In the depths of winter, the snow dances.

In the alley of Taiyuan Mansion on Daqihe East Road, a small wine shop is burning warm, and it is full of guests, chatting while eating and drinking.

Hedong has a lot of coal, since the late Tang Dynasty there were capable people who reformed tar extraction, so that coal into thousands of households, Bai Juyi's poem said that the charcoal seller who burned charcoal and sold it was almost extinct.

In particular, the coal mines in Hedong are everywhere, which is one of the reasons why there are many families in Hedong, and they have mines at home.

At this moment, there is no trace of last month's riots in Taiyuan Fucheng. The people of the city are still living as usual. Those who had fled from the border areas also settled with relatives and friends.

Even if there are no relatives and friends, Yangqu County has also set up a lot of temples and temples, sheltered refugees, and distributed firewood, rice, sauce and vinegar every day, as well as a mouthful of beans and vegetables every day.

Li Xin had already pushed the battle line across Taiyuan, and in the heart of the Jiang family, Longmen Mountain attacked back and forth, breaking Jiang Chucai's muscles and bones, destroying almost all important fortresses, and making the Jiang family's efforts for more than 100 years in vain.

There are no absolutes in the world, and winning a battle is a good thing, but it has unexpectedly caused more serious consequences.

Jiang Chucai saw that there was no chance to rise again, so he broke the jar and fell to the side of Mongolia completely.

As soon as Hebule mentioned Li Xinlai, he hated the root of his teeth, and this time he seized the opportunity to send his soldiers from the ice and snow and the grassland with constant snowstorms to Hedong.

He was originally deflated in Datong Mansion, but seeing that there was no hope of going south, he was already determined to change his strategy and take the Khitan first.

In this way, the hole in the east of the river is open, straight like a pie from the sky? Hebule immediately repaired the Khitan.

While the Khitan monarchs and ministers breathed a sigh of relief? I didn't think of any cold lips and teeth, just caring about playing the crown and celebrating? Do you really expect to lead the Mongols to the south? Let them go and harm the Han people, and don't come to attack the Khitan.

The Mongols entered Hedong? But whether it is the Shunmin of the Jiang family or the people of Daqi? First, he let go of his hands and feet and plundered.

So countless refugees? From the border pass and even Yunnei and other places, fled to Taiyuan.

These thousands of refugees have erected tents and taken out their nests. Refugees living in dependence? Every day, Taiyuan Prefecture distributes grain, rice, firewood, and charcoal.

Some of them were ruined by the Mongols? Some were homeless by the White Lotus Sect, and the Taiyuan government had to turn to the imperial court for help, and Chen Shou took the opportunity to send people to Taiyuan to manage the relief of these refugees.

Approaching the New Year? The people of Taiyuan Mansion are all watching the measures of the imperial court.

Frankly? They are already very satisfied, and the court is now more than a few years ago? There is a lot of responsibility.

If the court does more, will its credibility rise? There were very few people in the liquor shops who expressed their dissatisfaction with the imperial court.

Is it the Jiang family in Longmen Mountain? Because of collusion with Mongolia and the White Lotus Sect? has become the target of public criticism, and nine out of ten tables are scolding them.

One of the guests, with a scar on his face, drank with his head down, and he was at the table himself, but he ordered a lot of dishes.

His eyes were gloomy, he pinched a piece of cooked meat and stuffed it into his mouth, and thought secretly while chewing, last time he broke all the brothers in Bianliang, the White Lotus Sect will definitely not tolerate himself, and the government has too deep grievances, and there is no way to go to the Mongols now.

Seeing that this great Qi country is not guaranteed, if the Mongols rise in the coming day, he will be able to make a name for himself.

It turned out that he was Fang Xu who escaped when Gao Huan arrested Su Li that day, and in order to get out for himself, he did not hesitate to deliberately kill dozens of his accomplices, even including Su Li, an important figure in the sect.

After escaping that day, I didn't expect to come to Hedong, such a person is often a traitor, and he is afraid that he will go to a peaceful place, and he likes this kind of troubled world the most.

In troubled times, the government has no time to take care of ordinary criminals, and their crimes are easily not investigated, and may even make them soar.

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Kaifeng, Bianliang.

A small courtyard, which seems to be out of place with other courtyards, is locked on both sides.

