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On the moon, Wanyan Zonghan arrived in Daibei and rushed directly to Yunnei to visit Li Hu.t

In the past few months, the Jin Dynasty began to prepare for the Northern Expedition, and Wanyan was transferred to Shangjing, while Wanyan Zonghan became the commander of the Northwest Road, Wanyan (Pu Jianu) and Wanyan Olu deputy. Wanyan Aguda originally planned to go to the Northwest Road to personally conduct an expedition, but suddenly felt unwell. In addition, Zhang Jue from Pingzhou Road betrayed again, so he immediately stayed in Zhongjing and handed over the important task of expeditioning the desert to Zonghan.

Zong Han urged Li Hu to launch the Western Expedition as soon as possible. At this moment, the Khitans were over. Although the Khitan Emperor Yelu Yanxi was not captured, the last few Khitan troops were basically over. Xiao Gan was killed, Yelu Dashi was captured, and Yelu Mage's troops were not left. The remaining Northwest Army could not last long under the siege of the desert. The Great Liao Kingdom was extinct and the hope of reconstruction was completely lost. Therefore, the Jurchens were eager to launch the Northern Expedition, and the prerequisite for the Northern Expedition was to push the Song Dynasty and Li Hu into the northwest battlefield to ensure the safety of the southeast border.

"I'm having difficulties in launching the Western Expedition now." Li Hu told the truth, "You also know the reason why I withdrew from Yanjing at the beginning of the year. Not only did I lack trust between Bianjing and I, but I was also incompatible with water and fire. Look..." Li Hu dragged the map to Zonghan and pointed at Youyan and said, "Do you know this person Guo Yaoshi? He was originally from the Northeast Road, and later entered the resentful army. When I entered western Liaoning, he betrayed me, turned against me, surrendered to the Liao army. Now Bian Jing authorized him to establish the Youyan Town Garage Army, and the purpose was self-evident. You just said that Guo Yaoshi defeated Xiao Gan and surrendered Xiao Gan's army. Then I can say with certainty that Guo Yaoshi will be able to establish a garage army of 100,000 people."

Zong Han looked puzzled and didn't know what evidence Li Hu had. If Guo Yaoshi could immediately establish a garrison army of 100,000 people, then Pingzhou Road would be dangerous, and the entire southeastern border would be threatened immediately.

"Empress Xiao once recruited 300,000 rural soldiers in Youyan." Li Hu said, "After I conquered Yanjing, I reduced about 200,000, and there were still 100,000 at Xiao Gan's hands. At that time, I was fighting against the Jin army on the front line of Bei'anzhou and Zezhou. After you broke through Gubeikou and went south to Yanjing, have you reduced these 100,000 rural soldiers?"

Zong Han looked slightly stern, and he kept squirting his beards.

Li Hu glanced at him and continued, "If you did not surrender these 100,000 soldiers in the village, then these people are now in the hands of Guo Yaoshi. Guo Yaoshi obtained Xiao Gan's Xi army, the Navy and the Han army, plus these 100,000 Youyan Township soldiers, plus his own ever-winning army, how many troops do you have? At least 100,000."

Zong Han couldn't help but think of the fierce battle of Pingzhou Road. Zhang Jue was recommended by Guo Yaoshi and contacted Wang Anzhong. He was eager to surrender to Song, and he was in a hurry. As a result, Pingzhou and Zhou joined him in Song, but Yingzhou did not. The Jin army rushed from Yuguan, and Wanyan Jiemu led his army to attack, and the two sides fought fiercely in the Yingzhou area. If what Li Hu said became a fact, Guo Yaoshi could immediately enter Pingzhou Road from Lulong. In this way, the Jin army's wish to control Pingzhou Road would be disappointed.

"The Great Song Dynasty is a great country, but it has repeatedly betrayed the faith..." Zong Han sneered and scolded angrily.

Li Hu sneered, "Your Jurchens are not the same, who betrayed Datong last year?" "The commander of the Youyan Town Governor was the Second River Xuanfu Envoy, and Wang Anzhong, the Yanshan Prefecture, but Wang Anzhong did not have his own army, and the Song Dynasty did not recruit troops from other places to Youyan, so Wang Anzhong actually could not control the Youyan Town Governor's army, and this army belonged to Guo Yaoshi."

