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On the second day of the lunar month, Tong Guan arrived in Yanjing.

Tong Guan’s only way now is to get to Yanjing first so as to prove to the emperor that his Northern Expedition had not failed and Li Hu did not betray the Song Dynasty.

The Northwest Army cannot be used, he can also use the Han army of Youyan. Guo Yaoshi, Gao Feng and Zhao Xu have troops in their hands, and he also has his own personal guards. His personal guards are called Shengjie Army, led by his confidant and beloved general Zhang Shizhengtong. In fact, the Northwest Army is not a solid piece. Liu Yanqing's son Liu Guangguo, Liu Guangshi will obey his orders. As for the troops from Hebei, Shandong, Jianghuai, Jingxiang and other troops who were used to make up the number of people, although they are vulnerable, they are not a problem to defend the city. In this way, Tong Guan can lead more than 100,000 troops north, among which Shengjie Army, the Western Army of the Liu brothers, and the Han army of Youyan can fight, and guarding Yanjing is absolutely competent.

However, the problem is that the Jin army is attacking Youyan, and Xiao Gan's Liao army is counterattacking. If Tong Guan wants to enter Youyan, he must ask Li Hu to stay, and at least tens of thousands of troops must be left to help him block the Jin army and Liao army. If he is defeated again and loses Yanjing, he can commit suicide and be ruined.

After Tong Guan met Li Hu, he did not mention the incident that happened in Bianjing, but only talked about taking over Yanjing and ensuring the safety of Yanjing.

"I have to leave. Yanjing." Li Hu politely declined Tong Guan, "I had an agreement with the Jurchens that if I enter Juyongguan, the Jurchens will enter Youyan, so I must leave, and leave immediately. I am leaving. If you send a messenger to meet the Jurchens, the Jurchens will definitely give up attacking Gubeikou, but they will continue to attack Pingzhou Road, because Bianjing has not accepted Zhang Jue so far, and Pingzhou Road is not the territory of the Song Dynasty."

"Your Majesty, you must start from the overall situation. Considering the actual situation of Youyan." Tong Guan said earnestly, "My army was defeated, with a sluggish morale, and severely lacking food and weapons, and cannot fight in the short term. You gave me Yanjing, but I can't defend it. What's the point? What's the benefit to you and me? If you block the Jin army and the Liao army, I will drive the army into Yanjing and other prefectures and counties, and at the same time, I will ask Bianjing to accept Zhang Jue as soon as possible. At most, Youyan can stabilize. After more than a month, the heavy snow will make it impossible for the Jin army and the Liao army to attack, which will give me time to reorganize the army.

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"I stabilize You and Yan, and then rushed to Shaanxi and join forces with you to attack Xixia." Tong Guan offered the conditions, "I promise you that I will mobilize troops of 200,000 to 300,000 to attack north from Hengshan to cooperate with the prime minister to attack Helan Mountain from Hetao. After capturing Xingqing Prefecture, the capital of Xixia will be returned to you, and I will lead the army to continue westward and recover Hexi."

This condition is very attractive. Li Hu got it. Daibei and Helan Mountain, and his territory increased greatly and his strength increased greatly. Moreover, the Song Dynasty also guarded the northwest border for him, blocking the attacks of the Dangxiang people, Tubo people, Uighurs and Tatars for him, and could develop with all his strength. In a few years, Li Hu could dominate the northwest.

Unfortunately, Li Hu didn't believe this when he said it from Tong Guan's mouth.

"Tai Shi. I started from the overall situation and repeatedly asked you to enter Yanjing. But your delay has led to the deterioration of the situation in Youyan." Li Hu smiled bitterly. "I can do nothing anymore. If there is a fierce battle in Datong, I have to give up Yanjing and lead the army to quickly withdraw from Datong."