In the room in the courtyard, the north wind was shouting outside, but the inside of the house was baked by two pots of charcoal fire.

Chen Shou sat on a thick plush chair, on the carpet at his feet, looking up at the pretty face of a mature woman, this woman's sideburns were a little messy, and her ruddy goose egg face was round and jade, and she was also a beauty in the outside world.

Her eyes were covered by a red cloth, a whip was in her mouth, and a leather holster was tied around her neck, and she was chained to Chen Shou's chair. A red rope around his neck, tied with a belly pocket, and a pair of obscene pants on his lower body, he didn't wear anything else.

The thin shirt on her body had traces of being whipped, and it didn't look very heavy, the woman didn't dare to squeak, and knelt at Chen Shou's feet meekly.

Suddenly, her buttocks were pinched, Su Li frowned, and instead of calling out, she immediately touched the ground with her hands and lay on the carpet.

Immediately after, Chen Shou rested his feet on her back and looked at the information in his hand.

This information is not about the White Lotus Sect, but from Li Xin, he has already deceived Su Li of everything he knows, only to know that the organization of the White Lotus Sect is getting tighter and tighter the upper level, and Su Li's knowledge is extremely limited.

Now she is still locked in the backyard, purely because of the addiction of sometimes training, and she is reluctant to start with her concubine and go to Su Li's to have a good time. Su Li, who originally thought that his bones were very hard, finally saw what it means to be ruthless, and when Chen Shou cleaned him up, he was afraid when he saw him, and he was better than a dog.

It was rare for Li Xin to write a letter to herself directly, and the content did not disappoint her, it was simply earth-shattering.

He actually wanted the imperial court to organize soldiers and horses, and divide the soldiers from Hedong, Yingzhou, Shuozhou, and Xiliang into the grassland, and completely annihilate Hebule.

Li Xin's letter was sprinkled, nearly 100,000 words, and analyzed the current situation and system of the Mongol Khanate.

It can be seen that he has put a lot of effort into it, not only has a lot of Mongolian intelligence, but even took out several important Mongolian generals and analyzed them individually, including their personalities, battle records, previous tribes, and how loyal they are to Hebule.

Mongolia had just been unified by force by Hebule, and many tribes were actually under his army and had to submit to Hebul.

Li Xin did not think about how to defend, but wanted to solve the Mongolian problem once and for all, which Chen Shou felt was very inappropriate.

First of all, he can be sure that Li Xin is not thinking completely from a military point of view.

He saw that the current Great Qi was in turmoil, and wanted to use a war with the strength of the whole country to reshape everyone's awe of the imperial court, loyalty to Zhao Qi, and transfer the contradictions that were about to erupt as the Great Qi was increasingly accumulated.

From a purely military point of view, it is not appropriate to send troops at this time.

Because Great Qi is the time of weakness, and Mongolia is in full swing.

He didn't have the slightest affection for Zhao Qi, and he didn't want to let his sons and daughters shed blood for this dying dynasty.

According to Li Xin's idea, really taking the risk at this time, attacking Mongolia in the north is the last resort to save the Great Qi Dynasty.

If you are lucky enough to win, it will also be a huge sacrifice, in exchange for the compromise and cooperation between the various forces, everyone once again needs a strong imperial power to mediate the contradictions between the parties.

At that time, as long as someone in the Zhao Qi royal family could grasp the opportunity, they would definitely be able to slowly return to the center of power.

Every move is very difficult, and it is up to Li Xin to come up with it.

If he really plays with him, it is estimated that he will be exhausted if he wins, and the material and manpower of the Central Plains will also consume seventy-seven-eighty-eight.

To put it bluntly, Li Xin is different from his brother, he is loyal to the king but does not love the people. For the sake of Daqi, he can come up with this kind of idea, give up the border pass or not defend it, and let the Daqi soldiers and civilians go to the grassland to fight the Mongols, and they are unwilling to defend Mongolia in Datong.

"I don't know what to say!" Chen Shou said in a deep voice.

After scolding, Chen Shou put away the long letter of dozens of pages.

The above information about Mongolia and border passes will definitely be used in the future, and when you manage the Central Plains well, sooner or later you will have to fight with the Mongols.

When the time comes, it is a foolproof strategy to use the Central Plains to gain national strength and confront Mongolia.

Gambling on the fortune of the country, that's what desperate people do...