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Chapter 52: Pros or Cons?

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Yanqing walked into the emperor's camp anxiously...

The emperor was furious, waved his hand and ordered Liu Yanqing to be arrested. The guards rushed forward, tied up Liu Yanqing and took him to the emperor. Liu Yanqing was so scared that he was devastated and shouted unjustly.

The emperor took it for granted that Liu Yanqing was Tong Guan's person, so he must have known about this. Liu Yanqing's mission is probably to kill himself, plus a Li Hu. However, because Li Hu was prepared and transferred reinforcements from Li Yang overnight, Liu Yanqing missed the opportunity.

The emperor wanted to kill Liu Yanqing without any discrimination. Li Hu heard the news and rushed to the emperor's tent. Liu Yanqing could not be killed, at least he could not be killed now. Liu Yanqing's two sons, Liu Guangshi, Liu Guangguo, is now on the front line of Daming Mansion, controlling the Liu family army and Lin Yan army. If the emperor killed Liu Yanqing, his two sons would inevitably rebel. Whether they surrender to the Jin people or rebelled in the face of the battle, they would cause a fatal blow to the Song army. Not to mention that Daming Mansion could not defend, even the Yellow River defense line would be defeated thousands of miles away.

"Your Majesty, please give Liu Shuai a chance to explain." Li Hu stopped the angry emperor, and Chai Yun hurriedly told Liu Yanqing about the drastic changes that occurred in Bian Jing in a few words, "Liu Shuai, Tong Guan launched a mutiny and wanted to flee southeast. Do you know this?"

Liu Yanqing was shocked and never dreamed that Tong Guan took action so quickly. "I don't know about this, I swear I don't know."

"What's going on with Xin Xingzhong?" Chai Zhui asked, "Why did he leave suddenly?"

Liu Yanqing did not hide it, so he hurriedly told the story of Zhong Shidao and Zhe Yanzhi joining the Northwest people and planning to kill Tong Guan, but there were two things he did not say that the Northwest people knew that Tong Guan was conspiring to flee to the southeast with the old emperor. Second, the Northwest people and the civil servants of Bianjing joined forces. The ultimate goal of their killing Tong Guan was to seize power and fight against Li Hu. After these two things were said, not only the emperor could not forgive him, Li Hu would not let the Northwest people go.

"Why do you want to kill Tong Guan?" Li Hu roared angrily. Although Yanqing did not reveal the truth, Li Hu could guess the intention of the people in the northwest.

From beginning to end, the people of the Northwest did not want to succumb to the fact that the Li people had been trying to fight against Li Hu, and tried their best to prevent Li Hu from controlling the emperor and the court, fearing that Li Hu would seize the great reign of the Song Dynasty.

"Tong Guan was like Cai Jing. They were both traitors and treacherous people in the Song Dynasty." Since Liu Yanqing knew that Tong Guan had launched a mutiny and was now fleeing to the southeast, of course he was justified and of course he had to defend himself and the people of the Northwest. "I am loyal to Your Majesty and the Song Dynasty. The people of the Northwest are loyal to Your Majesty and the Song Dynasty. I am willing to lead the front army in the palace. I go day and night to chase Tong Guan."

The emperor's anger calmed down. The emperor had a ghost in his heart. He and Tong Guan had been planning to escape to the southeast for a long time. As Tong Guan's confidant, Liu Yanqing should know one thing. However, Liu Yanqing was obviously not the person Tong Guan trusted the most. He did not enter Tong Guan's core and participated in this mutiny. Since that's the case, there was no need to kill him. On the contrary, he had to win him over and cultivate him vigorously and help him rebuild a powerful Northwest Army. He led the Northwest people to directly compete with Li Hu. This is obviously one of the ways to check and balance Li Hu's control.

"Liu Aiqing. Can we still catch up with Tong Guan now?"

Liu Yanqing hesitated for a long time and dared to answer. It is a good thing not to catch up. It is a bad thing if he catches up. Tong Guan fled to the southeast this time and brought the old emperor, the deposed emperor, and a group of princes. As long as these people are alive, they will threaten the emperor's throne. There is a possibility of splitting the Song Dynasty. The emperor has learned this lesson and will not let these people live anymore. He will find a way to kill the Supreme Emperor and his brothers. The people who execute this order will definitely be unlucky. Liu Yanqing does not want to be this unlucky person.

"Now only the horse army can catch up." Liu Yanqing threw this problem to Li Hu.

Li Hu has calmed down now. Although the division of the Song Dynasty was bad news for the Hu Lie Army, it was not a single benefit. Think about it carefully. There are quite a lot of benefits. For example, Li Hu could form a new court according to his own wishes, formulate new national policies, and implement new systems, and lay a foundation for unifying the world faster. On the contrary, if the Song Dynasty court moved to the northwest as a whole, even if Li Hu controlled the emperor, he could not completely control the court. Li Hu would need to spend a lot of energy and a long time to implement the Zhongxing strategy. The great obstacles and difficulties of the land can be imagined. Therefore, the division of the Song Dynasty still had more benefits than disadvantages for Li Hu.

After figuring this out, Li Hu was not in a hurry to chase Tong Guan. He was the same as Liu Yanqing's idea. Even if he caught up, he would inevitably have a bloody killing. If the emperor was angry and killed all the old emperor, the deposed emperor and a group of princes, he would have taken the blame. He and the Hu Lie Army General became the targets of hatred for the people of the Song Dynasty. In the future, it would not be a problem, but a very troublesome, and might even be infatuated for thousands of years.

The emperor turned his face and looked at Li Hu.

"Chai Yun, Xiao Yun has led 10,000 horse troops to set off." Li Hu said, "They will go day and night to kill Yingtian Mansion."

