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    An error occurred while processing private files When the Tiger Army continued to advance on the battlefield.  The domestic situation is becoming more and more critical, especially in the southeast. A huge storm swept across Jiangnan and Zhejiang, and roared towards Fujian and Guangnan. The pent-up anger in the hearts of the people in the southeast suddenly burst out. They were angry at the beginning of the storm.  Violence was used, bureaucrats were bloody attacked, and government offices in many places were reduced to ashes in the raging fires. What was particularly frightening was that the bullied people quickly lost their minds in the blood and fires, and they began to kill landlords and merchants.  , began to plunder the wealth of the government and landlords and merchants, and even began to capture towns and start rebellions. Among them, the White Lotus Sect became more and more popular and became more and more rampant.  Southeast officials Zhang Guanyu, Li Jiong, Yan Qing, and Lu Yi reported to Chang'an urgently, and at the same time, they sent an urgent message to Li Hu, pleading to mobilize the army to suppress it. Otherwise, the situation in the southeast would be completely out of control in the next few months, and the White Lotus Sect would be more likely to do so.  Seize the opportunity to rebel and raise the flag to cause trouble.  The old emperor and Tong Guan will also take the opportunity to launch a rebellion, and the entire southeast will surely suffer unprecedented heavy losses for the second time after Fangla's rebellion.  Li Hu hesitated.  The Northern Expedition has reached a stalemate at the beginning, and no breakthrough has been achieved so far. The development of the domestic situation is just as Luo Sinan predicted. The southeast cannot withstand the impact of this storm and quickly becomes the hardest-hit area, which will seriously affect the progress of the Northern Expedition.  The military supplies for the Northern Expedition basically came from credit loans from the wealthy merchants in the Southeast, and the stability of the entire Southeast requires the resolute implementation of reform policies so that the people of the Southeast can see hope. If there is chaos in the Southeast, it will definitely bring a fatal blow to China.  Li Hu carefully weighed the pros and cons, and categorically wrote to Zhang Guanyu, Li Jiong, Yan Qing and Lu Yi that he agreed with their suggestions, mobilized the army to suppress the local area, surrounded and killed the White Lotus Sect believers, and tried his best to control the situation in the southeast to a level where  within the acceptable range.  Li Hu warned Zhang Guanyu and others in his letter that the rapid deterioration of the situation in the Southeast must be closely related to the fueling of the old Southeast bureaucrats and Southeast Confucian scholars, whose purpose was to subvert Chang'an's rule over the Southeast. To this end, Li Hu asked them,  Effectively use the anger and violence of the people in the southeast to brutally attack the old bureaucrats and Confucian scholars in the southeast, and even use force to eradicate them when necessary, thereby minimizing the huge resistance encountered in the implementation of reform policies in the southeast.  As long as the reform policy is successfully implemented and the people in the southeast receive tangible benefits, the situation in the southeast will surely be stabilized.  "Our enemies are not ordinary people, nor landlords and merchants, but the old bureaucrats in the southeast and the Confucian scholars in the southeast who oppose us." Li Hu wrote at the end of the letter, "Before you use the army, you must let the soldiers know clearly  Who is your enemy? The sword of the Tiger Army only kills the enemy. This must be remembered. Only in this way can we win the support and trust of the people in the southeast and the landlords and merchants, and stabilize the entire southeast in the shortest time. " Li Hu gave Guang again.  Wu Chongtian from the south wrote a letter. Considering the current situation, Li Hu suggested that he temporarily abandon the encirclement and suppression of the Southeast rebels who had fled to southern Xinjiang, and instead concentrate on stabilizing Guangnan and recruit the Southeast Navy to prepare for the next step.  Be prepared to vigorously develop maritime trade.  £½¡¡Wanyan Gao did not respond to Li Hu's invitation to negotiate, because at this time he received accurate news that a fierce army was crossing the Hulu River north, and its target was directly at Zhending Mansion.  Before that, the scouts had reported that there was a tiger army moving north along the Zhanghe River. At that time, the tiger army was attacking the Anyang and Handan lines. Wanyan Gao, Yang Pu and others had reason to judge that the tiger army wanted to outflank them.  to the north of Handan to prevent the Jin army from withdrawing northward.  