After sending Liu Yu away, only a few important members of the Han court center were left in the palace, as well as An Tahai and Li Yongqi, all of whom could be said to be their own people, and even the attendants retreated after Yang Yingqi's signal, Guo Hao, Chen Xian and others knew that they were going to discuss major matters behind closed doors.

Han Fang stepped forward, and Zhi Yunwu thought to himself: "Does he want to blame Seventh Uncle Tang for being reckless?" Who knew that Han Fang just said, "Yang ...... Prime Minister, now ...... Now that the crown prince and the prime minister have decided to use force against Western Xia, Shaanxi should be prepared. Without saying a word, he acquiesced in Yang Yingqi's decision.

Yang Yingqi bowed his head and said: "The prince and I have already agreed on this matter. Called: "Li Yongqi! ”

Li Yongqi also didn't close his eyes last night, and after jumping out of bed in the morning, he regretted that he had compromised too quickly yesterday, hoping that the court would have a chance to redeem it, but who knew that he saw such an exciting show! At this time, listening to Yang Yingqi's call, he took two steps and saluted: "The end will be!" "The voice was extremely impassioned.

Yang Yingqi said: "Li joined the army, I tell you the truth, the center is very difficult in terms of soldiers and money. Now the prince asks you a question: Frontier soldiers, are you willing to sit and watch the land be torn apart, or are you willing to bear the hardships of the country for a year or two to wait for Your Majesty to triumph? ”

Li Yongqi said: "The frontier warriors would rather fight to the last man than retreat in humiliation!" The center has no money, we raise it ourselves! They are all starving to death, and their souls will also be entangled in Chang'an Weishui, waiting for Your Majesty to return south to avenge us! ”

"Good!" Yang Yingqi said: "You go back and tell Liu Qi that in the matter of Xia Bian, Jian Guo and I let him have full control." Yu Qi, Li Yanxian, and Chong Yansong fully cooperated. How the battle should be fought, you decide for yer. If you lose a city or a place, the center will not condemn you. Even if the thirty-nine cities that the Xia people asked for this time were lost, the center would not be easy to marshal. Shaanxi Qin Feng couldn't hold it, so I allowed him to withdraw across the Yellow River and go to Hedong to deal with the Xia people. Hedong can't hold it anymore, I will allow him to withdraw from Taihang Mountain, and everyone will come together in this land of Yan Zhao to deal with Qianshun, Zong Bi, and Zong Han! ”

As soon as Yang Yingqi said this, even Han Fang and Guo Hao were all shocked, Chen Xian secretly looked at Zhi Yunwu, and saw that although his eyes showed a strange brilliance, he was still silent, and said in his heart: "The prince's look, is it excited or surprised?" Is this really what they discussed? According to his temperament, if he hadn't discussed it in advance, he would have asked about it...... But...... Strange, strange. ”

Here Chen Xian is planning and calculating, and over there Li Yongqi can't help but tremble, and clenched his fists and said: "The prince and the prime minister trust it so much, this ...... This ......" was so excited that he couldn't speak, and he paused for the first time to show his fate.

After Li Yongqi retreated, Yang Yingqi said to Guo Hao: "Prepare the decision of the prince and me in detail and hand it over to Marshal Yang and Marshal Cao." ”

Guo Hao commanded: "Yes." ”

Yang Yingqi said to Han Fang again: "Over there in northern Jin, I'm not very relieved. ”

Han Fang said: "General Qu is loyal and brave, and he will definitely serve the country." Jin Bei can't miss him. ”

Yang Yingqi said: "I'm not worried about him. What worries me is that Hebei West Road and Wenchen in Taiyuan will not be able to fully cooperate. The prince's meaning was to transfer a central minister to supervise the army. ”

Han Fang muttered: "Now that Zong Han's forces are good and evil, Qu Duan is burdened with heavy responsibilities, and he suddenly sends a prison guard, I am afraid that it will cause a gap between the center and the border generals." ”

Yang Yingqi said: "So we need a minister who can not only help Qu Duan stabilize the situation, but also be convincing to Qu Duan." ”

Han Fang's eyelids drooped for a moment, then he turned to fold Yunwu and said, "The minister recommends one person to fill this position." ”

Zhi Yunwu asked, "Which minister does Lord Han recommend?" ”

Han Fang said: "The minister recommended himself. ”

Before Zhi Yunwu agreed, Yang Yingqi had already stroked his hand and said with a smile: "If Lord Han goes, then the western and northern Hebei will be fine!" ”

When Zhi Yunwu heard this, he also said happily: "Then there is Lord Lao Han." ”

Yang Yingqi said to Chen Xian at this time: "The rights and responsibilities of Shaanxi, Qinfeng, Hedong, and Hebei West Road should be drafted quickly and submitted to the prince for approval." After Chen Xian responded, Yang Yingqi said: "Now that the Quartet is troublesome, I want to temporarily merge Hebei East and West Road into Gyeonggi Road, which will be directly subordinate to the Central Ministry, what do you think?" ”

Chen Xian, Chen Zhenghui, Zhang Hao and others all said: "This is a good policy. ”

Yang Yingqi asked Chen Zhenghui to write the draft and submit it to the Yuan National Assembly for approval.

