Ye Qing's proposal to unite with the Jin State to conquer the Xia Kingdom not only made Wanyan Yongji's frightened wine glass fall to the ground, but even Lian Xin gave up his illness, and after hearing the news, he was also stunned for a while, not knowing what to say.

Looking at the map hanging in the council hall of the government office, Xin Qiji stood stunned for a long time before he turned his head and looked at Ye Qing who was sitting in the chair and muttered, "Is this ...... How is this possible? ”

"Why can't it?" Ye Qing put down the teacup, walked to Xin Qiji, looked at the map together, and said, "Now that we want to continue to attack gold, it is obviously impossible, in this way, we will only push Wan Yan Jing in the direction of Temujin." After all, Zhamuhe, who has lost most of the grassland, now has no most important value in the eyes of the Jin people, and the Jin people will never sit idly by and wait for the dilemma of the north and south now, so at this time, it must be the best time to unite them to seek summer together. ”

Ye Qing's hand pointed to the map on the wall, from the Longshou Mountain, Heli Mountain, and Horsehair Mountain north of the Hexi Corridor in the west of the Xia Kingdom, and then connected to Helan Mountain and Yin Mountain, and then connected to all the mountains that built the Great Wall to defend against nomads all the way to Yanjing, and said: "If the entire Xia Kingdom is annexed, you can rely on these mountainous passes to set up a fort, then it is equivalent to completely rejecting Temujin from the grassland, making it extremely difficult, or even completely impossible, for him to go south in the future." ”

"But the Xia Kingdom is not weaker than my Great Song Dynasty, and even far superior to my Great Song Dynasty in terms of cavalry combat power, their armor, weapons, etc., are even much more sophisticated than my Great Song Dynasty...... Can we do it? Even if the Jin people will agree, but if our northern land is empty, if the Jin people go back on their word and take advantage of the void at this time, we will lose more than we gain. Xin Qiji's brows furrowed.

Indeed, according to Ye Qing's assumption, if he can take down the entire Xia Kingdom, it is equivalent to relying on the moat, completely blocking the grassland Temujin on the grassland and unable to go south, if he can build checkpoints and fortresses in places such as Yumen, which is depressed in the summer realm, it can not only continue to trade between the east and the west, but also force the steppe herdsmen of Temujin to be active in the north of the mountain, and cannot attack from the west with a large-scale force.

The Hexi Corridor relies on the momentum of the long and narrow corridor, with the Qilian Mountain as a barrier on the north side, and the Longshou Mountain and other mountains on the south side as the moat.

But once the conquest of Xia is not successful, or it is impossible to control the Xia Kingdom in a short period of time, before Temujin has no time to take care of it, then the consequences of failure will be catastrophic, not to mention the defeat of the Xia Kingdom, and even all the lost territories that have been regained after many years of hard work, and then have to retreat to Huainan Road.

"Have you ever thought about the serious consequences of failure?" Xin Qiji frowned, and had to remind Ye Qingdao, who seemed optimistic.

"Naturally, we know that if we win, we will create history and completely change the fate of our Great Song Kingdom...... has been defeated and retreated to Huainan Road, so that all these years of hard work in the north have made wedding dresses for others, and we have to face the attack, impeachment, and questioning of the Lin'an court, so that our lives are not guaranteed, and our families are affected. Ye Qing nodded and said.

"If you know very well the serious consequences of not succeeding, why do you ...... Why do you still have the idea of going to summer? Why can't we wait for the right moment to take advantage of our lost ground in the east? After all, now that Xia Guo and my Great Song have been at peace with each other for many years, and Jin Cai is the object of our greatest hatred, if we wait for the right time, we will ....... Xin Qiji shook his head and persuaded Ye Qing, Zhengxia seemed to be an important matter that could completely reverse the lifeline of the Great Song Kingdom, but again, this was an extremely sharp double-edged sword, the consequences of defeat...... He can't afford it.

After all, now that the Northland is already so prosperous, it can finally be firmly controlled by them, and if it is lost because of the war with Xia, so many years of hard work...... Xin Qiji is really reluctant, and he can't afford to lose.