"Medical Guo is strong. Is he still satisfied with being a governor? Of course not. I, Li Hu, is his role model. He also wants to be a vassal state. But in order to curb the development of other places, the Song Dynasty would use the vassal state as a condition to threaten Datong. Once Datong and Yanjing confront each other, the Song Dynasty could sit in the mountains and watch the tiger fight." Li Hu shook his head and smiled bitterly. "I am now expeditioning to the west. First of all, I need to obtain cooperation between the Song army and the local government in Shaanxi. But do you think the Song army will cooperate sincerely? If I defeated in the northwest, my strength was greatly damaged. Will Guo Yaoshi take the opportunity to kill and help the Song Dynasty eliminate my vassal state?"

Zong Han probably understood it. Li Hu heard that Guo Yaoshi was highly valued by Bian Jing and defeated Xiao Gan, and then turned against Pingzhou Road. He was worried that he would be attacked by the enemy from all sides. So he hesitated.

"We will firmly control Pingzhou Road and restrain Guo Yaoshi in Yanjing." Zong Han smiled. "Why? You betrayed Zhang Jue. We lost Pingzhou Road?"

"Since the Song Dynasty has the courage to rebel against Zhang Jue, of course, I am not afraid that you will fight Yanjing again." Li Hu also smiled. "Don't think that the Song Dynasty had lost two battles in Youyan. Just think that the Song Dynasty was vulnerable. Think about it. How many years did the Song Dynasty fight with Xixia? For decades, the Song army has been fighting. The combat effectiveness of the army can be imagined. The failure of the Northern Expedition is actually very accidental. This is very common on the battlefield. When you were in the Battle of Bubu Dagang, you defeated the 700,000 Liao army by 20,000 people. Isn't it also an accident? The Song Dynasty's national strength is too strong. If you want to defeat it, the first condition is to unify the north. The Khitan Yelu Abaoji dared to fight south after unifying the north. So you'd better not provoke the Song Dynasty now. It's better to take down the desert honestly before talking about it."

"We had an agreement," said Zong Han. "I went north to the desert. You and the Song Dynasty

In the issue of the ownership of Pingzhou Road, we agreed to take down the land t3. As a result, we captured the entire Youyan. But we abide by the alliance and returned the seven states in front of the mountain to the Song Dynasty. However, the Song Dynasty went back on its word, was greedy and shameless, and wanted to take back the Pingzhou Road. We will never tolerate such despicable behavior. We will conquer Pingzhou Road."

Li Hu was in a heavy mood when he heard this. He originally wanted to test Zong Han and see if the Jurchens dared to turn against the Song Dynasty for the issue of the belonging of Pingzhou Road when they were eager to conquer the desert. Who knew that the Jurchens were still as brave as ever, and were not afraid of the Song Dynasty. They insisted on taking over Pingzhou Road and tearing a gap in the northeast defense line of the Song Dynasty.

The Song Dynasty valued the use of Guo Pharmacist, which meant to use Guo Pharmacist to restrain Datong. Compared with Li Hu, Li Hu posed a greater threat to the Song Dynasty. The two weighed the pros and cons of the two, and used Guo Pharmacist to restrain Li Hu to ensure the safety of the northern border. This method is indeed good, but everything has its pros and cons. The Song Dynasty is very likely to raise a tiger again and fatten a big tiger at the doorstep.

As for Youyan Town, Li Hu was actually most worried about Wang Anzhong. Wang Anzhong came from Bianjing to Yanjing and inherited the emperor's will to eliminate Li Hu, the vassal state. If Youyan Town was composed of imperial guards from various parts of the Song Dynasty and was actually controlled by Wang Anzhong, Li Hu's western expedition would be full of dangers, and he would leave enough troops to guard Datong.

