Taiyuan General's Mansion, heavily guarded, above the middle hall, Li Jing's main civil and military forces have gathered in the hall, Zhao Ding, Li Fu, Zhang Xiaochun, Wang Pu, Zhou Yuan, Li Han in the Qilin Pavilion, Gongsun Sheng, Zhu Wu, Li Qiao and so on have gathered here. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 infoThe rest of Li Daniu, Gao Chong, Lin Chong and others in Taiyuan gathered in the lobby.

Although it was just an ordinary lobby, it actually had a bit of momentum, like a small imperial court. Unlike the imperial court, everyone sat on a brocade bench.

"Xuanhe April, A Guda personally went out to fight, divided into three routes, traveled hundreds of miles a day and night, went straight to the Liao capital city to Beijing, the third day of the fifth month, the Jin army arrived in Shangjing City, A Guda personally supervised the battle, launched an attack from the morning, less than noon, Liao Shangjing stayed behind and led the people to surrender, Shangjing was captured by Jin."

"In the second year of Xuanhe, the imperial court sent Zhao Liangsi and other envoys in February. Nominally, it is still good to buy horses, but in fact, it is an appointment to attack Liao. In April, Zhao Liangsi waited for Jin, and in early May, he saw Ah Gu beating in Shangjing. ”

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The hall was silent, only Du Xing took out a book of information in his hand, and introduced to everyone what happened in the second year of Xuanhe, Zhao Ding and the others changed their faces after listening to it. Today, Li Jing gathered everyone, and everyone knew that Li Jing probably had something important to announce. After Duchenne told this information, everyone was suddenly not calm.

"General, it seems that the Liao State is about to fall." Li Daniu's eyes couldn't help but light up, and said, "Does it mean that we are also going to make a move and seize some territory in the hands of the Liao State." "In the end, it is the person who follows Li Jing, and you can guess Li Jing's plan at once.

"What do you say?" Li Jing nodded and said: "The Liao State is already sunset, this is inevitable, the Jin army has only a few soldiers and horses, and the Liao State can't even beat the Jin army, which shows how rotten and declining the Liao State is at this time, this is our opportunity." ”

"What the general said, his subordinates know that most of the Liao army's troops are concentrated in the east, in Nanjing, in Zhongjing Road, and in Linhuang Mansion, but there are not many soldiers and horses in Xijing Road, and his subordinates think that this is our opportunity." Zhang Xiaochun could hear that Li Jing wanted to attack the rhythm of the Liao State, and his heart was excited, and he hurriedly said.

The literati of the Central Plains all wanted to seize the sixteen states of Yanyun, and the adjacent to Hedong Road was Xijing Road, and he believed that if Li Jing attacked, he would definitely attack Xijing Road.

"General, how strong the Liao State was back then, the imperial court did not dare to look north, even now, the main enemy of the Liao State is Wanyan Aguta, the army went north to fight with the Jin army, and the defense of the imperial court did not increase, which shows that the Liao State did not put the imperial army's army in its eyes, and the subordinates were worried that the imperial court could not even beat the army of the Liao State, could it beat the army of the Jin State?" Gongsun Sheng couldn't help but touch his beard and said.

"The subordinates are still worried about the Northern Army, the Northern Army is the elite, but the Northern Army is perennial and fights against the army of the imperial court, the subordinates don't worry, but the subordinates are worried about dealing with the army of the Liao State, as well as the Jin Army, the subordinates think that our Northern Army is not ready for this, it is better to let the Liao Army temporarily block the front, consume the strength of the Jin Army, and wait until we grow to a certain point, and then deal with the Jin Army." Zhu Wu also spoke. They hadn't seen the Jin army, but they still knew the strength of the Liao army.

You must know that the cavalry of the Northern Expeditionary Army is now training with Pu Suwan and Yelu Xun, from which we can infer the combat effectiveness of the Liao army, and we can further infer the army of the Jin State, and we can also draw a conclusion, that is, the Northern Expeditionary Army is not the opponent of the Jin Army for the time being.

"Lord Gongsun and Lord Zhu, since ancient times, civilian officials have been afraid of war, and military generals have been the main battle, when did it turn around today?" Zhang Xiaochun looked at Gongsun Sheng and Zhu Wu and sneered.

"It is the long-cherished wish of all of you to subdue the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, and Poor Dao and Brother Zhu also have this idea, but the two of us dare not let the soldiers sacrifice innocently." Gongsun Sheng shook his head and said: "What we have to deal with is the Jin army, it is the cavalry, our army has few cavalry, but thousands of cavalry, under the strong cavalry of the Jin army, it cannot occupy any advantage; Second, our army is all going north to seize Yunzhou, in case the imperial court sends troops to take over the Hedong Road, what would it be? ”

Li Jing nodded, the reason why the Northern Song Dynasty perished in addition to the internal corruption was because of the demise of the Liao State, the Battle of Youzhou, so that the Jin army saw the reality inside the Northern Song Dynasty, and after eliminating the Liao State, it brazenly launched an attack on its allies, and finally eliminated the Northern Song Dynasty; If the Northern Song Dynasty could form an alliance with the Liao State, it might not perish.

Similarly, the same is true at the moment, Li Jing's army can defeat the army of the imperial court, but it may not be able to defeat the army of the Liao State, let alone the army of the Jin State, rashly defeat the Liao State, and wait until the Liao State is eliminated, he will face the army of the Jin State, is he ready at that time? Li Jing suddenly hesitated.

While guarding against the Liao State, he also had to watch out for the soldiers and horses of the imperial court, and the imperial court knew that after he left Hedong Road, he would definitely attack Hedong Road, which Li Jing absolutely could not allow. Thinking of this, it seems that I can make a decision, but why is there always a trace of unwillingness in my heart? Thinking of this, he couldn't help but glance at everyone, but saw Wang Pu sitting there quietly, with no look on his face, and suddenly showed a trace of strangeness.

"Lord Wang, what do you think?" Li Jing did not ask as his grandson-in-law, but as a general.

"What else do you want to do with the general?" Wang Pu opened his eyes and asked.

"What do you mean by that?" Li Jing hesitated for a while.

"If the general just wants to be a minister of the court, this matter is naturally to preserve strength, and then see what the court does, do it, or just accumulate strength; If the general is determined to be in the world, then the old man will ask the general, the Jin army destroyed the Liao State, ambitious, it will definitely go south, Hedong Road is close to Yunzhou, it must be the road of the Jin army to the south, at that time, did the general do a good job of resisting the Jin army with a Hedong Road?" Wang Pu's eyes were burning and he looked at Li Jing.

Li Jing's face was stunned, and he quickly understood what Wang Pu wanted to say, stood up, and arched his hand at Wang Pu and said, "Thank you for reminding you, old man." Li Jing thought left, what the old gentleman said made sense, after Yan Agu was ambitious, after defeating the Liao State, the next step must be to attack the Central Plains, no matter how I compromise, he is going to attack my Hedong Road, at that time, I am afraid that the imperial court will still applaud it! In this case, it is better to strike first, seize the opportunity, and take advantage of the Aguda to fight with Liao on Zhongjing Road, and we will immediately go out of Yanmen Pass and seize Yunzhou. First, use the terrain of Yunzhou to resist the attack of the Jin State; second, seize the pastures and war horses of the Liao State, replenish our cavalry, and prepare for a decisive battle with Agu in the later stage; Third, seize the vast land of Liao, subdue the tribes above, and strengthen our own power. Li Jing said loudly with a light in his eyes.