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Zhao Kaichan let Zheng Fei claim that the news of the founding of the emperor soon spread all over the world.
Ye Lu Chun was naturally the first to send an envoy to congratulate, he recognized Zheng Fei's imperial throne and the Great Hua State, and asked for the formal establishment of diplomatic relations with the Great Hua State, Zheng Fei also officially announced the recognition of Ye Lu Chun and his Great Liao regime, and the two countries established diplomatic relations.
On the one hand, of course he was unwilling to recognize Zheng Fei's throne, although everyone knew that Zhao Kai was just a decoration from the beginning, and the so-called "Zen Rang" was a matter of time, but even the decoration at least symbolized that half of the country was still surnamed "Zhao", and now Zheng Fei is called the emperor, and he has changed the country name, redrawn the administrative region, and opened the department, and the half of the country is equivalent to the official surname "Zheng"; But on the other hand, he didn't dare to say anything about it, let alone criticize Zheng Fei, because Da Song paid a great price in exchange for today's truce, so that he and Da Song could take a rare breath, if he said the wrong thing, he was really afraid that he would anger Zheng Fei and lead to another big war, and all his achievements would be wasted.
So after thinking about it, Zhao Huan decided not to admit Zheng Fei or deny Zheng Fei, and pretended not to know anything.
Zhao Huan and Da Song's reaction was also expected by Zheng Fei, and Zheng Fei didn't bother to care about them.
Soon after, the second envoy from the country who came to congratulate arrived, and it was actually Dali.
The congratulatory arrival of Dali is of great significance, the king of Dali Duan and Yu sent envoys to Bianliang in the sixth year of Zhenghe, Zhao Ji Feng Duan and known as the Golden Purple Guanglu Doctor, the inspection of the school Sikong, the Yunnan Jiedu envoy, the Shangzhu State, the king of Dali, equivalent to Dali has become a vassal of the Song State, and their visit to congratulate this time shows that in their opinion, the Song State has been at a disadvantage in the battle with Zheng Fei, and they want to "stand in line" in advance to show favor to Zheng Fei.
Zheng Fei accepted the congratulatory gifts and letters of state from the envoys of Dali, announced the recognition of Dali, and crowned Duan He as the king of Yunnan.
Xia, Jin, and Liao also got the news soon after,
Li Qianshun and Yelu Yanxi finally understood that Zheng Linfeng and Song Guo were really not together this time, combined with the more and more information collected by the two countries about the strange battle that happened in the Daimyo's Mansion, they also gradually understood the truth of the facts, all the evidence shows that Song Guo was indeed calculating them at that time, but in the end he accidentally cheapened Zheng Linfeng, so Zheng Linfeng and Song Guo are enemies of the two countries, but although Song Guo is very hateful, but Zheng Linfeng is even more hateful than Song State, It was he who forced down the hundreds of thousands of troops of the two countries, and it was he who killed Chage and Yelu Dashi! Based on this, Liaojin and Jin naturally will not recognize Zheng Fei.
Yelu Yanxi was even more furious when he learned that Zheng Fei and Yelu Chun had recognized each other, and at this time, Li Qianshun sent an envoy to meet him and conveyed to him the need for the Liaojin and Jin countries to continue to strengthen their alliance and jointly deal with the two sworn enemies of Song and Zheng Linfeng.
Of course, Yelu Yanxi couldn't ask for it, and at this time he saw that the Jin State had stopped attacking him, and then he replied to Li Qianshun, and asked Li Qianshun to send troops with him to attack Yeluchun first, and help him recapture Nanjing Road.
A few months later, Li Qianshun replied and told Yelu Yanxi that Nanjing Dao could not be captured for the time being, and Zheng Linfeng had already laid heavy troops there, and he was strong, so we had to invest heavy troops to fight him, and it was very likely that the Jin Kingdom would take the opportunity to attack you.