"No, I will issue an order immediately, asking Chai Aiqing to keep chasing him. Even if he chases him to Jiangning, he will give him someone to him.

Come." The emperor said coldly, "Anyone who resists the order will be killed without mercy."

"Anyone?" Li Hu asked deliberately.

"Anyone, regardless of status," the emperor's face turned cold and said word by word, "Everyone will be killed."

=

Li Hu returned to the coach camp and urgently summoned Fang Jin.

"You bring the Five Hundred Hu Guards and catch up with Chai Yun immediately." Li Hu said while writing aloud while urging his desk, "Tell him that after arriving in Bianjing, he will immediately enter the city to stabilize the situation in Bianjing and block all the news that may cause chaos."

Yuanye stood behind Li Hu, and was a little surprised when he heard this sentence. He then came to Li Hu's ear and asked in a low voice: "General General, if Tong Guan and the old emperor escape to the southeast, the Song Dynasty would be divided. At this moment, the split of the Song Dynasty means that the Middle Earth is divided into three, which is of no benefit to us."

"Have you thought about it carefully?" Li Hu smiled, "The split of the Song Dynasty is really not good for us?"

Yuanye wrinkled and felt that Li Hu's attitude towards this matter changed. He thought about it. If the Song Dynasty was divided simply from the perspective of Hulie Mansion, the old emperor and a group of princes and ministers in the court fled to the southeast, then Emperor Zhao Kai was alone and his power was reduced sharply, and he could not fight against Li Hu at all. He could only obediently listen to Li Hu's mercy. In this way, Li Hu would do whatever he wanted without any resistance. More importantly, in the future, Li Hu would unify the world, make great achievements, and can seize the country's destiny very smoothly and dominate the Middle Land.

"General General, if we divide Middle-earth into three parts, our situation will be even more difficult.

"Yan Ye thought about it for a long time and had to remind Li Hu, "I have the Jin Kingdom in the north, the Song Dynasty in the south, the Xia Kingdom and Tubo in the northwest, and are attacked from all sides. If we can ensure the unification of the Song Dynasty, then the whole world will be confrontation between the north and the south, which will be more beneficial to us."

Li Hu: Nodded slightly, "Of course I know the benefits of maintaining the unification of the Song Dynasty, but have you ever thought that after this mutiny broke out, will the emperor still leave the old emperor and a group of princes? Obviously not, the emperor will kill people with a knife, and we will take the blame and become enemies of the Song Dynasty." After pausing for a moment, Li Hu said again, "Do you still remember Erzhu Rong during the Southern and Northern Dynasties? He led the Xiurongchuan army from Dai North and defeated Ge Rong in Hebei, but he immediately launched the Heyin disaster and killed the Tuoba royal family of the Northern Wei Dynasty and all the civil and military officials. What was the result? He became the enemy of the whole world and was soon defeated."

"The situation today is very similar to that of that era. We also went from the north to the north and south. The Jin army was raging in Hebei, and the Song Dynasty court was in a state of great strength. If we tried our best to prevent Tong Guan and the old emperor from going south in order to maintain the unification of the Song Dynasty, then would Tong Guan be bound by his means? If he was desperate and killed all the old emperor and a group of princes, princesses, concubines and civil and military officials of the court, then who would take the blame? Obviously, of course, we will take the blame, and we will not argue. The Song Dynasty people will turn black and white and try every means to make us take the blame, so that we will become enemies of the entire Song Dynasty. At that time, can our Tiger and Lieutenant Army still gain a foothold in the Song Dynasty? Can we still win people's hearts, dominate Middle-earth, and unify the world?"

Yuanye thought of Tong Guan's power and thought that Tong Guan might be burning to the end, and he couldn't help but feel a little suffocated. Indeed, if things develop to that point, Li Hu and Hu Lie Army will be over, and they will definitely be defeated if they cannot last for a few years in Middle-earth.

"I can't take risks," Li Hu continued, "we must be heroes who save China, not destroy the scourge of the Song Dynasty."

Yuan Ye thought about it again and again and accepted Li Hu's statement. The Hu Lie Army was a Han Chinese from the north. If the Han Chinese from the north wanted to integrate into the Middle Earth, it would take time. Therefore, you must not take risks at this time and fight steadily at every step.

"Since that's the case, let Chai Yun stop chasing him and just stay in Bianjing."

"I have the same idea," Li Hu smiled, "but I can't help but give the emperor face and ask Chai Yun to do it himself. Over the years, Tong Guan has helped us a lot, so I'll give him a generous gift this time."

=

The thirteenth day, late at night.

Yue Fei reported that the Jin army crossed the Zhang River, and one of them began to attack Guantao.

Yang Keshi reported that the Northwest Army entered Daming Prefecture. The Jin army launched an attack from Wei County, and the battle between the two sides was fierce. On the 12th, after receiving the imperial edict, Zhong Shidao left Daming Prefecture and was rushing to the emperor's camp.

Dong Xiaochou reported that the Tiger Lieutenant Army advanced east along the Zhang River and had arrived at Yongji Canal yesterday and attacked Wei County.

Luo Qinghan reported that the Jin army continued to attack. On the 12th, Liu, deputy envoy of Hebei Xuanfu, returned to Handan. On the same day, Li Gang went south to the emperor's camp.

Li Hu estimated that the Bianjing mutiny would affect the war situation in Hebei, so he urgently wrote to Dong Xiaochou, Luo Qinghan, Yue Fei, and Yang Keshi, asking them to stay on the front line of Daming Mansion. At the same time, he urgently adjusted the situation and asked him to seek the war. Wang Yuan led his army south to guard the Yellow River.

Li Hu wrote to Luoyang and asked Huang She to rush to the emperor's camp quickly. Next, Li Hu would form a new imperial court according to his wishes.
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