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In the late July, Yuwen Xuzhong accompanied the Hedong Road Strait Pacifier Zhang Xiaochun to Datong. He also accompanied Zhang Xiaochun to Caosi and Cangsi officials.

According to Li Hu's report, after the Song and Jin Dynasty signed an alliance, the territory of the Song Dynasty was north of Dai, and the prefectures and counties south of Yinshan would be included in the territory of the Song Dynasty. However, the problem was that in order to obtain the assistance of Xia, the Emperor of Liao and Xia agreed to allocate the Tiande Army and Heqing, Jinsu, Ningbian and Yulin to the west of the Yellow River to the Xia Kingdom. The King of Jin of Xia Kingdom, Li Chage, had already brought his army to these places, and in fact formed occupation. If the Song Dynasty wanted to take back these places, he had to use force. For this reason, Li Hu took the initiative to assume the responsibility for attack, but he made a request for assistance to Bianjing.

Of course, Bianjing was willing. The emperor and the prime ministers really couldn't find any reason to refuse. This battle could not only recover lost territory, but also consume Li Hu, so why not do it? So the emperor issued an order, ordering Zhang Xiaochun to rush to Datong immediately and work with Wang Anzhong and Li Bangyan to discuss specific matters of Western Expedition and aid with Li Hu. It is necessary to ask him to send troops as soon as possible, replace the north, complete the siege of the Western Xia, and lay a solid foundation for the elimination of the Western Xia.

The welcome banquet ended, the civil and military officials dispersed one after another, and the negotiations between Li Hu and Bian Jing began.\\*\\

In the meeting hall of the royal palace, the central officials of the Hulie Palace and Wang Anzhong, Li Bangyan and Zhang Xiaochun, three ministers of Bianjing, sat together, drinking tea and laughing while discussing the current situation.

The marching staff of the Hulie Mansion will introduce the situation in northern Xinjiang in detail.

Today, there are two major battlefields in northern Xinjiang. One is in Youyan and the other is in Daibei.

On the Youyan battlefield, the Khitans still occupied large areas such as Xijin Prefecture, Pingzhou Road, Xingzhong Prefecture, western Liaoning and other areas in the southeast of Zhongjing. The army of the Song Dynasty, the army of the Jin Kingdom, and the army of the Dai Beihulie Prefecture formed three sides of the siege of Yanjing. Given that the army of the Song Dynasty has not yet completed the attack preparations, the army of the Hulie Prefecture will immediately expedition the west. Therefore, the army of the Jin Kingdom had a clear advantage in the Youyan battlefield. Not only were they absolutely sure to get Pingzhou Road, but they were more likely to conquer Yanjing.

On the battlefield of Daibei, the Khitans still occupied the north and south of Yinshan and the desert of thousands of miles, and they also had the assistance of Xixia people. Although the Jin army was determined to conquer the desert, the Jin Kingdom's strength was limited. When the war in the southeast was not over and the southeast border was not stable, the Jurchens could not gather all their strength to expedition to the desert, so if nothing unexpected happens.\\*\\\The goal of the Jin army's northern expedition this year was to occupy the line of the collapsed ridge, thereby establishing a stable rear for the expedition to the desert.

For Hulie Mansion, the most urgent thing at present is to replace the north and gain a foothold in Daibei, but there are Khitans in Yinshan, Dangxiang people west of the Yellow River, and Jurchens east of Baishuilu. Hulie Mansion was attacked on three sides and was overwhelmed.

"The Hulie Mansion has 200,000 troops, but these 200,000 troops are divided into four. There is no advantage in any battlefield." Yuanye pointed to the map and said, "In order to cooperate with the main force of the Song army to attack Yanjing, we must call at least 30,000 troops to Fengshengzhou, one of which is at Juyong Pass, and the Shimen Pass threatens Yanjing. The other is stationed in Yehuling and Taoshan, and the defense reserve fund is available for the Taoshan Line.

"Western Xia and Jin King Richarge stationed troops on the west bank of the Yellow River. In order to ensure the victory of the Western Expedition, we must call at least 100,000 troops."

"The primary task of the Western Expedition is to cut off the ties between Liao and Xia, so we must call at least 50,000 troops to garrison Yunnei, one of which attacked the Dangxiang people of the Tiande Army, and the other cooperated with the Jin army to cross Yinshan to attack the Khitans."

"In this way, we only have 20,000 left-behind troops used to guard Datong.\*\/\" Yuanyanglu on the map of Yuanya, "The Jin army has heavy troops here. If our troops on the front line of Juyongguan enter Youyan, the troops on the front line of Yunnei fall into fierce battles, and the Western Expedition Army and Richard are in a difficult situation to distinguish, then Yuanyanglu's Jin army is very likely to raid Datong. In this way, Datong will be in danger and the North will be in danger."

After analyzing the Yuanye, the tiger in the Hulie Mansion seemed to be trapped in a wolf pack, rushing left and right, in danger, while the Jurchens were like a wolf king, spying on one side, ready to launch a fatal blow to bring the Song Dynasty back to its original form. If the Song Dynasty lost Yanyun in this battle, the Northern Expedition plan failed and ten years of hard work immediately disappeared. The emperor not only lost all his face, but the ministers around him would also be killed by his angry opponents. Wang Anzhong and Li Bangyan were panicked.

