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On October 18, Wu Siming urgently sued Yanjing, and the northwest general rejected the good intention of the King of Han. Yang Keshi, Wang and Zhong Shizhong, the three commanders believed that the Song army would not be able to enter Yanjing within the year. From these words, we can infer that there will be any incident in Bianjing, and this incident may lead to the emperor's issuance of the emperor, and not to go north to Youyan for the time being...

The purpose of the Song army's northern expedition was to recover Youyan. Now that Li Hu has conquered Yanjing, he also supervised the Song army to go north immediately. Even if Tong Guan and the generals of the Northwest Army were unwilling to come to Youyan immediately to avoid being defeated again, as long as the emperor issued an order, Tong Guan and the generals of the Northwest Army did not dare to refuse to follow. However, from the tone of Yang Keshi and the other three, they could hear that they were very confident in their judgment. Where did this confidence come from? It is obvious that they had a premonition that something was going to happen in Bianjing, and these things led to Bianjing unwilling to go north to Yanjing immediately and then control Youyan.

Wu Siming couldn't figure it out, so he had to roughly explain his worries in the letter and asked Li Hu to think of a solution as soon as possible.

In the morning, Wu Siming rushed to Xuanfusi and urged Tong Guan and Cai You again to send troops, but Tong Guan and Cai You tried every means to find a reason, asking Li Hu not to worry, temporarily stationed in Yanjing to wait for the imperial edict of Bianjing. Wu Siming immediately exposed their lies. The purpose of your Northern Expedition was to capture Yanjing. Now we have taken Yanjing, please go and guard. You still push the three and four obstacles. Do you still want Yanjing? If you don’t want us, we will return it to the Khitans.

Tong Guantui said he was feeling unwell and left. Cai Youdong talked a little and wanted to deal with it, but left too.

Dong Yun and Liu could not escape. In desperation, they proposed the previous proposal again. Liangxiang was defeated, and the consequences were serious. Tong Taishi, Deputy Envoy Cai, Liu Zheng and the commanders of each army were punished by the court. Everyone was in danger and had no intention of continuing to fight. In addition, the army was defeated and morale was sluggish. Even when they arrived in Yanjing, they might not be able to defend it, so it was unrealistic for the army to go north immediately.

"The only way is to turn Liangxiang's defeat into a great victory in Yanjing, so that everyone will not only be innocent, but will be rewarded." Dong Yun said, "The morale of the soldiers is greatly boosted, so it is naturally no problem to go north."

"You threaten the King of Han?" Wu Siming was furious, so angry that he didn't know what to scold. "The great defeat in Liangxiang turned into a great victory in Yanjing, and the success of the Northern Expedition, so the greatest contribution was not our King of Han. But the Grand Tutor Tong and Deputy Envoy Cai. The emperor rewarded them not the soldiers of the Tiger Lie Army, but the Song army that failed without fighting. How could such a reason be made in the world?"

"This is not a matter of reason or not, but a situation requires it." Dong Yun was also very angry. Tong Guan did too much of this kind of thing. When did anyone dare to object? Unexpectedly, this time he met a group of stupid Han captives, holding those little credit, and being so angry. "You don't think about it. If you do this favor with the flow, how good will it be for you in the future? You should look longer, think deeper, be more sleeker, and be more flexible and not so rigid."

"Once the great defeat in Liangxiang is exposed, there will be a long dispute in the Bianjing court. In a few months, it is impossible to determine the guilt of Taishi Tong, Deputy Envoy Cai and others." Liu said, "Even Taishi Tong and Deputy Envoy Cai were punished in the end and were driven out of the court. But it takes time to stabilize the court and to re-appoint the commander of the Northern Expedition Army. Now you can count with your fingers. How long does it take to find out the guilt of the generals of the Northern Expedition Army? Only then can you re-appoint the commander of the army?

Wu Siming stared at them and cursed himself. You two cunning people think I am an idiot? You deliberately said such a simple matter so complicated. Do you think I am a vassal? As long as the emperor gives an imperial edict, I think you dare to disobey the fate. The battle. But he knew that Tong Guan was full of passion and was determined to realize this lofty ambition. It is possible that he only focused on making achievements and neglected the dispute over the imperial rule, so he specially arranged a trusted eunuch beside him.

This eunuch is named Li Yan. He has a very good relationship with Tong Guandi. But Tong Guan is old and may ascend to heaven at any time. Tong Guan dies. His power has become a passing cloud. Therefore, Li Yan wants to find a way out for himself. Liang Shicheng is the best backer.

Liangxiang was defeated. The Song army fled back to Xiongzhou within one day. Li Yan reported the news secretly to Liang Shicheng as soon as possible. Liang Shicheng immediately found Wang Anzhong and Li Li Bangyan as the prince. He hid deeply. Liang Shicheng didn't know. He thought it was his own person. Li Bangyan heard that Tong Guan was defeated again. (This book was reprinted and was secretly happy. The Northern Expedition was defeated again. Zhao Kai, the Prince of Yun, could not go to Hebei. This was beneficial to the prince. He asked him to strongly agree to the report. Wang Anzhong tried his best to stop it. He believed that Tong Guan was deeply trusted by the emperor. A defeat would not affect Tong Guan's status. Moreover, there was prime minister Wang Fu in the court to help him. In the current situation in Youyan, the situation was still unclear. It would probably not reach its goal. Instead, it would cause the emperor's disgust.

Liang Shicheng immediately decided to wait. Li Bangyan immediately reported to the prince secretly. Wang Anzhong secretly reported to Zheng Juzhong, the officials of the Privy Council. All forces in Bianjing were ready to take advantage of this opportunity to fight.

