At first, Ye Qing always believed that the most fundamental reason why the Southern Song Dynasty was bullied by the Jin people everywhere and was always in a corner, including the failure of the Northern Expedition, was not the troops and generals of the Song Dynasty, but entirely in the court, and the royal family and important officials did not have the absolute determination to come to the Northern Expedition.

Throughout the dynasties, almost all founding kings enjoyed the words of literary and military strategy and wise and wise martial arts. With the development of the times, it is difficult for the court to appear in the court as strong as the king and the ministers who were strong in their hearts and bloody in their hearts.

The reason why this situation occurs is that after unification, personal interests completely replace the interests of the court in peace, so that when the interests of the country are damaged, whether it is a prince or a minister, when considering the external war, he also has to take into account the interests of various internal groups, so that the court cannot work together to fight against the Jin people.

Whether it was the time when the Song court had not yet crossed south or the war against the Jin after crossing south, in short, among all the war cases, the court officials lazied the interests of the country due to personal reasons, which was definitely an important reason for repeated setbacks in front of the Jin people. After the end of the day, the mentality of the Song court after being settled in a corner was like a nervous mentality of wanting to win and afraid of losing. It wanted to regain all the lost territory and restore the prestige of the court, but at the same time, it was also afraid that the cruelty of the Jin people would bring them greater losses.

That is why this kind of careful pleasing Jin to beg for peace, not daring to make a move, and cautiously defending the few remaining foundations now. For the court and the royal family, it is already a victory if they no longer lose them.

Ye Qing really wanted to become the tough figure of the war-oriented faction in the court, and provide the frontline soldiers with a strong support to them in the court. After being a Privy Councilor for a period of time, Ye Qing's inner ambition began to grow slowly, and his eyes couldn't help but start to look at the part of the Lin'an court.

With Zhao Ruyu's death, Ye Qing even thought of replacing it, but it was obvious that the current complicated situation of party struggles in the court and the situation where the north was not as stable as a rock, made him unable to have both fish and bear's paws.

What's more, because of the incident of King Jia, Li Fengniang obviously did not want him to stay in the court to avoid the leakage of scandals. Therefore, under the comprehensive consideration of various factors, the only road that favored Ye Qing was to use Huainan Road as the link connecting the binding with Lin'an, and went to the north alone to compete with the three kingdoms of Jin, Xia and Mongolia with their own strength.

There have never been fools in this world. Whether in the Jin Kingdom, Xia Kingdom, or Mongolia, as long as they can gain a foothold in the courts of various countries and have a place, they are all talented people who have been tempered by intrigues.

Ye Qing was able to take every step accurately before, but now, since the Guanshan battle, he has hesitated and made mistakes in strategic choices several times. Joining Jin Zhengxia was his wrong choice recently. Fortunately, he corrected it in time. At this moment, he finally gave up the Joining Jin people and chose the reserve gold people headed by Xin Qiji, Lao Liutou, Zhao Qier and others to go south.

Now there is only one way left before Ye Qing. As long as he is always wary of Mongolia going south, and as long as he still wants to fight against the future Mongolian cavalry to step into the Central Plains, he can only nominally applaud Song and essentially stand on the road of self-reliance in the north.

In this way, he can completely avoid worrying about the criticism and pressure from the court behind him. In the face of the world's curse, the criticism of court officials, and the distrust of the court, he can continue to move forward firmly, either succeed or achieve success.

Wanyan Jing's reply completely made Ye Qing lose hope of peaceful life with the Jin Kingdom. With Wanyan Yongji and Li Shi'er leaving Jinan Prefecture, it was no longer meaningful for Ye Qing to stay in Jinan Prefecture.

In July of the third year of Shaoxi, Ye Qing set out in Jinan Prefecture and headed west along the Yellow River. Just like the last northern expedition to Liao Kingdom, this time Ye Qing also chose to stay in Luoyang and Kaifeng for a short stay, and then continued to head towards Jingzhao Prefecture.

In early October of the third year of Chunxi, Ye Qing arrived at Jingzhao Prefecture, and the Great Mongolian Kingdom on the grassland was officially established. Temujin completed the true unification of the grassland. At the same time, Sangkun, who had been in Xia Kingdom, died when the Mongolian envoy left Xingqing Prefecture of Xia Kingdom.

