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Li Hu vetoed all these two suggestions, "Concentrate all forces and kill Xijing directly at the fastest speed..."

"If the troops are divided into two groups, the purpose of attacking Xijing can also be achieved, and it can also occupy Yingzhou." Tieying also advised, "We don't know how many Liao troops there are in Xijing, how many Liao troops will be supported by Yanjing. If the attack on Xijing fails and the retreat route of Zijin Pass blocks Yelu Dashi again, then we can only go to Taihang Mountain, so it is necessary to send troops to station in Weizhou."

"There are not many troops in Xijing, with a maximum of 40,000 to 50,000 people. The two routes in the southwest and northwest are very far away from Xijing. If we capture Xijing with lightning speed, they will have no time to support it." Li Hu pointed to Yanjing on the map, looked up at the generals, and smiled slightly, "As for Yanjing, there is no army that will support Xijing."

Dong Xiaochou and Tie Ying looked at each other, their faces showing surprise.

"The Song army is going to advance the Northern Expedition?" Dong Xiaochou asked.

"Don't expect the Song army to fight north." Li Hu waved his hand disdainfully, "The Emperor of the Great Liao has sent envoys to Bianjing, intending to exchange the conditions for the seven states in front of the mountain and the abolition of annual monies in exchange for the assistance of the Great Song Dynasty. If you were the emperor of the Great Song Dynasty and suddenly heard of this generous condition, would you hesitate?"

"Why did you hesitate?" Hu Jiayong sneered, "Of course I can't agree. I can only cede the seven states in front of the mountain, and what about the nine states behind the mountain? No? The Khitans had nine states behind the mountain, which was equivalent to controlling Juyong Pass and Zijin Pass, and could enter Youyan and the Central Plains at any time. Unless the Emperor of the Song Dynasty was an idiot, he would never agree. What is particularly important is that the current situation in Liaodong is very conducive to the Song army's northern expedition. Why did the Emperor of the Song Dynasty lose such a good opportunity to regain his hometown in vain?"

"The Khitans are simply a wolf. Now he is beaten to pieces and can't hold on anymore, so he proposed to exchange land for assistance, but once he recovers his wounds and recovers his strength, he will reveal his true form and immediately turn his back on his word and take back Youyan again." Wu Xiong clenched his right fist and waved hard, "Now is the time to fight the wolf. He must take advantage of the Khitans' dying moment. He will completely kill him so that he can never turn over."

Li Hu laughed, shook his head, looked at Hu Jiayong, and then looked at Wu Xiong, "If the two were emperors of the Song Dynasty, hundreds of thousands of troops would have entered Yanjing long ago, but unfortunately you are not..." Li Hu shook his hand and signaled not to talk about this matter. "The reason why the Yanjing army would not support Xijing is because the emperor of the Liao Dynasty was in Xijing."

The Emperor of the Great Liao Dynasty was in Xijing?

Everyone was surprised and happy, and looked at Li Hu. The Emperor of the Great Liao was in Xijing. This was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. No wonder Li Hu had to concentrate all his troops and run to Xijing as fast as possible. It turned out that he wanted to surround the Emperor of the Great Liao in Xijing and then kill him. As soon as the Emperor of the Great Liao died, the Khitans collapsed, and Yan Yun was in the blink of an eye.

"This news is accurate?" Dong Xiaohou asked excitedly.

"It's true." Li Hu smiled. "This time we attack Xijing, our target is not the Jiuzhou behind the mountain, but the Emperor of the Great Liao. Just catch this emperor, don't talk about Jiuzhou behind the mountain, and we have whatever we want."

"Since the Emperor of the Great Liao is in Xijing, the main force of the palace tent army must be in Xijing. The force may exceed 100,000." Hu Jiayong immediately thought of the real problem and couldn't help but show a hint of worry in his eyes.

"After we were surrounded and killed in Pingzhou, the main force of the palace tent army had suffered a severe blow. Then some were taken away by Yelu Yukyu. The remaining part was in the hands of Xiao Degong and Yelu Chun." Li Hu disagreed. "According to local news, the Emperor of the Great Liao only had at most 30,000 palace tent army. Currently, he is led by the King of the North Court, Yelu Mage."

"General Commander. What do you mean when you said Yanjing would not support Xijing?" Gao Yuan, deputy commander of the Hulie Army, asked. "According to our estimates, Yelu Chun still has at least 100,000 people. If the Khitan Emperor was surrounded in Xijing, how could he not save him?"

"Yelu Chun has no 100,000 people on his hands." Li Hudi's tone was very affirmative. "Last year, Yelu Dashi brought 50,000 troops from Southwest Road, had been transferred back to the north of the Great Wall by the Emperor of Daliao. Do you know why?" Li Hu smiled. "This shows that the Emperor of Daliao has lost confidence in sticking to Zhongjing and Yanjing. He plans to stick to the desert. This is also an important reason why he stayed away from Yanjing and stayed in Xijing to command the overall situation."

