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Chapter 68 Crossing the river and demolishing the bridge

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The thirty month of the month, Tongguan.

As the vanguard-selected army, the Eighth Army of Hulien took the lead in crossing the river and entered Tongguan, and quickly advanced towards the western capital Luoyang. At this moment, Tong Shimin and Zhang Shizheng's Shengjie army had arrived in Shaanxi City, Shanzhou Zhifu, three hundred miles away from Luoyang.

At dusk, Prince Yun and Tong Guan rushed to the headquarters of the Northwest Marshal's Mansion and discussed plans to attack Bianjing with Li Hu, Dong Xiaochou and Zhe Yanzhi.

Zhe Yanzhi and Bianjing have always maintained close contact and have received all the recent news about Bianjing. The Hebei War is in the fight, but because of the unfavorable attack, Bianjing has added troops to Hebei. At this time, only 30,000 troops are left in Bianjing and Jingji Road.

After the Jin army withdrew, the young emperor was worried that the army of the king would not be good for him to stay in Jingji, so he issued an order to disband the army of the king. After Bianjing decided to launch the Hebei War, he only mobilized the Northwest Army, Jingji and Jingji West Road and North Road troops, but did not recruit troops from the Jianghuai, Liangzhe and Jinghu areas, which led to a serious shortage of defense forces in the capital. This was also impossible. The first priority of the young emperor was to recover Youyan, Hebei, and he would not have the energy to take care of the southeast in the short term. If a large number of military and political officials were replaced in the southeast, it would inevitably cause chaos in the southeast, so the best way was to keep it the same.

In this way, we can appease the Southeast officials, ensure the stability of the Southeast, and obtain the Southeast money and food. However, most of the Southeast officials are the confidants of Cai Jing, Tong Guan and Zhu. The young emperor severely punished Cai Jing, Tong Guan and others. Their backers fell. Even if the young emperor did not hold them accountable in the future, their career will end here. Therefore, the Southeast officials and the Bian Jing were very tense. In this case, the young emperor prayed that they would not rebel, and how dare they recruit troops? If a few brave generals brought the army to Bian Jing, rebelled and rescued the old emperor, the little emperor would be completely finished.

Of course, the army in the southeast has no combat power, and even if it comes, it will be a decoration and only consumes money and food. The little emperor learned a lot of the real situation from Zhong Shidao and Li Gang, and did not expect them, but instead expected the war in Hebei. He placed all his hopes on the battlefield in Hebei.

The situation Zhe Yanzhi mastered was equivalent to telling the people in the tent that seizing Bian Jing was just a slight effort.

"I have made a secret agreement with Cao, the commander of the guards' personal army, that he will open the city gate just when our army arrives at the city of Bianjing."

Zhe Yanzhi's words made the king so excited that he almost danced and cheered loudly. Cao turned out to be the third general in Hedong, and his ancestor was Cao Bin, a great minister of the Song Dynasty. Cao and the Zhao royal family married several times and were royal relatives. Zhe Yan until the northwest, the old emperor transferred him back to the capital and served as the commander of the guards' personal army. The intimate relationship between the Cao family and the Zhe family has lasted for more than two hundred years, and Cao's wife is the daughter of the Zhe family. With Cao's status and status, she will naturally be involved in the dispute over the imperial rule, so it is of course reasonable for Prince Yun to get Cao's help at this moment.

Since Bianjing can be easily taken, the focus of this military discussion is not how to attack Bianjing, but to minimize the threat from Li Hu and the Hu Lie Army to Bianjing.

Zhe Yanzhi stood in front of the map, explaining in detail the march routes of each military and local government, and the deployment of each military and local government after controlling Bianjing.

The Northwest Army took the lead. Some of them entered Bianjing City and some were guarding the surrounding areas of Bianjing. The Tiger and Lieutenant Army followed. Some were guarding the Western Jing Luoyang. Some were deploying formations on the south bank of the Yellow River. Controlling various ferries and preventing troops from crossing the river and moving south. If this mutiny affected the Hebei battlefield. The Song army collapsed across the Hebei battlefield. Then the Tiger and Lieutenant Army on the south bank of the Yellow River would first take on the heavy responsibility of blocking the Jin army from going south.

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While Zhe Yanzhi was still talking endlessly, Prince Yun, Yuwen Xuzhong, Zhang Xiaochun, Fan Zhixu and others looked at Li Hu and Dong Xiaochou nervously.

The local strategy formulated by Zhe Yanzhi actually blocked the Tiger Lieutenant Army outside the city of Bianjing. According to this arrangement, the Tiger Lieutenant Army not only could not enter Bianjing and its surrounding areas, but also had to block the enemy in Hebei for the Northwest Army. To put it bluntly, it was to both want the horse to run and not eat grass. Before crossing the river, it would be necessary to demolish the bridge. It was purely to treat Li Hu and the Tiger Lieutenant Army as fools.

Li Hu's face became increasingly ugly, murderous intent, and Dong Xiaohou was calm and expressionless. But it could be seen from his eyes that he was very angry.

Tong Guan's face was as calm as water, he turned a blind eye to Li Hu's anger, and looked confident. The same was true for Zhe Yanzhi, the more he spoke, he became more and more excited, as if he was deliberately angering Li Hu.

"The Bianjing mutiny has a very large variable, but one thing is certain, that is, the battlefield in Hebei will definitely be affected." Zhe Yan straightened his fingers and drew a line in the Hutuo River area. "Now, various armies in Hebei are fighting fiercely with the Jin army. A major change occurred in the fight against Bianjing. The battlefield in Hebei lost command. The result is self-evident. Therefore, we must solve the problem of Bianjing as quickly as possible, and at the same time station heavy troops on the south bank of the Yellow River to prevent accidents."

