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In February, northwest, Crescent Lake...

The beacon was lit from Ural Mountain and advanced rapidly along the Yellow River. Within one day, news of the Jin army's invasion was delivered to Helan Mountain.

The main force of the Hu Lie Army was retreating one after another. Although Li Hu received this news, he did not speed up the retreat. On the contrary, he directed the army to cross the frozen Yellow River and launched an attack on Huaizhou, trying to force the Dangxiang people to accept their conditions and reach a peace agreement as soon as possible.

The Dangxiang people wanted to negotiate peace, but Li Hu did not refuse, which gave the Dangxiang people hope. Li Hu was a Han native in the north and a vassal state of the Song Dynasty. The conflicts between him and Bianjing were irreconcilable. Therefore, whether it was Li Hu or Bianjing, they were not determined to conquer Xingqing Prefecture based on their respective interests. In fact, they also had the conditions to conquer Xingqing Prefecture. Therefore, from the development of the situation, it was correct for Prime Minister Liang Qishen to propose a strategy of sticking to the city. On the contrary, the active defensive strategy of Richard and Li Renzhong and others was wrong.

Li Ganshun had great hope for peace talks and even came forward to negotiate with Li Hu in person, but if he wanted to win the best interests in the peace talks, he had to drag it down until the situation in the northwest changes.

Xingqing Prefecture had the confidence to defend Helan Mountain. As time went on, they believed that the Song Dynasty was unable to support the northwest battlefield for a long time, and Li Hu would withdraw sooner or later.

Richard returned from Hexi and brought tens of thousands of foreign troops including Uighurs and Tatars. With Richard's military talent and the current military strength of Xingqing Prefecture, the Dangxiang people were very sure to defend the capital.

As peace talks became the main means of a new round of game in the Northwest battlefield, the Dangxiang people accumulated a hundred years of rich negotiation experience and were fully utilized, which forced Li Hu to rack his brains to deal with it carefully in order to get the most profit from the negotiations.

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The Song Dynasty's Western Expedition was unprecedented in its unprecedented victory, and basically occupied the territory of Xixia east of the Yellow River. The Hanhai Road, Pingxia Road, Henan and Hebei Road in Xixia were all under the control of the Song army and local areas. Therefore, the focus of the negotiations was the division of territory.

The Huli Army went south from the front convoy. Hebei Road and most of the Henan Road were occupied by Li Hu. But because except for the southern prefectures and counties, the middle and northern parts of Henan Road were plateaus, deserts and Gobi. So Li Hu actually only obtained the front convoy, a beautiful place for aquatic plants.

The Northwest Army of the Song Dynasty went north from Hengshan without any effort and easily occupied the foundation of the Xixia land. Hanhai Road and Pingxia Road belonged to Ling and Xia in geographical location. In addition, the prefectures and counties in the southern part of Henan Road. The areas with the densest population in Xixia and the largest farming area were controlled by the Song army.

For the Xixia people, they can give up the front condom. They can give up the vast deserts and Gobi in central and northern Henan. But they must never give up the two foundations of Ling and Xia.

The Xixia people's underground line. Li Hu knew it. Zhe Yanzhi also knew it. But this opportunity was once a lifetime. Zhe Yanzhi and the Northwest people would not give up anyway. So they firmly asked the Dangxiang people to return all the southern prefectures and counties in Pingxia Road and Henan Road to the Song Dynasty. In other words, Xiazhou, Hongzhou, Baibao, An, Yanzhou, Luoluo, Tiandu, and Weijingshan. The areas controlled by the three military supervisors in Zuoxiang, Xiangyou, and Xiangzhou, and Jianing of Shizhou were all assigned to the Song Dynasty. In this way, the Xixia people only left Lingzhou and Hanhai Road counties in the south. That is, the areas controlled by the three military supervisors in Weizhou Jingsai, Xishou Baotai and Zhuo and Nan. But it is also the most abundant place.

Zhe Yanzhi and the people and land requirements of the northwest were not only for the Song Dynasty, but also for the interests of the northwest generals and locals.

