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The two sides agreed that Li Hu would marry the Princess of the Jin Kingdom on August 17th.

The alliance on Liaodong's future was also successfully signed.

The Jurchens were forced to formally recognize Li Hu's independent status due to the situation. However, one mountain could not accommodate two tigers. When the Jurchens signed this alliance, they also made up their minds to erase Li Hu from Liaodong. Even if they could not kill him, they would drive him to the Central Plains. Shi Jingtang was an example back then. After the Khitans received the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, they immediately helped him. Shi Jingtang destroyed the Later Tang Dynasty and established the Later Jin Dynasty, which to a certain extent helped the Khitans stabilize the vast north, thus establishing a powerful dynasty that had been in conflict with China for more than 150 years.

If the Jurchens today can defeat the Khitans, destroy the Great Liao Kingdom, and unify the north, they will face the same situation as the Khitans in the early days of the founding of the country, and it will take a long time to stabilize the north. The Song and Jin dynasties are too powerful and eyeing each other. The Song-Jin Covenant is just a piece of paper, without any binding force on it. It may cross the Great Wall and break into the desert and forest at any time. For this reason, after the Jurchens conquered Shangjing, the emperors and Bo Jilie and continued to correct national policies while thinking about the future. In the end, they decided to recognize Li Hu's independent identity and let him become a buffer between the Jurchens and the Chinese in the future, and hope that Li Hu will become the second Shi Jingtang. It is different, but Li Hu is too cunning. He is not the kind of honest and trustworthy person. He is a person who is profit-oriented and profit-oriented, so the Jurchens are very wary of him and are always on guard against him behind his back.

When discussing strategies to attack Liao, the two sides had serious differences due to mutual distrust.

The attack strategy of the Jurchens was that the tycoon Wanyan Aguda led the main army to go south from Shangjing to attack Zhongjing with all their strength, while Wanyan Zongwang and Wanyan Olu led the Jin army in the south to attack Xingzhong Prefecture and Chuanzhou line, forming a two-way attack. Starting from this strategy, the Jurchens asked Li Hu to divide his troops into two groups and attack Yanjing. In order to restrain them, their main force cooperated with Wanyan Zongwang to attack Jianzhou, thereby completing the siege of Xingzhong Prefecture. Once Xingzhong Prefecture is conquered, the eastern gateway of Zhongjing will be lost. In this way, the Jin army and Li Hu's army can join forces to join the city of Zhongjing to complete the siege of Zhongjing and capture it.

The intention of this strategy is very obvious. The Jurchens must first take Zhongjing. Once Zhongjing is lost, Yanjing will be attacked by the Jin army and the rebels, and then the Jin army can cooperate with the rebels to capture Yanjing. Then, the Jin army launched an attack on the northwest desert, while the rebels crossed Juyong Pass and attacked Xijing. The two groups attacked together and would definitely defeat the Khitans completely in the shortest time.

Li Hu firmly opposed it.

There are two reasons for opposing geography. First, were the Khitans vulnerable? It is obvious that, the Khitans still have the power to fight. Now Yelu Dashi has quelled the rebellion of the Zubu people in the northwest and led various armies from the northwest into Zhongjing Road. At this time, the Jin army attacked Zhongjing. And the attacks of three routes were equivalent to stretching out a slap and punching a fist. Not only did they fight head-on, but they suffered heavy losses, but they were also very likely to return without success.

The Jurchens easily conquered Shangjing and became hot-headed. They thought they were amazing and could sweep the world, but in fact they were not. Do the Jurchens really have the conditions to fight the Khitans? The arrogant soldiers will be defeated, and the sad soldiers will be victorious. This battle is a decisive battle. If they are not fighting well, it will become a key battle for the Khitans to reverse the situation in Liaodong.

Secondly, the Jurchens only considered the situation in Liaodong, but did not look up at the general trend of the world. The big tiger in the Song Dynasty was dominating one side and stared at it. Can't the Jurchens see it?

Starting this year, the envoys of the Song Dynasty have repeatedly sent to Huanglong Mansion, humbled and swallowed their anger, and even accepted a humiliating alliance. Why? It's very simple. The Song Dynasty judged the situation and was ready for the Northern Expedition. They were about to take action. The best attack opportunity is undoubtedly now. It is the moment when you, the Jurchens and the Khitans fight in Zhongjing.

This decisive battle, regardless of the outcome, the Jurchens and the Khitans will suffer heavy losses. Let me ask, if hundreds of thousands of troops of the Song Dynasty came in at this time, can the Khitans still stand it? The Khitans are defeated and fled to the desert. The Song army continues to attack Liaodong. Can the Jurchens stop it?

The snipe and clam fight, the fishermen gained profits, the Liaodong people killed each other, and fought each other so hard that they flew away. In the end, they were cheaper in the Song Dynasty. Isn’t this a joke? Li Hu planned the attack strategy for the land. The jin master Wanyan Aguda led the main army to go south from Shangjing to attack Zhongjing. Wanyan Zongwang led the Jin army on the southern route to carry out attacks on Xingzhong Prefecture and Chuanzhou. Li Hu pretended to form an alliance with the Khitans and led the main force of the rebel army to take the opportunity to attack Tokyo.

Once Tokyo is in a hurry, the tycoon Wanyan Aguda leads the main army to retreat to Beijing. Wanyan Zongwang leads the army to retreat, luring the main force of the Liao army to the direction of Tokyo. Then he and the rebel army will conduct a siege and encircle, annihilation or severe damage to the Liao army.

