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Apse.

Tong Guan got straight to the point and said: "In the official family, there is one person who has reached the point where he can't be guarded against. ”

Zhao Ji felt strange and asked, "Who is it?" ”

Tong Guan replied: "Li Yan." ”

Zhao Ji said: "Li Yan? ”

Tong Guan said: "Before Tian Hu's gang of thieves was exterminated by Weichen, his hundreds of thousands of sins ran along the path behind Jinning Mansion, and then disappeared, Wechen learned through torture of the captives that Li Yan himself was in Jinning Mansion at that time, so the hundreds of thousands of sins were probably taken away by Li Yan." This time, Wang Qing was recruited, only brought less than 100,000 people (in fact, less than 50,000 people, those more than 50,000 people were made empty by Tong Guan), and there are still 150,000 people missing, Wang Qing said that they did not want to be recruited and dispersed, and Weichen suspected that they might have also been recruited by Li Yan, that is, Li Yan may now have an army of five or six hundred thousand, or even more. ”

Zhao Ji exclaimed: "Five or six hundred thousand troops? How could he possibly afford to raise so many troops? ”

No wonder Zhao Ji doesn't believe it, the so-called soldiers are 100,000, the daily cost is thousands of gold, the annual financial income of the 23rd Road of the Northern Song Dynasty exceeds 100 million guan, and it exceeds 1500 million guan for a long time, so it only raises 1.8 million troops, Li Yan only has three counties, how can he raise 500,000 or 600,000 troops?

Tong Guan said: "How can these thieves raise an army like an official, with enough pay and weapons, and their soldiers and generals are like farmers, and those who stutter will be soldiers with them." ”

Tong Guan is really not slandering Li Yan, but Tian Hu, Wang Qing, and Fang La, including the soldiers in the early Southern Song Dynasty, were indeed raised like this.

One might ask, is it possible to raise soldiers in this way?

I can raise it.

It's just that the combat power is low, and they can only fight a good battle, not a hard battle, and when they go to the battlefield, they are all focused on making a fortune, and they don't want to fight.

Besides, the loyalty of these generals is very problematic - in fact, they are not to blame, they didn't take your money, why should they work for you?

Although Zhao Ji likes literature and dislikes martial arts, he also knows some things about raising soldiers (nonsense, if he doesn't understand, can he spend forty or fifty million yuan a year to raise soldiers), so he said: "Li Yan raises soldiers like this, it is the way to die, why worry?" ”

Tong Guan said: "No matter how you say it, it is also an army of five or six hundred thousand, and Li Yan also has elite soldiers in his hands, the official family must not forget, back then, he only used less than 50,000 horses to defeat half of Goryeo, so Li Yan can't help but guard against it." ”

"This ...... The three counties of Lelang, Zhenban, and Jeju are isolated overseas, and there is no way for us to take Li Yan. Zhao Ji hesitated slightly and said.

Tong Guan said: "The three counties of Lelang, Zhenban, and Jeju are not in the territory of my Great Song Dynasty, so there is no need to be afraid, and those who are afraid are Shandong and Hebei." ”

Zhao Ji frowned and said, "What's wrong with Shandong and Hebei?" ”

Tong Guan said: "In recent years, both sides of the Yellow River have been flooded and drought, resulting in no crops, and the people cannot eat enough...... In recent years, Li Yan has removed no less than two million Han people, filling the three counties of Lelang, Jinban and Jeju, allowing him to lay a solid foundation in Fandi...... Li Yan has soldiers, people, and prestige, if he is allowed to stay in Shandong any longer, then ...... Don't forget that Tokyo is only a few days away from him. ”

Zhao Ji listened, and he broke out in a cold sweat!

In addition to being afraid, Zhao Ji was also angry, "The people of Shandong and Hebei only know Li Yan, but they don't know me, it's hateful!" ”

After calming down, Zhao Ji asked, "Aiqing, what do you think, let's be honest." ”

Tong Guan said: "We have to pull out Li Yan's stronghold in our Great Song Dynasty, that is, that Liang Shanbo, and then turn Li Yan out of the Great Song Dynasty." ”

Zhao Ji hesitated a little and said, "This ...... That Liangshanbo is the place where Li Yan started, how can he let go easily, you don't have to forget, Li Yan has an army of five or six hundred thousand, which angers him, he leads an army of five or six hundred thousand to attack our Great Song Dynasty, what should I do when I am in the land? ”

Tong Guan said: "The soldiers will block the water and cover the earth, and Weichen can calm the two gangs of thieves Tian Hu and Wang Qing, and naturally they will be able to calm Fang La and Li Yan." ”

Zhao Ji said: "I believe in Aiqing's ability, but Li Yan's strength is not weak, and now he has absorbed a lot of people from Tian Hu and Wang Qing, so Aiqing should be treated with caution." ”

Zhao Ji's words reminded Tong Guan and reminded Tong Guan that Li Yan's strength was indeed strong and a little difficult to deal with.

