Xiao Siwen went hunting and plunged into the forest, while his third daughter Xiao Yanyan was still in the barracks at the moment, and there was a young man a few years older than her beside her who was teasing her, this person was Yeluxian, the second son of the emperor killed by Yelu Chacha, who was now fourteen years old.

On the Kaifeng court, the court meeting was still being held, and the news of the surrender of the Khitan people Xie Li made the Great Song Dynasty excited, and the emperor rewarded him with surrender and liberation.

A few days later, the time came to the beginning of October, on the south bank of Bianshui, a ship from Jiangnan disembarked at this wharf, and the officials of Honglu Temple were waiting at the wharf to greet the envoys, this ship was the ship sent by Gao Baomiao, the envoy of Jingnan Jiedu, to pay tribute to the court.

On the same day, Zhao Kuangyin hosted a banquet for Gao Baoyin, the envoy of Jingnan, in the Jiying Palace.

Zhao Kuangyin knew that although Jingnan was narrow and weak, it was the key point of transportation between the north and the south. At first, Gao Baorong broke the river in the north of Jinan City, accumulating more than seven miles wide, called Beihai, to block travelers.

Gao Baorong did this at the beginning, but he was also worried that Zhou and Song would go south, but this time Zhao Kuangyin ordered Gao Baoyin to return to Nanping, and the decree was decided to make the road unobstructed. And Gao Baorong, the envoy of Nanping, agreed to Zhao Kuangyin's request.

For the Nanping country, the Great Song Dynasty monarchs and ministers learned from the court and Wu Desi's secret report that the current lord of Nanping, Jingnan Jiedu envoy Gao Baoqiao, was weak and weak, but he was quite talented in managing affairs. It's just that since Gao Baoqiao succeeded to the throne, he indulged in prostitution without moderation, summoned prostitutes during the day, molested lewdness, and liked to build pavilions and pavilions, spending countless manpower and material resources, causing the resentment of the military and people in Nanping, Jingnan and Nanping. However, Gao Baomiao ignored national politics and engaged in Sun Guangxian's outspoken advice, but Gao Baomiao did not listen.

And the monarchs and ministers of the Great Song Dynasty were secretly working hard to plan a strategy to pacify Jiangnan, knowing that Gao Baoqiao was such a good person, he was secretly happy, and Zhao Dezhao also knew that the Great Song Dynasty was in the battle of Jiangnan, and Nanping surrendered without a fight.

For Nanping, Zhao Dezhao did not pay much attention, because the geographical location of Nanping was very dangerous, so it was very necessary to attack the Tang Kingdom, conquer Wu Yue, Quanzhou, and the Southern Han Dynasty, and it was a place of four wars.

At the end of the banquet, the officials of Honglu Temple arranged for Gao Baoyin to go to the place where the envoys of various countries lived. After the banquet, Zhao Dezhao talked with Zhao Kuangyin about the special geographical location of Nanping.

Zhao Kuangyin also knew that Nanping was a key, and south of Nanping, after the fall of the Ma Chu State, the hinterland of the Chu State was almost divided, and then Zhou Xingfeng occupied Tanzhou and was named the envoy of Wuping by the Zhou State. Zhou Xingfeng eliminated the bad government of Chu State, loved the people, and advocated integrity. Strict use of generals and decisive killing. The Hunan region has returned to stability.

However, Zhao Dezhao knew that in the third year of Jianlong next year (962), Zhou Xingfeng died, and Zhou Xingfeng's death was also a key step for the Song Dynasty to go south, leaving the eleven-year-old Zhou Baoquan to succeed him. Zhang Wenbiao, the assassin of Hengzhou, thought that Zhou Baoquan was young and could not govern Hunan, and this person was scheming and powerful, taking advantage of Zhou Xingfeng's death, he took the opportunity to mutiny, occupied Tanzhou (governing Changsha, Hunan), and coerced Langzhou (Zhiwuling, Changde, Hunan), and the current new Zhou Baoquan had nothing to do to ask for help from Song in order to ask Zhang Wenbiao.