Pingxia Road and Henan Road are bordered by Fenglin Prefectures in Hedong Road, Shaanxi Linyan, Huanqing and Jingyuan Road. If the Northwest Army occupies the southern prefectures in Pingxia Road and Henan Road, bordering them, Linyan and other places, the northwest generals and goalkeepers in Linyan and other places have great benefits from it. For example, the Zhejia is located in Linfu. Once the southern prefectures in Henan Road are occupied by Xixia, the population of Hanfan, the cultivated land and pastures controlled by the Zhejia will increase several times. This will bring huge growth in strength and economic benefits to the Zhejia.

Of course, the people of Xixia disagree. If they lose the population land of Pingxia Road and southern Henan, the national strength of Xiaguo land must be reduced by at least 40%. Coupled with the loss of the front trap, the national strength of Xiaguo will be reduced by at least half. Therefore, the Dangxiang people firmly disagree and only agree to separate some prefectures and counties on the southern border.

In order to reach the peace agreement as soon as possible, the Dangxiang people took advantage of the conflict between Li Hu and Bian Jing, and on the one hand, they tried their best to meet Li Hu's request so that Li Hu would withdraw his troops as soon as possible, but on the other hand, they refused the requests of the Northwest people and deliberately delayed it. As long as Li Hu withdrew his troops, the Xixia people would deal with the Song army alone, and they would be sure to defeat this old opponent.

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Zhe Yanzhi knew that Li Hu was withdrawing his troops and was very anxious, so he rushed to Yueya Lake and asked Li Hu to suspend the withdrawal and completely resolve the matter first. If the peace agreement was not completed, the battle would be abandoned halfway.

Li Hu agreed, and the two sides joined forces to cross the Yellow River and surrounded Huaizhou City. Huaizhou City is only a few dozen miles away from Xingqing Prefecture. If Huaizhou is lost, the gates of the capital will be opened.

Li Qianshun sent another envoy to ced several cities again, and made up his mind to drag them to the end.

At this time, the imperial edicts from Bian Jing, the orders from Taiyuan, and the letters from Datong came one after another. The changes in the situation made Li Hu, Zhe Yanzhi and others dazzled.

Previously, Bian Jing was betrayal and joined forces with the Jin people to attack Li Hu, which was already sensational, and then Prince Yun and

Going to Datong and acting in a confrontation with Bianjing, it made people even more frightened that Beijing asked Zhe Yanzhi to withdraw his troops, but at the same time, he invited Zong Shidao to deliberately divide the Northwest Army, causing the situation in the Northwest to suddenly worsen. The situation in the Northwest became worse and the division of the Northwest Army was equivalent to forcing Prince Yun to Daibei, and had to rely on Li Hu and Hu Lie Army to threaten Bianjing, which led to further deterioration of the situation in the Song Dynasty.

Li Hu urgently summoned Zhe Yanzhi, Yang Keshi and other northwest generals to discuss.

From the current situation, it can be inferred that the king must go south to Bianjing as soon as possible to seize the imperial throne, otherwise the situation will develop in a direction that is not conducive to Prince Yun, Li Hu and the people in the northwest. If Prince Yun wants to go south to seize the imperial throne, he can only rely on the Tiger Lieutenant Army. In this way, the Jin army must go south to Hebei. If the Jin army wants to go south to Hebei, the Tiger Lieutenant Army must make a defensive position on the battlefield of Daibei and make a defensive position for a considerable period of time to deceive the Jin army. At the same time, the main force of the Tiger Lieutenant Army cannot return to Daibei. When the main force of the Tiger Lieutenant Army returns to Daibei, the Jin army will definitely retreat, especially the Jin army that went south to Hebei, must retreat quickly. This invading Jin army withdraws, what excuses does the Wang and the Tiger Lieutenant Army have to go south to Bianjing to serve the king?

"So, the main force of the Tiger Lieutenant Army must quietly arrive in Taiyuan, meet with Prince Yun in Taiyuan, and then suddenly enter Hebei, defeat the Jin army first, make contributions to Prince Yun, and then try to enter Bianjing and seize the imperial throne."