Sangkun's death means that the Xia Kingdom and the Mongols finally reached an agreement. From then on, they have been friendly for generations and never infringe upon each other. The two have also begun more frequent trade transactions. The towns have opened dozens of towns on the border, even surpassing the current towns between Jingzhao Prefecture and Xia Kingdom.

"Li An has not sent a letter in the past few days?" Ye Qing frowned, listened to Yu Yunwen's narration, held the teacup and thought for a while before asking.

"Apart from the letters a few days ago, there has been no news in the past few days. In my opinion, the prince of Zhenyi has either reached some agreement with their emperor Li Chunyou, or took advantage of the opportunity to win over many people to his command while the Mongolian envoy was still in Xingqing Mansion a few days ago." Yu Yunwen said with a guess.

"No matter what, we can't sit and wait now. We must turn passive into initiative and bewitch Li An and Li Chunyou's internal strife. In this way, we can have an opportunity to take advantage of it. Now that Temujin has established Mongolia, if it is not expected, they will probably conquer Liao next year. If Xia Kingdom still has no internal strife, we will truly fall into a passive and backward situation. Once Temujin turns around, it will be even more difficult to gain advantage in Xia and Jin." Ye Qing sighed long and his eyes were on the huge terrain of Xia Kingdom again.

It has been three days since I returned to Jingzhao Mansion, but now everything in Jingzhao Mansion is still in a mess. Although the victims who left were all settled by King Qing and Chongguo Gong, and even Ye Heng and Bai Bingzhong no longer looked at him as coldly as before, Ye Qing still felt that the rear was empty and unstable.

As the saying goes, the army has not moved, and food and grass have come first, but now the entire northern region has just survived the shortage of clothes this year.

The grain famine and how the crop harvest this year are, especially those fields ravaged by floods, whether crops can grow to feed the people is still unknown.

If Ye Qing wants to covet Xia Kingdom at this critical moment, it will be equivalent to adding pressure to the entire North and increasing the financial resources for disaster relief and poverty after the Yellow River floods. These are likely to crush the people's livelihood in the north, thus causing the North to fall into panic and turmoil in a blink of an eye.

But the current situation cannot tolerate him to slow down for another year or two, and he will fight against Liao when the situation in the north is completely stabilized.

After all, there is no such complicated situation as Temujin, and he will not give him a chance to breathe, allowing him to completely solve the food and clothing of the north and then fight against the Liao Kingdom.

So no matter what, Ye Qing had to bite the bullet and forcefully swallow Xia Kingdom to strengthen his power, so that he could keep his strength at a considerable level with Temujin, instead of watching others grow stronger, but he was still standing still.

"Sir..." Yu Yunwen looked at Ye Qing who was in deep thought and shouted softly. After watching Ye Qing return to his senses and look at him, he slowly said: "Sir, you have been to Liao Kingdom. As you see, can't the Liao people really compete with Temujin?"

"The conflicts in the North and South Courts have accumulated for many years, which has already caused the Liao Kingdom to fall into a shaky situation. Now, let alone the Mongols who just formed a group of wolves, even the Xia Kingdom can easily defeat him." Ye Qing took a deep breath and said, "Temujin has also been to Liao Kingdom. He naturally knew that Liao Kingdom is vulnerable now, so he did not move Xia and Jin Kingdom for the time being, so that they hoped to fight to promote their Mongolian Kingdom's reputation by conquering Liao, so that Xia and Jin dared not have any abnormal movements. Intimidating the two countries in terms of momentum is enough to allow Temujin to separate the two countries in the future."

"Maybe there is a way that can make Xia State as vulnerable as Liao State. But... Sir, I dare not make any decisions about whether this method can be used. You still need to decide." Yu Yunwen frowned and looked at Ye Qing with some concern and said.

"I know." Ye Qing sighed to the sky. In fact, if Yu Yunwen didn't say it, he knew what was the solution.

"The Xia Kingdom now has Henan, and there are 18 prefectures in Hexi. The four prefectures in Hewai have now damaged the land of a state due to the Guanshan battle. Although they are not occupied by us, they are placed under our noses. The Xia Kingdom is still not as concerned as the administration as before, and obviously is also deliberately guarding us. The other three prefectures in Hewai have mostly bordered Mongolia, and now they have given up voluntarily. Although they have not been included in the territory of Mongolia, as Mongolian envoys arrived at Xingqing Prefecture and dozens of towns were established here, they have actually completely belonged to the Mongolians." Yu Yunwen did not mention that

He tried to talk a lot about this method, and then began to point to the map and said to Ye Qing: "Of the other eighteen states, if we want to seize it, the easiest thing is Lanzhou. However... after taking Lanzhou, we must not only be careful of the strong counterattack of the Xia people, but also beware of whether the Dasan Pass behind us will drag us down with the acquiescence of the court. Even if Hengqiao has now joined the command of the adults, once Hengqiao leaves the Dasan Pass, then the Lin'an Court will definitely order a large army to be stationed here, and the Guanghua Army will obviously be completely given to the adults by them."

