The night is as cool as water, Li Zhang stood on the bow of the boat and looked at the river scenery in the distance, here is the Grand Canal that communicates the north and south of the Great Song Dynasty, this canal is like a major artery, the north and south of the Great Song Dynasty are closely connected, even at night, some sections of the river are still full of boats.

It's not far from the capital, and Li Zhang doesn't know what's going on tonight, so he can't sleep, so he simply came to the deck to enjoy the night view of the canal with his clothes on, but at this time he couldn't help but think of the situation in Liao.

For this guy Yelu Zongzhen, Li Zhang wanted to beat him up from the first time he saw him, because this guy looked high, and it seemed that everyone in the world was not taken by him, but since the defeat of Gubeikou, presumably this guy's arrogance was also crushed, Li Zhang thought that the other party would be honest for a few years, but he didn't expect Yelu Zongzhen to make a faint move again, and he chose to send troops to the west at this time.

Although Li Zhang doesn't like Yelu Zongzhen very much, he also knows that this guy is actually a very smart person, for example, Yelu Zongzhen is proficient in music and law, loves Confucianism, and even can compose poetry, and it is said that his level is quite good.

However, as the so-called character determines fate, Yelu Zongzhen's character has huge flaws, which is also the main reason for his Gubeikou fiasco, and this time Yelu Zongzhen still did not learn a lesson, and even sent troops before the domestic political situation was stable, which really surprised everyone, but it is normal to think about it, after all, the nature is difficult to change, for an adult like Yelu Zongzhen, whose character has already been formed, it is too difficult for him to change himself.

"Li Yuanhao's troops are in full swing, but the Liao Kingdom is seriously injured, and now they are fighting like God is helping the Great Song Dynasty!" Thinking of the above, Li Zhang couldn't help but whisper to himself, if this time it would be better if both the Liao State and the party could lose.

However, Li Zhang is not very optimistic about the Liao State's dispatch of troops, although it is Yelu Renxian who leads the troops, and I heard that he has also requisitioned a lot of troops, but his opponent is Li Yuanhao, although Li Yuanhao is a disabled person, but since he was injured, Li Yuanhao seems to be more cunning and ruthless than in the original history, and he has been operating in the Northwest Recruitment Division for several years, and his troops have also expanded rapidly.

In contrast, Yelu Renxian is a labor expedition, plus the Liao State has not been stabilized, whether the logistics can keep up is a big problem, if Li Zhang is Li Yuanhao, he will definitely not fight with Yelu Renxian head-on, but mainly drag, just like the Song army in Gubeikou to deal with the Liao army, as long as it drags on for a period of time, if Yelu Renxian does not retreat, he can only repeat the mistake of the original Gubeikou fiasco.

"Although Yelu Renxian is a generation of famous ministers, but when he encounters an emperor like Yelu Zongzhen, I am afraid it will be difficult to do anything!" In the end, Li Zhang sneered and muttered to himself again.

Thinking of the matter of Liao's westward expedition, Li Zhang thought of another news sent with this news, this news is related to Goryeo, before Li Zhang suggested sending someone to contact Goryeo, take advantage of the contradiction between Goryeo and Liao, so as to achieve the goal of containing Liao, and now this plan has been successfully implemented.

Li Zhi, the unlucky guy, was sent as an envoy to Goryeo, this guy is a very smart person, even Li Zhang was deceived by him at the beginning, and his envoy to Goryeo did not disappoint this time.

It is also a coincidence that the ninth monarch of Goryeo, Wang Qin, has always had a very tough attitude towards the Liao State, and from the time he was in power, he wanted to recover the land on the east bank of the Yalu River, and for this reason he also had a very stiff quarrel with the Liao State, and Goryeo even built a thousand-mile Great Wall as a line of defense, in order to resist the invasion of the Liao State.

However, Wang Qin was a short-lived ghost, he ascended the throne at the age of fifteen, but died at the age of eighteen, and when he died, it happened to be the defeat of the Liao State at Gubeikou, and Goryeo was also in chaos at that time, and he did not seize the opportunity to recover his homeland.

When Li Zhi went to Goryeo, Wang Qin's younger brother Wang Heng inherited the throne and became the tenth monarch of Goryeo, and Wang Heng was only sixteen years old this year, after he saw Li Zhi, he was quickly overwhelmed by Li Zhi's talent, and even wanted to worship Li Zhi as a teacher, but Li Zhi did not dare to agree as an envoy, but became close friends with the other party, and the communication was quite close.

Wang Heng had just taken charge of Goryeo, and he was in urgent need of political achievements to prove himself, coupled with his youth and vigor, seeing that the Liao State was now declining to such a point, and there were various conditions promised by the Great Song Dynasty behind him, which made Wang Heng also very excited, so after persuading the ministers around him, he finally made a decision, that is, he was determined to send troops to recover Baozhou and other places on the east side of the Yalu River.

However, although Wang Heng decided to send troops, it was not decided when to send troops, and there was a lot of controversy within Goryeo about this matter, even if Wang Heng was the monarch, it was impossible not to consider the opinions of the ministers.

But I didn't expect Yelu Zongzhen to suddenly send troops to the west this time, which is also a golden opportunity for Goryeo, so Li Zhi also tried his best to encourage Wang Heng, and Wang Heng after consulting with the ministers, he finally decided to take advantage of the Liao State to send troops to the west, and now Goryeo is also in intense preparations, just waiting for the Liao State and the party to fight, they immediately sent troops to attack Baozhou.

Of course, Goryeo's preparation to send troops is still top secret, except for the upper echelons of Goryeo, only Li Zhi knew about it through Wang Heng, and then secretly sent it to the Great Song Dynasty, and Zhao Zhen also sent it to Li Zhang with the news of Liao after knowing about it.

"Calculate the time, Yeluren's army to the west should also go to the northwest to recruit the division, if they fight, Goryeo will immediately send troops, and then the eastern part of the Liao Kingdom will be in chaos!" Li Zhang muttered to himself proudly again.

However, when he said this, he saw Li Zhang suddenly frown again, and then spoke again: "It is certainly a good thing to use Goryeo to harass the Liao State, but if the Liao State is really in chaos and Goryeo takes the opportunity to seize a large amount of land, it will definitely increase its strength at that time, and they must not be allowed to repeat the threat of Goguryeo to the Central Plains back then!" ”

In the end, Li Zhang thought about containing Goryeo again, but the Great Song Dynasty and Goryeo were too far away, and the land was not bordering, but it was quite close to Goryeo from the sea, so as long as the Great Song Dynasty had a strong navy, he was not afraid of any threat from Goryeo.

"In the final analysis, it is still a matter of rectifying the sailors, it seems that it is imperative to divide the sailors into two and build a professional navy!" Li Zhang finally muttered to himself again.