When the Northern Song Dynasty was founded, the Liao State had been established for a long time, and it became the climate, and the emperor Shi Jingjiao handed over the sixteen states of Yanyun to the Liao State, and finally became the eternal pain of the Northern Song Dynasty.

Starting from Taizu, Taizong, and Zhenzong, the wars between the Northern Song Dynasty and the Liao State have occurred one after another, and many of them were fought by the Northern Song Dynasty on their own initiative, in order to recover the sixteen states of Yanyun.

In the early days of the Northern Song Dynasty, under the strong heavy cavalry of the Jingsai Army, there were mutual victories and defeats with the Liao State, but with the blockade of the Northern Song Dynasty by the Liao State, when the Jingsai Army completely withdrew from the historical stage, the Liao State had the upper hand.

The alliance of the Yuanyuan during the Zhenzong period almost reached the hinterland of the Northern Song Dynasty, and it was almost an alliance signed under the city.

Since then, the Northern Song Dynasty has adopted a comprehensive strategic defense for the Liao State, and has established huge fortifications in Hebei and the border passes.

The trouble of Western Xia was originally just a local disaster, and the attention at the beginning was not enough, but under Yuan Hao's eloquence, Western Xia won the three wars of the founding of the country and became a-stirring stick among the Three Kingdoms, and it seems that it is the weakest existence among the Three Kingdoms, and even the Liao State and the Northern Song Dynasty, if they go all out, they can kill the Western Xia, but on the contrary, it still exists and has become the trouble of the Northern Song Dynasty.

The financial situation of the Northern Song Dynasty itself has been highlighted, in front of the Western Xia, it has been completely revealed, whether it is the Qingli New Deal or Wang Anshi's reforms, obtaining enough money is the fundamental reason.

It is precisely because of understanding all this that Han Qi thinks that solving the Xixia problem is the biggest key, if the Xixia problem can be solved, maybe the new policy can be slowed down, or adjusted, and it is not so urgent to make money.

In Han Qi's eyes, there is no problem between the Liao State and the Western Xia, although the Liao State will occasionally blackmail the Western Xia, but in the end, as long as there is a battle formation between the Song Dynasty and the Western Xia, the Liao State will put pressure on the Song Dynasty, so that the Northern Song Dynasty has no way to attack the Western Xia with the strength of the country, and every time, a small part of the northwest is used.

It may be said that in the early days of the establishment of the Western Xia, these forces were sufficient, and more than 10,000 well-trained soldiers of the forbidden army could suppress the Western Xia to fight, but with the increase of the power of the Western Xia, especially the use of iron harriers and some new weapons, the Northern Song Dynasty only relied on frontier intelligence and could no longer resist the attack of the Western Xia.

In fact, this is the vision of the vast majority of people, perhaps this is the understanding that made them miss the war that broke out in the fourth year of Qingli, both of them are hostile, both are serious troubles, and their war will be the best opportunity for the Northern Song Dynasty.

Zhao Xin briefly introduced, Xixia invited Liao, Liaoguo did not make the trip, but took the spoils of war into his arms, Yuan Hao was a little angry, he instigated the Qiang people to rebel, and took advantage of the chaos to gather a large number of forces.

Because of the limitations of intelligence and history, Han Qi did not expect that Liaoxi Xia would still be evil, after all, he was a high-ranking official of the imperial court, Zhao Xin had reached such an extent, what else did he not understand, wasn't it that Liao might go to war with Xixia.

This is a good opportunity, Han Qi's eyes lit up, but then, he asked with some hesitation: "But, do they ignore the overall situation?" ”

Of course, Zhao Xin knew that it was not that the Western Xia and the Liao State were short-sighted, but because of their national system, so he briefly told Han Qi about the composition of the Liao State and the Western Xia State, on the map of the Northern Song Dynasty, the Liao State and the Western Xia State were very large, according to Zhao Xin's explanation, they were really not big.

The central area of the Liao State, that is, the original 16 states, as well as several provinces of Gyeonggi, and other places, are large tracts of nomads, and even the Jin who later replaced the Liao State, and the Mongolia, which replaced the Jin, are now all nomads under the jurisdiction of the Liao State.

Nominally, they belong to the land of the Liao State, but in fact, except for a small part of the tribute handed over every year, some of them are simply not given, and the rest have no jurisdiction.

Compared with the Liao State, which has the sixteen states of Youyun, the Western Xia is even worse, that is, it has the Hetao Plain, so that it has the confidence to establish the country, and in the early days of the founding of the country, it was in competition with the Northern Song Dynasty, so that it could survive.

On the standard map, Western Xia is only a small part of the land of 5 states, but they are nomads, nomads are willing to worship and submit to the strong, they use their strength, suppress a large number of intermediate peoples, and defect to their command, no matter how bold Yuan Hao is, dare to snatch food in the hands of Liao Xingzong, for the sake of these populations and wealth, only if they are strong, it is true.

This is the same Qiang tribe as the Western Xia, their total population is also very large, as long as they are taken, Yuan Hao can at least cultivate more troops.

Yuan Hao is very ambitious, attached to something, not very reliable, he believes in his own strength more, only by accumulating enough strength, can he gain a foothold in this environment of the Three Kingdoms.

In the case of the contradiction between maintaining relations with Liao and improving his own power, Yuan Hao snatched it without hesitation.

Of course, he is not blatant, he is just yin and yang, plus a little means, he is not confident, he can hide from the Liao State, as long as he gets through the initial stage, when the time comes, he will attack the Northern Song Dynasty with the Liao State and get some benefits, which is enough to dispel the anger of Liao Xingzong.

It's a pity that it backfired, he instigated the idea of Liao State attacking the Song Dynasty, under the efforts of Fu Bi, and finally came to naught, he did not have enough interests, in this case, eating the meat in his mouth, Yuan Hao would definitely not give up, after being reprimanded by Liao Xingzong, he chose confrontation, let the princess of Liao fall out of favor, I don't know how, she died.

At this moment, Liao Xingzong has found an opportunity, coupled with some years of grievances, and some well-intentioned people to help the flames, a battle between the two sides is about to break out.

Seeing this, how could Han Qi not understand that the Liao State and the Western Xia were about to fight each other, and this was a great opportunity for the Northern Song Dynasty.

As a ruling party, as a soldier, Han Qi has never been old-fashioned, ideas, what he rushed to solve is to solve the problem, as long as he can solve the problem, it is good, what he said is crazy, if he can't solve the problem, it will be given in vain.

Han Qi asked about the details with interest, and asked where Zhao Xin came from and from what source.

Of course, Zhao Xin can't tell him, he knows through history, and in fact, it is exactly the case, although the Northern Song Dynasty has the Imperial City Division, but their efficiency is not high, and they are more to infiltrate the high-level, rather than starting from the lowest end, the less easy it is to be concealed.