Therefore, Tong Guan said: "We are not going to start a full-scale war with Li Yan, but we are just to hit him hard, and then drive him out of our Great Song Dynasty, so as not to become a big tail and cannot get rid of it, Weichen has a plan, and he will be able to achieve this goal." ”

Zhao Ji asked: "What's the plan?" ”

Tong Guan said: "Weichen heard that the Jin State sent envoys to discuss the joint attack on Liao? ”

Zhao Ji said: "Yes, there is such a thing, Lovely Qing wants to exterminate Fang La's gang, and he can't be separated...... I'm wondering if I shouldn't join forces with Jin to attack Liao, and what Zheng Juzhong and the others said is not completely unreasonable. ”

Zhao Kuangyin has a testament, who can recover the sixteen states of Yanyun and be crowned king!

Tong Guan has basically reached the point where he can't be promoted, if he doesn't make the first contribution since the founding of the Great Song Dynasty, how can he go further?

Tong Guan said: "Taizu and Taizong are regretful that they can't recover the sixteen states of Yanyun, and Taizong is even more because of the serious injury and resign because of the recovery of the sixteen states of Yanyun, our successive lords of the Great Song Dynasty all take the recovery of the sixteen states of Yanyun as their own responsibility, but unfortunately, they have no good chance. ”

Zhao Ji didn't want to take back the sixteen states of Yanyun and become an emperor through the ages, but Zheng Juzhong and others didn't make any sense at all - it can be seen that during Tong Guan's absence, the opposition did not work hard.

Seeing that Zhao Ji was still hesitating, Tong Guan said: "Does the official family know the four big Kou?" ”

Zhao Ji was stunned for a moment and said, "The four big guys? ”

Tong Guan said: "These four great criminals refer to the four people who committed the most heinous crimes, they are Jiangnan La, Hebei Tianhu, Huaixi Wang Qing, and Shandong Li Yan. ”

Zhao Ji smiled: "It's also appropriate." ”

Seeing that Zhao Ji didn't take this seriously at all, Tong Guan couldn't help but shake his head secretly, and then said: "Weichen recently learned that the four of them had been married, which can also be proved from the fact that Wang Qing and Li Yan are righteous brothers, but this is not the most important thing, the most important thing is that Li Yan once wanted to unite Fang La, Tian Hu, and Wang Qing to fight the Song Dynasty, but fortunately, the official family is Hongfu Qitian, Fang La, Tian Hu, and Wang Qing are unwilling to join the Song Dynasty, so the matter is over." ”

"Li Yan wants to cut down the Song?" Zhao Ji's face changed greatly, and then he said angrily: "Li Yanyan dares to be a wolf!" ”

Tong Guan said: "It is not difficult to see from Li Yan's consistent behavior that Li Yan has great ambitions, so he resolutely cannot leave Li Yan in our Great Song Dynasty!" ”

Zhao Ji thought for a while and said, "What are you planning to do?" ”

Tong Guan said: "Trick Li Yan into attacking Liaoxijing." ”

Without waiting for Zhao Ji to ask, Tong Guan said: "If this plan can be successful, there will be four benefits for our Great Song Dynasty." ”

Zhao Ji asked: "Which four benefits?" ”

Tong Guan said: "The first pile can prevent Li Yan from rescuing Fang La...... Fang La, an arrogant thief, easy to exterminate, worried, Li Yan rescued, when he was on the ground, I am afraid that it would be difficult to completely exterminate Fang La's gang. ”

The southeast is the economic lifeline of the Song Kingdom, so Fang La is Zhao Ji's biggest heart disease - if Fang La is not exterminated, Zhao Ji will have no money to squander in the future, and those beautiful birds, animals, flowers, birds, bamboo and stones in the southeast, Zhao Ji's Tai Sui Mountain is still a corner away from being built, how can it fall short?

Therefore, the first one alone made Zhao Ji moved.

Seeing Zhao Ji's intentions, Tong Guan hit the railway while it was hot: "The second pile, we can transfer the tiger away from the mountain, as long as Li Yan's elite soldiers are transferred to Liaoxi Jing, after Weichen exterminates Fang La, he Liangshanbo is at his fingertips, and Li Yan will become a rootless Ping in our Great Song Dynasty!" ”

Zhao Ji was even more moved, and said, "The third pile? ”

Tong Guan said: "The third pile, as long as Li Yan's elite soldiers go to Liaoxi Jing, the north, west, and east directions are all Liao army and Jin army, and the south is our Great Song Dynasty's soldiers and horses, surrounded by enemies on all sides, when he is on the ground, he will be called Li Yan to cut off an arm!" ”

Zhao Ji was already inclined to agree with Tong Guan's plan, and said, "What about the fourth pile?" ”

Tong Guan said: "Fourth, Jin Guo only promised to return Yanjing to our Great Song Dynasty, and did not promise to return Liaoxijing to our Great Song Dynasty, only to see the results of the battle, on the surface, Li Yan's army is also our Great Song Army, therefore, the merits of Li Yan's army are naturally our Great Song Dynasty, so if Li Yan's army fights better in Liaoxijing, our Great Song Dynasty can take back the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun in one fell swoop, restore the Han land, and the official family can also become the first emperor of the Great Song Dynasty!" ”

Zhao Ji was completely moved by Tong Guan's words!

However, Zhao Ji thought about it for a while, and said, "How can you trick Li Yan into sending troops to attack Liaoxijing?" ”

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