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In mid-September, western Liaoning.

The envoy of the Song Dynasty, Ma Kuo, rushed to Runzhou, and Li Gang was greeted. The first sentence of Li Gang asked: "Your Majesty will decide when will the Northern Expedition?"

Ma Kuoyou smiled bitterly and said nothing. Li Gang felt cold and asked anxiously: "What? Have you changed your mind again?"

Ma Kuo nodded, "The Liao Kingdom sent an envoy to ask the Song Dynasty to send troops to help based on the conditions of the seven states in front of the mountain and the abolition of annual tribute."

"The situation in Liaodong has turned upside down. Don't the official family know?" Li Gang exclaimed, "If we want to recover Yan Yun, we must send troops immediately and immediately."

Li Gang's expression scared Ma Kuo. What has happened to the situation in Liaodong? The Jurchens have occupied Zhongjing? No, if the Jurchens have occupied Zhongjing, why didn't you, Li Gang, urgently, report to Bianjing? Did Li Hu conquere Yanjing?

"What's wrong?"

"Last month, Li Hu married the Khitans and then suddenly rushed into Xijing Road with his main army." Li Gang's expression was extremely solemn, "Do you know what this means?"

Ma Kuo was stunned. Li Hu attacked Xijing? Wasn't he attacking Yanjing? Why did he suddenly cross the Taihang Mountains and entered Xijing? What does Li Hu attacked Xijing mean? It means that Li Hu's strategy has changed. His goal is no longer to cooperate with the Song army's northern expedition, but to take the initiative to seek survival. Li Hu occupied Xijing Road, and then he would attack Yanjing with the western Liaoning rebels east and west. In this way, Yan Yun was all in the hands of Li Hu, and the situation in Liaodong was controlled by Li Hu. He could divide Liaodong in three places, and then use the Khitans and Jurchens as the backing to establish a country and become king, and confront the Song Dynasty.

Raising a tiger is a disaster. The assistance in the past two years of the Song Dynasty is purely raising a tiger is a disaster.

"Why don't you rush to report to Bianjing for such a big event?"

"I just knew it." Li Gang shook his head and sighed. "A few days ago, the Jin envoy came to western Liaoning and asked Li Hu about the marriage between the Khitans. Zhao Liangsi happened to come with him. He told me about this."

"Where are others?" Ma Kuo asked.

"I left. I went to Huanglong Mansion with the Jin envoys. The rebel envoys also went. I guess I would discuss the attack on Zhongjing with the Jin emperor." Li Gang said. "Under the current situation, the officials must overcome all difficulties and launch the Northern Expedition as quickly as possible. They will seize Yanjing before Li Hu. Otherwise, the Song Dynasty may lose the opportunity to regain its hometown."

Ma Kuo sighed to the sky. "Bianjing is now fighting for the Northern Expedition. Especially after the Khitans were willing to exchange land for aid, even the officials were hesitating whether to launch a northern expedition."

"We don't fight the Northern Expedition. How can we recover Yan Yun? Even if the Khitans are willing to return the seven prefectures in front of the mountain to the Song Dynasty, we also have to send troops. We also have to Chen's army to various passes to block the Jurchens and Li Hu. This is obvious. Do the officials and ministers in the court naively think that Li Hu will hand over Yan Yun?"

"The officials and ministers didn't know that Li Hu had entered Xijing Road." Ma Kuo sighed helplessly. "So everyone is discussing when to kill Li Hu. Before or after the recovery of Yunshuo."

Li Gang was shocked. Are the officials and ministers crazy? Do they know the situation in Liaodong? Do they know that the people of Liaodong are all tigers and wolves? It seems that Li Hu is still smart and foresighted, and he can't believe the people of the Song Dynasty, so he can't wait to go on a quest to Xijing. If Li Hu had stood firm on Xijing Road, regardless of whether the Song Dynasty occupied Youyan in the end, he and the Liaodong rebel army would have survived.

Those who met Ma Kuo were Luo Sinan and Hu Tu.

Luo Qinghan is currently commanding various rebels on the battlefield of Zhongjing in Jinzhou. The battlefield of Zhongjing is very complicated now. The rebels must not only keep their promises and help the Jin army attack Zhongjing. They also have to follow the agreement to help the Liao army defend Zhongjing. At the same time, in order to give the main army time to capture Xijing, they also have to find a way to drag the situation on the battlefield. Therefore, they need extremely high wisdom and flexible strategies. For this reason, Luo Qinghan has to take charge of command.

Luo Sinan was very polite to Ma Kuo, and he spoke at the top of the heavenly court, but his lyrics were very sharp. He refuted Ma Kuo's all the questions and questions, and did not give Ma Kuo any face at all.

Ma Kuo believed that the rebel army's expedition to Xijing not only affected the Song Dynasty's Northern Expedition plan, but also affected whether the Song Dynasty could successfully recover its hometown. Li Hu should report to Bianjing before implementing this policy.

