Ye Qing, who returned to Chang'an, in addition to hugging his baby daughter in the house every morning, continued to start the errand routine of getting up early and returning late, and for three consecutive days, except for seeing Lu Yanlun and Xiao Zhen once, the rest of the time was with Yu Yunwen and Liu Minxing, who rushed back from Hetao three ways, discussing things in the conference hall that others could not know.

Yelu Chucai was also isolated outside again, and there was no way to know what Ye Qing was going to do mysteriously in the past few days.

However, this is something that he is accustomed to now, and when he came to Chang'an for the first time, because of the curiosity in his heart, he also wanted to see how much better Chang'an under the rule of the Song people was stronger than Chang'an under the rule of the Jin people.

Chang'an, like the northwest gateway of the north today, is not only extremely important militarily, but also extremely important in commerce and trade, and now all belong to the Song Dynasty, so the trade line stretching for thousands of miles makes today's Chang'an look much more prosperous than Chang'an under the rule of the Jin people.

But I have to admit that now in the entire north, there are only two cities in Jinan and Chang'an, and although the rest of the cities have completely separated from the rule of the Jin people, there is no difference between the city and the people and the rule of the Jin people.

After all, in three or five years, it is difficult to make a city or a region change dramatically in this era.

But Chang'an is a heavy city after all, in the current era, in three or five years, the two cities can be rejuvenated, for Yelu Chucai, Ye Qing has already done much better than the original Jin people.

What is even more commendable is that the people's sense of identity with the rule of the Song people and the people of the Song Dynasty has completely departed from the shadow of the Jin era in Chang'an, and has completely restored the orthodoxy of the Central Plains as the mainstream scene, everything is in full vitality, and is developing towards the prosperous Han and Tang dynasties that Ye Qing longs for.

Merchants from all over the world can be seen everywhere in Chang'an City, and whether it is a local person or a businessman from other countries, now in Chang'an, it seems that they have achieved the basis of making money with harmony, and the business travelers who come and go in and out of the various gates of Chang'an, the large and small inns accept merchants from all over the world, and the streets are in full swing Transactions, all of this is in the eyes of Yelu Chucai, in addition to shock, more admiration for Ye Qing.

At this time, in front of Ye Qing in the council hall of the government office, a map about the Jin country, or about the sixteen states of Yanyun was slowly rolled out, Liu Minxing's expression looked a little excited and nervous, and Yu Yunwen's expression was more dignified, but Ye Qing was still quite calm.

"For the time being, there is no way to find out whether the Mongols have been connected to Yelu Gobu on Xijing Road in the Jin Kingdom, but I think the Mongols must be imperative, now that we have formed an alliance with the Jin people, the Mongols will inevitably use other methods to weaken the strength of the Jin State after assassinating me, although he does not dare to blatantly launch a war against the Jin at this time, but after provoking the relationship between the Yan Jin people and the Khitan Liao people, it will inevitably be implemented in secret. When I was in Jinan, Wan Yan Jing once wrote to ask why I was sure that the policy of adding two households to one household of Wan Yan Yongji, the king of Wei Shao, would cause dissatisfaction and resistance among the Khitan Liao people. So at the moment, if the Khitan Liao people make a slight change in the Jin country, it will be an opportunity for us to attack Jin and seize the sixteen states of Yanyun. Ye Qing explained endlessly, even including the information he learned from Yelu Chucai about the deployment and adjustment of the Wujing Road of the Jin Kingdom.

"But if the Khitan Liao people did not secretly collude with the Mongols...... Yu Yunwen said cautiously.

"In October this year, Wujing Road is about to change defenses, and this is bound to be an opportunity for the Mongols. Look at the current Mongols, he did not continue the westward expedition at the first time, not only because of the captured Liao territory and the tribes who were unwilling to submit, but also because of the alliance between the Jin State and us, so that the Mongols could not rest assured that the westward expedition was not at ease. And once the Mongols used the Wujing Road of the Jin State to change their defenses, and were able to provoke the battle between the Yan Jin people and the Khitan Liao people, then they could continue their westward expedition at the first time. Almost all the tribes in the Liao State who were unwilling to submit either continued to move west with Zalandin, or followed the Eight Thorns to defect to Princess Chengli. Ye Qing pointed his finger on the map and said, the vast grassland and desert, and it is even very likely that this winter, Temujin's army will once again usher in the westward expedition.