"No one will give us, the best time we want, these are all created by ourselves, the Northern Expedition back then, isn't there nothing? But isn't it still difficult to take it down from city to city? Yes, we have concerns now, because we have something worth caring about, and we are afraid of losing it. As the saying goes, barefoot is not afraid to wear shoes, we could have done it at the beginning, and now we ...... We're all wearing shoes, what are we afraid of? Ye Qing said with a smile.

"Hey...... That being said, but if we want to attack summer like this, it is always no better than our Northern Expedition back then, and there are still subtle differences, even if we don't have to worry about the combat power and military spirit of the armies from all walks of life, but the so-called division is famous, and we take ....... Xin Qiji was still very unoptimistic and said.

"Naturally, I went to Xia to take revenge on the Xia Kingdom for encircling and suppressing me, not to mention ...... Xia Guo seems to be strong, and now the internal worries and internal friction are no worse than those from our court in Lin'an, which is also very exciting. Ye Qing patted Xin Qiji's shoulder, the two turned around and sat at the table, and Yang Huaizhi and Chen Cishan walked in quickly at this time.

"At night, there was a messenger to go out of the city, and there was a lot of noise at the gate of the city for a long time, and finally the officials let their messenger out of the city according to the wishes of the adults." Yang Huaizhi sat down with a smile and said.

"Jin people do not have a clear external strategy, all based on the current situation to make judgments, this is the biggest weakness of Jin people today, but also our best use of the time

Machine. Therefore, eight or nine are not far from ten, and the golden people will agree to our terms. Ye Qing said with a smile.

Xin Qiji still frowned, and asked solemnly, "Why?" ”

"Do you remember Liao? Or how did Jin Guo deceive my Great Song? Ye Qing asked with a leisurely expression.

Xin Qiji lowered his eyebrows and thought: "Using Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures as bait to deceive the Great Song Dynasty for many years? ”

"Yes, exactly. Therefore, we can also return the way of others and use the three roads of Hetao as bait to force the Jin people to join forces with us to attack Xia. Ye Qing tapped on the table and said.

"My lord, do you have a foolproof plan for the consequences of Lianjin's attack on summer?" Chen Cishan pointed behind him and said: "The envoys of the Jin people came to Jinan Mansion this time, above the Lin'an court, there are already imperial historians and officials impeaching you, and if we do the matter of forming an alliance with the Jin people, some people above the court will definitely not let go of this excellent opportunity to attack you." At that time, even if the adults can ignore the attacks above the court, but once the people know that you have formed an alliance with the Jin people, then it will be too disadvantageous for us at that time, after all, the hatred between our Great Song and the Jin people can be described as ....... ”

"At that time, Emperor Gaozong could negotiate peace with the Jin people, and even ...... Commensurate with the relationship between uncle and nephew, now that we are just an alliance, the imperial court should not have much reaction, right? Yang Huaizhi said with some disapproval.

When the Song people were so inferior in front of the Jin people, when Wei Qi sent the Jin State back to Lin'an, even the saint at that time had to go out of the palace to meet him at the city gate, and Wei Qi at that time was just a negotiation with the Jin people, it is said that Wei Qi was in the Jin Kingdom, and his waist never straightened up.

Now that Song and Jin have been reversed, and if they form an alliance with Jin again, is it better to be Wei Qi, who went to negotiate peace at that time?

"At this time and that time, at that time, I was weak in the Song Dynasty and strong in Jin, Wei Qi sent an envoy to the Jin State to negotiate peace, and when I came back, I was naturally treated as a hero. And now that my Great Song is active, the Jin people are passive, and although the court officials are aware of this matter, they obviously prefer to pretend not to know, let alone admit it. The people are relatively ignorant, and whoever is loud and who seems to be righteous and stern will naturally listen to whomever they want, so it is still not good for us. Xin Qiji also sighed and said.

Now it seems that it is obvious that the disadvantages of the alliance Jinren attacking Xia are far greater than the benefits, after all, whether or not they can capture Xia is still a difficult problem like ascending to the sky, so Xin Qiji opposed it from the beginning, and naturally he has a reason.