Three days later, Tong Guan reported the victory. The army conquered Yanjing and was sweeping Youyan. The Northern Expedition was successful.

This memorial to report the victory was very simple. It neither said who captured Yanjing nor how to conquer Yanjing. The emperor was used to the memorial to report the victory in the form of Tong Guan. He took it for granted that the Northern Expedition Army had captured Yanjing. The emperor was very happy and annoyed. Tong Guan was confused. I asked him to surround Yanjing and reported immediately. Then I asked Prince Yun to go to the front line to command the army and make achievements. This old guy actually conquered Yanjing without reporting.

But there was still time. The emperor could conceal the news of the great victory in Yanjing. At the same time, he issued an order to go to Hebei urgently.

The emperor called Wang Fu, Liang Shicheng and other close ministers to support his deposed legitimate and illegitimate land to discuss the matter together. Liang Shicheng also received a secret report from Li Yan at this moment, and he immediately stopped him, "The official family, Yanjing was defeated by Li Hu. Our Northern Expedition Army had been defeated by Yu Liangxiang several days ago, and is still in a terrified state by Baigou."

The emperor was stunned and stared at Liang Shicheng with wide eyes, unbelievable. Liang Shicheng hurriedly took out Li Yan's secret report to the emperor for his inspection. The emperor was furious and scolded Tong Guan.

The matter is complicated. The Song Dynasty worked hard for ten years to prepare for the Northern Expedition, but failed and achieved nothing. On the contrary, the Han captive Li Hu was unstoppable and took over Xijing and Yanjing in succession and occupied Yanyun. What should we do now? Even if Li Hu was willing to continue to be the vassal state of the Song Dynasty, he would have to use Yanyun as the vassal state, which would be equivalent to jamming the Song Dynasty's neck. The Song Dynasty would be uneasy to sleep and eat, and the Central Plains of Hebei and even Bianjing were directly under his threat. What is particularly serious is that the failure of the Northern Expedition was equivalent to a loud slap to the emperor and the ministers of the warlord. The emperor would not bear this responsibility. Ministers of the warlords such as Tong Guan, Wang Fu and others would definitely bear the blame for the failure of the Northern Expedition. They would be driven out of the court, while the ministers of the Lord and the Ministers who strongly opposed the Northern Expedition could take the opportunity to take the lead.

The emperor, Wang Fu and others hurriedly discussed countermeasures. After thinking about it, there were only three ways. One was to ask Li Hu to hand over Youyan. If Li Hu refused, then there was only one way to fight. Fighting was the second way, but the Northern Expedition Army was defeated in two battles and probably could not defeat Li Hu. In the alliance between the Song Dynasty, the Jin Dynasty and the Xia Dynasty, they asked them to send troops and jointly fight Li Hu. Li Hu had no choice but to listen to the Song Dynasty, continue to be a vassal state, and return Youyan to the Song Dynasty.

So who went to Yanjing and forced Li Hu to return Youyan?

"The official family can ask the Zhe family to come forward." Li Bangyan took the opportunity to make a statement and recommended the letter to the Privy Councilor Zhe Yanzhi rushed to Yanjing for negotiations. The Zhe family and Li Hu married and had a close relationship, which helped the negotiations succeed.

The emperor agreed and invited Zheng Juzhong and Zhe Yanzhi to discuss the matter of Yanjing.

"The official family, Yanjing can definitely come back." Zheng Juzhong said with great certainty.

Why? The emperor was surprised. Zheng Juzhong took out a letter from his arms and handed it over. This was a secret letter written by the commander Yang Keshi and Wang Hezhong Shizhong to Zheng Juzhong.

In this letter, Yang Keshi detailed the passage of the Yanjing war. In the Liangxiang War, the 200,000 troops collapsed without fighting. Why? Because Liu Yanqing received a secret report, Yelu Dashi opened Juyong Pass and released Li Hu's 100,000 troops in, preparing to pretend to be the Jin army and join forces to raid the Song army. Why did Li Hu do this? It's very simple. He wanted to occupy Youyan, but was afraid that Song and Jin would join forces to beat him, so he came up with such a plan. In this way, Li Hu could not only occupy Yanjing, but also destroy the Song and Jin alliance, killing two birds with one stone.

The reason for the great defeat in Liangxiang was that Tong Guandi made a serious mistake in his strategy. He should not delay in Liangxiang and attempted to meet with Li Hu in Yanjing City, but ended up being defeated by Li Hu's treacherous plan. Second, the commander Liu Yanqing was afraid of death and fled at the battle. If he launched a decisive attack after receiving the news, he would definitely destroy the Liao army and take the lead in breaking into Yanjing City.

Yang Keshi said that the great defeat of the Northern Expedition was not the crime of the soldiers who fought against the Northern Expedition, but the Han captive Li Hu had ulterior motives and was determined to plot against the Central Plains. If he was allowed to occupy Yanyun, the disaster in the Central Plains would not be far away.

Then he analyzed the entire battle situation in the north. There were 200,000 Xixia troops, more than 100,000 Jin troops and tens of thousands of Liao troops in Daibei. They were all eyeing Datong, while there were more than 100,000 Jin troops in Zhongjing Road. They wanted to grab Pingzhou Road, fled to Tanzhou and tens of thousands of Liao troops in Yanjing and wanted to retake Yanjing. Therefore, Li Hu lost one thing and couldn't hold on for long in Yanjing.

Yang Keshi gave a countermeasure. The Song army stationed in Baigou and waited for an opportunity. When Li Hu was in trouble on the battlefield of Yanyun and asked for help from the Song Dynasty, he sent troops northward. This would take Youyan without any effort.
Chapter completed!