Although the Mongols' every move was extremely low-key, it was precisely because of this low-key that Ye Qing realized that they were supposed to continue their westward expedition non-stop, but they did not make any conquest this year, obviously not because of man-made or natural disasters.

Although the grassland also survived a difficult winter last winter, compared with other harsher and longer winters, the Mongolians actually did not lose anything in the winter last year, from the Mongolian tribes west of Yinshan, in this winter did not go south to the three places of the Hetao, it can be judged that after the Mongols conquered the Liao State in the west, there were no natural and man-made disasters in their country, which affected the food and clothing of the Mongolians.

Therefore, after the Mongols spent a long winter unharmed, there has been no sign of wanting to continue the westward expedition, which is enough to show that the Mongols still want to tighten the backyard fence first, and want to do nothing to worry about

Worried about going west.

And this worry is obviously the Jin people and the Song people's alliance, the sense of insecurity brought to the Mongols, so that Temujin can not rest assured to go to the west, after all, in the destruction of Liao, Ye Qing was also not idle, the Xia Kingdom was thus occupied by Ye Qing half of the country, and occupied the territory dominated by agriculture, the rest of the grassland territory is not so much conquered by the Mongols, but rather that Ye Qing does not want to let the Mongols pick up ready-made.

Temujin was jealous of Ye Qing, and Ye Qing was also jealous of Temujin, but obviously, now Temujin's pressure was much greater than Ye Qing's, and after the various tribes on the grassland were conquered by him, they were like wild beasts waiting to be fed, obviously they would not be confined to the current peace, they naturally wanted to continue to plunder a lot of wealth like plundering the Liao State.

And this is another best opportunity for Ye Qing to attack gold.

Of course, attacking Jin and capturing the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun is much more dangerous than other roads in the Northern Expedition, and a careless accident may push the Jin State into an alliance with the Mongols, so if Ye Qing makes up his mind to go on the Northern Expedition, then he must fight a battle, and he also needs to fight quickly, so as not to give the Mongols and the Jin people a chance to join forces against him.

"As long as we take the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun and have this strategic military fortress barrier, then even if the Mongols and the Jin join forces to form an alliance, we will be able to be invincible, and according to their borders outside the grassland, they will not be able to covet the wealth of the Central Plains." Ye Qing finally slapped heavily on the word Yanjing on the map.

Yu Yunwen looked at the map quietly, then slowly raised his head, looked at Ye Qing calmly, and was silent for a moment before he said slowly: "If all this is Temujin's plan to lure the enemy, have you ever thought about it...... Consequence? ”

"Yes, if Temujin is just bluffing to continue the westward expedition, and behind the scenes, he is expecting us to attack gold, in this way, the alliance between us and the Jin people will naturally be abolished, and at that time, the Mongols and the Jin people will inevitably join forces to form an alliance against us, and the Jin people want to regain the territory we have taken, and the Mongols naturally want to go south to plunder the Central Plains, so won't we become more passive?" Although Liu Minxing was born as a civilian official and did not know how to lead troops to fight, he deeply agreed with what Yu Yunwen said, because this possibility does exist and is very large.