Li Hu's eyes were like a torch, and slowly swept across the faces of Zhe Yanzhi, Yang Keshi and others, "Do you think my plan is correct?"

Zhe Yanzhi looked solemn and said nothing.

Yang Keshi stroked his beard without saying a word, and fell into deep thought.

Li Hu's speculation about the situation was obviously correct. Once Li Hu brought his main force back to Daibei, would the Jin army dare to fight Li Hu when he was exhausted from attacking Datong continuously? Obviously not, they would retreat. Once the Jin army retreated, there would be no chance.

Zhe Yanzhi suddenly sighed, "Hedong military is now under the responsibility of Supervisor Zhong. If Supervisor Zhong has arrived in Taiyuan, he will never agree to your request."

"Shishou Zhong has always had a very good relationship with you, and he also hates the treacherous gangs of Bian Jing very much. If Prince Yun can convince him..." Li Huchi asked for a moment, "Is there any such possibility?"

"Impossible." Yang Keshi's tone was very certain, "The Northwest Army is not a single piece of iron, Bian Jing's move hit the nail on the head. From the perspective of Zhong Shuai, he certainly hopes to eradicate the invasion of Bian Jing, but he has been in the officialdom for decades. He knows the consequences of intervening in the imperial throne dispute, so he acts cautiously and will not make his position until the last moment. Take a step back, even if he is convinced by Prince Yun, he will use the power of the Northwest Army to help Prince Yun fight for the imperial throne. He will not trust you, let alone let the Tiger Fierce Army set foot in Hedong."

"If the Jin army goes south and threatens Bianjing, will Zhong Shuai lead the army to serve the king?" Dong Xiaohou interrupted.

"Hebei now has no army, and the garrisons in Bianjing are limited." Zhe Yanzhi said, "As long as the Jin army conquered Yanjing, Bianjing will immediately issue an order to transfer troops from various places to garrison the capital. So if nothing unexpected happens, General Zhong will definitely lead the army to serve the king."

Li Hu smiled slightly when he heard this, "From the news from Taiyuan, Zhong Shidao is still in Chang'an, and is gathering the Northwest Army of Qin Feng, Xihe and Yongxing, and is preparing to quell the rebellion in Hebei. So in my opinion, he will not go to Taiyuan, so that he can avoid the dispute over the imperial throne and avoid any involvement with Prince Yun."

Zhe Yanzhi and Yang Keshi looked at each other and nodded at the same time. With Zhong Shidao's character and the current tense domestic situation, Zhong Shidao did not go to Taiyuan, and in fact he had no time to go. Now the Jin army has begun to attack Yanyun, and the war in Youyan is tense, and Hebei is in danger. He can't wait to rush to Hebei to ensure the safety of Hebei and Jingjin.

"This matter must be approved by Prince Yun." Zhe Yan said directly, "As long as Prince Yun gives the order, the Huliwei Army can take the Lin Mansion and rush to Taiyuan quickly."

"What should we do about this?" Yang Keshi asked, "What should we withdraw our troops like this?"

"Of course not. We have already hit the doorstep of the Dangxiang people's house, how can we get better?" Li Hu smiled, "We won't talk anymore, we will directly conquer Xiazhou and take down all the places you want to occupy. But..." Li Hu looked at them and said helplessly, "In this way, you will be dragged on the battlefield in the northwest. The Dangxiang people must counterattack and take back the lost places. Although they can no longer launch large-scale attacks, the continuous small-scale local attacks will firmly hold down more than 100,000 Northwest Army."

This part of the Northwest Army was dragged down, which was a good thing for Li Hu. It could force Prince Yun to rely on the Hu Lie Army, and the Hu Lie Army could also successfully move south into the Song Dynasty.

Zhe Yanzhi and the others actually hope to stay on the northwest border so that they can preserve their strength. If Prince Yun succeeds and ascends the throne to become emperor, they can enjoy their success, but fail. Because they did not directly participate in the war to seize the imperial regime, they can minimize their losses.

Li Hu, Zhe Yanzhi and others discussed the details, and then urgently reported to Datong, asking Prince Yun to immediately order the Hulien Army to rush to Taiyuan.

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Chapter completed!