Zhenzhou, since Li Yuanhao knocked down here, he has taken Zhenzhou as his nest, in fact, it is also the largest city nearby, and it is also surrounded by the most abundant water and grass, all major tribes are attached to the surroundings, which can be described as the pearl of the grassland, and the strength of the Liao State has not recovered, and there is no way to take him for the time being.

Li Yuanhao led the party to conquer half of the grassland, and in Zhenzhou City, naturally the status of the party is the highest, and the other grassland tribes have to salute when they see the party people, and they have to offer cattle and sheep every year, but the party people do not need to graze in person, they are all professional warriors, only responsible for fighting under the command of Li Yuanhao, and at the same time, in order to increase the population of the party item, Li Yuanhao also recruited women of all ethnic groups to intermarry with his party members.

Whether it is cattle, sheep or women, they are the most important materials of the grassland tribes, but they can't beat the party members, so they can only honestly serve their own food and women, and Li Yuanhao also relied on sucking the blood of the grassland people, so that the party slowly recovered some strength, and even the population increased a little.

Recently, however, the party members in the city are no longer as arrogant as before, and some of the high-level party members are even more full of concern, which makes some grassland people in the city also speculate, and these news have also spread to various tribes outside the city, and some well-informed tribes have even heard some very useful news.

In the Imperial Palace of Zhenzhou City, Li Yuanhao frowned and sat on the chair, and in front of him was his henchman Ye Li Wangrong who was reporting the latest situation to him, and the more Li Yuanhao listened, the tighter his brows wrinkled, and the atmosphere in the hall became more and more solemn.

"The Liao State ordered the Eighth Division of the Enemy Lie to march in the direction of Zhenzhou along the Donkey Gun River, although the speed was not fast, but it was propagated everywhere to attack us, and according to the news from our eyes in the Song State, the Song army was also assembled at the border, practicing day and night, and it seems that they are also ready to attack us, plus the news that the two countries have formed an alliance and united to deal with us, I am afraid that they are really going to attack us from two directions!" In the end, Yeli Wangrong concluded with a frown.

Originally, in the original history, Yeli Wangrong, Li Yuanhao's eldest brother, had already been killed by Li Yuanhao because of his high merits, but because history has changed, he and Li Yuanhao also formed a strong alliance, but his younger brother Yeli Yuqi died at the hands of the Song army as early as when Xingzhou was breached.

Li Yuanhao didn't speak immediately at this time, but frowned and pondered for a while, and finally said slowly: "I'm not worried about the Song-Liao alliance, especially the strength of the Liao State has not recovered, and the Liao State is also worried about the strength of the Song State, and even hopes that the Song State will suffer heavy losses when attacking us, so I'm afraid that their side is just for show." ”

When he said this, he saw Li Yuanhao pause for a moment and then said: "The only thing that makes me scruple is the Song army, many years ago when they were just equipped with firearms, they had already beaten our cavalry without the power to fight back, and later they swept the Khitan iron cavalry, both morale and equipment are far beyond that year, in the face of such a Song army, how many chances do you think we have?" ”

Li Yuanhao also looked at Yeli Wangrong in the last sentence, he can actually answer this question, but he wants to hear the opinion of his confidant.

I saw that Yeli Wangrong also showed a hesitant look at this time, and after a long while, he hesitated and said: "Although the Song army is well-equipped, the decision to win or lose the war is not only based on the equipment, the time, place, and people are the key to determining the outcome of the war, as long as we can seize one or two of them, we may not have no chance of winning in the face of the Song army!" ”

"You don't have to think about it, after several years of recuperation, the strength of the Song State has already recovered, the national strength is unprecedentedly strong, and the morale of the army is even higher, I have also sent people to secretly observe in the past two years, the Song army has changed greatly, not only in terms of weapons and equipment, but also in terms of spirit and spirit, even if there are no firearms, I have no confidence to defeat in the face of such an army."

Li Yuanhao was suddenly a little depressed at this time, paused for a moment and then said: "As for the time of day, the alliance between Song and Liao made the two countries have no worries, and they chose to send troops in the spring, because their army is not productive, but we are different, all the tribes outside the city have to rely on the spring to let the cattle and sheep multiply, and the grain stored in the winter is almost eaten, and even the horses are much thinner, so it can be said that the time of the day is also occupied by them." ”

"Then there is also a geographical advantage, the Song army does not know the terrain, the grassland thaws in the spring, and there is mud everywhere, when the Song army marches will be difficult, and the logistics will be difficult, as long as we have the right opportunity, we will definitely be able to defeat them!" Yeli Wangrong suddenly took the lead at this time.

He also saw that Li Yuanhao was a little discouraged, which was not good news for their party, after all, Li Yuanhao had become the pillar of their party's hearts, and only under the leadership of Li Yuanhao could they have the courage to compete with the two behemoths of Song Liao.

"Geographical advantage is an advantage, but since the Song army dares to come, it must be fully prepared, if I am the chief general of the Song army, I will definitely not rush forward, but like when Zhao Zhen attacked us, step by step and move forward steadily, if we don't fight, the grassland tribes will definitely question our strength, this group of grassland people is originally a bunch of wall grass, whoever is strong they will be attached to whom, there is no loyalty at all, and even I am worried that they will be the first to betray us when the time comes!" Li Yuanhao sighed again at this time.

Although Li Yuanhao has worked the grassland over the years, the more he understands the grassland people, the more he finds that the grassland people are a plate of scattered sand, even if the Liao State used to rule the grassland in name, but in fact, it rarely really interfered in the internal struggle of the grassland, but allowed the grassland race to fight, and they were also happy to consume the strength of the grassland people.

At the beginning, Li Yuanhao wanted to integrate the various tribes of the steppe and form a great empire of the steppe like the Turks in history, but he found it too difficult, it was beyond his ability, and he even suspected that no one could accomplish such a great feat, which also made him more and more frustrated.

Of course, Li Yuanhao didn't know that just more than a hundred years later, there was finally a person among the steppe people who unified all the steppe people, and this person was the famous Genghis Khan, but throughout history, Genghis Khan was only one, although Li Yuanhao was known as a generation of heroes, but it was still much worse than Genghis Khan, and naturally he could not complete the great cause of unifying the grassland in advance.