Yu Yunwen's words, in fact, whether they take Lanzhou or not, they are a double-edged sword.

The Dasan Pass, which Hengqiao stationed, can provide Ye Qing and others with a safe defense, but what is lost is the lack of military strength in the summer, which may affect the trend of the entire battle situation.

If Hengqiao leaves Dasan Pass, even if he only further guards Lanzhou, Dasan Pass will be sent to other troops to guard the Lin'an court with lightning speed, so that Hengqiao's Guanghua army will completely cut off all ties with Dasan Pass.

Among them, we have to worry about whether the morale of the Guanghua Army will be turbulent. After all, the Guanghua Army is not Ye Qing's direct line, and it is not like that because Ye Qing was trapped by Xia Kingdom to guard Guanshan, it has formed a common hatred against Xia Kingdom. Therefore, once Dasan Pass comes out to station in Lanzhou, whether their combat power will be immediately reduced, and a big question mark is also needed.

"If you take Lanzhou, you can use Guanshan and Lanzhou to form a horn. This will definitely be of great benefit to sending a large army into the hinterland of Xia. But if you want to appease Lanzhou, or even the army of Dasanguan after the replacement of defense, we will need to spend as much as the strength of conquering Xia." Yu Yunwen said at the end, with a hint of fatigue and helplessness in his tone.

In this situation, it is too difficult to conquer the summer. After thinking a little, you will find that everything present in front of you is full of difficulties, with almost no advantage that is beneficial to you. You need to rely on them to create it yourself after the war comes.

It is so different from the Northern Expedition of the Jin Kingdom to recover lost territory. Now Ye Qing and his team are fighting Xia, which is like a battle of invasion against foreign countries. Therefore, in a situation where the right time, place, people cannot be considered superior, they want to seek benefits in this war, and even annex the entire Daxia, and even annex the entire Daxia.

But it is precisely because no one believes that Ye Qing will be so arrogant that he believes that they will conquer Xia, which is why this unexpected thing may lead to unexpected results after the war begins.

But once the war falls into a stalemate and the front line is lengthened, it will be extremely important whether the rear behind Ye Qing is stable.

The uncertainty of Dasan Pass, the conspiracy and fabrication of charges in the Lin'an court, the food, grass and crops in Jingzhao Prefecture and the entire northern region, whether the food and clothing of the people can be self-sufficient, whether the Jin people will take the opportunity to attack and go south to invade, and other issues and concerns, once the war begins, it may rush to Ye Qing in front of him and wait for him to resolve it.

"Li Heng now has 50,000 troops stationed in Guanshan, which is better to say. And most of the 50,000 troops are Li Heng this year

After quarreling with Liu Keshi for several months, Liu Keshi had no choice but to select the best soldiers from the Longcheng Barracks and sent them to Guanshan Li Heng. Tian Lin. Li Zhongfang is now in the third route of Hetao. Before you go to Luoyang, Wu Jue was sent by you personally. So now, Li Heng, Tian Lin, Li Zhongfang, Zhong Can and Mo Xiaobao, even if I have only six people, I won't be able to capture Lanzhou with thunder, a general must be in charge. Heng Qiao... At most, it can be considered half, and one person must be left behind. In this way,

There were only four people left to conquer the Xia Kingdom. Even if you were in charge of Guanshan, and I or Li Heng, either of them were in charge of Lanzhou, in this way, there were only Mo Xiaobao and Zhong Can and the other five generals conquering Xia Kingdom. The post-war comfort also required racking their brains, so Li Heng could only sit in Lanzhou, and I had to shoulder the responsibility of conquering the city and placing the territory and comforting it. In short, it was difficult." Yu Yunwen said at the end, looking at Ye Qing's helpless expression, and shook his head with a wry smile: "This would be too difficult, and it would be under the premise that the war would go smoothly."

