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    An error occurred while processing private documents In May, Li Hu was touring the two Zhejiang areas.  He pacified the people in various states and counties, met with officials and wealthy businessmen from Zhejiang and Zhejiang provinces, and promoted and publicized Chang'an's reform strategy.  Mao Jun, Yan Qing and other military and political officials were also extremely busy, while Zhang Guanyu and Song Jiang continued their expedition south with their troops.  Yue Fei, Wang Yuan and Yang Keshi led their troops across the river to the north and returned to their garrison positions.  Lu Yi, Liu Qi and other southeastern generals disbanded their armies in batches in accordance with Li Hu's request.  By June, officials dispatched by Chang'an to Jiangnan and Zhejiang Provinces arrived one after another. All work was on track, and the southeast gradually stabilized.  In mid-June, Zhang Guanyu reported that the army attacked smoothly and captured Jianzhou, Nanjianzhou and Fuzhou successively. The Southeast Rebellion was unable to resist and continued to flee towards Guangnan.  Zhang Guanyu decided to rest in Fuzhou for a few days, reorganize his army, and then advance to Guangnan.  Seeing that the overall situation in the southeast had been decided, Li Hu bid farewell to Mao Jun and Yan Qing, and led the Tiger Guards, Dianqian Army, Hu Lie Second Army and Ninth Army back to Chang'an.  In July, Li Hu arrived in Kaifeng and met with Ying Qin, Yue Fei and other Central Plains military and political officials.  Arriving at Guanyi, Ying Qin couldn¡¯t wait to take out a letter and handed it to Li Hu.  "Commander, this is an urgent message from Luo Shuai." "Is there any news from Dai Bei?" Li Hu reached out to take the letter and asked while opening it.  "The Khitans launched an attack on Beijing." Ying Qin said, "This is the news we just got. This letter was sent with the news from Datong. It can be seen that Luo Shuai and the others only knew about this not long ago. The Khitans  It seems that the specific attack time was deliberately concealed from us. "Li Hu's movements stopped. He looked at Ying Qin and then at Yue Fei, and asked, "Is this your judgment or Luo Shuai's intention?"  Qin and Yue Fei looked at each other, but neither spoke.  Regarding the Khitan people, Li Hu was completely in charge of it. There were many unknown secrets in it. Ying Qin and Yue Fei did not dare to speculate in front of Li Hu.  Li Hu did not hear the answer and knew that this was the private opinion of Ying Qin and Yue Fei, so he stopped asking questions and opened the letter in front of them.  After Li Hu finished reading the letter, his face gradually became serious.  He thought for a moment and handed the letter to Ying Qin and Yue Fei, "You guys should take a look." Ying Qin glanced at it in a hurry, and then shouted in surprise, "Yelu Dashi is back. He arrived at Heishui at the end of April.  He, the Khitans didn't tell us." Li Hu snorted, stood up, and paced back and forth in the room with his hands behind his back.  Yue Fei read the letter carefully.  He shook his head, then looked at Li Hu. Just as he was about to open his mouth to speak, he saw Ying Qin winking at him from the corner of his eye. He immediately thought that Li Hu was responsible for the restoration of the Khitan people, and now that the situation in the north is obviously out of control, the Khitan people  He was so ambitious that he was unwilling to surrender to Li Hu, and the consequences would be dire. If he said this directly, it would obviously embarrass Li Hu.  "Commander, it is understandable that the Khitan people are eager to restore their country. They finally seized such a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Of course they want to break away from our control as soon as possible and rise again." Ying Qin thought for a long time and said with a smile, "Besides, according to  The commander-in-chief's original plan was that when we marched south to the southeast, the Khitans would also launch an offensive in the north to contain the Jurchen army. Now it seems that the Khitans did not break their promise. They followed the commander-in-chief's order during the rainy season.  The attack was launched immediately after the end. " Li Hu turned to glare at him and sneered, "This southern expedition went smoothly as expected and ended quickly, which made the world situation change rapidly.  The next opponent was the Jurchens. We needed to recover and accumulate strength, so I hoped to have a buffer time of two or three years. To this end, I urgently wrote to Yelu Longqing and Brother Yeluma at the end of April, asking them to give up temporarily.  To attack, first stabilize the situation in the north and see how the Jurchens react. The Khitans obviously misunderstood what I meant, or" Li Hu's voice became louder and louder, revealing a hint of anger, "Or they simply ignored it.  In my opinion, they were determined to rise again, so they concealed the news that Yelu Dashi led his army back east, and launched an attack after the rainy season ended. "This is a threat to us," Yue Fei hesitated for a moment and whispered.  Said, "We need the Khitans in the north to contain the Jin army. Once the Khitans launch an attack, we have to provide assistance. At the moment of crisis, we not only need to provide them with a steady stream of money, food and weapons, but also confront the Jin army head-on. But  Now that we have pacified the southeast, the situation has changed and we need to avoid fighting with the Jin army for the time being, so now that the Khitans are taking the initiative to provoke the war, we have become very passive. " "With the current strength of the Khitans, they cannot win against the Jurchens.  Qin shook his head and said, "But we can't just watch the Khitans being eaten by the Jin army. When necessary, in order to protect them, we have to take action."   The more Li Hu thought about it, the angrier he became, but he was so anxious that he had no good solution.  