"After we control Bianjing, we will quickly contact the Hebei Xuanfu Envoy. Zhong Shuai and Yao Shuai are both commanders of the Northwest Army and Local Army. If nothing unexpected happens, they will accept the facts and support His Highness. With Zhong Shuai and Yao Shuai support, coupled with the Northwest Army on the battlefield in Hebei, the Northwest Army will be accepted.

We have the ability to block the Jin army north of the Yellow River."

Zhe Yan looked at Li Hu and said earnestly: "The key to whether this mutiny can be successful and whether it can achieve the expected goal is speed. We must not only enter Bianjing as fast as possible, but also make Your Highness ascend the throne as fast as possible. As your Highness becomes the emperor, we must also rebuild the center as fast as possible, stabilize the east and west governments, and then launch the Hebei war again. If Your Highness wants to firmly sit in the throne, he must win the Hebei battle at the fastest speed and recover Hebei and Youyan. This is the key."

"The soldiers of the Tiger Lieutenant Army are mainly Han people from the north, and this time there are tens of thousands of Khitans, Hai and other foreign troops who go south with them. If this army enters Bianjing, your highness will first be punished for launching a mutiny with the help of the foreigners. This will arouse the anger of Bianjing, and the reason for launching a mutiny will become very far-fetched. Secondly, this will cause great trouble for Your Highness to ascend the throne. Your Highness needs the support of the civil servants of Bianjing. The appearance of the Tiger King and the Tiger Lieutenant Army will definitely anger the civil servants of Bianjing. If these people use this as a reason to go against us, things will be very difficult. Finally, I will speak out straight..." Zhe Yanzhi approached Li Hu and asked without hesitation, "Your subordinates, especially those foreigners, will definitely plunder in large quantities when seeing the prosperity of Bianjing. Even if you strictly control it, it will be difficult to stop it, because no one can resist that temptation.

You plundered Yanjing all over back then, which was a living example.”

Li Hu sneered.

He had long expected that Prince Yun, Tong Guan and the people of the Northwest would do their best to prevent him from entering Bian, and to find ways to get rid of himself and prevent him from controlling the authority of the Song Dynasty as he wished, but he did not expect that these people were so impatient and had to negotiate conditions with him before leaving the northwest territory. OK, since that is the case, I'm welcome.

"The reason is high-sounding." The smile on Li Hu's face made people shudder, "You are about to break the bridge before you cross the river."

"Tiger King, please consider it carefully." Tong Guan said, "We are all on the same boat, prospering and losing. Now the situation is here, and our time is very limited. You can imagine it, but what will the Bianjing people think when you and the Tiger Lieutenant Army, especially those Khitans and Bohai people enter Bianjing?"

Li Hu went up to the sky and beat him up. Tong Guan hurried south to Bianjing again and again, which is one of the reasons. If Li Hu's original strategy was followed, he defeated the Jin army in Hebei and recovered Hebei, then Prince Yun had achievements, but the achievements of the Tiger and Liberty Army were equally prominent. With this achievements, the people of the Song Dynasty would agree with the Tiger and Liberty Army, and the Tiger and Liberty Army could also approach Bianjing and accept the cheers of the people of Bianjing. When Li Hu and the Tiger and Li Wu entered Bianjing, Prince Yun could not get rid of Li Hu's hostage, and Li Hu would use this to control the authority of the Song Dynasty, which was something Tong Guan and the people in the northwest would not want to see.

For Prince Yun, he would rather not be this emperor than be hostage by Li Hu and let Li Hu control his authority. Tong Guan and the people of Northwest agreed on this point, so when Zhe Yanzhi prepared everything, it became the most urgent thing to prevent Li Hu and the Hu Lie Army from entering Bian Jing.

At this moment, the arrow was already on the string and had to be fired. What else could Li Hu do? He could only sit down and bargain.

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Li Hu was silent. The handsome tent was very quiet.

Li Hu's attitude determines everything. If Li Hu refuses, no one can predict whether the Bianjing mutiny will succeed.

"Okay." Li Hu spoke with a very firm expression, "I won't enter Bianjing, and the tiger martyrs won't enter Bianjing."

Wang Changsong breathed a sigh of relief, and only then did he realize that his back was chilly and his cold sweat had already soaked his clothes.

Tong Guan also breathed a sigh of relief, a hint of pride in his eyes. He was extremely thrilling along the way, but today he finally got what he wanted.

Zhe Yanzhi, Yuwen Xuzhong and others also breathed a sigh of relief. No matter what happens in the future, they were very grateful to Li Hu at this moment. Starting from the alliance between the Zhe family and Li Hu, Yuwen Xuzhong and Li Hu shook hands and oaths, Zhongxing became the target of the Song Dynasty, and Li Hu helped a lot and gave up his ambition at the last moment and no longer controlled the authority of the Song Dynasty by holding the emperor.

Everyone looked at Li Hu and waited for him to offer the conditions.

"I will give you the Liangshan Army of Song Jiang, the Eighth Army of Lin Chong, and the Yisheng Army of Geng Shouzhong to command." Li Hu continued, "These three armies can help you guard the south bank of the Yellow River and ensure the safety of Bianjing. I will lead the main force of the Hu Lie Army to station in Xijing Luoyang, on the one hand, on the one hand, on the other hand, on the other hand, on the other hand, on the other hand, on the other hand, on the other hand, on the Hebei and the capital of the capital."

Li Hu looked at the king, then at Tong Guan and Zhe Yanzhi, and asked coldly: "How is it? Do you have any objections?"

The king did not dare to answer. Tong Guanze nodded slightly. Zhe Yan thought for a moment and said, "After your highness ascended the throne, Bianjing will stabilize, you will withdraw back to Taiyuan to cooperate with us to attack Hebei."
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