"The Jingzhao Prefecture also needs someone to stay in charge, and Guanshan cannot be without people." Ye Qing leaned on the back of the chair weakly, raised his head and sighed: "When you were talking just now, I calculated with my fingers in my heart. In this way, at least I need to draw candidates from other prefectures in the north. Jinan Prefecture has no way to move, and even any prefecture in the north cannot send any official here. Only officials from Huainan Road may be able to bring a few to come here in case of emergency."

"All of this requires you to make up your mind. Do you really want to distract from the relationship between Li An and Li Chunyou in this way? Moreover... Temujin is arrogant and now he is strong and strong. Will he accept the kindness of Xia State? More importantly, how can you face the princess of Liao State?" Yu Yunwen sighed and finally pointed out the mystery.

The method that they had never mentioned was to deceive Li An and Li Chunyou during the domestic strife in Xia, forcing one of them to send troops to help Temujin attack Liao together, thus giving Ye Qing and others more opportunities to conquer Liao.

After all, only if there is a war in Liao, Ye Qing and the others will have the opportunity to plan in Xia State. If Li An and Li Chunyou of Xia State are just fighting with officials in the court and not using one soldier, then Ye Qing and the others will have no chance to attack Xia under the current situation.

Only by letting the Xia Kingdom get chaos from top to bottom, from royal family members, princes and ministers fall into turmoil, and from civilians to panic due to war, under such circumstances, Ye Qing and others went out of Guanshan, seized Lanzhou, and then led their troops westward to advance. It is impossible to say that there is a possibility of success.

Of course, all these require Ye Qing to convince himself of his affection for Yelu Yue. After all, Ye Lu Yue is the princess of the Liao Kingdom, and Ye Qing urged Xia Kingdom to help Temuzhen attack Liao from behind. This matter is not authentic no matter how you look at it.

When the Liao Kingdom was destroyed, Yelu Yue died with Xiang Yu. Ye Qing would probably feel guilty forever. Yelu Yue was lucky enough to die. Even if he was rescued by him, how should Ye Qing face Yelu Yue?

After all, it is impossible for people to hide such things forever. One day, Xia Kingdom or Temujin will tell Yelu Yue about this matter. It is even possible that as long as Xia Kingdom cannot attack Liao at the same time as Temujin, it may attract Yelu Yue's suspicion for Yeqing.

"If I hadn't provoked her, I would have been less fickle. Now I've really given myself a problem." Ye Qing patted her forehead and sighed. Although this matter was only between him and Yu Yunwen, Ye Qing always felt that Bai Chun had guessed it.

Otherwise, how could he be able to return to Jingzhao Mansion in just three days, and Bai Chun was only gentle to himself on the first day. In the next two days, his face was like thousands of years of ice every day, and he never smiled at him Ye Qing once again.

"This matter is not delayed, and you still need to make a quick decision. This year, the Mongols obviously cannot conquer Liao, but they will conquer Liao next year. You can see a little from the abnormal movements on the grasslands today. If we want to provoke discord, cause internal conflicts between Li An and Li Chunyou, or help the Mongols attack Liao, it is time to prepare and start planning." Yu Yunwen was very afraid that Ye Qing would not have a headache, and continued to force Ye Qing to say with a smile.

"Let Wu Lian carefully explore the current situation in Xingqing Prefecture, especially after the Mongolian envoys left, what kind of situation is going on in their court now. Then you personally take the initiative to write to Li An and Hot Gongji to explore their current reactions, and try to literally reveal the idea that we can help him obtain the throne of Xia State." Ye Qing slapped the table and made a fuss, but then softened: "Only you and I know about this matter, as for the decision... I have decided to discuss it with you in the past few days."

"Can Ye Heng use it?" Yu Yunwen asked Ye Qing, who was about to get up and return home without raising his head.

"...I'll talk about it after I've seen him, but... this is indeed a good suggestion." Ye Qing said after being stunned for a moment.

Yu Yunwen stood up and said, "Actually, I have had this idea since you sent Wu Jue to Luoyang. Wu Jue and you have both served in the Divine Power Army under Ye Heng's command back then, so once Wu Jue left, Ye Heng should have a better face in Jingzhao Mansion."

"Take it down. I was just a team general at that time. Now I am the governor of the Northland. He has no dispatch at all. Do you feel comfortable seeing me?" Ye Qing waved his hand. He did not have much hope for these old stubborn people.

After all, he is much worse than Ye Heng in terms of qualifications and age, so how could Ye Heng now put down his face without any scruples and let himself send him!
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