Now that Guo Yaoshi actually controlled the garrison army in Youyan Town, Li Hu's idea changed immediately. He began to pay attention to Guo Yaoshi and planned to send people to Yanjing to form a secret alliance with Guo Yaoshi. Once Li Hu and Guo Yaoshi and Zhang Jue form an alliance, even if Pingzhou Road is occupied by the Jin army, Li Hu can still ensure the safety of his rear during the Western Expedition.

Since Zong Han took Pingzhou Road, Li Hu couldn't say anything. The two sides discussed carefully and decided to launch an attack on each of them after the rainy season in the grassland, that is, around July.

Li Hu sent Zong Han away and immediately sent someone to invite Dong Xiaochou, Luo Qinghan and Mao Jun to the commander's tent.

The development of the situation in Youyan was completely beyond the expectations of the three commanders. They did not expect that the Song Dynasty would reuse Guo Yaoshi. The Youyan Han army was used to guard Youyan. On the surface, the Song Dynasty had a broad mind and courage, but when it came to deeper, it was too dangerous. The Song Dynasty already had the vassal state of Li Hu, and it was too big to lose its vassal state. Now it was necessary to cultivate a vassal state with its own hands. Isn't this a cause of trouble? Youyan had just recovered and needed stability and urgently needed to win people's hearts. It was indeed necessary to reuse Youyan Han people, but letting the Youyan Han people control the Youyan Town Garage Army, so what did the Song Dynasty use to control Youyan Han people? The Song Dynasty could not control Youyan people, so how to ensure the safety of Youyan?

"Where is the army of the Song Dynasty?" Dong Xiaochou couldn't understand, "The Northern Expedition Army of the Song Dynasty had 200,000. Even if the Northwest Army was transferred back to Shaanxi, it would also have the army of the capital, as well as the troops from Hebei and Jianghuai. Why did it use Guo Yaoshi's army? And it also asked Guo Yaoshi to be responsible for forming the town garrison army. Doesn't this mean that Youyan's military power was handed over to Guo Yaoshi?"

"Do you think Yaoshi Guo can defend Youyan?" Li Hu asked.

Xun Qiao didn't understand what Li Hu meant. Li Hu immediately said his plans.

"The Chief Commander's consideration makes sense." Mao Jun thought for a moment and said, "From the overall situation of the northern border, if Bianjing wants to curb the Hulie Mansion, he must train Guo Pharmacist and let Guo Pharmacist control the Hulie Mansion. Guo Pharmacist has a high position and a powerful army, which in turn threatens Bianjing. The situation in northern border may be out of control in the future."

"In the long run, we should defeat Dangxiang people before Guo Yaoshi posed a threat to Datong." Luo Qinghan said, "We are not strong and will be bullied at any time and anywhere. If we want to reverse this situation, we can only fight west as soon as possible."

Li Hu frowned and pondered.

"We are implementing Zhe Yanzhi's strategy. To promote the attack, we will definitely not get the cooperation of the Northwest Army." Xun Chou shook his hand and said, "You can't be in a hurry in the Western Expedition. You will fight again when the time comes. As for where the Jurchens can, just drag it down."

"We postpone the Western Expedition, and the Jurchens may suspect that we have ulterior motives, which is very unfavorable to our Western Expedition." Luo Qinghan cursed angrily, "Bianjing is not only stupid, but also greedy. Is it necessary to anger the Jurchens for the Pingzhou Road at this moment? If we win the Western Expedition, we will gain an absolute advantage in the northwest territory and pose a huge threat to the northern exodus. At that time, the recovery of the Pingzhou Road is just a slight effort.

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"Yes, Bianjing is betrayal and doing such a stingy thing, which makes the Jurchens feel that their southeastern border is always threatened. Once something happens to Huanglong Mansion, they may modify the national policy and fight Yanyun first to ensure that they will not be threatened by the Song people in the process of conquering the desert, and will not fall into the dilemma of being attacked from both sides." Mao Jun sighed, "The city of Bianjing is full of shameless villains. Everything can be done, and good things will also cause them to become bad things, so it is better to fight the west as soon as possible."

Li Hu thought for a while and said, "Appoint a date with Brother Richard, I'll talk to him again."
Chapter completed!