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Chapter 81: The Ways of the Northwesters

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On the tenth day of the month, Daming Prefecture, Beijing, Xuanfu Department, Hebei.

Li Gang sat behind the desk with a frown, looking at the Northwest Army general with clear barriers on both sides, feeling very uncomfortable, and heartache.

Zhong Shidao and Yao Gu sat on the left and right sides of Li Gang. Zhong Shidao took the document and flipped through it, flipped from head to tail, and then flipped from head to head. I don’t know what he was looking for inside. Yao Gu hugged his arms and looked up at the roof. Perhaps to him, the spider webs on the roof were more attractive than the cold faces in front of him.

Zhe Keqiu, Yang Keshi, Wang Yuan, Wang, Yao Pingzhong and others sat on the left; Liu Guangshi, Xin Xingzong, Cookie, Wu Zihou and others sat on the right. Others, such as Jie Qian, Fan Qiong, Ma Zhong, Zhang Sizheng, Zhang |: others sat on the ends of both sides, deliberately distanced themselves from the northwest faction to avoid the disaster of the fish.

There were no people from the Tiger Lie Army in the conference hall, Song Jiang, Lin Chong, Geng Shouzhong and his army were rushing to Zhending Mansion, while Liu, Yue Fei, Lu Junyi, Luo Lan and others were fighting fiercely with the Jin army on the Mudaogou line in the northeast of Zhending. Although the scale of the battle was not large, the battle had been fought for several days, and the target of the Jin army was very clear. They wanted to fight Zhending Mansion.

If Zhending Prefecture is lost, the Jin army will leak from the north, and the Song army can only rely on Daming Prefecture and the Yellow River to block the Jin army. Therefore, when Li Gang proposed to gather the main force on the line of Tuohe River and counterattack Zhongshan and Hejian, the generals below remained silent, while Zhong Shidao and Yao Gu raised objections, but the debate lasted for several days without any result.

This is the inevitable result of the military discussion, because Li Gang went to the Hebei battlefield, although he nominally held the battlefield command power, Bian Jing gave him many restrictions. He actually had no power. His main function was to coordinate and ease the local conflicts between the armies, so that Bian Jing and the people in the northwest temporarily escaped from the battle for battlefield command power, and thus concentrate on launching the Hebei War.

Of course, Li Gang's embarrassing identity could not solve any problem, so he could only persuade him with great sincerity.

Yao Gu first refused to sell Li Gang's account. Jiao Anjie was Yao Gu's good brother. While rescuing Zhong Shizhong, he saw that he was about to be surrounded by the Jin army, so he had no choice but to give up the rescue and lead his army to retreat across the Hutuo River. Bian Jing ignored it and blamed Jiao Anjie for the annihilation of the entire Zhong Shizhong. Li Gang refused to give up and forced the young emperor to issue an order to kill Jiao Anjie. Jiao Anjie died unjustly. If he really fled at the battle, he would admit it, but he was not. He fulfilled his responsibility as a commander. Yao Gu once begged for Jiao Anjie, but no one paid attention to him.

Yao Gu hated Li Gang, and many generals of the Northwest Army hated Li Gang, but the result was self-evident. Of course, this is just a personal grudge. Personal grudges are not very useful here, and it is mainly a dispute over interests.

Zhong Shidao and Yao Gudi's strength suffered a severe blow. They could no longer command their own troops to rush to the front line.

This time, Zhe Keqiu, Yang Keshi, Wang, and Yao Pingzhong arrived. Their local army should be the main force. But the emperor of Bian Jing did not fulfill his promise and did not meet the interests of the people and the people in the northwest. More seriously, the emperor vigorously supported Tong Guan and Liu Yanqing. He allowed them to compete with the Northwest Army in the shortest time. This is a matter for the Northwest people to bear. It is obvious that if the Northwest Army suffers a severe setback and its strength is damaged, the Zhe brothers, Yang Keshi, Wang and others will not be able to get along. Even if they do not die, they will have to lose their skin.

Liu Guangshi, Xin Xingzong and others followed the orders of the emperor and Tong Guandi, preserved their strength. Without strength, they could not deal with the people of the Northwest, and they could not compete with Li Hu.