However, Li Qianshun said again, our other mortal enemy, Song Guo's current situation is very bad, their troops in the northwest are empty, and he doesn't have any helpers, let's attack him first,
Although Yelu Yanxi was disappointed that he could not attack Yelu Chun, he was also very angry when he heard that Song Guo was also very angry, and immediately agreed to this suggestion.
Two months later, the Xia State sent 200,000 troops, the Liao State sent 100,000 troops, and the two countries sent a total of 300,000 troops.
When Zhao Huan learned about it, he hurriedly ordered Yao Gu to lead the Northwest Army to block the Liaoxia and Xia armies, and appointed Geng Nanzhong as the supervising army to rush to the front line.
Although there are 300,000 Liaoxia two armies, and the Northwest Army has been divided into two, some of them remain in the east to continue to guard against Zheng Fei, and only more than 100,000 are still left in the northwest, and the strength is at a disadvantage compared to the Liaoxia two armies, but the Northwest Army has always been brave, and there are Yao Gu and Liu Zhongwu and other famous generals under the effective command, the Northwest Army held the city to the death, repelled several rounds of fierce attacks of the Liaoxia two armies, in the very beginning of the period, the situation in the northwest has become more and more inclined to the Song State,
But the good times didn't last long, and all this changed with the arrival of Geng Nanzhong.
As soon as Geng Nanzhong arrived in the northwest, he used the identity of the superintendent army and the holy decree to set up Yao Gu, and then he was stubborn and self-serving, commanding indiscriminately, and whoever dared to disobey him in the northwest army was dismissed from his post and punished, and he also took the opportunity to create more capital for his son Geng Yanxi, and even appointed Geng Yanxi, a hairy boy who had not even dealt with ordinary thieves, as a front-line general, commanding the operations of the front-line army, which can be said to have disrupted the good situation that Yao Gu, Liu Zhongwu and others had worked so hard to establish in just a few days.
The two armies of Liaoxia seized the opportunity to attack again, this time it was like a bamboo, and even the battle was linked, Geng Yanxi, who was on the front line at the time, heard that the two armies of Liaoxia were attacking, and he was so frightened that he abandoned the city overnight and fled, leaving tens of thousands of soldiers in the lonely city, how could the Northwest Army at this time still win the battle again, the Northwest Army can be said to be defeated all the way, and the situation took a sharp turn.
Geng Nanzhong saw that the situation was not good, and hurriedly returned the command to Yao Gu and ran to the rear to hide, but Yao Gu faced such a situation even if he had three heads and six arms, it was in vain, after he and Liu Zhongwu and others took command again, although the rout of the Northwest Army was temporarily alleviated, everyone understood that in the current situation, the defeat of this battle was inevitable,
Seeing that the northwest is about to be lost, at this most dangerous moment, no one expected that the situation has changed dramatically, Hua Rong and Pang Wanchun, who have been standing still in Nanjing Road, suddenly sent troops to Xijing, and the 150,000 army went straight to Xijing.
Yelu Yanxi was shocked and hurriedly ordered the Liao army to retreat to rescue Xijing.
As soon as the Liao army left, Yao Gu, Liu Zhongwu and others immediately seized the opportunity to launch a counterattack on the spot, and took back several important strongholds captured by Liao in one fell swoop.
Without the response of the Liao army, the Xia army went deep alone, neither attacking nor retreating, and could only re-stalemate with the Northwest Army.
It didn't take long for the Xia army to receive the news of Yelu Yanxi's request for rescue, saying that the Chinese army was attacking fiercely, and Yelu Chun was also commanding an army that was attacking Zhongjing Dao, and the Jin State seemed to be about to move.
Although the Xia army hated the Liao army for abandoning them and retreating suddenly, they knew that the Liao State must not have an accident now, so they had to retreat to save Xijing.
Yao Gu and Liu Zhongwu commanded the Northwest Army to pursue all the way and recaptured all the lost cities in one fell swoop.
