In the past few days, Xiao Han has visited Zhao Guangyi, the king of Jin and Zhao Chengzong, the two sides talked very happily, Xiao Han had dinner in Kaifeng Mansion, and was left by Zhao Guangyi to talk secretly, until it was dark before Zhao Wangfu was sent back to the inn by Zhao Wangfu's own soldiers.

Zhao Guangyi spared no effort to win him over to serve the Great Song Dynasty, but unfortunately Xiao Hanzhi was not here, so he naturally refused, but the banquet told him an earth-shattering news: Li Congshan, the lord of the Southern Tang Dynasty, had launched a full-scale war against the Southern Han.

The Southern Tang Dynasty sent hundreds of thousands of troops south along Luoxiao Mountain, and the five military horses of Tingzhou, Jianzhou, Yuanzhou, Qianzhou, and Hongzhou attacked Chenzhou, Jingzhou, Xiongzhou, and Chaozhou in the Southern Han Dynasty at the same time. The Southern Han Dynasty could not resist the enemy, so he sent 150,000 troops to the aid of the famous general Pan Chongche, set up an ambush in Xiongzhou, and annihilated 3,000 people under Yan Ze, the commander of Yuan Zhou.

Li Congshan was furious, and Defense Minister Sun Zhen and Vice Ministers Yang Shui, Zhu Lingyun, and Zheng Yanhua discussed and decided to raise troops to attack the Southern Han Dynasty, leaving the Jinling garrison and Xuanzhou, Changzhou, and Chizhou to defend the Great Song Dynasty, and Wu Yue sent 400,000 troops to destroy the Southern Han Kingdom in one fell swoop.

The Southern Han Dynasty could not resist and sent envoys to Wu Yue and the Great Song Dynasty for help. Wu Yue didn't dare to provoke the wolf-like Nantang at all, and sent the rescue letter to Tokyo. Zhao Kuangyin convened two imperial meetings in a row to discuss countermeasures.

Li Congshan then sent Foreign Minister Tian Yanlang to negotiate, stating that this was a conflict between the Southern Tang Dynasty and the Southern Han Kingdom over the border issue, and if the Great Song Dynasty intervened, it would definitely cause a dispute between the two countries, and asked Zhao Song to think deeply.

The officialdom of the Great Song Dynasty is also divided into two factions, one faction is headed by Zhao Kuangyin, and their opinion is that the opportunity is rare, taking advantage of the opportunity for the two sides to exchange troops, they just sent troops to Jiangnan to prevent future troubles.

The other faction is headed by Zhao Guangyi, the king of the Jin Dynasty and Zhao Pu, the prime minister, the two opinions are just the opposite of Zhao Kuangyin, they think that the Southern Tang Dynasty is now powerful, if the Southern Tang Dynasty rashly sends troops to the Southern Tang Dynasty, it will inevitably anger Li Congshan, and then the Southern Tang Dynasty will return to the army to recapture Huainan as an excuse to engage troops with the Great Song Dynasty, and it is very difficult to say whether the Great Song army can defeat the Tang army, if it does not win, the consequences are unimaginable.

The two sides quarreled in the court for two days, but there was no result at all, but because of a few words from Chu Zhaofu, the envoy of the third division, Tian Yanlang, the foreign minister of the Southern Tang Dynasty, was angry.

Chu Zhaofu meant that as long as the Southern Tang Dynasty resumed the tribute, he would not send troops to help the Southern Han. When Tian Yanlang heard this, he sneered and walked away, and Prime Minister Zhao Pu was afraid of angering Li Congshan, so he immediately sent Zhao Chengzong to apologize and explain. Tian Yanlang just sneered and said nothing, leading his men to leave on their own.

It was under this circumstance that Xiao Han came to visit Zhao Guangyi. The reason why Zhao Guangyi stayed with him for a day was that on the one hand, the two had some friendship, there was no impermeable wall in the world, and Li Congshan was able to win the throne Xiao Han made great contributions, which has spread all over the country, and even the matter of Nanping and Wuping's surrender to the Southern Tang Dynasty is inseparable from him. Pile by pile, where does Zhao Guangyi dare to despise him?

After the two exchanged pleasantries, they went straight to the point, Zhao Guangyi put his heart into him, bowed down to ask him about the current situation, and his attitude was extremely sincere. He naturally knew the relationship between Xiao Han and Li Congshan, and Xiao Han was very moved by the fact that the younger brother of the Great Song Dynasty and the King of Jin still acted like this. I can't help but think of the scene where the two met in Shaolin Temple, which was quite touching.

In essence, Xiao Han is a soft-hearted person who misses the old, Zhao Guangyi and Zhao Chengzong give him a good feeling, and Li Congshan sent an envoy to consult him last time about the attack on the Great Song Dynasty or the Southern Han Dynasty, and he personally wrote a letter asking him to hold down his temperament and train his troops carefully.