The Liao army suffered heavy losses. The garrison troops of Zhongjing Road were reduced sharply. The lord of the Jin Dynasty Wanyan Aguda immediately led the main force to attack south again. Wanyan Zongwang took advantage of the victory to fight to the front line of Xingzhong Prefecture and attacked Zhongjing again with the main force of the Jin Dynasty. At the same time, the main force of the rebel army rushed to Youyan and launched an attack on Yanjing. It restrained the Liao army of Nanjing Road.

In this way, Zhongjing could be defeated in one go, and Yanjing was in danger. The Khitans had no choice but to withdraw from Xijing, relying on the desert and waiting for an opportunity to counterattack.

At this time, the target of the Song army must be Youyan, not Xijing. They are very likely to agree to the Khitans' request for help and use this as a threat to retake the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun. The Song army and the Khitans joined forces to counterattack, and we have enough troops to block them. After a hard battle, Liaodong will surely form a three-point pattern.

The three-point pattern is acceptable for both the Song Dynasty and us, and we can all get a chance to breathe in the short term. Just wait until the time is right, we will launch an attack to completely defeat the Khitans and drive them to the depths of the distant desert.

Li Hu's plan is nominally based on the overall situation of the world, but in fact it is based on his own strength and interests.

Li Hu is weak in strength and has great demand for interests. If he wants to gain a foothold in Liaodong, he must join forces with the Jin army to annihilate the Liao army to the greatest extent while ensuring safety, so as to win the conditions for himself to capture Yanjing. Yanjing really wants to fight, but he doesn't want to suffer heavy losses, so he has this plan.

The Jurchens could understand that before conquering Shangjing, they also adopted this strategy, that is, to annihilate the Liao army to the greatest extent while ensuring the survival place. Now this strategy has been used by Li Hu.

However, Li Hu's words had a great impact on them, which made them feel warm and had to calm down and think about it. First of all, can the Jin army's current strength fight the Liao army? Can they attack Zhongjing by using a strong attack regardless of losses? Secondly, when the Jurchens were fighting in Liaodong, they should not only focus on Liaodong, but must see the distant China. The Song Dynasty is strong, and their influence on the situation in Liaodong is decisive. If the Khitans are about to be defeated, the Song Dynasty will decisively fight the Northern Expedition with the excuse of helping allies, can the Jurchens still control the development of the situation in Liaodong?

The Song army betrayed the alliance, fought alone in the northern expedition, maintained the alliance with the Song army, kept its promises, and helped the Khitans save the country. These are two completely different concepts. The former may encounter huge resistance from the country and the Khitans, while the latter not only makes the right name, but also easily reclaimed the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun. In this way, the Song people could not only cleanse the previous shame, but also gain both fame and fortune, and also take the opportunity to blackmail and impose the past shame on the Khitans. Why would the Song Dynasty not do such a big victory in one fell swoop?

After careful discussion, Wanyan Zonggan, Wanyan Zongwang, Wanyan Olu, Yang Pu, Wuyan and others immediately reported to Huanglong Mansion.

At this critical moment, Li Hu inferred that the Khitans wanted to join forces with the Song and attack Jin, and the Song Dynasty would most likely agree based on its own interests. From this, the incredible enthusiasm of the Song Dynasty to join forces with the Jin and attack Liao had to make the Jurchens doubt the "passion" of the Song Dynasty, which forced them to rethink the current situation and adjust their strategies immediately. The judgment of the situation agreed with Li Hu's vision of the Zhongjing war field.

If the Song and Liao forces attack together, the Jin army and the rebels must maintain sufficient strength. Therefore, the goal of the Zhongjing War will be changed. This battle is not to attack Zhongjing, but to attract the main force of the Liao army, with the primary goal of annihilation of the Liao army. Once the Liao army's forces are damaged, it will be much easier to attack Zhongjing. What is particularly important is that at that time, the Khitans will definitely ask for help from the Song Dynasty. Therefore, the Jin army and the rebels have enough forces to join forces to block the enemy to ensure the three-point pattern in Liaodong.

Wanyan Zonggan and others immediately discussed the details of the attack with Li Hu, agreed on the code of the letter, but said goodbye and left.

The emperor praised Li Hu in his hand edict and promised that the Northern Expedition would be launched within the scheduled time.

"Your Majesty has agreed to the Northern Expedition plan for the Prime Minister." Ma Kuo briefly explained the Northern Expedition plan of the Song Dynasty. "The Taifu Tong Guan will personally go to Taiyuan to command the army's northern expedition. In addition, in order to prevent the Khitans from asking for help from Xixia, Your Majesty has sent envoys to Xingqing Prefecture to ensure that the Western Xia emperor abides by the alliance between the two countries."

"When will the aid I will be allocated? Will the sea ship be called with me?" Li Hu asked.

Ma Kuo gave a positive answer.

"How many garrison troops in Hebei are there? Can you go north to help at critical moments?"

This issue has been discussed in Bianjing. One is that there is no soldiers available, and the other is that the Jingdong thief Song Jiang is sieging cities and plundering land on both sides of the Yellow River, burning, killing and looting. In order to prevent Song Jiang from entering Hebei, the newly recruited troops were all deployed in the Daming Prefecture area, so they could not meet Li Hu's needs.

Li Hu pondered for a while and asked again: "Has an envoy from the Liao Kingdom recently gone to Bianjing?"

Ma Kuo nodded, "Now the envoys of the Liao Kingdom are almost always stationed in Bianjing, for fear that the Song Dynasty will take advantage of the situation and robbery."

"Have you ever asked for help from the Song Dynasty?"

Ma Kuo shook his head and smiled, "How dare the Khitans ask for help? Didn't that lead the wolf into the house? Besides, His Majesty will never agree to ask for help in order to regain his hometown."
Chapter completed!