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On August 20th, Li Hu and Dong Xiaochou led the main army to Guangling City.

Guangling City and the Lingxian City of Weizhou Zhifu are in the remnants of Hengshan. The Huliu River comes out from here and flows into the Sanggan River in the northeast direction. Guangling City is located in the upper reaches of the Huliu River, down the river, and there is Lingxian City sixty or seventy miles away. The rebel army attacked Weizhou, first attacking Guangling and then attacking Lingxian. When Li Hu arrived at Guangling, the front of Yunshuo Army, who had won Qin, had already crossed the mountain and approached the Sanggan River.

"We met Yunshushang and Baoshang's army in Sanggan River, and then attacked Yongning City, Hongzhou Zhifu." Ying Qin pointed to the map and poked Datong twice. "Hongzhou is 240 miles away from Datong. As long as we take Hongzhou, we can kill the city of Xijing within three days." When he said this, his face looked regretful and moved his hand to Lingqiu on the map. "There is an ancient road from Lingqiu to Datong. Although it is steep and difficult to walk, it is closest to Datong. If we can kill Datong directly from this ancient road, we can attack him even more unprepared."

Li Hu smiled and didn't say anything. Dong Xiaochou had already said this suggestion. Ying Qin was familiar with the terrain of Yunshuo area, and the idea of ​​attacking Datong from the Lingqiu Ancient Road must have come from him. This is indeed a good plan, but he doesn't need it at the moment. His target is the Emperor of the Great Liao, and he is to drive him to the desert. If he surrounds him in Datong and catches him, it is equivalent to falling into Yelu Chun's trap, and he really has no chance to turn over.

Under the current situation, the Emperor of the Great Liao must be kept, let him persevere in the desert, and confront the Jurchens, so that he can have the opportunity to make three points of Liaodong. Yelu Chun uses himself, and he also needs to use Yelu Chun. Whoever wins and loses depends on everyone's luck.

"Go off immediately." Li Hu waved his hand, "Take Hongzhou down first."

On August 22, the Emperor of the Great Liao received news from Yanjing that the rebel Li Hu led the rebels to conquer Zijin Pass and entered Xijing Road.

This news was like a bolt from the blue. It immediately scared the emperor and a group of ministers to the point of being at a loss. Li Hu rushed into Xijing Road. Why? He has been stationed in the western Liaoning for more than two years and has been coveting Yanjing. This time he sent troops to attack, and he made a very good choice. He happened to attack the Jurchens in the north and south. Why did he suddenly want to give up the easy and seek difficulties, and to avoid getting close to the far, but he traveled thousands of miles to attack Xijing? There is no reason.

The emperor, Xiao Fengxian, Prime Minister of the Northern Palace, Xiao Delide, Privy Councilor of Privy Councilor Xiao Seng Xiaonu, King Yelu Mage of the Northern Palace, and the Han Palace all deployed Xiao Temo, Yelu Saba, the Xijing left behind, and the southwestern governor Yelu Foding and other ministers urgently discussed the countermeasures.

How to fight the war? The emperor didn't care. He was eager to figure out why Li Hu suddenly attacked Xijing? After thinking about it, the reason was that Yelu Chun couldn't help it and finally wanted to kill the lord. Apart from the gang of priests in the palace tent, there were not many people who knew about his news about Xijing, because he was still hunting in Tanshan last month. He heard that the Jurchens and Li Hu sent troops to attack Zhongjing and Yanjing one after another, so he hurried to Xijing. Thinking of Yelu Chunyu marrying the princess to Li Hu on the eighth day of this month. Then Li Hu suddenly turned and began to attack Xijing. It is not difficult to guess the hidden mystery.

"Someone in the palace tent wants to kill His Majesty." Xiao Fengxian's words hit the emperor's mind. He was even more sure of his thoughts.

Xiao Fengxian was about fifties, tall and strong, and had a high belly. Because he was well maintained, he looked younger than his actual age. Xiao Fengxian said several reasons in one breath to support his judgment. In his opinion, Yelu Chun might have bribed Li Hu and used Li Hu's knife to kill people to reach his goal of usurping. From this, it is speculated that the deployment of troops in Xijing is no secret for Li Hu. This battle is sure to lose. It is better to retreat through the Great Wall as soon as possible. Going north to Yinshan is the best strategy.

The emperor had the intention of retreating. Xiao Fengxian's words gave him sufficient reasons. So the emperor planned to retreat. He retreated across the Great Wall to the Yuanyanglu in Fengshengzhou. He summoned two troops from the southwest and northwest sides there. Then he could support Zhongjing to the east. He could block the Jurchens. He could contact Yanjing to the southeast. He continued to control the palace tent remotely. He could stop Yelu Chun from usurping the usurpation. He could attack Li Hu to the southwest and help the Liao army to guard Xijing.

