The news of the collapse of the main force of Western Xia spread to the east earlier than the heads of Brother Wei Ming Chage and Zong Han. The news of the great victory blew to the east like a west wind, and the Han government did not block the news of this great victory, so the people of the Song army in the northwest of the road, who had been paying attention to the battle situation, soon got the news and quickly reported to Jiankang.

The Great Song monarchs and ministers had long been mentally prepared for the outcome of the war in Western Xia, after all, the difference in the national strength of the Han and Xia was there, but after hearing the news, they couldn't help but be surprised, and felt that the victory of the Han army was much faster than they expected. Whether it was Qin and Zhao, who were in charge of the central government, or Han and Yue, who were training troops in the frontier, they all came to the same conclusion: as soon as Brother Wei Mingcha died, there was no doubt about the death of Western Xia.

As soon as the Western Xia was destroyed, except for the worthless Goryeo, the Han court was left with only two opponents in the sea, the Great Song Dynasty and Henan Remnant Jin. In other words, if Han Ting wants to expand externally, it will move to the south next! Will Huma under Zheyan Chong set foot in Henan? Will the Han knife in Zhiyanchong's hand be satisfied after cutting Zong Bi's head? The answers to these two questions, Zhao Gou and Qin Hui both felt very suspenseful.

For this reason, Zhao Gou convened his ministers to discuss for several days and nights, and even summoned Han Shizhong, who was training troops in Tongzhou, to consult.

At the same time, the scholars and doctors, especially the young students, also reacted very much when they heard the news, and some students who did not know the height of the sky and the earth went so far as to publicly congratulate them, believing that this was a thousand-year-old feat of the Chinese nation in recovering Ganlong! Some students even put forward further suggestions: take the opportunity to march into Henan, expel Hulu, and fully restore the rivers and mountains of China! However, over the years, due to the Han Dynasty, a regime that claims to be "innocent of the speakers", as an example and containment in the north, the Song family has suppressed the public opinion of scholars and students too obviously, and even made various gestures to win the hearts of scholars and students. In the past few years, the relaxation of Jiankang's public opinion environment is not inferior to that of Tanggu, and even some people dare to openly advocate some words that are a bit against the emperor's scales! As soon as the slogan of expelling Hulu and restoring the rivers and mountains came out, it spread all over the city, and soon it affected the decision-making of the palace, the prime minister's mansion and the privy!

Jiankang, the temporary line of the Great Song Dynasty, carried out their own activities along completely different lines of thought. Inside, the monarchs and ministers were worried about whether Zhe Yanchong would go south, and the generals were worried about whether the Song army could withstand the attack of the Han army; Outside, the student gate is shouting the slogan of the comprehensive rejuvenation of China, and even tens of thousands of words ask the imperial court to send troops to Henan as soon as possible, taking advantage of this "once-in-a-lifetime" opportunity to avenge the revenge of his father and brother, the humiliation of blood Jingkang, and the restoration of the old capital of the Northern Song Dynasty!

The deliberations of the monarchs and ministers of the Great Song Dynasty were kept secret, but the slogans of the scholars entered the Prime Minister's Mansion and the Imperial Palace through various channels. When Zhao Gou first heard these suggestions, he smiled at the court, and after retreating from the court, he was furious. It's just that the Jin army has a shameful hatred for the Great Song Dynasty to destroy the country and capture the king, and the subordinates have such a suggestion, Zhao Gou not only can't refute it face-to-face, but has to greet him with a smile, claiming that inheriting the orthodoxy of the Zhao family is the political cornerstone of Zhao Gou's rule in the southeast, and he doesn't dare to deny such public opinion.

Gradually, some ministers who were concentric with Zhao Gou began to feel that the advice of young scholars and enthusiastic students was not necessarily impossible, and they believed that there were three major advantages to taking the opportunity to cut gold: first, to restore the hometown of Xiangdeng occupied by Zong Bi, so as to maintain the integrity of the Huguang defense line -- if Nanyang could be captured, it would be of great benefit to prevent Shaanxi, echo Hanzhong, and protect Huguangdu with wings; Second, this move can respond to the previous suggestion of "aiding neighbors and resisting Hu" put forward by the Great Song Dynasty to the Han Dynasty -- the officials and scholars of the Han court have been sneering at the Great Song Dynasty's talk of aiding neighbors, saying that Zhao Song only said but did not do it, and now he is marching into the army, just making an afterthought for the diplomatic rhetoric of "aiding neighbors"; As for the third benefit, it is to take the opportunity to curry favor with the scholars and students in the country, and win the name of martial arts for Zhao Gou, who has always been regarded as soft.