Now the main force of the Tiger Army has reached the gates of Handan City, but this Tiger Army did not stop and continued to move north. This is enough to prove that the mission of this Tiger Army is to go north to join the Hedong Tiger Army to attack Zhending Mansion.  At this point, the Tiger Army¡¯s attack intention has been exposed.  Zongfu's judgment was very accurate. The Hu Lie Army did not intend to entangle with the Jin Army on the Handan and Anyang lines. Instead, they planned to capture Zhending first, and then surround the main force of the Jin Army in Hebei in the south of the Hutuo River and Hulu River lines, trying to  Annihilate the Jin army in Hebei.  Li Hu opened his mouth. The so-called peace talks were just to paralyze and deceive the Jin army.  Wanyan Gao had no intention of dealing with Li Hu any longer. He urgently informed Zongfu and suggested that he concentrate his troops on Handan before the Tiger Army captured Zhending Mansion, so as to avoid changes in the war situation in Hebei and the consequences of the war in Handan and Anyang.  The Jin army on the ground was defeated by the tiger army one by one.  At the same time, he asked Liu Yanzong to lead the army to Qinghe quickly to ensure that the road for the Handan Jin army to retreat to Jizhou was clear.  He also urgently ordered the Jin armies in Jizhou, Hejian and Gaoyang to be on full alert. Once something happens on the Zhending and Zhongshan lines, they would stop the Tiger Army at all costs and ensure the safe withdrawal of the main army.  Wanyan Gao once again sent an urgent message to Yanjing, asking Wanyan Yanmu to quickly go south to support Zhending.  Li Hu is now very rampant. He exposed his attack intention early and made it clear that he wanted to force the Jin army to retreat north.  If the Jin army withdraws?, then the next negotiations will be beneficial to Li Hu, and he is very likely to easily regain Hebei; on the contrary, if the Jin Army wants to firmly hold Hebei, it must defeat the Hu Lie Army at the Zhending and Zhongshan lines.  The battlefield for the decisive battle suddenly shifted from Handan to Zhending, which caught Wanyan Gao off guard.  In his letters to Yanjing, he repeatedly explained the changes in the war situation in Hebei, hoping that Wanyan Xiyin, Wanyan Yanmu and others could fully understand and follow his orders to quickly increase the number of troops in Hebei.  Wanyan Gao and Yang Pu went south with the original intention of trying to negotiate peace with Chang'an, but the situation changed too quickly.  Now, not only was Wanyan Gao unable to negotiate peace with Chang'an, but he also had to mobilize troops from Youyan to fight south, which deviated from Huanglong Mansion's Middle-earth strategy.  Youyan's Wanyan Xiyin, Wanyan Yanmu and Wanyan Zongjun are all commanders of the Jin Kingdom and hold high positions. When the power struggle in Huanglong Mansion becomes more and more intense, they cannot remain neutral and must fight among different factions.  make a choice.  At present, Wanyan Gao is not sure that these three people are of the same mind as him, so he cannot be sure that his orders will be implemented to the letter. If these three people or one or two of them go against him, he will have to wait until Huanglong Mansion  If you make a decision and issue an order before sending troops south, things will get into trouble.  = On the fourth day of March, Yue Fei and Luo Lan led their troops to the south bank of Hutuo River and met with Li Jin and Dugu Feng.  Li Jin and Dugu Feng are both veteran commanders of the Dashan Alliance. In recent years, while guarding Daibei and Hedong, they have also fought extensively and made outstanding achievements.  When Yue Fei and Roland saw them, they looked respectful and did not dare to be too presumptuous. Yue Fei, in particular, deliberately concealed his arrogance for fear of arousing the dissatisfaction of the old commanders and affecting the situation of the Northern Expedition.  Li Jin gave an overview of the recent war situation.  On February 22, Li Jin and Dugu Feng led their troops out of the well.  Attack the truth.  Zhending defended the river, Wanyan and Wuta occupied the city and stood firm.  Li Jin did not have enough troops to attack the city, so he ordered Dugufeng to lead Hulie's 44th Army and Chen Bing to confront the Jin army at Zhending City, while he himself led Hulie's 43rd and 45th Army to attack Pingshan on the outskirts of Zhending City.  , Huolu, Luancheng and Haocheng.  "Wanyan Wuta concentrated his troops in Zhending City. The number of garrison troops in Pingshan and other four cities was very small. Our army fought consecutively and captured the four cities." Li Jin said, "Originally, I planned to cross the Hutuo River.  