Ye Qing still smiled disapprerovingly, and said: "Whether it is Jin, Xia, or our Great Song Dynasty, it seems that there are all kinds of fatal problems now, but only the Mongols do not have these worries, they can work together to open up a large territory." So now, if we can't rise to the challenge, we will only be more passive. There are countless people in the court who want to attack and impeach me, even if we don't do anything in the north, there will still be people who fabricate all kinds of crimes and incidents to attack me, and they can't be stopped, so don't bother with it, let them scold me quickly in Lin'an. ”

"Even if we don't care about the impeachment of the Lin'an court, but my lord, the lower official also needs to remind the lord that the expedition to summer is definitely not as simple as our original Northern Expedition, although it is a strong attack and occupation of one city and one place, but no matter what, the northern land is the remnant of my Great Song Dynasty, as the Lord said back then, after all, we have a common language and culture, and most of the people are also dedicated to the Song Dynasty. But this is obviously not the case with the Xia Kingdom, they now have their own written language, their own customs and habits, etc., as far as we are concerned, it is like a foreign invasion, and the resistance encountered at that time will definitely not be easier than the Northern Expedition, or even more difficult. "Xin Qiji followed Ye Qing on the Northern Expedition back then, so in the war of conquering the city, he naturally also had his knowledge and understanding.

"Yes, this is what I'm worried about, during the Northern Expedition, we can immediately use the existing officials to appease the people in the city after occupying a city, and if we attack Xia, even if we take a city and a land, obviously few officials can be used by us, so the pacification after the war, our food and grass supplies, etc., all need to have a base camp like nailing in the Xia country, so that as long as we occupy an important city, and then move forward step by step, we may be able to successfully conquer the city." Ye Qing's gaze wandered on the map, almost all the big cities and small counties in the territory of the Xia Kingdom had been put into his mind, and Lanzhou was obviously the place he was most inclined to.

"We also need to be on guard at all times for the Jin people, now that the Hetao Third Road has been taken by us, the conflict between Jin and Xia will be less natural because the territory has no border, and there will be no natural contradictions, and it is impossible to judge whether they will really work hard at that time. Not only to attack the summer, but also to beware of the Jin people, we are afraid that it will be difficult for us to take advantage of this battle. Xin Qiji continued to say unoptimistically.

Ye Qing rubbed his temples, and nodded in agreement with Xin Qiji's words, in fact, he also knew that it would definitely be difficult to attack Xia, but if he didn't attack Xia, then it would be like Yu Bei Temujin was imprisoned between Xia and Jin and couldn't move, and he could only watch as Temujin continued to grow and develop, watching him conquer Liao and Khorezm, and then become more and more powerful, but he was stagnant in the territory of the North.

Therefore, no matter what, it is necessary to break the existing regional balance, so that Temujin will not be able to ride on horseback and develop wildly, and finally drag the Jin, Xia, and Song kingdoms to death.

War has always been

It is the most direct means to make a fortune, plundering and colonization have always been the most favorite things for rulers, whether it is now or in the future, whether it is land hegemony or sea hegemony, it is to plunder each other's wealth through war, so as to make themselves extremely powerful in a short period of time.

Jin, Xia, and Song, apparently, watched Temujin dance alone on the stage of history, and none of them dared to act rashly, and finally made the Mongols, who had become more and more powerful by plundering, finally have the strength to defeat Song, Jin, and Xia in this territory.

Although the attack on Jin had the alliance of Song's pig teammates, in the end, Temujin's iron cavalry did not spare its ally, and he also ruthlessly smashed the Zhao and Song dynasties with iron horses.

So now Ye Qing naturally can't sit still, but if he wants to get rid of the current attack and impeachment from the Lin'an court, and he has to face the fierce eyes of the Jin people and the iron wall of the Xia people, Ye Qing is also deep in his heart, and he can't help but feel a sense of powerlessness.

It would be great if the imperial court could fully support it, even if it was to prevent Jin from attacking Xia, he was sure that he would be invincible, but now the foundation of the northern land is still too weak, and if he wants to swallow Xia with his own strength, and he must also guard against the sneak attack of the Jin people, so it is almost completely impossible.