And when the Xia army withdrew to Xijing, Hua Rong and Pang Wanchun commanded the Tiandao army to withdraw their troops, and over there, Ye Luchun stopped fighting, and everything returned to the way it was at the beginning of the war.
At this time, Li Qianshun and Yelu Yanxi understood that Hua Guo did not want to take the opportunity to capture Xijing at all, they were "besieging Wei to save Zhao" and helping Song State to keep the northwest, but aren't Zheng Linfeng and Song State also enemies? Why did they help the Song Kingdom? Are they friends or foes?
In short, Li Qianshun and Yelu Yanxi finally understood after paying the lives of tens of thousands of soldiers that the Great Song Dynasty was also an untouchable hedgehog, if you dare to touch him, Zheng Linfeng will beat you!
Li Qianshun and Yelu Yanxi were both extremely angry, and they both wanted to break Zheng Fei's body into pieces, but they were helpless.
However, they did not gain nothing, according to the later information, after returning to Tokyo, Geng Nanzhong, the supervisor of the Song State, took all the credit on him, his son and a group of cronies, and put all the responsibility for the defeat on Yao Gu and Liu Zhongwu, the result was that Zhao Huan was convinced of Geng Nanzhong's one-sided words, rewarded Geng Nanzhong and his henchmen, and demoted Yao Gu and Liu Zhongwu, and their positions were also taken over by Liu Yanqing, who was recommended by Geng Nanzhong.
Soon after, Liu Zhongwu fell seriously ill in extreme depression and died soon after.
As a result, the four major commanders of the Northwest Army have all left the highest command level of the Northwest Army, and the trouble between the two great henchmen of Xia and Liao has gone, creating conditions for the actions of the two countries in advance in the future.
Jin Guo was full of curiosity about Zheng Fei, and they also discovered a new situation from a series of battles between Zheng Fei and Song State, especially from the process of attacking Song State by Xia and Liao armies, it turned out that in their imagination, the originally extremely powerful Song State was so weak, Song State not only couldn't beat Zheng Linfeng, but even Liao State couldn't beat it, Liao State was so vulnerable in their opinion, wouldn't Song State be even more unbearable?
This discovery was like a seed, which was planted in the hearts of the people of the Jin Kingdom at once, although they would not recognize Zheng Fei, but they were no longer willing to be the companions of the weak Song State.
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The latest situation of the Song Kingdom reached Jiangning Mansion soon after,
Zheng Fei didn't say anything after learning about it, but just ordered someone to write down the details of the First Battle in the Northwest and the news into materials and take them to Li Gang to see.
Li Gang was speechless for a long time after reading it, and then sighed and said to the person who sent the materials that he asked to see the emperor,
This is the first time that Li Gang has called Zheng Fei as "emperor".
After Zheng Fei got the news, he didn't let people summon Li Gang, but came to Li Gang's place in person, and went into the house alone to see Li Gang without being accompanied.
Unexpectedly, Zheng Fei stayed inside for three hours when he entered, if it weren't for the guards outside the door who could always faintly hear Zheng Fei's words coming from inside, they would have been worried and couldn't help but rush in.
Zheng Fei and Li Gang had a long talk in the house, from ancient times to the present, from the country to the home, from the military to the people, they talked about everything, and they had a thorough communication and understanding with each other.
When it was dark when Zheng Fei came out of it, Li Gang also followed him and walked out respectfully.
"Li Aiqing," Zheng Fei's footsteps suddenly stopped again, turned to Li Gang and said, "Thank you." ”
Li Gang was stunned, "Your Majesty......, what is Xie Chen?" ”
"Thank you...... Everything that has been paid for my Han nation! Zheng Fei replied thoughtlessly, then smiled at Li Gang, turned around and continued to walk forward,
Li Gang looked at Zheng Fei's back in confusion, then shook his head and smiled bitterly, and took another step to catch up.