The gift of summer, do not cut down the state of mourning!

For Cai Dao, this is not the fundamental reason why he did not take advantage of Yelu Hongji's illness to send troops to seize the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun.

The Liao State experienced the 46-year mediocre reign of Yelu Hongji, and naturally hoped that a Ming monarch would succeed him and let them live happily ever after. And Yelu Yanxi himself has such a reputation, because he is Xiao Guanyin's own grandson.

Bearing the hopes of the subjects of the Great Liao State, Yelu Yanxi did not disappoint Cai Dao, succeeded to the throne for three years, and still continued his grandfather's way of life, and his ability to control the courtiers and nobles was even less than that of his grandfather.

Now, three years have passed, and the people and people with lofty ideals in the entire Liao State have been greatly disappointed. In particular, the Han people under the jurisdiction of Nanjing in the Liao State have repeatedly heard about the implementation of the new law to benefit the people in the Great Song Dynasty in the south, and they, who are in a foreign country, no longer want to be as indifferent to the familiar and unfamiliar country of the Great Song Dynasty as they used to be.

Yearning!

This is the most true heart of those people at the bottom of the Nanjing area of Liao.

Since Cai Dao took office, the number of Liao Han people who fled from the Liao border to the territory of the Great Song Dynasty has gradually increased.

And God bless it for four years, especially so.

Moreover, Cai Dao is not ready to wait any longer, because the pace of unifying the Jurchen tribes of the Wanyan Department is gradually accelerating, and this is the enemy he needs to face head-on in the future.

As for Yelu Dashi, now he has not yet taken the first place in the Liao State Palace examination, he has the ability, but he has no reputation, and it is useless to stand up to the so-called royal clan like Liu Bei.

So, after the autumn harvest, Cai Dao mobilized 100,000 standing forbidden troops in Bianliang City, took a boat to Mizhou, and went to sea from here. The officer who led the team was Pan Xiong, and except for him, everyone thought that these 100,000 elite soldiers were to completely take the Wa Kingdom.

If this matter had been before, there would have been a lot of ministers of civil and military affairs who stood up against Cai Dao.

However, after Cai Dao served as the third envoy, he was sent out to conquer the forbidden army of the Wa State in the first year, and after returning, not only everyone gained a lot, but those who did not have wives at home, everyone brought good wives from the Wa State. This kind of welfare also made it logical for all subsequent military dispatches, and every standing forbidden army wanted to participate in this feast.

As for the soldiers of the forbidden army who died on the battlefield, after all, they were a minority, and the number of soldiers who died in battles with the exception of the forbidden army in the past was much less.

Although the number of soldiers on this expedition was twice as large as in previous years, it did not arouse the suspicion of other people, and even Zhang Shusheng, a secret agent of the Liao State who had been paying attention to the deployment and changes of the Great Song Dynasty's troops, thought so.

In a secret letter to his boss, Zhang Shusheng also analyzed that although Cai Dao sent troops overseas, although it played a role in training troops, and also accumulated wealth for the Great Song Dynasty from the capture of war, from another aspect, at least, this year and next year, the border army in the Nanjing area of the Liao State can breathe a sigh of relief. Anyway, these 100,000 elite standing forbidden troops will not be able to return within a year.

However, how could these people know that this was a fleet of 100,000 people and did not sail to the main island of Wakoku, but to Tamnado, an overseas base of the Cai family very close to the Goryeo Kingdom.

Due to the preparation in advance, although Tamna Island is not very large, it is enough for the 100,000 forbidden army to spend this winter here. They are not the only ones on Tamna Island, after the thaw of the Wa Guohai next year, the Cai family's fleet will also collect 100,000 craftsmen from the Great Song Dynasty control area on the main island of Wa Guo.

Cai Dao did not prepare for too long the manpower and material resources required for this battle, but the whole plan was hovering in his mind for more than ten years.

War, in the war of ancient cold weapons, needs to consider the influence of many factors.

First of all, of course, it is necessary to prepare sufficient war materials.

The soldiers and horses did not move, and the grain and grass went first.

Zhuge Liang's Northern Expedition failed repeatedly, except for the first time because of the big basket on the issue of using Ma Tan, the other times were because it was difficult to transport military food in Shu Dao and the lack of food and grass on the front line had to withdraw the troops.

Secondly, not in the soldiers, but in the generals who lead the army.

The army of Qin was alone in the world, but it was still defeated by Li Mu and Xiang Yan, although there were other factors in this, but the main generals of the two sides at that time played a decisive role.

Among the current civil and military ministers of the Great Song Dynasty, Zhang Qi is undoubtedly a very good commander. However, he also has his own limitations and shortcomings, and he has been fighting against the Western Xia State all the year round, so that he has become accustomed to the combat methods of the Western Xia army, so Cai Dao does not dare to take him as the commander of the Liao State at a loss.

And Zhang Shuye and Zong Ze have been serving as border governors on the East and West Road of Hebei for more than ten years, and they are already familiar with the details of Nanjing, Liao. What's more, the two have been proven by history and are very knowledgeable. Therefore, the two of them are the best candidates as commanders-in-chief.

And Cai Jing, maybe he didn't have the skill package of leading troops to fight, but as a prime minister who can go up and down in the Huizong Dynasty, his ability to govern is still very strong, so if the war starts, he will be responsible for recruiting people to transport military rations for the front line, and his uncle is the best candidate.

Next, Cai Dao had to personally solve the only hidden danger after the war between the Great Song Kingdom and the Great Liao State - the Western Xia Kingdom.

Although Li Qianshun was a vassal to the Great Song Kingdom, he was also a vassal to the Liao State. Therefore, Cai Dao specially wrote a private letter and sent Cai Yinghua to go out in person, and she put the letter at Li Qianshun's bedside.

He made it very clear in his heart that Cai Dao gave an ultimatum to the Western Xia Kingdom, limiting the Western Xia Kingdom to give up the territory of the Western Xia Kingdom in the Hetao region within one year, and the Western Xia Kingdom, as a subject state of the Great Song Dynasty, could hold the two territories of Xingqing Mansion and the Hexi Corridor, as for the territories further west or south of the Hexi Corridor, if the Western Xia Kingdom itself has the ability to seize it, the Great Song Kingdom will not interfere.

This deadline is just after the autumn harvest next year, when the time comes, the Western Xia Kingdom can move the people in the Hetao.

As for whether Li Qianshun is willing to follow this ultimatum, it does not matter.

If Li Qianshun does not agree, Cai Dao will order the Western Army to shrink its defense from this year, and only guard the Yellow River section of Lanzhou and the Hengshan Fortress, focusing on defense.

However, Cai Dao will immediately stop the mutual market on the border between the two countries, and from this year, he will also stop paying the annual gifts to the Western Xia Kingdom.

Although the Western Xia Kingdom chose to surrender and the Great Song Kingdom became stronger and stronger, Cai Dao did not cut off the annual gift to the Western Xia Kingdom, which was a good way to indirectly control the economy of the Western Xia Kingdom.

How can Cai Dao be willing to throw it away?

Moreover, this treaty was not signed by him.