Wang An was nearly fifty years old and tall. Because of his pampering and favorable land, he maintained a good job and was a little fat. This man's articles and poems were very good. When he was young, he studied under Su Shi and Chao Shuozhi. He passed the imperial examination in the third year of Yuanfu (1100 AD), and later became a Jinshi and a Hanlin scholar.\*\\\ In order to make achievements in his official career, he first praised Liang Shicheng, and then made friends with Cai You, and thus was able to enter the center. After arriving at the center, in order to win the favor of the emperor, he also agreed with Tong Guan, Wang Fu and other ministers in the war. He said he supported the Northern Expedition, but secretly he joined forces with Zhang Bangchang, Zheng Juzhong and others to block it.

Li Bangyan's reputation was far greater than that of Wang Anzhong. This minister, who was famous in Bianjing, was about forty years old, was tall, handsome, and had three long beards, elegant and graceful. He was born in a poor and was good at the market, but he was smart and had outstanding literary talent. He was good at poetry, songs, music, chess, calligraphy and painting, and was good at teasing and scolding. He often used street slang as lyrics and music. He sang it all over the world and called himself Li Langzi. The reason why he became famous was that his skills in Cuju were very good. In the second year of Daguan (1108 AD), he passed the imperial examination and became famous since then, but because of his unruly behavior and unruly behavior, he was repeatedly impeached by the censor.

Li Bangyan himself was talented and skilled in Cuju, and was very sleek and flattering. He had a very close relationship with Cai You and Liang Shicheng, so he was very favored by the emperor. He was promoted to the Minister of the Secretariat and the Hanlin scholar. He was appointed as the Right Chief of the Shangshu in the third year of Xuanhe (1121 AD).

These two people have one thing in common, both relying on the relationship between the inner official Liang Shicheng and the powerful minister Cai family to enter the center. Both the inner official and the powerful minister were favored by the emperor.\\*\\\The emperor wanted to fight the Northern Expedition and build a great achievement for generations, and they had to work hard, otherwise they would be abandoned by the emperor. However, civil servants and eunuchs have always been hostile, and the contradictions between the two sides were irreconcilable. They were born mortal enemies, and their efforts were essentially different.

When eunuchs are in power, civil servants are often servile and rely on the power of eunuchs to gain power. Eunuchs also need civil servants to do things for them, but both sides have no trust. When civil servants are in power, they will immediately deal with eunuchs and try every means to kill all eunuchs. For example, Cai Jing, when he uses Tong Guan's help to take over the position of prime minister, he will deal with Tong Guan immediately, but he loses. The power of eunuchs depends on the emperor's grant. As long as the emperor believes in them, it will be easy for them to deal with civil servants. Therefore, Tong Guan defeated Cai Jing and drove Cai Jing off the stage three times.

The emperor needed this Northern Expedition, so the Northern Expedition naturally became a weapon for civil servants and eunuchs to compete with each other. Civil servants tried to use the Northern Expedition to overthrow the eunuchs, while eunuchs tried to use the Northern Expedition to strengthen their own power. The current prime minister Wang Fu also relied on Tong Guan's help to get to power. The reason was that he firmly supported the Northern Expedition. However, once the Northern Expedition was successful, Wang Fu's status became more stable because of his achievements and his status was even more stable. He would inevitably fight with Tong Guan and Liang Shicheng and other internal officials.

Wang Anzhong was very good at the center. His real purpose was to simply seize greater authority. If he wanted to achieve this goal, he had to overthrow the inner officials. Otherwise, no matter how powerful the civil servants were, he could not defeat the imperial power in the hands of the inner officials. For example, Cai Jing stepped down three times, which is a good example.

Therefore, the imperial power became the focus of the competition between the two sides, and the replacement of imperial power immediately became the most intense moment of bloody battle between literati and eunuch.

Nowadays, the emperor wants to abolish the legitimate and establish a illegitimate, and the civil servants who are dependent on the inner officials immediately contributed to the fire and spared no effort. In fact, this is very risky, because once the prince fails and ascends the throne, they will die, but they have no choice. If you don’t support the emperor in abolishing the legitimate and establish a illegitimate, you will be trampled by the emperor now. Therefore, the civil servants and civil servants who are dependent on the inner officials have all sacrificed their lives and bet on their lives.

In today's court, the deposed legitimate and the replacement of princes has become a consensus among civil officials and civil servants who depend on inner officials. This is the only way to ensure their vested interests, but what about vested interests? They also have to bet that if they win, they are vested interests. In comparison, the losses they lose by bet are smaller because they are not vested interests.

Wang Anzhong and Li Bangyan were vested interests, but they were civil servants. They wanted to defeat the inner officials. If the imperial power changed and the inner officials were defeated, the rewards they received were amazing. Therefore, they became gamblers on the storm. If they lost the bet, they would have to pay the price of their lives.

Wang Anzhong was labeled as a war-oriented faction, but in fact he was a peace-oriented faction. He and Zheng Juzhong, Zhang Bangchang and others were gambling about it.

Li Bangyan also had the hat of a pro-war faction, but in fact he was a princeling and was gambled for the future. Like the prince, he kept his strength and waited for the opportunity. As long as he had the opportunity, he would take action without hesitation and give a fatal blow to the pro-war faction.

The two were on guard against each other and couldn't figure out the truth of each other's weaknesses, but both of them came in high spirits, hoping to convince Li Hu to help at the most critical moment of the battle in Youyan, and then achieve their respective goals.
Chapter completed!