Han Qi was reluctant to say, and Zhao Xin didn't chase after him to ask, it seemed that there should be some secret involved, so he didn't ask more, and turned to leave.

He doesn't know what will happen in the future, but with his intervention, it will have an impact, he can't be sure, history is caused by a lot of accidents, when the butterfly's wings are flapped, God knows what will happen, but no matter how it develops, it will not be worse.

This is the first time that Zhao Xin has been deeply involved in international affairs, whether it is the Baozhou Mutiny or the Kowloon seizure, it can only be regarded as within the Great Song Dynasty, with the relationship between the three kingdoms, even if it will have an impact, it will be more than ten years later, but this time, it is different, this war is directly related to the next 10 years, 20 years, the trend between the three countries, under a thousand clues, it is difficult to judge.

The best result was that the Liao State defeated the Western Xia, and despite the huge losses of the Western Xia, it still held the core area, and after losing a large territory, it maintained the title of the Western Xia, but formed a mortal enmity with the Liao State.

This is the most suitable, the Northern Song Dynasty can sit on the benefits of the fisherman, take advantage of this short time, gradually develop, change its own shortcomings, and when the time comes, the whole of East Asia.

Of course, things will not be so easy, Yuan Hao is not such a short-sighted person, when things are not right, he will choose to belong, which is the most normal for nomads, unless it is some extreme circumstances, nomads often do not choose to slaughter after conquering their opponents, under normal circumstances, they will stand side by side.

This is the best way to expand the strength of the peoples on the steppe, from the Xiongnu, Xianbei, Dangxiang, and then to the Mongols, all developed in this way, from a small tribe, to a terrible iron stream that swept the world.

In Zhao Xin's opinion, this is the most likely outcome, but it doesn't matter if the Western Xia really leads to the Liao State.

The distance between Western Xia and the Liao State was too far, and in feudal society, a key problem of too large territory was the difficulty of management, some rebellions, and the whip could not reach, which was how it came out.

Besides, as long as the Liao State does not kill Yuan Hao, and even can't help but hold Yuan Hao, how can the ambitious Yuan Hao succumb, when he was weak, he was attached to the Northern Song Dynasty, and he was also very obedient, and once he had the opportunity, he would rebel.

Not to mention that the governance of the Liao State is better, the different races of the Western Xia and the Liao State will inevitably have a lot of contradictions, which will cause huge problems, these problems are opportunities, how could Yuan Hao not seize this opportunity.

No matter where they go, even the Liao State is more restrained, or the previous result, it does not have much impact on the Northern Song Dynasty, Zhao Xin just let them consume a little more, and did not think about relying on intrigue to achieve victory.

During the Warring States Period, some people talked a lot about the benefits of the Zongheng family, saying that it was the Zongheng family that determined the development of history, but the Zongheng family had the most, which gave a favorable condition, and what was really decisive was the strength.

If it weren't for Qin's ability to sweep Liuhe, and the Qin army with the strongest combat effectiveness and the most vigorous, would he be able to do everything after that, and if all the Zongheng families gathered in Lu State, would he be able to save the fate of Lu State?

Pinning his hopes on intrigue and intrigue is always the next step, and he will find that even if he uses conspiracy perfectly, not only does not weaken the opponent, but makes the opponent gradually strengthen, and finally delays the fighter.

What Zhao Xin wants is just a period of stable development time, the external environment is just to take advantage of the situation, so that the two countries of Liaoxi, a lot of loss, during this time, do not bother the Northern Song Dynasty, and then take advantage of this opportunity to push the fortress and longbow to the northwest, as long as there is a year, everything can be solved, and when the time comes, to meet the Western Xia, it will be an iron wall.

All of this is to gain time internally, the Northern Song Dynasty Mansion has gradually decayed, problems in all aspects have been highlighted, the external environment is just an inducement, and the key is internal.

Just like the history of the late Ming Dynasty, if it weren't for the uprising of the peasant army caused by natural disasters, no matter how strong the Eight Banners were, would they be able to destroy the Ming Dynasty?

Many people in later generations have said that Li Zicheng is a great accomplisher of the wedding dress, God assists, without Li Zicheng's-stirring stick, the Ming Dynasty will not be weakened to that extent, even in the end, the Ming Dynasty may not be defeated by the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and it is still possible to gather the strength of the whole country and hold Beijing.

But Li Zicheng pulled the last building block, the Ming Dynasty collapsed, he thought he was a powerful peasant army, facing the Eight Banners, vulnerable, he could only rely on himself, the Ming Dynasty did not fall into the ground, all kinds of coincidences, let the Manchus enter the customs, Dingding Central Plains.

