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Kai got his wish and became the emperor, but he was afraid of Li Hu, especially Taiyuan, who personally felt Li Hu's viciousness. If it weren't for the scheming Tong Guan, he might not have escaped from Li Hu's control. However, he always had to face Li Hu and face Li Hu head-on. From the moment he ascended the throne, he would have to correctly examine and handle the relationship between the Song Dynasty and Li Hu from the height of a monarch of a country.

Li Hu was a vassal state of the Song Dynasty. Li Hu fulfilled his promise and helped Zhao Kai become the emperor of the Song Dynasty. The price Zhao Kai paid was the military and political power in the entire northwest. Although Shaanxi Sixth Road and Hedong Road did not become Li Hu's vassal states, they actually fell under the control of Li Hu. Li Hu became the king of the northwest.

When Zhao Kai sat in the Chuigong Hall and discussed the plan for revival with a group of central ministers, facing the chaotic situation, he suddenly found that Li Hu was still firmly controlling the initiative, which made him very frustrated. He had to take the initiative to grant Li Hu military and political power in the northwest, and had to lower his noble head to ease the conflict between the two sides by marriage.

Zhao Kai urgently needs Li Hu's support now. Without Li Hu's support, he would not be able to win the Hebei War at all.

Before leaving Bianjing, the old emperor did something very stupid, which was to reuse Zhong Shidao and split the Northwest Army. After the young emperor ascended the throne, he continued to reuse Zhong Shidao and Yao Gu. However, the Hebei War was defeated, and the Northwest Army suffered heavy damage. The main forces of Zhong Shizhong and Qinfeng Road were wiped out, and Yao Gu's Xihe Road army also lost more than half. Zhong Shidao and Yao Gu led 70,000 troops into Hebei, plus the 30,000 troops in the north and southwest Beijing and the east and west Beijing roads, a total of 100,000 troops were fought for a month, but more than half of them were lost.

At this time, Zhao Kai became the emperor, Zhe Yanzhi, Zhe Keqiu, Liu Guangshi and Yang Keshi brought 120,000 Northwest Army to Bianjing. These northwest generals immediately became the upstarts of Bianjing. Zhong Shidao and Yao Gu had become "yesterday's yellow flowers" with the dethrone of the young emperor. However, considering that the Hebei battlefield and the Hebei army were to stabilize the extraordinary times, the young emperor continued to reuse Zhong Shidao and Yao Gu in order to smoothly and ensure the safety of Bianjing.

When Zhao Kai became the emperor, he had to reward merits, fulfill his promises, and meet the interests of Zhe Yanzhi and the Northwest Generals. Therefore, Zhong Shidao and Yao Gu were just over-the-top figures. Everyone knew this in their hearts. From this, it can be inferred that Zhong Shidao and Yao Gu wanted to protect themselves. They would not make any amazing moves on the Hebei battlefield. The next Hebei battle will be commanded by Zhe Yanzhi and the new generation of commanders of the Northwest Army.

However, now the Song army not only has no military advantage in the Hebei battlefield, but the morale of the soldiers is also very low. If you want to win the Hebei War, you must ask Li Hu to take action. Invite the Tiger and Li Wei army to enter the Hebei battlefield. The two tigers fight and both lose the loss. Then Bian Jing can reduce the losses of the Northwest military and local areas, retain strength, and easily get back the military and political power of the Northwest. This is a killing two birds with one stone. The only headache is how to convince Li Hu?

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Can Li Hu be convinced?

In the past six months, the Northwest Army has entered the Central Plains twice. The main force of 200,000 has left the Northwest. At present, the Northwest Army in Shaanxi Sixth Road and Hedong Road have less than 100,000 people. It has spread to seven roads. There are only more than 10,000 people along the way. This is equivalent to handing over the Northwest to Li Hu. So after Zhao Kai ascended the throne, he granted the military and political power of the Northwest to Li Hu without hesitation. This is a favor. If Li Hu spoke and both sides were happy, it would be better to give it to him happily. It is also a reward for Li Hu.

