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In the meeting hall, the central minister of the East and West Governments and the Luoyang Governor Chu Xiaoyao, and the Propaganda and Fushi, the Beijing East Fifth Road Propaganda Envoy Yue Fei, were discussing the battle situation in the Central Plains. When he saw Li Hu coming in, he stood up to greet him...

This year's New Year was simple and there was no festive atmosphere. Whether it was the court, the local government, the bureaucrats or the people, they all ushered in the new year in panic. In addition to accompanying the emperor to welcome the New Year, Li Hu went to Chang'an to check the construction of the capital. According to the itinerary, he would not come back until after the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, but the situation in the Central Plains was too severe, so he had to return early.

"Why did the Grand Marshal come back so quickly? We thought you would arrive tomorrow." Li Gang apologized, "We should go outside the city to welcome the Grand Marshal..."

"No need." Li Hu said to Li Gang while greeting the civil and military ministers, "Everyone is very busy, there is no need to waste time on this."

"How is Kyoto construction?" Huang She asked impatiently without waiting for Li Hu to sit down.

Li Hu frowned, "The emperor is very dissatisfied, but now

In extraordinary times, it is impossible for the court to spend a lot of manpower and financial resources on the construction of Kyoto. Considering the tense situation in the Central Plains, I have negotiated with the emperor to temporarily suspend the construction of Kyoto and invest all manpower and financial resources on the battlefield."

"Of course the emperor will not be satisfied." Zhao Mingcheng smiled bitterly, "It is impossible for Jingzhao Yoon Ma Kuo to complete the transformation of Kyoto within this year."

"I won't talk about this anymore." Li Hu sat down and said to Yue Fei, "Introduce me about the battle situation in the Central Plains."

Yue Fei told the war in the past twenty days in detail. When talking about the battle at Banqiao, Yue Fei was not polite and scolded Liu Guangshi for being bloody and did not give Liu Yanqing some face. Liu Yanqing was very embarrassed, and felt even more cold in his heart. I wonder if Yue Fei was instructed by Li Hu when he attacked in court.

Liu Yanqing is not as popular as a few months ago. As the status of the generals increased, the morale of the soldiers in the army increased, and he respected Li Hu as much as a god. These real benefits were given by Li Hu. If you drink water and remember the source, the soldiers of course surrendered to Li Hu, are willing to follow Li Hu and obey Li Hu's command. Li Hu is getting more and more popular.

The stronger he was, especially the value of Guan Luo, which made him receive the absolute support of civil servants and officials in the court. Most of these scholars were disciples of Guan Xue. In the past, they were not valued in academics and were even more bleak in their careers. However, Li Hu changed their destiny overnight. Guan Xue became an official school and became the theoretical basis for the reform strategy of Zhongxing. These literati who studied Guan Xue also rose overnight and their careers were bright. This is also a real benefit. These literati certainly supported Li Hu and were loyal to Li Hu.

In just a few months, Li Hu not only increased the morale of the army, but also gained the support of Guan Luoshu and completely controlled the court. This was something that Liu Yanqing and a group of old Bianjing ministers could not have imagined. Then, Li Hu sent the emperor to Chang'an, completely undermining the emperor. At this time, Li Hu monopolized the power, who else could fight against him?

The people in the northwest are weak, while Li Hu is strong. If Li Hu wants to continue to eliminate dissidents, of course he will have to deal with the Northwest Generals. This makes Liu Yanqing anxious and live like a year. But at this time, Liu Guangshi defeated Banqiao, which gave Li Hu an excuse to attack the Northwest Generals.

After Yue Fei finished speaking, Liu Yanqing stood up and took the initiative to apologize without waiting for Li Hu to speak. If he asked Li Hu to drive out of Luoyang, it would be better to take the initiative and resign and at least save the family's life. Liu Guangshi's defeat

Qiao, suffered heavy losses, and Liu Yanqing's strength was severely damaged. He has formed a deep hatred between following Tong Guan and the Northwest General for more than 20 years. Now all the Northwest Generals have surrendered to Li Hu. When they see that Liu Yanqing is no longer able to do so, they will inevitably push him down. Li Hu obviously will not have conflicts with the people of Northwest for Liu Yanqing.

"When the defeat of Banqiao, Liu Zheng has certain responsibility." Li Hu smiled and comforted Liu Yanqing, "I am the most responsible for being surrounded by Bianjing, so there is no need to share the blame for me, and there is no need to take responsibility for Liu Zheng. Now that the army is approaching, the situation is grim, we must work together, and I also need Liu Zhengxian very much."

Liu Yanqing was skeptical and didn't know whether Li Hu's words were true or false, but since Li Hu had separated himself and Liu Guangshi in public, he thought he wouldn't have driven himself out of Luoyang immediately.

Liu Yanqing thanked him repeatedly, and no matter what, Li Hu still took care of his face.

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"What do the Privy Council think about the battle situation?" Li Hu asked Liu Yanqing to sit down and turned to look at Dong Xiaochou.

"Since the Puyang War, the Jin army has changed its attack strategy. In the past two months, Zong Wang has the main force of the Western Treasure Army in Zhending. Handan, like Liyang, has dragged all the troops on the Hedong and Yellow River lines. Zong Wang took the opportunity to lead the main force of the Eastern Treasure Army to sweep across the Jingdong two routes." Dong Xiaochou said this, his face looked angry, "Jingdong two routes surrendered when they heard the news. Liu Yu, the governor of Qizhou, even recognized the thief as his father and helped the Jin army occupy Shandong. The only one who fought against the Jin army was the Shandong rebel army, but they lacked money, food and weapons, and could only gather in the mountains and forests, and could not pose a threat to the Jin army."