Tong Guandi finally couldn't help but squirt out. He was a very powerful minister. He hadn't been so humble for many years. But today, he endured it for the overall situation. Who knew that the little Han captain in front of him actually despised himself and rejected his own conditions repeatedly. It was really intolerable.

"You are not in a good situation now." Tong Guan turned his face dark and began to threaten Li Hu. He briefly explained the local events in Bianjing in a few words. "I came to Yanjing to discuss with you about taking over the local affairs in Yanjing. It is not for myself, but for you. I want to use this to prove your loyalty to the Song Dynasty."

Li Hu pretended to be furious, his face was as cold as frost. After a long time, he said slowly. "The Song Dynasty abandoned us for more than a hundred years. But we never forgot our ancestors and our roots. So we came back. He sacrificed his head and shed blood to recover the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun for the Song Dynasty. Now the Song Dynasty actually doubted our loyalty?" Li Hu stood up and stared at Tong Guan, saying word by word: "Since the Song Dynasty does not believe us and is determined to abandon us, then there is no need for us to continue to stay in China. Please report back to Bianjing. Yanjing is the land I captured. Youyan is my territory. If the Song Dynasty wants to get Yanjing, then step on my body."

Tong Guan was shocked and angry. He never expected Li Hu to be so stupid. This was clearly because some people with ulterior motives in Bianjing wanted to push him down. So he dug a trap and lured Li Hu into it. As long as Li Hu was trapped, not only would he be finished, but Li Hu could not save it. He could not see such a simple thing. Then he thought that Li Hu was a Han captain and a thief. He might not know one big word. Of course, he could not see through such a complicated plan.

Tong Guan reluctantly suppressed his anger and wanted to explain a few words. Unexpectedly, Li Hu shook his hand and left. He stopped talking.

Tong Guan was very regretful. Along the way, he thought a lot and thought about the solution, but he ignored that Li Hu was a stupid and bloody thief. What kind of reputation can you tell a butcher who knew that murdered people?

Tong Guan

When they arrived in Xiongzhou, the imperial edict from Bianjing arrived. The emperor asked Tong Guan and Cai You to rectify the army immediately and prepare to attack Yanjing. If they were delayed, they would be engaged in military law. The commander Liu Yanqing was dismissed and taken back to Bianjing for trial. This time the emperor did not appoint the commander, so Tong Guan asked him to go directly to the front line to command the battle.

Tong Guan and Cai You made a series of memorials, using all the power of Bian Jing to persuade the emperor to negotiate peace first and not to start a war in a hurry, so as to avoid the clam fighting and the fisherman gaining profits, and the Jurchens took a big advantage in vain.

The emperor quickly issued an order, asking the Left Chief of Shangshu Wang Anzhong to sign the letter to the Privy Councilor Zhe Yan until Yanjing to negotiate, and asked Zhao Liangsi to hurry to go to Huanglong Mansion to discuss with the Jin people about attacking Li Hu.

On the tenth day of November, King Li Chage of the Western Xia and Jin dynasties led his army to attack and kill Hukou, and Dong Xiaochou led his army to block it. Zhe Keqiu followed the agreement and ordered the Zhe family army to cross the Yellow River quietly and secretly arrived at Khukou to fight.

On the same day, Wanyan Zonghan led his army to Zhenchuan Fort, and Luo Qinghan led his army to fight.

On the same day, Wanyan led his army to approach Yehuling and Taoshan, but did not launch an attack.

At the same time, the battles on the Gubeikou battlefield and Yuguan battlefield were very fierce. The weather was getting colder and colder, and the war would be delayed until early spring next year, so the attacks of the Jin army became more and more fierce and the troops were invested.

On November 15th, Wang An and Zhe Yan were together until they reached Yanjing.

The emperor angrily accused Li Hu of betrayal in the imperial edict.

