Chapter 33: Strong vassal seeks the country
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Li Hu locked himself in the study, without eating or drinking, and sleeping, like a madman, flipping through books day and night, or sitting on a map to draw. Sometimes he would be furious, scolding loudly, smashing everything to the ground, and sometimes he would hold his head and cry heartbrokenly.
Li Hu's crazy behavior frightened Luo Sinan and Wanyan Xingxing. They knelt outside the house and begged hard, but Li Hu turned a deaf ear and seemed to have gone completely crazy. She, Hu Tu, Chai Yun and others repeatedly asked Yuan Ye, what did you say to the general coach? Why did he suddenly go crazy?
Yuanye denies that I didn't say anything, and indeed nothing. Li Hu's crazy is enough to prove his intimate relationship with Li Qingchen. Such a thing is of great importance, and he dare not say it even if he beats him to death.
Three days later, the room was gone. Luo Sinan couldn't help but break into the door. Li Hu returned to normal. Except for the cold eyes that made people tremble, everything else was very good.
No one asked why, Li Hu must have a reason to go crazy. He didn't say it, and there was no need to ask.
Li Hu took out a letter and handed it to Huang She, "You go to Huanglong Mansion in person and agree on the specific attack time." Then he took out another letter and handed it over, "I hurried to Bianjing and ask the time of the Song army's Northern Expedition. The Jurchen army will attack Zhongjing for the second time in April and May. If the Song army is unable to launch the Northern Expedition for a long time, it will definitely miss the opportunity to regain its hometown. Please consider the gains and losses of the Song Dynasty, and do not miss the opportunity to fight. Huang She took the letter to his hand and weighed it for a few moments, hesitated for a while, and then said very cautiously: "General General, in my opinion, Bianjing will not accept your suggestions. The Song Dynasty is very likely to miss the opportunity to regain its hometown."
Li Hu frowned slightly, his eyes showing a look of inquisitiveness.
"The Song Dynasty adopted a strategy of defending the internal and external defense. After the alliance of Chanyuan, the Song and Liao countries maintained peace for more than 100 years, and this is the reason. I remember Emperor Taizong of the Song Dynasty once said that if the country has no external worries, there must be internal worries. External worries are nothing but border affairs, and they can be prevented, but evil is not ruthless. If it is internal worries, it is very scary. The emperor must always be careful about this. To put it bluntly, he must first calm the internal situation. For the Song Dynasty, quelling the rebellion of the rebels is far more important than regaining the homeland. Therefore, the Emperor of the Song Dynasty would not fight north before the civil strife was quelled."
"The Song Dynasty had a lot of troops and its wealth was even more amazing. Why couldn't the Emperor of Song Dynasty launch a Northern Expedition and fight on both sides while quelling the rebellion?" Luo Qinghan was very confused. He could not understand the strategy of the Song Dynasty.
"Conserve the inside and the outside." Huang She answered Luo Qinghan in four words.
Li Hu thought for a moment, took the letter back and slowly tore it into two pieces.
In the past three days, Li Hu experienced painful suffering in his conscience and morality.
I want to take revenge, but with my current strength, I can't avenge. If I want to take revenge, I can only surrender to the Jurchens. The Khitans are both internal and external troubles. I dare not offend the Song Dynasty no matter what. Only the newly rising Jurchens have the ambition to sweep the world, both China and foreign countries.
So, from this, it is speculated that the story of Daddy is the real land. After the Jurchens destroyed the Liao Dynasty, they would have to take advantage of the situation to go south and invade. The Song Dynasty will suffer the shame of Jingkang. The people in the Song Dynasty will cry under the subway hooves of the Jurchens. Where are they? Why are the story of Daddy not the story of Daddy and the Liaodong Rebel Army? The answer is that both he and the Liaodong Rebel Army became Jurchen Dogs. They charged for the Jurchens and massacred their own Han compatriots.
If you continue to adhere to the established strategy and continue to survive the siege of the Song, Liao and Jin dynasties, and continue to insist on establishing your own small kingdom in Yanyun. There is only one consequence. That is to be an enemy, a land dog, a land dog of the Zhao Dynasty, and charge for the enemy. You can't do it. Ask yourself, you can't do it. You really can't do it. Your goal has changed. It's no longer the vast desert and grassland in the north. But the Central Plains, Bianjing, and overthrow the Zhao Dynasty.
The goals of the Jurchens are once again the same. So joining forces is inevitable unless you want to be a great hero who turns the tide. Unfortunately, you don’t want to be a great hero. You just want to take revenge. Let your enemies suffer the same pain as you.
However, from a conscience and moral point of view, I will never want to be a Jurchen dog or help the Jurchens massacre their own compatriots.