"We have agreed that the Song army will launch a Northern Expedition in September or October, and the rebels will cooperate. As long as your army goes north and our army will immediately attack Yanjing, we have not changed the strategy of the Northern Expedition in the Song Dynasty." Luo Sinan smiled, "As for the expedition to Xijing, it is not a planned plan, but a response plan based on the development of the situation in Liaodong." Luo Sinan said about the Jin army's attack on Zhongjing, "You also know that Yelu Yuji's betrayal has a great blow to the Khitans, and Zhongjing may be lost at any time. If Zhongjing loses, the Jurchens are very likely to kill Xijing directly in order to avoid head-on battles with the rebels. If the Jurchens grab Xijing, what method can the Song Dynasty take back? Do you think that Xijing and the Jiuzhou in Shanhou will be able to buy back with 500,000 yuan a year?"

Ma Kuo was speechless. He was very annoyed and angry, not angry with Li Hu, but was extremely angry at the endless quarrel between the emperors and ministers of the Song Dynasty over the Northern Expedition. The emperors and ministers knew that regaining their hometown was related to the safety of the Song Dynasty, but they missed opportunities again and again and again and wasted the gifts from heaven and earth again and again.

Judging from the overall situation of regaining his hometown, Li Hu had no mistake in his decision to fight Xijing. He would rather risk the entire army being wiped out than continue to wait. Waiting is actually waiting for death, so Li Hu took the risk. However, the consequences of the victory of the Western Expedition were very serious.

The victory of the Western Expedition means Li Hu's rise. What will Li Hu do after the rise? Yan Yun is a land of four battles. He stationed Yan Yun, which is equivalent to a barrier between the Song Dynasty and the Northern Barbarians. Whether it is the Song Dynasty or the Northern Barbarians, they are unwilling to let others control this barrier. Therefore, although Li Hu survived, he was full of dangers. If he wanted to develop, he had to continue fighting. Therefore, he either went north to continue to fight the territory or went south to expand his territory. Going south was obviously the best choice.

Ma Kuo could not sit still. He wanted to rush back to Bianjing as quickly as possible. He wanted to tell the emperor and the ministers in the court not to argue anymore, and to take down Yanjing at any cost, otherwise there would be great trouble in the future. Ding army was coming quickly, and its vanguard army was more than 200 miles away from Xijing. Kaiyuan army in Yunneizhou crossed the Great Wall from Baidaoban, and was more than 180 miles away from Xijing.

Li Hu was overjoyed and urgently summoned Ying Qin, "You still want to fight against Shuoshuo now, do you respond to the two states?"

Ying Qin didn't know what Li Hu meant. Last time he offered his own advice, Li Hu said that he could not divide his troops. Now the Liao army has rushed over and taken the bait, but Li Hu wants to divide his troops.

"Can you still divide the troops at this time?"

"Of course you have to divide the troops, otherwise how could I bring in the main force of the Liao army?" Li Hu smiled, "You take Yunshuo army south, pretend to be the main force of our rebel army, and attack cities and plunder the land all the way, making the momentum bigger."

This is to lure the enemy, it’s simple. Ying Qin agreed without thinking.

"Your goal is Shuo, Ying and take them all." Li Hu said, "Don't think that I asked you to go south to lure the enemy. Recently, I have added two generals to you and gave you all the Yunshuo Han people who joined the rebel army, just to give you enough strength to take Shuozhou and Yingzhou."

"Aren't you going to have a decisive battle?" Ying Qin asked. The two armies had to gather all their forces in a decisive battle. At this time, it was obviously inappropriate to divide the troops to attack prefectures and counties.

"After you go south, you fight and recruit soldiers and increase your troops as much as possible." Li Hu answered the question that he did not ask, "You will allocate the money and materials along the way, but you must pay attention to the fact that after taking down Shuo, you must stabilize the prefectures and counties in the shortest time. Except for the chiefs of each prefecture, the rest of the bureaucratic officials should be retained to appease the people as soon as possible." Then Li Hu pointed to the map and drew a brief look on the border between the Song and Liao countries, "You station the main force at the border pass, pay close attention to the movements of the Song army, so as to prevent the Song army from suddenly heading north to attack when the situation in Xijing Road is changing dramatically."

Ying Qin understood and nodded repeatedly. This trip was very rich, not only could it increase its troops but it could make a lot of money, but it would not have to participate in the decisive battle. It would make a fortune. The only thing that was worried about was the people of the Song Dynasty. "General General, what if the Song army launches an attack?"

"Stop it for me, and don't let a Song soldier come in." Li Hu sneered, "Xijing Road belongs to my Liaodong Rebel Army, so the Song people can't come in."

Ying Qin knew how powerful it was and agreed confidently. Li Hu wanted to fight the main force of the Liao army. Once this battle started, the rebel army would definitely suffer a lot. At this time, the Song army suddenly rushed in, which would be equivalent to picking up a big advantage and taking down Xijing without any effort. Wuding army is still 150 miles away from Xijing, and Kaiyuan army in Yunneizhou is only more than 100 miles away from Xijing.

The rebel army retreated in panic.

The Liao army scout urgently reported to the emperor for his tent, and the rebels were evacuating towards Shuozhou.

Xiao Delidi, Yelu Mage and others were overjoyed when they heard the news and hurriedly asked the emperor to fight, asking to lead the main army to urgently go to Xijing to chase and kill the rebels.
Chapter completed!