Then take down Lingshou and Wuji on the east and west sides of Zhending City to threaten the Jin army. But the commander sent me a letter and ordered me to suspend the attack and wait for the main force to come to join us." He looked up at Yue Fei and Luo Lan and said with a smile.  , "I didn't expect you to come so quickly. How is the war in Handan?" "The Handan battlefield has reached a stalemate." Yue Fei shook his head, "Zong Fu accurately judged our attack intentions and concentrated the main force of the Hebei Jin Army on the Handan and Anyang lines early.  , forcing us to attack the city from the front. In this case, even if Baoshuai and Guishuai join the Handan battlefield with a hundred thousand troops, they will not be able to conquer the city in a short time. " Yue Fei then described the new attack strategy in detail.  "In a few days, Baoshuai and Guishuai will arrive at Zhending with the main force. We will gather about 200,000 troops to attack Zhending. After taking Zhending, the army will advance eastward along the Hutuo River and Hulu River.  , attack the Shenzhou and Hejian lines, and surround the main force of the Hebei Jin Army in the Jizhou area. " Li Jin and Dugufeng looked at the map carefully, and invariably thought of Youyan.  "The fierce tiger army has gathered under Zhending City, and the Youyan Jin Army must quickly go south to support." Li Jin said, "The most urgent task is to cross the Hutuo River immediately, establish defensive positions in Mu Daogou and Shahe River north of Zhending City, and first surround Zhending City.  Ding Jin Army, cut off the connection between Anxi and Zhending, and block the southward support of the Jin Army. " Yue Fei nodded solemnly, "Tomorrow, Wang Shuai (Wang Gui) and Lin Shuai (Lin Chong) will lead four armies to cross the river and go north to seize the Mutao Valley.  Shahe, first completed the encirclement of Zhending. " = On the fifth day of the lunar month, the Hu Lie Army crossed the Hutuo River in the direction of Wuji and arrived at Mudaogou at dusk.  That night, Lin Chong led his army to continue northward, arriving at Shahe in the early morning of the sixth day, and attacked Xinle City on the north bank of Shahe in the early morning.  The Jin army in Xinle City defended the city and rushed to report good news.  Han Qinghe, the general of the Jin Army who was guarding Zhongshan, was shocked when he heard the news.  He rushed to the front line of Xinle City in person.  Across the Shah River, Han Qinghe saw the battle flag of the Tiger Army, and the scout's report made him secretly horrified, because the numbers of the Tiger Army on the other side turned out to be the 12th and 13th Army of the Tiger Army. This was the Tiger Army of the Central Plains.  Army number.  A few days ago, Wan Yangao from Daming Prefecture had called the police, saying that a Tiger Army was heading north, but the main force of the Hedong Tiger Army had not yet appeared. He suspected that the Tiger Army changed its strategy after its front-line attacks in Handan and Anyang were blocked.  To achieve true determination, he asked Wanyan Wuta and Han Qinghe to be careful and not to lose the city carelessly.  Wanyan Wuta and Han Qinghe could only smile bitterly.  The number of troops they have is limited. If the main force of the Tiger Army really wants to fight, there is no other way but to defend.  Now that the Central Plains Tiger Army has arrived, the river?Has the main force of the Tiger Army also arrived?  Are they attacking Zhending City?  Han Qinghe had no time to think about it. He must have been surrounded by the Tiger Army. He did not have enough troops to rescue him, so he could only ask for help from Yanjing. At the same time, he urgently reported to Daming Mansion and asked Wanyan Gao to return to Youyan immediately. He also  I am worried that Youyan's army will not be able to immediately go south to support due to various reasons.  After receiving the urgent report from Han Qinghe, Wanyan Gao was extremely anxious. He was worried that Zhending City could not be defended, and he was also worried that the main force of the Jin Army in Hebei would be surrounded by the fierce army. After weighing several times, he planned to evacuate Handan voluntarily.  Wanyan Gao wrote to Handan urgently to seek Zongfu¡¯s opinion.  Although the Hu Lie Army pressed heavily on the border, they had no desire to attack the city, lack of troops, and wanted to force the Jin Army to retreat north, so they did not surround the two cities of Handan and Anyang, but just confronted each other.  The two cities still maintain close ties with Daming Mansion.  Zong Fu replied that as long as You Yan's army quickly moved south, even if the Hu Lie Army conquered Zhending, they would not be able to complete the siege of the Jin Army in Hebei. Because the two armies were intertwined throughout the Hebei battlefield, no one could do anything to the other, and who would win in the end.  , not yet known.
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