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Li Hu explained the attack strategy in detail.

In July, we used a group of troops to cooperate with the Jin army to attack Zhongjing in the direction of Xingzhong Prefecture, but secretly gave us a sincere elbow to help the Liao army defend Zhongjing.

At the same time, we gathered our main forces to attack Yanjing. We issued a manifesto in various places in Youyan, tragic and unjust, and declared that the Liao emperor was debauchery, and that both people and gods abandoned him, and supported Yan King Yelu Chun as the emperor. In this way, Yanjing would inevitably be in chaos, and the monarch and ministers were suspicious of each other. For his own safety, the Emperor of Liao must bring the main force of the palace army westward to Juyongguan and take refuge in Xijing.

The Liao Emperor took away the main force. Yelu Chun had to defend Zhongjing and Yanjing, and he had to look after one and the other. In desperation, he had to retreat to Yanjing and defend the city. We took the opportunity to go to Zijin Pass, pass the Feihu Fortress, enter Xijing Road, and attack Xijing.

When our troops were at the city, the Liao Emperor faced a difficult choice. He had been betrayed by his relatives and his army was the only capital. At this moment, in addition to us, Yelu Chun wanted to kill him, and the Jurchens also wanted to kill him. If he fought with us in Xijing and suffered both losses, he would be completely finished, so he was very likely to abandon Xijing and flee far away to Yinshan.

After capturing Xijing, we used one force to recover the Jiuzhou in Shanhou and another force to attack Juyongguan in order to carry out east-west attacks with the troops stationed in Pingzhou Road and capture Yanjing. Taking Yanjing, we would take all Yanyun. In this way, we would have the territory and strength, and then use the strong vassals to plan the country and build a kingly and domineering career.

The seven people in the room looked solemn and were extremely shocked. Li Hu's survival and development strategy had exceeded their expectations. They never dreamed that Li Hu suddenly pointed his finger at the Song Dynasty and the Heavenly Dynasty.

Previously, Li Hu proposed to develop to the north with a strong vassal, with the premise that Liaodong was divided into three parts and Liaojin confronted each other. Now this premise no longer exists with Yelu Yuchai surrendering to the Jin people. The Khitans were about to suffer a catastrophe, and the Jurchens wanted to dominate the north. In this case, it was obviously wishful thinking. The powerful Jurchens would never divide the desert equally with the Han people, so they had to turn the direction, develop southward, and compete with the Song Dynasty. However, the Song Dynasty was far stronger than the Jurchens. Developing southward was equivalent to a mantis blocking his arms and hitting a stone with an egg. This was simply unimaginable.

However, the current situation in Liaodong has forced the Liaodong rebel army to a dead end, regardless of whether it will develop north or south in the future. The most urgent task is to seize Yanyun and first set aside a place to survive.

"We have 120,000 troops, divided into two. I led the main army northward. I went to the back of the mountain to fight and captured Xijing Road. Luo Shuai defended western Liaoning and dragged the Jin army to Zhongjing Road at all costs, giving me enough attack time." Li Hu pointed to Yanjing on the map, looking at Luo Qinghan and said, "The envoy of the Song Dynasty said that in September or October, the Song army will gather in Hebei to prepare for the northern expedition. At that time, I had entered Xijing Road. Yelu Chun considered the situation of Nanjing Road, and would definitely not dare to attack Pingzhou Road. In this way, you can transfer the main force to Jinzhou and Yizhou. The camera threatened the Jin army, forcing the Jin army to attack Zhongjing."

The study was silent, and Luo Qinghan and everyone were still immersed in shock. They had not yet fully understood Li Hu's new strategy, and were even more uneasy about Li Hu's combat deployment.

The rebel army was able to continue to develop to this day. First of all, it was due to the alliance of various rebel army. Everyone gathered under a large banner to gather into a force to fight. Now Li Hu did the opposite. He divided the rebel army into two, and fought on two battlefields 1,400 miles apart. This was incredible. If you were not careful, it would be a disaster for the entire army to be wiped out.

Dong Xiaochou first raised objections.

The Song army chose the direction of the Northern Expedition in Youyan. It was precisely for the new situation in Liaodong that the Song army only wanted to cooperate with the Northern Expedition and the Rebels. Yanjing could be sent. Then the two armies met and attacked Xijing together. In this way, Yanyun could be taken. This method could ensure that the rebels' strength was not lost. With strength, there would be a strong vassal. Therefore, he believed that there was no need for the rebels to take risks and divide their troops into the expedition to Xijing.

Li Hu smiled bitterly and speechless. If he said that the Song army would be defeated and returned from the Northern Expedition, Dong Xiaochou would definitely not believe it; if he said that after the Jurchens conquered Zhongjing, they would immediately sweep across Xijing and be invincible, Dong Xiaochou would not believe it; if he said that the Jurchens would roar southward in a few years, conquered Bianjing, and plundered the two emperors of the Song Dynasty and returned from the Song Dynasty. Dong Xiaochou would not believe it.

But all of this may be true. The Daddy's story may be a prediction of the future. Now I am working hard to change this possible future. I am reversing this unknown world at any cost.

"If..." Li Hu can only assume. Suppose the Song army failed in the Northern Expedition. Suppose the Jin army was invincible. Suppose Yan Yun fell into the hands of the Jurchens. Suppose the Jin army went south to the Central Plains... "If these assumptions become true, what should we do? How to survive?"

