Liu Yu gave up the official path and took a hidden path.

"Liu Lin!"

"The end is here!"

"I will give you 30,000 troops. You can enter Shenzhou overnight and get in touch with Zhang Huaizhi. You must join forces with him within five days. After joining forces with Zhang Huaizhi, wait for Li San'er."

Liu Yu acted in high spirits.

In fact, the Kingdom of Jin did give him enough support this time.

In addition to giving some people knowledge of tactics, they even gave them armor and some war horses.

It looks like the way Eagle Sauce "loves" its sons.

Since the upper echelons of the Jin Kingdom wanted to consume the Song Dynasty during the truce, they naturally hoped that Liu Yu could come up with something real.

Even the strategy for conquering the Song Dynasty was given by the top brass of the Jin Kingdom.

It was given by Wanyan Xiyin, the military strategic genius of the Jin Kingdom, based on the current situation.

The essence of this strategy is to attack the east and attack the west quickly, accurately and ruthlessly.

Because the Qi State had just been established, even if the Song Dynasty knew that the Qi State was established, it would never have thought that the Qi State would send troops on the first day of the first lunar month.

This is fast!

The accurate meaning is to use heavy troops to capture Daming Mansion!

The meaning of ruthlessness is to fight against all odds, attack Daming Mansion, and attract the Song army to support Daming Mansion.

But attacking from the east and attacking from the west means attacking Damingfu in name, but actually attacking the weak eastern front.

"Remember, you have to gather an army of 500,000 in Shenzhou, and then go south to take Daming Mansion, do you understand?"

"The last general takes command!"

On the second day of the first lunar month, Liu Yu's son Liu Lin led 30,000 troops into Shenzhou.

At this time, some people in the Song Dynasty had already noticed something strange in the Hejian Mansion area and conducted a careful investigation there.

Finally, we came to an uncertain conclusion: a large army came from the north.

However, it took two full days for the scouts to discover a large number of marching traces on very remote trails in the vast Hebei Plain, and confirmed that there was a large army heading south.

This kind of efficiency was already very, very fast in ancient times.

It was the fifth day of the first lunar month when the scouts sent the news to Fucheng.

At noon on the fifth day of the first lunar month, Liu Lin joined Zhang Huaizhi's army in Raoyang, Shenzhou.

"I will finally meet Liu Shuai!" Zhang Huaizhi showed a very positive attitude.

"Zhang Dutong, this is the appointment edict given to you by His Majesty. From today on, you are the commander of the Hebei East Road Military and Horse Command!"

Zhang Huaizhi was overjoyed and bowed quickly: "Thank you so much, Your Majesty, long live your Majesty!"

"Zhang Dutong, how many troops do you have under your command?"

"One hundred thousand people in total."

"Are there really 100,000 people?"

Zhang Huaizhi said: "Your Highness, if you want 100,000 people, I can give you 100,000 people in a short time!"

"oh?"

"Your Highness still doesn't know that the people's livelihood in Hebei is in decline. Many people are desperate. They are either bandits or self-proclaimed kings. The people are desperate. As long as you give them a bite of food, countless people will join in."

When Liu Lin heard this, he was overjoyed.

From this point of view, the strategic analysis given by the top brass of the Jin Army is indeed true.

One of them was to bribe the officials and people of the Song Dynasty.

It's easy to bribe officials. Those corrupt officials are afraid of death, and it's too late for them to surrender themselves.

To bribe the people is actually to recruit people to join the army. This is simpler, just give them food.

"Then if we want to recruit 500,000 troops, is it feasible?"

"If Your Highness has enough food and grass, it can be done."

"This is not easy. Send people to collect food. Anyone who doesn't give food will be killed without mercy!"

On the afternoon of the fifth day of the first lunar month, Yue Fei had just finished his military training and returned to the Yamen when he sent an urgent report.

"Tongzhi Yue, this was discovered by scouts from the north."

Yue Fei opened it and read it, frowning: "Have you found out where the bandits are going?"

"Currently, we have only explored Shenzhou."

"Can't we find out exactly how many people there are?"

"Still investigating, at least tens of thousands of people."

Zhang Xian said: "Is it a fake Qi people?"

Wang Gui was curious: "It has only been a month since the puppet Qi Liu Yu announced the founding of the country in Hejian. How could he raise tens of thousands of horses to go south so quickly?"

Everyone fell into silence.

