An error occurred while processing s private file

On the sixth day of the second month, Juyongguan.

Hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians retreated into the pass, and were crowded for a while. The convoys of transporting supplies were like long dragons, stretching for hundreds of miles. At this moment, the north wind was harsh and heavy snow could cover the sky at any time. In order to ensure the safety of people, animals and supplies, Li Hu ordered the army to temporarily station near Juyong Pass, and let the grain shooting army and Youyan's rural soldiers transport the supplies to Datong first. There are two roads from Fengshengzhou to Datong, one along the Yanghe River and the other along the Sanggan River. The two roads are transported at the same time to increase speed and save time.

The tent of the rebel army commander was located in the valley of Juyongguan. Several large braziers in the tent were swaying, and the tent was warm as spring. Li Hu sat high and leaned over to look at the map on the table, his face gloomy. Tie Ying, Huang She and others sat on both sides, whispering, and the atmosphere was a little cold and solemn.

This time, Hu Lie Mansion was plotted by Bian Jing, and Li Hu's mood has always been very bad. Tie Ying, Huang She and others were also very angry, but anger and curses cannot solve the problem. We must face up to the changes in the situation in the north, re-analyze and deduce the development of the situation, and rethink and formulate countermeasures.

At present, there are three urgent problems to be solved in front of Hu Lie Mansion. First, how to ensure that the Song Dynasty recovers Youyan, especially the issue of belonging to Pingzhou Road is the top priority. Only when the Song Dynasty recovers Youyan and establishes a barrier in the Central Plains could Bianjing consider the Western Expedition.

Tong Guan told Li Hu that Bian Jing had no intention of expeditioning the west, that is, Bian Jing's northern strategy was to first recover Youyan, and then join forces with the Jin and Xia countries to eliminate Li Hu. This strategy could no longer be achieved in a short period of time as Li Hu took the initiative to abandon Youyan, but Bian Jing was attacked by Li Hu and hated Li Hu even more. Even if Li Hu helped the Song Dynasty recover Youyan in the next few months, Bian Jing still wanted to kill Li Hu, and his willingness was stronger.

How to resolve this contradiction? Only when Hu Liefu resolves this contradiction can he carry out the Western Expedition.

Secondly, judging from the current situation, the Western Expedition is too difficult.

In this incident, the Zhe family and the Northwest General played a key role in it. The Zhe family deceived the entire Hulie Mansion. Li Hu would never think that the Zhe family’s real support was Zhao Kai, Prince Yun, and the so-called support for the prince was just a beautiful lie.

Tong Guan made it very clear that in the Song Dynasty, if you want to gain power and status, you must win the trust of the emperor. Now the best way to win the trust of the emperor is to support the emperor to depose the legitimate and establish the illegitimate. Therefore, whether it is the Zhe family or the ministers who seem to not support the emperor to depose the legitimate and establish the illegitimate and establish the illegitimate and establish the illegitimate and establish the illegitimate and establish the illegitimate and establish the illegitimate, the real purpose is to use support to threaten the emperor to redistribute power and interests. Once the emperor meets their standards, they will immediately change their course and fully support the emperor to depose the illegitimate.

The emperor knew very well that before the Northern Expedition began, Cai Jing was asked to retire and return home, and now he would drive Tong Guan out of the court. When Prince Yun arrived at Youyan and took back Yanjing by peace talks, he would also drive a group of close ministers from the war faction out of the center. The reason to drive them away was very simple, because the failure of the war caused the Song Dynasty to pay a high price in the process of regaining Youyan, and of course someone would have to bear the responsibility for this price.

Youyan recovered. The emperor did not need the war-holding faction. He needed to favor those peace-holding factions in exchange for them to support themselves in abolishing legitimate and establishing illegitimate. So the center had to be replaced. The power of those war-holding factions was weakened. Of course, they had to support the emperor to ensure that they could make a comeback. The peace-holding faction even more support the emperor to protect their existing rights. So Prince Yun naturally had to enter the East Palace.

The relationship between the Zhe family and Prince Zhao Kai of Yun was originally extraordinary. They joined forces with the Northwest Generals to successfully help the king ascend the throne of the crown prince. The crown prince must repay them.

However, Li Hu suddenly abandoned Youyan and completely disrupted their strategy. For a moment, they didn't know what to do. Because their opponent was no longer Khitans, but Jurchens. The Jurchens had just risen, with strong momentum and strong force. The Song army was even less of an opponent. They were helpless.

Similarly, the Hu Lie Mansion was in a dilemma. Help the Song Dynasty to recover Youyan. The Song Dynasty changed its hands and wanted to destroy it; if it didn't help the Song Dynasty, there was no possibility of expedition in the west; even if this contradiction was resolved, the Hu Lie Mansion and the Song Dynasty gained a certain amount of trust. But the Zhe family and the Northwest General Sect are no longer trustworthy. Tong Guan was discouraged this time and finally saved his life. So he wisely chose to retreat bravely. He was not in the northwest. Then who would go to the northwest? Who could control the Northwest General Sect? Who could guarantee that the Song army could achieve the predetermined goal during the westward expedition? If the Northwest Army played conspiracy and dug traps during the westward expedition, the Hu Lie Mansion would be very likely to suffer a great defeat.

The third is the issue of the reconstruction of the Great Liao. Whether the Great Liao can be rebuilt directly depends on whether the Hulie Prefecture can gain a foothold in the northwest. If the Great Liao cannot be rebuilt, if the Jurchens conquered the desert and Li Hu had not yet defeated the Western Xia and gained a foothold in the northwest. Then Li Hu would have to be attacked by the Jurchens. The defeat is completely foreseeable.

