Zhao Xin didn't expect that Han Qi would ask this question, he was stunned for a moment, and then said with a smile: "Han Xiang seems to think that he should help Xixia?" ”

"That's right, the threat of Liao should be a little bigger!"

This is Han Qi's heart, he has just guided Zhao Xin Yuanhao under Zhao Xin's request, but he has some complaints about Zhao Xin's approach, in his opinion, why help Liao, isn't it better to help Liao.

This is not only Han Qi's idea, but also the thoughts of many ministers in the court, in their eyes, the Liao State is a greater threat than the Western Xia, the Liao State is bigger, self-contained, and most importantly, it also controls the lifeblood of the Northern Song Dynasty, the sixteen states of Yanyun.

It is precisely because of the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun that the largest barrier in the north has been taken away, and they are in a position to be attacked, and they must build a large number of city fortresses, and even the initial tunnels have appeared, and the longest one actually reaches dozens of kilometers.

This is also a pioneering feat in the plain area, because the unobstructed plain is the stage for the cavalry's activities, relying on the city alone, there is no way to stop the pace of the cavalry, and the tunnel is also a helpless choice.

It is precisely because of the fear of the Liao State that the Western Xia, which is unique, defeats the Liao State and is the best opportunity.

Zhao Xin finally understood why the Northern Song Dynasty did not intervene in the middle of this war, maybe at the beginning, he didn't find out, but when the two countries fought, how could the Northern Song Dynasty not know, because a war of hundreds of thousands of people had broken out between the two countries, and they were on the side, and they would definitely know.

The Northern Song Dynasty knew that the officials above the court knew it, but that what they were worried about was not the defeat of the Liao State, but the fear that the Western Xia would be defeated, as long as it failed, whether the Western Xia would fully lead to the Liao State, and at that time, the Liao State, which was strong in itself, would overwhelm the Northern Song Dynasty in terms of strength after getting the power of the Western Xia, and maybe, the nightmare of the Northern Song Dynasty would come.

As long as you know that this war exists, you will think so, only Han Qi is an exception, with Zhao Xin's point, he found that if Yuan Hao really follows this method, the possibility of defeating the Liao State is very high,

This was not what the Northern Song Dynasty wanted, and the Liao State suffered huge losses, which meant that it was weakened, and they were powerless to compete with the Northern Song Dynasty.

If you consider it according to the general situation, this is the case, after the Western Xia defeated the Liao State and weakened the Liao State a lot, the benefits to the Northern Song Dynasty were great, and even Zhao Xin had to admit it.

However, Yuan Hao was very calm and returned most of the prisoners and captures to the Liao State, so that after the Liao State was weakened, the degree of weakening was not strong, but the Liao State realized the strength of Western Xia.

This is something that no one has ever thought, but for Western Xia, it is a stroke of genius.

"Do you think that after the Western Xia defeated the Liao State, it would greatly weaken the Liao State?"

Han Qi nodded, and asked very naturally, "Isn't this a certainty!" ”

Zhao Xin looked at Han Qi strangely, and after a long time, he said, "Han Xiang, have you studied the rise of Yuan Hao!" ”

"The rise of Yuan Hao!" Han Qi was silent, he had never studied it, and even among most of the generals of the Northern Song Dynasty, he might study who the opponent was and the usual tactics, but no one studied Yuan Hao.

In the records of the Northern Song Dynasty, Yuan Hao betrayed the existence of the Northern Song Dynasty, and he betrayed the benefits of the Northern Song Dynasty to him and rebelled.

But looking at Zhao Xin's incomparably clear eyes, Han Qi suddenly had a feeling of inferiority, yes, no one had ever mentioned this question.

A person who was able to create Western Xia, would it be simple?

In the past, you may be able to look down on the Western Xia, in the eyes of the Northern Song Dynasty, the Western Xia is just a border trouble, but with the wars fought one after another, the Western Xia already has the ability to sit on an equal footing with the Northern Song Dynasty, which has a lot to do with this year's Qingli contract, to such an extent, Yuan Hao is a founding emperor, and he is not qualified to be studied?

Han Qi regretted it slightly, and he also knew that at this moment, it was a little too late to say anything, he looked at Zhao Xin blankly, he knew that Zhao Xin must have Yuan Hao's experience, otherwise, he would not have said that.

Sighing, of course Zhao Xin has all the information of Yuan Hao, as the biggest-stirring stick and unstable factor in the Northern Song Dynasty, Yuan Hao's Western Xia needs to be studied.

Zhao Xin began to talk about it, from Yuan Hao's background, to the battle of Lishen, to the establishment of Western Xia, and then to the three wars of Dingguo, in just 41 years, he has been fighting almost every year, and Yuan Hao's excellent military quality can completely blow up the generals of the entire Northern Song Dynasty, and even Di Qing does not seem to be his opponent, it can be said that he has flaunted his military exploits.

In addition to combat ability, political ability, and the ability to be an emperor are also quite good, if there is a weakness, it is inexplicably crazy, many times, he has completely ruined a good situation because of his personal likes and dislikes.

However, looking at Yuan Hao from his youth to the present, such mistakes and madness did not appear in the war, but more in women.

The war with the Liao State, although it originated from women, basically has nothing to do with women, that is to say, Yuan Hao has a great chance of playing normally.

