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Li Gang failed in mediation.

Ma Kuo resolutely safeguarded the interests of the Song Dynasty and did not give in. Li Hu firmly disagreed with the strategies of the Song Dynasty's vassal states. He once made concessions, which was limited to five years. Five years later, Yunzhonglu could fully implement the Song Dynasty's laws. Ma Kuo believed that Li Hu had no sincerity and was simply fooling the Song Dynasty and decisively rejected it.

As the deputy envoy, Dong Yun also shoulders another mission, which is to agree on behalf of Tong Guan and Li Hu to jointly expedition the Northern Expedition. Now that Ma Kuo has made the atmosphere so staggered, the most important thing about the Northern Expedition cannot be discussed. Dong Yun was anxious and discussed with Li Gang for a long time. Finally, the two of them persuaded Ma Kuo together. You should go back to Bianjing first and see what the emperor and the prime ministers said. We should discuss the Northern Expedition with Li Hu first. The current Northern Expedition is a major event.

Ma Kuo left in a hurry and took away the imperial edict that Li Hu was granted the title of King. Before leaving, Dong Yun asked him for it because the Northern Expedition Army had only 100,000 and its troops were obviously insufficient. If the Song army wanted to attack Yanjing alone, they had to get Li Hu's assistance. Originally, part of Li Hu's army was in western Liaoning, and the two armies could cooperate with each other. Now Li Hu gave up on western Liaoning, and Juyongguan was blocked north of Yanjing. Whether Li Hu was determined to fight was directly related to the success of the Northern Expedition. Therefore, no matter what, he had to coax Li Hu, and the king had to be granted. Ma Kuo refused to do so, saying that Li Hu was the king at this time was equivalent to telling Li Hu that the Song army had no confidence to attack Yanjing, which would encourage Li Hu's arrogance and his asking price would be higher.

Dong Yun was angry and used Tong Guan to suppress Ma Kuo. Ma Kuo was supported by the emperor, and was so arrogant that he ignored him at all and left with the imperial edict.

Li Hu intends to delay the time of the Song army's Northern Expedition, so the subsequent negotiations are very unsuccessful. He has given a lot of reasons. The Khitans want to counterattack, and the Xixia people may take the opportunity to plunder. The Jurchens are determined to win the desert. There are too many opponents of the rebel army, and they can't handle the matter north of the Great Wall. In addition, Yunshuo is very big, with many passes in the Great Wall, and the rebel army needs to dispatch troops to guard. The army in western Liaoning has just arrived for a long distance, and the rebel army may not have enough troops to deal with several battlefields at the same time in the short term. However, the Northern Expedition is very important, and the rebel army must cooperate, but time may be delayed a little.

Dong Yun could understand. He was a member of the Northwest Army in the past, but later he climbed the big tree of Tong Guan and became famous for more than ten years. Whether on the battlefield or in the court, he was Tong Guan's most capable confidant and made plans for him. He was also a veteran in the battlefield. Of course, he knew Li Hu's current difficulties, so he finally asked Li Hu, "I think when is it the most appropriate to send troops?"

Li Hu pondered for a long time and said, "The timing of sending troops depends on two conditions. It depends on the result of the Jurchens attacking Zhongjing. Now the Jurchens are attacking Zhongjing. If the Jin army is unable to conquer it for a long time, there is no need to worry. Let the Jurchens and the Khitans fight each other and lose the strength of the Liao army to the greatest extent. Secondly, it depends on the development of the situation in Yanjing. According to the news I received, the emperor of the Great Liao land is not in Yanjing. nor in Zhongjing, but on the grassland. Now I have captured Xijing, and the Jurchens are attacking Zhongjing again. The Emperor of the Great Liao and the palace tents of Yanjing have lost contact. You can imagine how long can the Liao army without an emperor last? If Yanjing is in chaos, we can easily take down Youyan without any effort."

Dong Yun understood. The Song army didn't know much about Yanjing at present, and he knew very little about the Jurchens. Li Hu was different. He was from Liaodong, and his army was also a Han and Fan army. He was full of ears and ears and well-informed in Liaodong. His judgment and decision-making should not be wrong. Since Li Hu said that the time of the Northern Expedition could be pushed back, and he clearly stated that he would not seize Yanjing, what else was the Song army worried about? Just wait for the right time.

While repaying Tong Guan, Dong Yun continued to discuss specific attack strategies with Li Hu, including the allocation of money, grain and weapons. Li Hu used his power to open the Huiyi channel between Yunshuo and Hedong as soon as possible. Tong Guan was the Shaanxi Propaganda and Fufu envoy. In addition to pacifying the border, protecting the generals and supervising military affairs, he sometimes also managed civil affairs. This Northern Expedition was to coordinate the mobilization of military and civilians and money, grain and weapons in the three places, and the emperor gave Tong Guan the greatest power, so it was a small matter for Dong Yun to open a border between the two places.

While Li Hu was negotiating with the Song Dynasty, he also began large-scale military reorganization and institutional adjustments.

The organizational structure of the General General's Office was expanded, with the chief officials, Sima, judge, envoy, marching staff, chief secretary, Shaoyin, and the military officers. The chief officials were also greatly increased.

He was appointed to stay in Xijing and was also the governor of Datong Prefecture. Shuo, Ying, Weihe, Fengshengzhou, and other prefectures were appointed to have observation envoys, regiment envoys, and defense envoys.