Xiao Delide and Xiao Seng Xiaonu, the king of the Northern Privy Council, Yelu Mage, and Yelu Saba, the left-behind Xijing, were shocked and hurriedly persuaded him.

"Li Hu's attack on Xijing. The ultimate goal is Yanyun. It is three points of Liaodong." Yelu Mage knelt down and made a deep resignation. He analyzed in detail that Li Hu and the Liaodong rebel army might adopt a strategy of survival and development under the current situation. "Your Majesty. At this moment, the main forces of the Liao army are guarding Zhongjing and Yanjing. Li Hu took advantage of the empty troops of Xijing Road and suddenly sent troops to attack Xijing. The goal is too obvious. If Li Hu succeeded and occupied Xijing, he could immediately carry out east-west attacks with the rebels in the western Liaoning direction. In this way, Yanjing was not protected and Yanjing was lost. Zhongjing would lose support and would definitely fall into the hands of the Jurchens. In this way, Liaodong would form a three-point pattern. Once the three-point pattern was stable, the rebels would then gain a firm foothold in Yanyun. In this way, Li Hu could successfully solve the problem of survival and development."

Yelu Ma Ge's words were equivalent to rejecting Xiao Fengxian's guess. In other words, Li Hu had nothing to do with Yelu Chun when he advanced to the West. Since he had nothing to do with Yelu Chun, Li Hu knew nothing about the real affairs of Xijing. Since he didn't know that the emperor was in Xijing, he certainly didn't know how many troops there were in Xijing.

"At present, we have 30,000 palace tent troops. 50,000 of them have just withdrawn from Yanjing. There are four personal guards of Datong, Zhongshun, Shunyi and Zhangguo in Xijing. There are also Xijing and local troops in various prefectures and counties. The total strength is about 120,000." Yelu Mage continued. "There are farther away from Xijing, Yunneizhou Kaiyuan Army in the northwest direction. There are Wuding Army in Fengshengzhou in the northeast direction. Yunneizhou is about 700 miles away from Xijing. Fengshengzhou is about 600 miles away from Xijing. If the troops of these two places receive the order, they can reach the battlefield in Xijing within ten days. In this way, we can add 20,000 to 30,000 troops. And they are all elite horse soldiers."

"Your Majesty, please see..." Yelu Mage spread the map on the emperor's desk and pointed to Hongzhou on the map and said, "We received a request for help from Hongzhou. At first, we thought it was a small group of bandits, but now it seems that it must be Li Hu's rebels. There are only hundreds of local troops in Hongzhou. If nothing unexpected happens, Hongzhou has been broken and the rebels are advancing rapidly towards Xijing."

Then, Yelu Mage moved his finger to Qingpi Road on the map, "We set up a formation to block the Qingpi Road, and then set up an ambush between Qingpi Road and Bai Dengtai. After each army takes office, we will immediately put the rebels in and surround Li Hu and the rebels." Yelu Mage looked up at the emperor, and his eyes showed a murderous aura, "Your Majesty, we have an absolute chance of winning this battle, and we will definitely be able to wipe out Li Hu and reverse the situation in Liaodong in one fell swoop."

The emperor was hesitant.

If this battle is won, the consequences will be self-evident, especially the throne, which is as solid as a sacred person. After obtaining this record, his reputation will be revived in an instant. Not only can he wash the shame of Bu Dagang's defeat and regain the support of the generals and generals in the army, but he can also kill Yelu Chun and kill all Yelu Chun and his group of close friends. As for the Jurchens, because they lost Li Hu and the rebels, they are no longer able to conquer Zhongjing in the short term, and even with the help of Yelu Yuji, they cannot do it. The Liao and Jin armies will enter a state of confrontation, and the Khitans may have a short chance of breathing.

In this way, I don’t need to bow to the people of the Song Dynasty, nor do I need to exchange for the assistance of the Song Dynasty at the cost of cede land. It is a shame to sell off my ancestors’ foundation after all.

Xiao Fengxian immediately objected.

He had sufficient reasons for opposition and was very evident. Do you know how many troops Li Hu had? If he had a 100,000 army, would we be able to beat him? Li Hu's rebels were composed of strong bandits like thieves, fierce and bloody. He fought from Longhua to Yuguan, Yelu Chun, Xiao Gan, Xiao Bao and Yelu Eliye were all defeated by him. Later, he fought Pingzhou Road, and Yelu Chun commanded more than 200,000 troops to surround and kill, but Yelu Gao and 30,000 palace tent troops were completely wiped out by him. You, Yelu Ma Ge, were also his defeated general. The reason why you wanted to fight this battle was to take revenge and to cleanse the shame of the past. How could you just care about yourself and ignore the safety of the emperor and the country?

What is the basis for you saying you have an absolute chance of winning? Even if you have sufficient basis, things like war often happen. Do you dare to make sure that no accidents happen? Do you dare to swear before the war begins and I will definitely win and will definitely cut off Li Hu's head?
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