"So whether Yeluliuge and Yelugobu will be co-opted by the Mongols is the key." Ye Qing had a sneer on the corner of his mouth, and said lightly: "Brother Yelu and Yelu Gobu only need to oppose the Jin, because of the geographical location, the two of them alone cannot compete with the Jin, and they will inevitably defect to the Mongols." But will the Mongols send troops to help them fight against Jin? The Mongols would support them, but they would not send troops, but would stand behind the two brothers, support them spiritually, and would not send a single soldier to support them. In this way, as long as the backyard of the Jin people is in chaos, Wan Yanjing, who is in Yanjing, will inevitably pay attention to Wujing Road, and at this time it is the only opportunity for us. Even if the Mongols want to join forces with the Jin, they must first help the Jinren get rid of the two brothers of Yeluliuge. So I'm not worried about this, the only thing I'm worried about is that the Mongols will ignore Yeluliuge, and will start to combine Yeluliuge from Wuzhou and other places to fight against Jin, and at that time, once we can't take all the passes of Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures before the Mongols, that will be the most dangerous situation. ”

"Wanyan Jinguo is going to die?" Yu Yunwen lowered his head and pondered for a long time, and suddenly spoke.

"If Yeluliuge reverses, Wanyan Jinguo will inevitably become the target of public criticism, and we don't have time for us to delay casually. After all, we are far away from the sixteen states of Yanyun, while the Mongols are closer to the four states such as Wuzhou. If Temujin pretends to march west and forces us to attack gold, then it will depend on whether our horses are fast or their horses are faster. But whether it is Wuzhou or other states, after all, there are iron horses blocking them with city walls, and in the case of poor siege equipment, we naturally have an advantage. But as the so-called soldiers are fast, whether we can go north like a bamboo depends on our own ability. Ye Qing rubbed his temples and said.

Even if he explained it to Yu Yunwen and Liu Minxing at length, the intricate relationship still made his analysis a little painful.

The Khitan Liao people of the Jin State are the key, whether the Mongols have the ability to attack the real city is also the key, Wanyan Jing, Wanyan Yongji's reaction and not being fooled are also the key, and the most important thing is whether the Andong Protectorate can be able to reach Yanjing in the shortest possible time.

Once Yelu Liuge rises up and rebels in the Jin Kingdom, then Wan Yanjing and others will inevitably panic, which is a great opportunity for Ye Qing to go north, but it is also an excellent opportunity for the Mongols to go south and seize the opportunity to enter and exit the Central Plains Pass.

Therefore, once the war starts, then in the end, it is very likely that it will become a battle between Temujin and Ye Qing to conquer the city, and even eventually evolve into a head-on conflict between Ye Qing and Temujin.

In short, in it, once all the goals can be achieved, then the destruction of the Wanyan Jin Kingdom will be in the middle of the day.

As soon as the Song people came to Yanjing, Wan Yanjing was faced with the only choice left to either surrender to the Song Dynasty, or retreat north to "grab territory" with Yeluliuge, but in this way, they would also have to face the possible murderous revenge of the Mongols against them.

"But...... Lord Ye ....... After Liu Minxing looked at Ye Qing and looked at him, he adjusted his sitting posture and said: "The sight of the golden man must be on you, and you also have a golden courtier in front of you, and your every move cannot escape his sight." Once you return to Jinan again and start preparing for the Northern Expedition, Yelu Chucai will inevitably remind Yan Jing ...... as soon as possible. ”

"Then don't go back to Jinan, let Zhong Silkworm and Mo Xiaobao, Xin Qiji, Lao Liu Tou and others lead the troops to attack, and I will slowly map it east from Yanzhou." Ye Qing's eyes flashed with a sinister smile.

This is a strategy that he has already thought of when he was in Jinan, and he knows very well that his every move will be concerned by Wan Yan Jing, and there is Yelu Chucai by his side, so where he is not difficult for Wan Yan Jing.

So as long as he attracts the attention of Wan Yan Jing in Chang'an, and then Chen Bing Yanzhou, presumably the Jin people will think that they want to repay the shame of taking the initiative to negotiate peace, right? At that time, when Mo Xiaobao and Zhong Silkworm and others launched an attack from Jinan, they should have slightly less pressure than personally leading the troops to attack.