After Tong Guan left, Li Hu kept thinking about three difficult problems, but he couldn't find a solution. The survival crisis in Hu Lie Mansion pressed him like a mountain, making him breathless. There was a vague picture in front of him.

.

Yuanye lifted the curtain, walked in, and handed a stack of documents to Li Hu.

Li Hu opened and looked, frowning deeper. The Xixia people attacked and killed Hukou defense line for almost a month, but they still had no intention of withdrawing troops. Xun Qiao led her army to defend and blocked stubbornly, especially after the money, grain and weapons from Yanjing were transported to Datong, they received strong support and the defense line was even more solid. The Jin army had not attacked, but the soldiers were on the front line of Zhenchuan Fort and Yehuling, effectively restraining the defensive forces of the rebel army.

"General General, it's snowing heavily. The Xia army must retreat even if it doesn't retreat." Yuanye whispered, "Are we going to transfer the main army to the tiger's mouth immediately?"

"Retreat? He said he could evacuate it?" Li Hu sneered and asked, "Is the Yellow River frozen?"

Yuanye heard the murderous aura in Li Hu's tone and looked worried. Tieying, Huang She and others also heard Li Hu's words and knew that he was full of anger and was about to kill someone.

"The Yellow River has begun to freeze." Huang She said immediately, "But the ice surface of the Yellow River is not thick enough now, and it is estimated that it will be almost done in another ten days."

"The order Gao Baolong was ordered to command the Bohai Army, the First Hulie Army of Mu Taoli, the Second Hulie Army of Abaddon and the Iron Guards of Fang Jin rushed to Shuozhou, crossed the Hebei from the direction of Biedouzhai and went straight to Yunnei, and took advantage of the retreat of the Western Xia army, and severely injured him."

"General Commander..." Yuanye hurriedly dissuaded, "In more than ten days, heavy snow will definitely fall. How to attack if there is a heavy snow?"

"Who said Xuetian couldn't attack?" Li Hu punched the counter, "Gao Baolong can't do it, I'll go in person."

"General General, you must not act recklessly at this moment." Huang She immediately advised, "The situation in the north is unpredictable. We must ensure our strength and respond to changes in the same way as we remain unchanged."

Li Huli ignored him and ordered again, "Ask Gao Baolong to lead his army to set off immediately and arrive at Bitootouzhai first. I will take the Iron Guards and then arrive."

Huang She and Yuanye knew Li Hu's temper and asked them to cooperate. The weather was bad at this time and it was snowing heavily. Li Hu saw that the road was difficult and it was difficult to move, so he probably gave up. Now Li Hu was angry, and it was useless to persuade him.

In order to ensure that the people of Xixia did not withdraw immediately, Li Hu asked Tieying to lead the army to stay in Juyong Pass to avoid leaking the news that the rebel army had evacuated Youyan.

"Xiao Gan's strength is limited, and under the continuous attack of the Jin army, he may not be able to defend Yanjing." Li Hu said, "Once the Jin army goes south, it will inevitably have a fierce conflict with the Song Dynasty. Xiao Gan is very clear about this. If he wants the fisherman to benefit, he will definitely fight against clams, so if nothing unexpected happens, he will take the initiative to give up Yanjing. At this moment, our army's troops are stationed in the army, which poses a serious threat to Yanjing and will help the Song army's third northern expedition."

"We also want to help the Song Dynasty recover Youyan?" Tieying asked dissatisfiedly.

"Of course." Li Hu said, "Youyan's affairs are getting more and more complicated. I still have no solution to it, so I have to take one step at a time."

Several people were talking, and Chai Yun hurried in.

"How is it? What does Empress Xiao say? Is she willing to go to Datong?" Li Hu asked immediately without waiting for Chai Yun to sit down.

After Empress Xiao was rescued, Li Hu never saw her. To be honest, he felt a little guilty and dared not meet.

This time, Li Hu defeated Yanjing, looted all the concubines and princesses in Yanjing's palace tent to Datong, and wanted to reward the meritorious generals, which was equivalent to destroying the Liao Kingdom of Yanjing and its palace tent. Yelu Chun and Empress Dowager Xiao were Li Hu's parents-in-law, but Li Hu destroyed their country. This matter is normal, and the strong are the prey of the weak, but emotionally unacceptable. If Li Hu went to pay a visit to Empress Dowager Xiao, Empress Dowager Xiao would definitely curse and fight for his own efforts, so he simply avoided it.

"Empress Xiao doesn't want to go to Datong." Chai Yun's voice was hoarse and low, and he felt very uncomfortable. The two hundred years of Great Liao Kingdom was defeated like this. It really makes people feel sad when they think about it.

"Don't want to go?" Li Hu frowned and asked, "Where are she going to? The desert?"

Chai Yun nodded.

"She goes to the desert and dies.

"Li Hu said angrily, "I have no one to protect her. The immortal Longzhu stayed in Yanjing to convey the message to us, and there was no suitable candidate except him." After pausing for a moment, Li Hu said again, "Tell her that if she goes to the desert and is killed by the Khitan emperor, the Khitans will be divided again, and the hope of reconstruction of the Great Liao will be even more slim. Don't she understand such a simple truth?"

"General General, let her go, otherwise she will die here." Chai Yun smiled bitterly, "If she dies here, the Khitans will hate us to the core, and then we will have no chance to rebuild the Great Liao."
Chapter completed!