After Liu Yu made this suggestion, Zhao Gou felt that it was nonsense at first, but he had always trusted Liu Yu, and felt that Liu Yu was a person who knew how to plan for himself like Qin Hui, so what he said to such a person could still be taken to heart, and he gradually felt that this deal was very cost-effective! Zhao Gou knew very well that most of Zong Bi's main forces were concentrated along the Yellow River and in western Shandong, and he was in a tug of war with Cao Guangbi.

Although the ministers in the court believed that the remnants of Jin and the Great Song Dynasty were dependent on each other, the internal conflict between Zhao Gou and Zong Bi was too great, and if Zhi Yanchong attacked Zong Bi, Zhao Gou would not even be able to officially send troops to rescue. What's more, the affairs of Western Xia also made Zhao Gou feel that there was little hope of keeping Zong Bi under Zhi Yanchong's all-out attack, and it would be the same as Western Xia, so that Zhi Yanchong had an excuse to continue to go south after destroying Zong Bi.

After a round of public opinion frenzy that lasted for many days and secret discussions between monarchs and ministers, the Great Song Dynasty finally set the tone and countermeasures in response to the great changes in the northwest.

First of all, in terms of diplomacy, Zhao Gou decided to send important ministers to Tanggu to congratulate him in a high-profile manner, so as to promote the friendship between the north and the south, and try to make Zhiyanchong have no excuse to go south. As for the previous contacts with Zong Bi, they were completely cut off and cut off all contact with Zong Bi's forces.

Secondly, on the political front, the propaganda department of the Song Dynasty, which had an increasingly Han court flavor, would also bombard public opinion in the territory, guiding the scholars to establish the theory of Chinese homogeneity and different politics, and directing the speech in a direction favorable to the preservation of the Song regime, especially cultivating the military's loyalty to the Jiankang court.

Finally, there was the military operation, in addition to ordering the Song army of Lunan and Hanzhong, as well as the naval divisions of the southeastern states to closely watch the actions of the Han army, Yue Fei was also ordered to wait for the opportunity to go north to "cooperate" with the feat of the Han court to expel Hu Lu and restore the old capital of Bianliang.

When the news came out, the government and the opposition responded like thunder, saying that the current emperor is really a saint who is both filial and martial! And the military, especially the soldiers who have been swallowing their anger on the Jingbei front, are even more excited!

The Great Song court issued a decision at the end of spring, and the Jingbei army began to move in early summer, cooperating with the favorable time and place and advancing northward in an all-round way. Zhao Gou's secret edict to Yue Fei implied that he would be able to get Xiangdeng, but how could the blood of a soldier be a soup on a simmer - it could be kept at a certain temperature as the master wanted? Once the blood of the soldiers is stimulated, it will be a fierce that is difficult to stop until the boiling point! And Yue Fei, as the commander-in-chief, didn't seem to want to suppress the enthusiasm of his generals too much, so he didn't know about Zhao Gou's hints.

Zong Bi's main force has been fighting with the Han army in the north, although he was on guard against Zhao Gou, but he didn't expect him to be shameless to this point, he said that he would turn his face, turn his face faster, and turn more decisive than anyone else! The strength of the Jin army in the Xiang and Deng defense lines is insufficient, and the generals have the heart to slack off when they see that the general trend has gone, the troops are strong and weak, the morale is high and low, and the financial resources are abundant, and the Song army has famous generals in charge, so even the battle is victorious, and the people who know the current affairs in Henan, and the people who are loyal and righteous also take the opportunity to get up, Xiang, Deng, Tang, Cai, Chen, and Ying have more than 40 cities that changed hands and returned to the Song Dynasty within a month, and the people greeted the road, Yue Fei waved the flag and went north, and even approached Bianliang before Zong Bi had time to react!

"Shameless! Shameless! These shameless Han Chinese! This shameless Zhao Gou! "Zong Bi is thundering in Bianliang City, if he loses to Zheyan Chong Cao Guangbi on the battlefield, then he has nothing to say, but now it is Zhao Gou who gives him a fatal blow!