Zhao Xin must first solidify the outside, don't be at that time, the reform has not yet been carried out, the power has not yet risen, and the external enemy has been broken, which will make the Northern Song Dynasty even more miserable.

As long as there is enough time, the speed of industrialization is far beyond anyone's imagination, and in three years, a city that is more prosperous than Bianliang, with a higher output value and a monster-like city, will appear in the Dinghai Navy, and in the most 10 years, an army formed by completely thermal weapons will appear, and small-scale artillery can also be produced.

Hot weapons are the end of the era of cold weapons, but also the gravedigger of cavalry death, reliable muskets, plus easy to carry artillery, this is the modern army, in the face of a comprehensive cold weapon arms, is a comprehensive crushing, to put it mildly, that is, the platoon of guns shot, reproduce the Anglo-French coalition army, annihilate the myth of tens of thousands of cavalry, and its own damage, there is no problem.

The cavalry of the Western Xia and Liao States is no longer there, even if it is pushed flat, it is okay for them to push it flat, and in the face of hot weapons, the victor of the field battle will not be the cavalry, which has been finally proved by time and the times.

Han Qi is also a smart person, he has already felt it, it is very difficult for him to return to the center, as a die-hard supporter of Fan Zhongyan, he, Ouyang Xiu, Fu Bi, and a few others, in the next time, will be released one after another, rather than waiting for the opportunity, it is better to go out first, he fell in the northwest, although it is said that Xia Zhu is the big responsibility, he was the supreme commander at that time, and it is also one of his stains, if he can take this opportunity to wash away this stain, then why didn't he do it.

Even if he believes in Zhao Xin very much, he thinks that Zhao Xin will not lie to him, he still has to confirm whether this matter is there or not through certain channels.

Han Qi has reached the position of deputy envoy of the Privy Council, even if he is very young, he has already accumulated considerable contacts, and he has sent a few letters through several channels.

Soon, the letter came back, all of which were information channels, some domestic things, and some foreign countries, and the secret spy system of the Northern Song Dynasty was still relatively perfect, but it lacked a process of overall planning and sorting.

According to the available information, what Han Qi has and Zhao Xin provides, Han Qi can already deduce some things, and the contradictions between the Liao State and the Western Xia should be irreconcilable.

To put it bluntly, it is people and territory, there are people, only then can they control the territory, unlike the centralized Northern Song Dynasty, nomads are often tribal, nomadic way to survive, you say control, more in name, but this master, the meaning of the representative is different, for example, a certain degree of worship, for example, once the conscription, provide people and horses, and for example, the actual control of the territory.

Western Xia is eager to get more land, unlike the Northern Song Dynasty, slowly, through coercion and temptation to encroach on the Liao State, it is also a good choice, because the Liao State is not like the Northern Song Dynasty, the territory is quite clear, sometimes, a large territory, as long as the ethnic groups on the territory he agrees, the Liao State does not even know that these territories have changed owners.

At the beginning, it was just the erosion of a small tribe, and then it gradually became bigger, and the special Qiang people had a certain relationship with the party, which made Yuan Hao more handy, and the Liao State may not care much about the small places encroached upon by the Western Xia, compared with the vast territory of the Liao State, the copper wall of the Northern Song Dynasty is not really no money or disaster, Yuan Hao really doesn't want to go.

Liao Xingzong may not care, the people below care, the things that they respect are suddenly gone, there is nothing in a short time, what will be done after a long time, they will investigate, these things are difficult to hide.

Nominally, two masters, pay two cents, this, the nomads can't afford it, and Yuan Hao won't give it, that's no different from nothing.

In this way, the contradiction between the two has appeared, and when Fu Bi visited, there were some records that Yuan Hao was called by Liao Xingzong to reprimand him, so that he would no longer erode the interests of the Qiang people.

At that time, in Fu Bi's twists and turns, the past was re-opened by Han Qi, a question that he had never thought about before, and now from this point of view, there is really an opportunity, and at the same time it is still a great opportunity.

Liao Xingzong called Yuan Hao over to reprimand, whether it was for Liao Xingzong or Yuan Hao, it was a huge change point, their mentality changed, and everything after that proved this, the Liao State is getting tougher and tougher, and the Western Xia will not retreat at all, this is already a clear signal of war.

Perhaps, Han Qi is like this, the overall situation is not good, it can't be said that it can't be said, he has always looked at the problem from the perspective of the court or a scholar, lacking the overall situation, the overall situation of the whole era and the country, the idea of the central country, the outside is barbarian The perception is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, in this case, there are a few people who will consider geopolitics, and a few people will consider the relationship between countries.

This kind of cognition, not to mention the Northern Song Dynasty, until the Qing Dynasty in later generations, faced with the European countries that had stood up through the Age of Discovery, and thought that it was a small country in Southeast Asia.