Lying on the bed in the post house, Ye Qing couldn't sleep for a long time, and his mind was either Wanyan Jing's sudden attack on Jinan Mansion, or he was worried that Guanshan, which Li Heng was guarding, was suddenly attacked by the Xia Kingdom.

At the same time, Yu Yunwen, who was in Jingzhao Mansion, also couldn't sleep at night, holding a candle alone and continuing to study the map hanging in the bedroom.

Liang Yongke, the son of the former prefect of Lanzhou, has been found, but what is the use of this person to Ye Qing, Yu Yunwen still hasn't been able to figure it out, Li Heng has now gone to Lanzhou in person, intending to secretly bring people to Guanshan.

But during this period of time, there was no news from Hot Gongji and Li An'an, the king of Zhenyi County, which made Yu Yunwen unpretentious, and he was afraid that the internal troubles of the Xia Kingdom had been suppressed in the bud.

Once there is no conflict between Li An'an, the king of Zhenyi County, and their emperor Li Chunyou, it becomes more and more difficult to profit in the troubled waters of Xia's internal strife.

In the Lanzhou Mansion at night, Li Heng's carriage slowly drove into the city gate, and the guards at the city gate did not come to stop the investigation, but immediately let the carriage enter the city after the coachman handed over a piece of waist plate and glanced at it.

Fengjie Inn is now a time-honored brand in Lanzhou City, and the first time Li Heng jumped out of the carriage, the guy at the door immediately ran over enthusiastically.

As he entered the inn, Li Heng found the person he was looking for at first sight, the one who had secretly met him in Lanzhou several times until now, and was still serving as a guard in Dasanguan.

"Where are the people?" Li Heng came to Hengqiao, and he was not as polite as before, not to mention that after drinking a few times, the two were already quite familiar with each other's temperament.

"And it was placed upstairs, guarded by my men. You came alone? Hengqiao looked at Li Heng with some surprise and asked.

"It's too conspicuous in the city, and I've left it in the inn outside the city." Li Heng looked around, and then followed Hengqiao to the guest room: "Lord Ye is now in Jinan Mansion, it is estimated that when he finishes his work over there and returns to Jingzhao Mansion, it will already be winter." ”

"Time flies so fast, it was already last year when Lord Ye and I met in Shouchun Mansion." Hengqiao smiled and said: "Liang Yi, the former prefect of Lanzhou, has a daughter in addition to a son, but until now, there is still no whereabouts. Some people say that they have been killed at the beginning, and some people say that they once haunted Lanzhou Fengyue Field, and were later ransomed and taken away by a merchant from my Great Song Dynasty, but no matter which one it is, it has not been verified until now. As for Liang Gongzi, who is now in our hands, I have already interrogated him, and he doesn't know where his sister went back then, and whether she is dead or alive now. ”

"This is the deployment position of the various armies of the Xia Kingdom near Lanzhou, if you have time tomorrow, you might as well turn around, maybe it will be useful for us in the future." Li Heng took out a piece of oilpaper wrapped in oil paper from his arms and handed it to Heng Qiao, and then continued: "In case the night is long and dreamy, I plan to send people out of the city tonight, and tomorrow you and I can easily turn around in Lanzhou at will, and then you can verify all of this." ”

"How did you get it?" Hengqiao couldn't wait to open it and asked.

"Naturally, it was given by Lord Yu Yunwen, it is said that it was given by the king of Zhenyi County of Xia Kingdom, it should not be wrong, but we still have to be careful and investigate it ourselves." Li Heng followed behind Hengqiao, and when Hengqiao pushed open the door of the inn, he stopped talking at the right time.

In the guest room, I saw four men with bright eyes, sitting in the four corners of the guest room, and in front of the couch in the center of the middle, there was a young man in his twenties and thirties curled up.

"Evergrande people ......." Liang Yongke hurriedly got up and said.

Hengqiao smiled, looked at Li Hengdao, who was a little puzzled: "Unexpectedly, he is now a general in the Guanghua Army." ”

"I ...... Seriously? Li Heng was taken aback, no wonder Wu Lian and others had been looking for so many years near Lanzhou, but they didn't find it, it turned out to be ...... It turned out that he ran into the army of the Song court.