Lingbu Huimao, like a bullied little daughter-in-law, confided in Li Qianshun the atrocities committed by Yu Yunwen and Guo Hao.

"Too much bullying!" Weiming Anhui on the side said angrily, "Your Majesty, the Song people's ambitions have been revealed. If the Song people are allowed to build the city on the edge of the Yellow River, our Heishan Weifu Army will be restrained by the Song soldiers. ,The consequences could be disastrous!"

Li Qianshun sat there with his eyebrows lowered in deep thought.

The atmosphere was a bit solemn.

After a while, Li Qianshun asked: "Prince Jin, what do you think of this matter?"

"From the eighth year of Yuande (the first year of Jingkang) to the present, the attitude of the Song people towards the outside world has unknowingly undergone tremendous changes. This time the Song people occupied Dongsheng Prefecture without any warning. Your Majesty's envoy went to inquire , Song people’s attitude is arrogant, all this tells us one thing.”

"What's up?"

"The Zhao Guan family didn't even bother to make the final cover-up. This is a precursor to war."

Li Qianshun fell into deep thought again. The teacup in his left hand hung in the air for a while before he put it down.

"Actually, the change in Zhao Guan's family's attitude towards the outside world has been revealed the year before last." Li Qianshun said, "In the past few years, Zhao Guan's family has been playing the role of defense and protecting the country. In the past ten years, we had two wars with Song Dynasty. On the surface, we are taking the initiative to attack."

Having said this, Li Qianshun glanced at Weiming Anhui, who lowered his eyebrows and remained silent.

"We and the Jin Kingdom have already formed an inherent impression that the Song people will not take the initiative to attack."

Everyone's eyes fell on Li Qianshun and listened carefully to his words.

Li Qianshun sighed, feeling a little complicated. He looked at the map and continued: "The battle between Song and Jin the year before last ended with Zong Han's failure in moving south. It seems to be no different from the previous battles between Song and Jin. It was nothing more than the failure of Jin's movement south."

"However, that time it was Song general Yue Fei who took the initiative and Song took back the three towns in Hebei. This has never happened in the past years."

"Not only that, Song general Wu Jie also took back Fuzhou, Linzhou and other places. He took the initiative to attack. At the same time in the same year, two groups went north to regain the lost territory, and they both won. This gave Zhao Guan's family a great blow. Encourage, his appetite is growing."

The scene fell into dead silence, and the atmosphere became solemn again.

"This time in Dongsheng Prefecture, it shows the change in Zhao Guan's family's attitude towards the outside world." Li Qianshun analyzed in a calm tone, "The land of the three towns in Hebei and Fuzhou used to be the territory of the Song Dynasty. It is understandable that the Song army went north to recover it. , Dongsheng Prefecture has never been controlled by the Song Dynasty since the founding of the Song Dynasty. This time the Song Dynasty took the initiative to go out and compete for the important land between Daxia and the Kingdom of Jin. I am afraid that the ambitions of the Zhao Guan family..."

"In the past, Zhao Guan's family always negotiated business with us. We always thought he was a businessman. Now it seems that our understanding of him is biased." Brother Richard said.

yes!

A businessman cannot be righteous in his business.

In the past, when envoys from the three countries met, they had to give enough face.

Only when you have enough face can you find a way out in diplomacy. Even if a conflict arises, both parties can negotiate to resolve it.

But now, even the superficial skills are gone, with a posture of "I'll hit you with my fists, but if you don't accept it, I'll do it".

Doesn’t this mean there is no room for discussion?

The evolution of international relations often changes quietly through the accumulation of countless events, making it difficult for people involved to quickly detect it.

Through this incident in Dongsheng Prefecture, the Xixia people finally realized the changes in Zhao Ning's foreign attitude during the ten years of Jingkang.

This is very important. In the past ten years of the war between Song, Jin and Xia, Song Dynasty has always been the defensive side.

Next, Song began to take the initiative to attack, which gave the Xixia people a cold feeling on the soles of their feet.

"But I have mentioned before that it will not be easy for the Zhao Guan family to get Yinshan, and the Jin Kingdom will not sit idly by. What we can do now is to unite with the Jin people as soon as possible to curb Song's attempts in Yinshan."

"How to do it specifically?" Li Qianshun asked.

"We don't need Dongsheng Prefecture, but we must not give it to the Song people." Brother Richard said, "After uniting with the Jin people to attack the Song Dynasty and driving the Song people back to the pass, all the east of Yunnei Prefecture will be given to the Jin people, and the west will be given to us. Dongsheng Prefecture returns to the Kingdom of Jin."

"If this is the case, the Jin man on the side will also have the power of a military front."

"We united with the Jin people to attack the Song Dynasty, not to destroy the Song Dynasty, but to balance. Now the Song Dynasty has shown its aggressive intentions, which is extremely disadvantageous to us. The Jin army has recaptured Dongsheng Prefecture, but the main target of the Jin people now is not us, but The Song Dynasty, so letting the Jin Kingdom take Dongsheng Prefecture will not cause any serious harm to our dynasty."

Li Qianshun nodded.

This role is equivalent to the role of a shit stirrer.

When Song Dynasty is weak, alliance with Song Dynasty; when Song Dynasty is strong, alliance with Jin Dynasty.

Xixia's national policy is that neither Song nor Jin should be too strong, so that Xixia is the safest.

Brother Richard continued: "Our court and the Jin army jointly attacked the Song Dynasty. If the Zhao Guan family is determined to take Yinshan, they will definitely increase their troops in a large scale. We are always observing the situation of the Song army's increase in troops. Judging from the current military deployment of the Song Dynasty in the north, , Zhao Guan's family is at the end of its financial strength in attacking Yinshan. If he insists on increasing his troops on a large scale, he will either come from Hebei or Shaanxi."

"If we mobilize troops from Hebei and Hebei's defenses are empty, the Jin people can take the opportunity to go south. If we recruit more troops from Shaanxi, our government can take the opportunity to go south."

Li Qianshun nodded repeatedly and said: "If Zhao Guan's family does not increase its troops, we, together with the Jin people, will be able to drive the Song people back to the pass."

"Yes, no matter how the situation develops, it will be beneficial to us, unless two situations occur that will have a huge impact on the war situation."

"What two situations?"

"First, the Song army in Dongsheng Prefecture can resist the alliance between our dynasty and the Jin army without increasing its troops. In this way, the other military defenses of the Song state will remain as stable as before."

"Secondly, the Zhao Guan family still has enough financial resources to support the Yinshan War, but that is impossible. If the Zhao Guan family wants to issue money by printing money, it will inevitably lead to skyrocketing prices. Once the Yinshan War lasts for a long time, there is no need to rely on war to determine victory. Unfortunately, there will also be large-scale people's livelihood problems within the Song Dynasty. At that time, the whole body will be affected, and the Song Dynasty will be in chaos. How can the Zhao Guan family support such a large war and defense situation?"

Li Qianshun continued to nod.

"Not to mention Hebei, the military expenditures in Liaodong will no longer be enough. The Jin people are eyeing Liaodong, and the Zhao Guan family can only survive in Liaodong and retreat completely."

Li Qianshun thought for a moment and said, "Without mobilizing other lines of defense, does Zhao Guan's treasury really have no money to support the Battle of Yinshan?"
Chapter completed!