a crucial channel for the rebel army to go north to attack the Jurchens. Therefore, western Liaoning must defend, and to defend western Liaoning, they must use superb wisdom to cleverly deal with the Liao and Jin countries, and use the ever-changing situation to continuously change offensive and defensive strategies to ensure the safety of western Liaoning.

After the Rebel Army's Western Expedition, Li Hu was most afraid of not the Jurchens who attacked western Liaoning, but Yelu Chun. Therefore, Li Hu urgently hoped that the Song army could launch a northern expedition in September, or that the Jurchens could continue to attack Zhongjing, so as to firmly hold down Yelu Chun's army and make him have no time to attack western Liaoning.

"Of course I can keep my promise." Li Hu said a pun, "but just in case, I cannot help but keep my hands so as not to be driven into the sea."

Li Chuwen smiled faintly, "This is the purpose of our marriage. Now there are fierce Jurchens in the north and the Song people who are eyeing them covetously in the south. For the King of Yan, if you want to defend the two capitals, you must work closely with Liaoxi, so please rest assured that as long as you can keep your promise, we will never attack Liaoxi." Then he glanced at Li Hu, hesitated for a long time, and asked in a low voice, "Can you make sure there is no problem with Liaoxi?"

There are too many betrayals these days, and they are commonplace. They are used to it. Loyal promises and other things are nothing in the face of life and interests, and they are worthless.

"My wife is in western Liaoning." Li Hu smiled, "My most loyal subordinates are in western Liaoning. I use the head on my neck as a guarantee. There will definitely be no problems in western Liaoning."

Li Chuwen thugs up and hahas, staring at Li Hu's head up and down, "You must take care of your head. It's about your honor and disgrace, so don't be careless."

Li Hu returned to the camp and immediately wrote a letter to Luo Qinghan.

In his letter, he detailed the strategies for the western expedition offered by Yelu Mingyue and his guesses about the situation in the Daliao Palace. He asked Luo Qinghan to flexibly handle matters in western Liao based on this latest situation and ensure the safety of western Liaoning.

Li Hu also wrote to Luo Sinan, asking her to help Luo Qinghan guard the western Liaoning, and to get along well with Wanyan Xingxing. Through Wanyan Xingxing, she maintained a good relationship with the Jurchens. Before the rebel army captured Yan Yun and was not strong enough to compete with the Jurchens, the relationship between the two sides could not be broken. Especially now, it is even more crucial. You must not make impulsive actions because of the hatred in your heart, which will lead to the loss of the whole game.

Li Hu then wrote a letter to Hu Tu. Hu Tu is now in charge of the General General of Liaoxi. In addition to Luo Qinghan and Luo Sinan, even if he has the greatest power, Hu Tu is very smooth in dealing with people and is very smart. He has a good relationship with Luo Qinghan and a group of generals. God of Wealth. Who doesn’t like it? But he has one of the biggest shortcomings. He likes to make money too much. It’s not that he embezzles and takes bribes to fill his pockets. But he points to many of the policies he implements are too harsh. To put it bluntly, officials compete with the people for profit. This official refers to the rebel army general's office, while the people refer to the bureaucrats. Li Hu warns him that before the rebel army captured Yanyun, keep the policy stable and relaxed. Be sure not to arouse public grievances. He defeats himself.

On the tenth day of August, Li Hu received a letter from Dong Xiaochou. He won Qin, Gao Baolong led the vanguard army to conquer Lingqiu. He asked Li Hu to lead his army to pass the Zijin Pass quickly.

That night, Li Hu ordered the five Hulie troops to evacuate from Zhuozhou and rushed to Zijin Pass. After passing Zijin Pass, it was one of the eight paths in Taihang. The road was difficult to walk. The mountains were steep. Many places looked up and could only see a ray of sky light.

This was the first time Li Hu saw such a dangerous terrain. He couldn't help but sigh. In the past, his father often said that the northern enemy went south and generally chose Zijin Pass and Juyong Pass. After passing these two passes, he entered the Central Plains. He could kill the Yellow River directly. If the Song people could recover Yan Yun, they would not have suffered the shame of the Chanyuan Alliance. From this, we can imagine the urgent mood of the Song people to recover their hometown. But it is difficult to understand why the Song people could not work together and the government and the people worked together to take advantage of this great opportunity to decisively fight the Northern Expedition? Could the emptiness of the national treasury and corruption of the government and govern the best reasons to prevent the Northern Expedition? In the face of the long-term stability of the Song Dynasty, why did too many people choose to retreat instead of moving forward bravely? Where did the blood and courage of the Song people go?

