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After reading Ma Kuo's memorial, the emperor summoned Ma Kuo into the palace and asked in detail, which also asked about Li Hu's life experience.

How dare Ma Kuo tell the truth? He reported the rumors about Liaodong truthfully. Li Hu was Li Hong's son. Li Hong gathered a group to rebel with the left-minded Taoist sect, and left a son after his defeat, so the later resignation of the king.

The emperor asked about Li Hu's strength again.

When Ma Guang returned to the country, Li Hu had not yet gone south to break through, so his answer disappointed the emperor. The emperor thought for a long time and said, "The Han captives are not worthy of their reliance, so let this proposal be given up."

Although this proposal was abandoned, Ma Kuo did not give up. He closely monitored the situation in Liaodong through Hu Yanqing of the Chenghai Navy.

The envoys of the Jin Kingdom included Li Shanqing, a native of Bohai, Xiaosanduo and Boda of the Jurchens. In the first month, Li Shanqing and others arrived in Kaifeng City and lived in Baoxiangyuan.

The emperor ordered Cai Jing, Tong Guan and Li Shanqing to meet and discuss the joint attack on Liao. The Jurchens were determined to destroy Liao, which made the emperor very happy, and believed that there was hope for recapturing Yan Yun.

When the emperor was happy, he put up the genealogy of the king of the great country and granted the official position of envoy of the Jin Kingdom. Li Shanqing was Xiuwulang, most of the Xiaosans were Congyilang, and Boda was Bingyilang, and all of them were paid for full salary.

This incident caused controversy. Some ministers believed that although the Jin Kingdom was a barbaric country, it was not a vassal of the Song Dynasty, and the emperor of the Jin Kingdom did not express his surrender. If you grant an official position like this, it would be equivalent to treating the Jin Kingdom as your own vassal without authorization, which may cause unnecessary misunderstandings.

The emperor couldn't listen at all. In his opinion, it was their glory to be the vassal of the Song Dynasty and to give face to him. It was not too late for the little barbarians to be happy.

The two sides agreed and the joint attack on Liao was decided. So the emperor sent the court counselor Zhao Youkai and the king Zhongyilang as an envoy to go to the Jin Kingdom with Li Shanqing and brought an edict in the name of the emperor.

The emperor of the Song Dynasty was too self-righteous. He didn't care whether the Jurchens agreed or not, and forced the Jin Dynasty to treat the Jin Dynasty as his own vassal state. He directly issued an edict to the Jin Dynasty emperor and directly ordered others to do things.

After arriving in Dengzhou, Zhao Youkai died of illness before he got on the boat. This delayed his trip.

At this time, the imperial court received a message from the military town of Hebei. The Liao and Jin Dynasty discussed peace talks. The Emperor of Liao made the Jin master the Emperor of Donghuai and officially recognized the Jin Dynasty. Both sides became allies.

The emperor was disappointed and immediately issued an order to recall the envoy. Hu Yanqing, the commander of Cheng Navy, sent Li Shanqing and others to safely send back Li Shanqing and others.

After Li Shanqing returned, he mentioned the situation of his mission. Wanyan Agu was furious and beat Li Shanqing and the other two, believing that they had accepted the title of officials from the Emperor of the Song Dynasty without authorization, seriously damaging the dignity of the Great Jin Kingdom.

Before Hu Yanqing left, Aguda met him once. He briefly explained the situation in Liaodong. If your emperor is sincere and willing to form an alliance with us and join forces to attack Liao, then please send an envoy to issue a letter of the country. If you use an edict to insult our Jin Kingdom, then don’t talk about the alliance to attack Liao again.

Hu Yanqing returned to Dengzhou and reported to the emperor as quickly as possible.

At this moment, the merchant ships of the Liaodong Rebel Army were coming in groups. The news that Li Hu and the Liaodong Rebel Army were stationed in Heishan had spread to the coastal prefectures and counties along the Song Dynasty. There was news that the Jin emperor said in person and news that the caravans were spread, so he made a special report on the affairs of Li Hu and the Liaodong Rebel Army in the memorial.

Hu Yanqing also wrote a letter to Ma Kuo. On the way back to China, Ma Kuo told Hu Yanqing that Li Hu and the Liaodong Rebel Army had risen and would affect the development of the situation in Liaodong in the future. Now that his prophecy has come true, Hu Yanqing admires it very much. In the letter, he also specifically revealed the news that the navy scouts were investigating the area around the western Liaoning Corridor, saying that the rebel army not only captured Jinzhou, but also captured Yuguan. Judging from the current situation in Liaodong, Li Hu obviously had already stood firm in Heishan.

Ma Kuo immediately submitted the emperor to present his Liaodong strategy again. Our Song Dynasty could use Li Hu and the local forces of the Liaodong military and local forces to consume the strength of the Liao army, thereby creating opportunities for the alliance with Jin to attack Liao, and then recover Yanyun, rebuild the Central Plains barrier, and lay a solid foundation for the unification of China and foreign countries.

The emperor quickly issued an order to summon Ma Kuo.

He wants to confirm one thing. Did the Liao and Jin dynasty negotiate peace? Is Wanyan Aguda's words true or false? If the Liao and Jin dynasty negotiate peace, there is no question of joining the Jin to attack Liao. As for Li Hu and the Liaodong Rebel Army, the emperor still did not pay enough attention. What can a rebel and a rebel influence the situation in Liaodong? From Shangjing Road to Zhongjing Road, it can only explain one thing. This is a group of bandits, what can a group of bandits do?