Zhong Shidao and Yao Gu were unwilling to fight, but they really couldn't fight; Zhe Keqiu, Yang Keshi and others refused to fight. They had already made up their minds to kill Tong Guan; Liu Guangshi and Xin Xingzong would not fight. Not only did they not fight, but they didn't even cross the Yellow River. Don't look at the orders one by one. But Tong Guan's orders to them were very clear. Don't cross the Yellow River. Even if Hebei was lost, it doesn't matter.

Li Gang didn't want to waste his time. He made a plea for the last time, but the result was still the same.

Li Gang had no choice but to settle for the second best. He hoped that Liu Guangshi would lead his army into Daming Mansion and join forces with the Daming Mansion to establish a defense line on the north bank of the Yellow River. At the same time, he begged Zhong Shidao, Yao Gu, and Zhe Ke to increase his troops~ Tuohe. At least do it, so as not to avoid the Tiger and Lieutenant Army on the Zhending Mansion to be surrounded by the Jin army. Zhending would be lost. The Jin army would kill to the bank of the Yellow River. It would be of no benefit to everyone.

Still no one agreed.

Li Gang sighed bitterly and reported to Bianjing. On the same day, he left Daming Mansion and rushed to Zhending to supervise the battle.

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After Li Gang left, Liu Guangshi and others also returned to the south bank of the Yellow River, while Zhong Shidao urgently summoned Zhe Keke to discuss the killing of Tong Guan.

Today, the situation in Bianjing is completely out of control by the people of the northwest. What is the reason? The reason lies in Tong Guan.

Tong Guan should have died long ago. When the little emperor was in power, he was already designated as one of the six thieves of the Song Dynasty. The other five people were all dead, and only Tong Guan was left. The reason why Tong Guan did not die was because of Li Hu. Li Hu launched the Taiyuan mutiny, but did not kill Tong Guan, but instead gave it to him, which eventually led to today's disaster. Why? Was it Li Hu's mistake or did it on purpose?

Zhong Shidao believed that Li Hu did it on purpose. He launched the Taiyuan mutiny, controlled Zhao Kai and Tong Guan, and then controlled the situation in the northwest. Then he used Tong Guan to overturn the rain and clouds in Bianjing to compete with the people in the northwest, which won him time to control the northwest. Once Li Hu stabilized the northwest, he would attack Bianjing.

Without waiting for anyone, the Song Dynasty had reached its critical moment and had to make a decision.

Li Hu abandoned Daibei and helped the Jin army a lot of help, which led to the Jin army being able to concentrate its forces in Hebei and kill Bianjing, which gave Li Hu a chance to gain advantage.

"Li Hu abandoned Daibei, with the purpose of Bianjing." Zhong Shidao was heartbroken and angry, "Tong Guan must have defected to Li Hu, willing to use it for Li Hu, and betrayed the emperor and the great Song Dynasty. This kind of treacherous man will definitely kill him quickly, otherwise the Song Dynasty will be destroyed by Li Hu."

Zhe Keqiu lowered his head and did not speak. The situation has developed to this point, which is completely beyond his expectations, while Zhe Yanzhi has always been alert to Li Hu. Even if the Zhe family has confirmed Li Hu's true identity, Zhe Yanzhi cannot believe that Li Hu is loyal to the Song Dynasty.

"Zhe sent a letter to the emperor, Tong Guan and Zhang Bangchang were secretly discussing peace with the Jin people." Yao Gudi's voice showed a murderous aura, "Once Li Hu knew about this, it might become an excuse for Li Hu to attack Bian Jing. If Li Hu took the lead and controlled Bian Jing, we would be very passive. What should we do? Fighting Bian Jing is an internal strife. At this time, internal strife is equivalent to self-defeating, and the disaster of the destruction of the country is right in front of us. Therefore, our only way is to kill Tong Guan and control Bian Jing in front of Li Hu."

"Zhong Shuai, Yao Shuai, what will happen?" Zhe Keqiu didn't care much about it. Since Zhe Yanzhi had joined forces with Zhong Shidao and the Zhe family was pulled onto the boat, then just walk one way to the dark.