Theoretically speaking, sending troops to the Southern Han Dynasty is the right choice, if you fight with the Great Song Dynasty in Huainan now, and the Southern Han and Wu Yue are flanked, the Southern Tang Dynasty is bound to be difficult to take care of, even if the combat power is invincible, it will be heavy damage.

What he was slightly angry in his heart was that Li Congshan was a little proud now, and he didn't even pay attention to his own opinions. It can be seen that people's ** is directly proportional to the size of power. In the past, Li Congshan obeyed his words, but once he gained power, he had such an attitude, which made him feel slightly cold.

Although he knew that Zhao Guangyi was deliberately wooing himself, Xiao Han really had some contradictions in his heart. According to his original intention, after the Southern Tang Dynasty destroyed the Southern Han and Wu Yue, he was bound to have a battle with the Great Song Dynasty, and then the world would be unified, and he would change history.

Looking at the current situation, Li Congshan's ambition is too great, and he can't hold back his temperament, and he will definitely lose both sides in the future against the Great Song Dynasty. At that time, the lives will be ruined, the starvation will be everywhere, and the people will not be able to make a living, will what they have done before be right or wrong?

On the other hand, if he helps Zhao Guangyi now, it is estimated that Li Yueying will not be happy if he is not good at doing things at that time. After thinking about it, Xiao Han just understated his judgment of the current situation with him and gave corresponding opinions.

According to his meaning, even if there are famous generals like Pan Chongche in the Southern Han Dynasty, they can't resist the soldiers of the Southern Tang Dynasty, and the Southern Tang Dynasty is now like a cloud, and the new military training method has become a fixed trend from top to bottom, and the soldiers of the Southern Tang Dynasty are not a grade stronger than the passive and decadent Southern Han soldiers.

Not to mention that the Southern Tang Dynasty also had famous generals such as Xue Dingfang, Guo Ran, Yan Ze, Feng Shoude, Wei Xian, Sun Lezhi, Yao Xingchang, Xue Lian, Zheng Renze, Li Shaoguang, Du Zhen, Li Xiong, etc., and it was only a matter of time before the Southern Han Dynasty perished. For the sake of today's plan, the only choice is to remain silent, send people to negotiate with the Southern Tang Dynasty, and ensure that Li Congshan will not attack Wu Yue after obtaining the Southern Han Dynasty, Zhang, and Quanzhou, in exchange for temporary peace.

Wu Yue has always served the Central Plains as Zhengshuo, since the Great Shu was destroyed by the Great Song Dynasty, the King of Wu Yue Qian Yu became more and more cautious in serving the Central Plains, and even the King of Wu Yue was demoted to the Generalissimo of the Great Song Dynasty soldiers and horses.

If the Southern Tang Dynasty destroyed the might of the Southern Han Dynasty and turned eastward, Wu Yue would inevitably perish, and then the Great Song Dynasty would face the Southern Tang Dynasty, and it was only a matter of time before the two sides went to war.

Zhao Guangyi agreed with Xiao Han's judgment very much, pondered for a long time, the cold light flashed in his eyes, and said in a deep voice: "With Li Congshan's actions like the sun, he will definitely not stop, and once the Han Kingdom is destroyed, Wu Yue will inevitably be difficult to protect." I heard that Jiangnan adopts the cabinet system, and the Ministry of Defense below is a group of generals, brainstorming, the soldiers are wide, and the efficiency is extremely high, if they turn around and go east, won't my Great Song still have to fight with them?"

Xiao Han Zhengse said: "King Zhuo of Jin, judgment is accurate, although I have some friendship with Li Congshan, but I am not an official of the Southern Tang Dynasty, let alone his confidant, so naturally I don't know his thoughts." This sentence first cleared himself up, so that Zhao Guangyi understood his current identity in the rivers and lakes, so as not to jeopardize his business when the two sides fight.

Zhao Guangyi naturally understood, nodded and said, "Brother Xiao is walking around the rivers and lakes, so he naturally doesn't understand the matter of the struggle between the countries. Xiao Han smiled and said: "I remember that the sages have a cloud: how can you allow others to sleep soundly next to the couch? If you want to sleep peacefully, you must make the territory your own." ”

This sentence was actually said by Zhao Kuangyin, and now it was moved out by Xiao Han early. Zhao Guangyi was stunned for a moment, and suddenly realized: "The amount is not a gentleman, and it is not a husband who is not poisonous." Brother Xiao means to take advantage of the fact that Jiangnan sent troops to the Southern Han Dynasty, and asked me to send troops to the Great Song Dynasty......"

Xiao Han immediately waved his hand and said: "I didn't say anything, His Royal Highness the King of Jin should know that I am just a man from the rivers and lakes, and I have always ignored the war between the countries." The two looked at each other and laughed in unison.

Zhao Guangyi's eyes lit up and said: "Thank you Brother Xiao for reminding me, I will explain this matter to the imperial brother tomorrow." Xiao Han reminded him to pay attention to the northern Great Liao, but Zhao Guangyi didn't care, telling him that there were heavy troops in the north to defend it, and the Great Liao didn't dare to act rashly for a while.