Dong Xiaochou refuted silently. All of this has precedents in history. The Song Dynasty was in the military prosperity of Taizu and Taizong during the two dynasties, but the northern expeditions were all failed. After the Khitans occupied Yanyun, they repeatedly went south and almost forced the Song Dynasty to move the capital to refuge. Today, the Jurchens rose very quickly. What is even more terrifying is that they beat the Khitan troops all over the ground and had no power to fight back. If the situation in Liaodong continues like this, the Khitan troops and territory will become the property of the Jurchens. In the near future, the Jurchens will not only have thousands of miles of land, but also hundreds of thousands of troops. Will the Song Dynasty still have the prosperous military strength in the early days of the founding of the country as if they were to compete with each other? If even the Song Dynasty could not resist the Jurchens, how could they have the eggs under the collapse of the nest? The Liaodong rebel army was still destroyed?

Li Hu's series of "ifs" convinced Dong Xiaochou and others. Things in this world start with "ifs", starting with "just in case". There is no luck in this world, no gains. If you want to succeed, you must be down-to-earth and not make any mistakes. When you have time, he can only fight like a bandit. As long as he captures Xijing and recovers Jiuzhou from the back of the mountain, the survival problem of the army can be solved.

After preliminary discussion, it was decided that Li Hu would lead the two generals of the Huli Army, the Heilong Army, the Feiyun Army, the Bohai Army, the Yunshuo Army and the Liaoxing Army, a total of 35 generals, about 80,000 to form the Western Expedition Army and attack Xijing. Luo Qinghan led the Heishan Army, the King of Heilong Army, the Shenlong Army, the Thunder Army, the Wu Yong Army, the Yunhai Army and the Liaoxing Army to guard Pingzhou and the western Liaoning Army.

The old camp was divided into two. Luo Sinan stayed in western Liaoning, and the old camp's deputy commander Hong Yun led 100,000 people and supplies to follow Li Hu to expedition to Xijing.

On June 25, Li Hu summoned the commanders of each army, the main members of the General Office, and the general manager of both routes, and officially announced the strategy for the Western Expedition.

Li Hu personally deployed an attack plan and elaborated in detail the necessity and urgency of the Western Expedition to the survival and development of the Rebel Army. If the Western Expedition is successful, the Liaodong Rebel Army will then rise from Yanyun, and its strength can compete with all forces.

When the generals of the rebel army heard the strategy of the Western Expedition, their eyes suddenly lit up, and their eyes immediately turned from the narrow and embarrassing western Liaoning to the vast and vibrant land of Yanyun.

Li Hu always had a sudden idea when it was a crisis that was related to the survival of the rebel army and came up with a brilliant plan. This time it was even more extraordinary. He jumped thousands of miles and was about to go to the Western Capital.

The morale of the head coaches of each army is high, but some people are also uneasy about this plan.

The most difficult thing to expedition to Xijing is to cross the Taihang Mountains. If the rebel army is blocked from this, there are blocking in front and pursuers behind, then it will be a big problem. However, Li Hu disagreed with this. He firmly believed that the Jin army's attack on Zhongjing could restrain the main force of the Liao army, and the strategy of alienating the Liao monarchs and ministers could weaken the military strength of Nanjing Road. The real difficulty in the western expedition was not to cross the Taihang Mountains or attack Xijing, but whether the Jin army would attack Xijing as fast as possible after conquering Zhongjing. If the rebel army failed to conquer Xijing, and the Jin army attacked and killed again, aiming to capture Xijing, the gap in strength between the two sides may lead to the failure of the Western expedition.

Li Hu announced that on the tenth day of July, the Western Expedition Army began to launch an attack.

The rebel army issued an edict to Liaodong, counting the crimes and responsibilities of the Emperor of the Great Liao, threatening to attack Yanjing, support Yan King Yelu Chun as the emperor, and revive the reign of the Great Liao Kingdom.

Yuanye, Zhuxia, and Liu Zhicheng spread the manifesto to various prefectures and counties in Nanjing Road and Zhongjing Road as quickly as possible through various channels.

In early July, the Jin Dynasty Emperor Wanyan Agu issued an order, appointing Haobo Jilie Wanyan Yu as the commander-in-chief of the Western Expedition Army, and called Labo Jilie Wanyan Zonghan (Nianhan) as the deputy commander-in-chief, and led his army to attack Zhongjing. Because of the heavy rain, Wanyan Aguda gave up his personal expedition under the dissuasion of the ministers.

On the eighth day of the seventh month, Wanyan Zonghan rushed to the front line and commanded the army to cross the Huanghe River and launch an attack on Songshan Prefecture and Gaozhou. At the same time, the commander of the southern route Wanyan Zongwang commanded the army to attack Xingzhong Prefecture.

On the same day, the Liao army's eastern commander Xiao Gan secretly met with Dong Zhongsun, the commander of the Black Mountain Army, and the two sides agreed on specific arrangements to block the Jin army.

Yelu Chun, who was left by Nanjing, was shocked when he heard the news and hurriedly ordered the commander of the southern route Yelu Dashi, and Yelu Ning, the governor of the Lulong Army in Youzhou, to lead the army to intercept it. He personally led the troops to the left and right sides of the Holy Army, and guarded the Han army to set up a formation on the Gushui River.
Chapter completed!