Is Li Hu satisfied with this interest? Will he take advantage of the fire to rob Bian Jing and threaten Bian Jing to use the entire northwest as a vassal state? If Li Hu opens his mouth wide, Bian Jing will be very difficult. There are Jurchens in the north and Li Hu eyeing them covetously in the west. How to support them?

Therefore, marriage became a way to ease the conflict between the two parties. Bianjing was very esteemed. The Zhao royal family regarded themselves as the pride of heaven. Zhao Kai and a group of central ministers took it for granted that the emperor was condescending to the nobles and took the initiative to marry Li Hu. On the basis of the brothers, he added a relationship with his uncle and relatives. This should satisfy Li Hu's greed and vanity.

Ma Kuo was appointed to the precepts. Today, in the Song Dynasty, if we talk about friendship with Li Hu, Ma Kuo was the first. Ma Kuo first met Li Hu and introduced him to the old emperor. In a blink of an eye, eight years have passed. Li Hu became a prominent figure in dominating the fate of the Song Dynasty. Li Hu had all his titles, official positions, and power. This time the emperor also gave him "not to go to the court, praise and worship without being named". But this glory has no practical significance. The emperor could only give him land, and could only impress him.

Zhao Kai spent a lot of money and turned his mother and sister into his hometown. At the age of seventeen, Princess Roufu married Li Hu. When the old emperor was in charge of the territory, he had nothing to do when he was full. He changed the "princess" to "Emperor's concubine". Last year, the crisis came. The old emperor changed these things back and restored the local official position to the Yuanfeng period.

The relationship between Ma Kuodi, the sister of the emperor, the rich benefits brought by marriage, etc. All of this is enough to impress Li Hu in the eyes of Zhao Kai and the central ministers. Zhao Kai and Li Gang, Yuwen Xuzhong, and Zhe Yanzhi all know Li Hu's true identity. One emperor and three priests have formed a complex relationship with Li Hu in the past few years. But Li Hu is the grandson of Li Qingchen. Based on this, the king and ministers

I feel confident to convince Li Hu.

Ma Kuo still knows Li Hu. After so many years, he watched Li Hu rise step by step and knew that Li Hu could no longer decide his destiny. Li Hu's fate was firmly tied to the future of the Hu Lie Army. It is actually meaningless to define Li Hu as Li Qingchen's grandson, so Ma Kuo directly threatened Li Hu. You immediately withdrew from Xijing, otherwise the future of the Hu Lie Army will be dark.

Of course, Ma Kuo's words are not aimless or are not lustful, but are based on facts. The northwest financial income is limited. Compared with the financial income of Shaanxi Sixth Road, the financial income of Hedong Road is far inferior to that of Heli Road. Hu Lie Mansion is in a financial crisis. If Hu Lie Mansion does not cooperate with Bian Jing, it will not take long for the Hu Lie Mansion to continue.

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Sometimes, territory is not proportional to strength. For example, the Liao Kingdom has a vast territory, but the financial income of Yanyun and Yanyun accounts for more than 60% of their total financial income. The same is true for Xixia. Hetao and Hexi are not small, but there are too many deserts. The one that can truly provide financial income is the Lingxia area (now called Ningxia Plain).

If Li Hu's territory is limited to Daibei, it is indeed difficult to sustain by relying solely on the financial income of Datong, but if it occupys Hedong Road, it can solve the big problem. The Taiyuan area of ​​Hedong Road, Jinzhou in the lower reaches of the Fen River, Jiangzhou to Hezhong Prefecture are all prosperous areas and can provide Hulie Prefecture with a large amount of income.

Li Hu took over the Sixth Route in Shaanxi, and his territory was indeed several times larger. However, except for Qinfeng Route, which is the area of ​​Guanzhong, the other five routes are all barren lands. Not only can they not provide financial income to the Hulie Mansion, but they have to rely on the Hulie Mansion for subsidies. In addition, Shaanxi Routes bordered Xixia and Tubo, and needed a large number of garrison troops, which led to the serious dispersion of the Hulie Mansion's forces.

