When Shang Hu arrived at the Northwest Capital of Dading, it was already the beginning of the lunar month, and it was so cold that his jaw could freeze. His sudden arrival surprised Zhao Li, what did he do in the northwest at this time, Shang Hu didn't say much, just showed Zhao Li the emperor's handwritten edict, asking him to fully cooperate with Shang Hu to complete an extremely secret mission, as for what the task was, it was not specified.

Zhao Li and Shang Hu are very familiar with each other and want him to reveal some inside information, but Shang Hu just shook his head and smiled bitterly and only said that he should be ready for war, and refused to reveal a word about other things, so he excused himself with more knowledge. Later, Shang Hu asked Zhao Li to arrange an independent courtyard for himself near the Shuaifu, and then in the name of the commander of the Military Intelligence Department, he summoned the intelligence director of the Dading Pacification Division and the troops in charge of intelligence work of the Dragon Wing Army, the Lion Wing Army and the Krup Army.

In fact, Shang Hu really didn't do good things, but who made the emperor take a fancy to him! personally handed over the extremely important work of 'building fighters' to him, and to put it bluntly, he did whatever it took to find trouble, let the Jurchens make mistakes, and then the emperor fought in a grand manner and destroyed the Dajin Kingdom, in order to repay the shame and humiliation of his father and his brother being captured, so that he would leave his name in history and be remembered for generations.

Shang Hu learned in detail about the deployment of the armies on both sides and found out the situation of the forces on all sides, and felt that things were not very easy to handle. Although the marshal of the right army of Jin Guo is young, he is brave and calm, and the city government is very deep, not a frizzy person. It's not easy to make up your mind with him, so you can only do it in a roundabout way. And there is an opportunity to take advantage of it......

The economy of the Kingdom of Jin is difficult, and some ministers are also living a tight life. will find some ways to improve their lives, of course, they will rely on the mountains to eat the mountains and rely on the water. In the northwest, a land of poor mountains and bad waters, the border generals turned their minds on those 'rebels'.

The most recent time, the Jin State and the Tatars plundered two small tribes in the name of suppressing bandits, and according to the past practice, of course, the Jurchens took the big head and the Tatars took the small head. But the Tatars now feel that it is unfair, and they send the most troops themselves. It's also a drudgery to charge into battle, you Jurchen soldiers don't have many and hide behind to eat ready-made, but in the end you have to pick up the good ones and take as many as you want.

The Tatars began to dislike the small amount of loot they had given them, and in a fit of rage, they not only took all the plunder for themselves, but also looted the 'friendly forces'. Now the matter is big, and the servant Zhongyi reports the matter to the court and asks for instructions on how to deal with it. Of course, the news was transmitted back to Shangjing, which provoked the emperor to be furious, and the dog he raised actually attacked his owner. It's worth it. And Wushu also realized that the strategy of using the Tatars to control the steppe for a long time might not work.

The year before, with the help of the Jin army, the Tatars had won a decisive victory in the war against the Mughal tribe and expelled them from the steppe. The natural enemies that can be fought against it disappear, and the Tatars are the dominant ones in the steppe. They conquered and appeased the other tribes around them and quickly grew stronger. At this time, the Tatars were based in Yuerluo, and there were many tribes gathered nearby, which had grown to 70,000 people.

The Tatars understood that the Jurchens wanted them to act as pawns against the Han Chinese. In the past, the strength was not good, and I had to look at the faces of the Jurchens. But with the increase in strength, the ambition of the Tatars swelled. is not willing to be a pawn of the Jurchens anymore, and wants to be on an equal footing with the eldest brother. They began to look for all kinds of excuses to ask the Jin State for money and goods, and their growing appetite made the Jurchens unbearable.

However, due to the current situation, the Jurchens also needed the Tatars to eliminate the Mughurs and defend the western border for themselves to block the Song Dynasty's attack, so they would try their best to meet their demands. But the Tatars now dare to do something against the army of the Jin State, and the nature is completely different, this is a betrayal! The Jin sent a stern warning to the Tatars, telling them to immediately return the looted belongings of the Jin army and to immediately attack the Mughals, otherwise they would send troops against them.

In response to the Jurchen warnings, the Tatar Khan was determined to defend the 'honor' of the Tatars and refused to succumb to the threat of the Jin State. And its real purpose was to think that in this way, it could fight for more negotiating weight with Jin Guo in the future, thinking that it would not really turn against itself when the Song army was pressing forward step by step, but the facts proved to be a miscalculation. They mistakenly overestimated their position in the hearts of the Jin people, and also underestimated the determination of the Jin people.

For the Tatars who were tired of the Jin people, they decided to take advantage of the fact that they had cleaned up the Tatars before the outbreak of a full-scale war with the Great Song Dynasty, and ordered the servants of the Right Marshal's Mansion to scatter Zhongyi to do something against them, and this time the Jin State had made up their minds, not just for the purpose of teaching the Tatars a lesson, but to give a devastating blow, so as not to repeat the tragedy of the Mughal people who could not fall off the tail of the Mughals, and then choose a puppet again.