"Start a mutiny." Yao Gu said, "The Jin army has not yet fully attacked. Judging from the deployment of the Huli Army, Li Hu intends to let Yue Fei defend Zhending to the death in order to give him control of the northwest to win time, so we still have time to launch a mutiny. However, this time is very short. Once Yue Fei loses Zhending and the Jin army leaks, we will have no time."

Mutiny was the most powerful means for military men to interfere in the government affairs, and it has been like this from ancient times to the present. In order to prevent military men from interfering in politics, the Song Dynasty spared no effort to suppress military men and barely saved its foundation for more than a hundred years. However, from Li Hu launching the Taiyuan Mutiny, this magic box was opened, and just a few months later, the Bianjing Mutiny broke out. The Bianjing Mutiny allowed the Northwest military men to see the powerful force of force, and force could allow them to realize their wishes. So, just one month after the first Bianjing Mutiny, the Northwest people began to plan the second Bianjing Mutiny.

"Is this okay?" Zhe Keqiu asked worriedly, "Li Hu is in Luoyang, only more than 300 miles away from Bianjing. His cavalry can reach the city within two days."

"This is also the meaning of "Shuo Xiang." Master Zhong sighed, "Apart from this, do we have any other ways to kill Tong Guan? If Tong Guan is not killed, we will not be able to gain the trust of the emperor and will not be able to control the authority. If we cannot control the authority, what can we use to defeat the Jin army and prevent Li Hu from seizing the country?"

"There are 30,000 garrison troops in Bianjing and 20,000 Shengjie troops outside the city. Liu Guangshi's army is in the areas of Liyang and Baima. These troops have a total of 60,000 to 70,000. How can we launch a mutiny?"

"The emperor asked the emperor to personally lead the army." Yao Gu stroked his long beard with a sharp look, and his old face showed a trace of unusual rosy, and he was obviously very nervous. "We have forced Li Gang to a dead end these days. If the battlefield in Hebei continues like this, he will be defeated. If the emperor wants to win this battle, he will only lead the army in person. When the emperor and Tong Guan arrive at Daming Mansion, Tong Guan will be dead, and the emperor, with our support, will be able to command the army and defeat the golden dog."

After thinking for a long time, Zhe Keqiu felt that this was the only way. If you want to kill Tong Guan, you just need to trick Tong Guan into the battlefield in Hebei, but will Tong Guan be deceived?

"Of course Tong Guan didn't dare to leave Bian Jing, but if the emperor insisted on taking the imperial command in person, could Tong Guan stop him?"

"Will the emperor agree to the imperial commander in person?" Zhe Keqiu thought it was impossible. No one knew whether the emperor had completely controlled Bianjing so far. After all, the emperor ascended the throne by extraordinary means. He was guilty. In addition, the Supreme Emperor and the deposed emperor Zhao Heng were both in the capital. Once there was a disturbance, the emperor's position might change.

"In today's world, there is only one person who can force the emperor to lead the army to fight in person." Zhong Shidao said lightly.

Zhe Keqiu stared at Master Zhong, looked at Yao Gu, and probably guessed the thoughts of the two people. After all, he still had to ask Li Hu to take action. Li Hu needed time to stabilize the northwest, and the Hebei battle was the only way for him to win time. Judging from the current situation on the battlefield in Hebei, there was no suspense in the Hebei battle, and the Jin army would soon be able to fight to the Yellow River. This was the only opportunity for the Northwest people to win back the initiative.

"Will it be a mistake?" Zhe Keqiu was still very afraid of Li Hu. If Li Hu had a strong boat and had to conquer Bian Jing without waiting for the northwest to stabilize, there would be no chance for the people in the northwest to have no chance.

"Li Hu is a smart man." Zhong Shidao smiled, "If he wants to gain a foothold in the Song Dynasty, he must first have prestige, and this prestige can only be won from the battlefield in Hebei. If he attacks Bianjing at this moment, then he will be no different from Jingou. He will become the enemy of the Song Dynasty, and he will never want to gain a foothold in the Song Dynasty from now on."
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