Dong Zhongsun's Black Mountain Army added four generals, with a total of eight generals and 20,000 troops, and left and right troops were set up. Zhang Guanyu's Wu Yong Army, Zhang Gao'er's Hell Army, Dugu Fengdi Shenlong Army, and Li Jin's Thunder Army each added two generals, with four generals of 10,000 generals in each army. In the past, the number of people was insufficient, and the increased troops were all allocated from Tieying's Xinghan Army. Li Hu asked Tieying to form the Xinghan Army as a prisoner to expand the Liaoxi army.

Li Hu also expanded the scout army and gave Zhu Xia and Liu Zhicheng greater authority. In the future, the rebel army would take root in Daibei. If we try every means to explore the foreigners in the desert and the news about the Xixia people, the scout army would recruit more foreigners. The army and the last group of people arrived in Datong.

Li Hu and a group of generals went out of the city to greet him.

The two sides met at Xihanling. Lao Dong led a group of Black Mountain generals, including Gao Hao, Huang Yong, Wu Penglong and Little Roland, to bow to Li Hu.

Li Hu hurriedly helped Lao Dong up. For several years, Dong Zhongsun and the Heishan Army have been guarding the Daling River line and dealing with the Liao army and Jin army. In addition to frequent military use, they also need superb wisdom. Lao Dong is flexible and sleek, and is often in danger. Li Hu admires him very much, and after meeting, he even praised him.

Li Hu then helped Gao Hao and others up one by one. Seeing Little Roland, he hugged Little Roland intimately, then took off his pocket, looked carefully, and found that Little Roland had grown taller, stronger, and his handsome face had turned black. Since Luo Zhongyuan was killed, Little Roland began his military career, which year he was ten years old. Three years have passed in a blink of an eye. Although he has not lost his childishness, he has already revealed his sharpness after being tempered on the battlefield.

"What official position are you now?" Li Hu asked.

Little Roland was shy and silent.

"He is now a general and has more than 200 people under his command." Dong Zhongsun pointed to Wu Penglong and said, "In recent years, he has made many military achievements."

Li Hu's eyes turned to Wu Penglong. This old man was once the commander of the Linhai Army of Jinzhou. He made great contributions when the rebel army attacked Jinzhou. Later, he brought the Jinzhou army into the Black Mountain Army with the army. Wu Penglong saw Li Hu's gaze and hurriedly knelt down again. He opened his mouth and boasted Little Roland. Roland was Li Hu's brother-in-law and the future commander of the Black Mountain Army. He had a bright future. If he could hold this big tree firmly, he would never enjoy the glory and wealth in the future.

Li Hu helped him up without waiting for him to finish his words, and then asked with a smile: "You are from Jinzhou and you can choose to stay in western Liaoning. Why do you have to travel to Datong with your family and your family? Didn't Zhang Jue, Tian Hao and others stay in western Liaoning?"

"I am a Han, I want to follow the Tiger King to conquer the world." Wu Penglong raised his head and spoke passionately.

"You must be afraid of death, so you gave up your family's wealth and came to Datong." Chai Yun pointed at him and smiled, "To be honest, were you here because you were afraid of death?"

Wu Penglong looked awkward and scolded Chai Yun’s ancestor eight generations in his stomach.

"Did you lose a lot?" Li Hu asked.

"No, no, the Tiger King has given me too much rewards, I have brought them all, I will never use them all in my life, I will not lose anything." Wu Penglong hurriedly explained.

"This guy is the best at making money, he is so rich." Chai Yun smiled. "He has real estate, land, and several restaurants in Jinzhou. He can't take these things away, so he can only sell them at a low price. Of course, he has suffered a lot of losses."

"General General Wu Zheng has indeed suffered a lot of losses." Little Roland stood beside Li Hu and whispered, "I heard that he bought all his money and land. This time he left in a hurry and sold it very cheaply, which was almost a waste of money."

Li Hu smiled and turned around and called Hu Tu to his side, "He has a large family, so you can arrange a big house for him in the city." Hu Tu understood it and nodded in agreement.

Wu Penglong was overjoyed and thanked him repeatedly, and was very grateful to Chai Yun. This ghost face man is good. Although he speaks badly, he has not forgotten me, Lao Wu, and he will definitely repay him if he has the chance in the future.

Lao Dong and the Heishan Army came, and the rebels gathered in Datong again. The generals were very happy and drank happily in Tongwen Hall.

At this time, Yuanye urgently reported Li Hu, and there was a person coming to Yanjing, and there were 100,000 urgent matters to report. Li Hu was secretly surprised and hurriedly called Dong Xiaochou, Luo Qinghan, Tieying and Huang She to the side hall.

Under the dim light, Han looked panicked and was wandering around the house. Seeing Li Hu appear, Han San rushed over two steps, "Tiger King, Zhongjing is lost, Zhongjing is lost."

Zhongjing was lost? Li Hu was shocked and stunned. Zhongjing was lost. Yelu Chun retreated to Yanjing. Under the attack of the Jurchens and the Song people, how long can he last? There is probably no hope for the three-point pattern in Liaodong.

Luo Qinghan and others were also shocked. How could it be? There were 100,000 Liao troops in Zhongjing and strong city defense, so how could it be lost?
Chapter completed!