Li Hu couldn't understand. The Khitans came to this point. On the surface, the reasons for their failure were similar to those of the Song Dynasty's inability to fight for the Northern Expedition. But if you think about it carefully, it was not that the army was not good, but that there was a problem with the palace tent. Too many bureaucrats and powerful men fell into the whirlpool of fighting for power and profit, and finally dragged down the country's destiny. What about the Song Dynasty? Judging from the delay in launching the Northern Expedition of the Song Dynasty, or from the Song Dynasty in the story of my father, the Song Dynasty's court was the same. The bureaucrats and powerful men were not protecting the Song Dynasty, but working together to push the Song Dynasty.

If the Song Dynasty court was already rotten and everyone was fighting for the benefit, then after I captured Yanyun, could the relationship between the vassal states and the Song Dynasty be established? If it was established, how long could it last? If it could not be maintained, what should both sides do? Their goal was the Central Plains, the Song Dynasty, and the best way in the future was to join the Jin Dynasty to attack the Song Dynasty. Will he become the second Shi Jingtang? Shi Jingtang cannot do it, and he will be punished by heaven, so it is largely unfeasible to join the Jin Dynasty to attack the Song Dynasty. So, how can we develop in Yanyun and gradually increase our strength, and finally resist the Jurchens in the north and attack the Song Dynasty in the south?

After thinking about it, Li Hu felt that there was only one way, that is, to divide Liaodong in three parts, or to follow the earliest strategy, the Jurchens occupied the Northeast, the Khitans occupied the Northwest, and he occupied Yanyun. Only by relying on the Khitans to firmly restrain the Jurchens could he have the opportunity to face the Song Dynasty alone, and taking advantage of the situation when the bureaucrats and powerful men of the Song Dynasty were all over the Song Dynasty, he took advantage of the situation to completely overturn it and overthrow the Zhao Dynasty.

But there is a problem here.

If the father's story is true and is a prediction of the future, then the Khitans could not hold on in the end and were destroyed by the Jurchens in just a few years. In this way, Song and Jin may have another alliance to fight the rebel army, and they will eventually be destroyed. However, there is no self in the father's story. Several Liaodong rebels were also destroyed under the repeated attacks of the Liao and Jin armies. The surrender of surrender is different from the current situation.

From this, can we be so boldly speculated that when my father told the story, he deliberately concealed the part of his plot about him, that is, some of these stories are real and some are fictional. So, what are the real and which are fictional? Is there some connection between my father's bizarre disappearance and his sudden appearance?

There are three states on the border of the Song and Liao Dynasty in Xijing Dao, namely Shuozhou, Yingzhou and Weizhou. These three states are of high rank and are all Jiedu Prefectures. Shuozhou has the Jiedu Prefectures of Shunyi Army, Yingzhou has the Jiedu Prefectures of Zhangguo Army, and Weizhou has the Jiedu Prefectures of Zhongshun Army. Last year, because the Song Dynasty stationed troops in Taiyuan and prepared for the Northern Expedition, the Liao Dynasty immediately adjusted the military strength of these three states. However, with the withdrawal of troops from the Song Dynasty, the Jurchens besieged Zhongjing, and the troops in Xijing Road and Southwest Road were repeatedly transferred to Zhongjing Road. Although the troops of these three states were not recruited, they once went north to Datong Prefecture to garrison Xijing.

This time, the Emperor of the Great Liao left the palace tent in Yanjing to stabilize the morale of the military in Zhongjing and Yanjing, but he brought the main force of the palace tent and some ministers to Xijing to make security. Since for his own safety, he of course had to transfer the nearby troops to Xijing as much as possible. Therefore, Shuo, Ying and Wei troops all arrived in Datong Prefecture, and the border forces were empty and vulnerable.

When the rebel army passed by Feihu Fortress, there were only one hundred garrisons in the fortress. They surrendered without thinking. Then the rebel army led the way and surrounded Lingqiu City overnight. There were only five hundred defenders in Lingqiu City, and they surrendered in panic. Li Hu was too famous. He was a bloody slaughter of the city. He could not afford to offend him. Surrender would save his life. On August 17, Li Hu led his army to Lingqiu. At this moment, he won the Qin Dynasty, Hou Jiao and Gao Baolong had already led the vanguard army to kill Lingxian City, the Lingxian City of Weizhou Zhifu.

After Li Hu met with Dong Xiaochou, Tie Ying, Hu Jiayong and other generals, Dong Xiaochou made two suggestions. According to the information provided by the Lingqiu defenders, Shuo, Ying and Wei's troops are all in Datong Prefecture at this moment. The rebels can divide their troops to attack Yingzhou, attack the enemy unprepared, and then attack Xijing in one go. Secondly, should Weizhou send troops to station defenders? If the attack on Xijing fails, the rebels can also ensure that Weizhou will be in the Taihang Mountains with the Liao army.

Yingzhou: Today, Ying County, Shanxi.

Shuozhou: Today, Shuozhou, Shanxi.
Chapter completed!