Chapter 63: Gains and Losses
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"The Song Dynasty will definitely be in the Northern Expedition. I have already snatched Xijing. If I have snatched Yanjing again, what will happen to the Song Dynasty? The Emperor of the Song Dynasty will be willing to be controlled by me and accept my threats and blackmail? Never mind, the Emperor of the Song Dynasty will fight to the Northern Expedition even if he fights his life."
"Where is Yelu Chun? He can only defend Zhongjing and Yanjing. If Zhongjing is lost, he will only be Yanjing. How will he choose at this time? Should he usurpate the emperor, or should he use Yanjing as a bet and deal with the Jurchens and the Song people to ensure that his own interests are not lost?"
"If we also attack Yanjing and carry out east-west attacks with Liaoxi, then Youyan will be lively, and the forces from all directions gather together. After a melee, who will be the final winner?"
Li Hu looked at everyone, silent for a long time, and suddenly smiled slightly, "In my opinion, the last winner on Youyan battlefield must be the one who sits on the mountain to watch the tiger fight."
This is for sure. The Khitans, Jurchens, Liaodong Hans and Song dying in order to compete for Youyan. Who did they get the advantage in the end? Needless to say, of course it was the Khitan Emperor. The Khitan Emperor was not a fool, and there was a large group of smart civil officials and military generals around them. Of course, they would guess the future situation in Youyan.
"If I had expected it well, the Khitan emperor would summon foreign troops in the desert, and might even borrow troops from the Xixia people. The Xixia people took advantage of the situation and were very likely to use this as an excuse to send troops to the Yellow River. After I led my army eastward to Youyan, they would immediately cross the Great Wall to attack Xijing. At that time, I would lose one thing, and Xijing might be lost again. I failed to capture Youyan, and lost Xijing again, which would mean that everything would be lost."
Everyone here gradually understood that Li Hu was about to change his scheduled plan again.
"The General Commander means that next year, you will not hit Youyan for the time being, but use the attack Youyan as bait to lure the Khitan emperor to Xijing and then cause severe damage to him?" Huang She asked, "Then, what if Youyan was taken away by the Jurchens or the Song people? Does the General Commander want to give up Youyan and turn to do his best to manage Daibei and compete for the world with Daibei as the foundation?"
Li Hu looked at Huang She with great appreciation and nodded repeatedly. He was still a lame man who could see through his thoughts at first sight.
"I have been thinking in the past two days that with the current strength of my rebel army and the current situation, can I defend Yanyun? From Pianguan in Shuozhou to Jinzhou, there are nearly two thousand miles, and the terrain is long and narrow. How can I defend? What should I do? Even if the army can expand its enrollment, where can I get the money? How can I stabilize the prefectures and counties in a short time and get money, grain and wealth immediately? Time, everything is because of insufficient time and too little time. We have no way to expand our strength in such a short time, so. Starting from reality, from the future, and from preserving our strength. We put our foundation in Daibei, imitating the Tuoba family of the Northern Wei Dynasty, first cultivate our energy in the north and south of the Great Wall, and then head south to compete for the world."
Xijing has a unique terrain. Its east is Yanshan, Taihang Mountains to the southeast is Taihang Mountains, Hengshan Mountains to the south, Yunzhong Mountains and Luliang Mountains, the Yellow River to the west, and the Great Wall to the north. As far as this geographical location is concerned, or in the Central Plains, Taihang Mountains and Bingheng Mountains can only be regarded as the third barrier, the second barrier is the Great Wall, and the third barrier is Yinshan.
Since the Qin, Han and Tang dynasties, the Central Plains and the Northern Territories have fought and fought. The most and most intense places are in the Yinshan area. Therefore, if the rebels want to gain a foothold in Xijing, relying on the Great Wall alone is far from enough. They must continue to go north and get all the prefectures and counties in the southern part of Yinshan, Dongshengzhou, Fengzhou and Fengshengzhou. That is, occupying Daibei. In this way, the security of Xijing can be ensured and a stable rear area can be established. Only then can they obtain the capital to go south to compete in the world.
Therefore, Li Hu changed his original plan. Next year, he would not attack Youyan. Instead, he would go north to fight the Khitan emperor. He would regain the hometown of the Han and Tang dynasties south of Yinshan. He would lay a great foundation for the land in Daibei.
But this raises a problem.
According to the predetermined plan, before the rebel army captured Yanyun and gained foothold, we must ensure the three-point pattern in Liaodong. This will effectively restrain the Jurchens and win the time for development. But Li Hu is now heading north to fight the Khitan emperor and drive the Khitan emperor to the desert north of Yinshan. Where does the three-point pattern in Liaodong come from? There is no three-point pattern. The Jurchens leaked out. Or the Song people succeeded in the northern expedition. Youyan was occupied by others. The rebel army is also very dangerous. Because the rebel army may not have enough time to gain foothold in Daibei. Daibei is surrounded by the Khitans, Xixia people, Song people and Jurchens. If the rebel army cannot quickly gain foothold, the consequences can be imagined. We can only be a horse thief or occupy the mountain and become a bandit.
"We first ensure that Liaodong is three points." Li Hu said slowly. "Take this winter and time. We will find a way to promote Yelu Chun to the throne and make him as emperor in Yanjing."