The emperor had no confidence, so he could not fight this battle. Yelu Chun had limited troops and of course he dared not support Xijing. In this way, Xijing only had 30,000 palace tent troops, plus the Yunzhong Datong Army on Xijing Road, Shuozhou Shunyi Army on Yingzhou, Zhangguo Army on Weizhou, Zhongshun Army on Weizhou, and Datong Prefecture in Xijing. With the current strength of the rebel army, if it advances all the way and attacks it unprepared, it is entirely possible to conquer Xijing.

No one questioned Li Hu's dialect, and no one asked where his news came from. Li Hu had his special skills. Since he wanted to attack Xijing and capture the Emperor of Da Liao, it means he was sure that he would win this battle.

Li Hu kept Dong Xiaochou, Tieying, Huang She and Chai Yun, and explained the land affairs of Yelu Mingyue and his own speculation about the situation in the Daliao Palace.

The four of them suddenly realized.

"Yelu Chun provided me with strategies and information through Yelu Mingyue. The meaning is very obvious. I hope I can kill the Emperor of the Great Liao." Li Hu frowned and said slowly, "Let's not talk about whether we can conquer Xijing for now. Let's assume that we have captured Xijing and captured the Emperor of the Great Liao. What will happen next?" Li Hu looked at the four of them, "Obviously, we all know what will happen, so Yelu Chun's plan seems to be a trap."

"This is indeed a trap." Huang She said impatiently, "Yelu Chun may have two purposes. One is to lure us to attack Xijing and force the Emperor of the Great Liao to the desert. In this way, the Emperor of the Great Liao completely lost contact with the palace tent, and Yelu Chun could immediately sit on the throne with the support of his ministers. Secondly, we captured Xijing, but if we did not capture the Emperor of the Great Liao, it would be a waste of time. The Emperor of the Great Liao and the Emperor of the Great Liao and the soldiers, and the Desert tribes, would continue to attack south, so that we would be firmly restrained inside and outside the Great Wall."

Huang She stopped for a moment, smiled bitterly, "Yelu Chun is so powerful. He can ascend the throne and proclaim the emperor without any effort. After he ascends the throne and becomes emperor, he can immediately concentrate his troops against the Jurchens. However, because of his lack of strength, the rebels stationed in the western Liaoning area can only protect themselves and can no longer threaten Zhongjing and Yanjing. On the contrary, in order to survive, they must maintain close contact with Yanjing and join forces with Liao to attack Jin."

Several people nodded secretly, all agreeing with Huang She's analysis. Li Hu probably thought of Yelu Chun's purpose since Yelu Mingyue offered his plan, but the rebel army had already set the plan for the Western Expedition in advance. Although he knew that the Western Expedition was equivalent to jumping into Yelu Chun's trap, the arrow had already been put on the string and had to be fired.

"What we didn't expect was that the Emperor of the Great Liao actually left the palace tent and stayed in Xijing. Yelu Chun had to take the risk of usurping the emperor in order to save the country." Li Hu smiled and spread his hands, "So, I just said that the goal of this Western Expedition is no longer Xijing and the Jiuzhou behind Shanhou, but the Emperor of the Great Liao. As long as we catch him, we can turn the situation around, force Yelu Chun to death, easily take down Yanjing, and then take all of Yanyun."

To capture the Emperor of the Great Liao? This is too difficult and almost impossible. The four people in the house looked at the map with a look of sorrow.

"After Yelu Chun became emperor, he would definitely defend Zhongjing and Yanjing. When he stabilized the situation, the situation would be completely different. If we want to stabilize in Xijing Road, unless we defeat the Emperor of Daliao, he would stare at us like a gadfly, so that we would not have the chance to attack Yanjing at all. However..." Li Hu suddenly laughed, "We are not completely determined by Yelu Chun. We still have a chance to turn defeat into victory. In addition to defeating the Emperor of Daliao, we have two opportunities, one is the Jurchens to conquer Zhongjing, and the other is the Northern Expedition of the Song Dynasty."

"After the Jurchens conquered Zhongjing, they will continue to fight south to attack Yanjing. If the Jurchens conquered Yanjing, they will immediately establish the geographical advantage of going south to the Central Plains. So if nothing unexpected happens, the Jurchens will definitely fight Youyan. However, if they know that we have entered the Xijing Road and are chasing the Emperor of the Great Liao, they will immediately give up attacking Youyan and run to the desert to capture the Emperor of the Great Liao. It is obvious that catching the Emperor of the Great Liao is equivalent to extermination of the Great Liao Kingdom. The Jurchens can then replace the Khitans and become the new overlord of the territory of thousands of miles. They will never miss this opportunity. The Jurchens who entered the desert are equivalent to helping us, and we can free up our hands to fight Yanjing."

"Similarly, the goal of the Northern Expedition of the Song Dynasty was Yanjing. If the Song people conquered Yanjing, Yelu Chun himself would run to the desert to chase and kill the Emperor of Liao, so that we could gain a foothold in Xijing Road. Compared with the entire Yanyun territory, although this territory is a little smaller, once Liaodong is stable and a three-point pattern is formed, we can go south to conquer the Central Plains and expand our territory."

Dong Xiaochou and four others agreed with Li Hu's analysis, so they decided to go to Xijing quickly.
Chapter completed!