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The Hebei War is bound to be defeated..." Yuwen Xuzhong spoke with difficulty, "It's smaller, Bian Jing is even more chaotic, Bian Jing's control over the local area is weaker, and the local situation is immediately more tense, and there is a possibility of a series of rebellions. This is a devastating disaster for the Song Dynasty. If it is not saved in time, the country's destiny may be about to be defeated, so..." Yuwen Xuzhong made a great decision and finally expressed his thoughts, "I think the Tiger and Lieutenant Army should go south, and blindly seeking stability may lose the best opportunity."

Tong Guan and Yuwen Xuzhong have the same views, but after carefully weighing the pros and cons, Dong Xiaochou, Huang She and others still adhere to the established strategy of Hu Lie Mansion. In their opinion, Hu Lie Mansion has not even controlled the northwest yet, and hastily moved south to control Bianjing is simply wishful thinking, and the risk is too great.

The two strategies have their pros and cons, and everyone argued fiercely. Li Hu has been silent and listened carefully to the opinions of all parties. At this moment, time is tight, and it is no time to convene Zhe Yanzhi from Chang'an and Luo Qinghan from Datong to discuss it. The final decision must be made in early May.

Late at night, Zhao Kai, the Prince of Yun, rushed to the Grand Marshal's Mansion and participated in the discussion. Of course, he tended to control Bianjing as soon as possible and ascend to the throne to emperor. The situation is changing too quickly now, and if you make a mistake, you may lose all the game.

The premise for the implementation of the original strategy of Hu Liefu was basically no longer there. The old emperor Neichan, the prince Zhao Heng had become the emperor, and Prince Yun failed in the battle for imperial rule; the Jin army seized a very good time to retreat, and the Hu Liefu lost the best opportunity to enter Hebei; the young emperor was unable to resist the invasion of the Jin army and ceded land and paid compensation, resulting in an extremely passive situation; Bian Jing was in charge of the war, and the fierce struggle between the two factions led to the defeat of the Hebei War without victory; the Song Dynasty destroyed the alliance and refused to cede the three towns. Once the Hebei War failed, the Jin army would inevitably attack Bian Jing again... This series of facts shows that the Hu Liefu Army's insistence on implementing the established strategy of southward movement was obviously not good, and the strategy must be adjusted immediately.

The adjustment of the strategy depends on the development of the situation, but Li Hu and a group of central officials in Hulie’s Mansion did not have a deep understanding of the Song Dynasty, so at this critical moment, the suggestions of Tong Guan, Yuwen Xuzhong and others were very important.

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In May, the first year of Jingkang in the Song Dynasty (1126 AD).

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On the first day of May, Li Hu decided to modify his strategy to go south, immediately control Bianjing, and support Prince Yun ascend the throne and become emperor.

In fact, in terms of the current local finances of the Hu Lie Mansion, it cannot support the needs of the 300,000 Tiger Mars. If the Jin army launches another attack in a few months, the financial situation of the Hu Lie Mansion may be worse. Even if the Hu Lie Mansion wants to enter Hebei to fight, it will need Bianjing to provide enough money and grain support. But obviously, this is unrealistic. Bianjing will not and cannot provide strong assistance to the Hu Lie Army. The Hebei War will definitely be defeated. The main force of the Tiger Mars cannot enter Hebei to fight. Then he can only watch the Jin army attack Bianjing. Therefore, the Tiger Mars must immediately go south to control Bianjing. Then obtain money and grain support in the southeast and Jinghu area. In this way, the Tiger Mars can gather hundreds of thousands of troops to fight with the Jin army to recover Youyan, Hebei.

The decision was made. Then, a specific implementation plan was formulated.

The focus of this plan is the security of the northwest. The northwest is the rear of the Tiger and Lieutenant Army and the Northwest Army. There must be no mistakes.

The main forces of the Tiger Lieutenant Army and the Northwest Army must arrive in the capital. In this way, there will be more troops left to stay in Shaanxi and Daibei. Daibei is the main battlefield of the Song and Jin war field. Whether the Daibei can be defended is directly related to the victory or defeat of the Song and Jin war field. Therefore, Daibei must retain at least 100,000 troops. Taiyuan must retain tens of thousands of troops to support. If Datong is lost, these troops will also rely on all their efforts to block the Jin army. In this way, there will be very few troops left to guard the Shaanxi border.

Part of the Northwest Army was brought by Zhong Shidao and Yao Gu to the Hebei battlefield. The remaining part was only 100,000 people. And these 100,000 people had to dispatch at least 100,000 people into Bianjing. The Northwest people must be guarded against Li Hu no matter what. The 100,000 army can effectively suppress the Tiger and Martyrs in case of an accident.

In this way, there were only tens of thousands of people in Shaanxi, and tens of thousands of people guarded the border for thousands of miles. It was obviously too short to be too short. Or it was a drop in the bucket. It was useless. For this reason, after discussing, Li Hu and Tong Guan and others had to return the land occupied by the attack on Xixia last year to the Dangxiang people in exchange for peace and win time.

They formed an alliance with the Xixia people to negotiate peace, and at the same time, they quickly transferred the main force of the Northwest Army guarding the Shaanxi border to Chang'an. Zhe Yanzhi and Yang Keshi had already arrived in Chang'an, Tong Shimin and Liu Guangshi also brought Shengjie Army to Chang'an, and Zhe Keqiu and Wang took the Hedong Army to Hezhong Prefecture. The three armies together had about 120,000 people.