Four points to Liaodong? Everyone suddenly realized that Huang She even praised him. "Good plan. Good plan..."
The Emperor of the Great Liao was driven into the desert and there was no news. The Liao army on Zhongjing Road and Nanjing Road would be difficult to last for a long time and would collapse sooner or later. At this time, Yelu Chun could justify the throne and become emperor with the excuse of saving the great Liao Kingdom.
When Yelu Mingyue got married, she offered Li Hu's advice, but in fact she was the only one who was the one who wanted to be fooled. Although Li Hu saw through it, she didn't want to be fooled, and she still focused on fighting Youyan. Now she has arrived in Xijing and fought for three months, especially after meeting many heroes from the mountain. After hearing their introduction to Daibei, her ideas gradually changed. She began to re-examine her strategies, carefully weigh the pros and cons, and finally decided to abandon Liaoxi and Youyan, first put herself in a weak position, stay in a safer place, work hard to manage, accumulate strength, and when the opportunity is ripe, you can soar into the sky.
This is how the Tuoba family of the Northern Wei Dynasty started, and finally won half of the world. Looking at the Jurchens, it is not difficult to find that their rapid rise is similar to the Tuoba family, but the speed of the Jurchens' rise is too terrible. They can't catch up with them even if they want to.
The rebel army took Yanyun as its base, which was too ostentatious. Neither the Jurchens nor the Song people would allow this huge threat to expand without limit. In order to recover their hometown, the Song people did not hesitate to sign a maritime alliance with the Jin Dynasty. It is not difficult to imagine that the Song Dynasty would definitely join forces with the Jin Kingdom to deal with the rebel army. If the two countries first cut off contacts with the rebel army, and then one attacked Xijing and the other attacked Nanjing, the rebel army would definitely be defeated. The gap between the strength of the two sides was too big.
On the contrary, if the Rebel Army took Daibei as its foundation and was then called a vassal in the Song Dynasty, and the Song Dynasty had Yanmen Pass as a barrier, the threat of the Rebel Army was relatively small, and the conflict between the two could be alleviated to a certain extent. For the Jurchens, Li Hu could not only help him to restrain the Khitans in the desert in Daibei, but also serve as a barrier between the Jin and Xixia people, and the conflicts between the two sides would not erupt in the short term.
At this time, Yelu Chun became emperor and continued to support the great Liao Dynasty in Youyan. Yelu Chun then became the main opponent of the Jurchens and the Song people, while Li Hu could help Yelu Chun, stick to Youyan, firmly restrain the Song people and the Jurchens, and then give himself the rapid development in Daibei to win time.
In other words, Li Hu changed his plan and Li Hu's decisive abandonment finally brought the rebels from one dead to another. The rebels can finally show their strength and firmly control their destiny.
Li Hu explained his thoughts in detail. Huang She, Dong Xiaochou and others also spoke freely, but when they thought of taking the initiative to abandon Liaoxi, everyone still couldn't let go. Li Hu didn't care. This person lived in the world, and there were gains and losses. Sometimes, in order to win greater benefits, he had to have the determination and courage to cut off his arm. Today's abandonment is actually for tomorrow's acquisition. When you wait for the day of your harvest, you will find that everything comes from today's abandonment.
"General Commander, the Song Dynasty is very strong. If they attack the north next year, can Yelu Chun defend Yanjing under the attack of the Song and Jin armies?" Although the Mao army agreed with this plan, they lacked enough confidence in attacking north next year. After leaving the Great Wall, it will be the world of the Fan tribe and the world of the horse army. For the rebel army dominated by infantry, it is equivalent to attacking the enemy's strengths with one's own shortcomings, and the outcome is unpredictable. At this moment, the battlefield of Youyan is crucial. Once Yelu Chun cannot defend and loses Yanjing, and the rebel army fails to win on the grassland, the next thing will be very troublesome.
"Yelu Chun can definitely hold on."
Li Hu said this very affirmatively and confidently.
My father said in the past that the Song army failed in the Northern Expedition. Later, the Jurchens captured Yanjing. The Song people took the maritime alliance and used money to buy the seven states in front of the mountain from the Jurchens. It was precisely because they believed that my father's story was a prediction of the future that they decided to gain a foothold in Daibei. Because I remember that when the Jurchens headed south to attack the Central Plains, they attacked the same route, starting from Xijing, taking Taiyuan, and starting from Yanjing, directly attacking Hebei. Now I took Xijing first, and then fully supported Yelu Chun to prevent the Jurchens from occupying Yanjing. How could the Jurchens carry out two attacks at that time? I'm afraid that Jin Wushu would never have the chance to go south to the Central Plains.
Suddenly, Li Hu thought of something, and his vest suddenly became cold. If my father's story was true, the Northern Expedition of the Song Dynasty failed and the Jurchens occupied Yanjing, did my plan fail? Did I die or was driven to the distant desert to be a horse thief? If I succeed, wouldn't my father's story be fictional? Then why should I now believe that the Northern Expedition of the Song Dynasty will definitely fail?
The more Li Hu thought about it, the more confused he became, his mind was in a mess, and his heart was even more confused, and he couldn't even figure out what was the fact and what was the story.
"General General, the prerequisite for implementing this strategy is that Yelu Chun ascends the throne first." Huang She asked, "Are we sending people to Yanjing?"
Chapter completed!