When several ministers were busy, a report was reported outside the palace: "Ouyang Marshal of the Eastern Naval Region asks to see him." ”

Before Zhe Yunwu passed on, he saw Ouyang Shi rushing in angrily, and he didn't see any courtesy when he entered the hall, so he said to Yang Yingqi: "Old Seven, are you crazy!" Dealing with Li Shou like this, are you determined to fight with Western Xia? ”

Before Yang Yingqi could answer, An Tahai snorted and said, "Marshal, the prince is here." ”

Ouyang Shi was stunned, so he saluted Zhe Yunwu and pleaded guilty, and said, "Prince, the seventh is too abrupt this time. I was rude because of the urgency of the state. ”

Zhi Yunwu hurriedly got up and saluted: "Fourth uncle, this is also worried about the country. ”

Ouyang Shi didn't care about him anymore, walked to Yang Yingqi's side and said, "Old Seven, there are no outsiders here, so I won't talk about the scene." You summoned the ministers without telling me, and summoned the Song envoy and the Xia envoy, I don't want to talk about you. But I ask you, are you really planning to go to war on five fronts? ”

Yang Yingqi smiled slightly and said, "Fourth brother, are you afraid?" ”

Ouyang Shi didn't expect Yang Yingqi to answer like this, and couldn't help but be stunned again, as if he didn't know Yang Yingqi, he looked at him twice and said, "You have always been cautious in doing things, why are you so confused this time!" Is this the time to be hasty? You are the prime minister, you should know better than me: can we afford this big battle now? ”

Yang Yingqi said: "I can't afford to fight." ”

Ouyang Shi snorted and said, "I can't afford to beat you and still be like this Meng Lang!" ”

Yang Yingqi said: "We can't afford to fight, but as long as we resist to the death, we may not perish for a while." As long as we don't perish, none of them will be happy! Whether it is the northwest or the southeast, if you can hold it, you can defend it, and if you can't hold it, you will retreat back to the wall. Desperately beating Hebei, Hedong, Shaanxi, and Qin Feng is enough to defeat Zong Han, Zong Bi, and Qianshun. As long as it drags on for two years, the supply line to Mobei can be safe, and the manpower and material resources of the Northeast and the East China Sea will support the eldest brother to finish the battle in Mobei, which makes sense at that time. ”

Ouyang Shi said dissatisfiedly: "When we discussed before, didn't you agree to delay it?" ”

Yang Yingqi said: "I said to delay, but I didn't say to bend the knee to sue for peace." It's better to drag it with a ground-cutting paperwork, it's better to drag it directly with a knife! I have already prepared for the worst, Shaanxi, Qinfeng, and even Hedong are ready to fall at any time. However, this is only the worst-case scenario, and things may not come to this. But since we are not even afraid of the worst, what are we afraid of? Anyway, I don't think Dahan has reached the point of selling his dignity for the situation. ”

Ouyang Shi said: "Shaanxi, Qin Feng...... What about Zhao Gou! Once our army loses ground, Zhao Gou will definitely go north, what should I do at that time? ”

Yang Yingqi said: "Isn't he going north to help his neighbors?" If the Song army dares to go north......"

Ouyang Shi asked, "How?" ”

Yang Yingqi said: "I will send an order to Zhao Li, if the Song army comes, he will lead the army to Huaizikou and Dengzhou." The ground in Shandong west of the glue will temporarily let Zhao Gou help us guard it. ”

Ouyang Shi's eyes widened when he heard this: "That's not to raise the whole of Shandong to let people?" ”

Yang Yingqi smiled: "Yes." Anyway, it's more troublesome to guard, so it's better to hand it over to Zhao Gou for safekeeping, Zhao Gou suddenly got such a large piece of land, how can he make a show, do something to reduce money and grain, and give amnesty to the world, which is also a good thing for the people of Shandong. ”

Ouyang Shi snorted: "What if the Song army continues to go north? ”

Yang Yingqi said: "There is no Jin army north of Jishui. If Zhao Gou wants to help his neighbors, he should go west, if he continues to go north, it will be a deliberate provocation, and the second brother can beat the drum to counterattack. The worst-case scenario is just to shrink the battle line to Yanshan, Taihang, the Yellow River, and Jishui, and slowly consume them with them. When the time comes, I will ask the fourth brother to lead the fleet of sailors and knock on the gate of Jiankang again...... Fourth brother, my plan is not bad, right? ”

Ouyang Shi said angrily: "Not bad! Not bad! ”

Yang Yingqi smiled: "The fourth brother also thinks it's good, that's good, that's good." By the way, Fourth Brother, how is the project of building the capital going? ”

Ouyang Shi said angrily: "Build a capital? What time is it now? Still build the capital? ”

"Fourth brother, you're wrong." Yang Yingqi said: "The eldest brother summoned you to come up just to let you do this big thing. Now you don't do business, but you hang out with a few of my subordinates in my prime minister's mansion all day long, although I also want to get together more with the fourth brother, but I'm afraid that the eldest brother will come back from Mobei Yanjing is still a blank land, what will the fourth brother explain to the eldest brother when the time comes? ”