Hu Lie Mansion gave up the Qiantao and Yunnei and returned these places to Xixia, so that Tieying's army could be transferred back to Datong. The Khitan King's Mansion also moved to Datong. Luo Qinghan and Hou were likely to have a large army of 100,000 to defend Datong.

Hu Lie's Mansion moved south to Taiyuan, and at the same time, 50,000 troops were drawn from Datong to head south, and together with the main force, they rushed to Bianjing. Tieying and Zhe Kecun stayed to guard Taiyuan.

Li Hu led the main force of the Huli Army to the south, and the total strength of this army was about 170,000.

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On that day, Li Hu ordered Lu Jun

Lan led the 7th Army of Hulien to advance eastward quickly to the Hebei battlefield. The force of the rescue team of Yue Fei was too weak. However, on the first day of May, various Song troops in Hebei had already launched an attack, and the Jin army was about to divide their troops to block the attack. Yue Fei had a chance to break through. At this time, Li Hu's target was Bianjing, and the Hebei battlefield was no longer important to him.

Li Hu ordered Luo Sinan and Luo Qinghan to move Hu Lie Mansion to Taiyuan immediately, and at the same time, he transferred 50,000 troops southward.

Li Hu hurriedly wrote to Tieying, gave up Qiantao and Yunnei, and led his army to withdraw back to Datong. Since the Huli Army went south, it was impossible to protect Daibei and could only defend Datong. Datong could not defend, as well as Yanmen Pass, Ningwu Pass and Biedouzhai.

As long as the Jin army could be blocked at Yanmen Pass, Li Hu would have enough time to control the overall situation.

Li Hu wrote to Chang'an Zhe Yanzhi, and Zhe in the river was asked to ask for it. Hu Lie Mansion had already made the decision to go south to Bianjing. The Northwest Army had no choice, so let's act according to the plan.

From the time Li Hu issued an order to Chang'an and Datong completed the deployment, it would take at least one month. So Li Hu ordered Mao's army, Yelu Mage and Gao Baolong to command their respective troops and slowly gather at Hezhong Prefecture. Just when everything was ready, he immediately crossed the river and attacked Xijing Luoyang and killed Bianjing.

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On the second day of the fifth month, Li Hu made an appointment with Brother Richard and agreed to Brother Richard's conditions.

This was a shocking joy for Brother Richard. He never dreamed that Li Hu not only returned the front trap, Pingxia Road and southern Henan prefectures and counties, but also the Tiande Army, Yunnei and Wushengzhou to Xixia. This is incredible. What is Li Hu going to do? He worked hard in Daibei for several years, attacked Xixia twice, and defeated the Jurchens twice. Finally, he had the current situation today, but suddenly claimed that he would give up Daibei. What was the reason that forced Li Hu to give up Daibei?

"Can you tell me the reason?" Brother Richard was too excited. He could not imagine such a good thing. He barely stabilized his emotions and asked calmly, "If you don't tell me the reason, I'm afraid I won't dare to enter Tiande Army and Yunnei."

"If you don't take it, you'll get the Jurchens." Li Hu smiled, "If the Jurchens get Yunnei and Tiande Army, they may not let go of the previous trap. With your current strength, you can't resist the Jin army."

"Are you going south?" Brother Richard saw Li Hu not saying anything, and asked on his own initiative, "Are you going to take the opportunity to capture Bian Jing?"

Li Hu shook his head, "Things are more complicated than you think, but I don't need to hide them. I am indeed going south. I hope that in the future, we will abide by the covenant and not attack each other."

"How long? Three years? Five years? Or will we keep our brotherly relationship in our lifetime?"

Li Hu pondered for a moment and said slowly: "This time I go south, I want to control Bianjing. If I fail, I will come back. After I come back, I will take root in Daibei." Li Hu looked up at him, "I can return some places to you, but some places you can only temporarily manage. If I win, I don't like those places, so it doesn't matter if I give them to you, but if I lose, you have to return them to me."

Brother Richard looked shocked. He guessed that Li Hu would attack Bian Jing. The Jin army could even kill Bian Jing. The Hu Lie Army would not be too bad, but the Song brothers had a strong foundation. Although they were in a state of internal and external troubles and looked shaky, this was a giant. The lean camel was bigger than a horse. With the strength of the Jurchens and Li Hu, they might not be able to overturn it. If they were not done well, they were eaten by this giant. However, Li Hu was always on the verge of danger. Since he had the determination to give up Dai Bei, he would have to fight Bian Jing with all his strength.

These are good news for Xixia. The people of Xixia finally won the breathing time. As long as the people of Xixia survive, it is still OK to continue to maintain the three-legged stadium.

Li Hu gave generous conditions and even agreed to return part of the Xixia population. What reason does Richard have to refuse? The talks between the two sides were very successful, and the details were discussed the next day.

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In May, after receiving a letter from Li Hu, Luo Sinan of Datong immediately began to move south to Hulie Mansion. After several years of development, Hulie Mansion has become very large and has many institutions. The migration takes time, and one month is far from enough.

After Zhe Yan arrived directly at the letter, he was worried that the situation would worsen even further, but Li Hu had already made up his mind and had formed an alliance with Xixia. Hu Lie Mansion was also moving south, and there was no time to stop it. Besides, Prince Yun was very supportive. Why did the king work hard for the years? It was just for a throne. Going south to Bianjing was something he was eager to look forward to. When Li Hu launched the Taiyuan mutiny, he thought everything was over. Unexpectedly, after only two months, Li Hu had to go south as soon as possible due to the situation. If he had known this, it would be better to go south as early as February. The opportunity at that time was better than now.
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