Another important point is that Shaanxi has always been the sphere of influence of the Northwest Generals. Although the main force of the Northwest Army has reached the Central Plains, the Northwest Generals still stayed in Shaanxi. Prominent generals like the Zhe Family and Zhong Family dominate a state. They have a maximum army, and each general family has a certain number of rural soldiers, local soldiers and foreign soldiers, and their strength cannot be underestimated. If Li Hu wants to occupy Shaanxi, he must get the support of the Northwest Generals and establish an intimate relationship with the Northwest Generals.

In other words, if Li Hu occupied Shaanxi, it would be like jumping into a trap. Not only would the financial crisis be more serious, but the dispersed forces would also lead to a decline in strength. The conflict with the Northwest Generals will cause Hu Liefu to encounter huge resistance in the process of controlling the six routes of Shaanxi. In the short term, or for a long time in the future, due to the serious crisis currently under the Song Dynasty, it would be very, very difficult for Li Hu to gain a foothold in the northwest. Only by relying on Bian Jing and establishing a close relationship with Bian Jing, the two sides cooperate closely and work together to overcome the difficulties.

Paradoxically, if Li Hu cooperated with Bian Jing, he would inevitably enter the Hebei battlefield with his main force, so Li Hu would not have the energy to control Shaanxi, and he could only occupy Hedong Road at most. However, if the Huli Army suffered heavy losses in the Hebei War, Li Hu would eventually defend Daibei and be a vassal state outside the border, and guard the northern border for the Song Dynasty.

When Li Hu was drafting the strategy in Taiyuan, he did not know much about Shaanxi, and Tong Guan, Zhe Yanzhi and others deliberately concealed it. After he arrived in Luoyang, he summoned Jingzhao Prefecture and a group of officials from Henan Prefecture to learn more about the military, political and financial affairs of Shaanxi and Jingji, he realized that his idea was too simple.

For Hu Lie Mansion, if you want to control Bianjing, you have to control the capital, including Jingdong East Road and Jingnan North Road. However, if you want to control Jingdong, you must first control Shaanxi. It is far from enough to control just one Hedong Road. Now the strength of Hu Lie Mansion is limited, and the general trend of the world is not good. Hu Lie Mansion is eager to control Shaanxi is equivalent to carrying a big burden on itself. The overall strength has not only not improved, but has declined. Of course, if Hu Lie Mansion is given enough time, such as a two or three years of buffer period, the strength of Hu Lie Mansion will definitely be improved, but the question is, who will give Hu Lie Mansion time now?

Tong Guan offered advice in Taiyuan, and Zhe Yanzhi led the Northwest Army to leave Shaanxi. He had long seen the situation of Hu Lie Mansion being in a dilemma today. If Li Hu insisted on his own and insisted on occupying Shaanxi at all costs, the crisis he faced was very likely to destroy Hu Lie Mansion. Hedong Road was several times larger than Peking University and Shaanxi was several times larger than Hedong Road. Li Hu had to actually control such a large territory in a short period of time, and was within the sphere of influence of the Northwest General Sect. Then the difficulties he encountered were unimaginable.

Therefore, Li Hu had only two countermeasures. One was to retreat to Taiyuan and control Hedong Road. This was the best and most practical method. It was beneficial to Hulie Mansion and Bianjing, and it was more beneficial to resolve the crisis faced by the Song Dynasty. The other was to occupy the Sixth Road in Shaanxi, which was not good for Li Hu to swallow an elephant, which was not good for Hulie Mansion. The situation in Shaanxi deteriorated, and it was even worse for Bianjing. The conflict between Hulie Mansion and Bianjing intensified, so the two sides could not work together to deal with the Jurchens, and the crisis in the Song Dynasty was bound to be out of control.
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