"Sound from east to west? It's not bad, but the pressure on Mo Xiaobao and others will not be small, and without you ...... command. With a hint of excitement in his heart, Yu Yunwen nodded approvingly and said: "In this case, I think it is better to take a gamble, Anxi and Anbei in the next period of time, they might as well secretly add some troops to Andong to ensure that Mo Xiaobao and Zhong Silkworm can reach Yanjing without fail." ”

"Anxi's troops can't move, after all, they still have to contain Temujin, Anton's troops can be transferred to the past, as long as I am on the three roads of Hetao, presumably the Mongols will not have a head-on conflict with us here." Ye Qing frowned slightly, he wasn't very worried about the harassment of the Mongols, but in the middle, he had to rely on ...... The Liao people in Yeluyue's hands came to help him garrison Muma Town.

After all, although the current forces of Chang'an will go to Yanzhou with him at that time, so as to achieve the purpose of attracting the Jin people, if Mo Xiaobao and Zhong Silkworm encounter obstacles, their side will also need to cross the Yellow River to form a distant echo with Mo Xiaobao, so that the Jin people will not be able to take care of themselves.

Therefore, for Ye Qing, who was not full of troops, he not only wanted to prevent the Mongols from going south on the three roads of Hetao, but also wanted to echo Mo Xiaobao from afar, so that the Jin people who were attacked by the east and west could not take care of themselves, so he had to use the forces of the Liao people to guard Muma Town to deter the Mongols from taking the opportunity to go south.

The Anxi and Anbei Prefectures are thousands of miles long, and these are bordering the Mongols, although most of the areas are blocked by rivers or mountains, thus forming a natural dividing line, but it does not mean that there is no path for the Mongols to pass through smoothly.

At this time, Liu Minxing's expression was extremely excited, looking at the Jinan Mansion on the map, and then looking at the Jingzhao Mansion where they were located, as if the soldiers were divided into two roads, one east and one west, they were attacking on both sides and advancing towards the hinterland of the Jin Kingdom, and the Muma Town from Jingzhao Mansion to the north was guarded by other troops, so that in the eyes of Liu Minxing, a layman, it seemed that they had been invincible.

He could even imagine that once the war began, under the attack of the Song people, the Jin people would lose sight of one or the other, which caused the Song army to attack Yanjing in one fell swoop.

"Where is Dong Chao now?" Yu Yunwen frowned slightly, looked at Ye Qing and asked.

"Taiyuan." Ye Qing said lightly.

Yu Yunwen couldn't help but gasp, and looked at Ye Qing with some surprise: "You have already made such a plan?" ”

Ye Qing shook his head and sighed slightly: "On the first day, when I was talking to Yelu Chucai in Jinan Mansion, I suddenly felt that this was an excellent opportunity, so I planned it in a hurry. Although the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun are easy to defend and difficult to attack, fortunately, we are not from the north to the south, but we cannot cause unimaginable suffering to advance. On the contrary, Taiyuan, after all, is a heavy city fortress, the Jin people have also been operating here for many years, and because it is very close to Yanmen Pass and other states in the sixteen states of Yanyun, most of the Jin people's troops will be concentrated here. And if we want to echo Mo Xiaobao from afar, or share the pressure for Mo Xiaobao and them, Taiyuan must be our main goal. Taking Taiyuan is also equivalent to winning half of the sixteen states of Yanyun, and taking Yanjing is equivalent to winning the other half. ”

Taiyuan is only a thousand miles away from Yanjing, even in this era, such a distance in the war, it is enough to pose a huge threat to Yanjing, so whether Taiyuan is lost or not is equally important for the Jin people and the Song people.

"This winter this year...... It could be a long time. Yu Yunwen suddenly felt and said.

If Ye Qing really decided to use troops against Jin this year, then it would inevitably be at the time of the Jin people's Wujing Road adjustment, and the Jin people's defense was in October, so once the Mongols really secretly colluded with Yelu Liuge, then the outbreak of this matter may not be revealed to the world until November, and at this time it is already a cold winter season, and it may be more beneficial for the party who wants to quickly attack the city.

Less of the summer heat and possibly the muddy roads of the rainy season that slow down the march, and the harder than iron roads that allow heavy loads of grain and grass to pass through in the cold winter, as long as they do not catch up with the goose-feathered snow like on the grasslands, everything may be quite beneficial to the Northland.