In the past two years, Zong Bi has always thought that the people who have given him the most headaches are Zhe and Cao, but at this moment, he knows that the most difficult person to deal with is actually Zhao Gou! Although Zhi Yanchong and Cao Guangbi were strong, they both had shame and persistence, so they both had shortcomings - it was just that there was another soft force within the Han regime that tactfully prevented Zong Bi and his father and brothers from successfully attacking this shortcoming. But Zhao Gou is a person who dares to give up even his father and brother, a person who is not afraid of the world pointing at his back and scolding! The thickness of the skin and the blackness of the heart and liver, although Liu Bei and Cao Cao may not be able to pass it. Zong Bi couldn't catch him when he was the strongest, and now he can't guard against him when he is the weakest!

But what can Zong Bi do now? The decisive action of Zhao Gou was beyond the expectations of all other forces, including Han Ting, and the speed of Yue Fei's action was beyond Zhao Gou's expectations. The military strength of the Jin army on the northern front is not something that can be transferred south if it wants to be transferred south, not to mention that with the current morale of both sides, even if Zong Bi successfully transfers back troops, he may not be able to win the Song army!

Yang Yingqi immediately sent a letter to Zhiyan Chong after receiving Zhao Gou's congratulatory message, believing that it was necessary to quickly deploy a strategy against the south, and use all political and diplomatic forces to control the situation south of the Yellow River under the conditions that the Han court wanted to see. Who knew that Zhi Yanchong's feedback had not yet returned, and the news of Song Jun's move followed.

"It's really changeable!" Yang Yingqi couldn't help but praise after receiving the news of the Song army's march - it was not Yue Fei who he admired, but Zhao Gou.

At this time, the Zhongxing Mansion had not yet been conquered, and the treasury of the Han Dynasty Household Department had almost bottomed out, and Yang Yingqi could hardly contain Zhao Gou's actions, and he couldn't even openly say that he could not even protest - Zhao Gou wanted to help his neighbors, destroy Hu, and take revenge, and he was awe-inspiring and righteous in public and private, in Han and Song, so why did Yang Yingqi protest? On what grounds is it opposed? Even some brainless scholars in Tanggu are actually supporting Zhao Gou's actions!

However, although Zhao Gou's actions are full of truth, Yang Yingqi will not publicly approve, he understands very well that if Jiangnan is still a leased land that can be temporarily lent to Zhao Gou, then Henan is definitely a forbidden piece for Zhi Yanchong that Zhao Gou is not allowed to do - at the beginning of the peace conference brought back by Ouyang Shi, Henan was owned by Han Ting!

"Brother Jiu is only afraid that he will make a mistake because of greed this time." Zhao Tanger also seemed to understand Zhi Yanchong's ambition for Henan: "When the uncle heard about this, I was afraid that he would be angry!" ”

"Hmm." Yang Yingqi said: "But so what? From your Ninth Brother's point of view, I don't think he would be worse off doing this than doing nothing. Anyway, it is only a matter of time before the Han and Song dynasties face it directly, and it is also an unchangeable fact that the Han and Song are strong and the Song are weak. Keeping Zong Bi is just a chance for the eldest brother to show his skills in two or three years. ”

Zhao Ju'er said strangely: "Two or three years? If Brother Jiu doesn't do it, with his uncle's temperament, will he endure it for two or three years? ”

"It's not a matter of temperament." Yang Yingqi said: "It's that our money and food are about to bottom out, and it will take a few years to recover to the extent that we can fight a big battle." Besides, although the main force of Western Xia was defeated, it will take time for such a country that has stood for a hundred years to be completely conquered, and it will take time for us to deal with the problem of Ganlong and the relationship between Xinjiang and the old territory. ”

Zhao Tanger'er said: "In this way, doesn't Brother Jiu have a chance to annex Henan?" Or even have time to take it in stride? ”

"Hmm." Yang Yingqi nodded and said, "I'm afraid it will be like this." ”

Zhao Tanger'er thought for a while and said, "But Uncle shouldn't just do nothing, right?" At the very least, he should let the second uncle do it! Even if you can't get the whole of Henan, at least you have to share it equally with Brother Jiu. Well, with the wisdom of the second uncle, maybe you don't need to be reminded by the uncle, you are already doing it. Speaking of this, Zhao Tanger'er suddenly noticed that Yang Yingqi's expression was different, and asked with a sigh: "Are you like this?" ”

Yang Yingqi was stunned, and said in a trembling voice: "There is one thing, I have never dared to ask for verification, and now it seems that I should send someone to ask for clarification......