So, he chose the third path, and the most dangerous path, to use powerful vassals to seize the Zhao family's country. This path was not well taken, and it was the second Shi Jingtang, but the current situation in Liaodong was completely different from the time of Shi Jingtang. At that time, Shi Jingtang was the territory of the Khitan people north of the Great Wall. Yelu Abaoji had risen and established a country, but now it was Liao and Jin. As long as he could use the power of the Song Dynasty to ensure the three-part pattern of Liaodong, when the Liao and Jin countries in the north were restraining each other, he could go south and compete for the Central Plains.
As for the people in the world, Li Hu no longer thought about it. He remembered that Cao Cao of the Three Kingdoms had a famous saying, "I would rather let the people of the world than let the people of the world betray me." In any era, the people are all grass, ants, and the rise and fall are all suffering, so don't think about it anymore, and don't fantasize about being able to save it. Song Jiang and Fang La raised the flag to rebel, which shows that the Zhao Dynasty has forced the people to a dead end. After Song Jiang and Fang La, more people will raise the flag to rebel, and countless creatures will die in this war. The only way to save innocent creatures is to build the cause of kings and hegemony and rebuild the prosperous era of the Han and Tang Dynasties.
Everyone saw that Li Hu was as usual and left one after another, but Yuanye walked around the general's mansion and came back.
Li Hu showed a compliment and handed the investigation document about the Li family to Yuanye, "Burn it."
Yuan Ye understood and burned the document in front of Li Hu. From beginning to end, he didn't say a word or ask any questions.
After a long time, Li Hu suddenly asked: "At the end of last year, you said that Yang Hua found Song Jiang and had several contacts. Do you still have any contacts on both sides now?"
Yuanye hesitated and said nothing. He had never understood why Li Hu wanted to find Song Jiang, but Li Hu's ability was mysterious. He actually predicted Fang La's rebellion. This was incredible. So since Li Hu wanted to find Song Jiang, it must have his role. "According to Yang Hua, Song Jiang's army suffered heavy losses in the attack on Yizhou and had to go south to the Huaiyang Army. During this period, Song Jiang sent his deputy commander Wu Yongdi's younger brother Wu Siming to Qushan (now Lianyungang City) in Haizhou Zhifu to find the Yunhai Military and Local Merchant Fleet."
"What are you looking for us?" Li Hu asked hurriedly.
"In my estimate, the Song army has deployed heavy troops on the Huaihe River line, and the Jingdong East Road and the local army followed and Song Jiang's army may have been surrounded." Yuanye said, "If the troops of Jingdong East Road and Huainan East Road are surrounded from the flanks, then Song Jiang has only one breakthrough direction, that is the sea to the east."
"He wants to borrow a boat?" Li Hu understood immediately.
"It does mean this, but Song Jiang has tens of thousands of troops, and there are two naval armies of Chenghai and Pinghai along the coast of Dengzhou. We have no other way to help us except to provide some material help."
Li Hu frowned slightly and thought intently. Song Jiang in "Water Margin" is a surrender, while Song Jiang in reality is obviously a staunch rebel. If he is desperate, should he surrender or flee to the sea? Liangshanbo is a big lake. Song Jiang and his thirty-six subordinates are all powerful bandits in the Liangshanbo area. They should be very familiar with things like water such as boats. Therefore, from common sense, Song Jiang is very likely to go out to sea when he is desperate, find a small island to live in, change to become a pirate, and wait for an opportunity to counterattack. Hou Gu and Wu Chitian took this path after the Bohai Army was defeated by Changxing Island.
"If we rescue Song Jiang..." Li Hu looked up at Yuanye and asked, "Will Song Jiang accept our suggestions and come to western Liaoning?"
Yuanye hesitated for a long time, not sure, "If the general general insists on doing this, I can ask Yang Hua to send someone to another trip. When Song Jiang really has no way out, we can send a boat to take them to the sea. As for the matter of going to western Liaoning..." Yuanye thought for a moment and said, "This matter is a bit complicated. Even if Song Jiang is willing to come, we must carefully consider whether to accept it, because this may affect our relationship with the Song Dynasty."
"You go and do it yourself." Li Hu waved his hand and ignored Yuanye's warning. "If Song Jiang really can't stand it and wants to go to sea to escape, we will help him. This man is amazing. He first gathered people to rebel, and then fought from Liangshanpo to Huaiyang Army. He persisted in Heshuo and Jingdong for more than a year, which shows his power. As long as this kind of person is alive, it will be a nightmare for the Song Dynasty. If he gives him troops, the throne of the Song Emperor will be in danger."
Yuanye didn’t understand. What does the general commander mean? If the Song Dynasty was in chaos and rebels were rebellious one after another, what benefits would it be for our Liaodong rebel army?
"The Song Dynasty was in chaos and could not take care of itself. At this moment, the situation in Liaodong forced the Song Dynasty to launch a northern expedition and recover its homeland immediately. In this case, the emperor of the Song Dynasty had to ask for help from me." Li Hu smiled, "In this way, my vassal state will become stronger and stronger, and the tail will not be lost. If he wants to deal with me, he must first quell the civil strife, which is equivalent to giving me time to develop and grow, and in the future..."
Chapter completed!