Ma Kuo had no basis for his empty words. Even if he was talking about it, the emperor would not believe it. So he immediately knelt down and received the order, willing to take risks and go to Liaodong in person to figure out the matter in Liaodong before coming back.

Ma Kuo took Hu Yanqing, Liu Liang and several scouts from the Chenghai Navy once again pretended to be horse dealers and took a Liaodong merchant ship north. He soon arrived at Taohua Island. He was very lucky to meet Li Hu immediately.

"I came here this time, first, to understand the situation in Liaodong, and second, to know if the agreement between us is still valid."

After Ma Kuo briefly explained the local affairs over the past six months, he got back to the point, "Can you tell me how you fought from Longhua to Yuguan?"

What Li Hu has always been looking forward to is the assistance from the Song Dynasty, and Ma Kuo was the only person he could rely on, so he did not hide anything and said everything, "The Liao and Jin dynasties have not made any reply to my request so far, and I don't expect them to agree."

After hearing that Li Hu used the strategy of a vassal state as the way for the rebel army to survive, Ma Kuo looked very serious, because he realized that Li Hu was no longer Li Hu half a year ago, and the rebel army was not the rebel army half a year ago. Li Hu and the rebel army are indeed qualified to propose such conditions now, but the problem is that they do not have the strength to propose such conditions.

The fact is here that the Liaoxi Corridor currently occupied by the rebel army is a dead land. Only when it goes south to conquer Pingzhou Road and gains a foothold on Pingzhou Road can it have the strength to make the demands of the vassal states. Otherwise, whether it is the Liao and Jin, or the Song Dynasty, they will regard this demand as nonsense and ignore it.

"When are you going to hit Youyan?" Ma Kuo asked.

Li Hu didn't say anything, he was thinking about this issue.

He always thought that the Song and Jin dynasties would quickly establish an alliance and sign a covenant to join forces to attack Liao, but who knew that the facts were far behind his imagination. Not only did the two countries not sign an alliance so far, but instead retreated to their initial state and cut off relations.

The pride and arrogance of the Emperor of the Song Dynasty were just a trivial matter. What really led to the failure to sign the alliance was the situation in Liaodong. The Emperor of the Song Dynasty did not know the truth about the situation in Liaodong, so he gave up this plan.

In fact, looking at Liaodong, how many people are there who really know the situation in Liaodong? Li Hu himself, including him, cannot be sure whether the peace talks between Liao and Jin will be successful. If the Liao emperor admits the Jin master as the emperor of the Great Jin Dynasty due to the situation, will Wanyan Aguda accept the peace talks if he loses the Song-Jin alliance? If he accepts the peace talks, will he attack him with the Liao people?

These uncertainties put the Rebels in danger, and the best way to get rid of the danger is to attack, which is to go south to attack Youyan, and then further promote the development of the situation in Liaodong in a direction that is conducive to the Rebels.

"Will the Song Dynasty give me aid?" Li Hu asked. This was the agreement between the two at the beginning, but because the Song-Jin alliance failed, the agreement became impossible to achieve.

"You must capture Pingzhou Road." Ma Kuo replied.

Li Hu had a split headache.

Under the current situation, attacking Pingzhou Road can only allow the Jin people to get a bargain and cause damage to the rebels. This is what I least want to see.

"Using my current situation, going south to attack is equivalent to self-defeating." Li Hu said seriously, "You must give me assistance, otherwise even if I capture Pingzhou Road, I will not be able to defend Pingzhou Road unless the Song army goes north to attack and join forces with me to attack."

"This is impossible. This is impossible for the Song Dynasty to set up troops in Hebei."

Ma Kuo sighed and said something. In March this year, the war in the Northwest suffered a heavy blow. The Xihe Strategic Commander Liu Fa led his army to attack Shuofang, and met the younger brother of the Emperor Xixia, near Tong'an City. He was defeated and the 100,000 troops were wiped out. This battle caused most of the elite troops of the Northwest Army to lose, giving the Song army a fatal blow.

The Xixia sent troops to harass the border, with the original intention of restraining the Song army to help the Liao people attack the Jin Kingdom. Unexpectedly, the commander of the Song army, Tong Guan, underestimated the enemy and attacked blindly, resulting in such a defeat. This is also the reason why the Emperor of the Song Dynasty gave up the alliance with Jin to attack Liao.

"Don't the Song Dynasty have millions of troops?" Li Hu sneered, "Can no other troops besides the Northwest Army? Since the Emperor of the Song Dynasty dared to join forces with Jin to attack Liao, then there should be heavy troops on the front line of Hebei. Why didn't he dare to attack? In the Jinzhou battle, the Liao army lost 100,000 elite troops. If you launch an attack from Hebei, I launch an attack from Yuguan, and attack from north to south, Yanjing will definitely be able to capture it."

It was related to the secrets of the Song Dynasty. Ma Kuo didn't want to reveal too much, but just shook his hand hard and signaled Li Hu not to say these useless words and say something practical.

"Since that's the case, let's settle for the second best..." Li Hu smiled bitterly, "Can the Song Dynasty open the market to us? Can we sell weapons to us?"
Chapter completed!