Yue Fei looked at Wang Gui and said: "The fake Qi Liu Yu may have guessed that you will think so."

Wang Gui was stunned for a moment and said: "So, Liu Yu wants to surprise us?"

"It's possible!"

"Now what?"

Zhang Xian said: "Liu Yu has not attacked our jurisdiction. He is still in Shenzhou. The situation between us and the enemy is unclear. It is not too late to investigate the information first before taking action."

Yue Fei said: "Zhang Xian is right, the scouts will continue to investigate!"

"yes!"

On the fifth day of the first lunar month, Liu Lin, the prince of the puppet Qi Kingdom, issued a "Call to Defeat the Song Dynasty" in Shenzhou.

He said: "The sky was chaotic and strange, and the grass was killing all living beings, poisoning Hebei and Hedong. When the Song Dynasty was full of demons and evil spirits, the tyrants were ruthless, taking away the people's property, killing the loyal and good, making the country boil and the world uneasy. In the past, swords rose from the nine states, and thunder shook

The mountains are clear to the world, and righteous men from all over the world will fight against them together!"

While Liu Lin stood on the high ground of righteousness and denounced the Song Dynasty for poisoning Hebei and Hedong, and called Zhao Ning an unscrupulous tyrant in order to win over people's hearts, he also sent a large number of soldiers to capture strong men everywhere in Shenzhou.

The reason is for no other reason than that in the eyes of people like Liu Lin, the common people are not human beings, and this "Complaint to Defeat the Song Dynasty" is not written for the common people, but for the gentry, landlords, and bureaucrats in Hebei and Hedong.

Among those people, there are naturally loyal people, but there are always those who are greedy for life and afraid of death.

As soon as this "Call to Defeat the Song Dynasty" appeared, Raoping County now aroused the support of the local landlords, who all surrendered to the Daqi Empire and cursed the tyrant Zhao Ning with all the words they could think of.

Later, they joined the same ranks as Liu Lin.

That is, in the name of defeating the tyrant, they capture young men from among the people and expropriate them violently.

Shenzhou itself has been in chaos for a long time. The people there are miserable and many people can't even get a bite of food. As long as they join the army, they can have something to fill their stomachs.

This situation lasted until the tenth day of the first lunar month, and the news quickly spread to Daming Mansion.

Upon hearing this, Daming Mansion was shocked.

The Daming Mansion sent a large number of scouts to the Shenzhou area to investigate the situation, and at the same time immediately reported to Tokyo.

It was already the twelfth day of the first lunar month when the news of the resumption of war in Hebei was sent to Tokyo.

The news that Liu Yu launched a war in the first month of the fifth year of Jingkang was undoubtedly like a huge stone falling into a calm lake, causing thousands of waves.

At this time, the Tokyo court was in troubled times.

The news that Yang Yizhong had beheaded Wang Xie in Yan'an Mansion has spread, and both the New Dealers and conservatives are criticizing him verbally and writtenly.

The Shaanxi investigation case was also in full swing, and at this time it was reported that Liu Yu was going south.

On the 13th day of the first lunar month, a fight almost broke out between the Political Hall and the Military and Political Council.

The voices calling for a halt to Shaanxi’s inspections are getting louder and louder.

A letter fell like snowflakes on Zhao Ning's desk.

Both the New Dealers and the conservatives want to stop the current rectification and inspection in Shaanxi.

Because this involves national defense and security.

Of course, the North-South opposition factions began to ferment at this time.

Some officials began to privately publicize how the current North was dragging down the Song Dynasty. This kind of voice did not dare to be spoken loudly in public now, but it took advantage of people's fear and began to spread everywhere.

What is Zhao Ning’s attitude towards the current situation?

Just one sentence: Then fight!

Raise an army for a thousand days and use it for a while. When it is time to use force to solve the problem, there should be no hesitation.

Zhao Ning has to rely on the New Deal faction to promote the New Deal, so he still has to consider the voices of the New Deal faction.

At the same time, he must also rely on conservatives for political checks and balances and cannot completely suppress conservatives.

But at this time, the situation has just erupted, and it is obviously futile to rely on words to explain.

Therefore, Zhao Ning simply declined all visits due to physical illness.

For Zhao Ning, the beginning of this year is crucial. If everything goes smoothly, the military and political affairs of the Western Army can be reorganized, and the military and political affairs of Hebei can undoubtedly be strengthened.

The new internal policies will naturally ensure that there is no chaos.
Chapter completed!