Li Hu refused to accept the order, "I have submitted a report to Bian Jing three times, explaining in detail the battle of Yanjing, and supervising the Song army to go north to take over Yanjing immediately, but the Song army was slow to move forward in Baigou, which led to the sudden deterioration of the situation in Yanyun. Now our army is fighting with the three kingdoms of Jin, Liao and Xia on the two battlefields of Yanyun. The situation is extremely critical. Not only do you not try to save the situation, but you have falsely accused me of betrayal. Where is the law of heaven?"

Wang Anzhong and Zhe Yanzhi questioned, "You said you didn't join forces with Liao to attack Song, what's the evidence? You brought out evidence? You joined forces with Liao to attack Song, and then defeated the Liao army and seized Yanjing. In this case, what does it mean to supervise the Song army to go north to garrison Yanjing? If the Northern Expedition Army is eaten by you, your army can immediately kill Hebei, drink horses and the Yellow River, and threaten Bianjing, the Song Dynasty will definitely be caught off guard by you. Ask the emperor of Bianjing and Tong Guan on the front line, how can Cai You believe you?

Li Hu was so angry that he gritted his teeth and didn't know what to say.

"Since you don't believe me, why did you ask me to cooperate with the Northern Expedition Army to attack Yanjing?"

"We just asked you to cooperate with the Northern Expedition, and did not ask you to conquer Yanjing." Wang Anzhong asked, "Why did you conquer Yanjing? Is it just for the purpose of plundering? Also, why did you decide to recruit Zhang Jue from Fupingzhou Road without authorization and promise him to be a vassal state in the Song Dynasty? Do you have such power?"

"The Jin army is attacking Pingzhou Road, and my army has no time to arrive at Yuguan. Pursuing Zhang Jue is the only way to ensure Pingzhou Road."

"Has the emperor granted you the decision-making power?" Zhe Yan asked, "You are the King of Han, your vassal state is Yunzhonglu, and you are fighting in Juyongguan to cooperate. Do you have such power? Even if you are the Grand Tutor Tong Guan, he does not have such power."

"According to your opinion, I should have watched the Jin army capture Pingzhou Road, right?" Li Hu asked angrily.

"You know that the ownership of Pingzhou Road is related to the safety of the Song Dynasty, but you can watch it being taken away by the Jin army. Of course, you will be punished by the court." Wang Anzhong said sternly without hesitation, "At this time, you should lead all your troops into Pingzhou Road and drive away the Jin army."

"At that time, I had just occupied Yanjing, and the situation was extremely unstable. The Liao army might counterattack at any time, and the Jin army might also come down from Gubeikou at any time. If I lead all my troops into Pingzhou Road, what should I do if Yanjing? No more?"

"Of course you have to defend Yanjing. If Yanjing gets it and loses it again, the blame will be greater." Wang Anzhong said righteously and sternly.

Li Hu was so angry that he almost vomited blood. Is there any reason for this? You sit at home and open your mouth, regardless of the situation on the battlefield, and take it for granted that you should do whatever you want. If your goal is not achieved, it is that the soldiers fighting on the front line are incompetent and have nothing to do with you. What kind of fallacies are these?

"Get out..." Li Hu's eyes widened with blood-red beads and roared angrily, "Get out for me... Tell your dog emperor that I am a Han captain and a traitor. I am just going to occupy Yanjing. If you want to take it back, ask Tong Guan to bring 200,000 troops to fight."

Wang Anzhong was startled and worried about being killed by Li Hu, so he did not dare to say anything, but Zhe Yan dared to say that he immediately threatened Li Hu, "Your Majesty has sent an envoy to Huanglong Mansion to join forces with the Jurchens to attack Yan Yun. You have thought it clear, it is still time to return Yanjing to the Song Dynasty, otherwise you will be defeated."

"I'm defeated?" Li Hu laughed in anger, "If I give Yan Yun to the Jurchens, do you think I'm defeated, or your Song Dynasty defeated?"

Wang Anzhong and Zhe Yanzhi's expressions changed immediately, and their arrogance suddenly became a little shorter.
Chapter completed!