At this time, the reign of the Liao State was Yelujing, who was called Muzong in later generations, and was a famous faint king and tyrant in history, and there was a bigger name in later generations "Sleeping King". At this time, it was the thirteenth year of his reign, the Liao Dynasty was politically dark, and although there were border conflicts with the Great Song Dynasty from time to time, there were no major wars.

It's just that the Liao Dynasty had famous generals such as Yelu Huge, and the Song Dynasty did not dare to use force easily, and the two sides were temporarily in a state of confrontation. Since the destruction of Shu, the national strength of the Great Song Dynasty has increased greatly, the number of troops has surged, and because the army has been fighting all year round, the combat power is also quite strong.

A month after the first military competition was held in the Southern Tang Dynasty, the Song army also conducted a military competition, Zhao Kuangyin's "Ten Brothers of the Righteous Society" all appeared, Shi Shouxin, Li Jixun, Yang Guangyi, Wang Xianqi, Liu Qingyi, Liu Shouzhong, Liu Tingrang, Han Chongyun, and Wang Zhengzhong all worked part-time as judges.

Gao Huaide, Cao Bin, Pan Mei, Li Chuyun, Cui Yanjin, Zhang Lingduo, Wang Xianqi, Wang Quanbin, Zhang Guanghan, Zhao Yanhui, Guo Shouwen, Yin Chongke, Luo Yanbi, Wang Yansheng, Cui Yanjin, Zhang Tinghan, Zhang Qiong, Yang Xin, Dang Jin, Ma Quanyi, He Jiyun, Li Jinqing, Li Hanchao, Li Qianpu, Jing Hanqiao, He Weizhong, Li Hanqiong, Liu Yu, Li Huaizhong, Mi Xin, Tian Chongjin, Liu Tinghan and Cui Han and other famous generals were all present to participate in the battle.

This military contest lasted for five consecutive days, and the three armies of Ma Bushui took turns to fight, and a total of 150,000 horses, including the Xiang army, participated in the exercise. The generals gritted their teeth and fought hard, although it was a drill, but they fought out the real fire, and finally decided the top ten famous generals of the first military competition of the Great Song Dynasty, namely Wang Quanbin, Cao Bin, Pan Mei, Zhang Qiong, Jing Hanru, Dang Jin, Li Hanchao, Mi Xin, Tian Chongjin, and Zhang Lingduo.

More than 600 middle- and lower-level officers led their headquarters to fight under the personal auspices of Zhao Kuangyin.

Because it was in front of the emperor, both sides showed their real skills to fight in the school field, and after a day of exercise, hundreds of soldiers were also disabled, and two battalion commanders were accidentally injured and died.

It's a pity that Xiao Han didn't see it with his own eyes, if he did, he would not despise the strength of the Great Song Dynasty, although the Southern Tang Dynasty had to guide him to greatly increase the military strength, if he played against the Great Song Dynasty, it was not certain who would win and who would lose.

Zhao Guangyi then asked him for the method of training soldiers, Xiao Han hesitated for a long time, but still told him some methods of military training in later generations, which surprised Zhao Guangyi and immediately wrote it down in person.

What Xiao Han said is slightly different from what he said to Li Congshan, Li Congshan used the training method of the Red Army, the Eighth Route Army, and the People's Liberation Army in later generations, but what he told Zhao Guangyi was the ** training method staged on TV, although it is basically the same, but there are still essential differences.

Zhao Guangyi asked casually, but he didn't expect him to say, but he didn't expect Xiao Han to give him an unexpected joy, so he immediately inquired one by one, and didn't let Xiao Han go back until there was no more doubt.

Xiao Han naturally did not come in vain, Zhao Guangyi gave him 200 yuan, and each gave Li Yueying and Murong Qiuyu several exquisite Shu brocades, and even the seven sons of Wudang and Su Ruotong each sent a beautiful purse made in the palace.

At the end of the conversation, Zhao Guangyi seemed to inadvertently mention Chai Xinyue and told him that Zhao Kuangyin no longer asked about Chai Xinyue's marriage and asked him to take care of her.

Xiao Han didn't know what he meant, so he had to talk to him left and right, and then leave. After Zhao Guangyi sent him out, he turned his head to the darkness and said, "This person has extraordinary knowledge, but unfortunately he can't be used by me." ”

A person sighed in the darkness: "There are many strange people on the rivers and lakes, but fortunately he is not an enemy of the Great Song Dynasty." The two of them were relatively silent, and had nothing to say.

As soon as Xiao Han returned to the inn, he saw Li Yueying coming over and said, "You're back, my seventh brother has sent someone." As soon as the words fell, he saw two young men in civilian clothes bowing down to him and bowing down: "Li Yanning and Wang Yan'an meet the horses." ”