In order to ensure that the order can be conveyed smoothly, the measures adopted by various countries are often to send several messengers one after another, and this time the Jurchens also adopted this method, but one of the messengers was intercepted by the spies of the Great Song Military Intelligence Department who infiltrated the territory of the Jin State, and now the edict ordering the attack on the Tatars is in Shang Hu's hands. He was now pondering how to use the letter to make some fuss in order to achieve his own ends.

Shang Hu followed the emperor's example and circled around the hall, and his legs became weak before he cleared his thoughts. The emperor's order was for him to complete the provocation of a border conflict between the two countries in February, which would cause a major incident, and in March the whole army would use this as an excuse to launch a general attack on the Jin State, which was less than three months away. And now, in the name of the Great Song Dynasty, it is obviously not the most appropriate time to inform the Tatars that the Jin State is going to launch an attack on them, and there may be the opposite result, which will lead to an uncontrollable result.

It can be clearly seen from the map that there are two routes for the Song army in the west to attack the capital of the Jin Kingdom: one is the Xing'anling area where the Song and Jin are now confronted, after breaking through the boundary trench along the Huangshui, all the way west through Taizhou and Changchun Prefecture to Huanglongfu to enter the hinterland of the Jin State and go north to the capital; The other is to cross from the grassland area in the west of Linhuang Province from the Yazi River, enter the old land of the Mengwu Department and approach the ancestral home of the Wanyan Department, and arrive at Huining Mansion.

Judging from the current fortification situation of the Jin army, of course, it is the most convenient and fast from the grassland, and this place was originally designated as a safe zone by the Great Song Dynasty, so that the Jin army did not dare to enter without authorization, and there was no way to talk about building a boundary trench. This is also the reason why the Jurchens have always regarded the Mughurs as a danger to their confidants, and it is so close to the capital of the Jin Kingdom that it does not take a few days to reach it. After driving out the Mughals, the land was occupied by the Tatars, who served as watchdogs for the Jurchens, but when they found that they had not a dog but a wolf that could devour their lord at any time, they wanted to get rid of it to keep their backyard safe.

Border troubles have always been a matter of great concern to the emperor, and border troubles often come from those northern nomads, and it is not in the interests of the Great Song to protect the Tatars, because a rebellious and powerful tribe is also a threat to the Great Song. How to use the Tatars to provoke a war, and not let them survive all the beards and tails, but also have to create trouble for the Jurchens, for the Great Song Shun Lì to complete the early assault operation has become something Shang Hu must consider......

There is a small village on the north bank of the Talu River, called the capture of the tiger village, this village has a long history, it is said that when the Han Wu Emperor attacked the Xiongnu in the north, the army set up a village here, because it had captured a Xiongnu leader, so it was called "capture the Hu village", later the Han Dynasty destroyed the country, the nomads rose again, because the "Hu" has a derogatory meaning, so it was changed to the capture of the tiger village. Because it is close to the avenue leading to Linhuangfu in western Liaoning, and close to the ferry, it has gradually become prosperous.

But since the rise of the Jurchens, it has become a place of war, and now there are only a few dozen families, a few shops and taverns left. It is said that now the war clouds between the Song and Jin countries on the border, and it is the harsh winter season, there should be few people. But it is much more prosperous than before, and there are constantly all kinds of characters, including Han Chinese, Khitans, Mughus, Jurchens and Tatars, and the strange thing is that they can get along with each other, and there is no such thing as drawing swords after meeting.

Brokers are an ancient profession that acts as a liaison between two opposing parties, delivering messages and serving both sides, and of course this qiē is paid. And many of these people eat the upper family and eat the next family, and they are double agents at best, and intelligence dealers to put it bluntly. This kind of person will do anything for money, don't expect them to have any professional ethics, but in a special period, both sides can't do without these people, so although they hate them to the core, they have to give real money.

And the 'prosperity' of the Tiger Capture Village was brought by these brokers, it was on the border of the Song and Jin Dynasties, and on the edge of the grassland, it was the area of Sanzhi, and the spies of all forces regarded it as the first choice for collecting and transmitting intelligence. Near noon, the tavern that does not even have a wine flag in the Tiger Village has more people, and the people who come here are carrying a lot of silver money in their arms, and they are naturally spending money, and the tavern has also become their place to sell gold, and it is not a lot of effort, and seven or eight tables are all sitting on people.

But today this place is not as noisy as in the past, but there is an eerie quiet, no one even complains about how much water is mixed in the wine, everyone drinks silently, absentmindedly pulling a few plates of vulgar dishes on the table, but their eyes glance at the door from time to time, as if they are waiting for some important person to arrive...... (To be continued......)