"The loss of Jingdong and the two routes of Jingdong led to the entire east of Jingji being completely exposed to the attack of the Jin army. Although Song Jiang fought tenaciously on the front line of Jeju, the entire battlefield situation was very unfavorable to me. After Zong Han led his army to break through the White Horse, Song Jiang was also defeated in Jeju, and the two routes of Jin troops immediately met at the city of Bianjing."

"Now we can see the attack strategy of the Jin army, first based on Hebei and Shandong, and then compete for the Central Plains. In this way, we formed a stalemate with the Jin army."

Dong Xiaochou walked to the map, pointed to the Taihang Mountains on the map and said, "Please see, we and the Jin army are at the east and west ends of the Taihang Mountains. The northernmost end is the Daibei Datong battlefield, and then the two armies in Hebei and Hedong confront each other. After crossing the Yellow River, we and the Jin army were in a stalemate in the Central Plains Bianjing."

"In the battlefield of Daibei Datong, the number of Tiger and Lieutenant Army and Jin army was equal; in the confrontation between Hedong and Hebei, the forces of both sides were almost the same; in the battlefield of Central Plains, the forces of Jin army were far greater than ours."

"At the same time, we fought fiercely with the Dangxiang people on Jingyuan Road, Linyan Road, and fiercely with the Tubo people on Xihe Road. In the next few months, the rebellions in the southeast may attack Jingxiang while the rebellions in Jinghu and west of Jingxi are piled up."

Dong Xiaochou looked at Li Hu and then at the people present, with a serious expression, "We have too many enemies, and all our opponents jumped out at this moment. We cannot face so many enemies at the same time, regardless of military strength or financial strength. All the next few months are related to our life and death. We must defeat the Jin army as quickly as possible. As long as we defeat the most powerful enemy, we can shock other enemies and win time to breathe."

"The countermeasures that the Privy Council has come up with are to first ensure the northwest battlefield, and then consume the Jin army under the city of Bianjing, and wait for an opportunity to fight the Jin army."

"In more than a month, the rivers in the northwest will thaw, and the Dangxiang people will definitely withdraw their troops. The Dangxiang people's existing national strength is unable to support long-term combat, so they continue to attack.

It is already the limit to the early spring. Around mid-February, once the Northwest Grand Governor's Office stabilizes Hengshan and Tiandu Mountain, the main force can be transferred to Xihe Road, attack the Tubo people, and recover the Jishi Army. Our opinion is that the battle to recover the Jishi Army can be dragged to the decisive battle of the Central Plains so that the court can throw money, grain and weapons to the battlefield of the Central Plains."

"The four routes of Sichuan and Shu are relatively stable, especially after the imperial court abolished the money-inspiring and re-implemented the Jiaozi policy, it won the hearts of the people. All local prefectures and counties have expressed their support for the court. Therefore, we plan to transfer Sichuan troops eastward after spring plowing, and let Zhang Guanyu of the Chengdu Grand Governor's Office lead his army along the river and work with the Xiangyang Grand Governor Mao Jun to guard Jingxiang."

"In March or April, we are waiting for an opportunity to fight the final battle in the Central Plains ** Jin army."

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Li Hu looked at the map with his arms, pondering silently.

"Master General, in the next two months, we will defend Bianjing while hoarding food and grass weapons, and at the same time find a good opportunity to fight." Li Gang sat next to Li Hu. After Dong Xiaohou finished speaking, he immediately added, "We have a serious shortage of troops on the battlefield of the Central Plains. We hope to create miracles with fewer and more and weaker with weaker

It is not realistic to be strong, so it is better to find a way to break the confrontation between Hedong and Hebei as soon as possible, and force the Jin army to return to Hebei to help."

"We think so, and the Jurchens will also think so." Zhe Keqiu retorted, "The Jin army must be prepared. If they fight to the Central Plains, they may not want to fight quickly. This may be a trap. The purpose is to break the confrontation between Hedong and Hebei, and then wait for an opportunity to enter Hedong and capture the Central Plains."

"I agree with the view of Zhe Zhixiang." Chai Yun said, "In our opinion, Datong and Taiyuan are more important than Bianjing. Similarly, for the Jurchens, occupying Datong and Taiyuan is more important than capturing Bianjing. Once the Jurchens occupied Datong and Taiyuan, they took all Yunzhong and Hedong, and in fact they obtained most of the territory north of the Yellow River, which formed an overwhelming advantage for us, and our situation became extremely difficult as a result."

"There is one more thing that I think you must consider." Zhao Mingcheng said behind Chai Yun, "The Southeast Rebels may have sent envoys to discuss peace with the Jin thieves. Once they collude and get into trouble, we may not have a chance even if we want to fight to the decisive battle."

"Tong Guan must have sent a peace conspirator." Huang She sneered, "They fled to the southeast in August and will be sent in September in September.

The messenger, counting the time, the two sides should have reached an agreement. If we fail to defeat the Jin thieves in March and April, it is estimated that the next battle will be very difficult, and we may be trapped in a north-south attack."

Li Fu coughed a few times, but he stopped talking.

"Shangshu Li, speak freely." Li Hu smiled, "This is a discussion, don't have any scruples."

Although Li Fu is a great scholar in Guan Xue, he did not enter the center for a long time, and he was very careful in many cases. The center is different from the place, and he cannot make mistakes in any words or actions. Li Fu hesitated for a moment and said carefully: "Did the court send an envoy to the southeast?"

Li Hu smiled, not commenting.
Chapter completed!