At present, China definitely needs the Khitans. The existence of the Khitans not only avoids direct confrontation between China and the desert tribes, but can also use their willingness to restore the country to help them attack the Jurchens, thereby buying China some breathing time. However,  The Chinese are using the Khitans, so why aren't the Khitans using the Chinese to achieve their goals?  "Judging from the current situation, the commander-in-chief had the foresight to restore the Khitan people." Ying Qin saw that Li Hu's face was getting more and more ugly, so he kindly comforted him, "If the commander-in-chief did not restore the Khitan people, then the Khitans would  Their current attack is tantamount to declaring war with the Jurchens, and the result will be even worse. Now that the Jurchens are under attack from both sides, they must take the initiative to negotiate a peace with us. As long as the commander-in-chief is willing, we can immediately use the peace negotiation with the Jurchens to contain the Khitans.  "This is a crazy move." Li Hu shook his hand, "The Jurchens invaded our country and destroyed all living beings. Everyone in the government and the public hated it. If we negotiate a peace, it will seriously affect the prestige of the court. It is precisely because of this that the Khitan people dared to do so.  Go against my will and threaten me unscrupulously." Ying Qin immediately shut up and refused to discuss peace.  "Commander. Luo Shuai mentioned two suggestions in the letter. These two suggestions were carefully discussed by him, Tie Shuai and Bao Shuai. I think they can be considered." Yue Fei said, "The first is to increase the number of troops to represent the north.  The Khitans provided powerful assistance, which not only ensured that Daibei was not lost, but also used the power of the Khitans and the desert tribes to continue to consume the strength of the Jin army; second, they threatened Hebei from three directions: Hedong, the Central Plains and Shandong, forcing the Jin army in Hebei to  The army shrinks its defense, and then attacks Daming Mansion, forming a north-south pincer attack with the Khitans. " "If one of these two suggestions is adopted, the army will not be deployed on the battlefield for the time being, which can effectively alleviate the financial pressure on the court; if two are adopted, then  A war is about to break out in Hebei, which is another headache for the imperial court." Yue Fei paused and said decisively, "I suggest that the commander-in-chief adopt a suggestion and increase troops to the north to force the Jin army to send more troops.  Investing in the northern battlefield should be of some help in our later attack on Hebei and Youyan." "This will definitely create trouble for the Khitans and allow the Khitans to rise rapidly," Ying Qin sighed, "Before the southern expedition, we deliberately used the Khitans.  , But now the situation is reversed. After we pacified the southeast, the Khitans saw the opportunity to rise and took advantage of us." He looked up at Li Hu and said bitterly, "I think this idea is all Yelu Dashi's.  Yelu Longqing and Yelu Mago originally obeyed the commander-in-chief, but things changed immediately after Yelu Dashi arrived at the Heishui River. The Khitan people suddenly became bolder and dared to threaten us. This shows that there must be something wrong here.  An accident happened, and this accident must be directly related to Yelu Dashi. " Li Hu had long thought that Yelu Dashi was extremely talented. After this man came back, the situation in the north would definitely change.  But I didn't expect that the change would be so drastic that I would become passive.  "Let's increase the troops to represent the north first." Li Hu weighed it carefully and said helplessly, "The armies in the Central Plains and Shandong are also ready to enter Hebei to fight at any time." Ying Qin and Yue Fei were slightly surprised, but they didn't expect Li Hu to adopt it at the same time.  Two suggestions.  "Commander, are you ready to attack Hebei?" Ying Qin said eagerly, "The army is exhausted physically and mentally after repeated decisive battles. It needs time to recover. A hasty northern expedition may not be good for me." "We cannot be passive, nor can we let the Khitans  To rise again, we cannot let the Jurchens defeat the Khitans again, so we can only grit our teeth and face the difficulties," Li Hu said very firmly, "Although this seems unrealistic, it is actually an opportunity, as long as we seize it.  If we live there, we can not only unify China in the shortest time, but also grow rapidly and pose a powerful threat to the northern Tibetans, thereby ensuring that China can recuperate and thrive in a peaceful environment. " Li Hu, Ying Qin, and Yue Fei carefully discussed.  We discussed the possibility of this strategy. From the perspective of the army, it has such strength, but from the financial perspective of the court, it is unsustainable. Therefore, we can only arrange deployment for the time being. Whether it can be implemented in the end remains to be seen.  Li Hu will talk about it after he returns to Chang'an.  Li Hu immediately ordered to mobilize Abaddon's Second Tiger Army and Hylasu's Nine Tiger Army to go north to increase the strength of Daibei's army.  At the same time, he wrote to Luo Qinghan and Tie Ying, asking them to discuss with the commanders of the various Tiger Force armies to see if they could integrate the Resentful Army, Black Mountain Army, Shenlong Army and other armies into the Tiger Army as soon as possible to completely complete the army.  reorganization work to further enhance the court's actual control over the army and improve the army's combat effectiveness.  Li Hu also wrote to Wang Yuan and Xin Xingzong, asking them to meet with Ying Qin and Yue Fei in the Central Plains as soon as possible to discuss the strategy of the Northern Expedition in detail, and strive to come up with a specific plan to report to the court as soon as possible.  In mid-July, Li Hu set off for Chang'an.  This time he took Roland with him and planned to let Roland return to Beijing to get married. This was actually a gift to Chang'an.A strong reminder that he agreed with Luo Sinan's decision and supported the rise of emerging forces represented by wealthy businessmen in Middle-earth.
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