The Great Song Dynasty saw that the troops in Hunan were empty and the rebellion deepened, under the planning of Zhao Pu and others, after that, the Great Song Dynasty court pretended to attack the enemy, borrowed the road from Nanping to Hunan, destroyed the Wuping army to divide the regime, and then let Nanping surrender without a fight, and these places were included in the territory of the Great Song Dynasty.

Zhao Dezhao saw Zhao Kuangyin, and then walked to the map, but he was not tall, and the map was very huge, he took a stool, stood on the stool, and saw that there was no stick in his hand.

"Does Daddy have a stick?"

"Nope." Zhao Kuangyin immediately took the jade axe he usually played with from his table and handed it to Zhao Dezhao.

Zhao Dezhao took the axe, then pointed to the map and began to explain, he pointed the jade axe to the land of Jinghu on the map, and said, "Daddy, you see this is the land of Jinghu." This one...... Jingnan and Hunan are located in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, adjacent to the north and south, and are bordered by Tang in the east, Shu in the west, and Han in the south. In the early period of the Three Kingdoms, Zhuge Liang proposed to Uncle Liu Huang that he should take the land of Jingzhou as a breakthrough and occupy Jingzhou, and the land of Jingzhou is of great strategic significance, and this place can go north to the Central Plains, west to Shu, and east to Wu. Looking at the general trend of the world, the current situation is the same as that of the Three Kingdoms, Jinghu is the weakest, the local division has been divided for many years, and the contradictions between the people and the army are deep; Shudi Mountain is high and dangerous, difficult to go to the blue sky, not easy to attack, and it costs a lot; The hinterland of the Tang Kingdom is deep, and the naval army is powerful; Wuyue is located on the coast of the East China Sea, a rich place in the south of the Yangtze River; The Southern Han Dynasty is located in Lingnan, separated by mountains; Quanzhou Liucong has now returned to the Great Song Dynasty, and overseas Liuzhou is now the land of my Great Song Dynasty, close to the land, if the navy is complete, it can also attack the country near the sea. If our army wants to move south, it must occupy Jing and Hu, which can cut off the countries south of the Yangtze River and create conditions for each breakthrough, but now the time has not come. The strength of Gao's family is still there, and Hunan Zhou Xingfeng is benevolent and loves the people. Therefore, it is not appropriate to make a big move. Jinghu is weak, thinking that it is the norm, and the land of Hunan, each section makes the jealousy of Zhou Xing, and depends on my Great Song Dynasty, so the rest of the people in the interior of Hunan do not dare to rebel, but Zhou Xingfeng's heirs are young, if Zhou Xingfeng dies, his subordinates will not obey his son, and Zhou Xingfeng is old, the time will be long, Hunan will be in chaos, and the Gao family is about the same, Zhao'er thinks that within three years, Jinghu is bound to change the sky, then my Great Song Dynasty can take the opportunity to go south. ”

Zhao Dezhao stuck out his tongue, he was so excited that he almost fell off the stool, and the jade axe in his hand almost fell off his hand.

Zhao Kuangyin was very happy when he heard his son's report, according to what he said, only by occupying Jinghu can he go further south, divide and attack, destroy Shu in the west, and then destroy Han and Tang...... At this time, he immediately supported Zhao Dezhao's body from the side, and then hugged him off the stool.

Over the years, Zhao Kuangyin has not hugged Zhao Dezhao for a long time, and Zhao Dezhao has gained a lot of weight due to his age and perennial martial arts practice.

Zhao Kuangyin patted his son's shoulder and sighed: "Zhao'er has grown up all these years, and my father can't hold it anymore." Haha-"

"Haha--Zhao'er is eleven years old now, and she is a little adult." Zhao Dezhao stood in place and laughed too.

Zhao Dezhao sighed with emotion: "Haha-Zhao'er has grown up, what Zhao'er said is very true, this matter has to be discussed with Zaizhi, but Wu Desi's secret agents have already infiltrated Jinghu and other places, and the opportunity is first-served." ”

"Hmm."

"Daddy, as I just said, Daddy can discuss with you tomorrow. Zhao'er went back to the palace to rest first, so she didn't disturb her father's rest. Zhao Dezhao left the Funing Hall and rushed back in the direction of his dormitory.