A Yuan Hao who plays normally is the invincible god of war on the battlefield, the one planned by Han Qi before, and there is still a trace of worry, and it may not be able to be executed.

But after listening to Yuan Hao's resume, he even felt that no one executed better than Yuan Hao, and even better than the best result he expected.

What is even more terrifying is the latter, a possibility mentioned by Zhao Xin, that is, how to choose after the war of the Liao State in Western Xia.

In Han Qi's view, it was a captive and the elimination of the Liao State, which greatly reduced the strength of the Liao State, and even to a certain extent, occupied a certain amount of the territory of the Liao State, which greatly increased the strength of the Western Xia.

After understanding everything and mentality of Yuan Hao, he can no longer evaluate with his previous thoughts, Yuan Hao has a terrible heart and insight, if it is simply the Liao State and the Western Xia State to compete for hegemony, then the Western Xia will not hesitate to do this, if it can weaken the Liao State, it will weaken the Liao State.

But in addition to the Western Xia and Liao, there was also a Great Song Dynasty, on the surface, the Northern Song Dynasty was pressed and beaten by them, and there was no cavalry, but in fact, only the heads of the two countries knew how terrible the Northern Song Dynasty was.

They were able to accumulate 90,000 heavy armor over the years, but the Northern Song Dynasty was able to replace a batch every year.

The Buren armor, the strongest armor in the Northern Song Dynasty, was also captured by the two countries, and the imitation was not as good as that of the Northern Song Dynasty in addition to the solidity of the surface, and it was barely usable.

But in the end, there was no large-scale equipment, first of all, because this was the armor of the infantry, the Liao State and the Western Xia State were mainly cavalry, on the other hand, this armor was too heavy, more than they could bear, the small-scale equipment was okay, and the large-scale equipment, the Western Xia and the Liao State could not bear it.

They frantically squeezed the space of the Northern Song Dynasty, and came over to plunder from time to time, just for fear that the Northern Song Dynasty would take advantage of their advantages, and in other aspects, the implementation was full of loopholes, but in the prohibition of horses, Western Xia and Liao had quite a tacit understanding, and even the horses transported to the Northern Song Dynasty by other countries were intercepted.

In the course of decades, the powerful Jingsai Army of the Northern Song Dynasty completely disappeared in the long river of history, which was still done by the two countries.

Zhao Xin's calm narration was reasonable, but it was reasonable, Han Qi did not dare to gamble, although he said that after the battle of Western Liao, Yuan Hao returned all the captives to Liao Xingzong in exchange for the peace between Liao and Western Xia, which had no impact on the Northern Song Dynasty.

It's just that after understanding the precedent relationship, he didn't take this opportunity to get the greatest benefit for the Northern Song Dynasty, so he was sorry that they knew the news.

Even if there is only a small chance, Yuan Hao will choose to make peace with Liao, he will not dare to bet, it may be impossible to directly dismember Western Xia, but it is normal for both sides to suffer huge losses, and even bury the introduction of hatred.

"Your Highness, what method are you going to use to help the Liao Kingdom?"

Zhao Xin glanced at Han Qi embarrassedly, and Han Qi asked the point.

This time the action was decided by patting the brain, when I was in Miaojiazhuang, I didn't think of this, after the Baozhou mutiny came to an end, Zhao Xin remembered that there was still a war between Liao and Western Xia, and if you use it well, you can get benefits.

When Han Qi saw Zhao Xin's embarrassment, he knew that he had grasped the point at once, and when he watched Zhao Xin talk eloquently, even he, a privy deputy envoy, was a little deflated, and he forgot that Zhao Xin was still a child, and his expression was real now.

"Han Xiang!" Zhao Xin said embarrassedly: "I'm going to let Sun Ji pass!" ”

"Sun Ji, no!" Han Qi shook his head and said: "Let's not talk about whether Sun Ji can contact Liao Xingzong, but his identity is impossible for Liao Xingzong to accept it, what should you do when the time comes, just give them the supplies?" ”

"Can't you give it to them?"

"Do you think that at this juncture of crisis, under the premise that 100,000 troops are about to be wiped out, anyone will accept food from unknown sources?"

Zhao Xin shook his head inherently, but Han Qi was still unwilling to let him go, and continued: "Even if you accept these grains and grasses, it is impossible to achieve the best results!" ”

Zhao Xin didn't know that on the battlefield, it was changing rapidly, and sometimes, a little omission would lead to a complete loss, but he thought of it suddenly, and without other support, he could only do it to this extent first, and in the future, when things came, he should be able to adapt to the situation, anyway, with Sun Ji's strength, he should be able to adapt to the situation.

Han Qi looked more and more embarrassed Zhao Xin, and couldn't help laughing: "Leave this matter to me, I will let it be completed smoothly!" ”

"How do you do it?" Zhao Xin was stunned for a moment, he couldn't finish it, how could Han Qi finish it?

"I still need to keep it secret for the time being, I need to contact the Privy Council to send this plan to the Privy Council, it should be fine, right?"

Zhao Xin nodded muranly, of course there is no problem, although there are such and such problems in the Northern Song Dynasty, and there are some people who betray for money, but if even the Privy Council has problems, isn't it a catastrophe, these high-ranking officials can be trusted.