At the end of autumn and early winter, horses and horses have plenty of food and fat, and winter has not yet arrived, so it is always the time to use troops.

However, since Aguda officially launched his army to rebel against Liao 18 years ago, during the 18 years of all-out war, this year's late autumn and early winter seems to be the most stable war window period in East Asia, the high slope of the world's civilization.

The reason couldn't be simpler. The Kingdom of Jin, which was accustomed to sending troops south after autumn, had finally stopped its eighteen-year expansion war.

Although there is still war in northern Shaanxi, and even though the Battle of Zishui broke out before, compared to the previous eighteen years when the Jin people were like tigers and wolves, and the zombies in other countries were like a mess, it still pales in comparison.

In the eyes of many people, the so-called Da Jin Kingdom's post-autumn offensive launched by living women in the autumn of this year is as ridiculous as a child's play.

The slogans were ringing like mountains, but the front line was not advancing. With great difficulty, several villages on the side of the security army were captured by surprise attack from the flanks, but the most important and core Gaochao village was never captured. Now, with the imperial camp of the Song Dynasty, the rear army was unified in Wu.

Jie personally led his troops to assist, and the outlying villages were pulled back one by one. It seemed that the security forces were also reaching a stalemate.

Anyway, let’s make a fuss.

In fact, at the time when Yelu Yujian fled into the Clan Village, the Zhao Guan family, who had just finished the imperial examination, paid a certain amount of attention to the war situation in northern Shaanxi, but they still sat in Tokyo and focused most of their attention on the upcoming war.

on the package of financial reforms implemented; while Yu Wenxuzhong, the envoy of Kansai, is still in Chang'an; Han Shizhong is only in Tongzhou symbolically; Hu Yin is only in Fangzhou; even Huonv and Wu Lin are only in Chang'an.

There was a confrontation at Diaoyin Mountain Pass; and the Jin army in Hedong did not have the slightest coordination.

Of course, the fourth prince of the Jin Kingdom had just arrived in Taiyuan, and only found out about Yelu Yujian's disappearance more than ten days later.

Frankly speaking, the fourth prince did not have much reaction after learning the specific news.

Because first of all, he didn't know anything about Yelu Yujian's plan to connect the Song Dynasty and Yelu Dashi. Even if he knew it, he wouldn't have too many thoughts about a defeated general of the Jin Kingdom who was thousands of miles apart. This was a limitation of perspective.

It is impossible for Wu Shu to have any opinions about the unknown wild land and unfamiliar objects, and the same is true for Qin Hui.

Secondly, the fourth prince's goal has actually been achieved.

The truth of the matter is as cruel as Yelu Yujian suspected. This escape incident was just a throw of stones by Wanyan Wushu from beginning to end. Yelu Yujian, a former man of the hour who had squeezed out all the value of use, was in Wushu's eyes.

It's just a tool, a stone.

Nianhan wanted to kill Yu Jian as a tool before to establish his authority, but he didn't have time, and Wu Shu wanted to use this stone to test Xixia's true attitude towards the Kingdom of Jin... He was still like the previous queen, and the prince missed him

Are you so afraid of death, or do you really have a certain amount of rebelliousness?

By the way, they also wanted to test whether Huonv still regarded Yan'an and his 20,000 people as part of the Jin Kingdom?

The results have been mixed.

Fortunately, Xi Xia was still afraid of Dai Jin and could still distinguish the serious from the serious. This was clearly revealed when Brother Wei Mingyun rejected Yu Jian on the spot and took the initiative to plead guilty after Yu Jian disappeared. And we can continue to deduce it.

Going forward, Xixia actually wanted to form an alliance with the Jin Kingdom and fight against Zhao and Song Dynasty.

After all, the 100 years since the founding of Xixia was basically a history of 100 years of war with the Song Dynasty. All imaginary enemies and strategic threats have always been the Song Dynasty.

What's worrying is that the living girl is still ambiguous... Yu Jian passed through his territory to contact the Xixia people, but disappeared again, and his fourth prince also arrived in Taiyuan, but the living girl just stayed motionless in Diaoyin Mountain.

Of course, Wanyan Salihe, who stayed in Yan'an with the living girl, took the initiative to pay his respects to Taiyuan and took the initiative to review Yu Jian's matter. But at the same time, Salihe took the initiative to file a complaint, saying that Hedong did not care about northern Shaanxi.

The Jin Army's life and death actually did not issue military supplies when the Jin Army's front line was fighting fiercely in northern Shaanxi. As a result, the front line suffered setbacks. I hope the Fourth Prince will deal with it impartially.

As for Taiyuan City, generals such as Wanyan Balisu, Wanyan Tuhesu, Wanyan Zhenhe, Yelu Mawu, Jiagu Wulibu and others also complained to Wu Shu, saying that once the war started on Huo Nu's side,

It was impossible for the Hedong side to really ignore death, so military reserves, supplies and food were sent over like flowing water... However, the imperial court had no intention of starting a war, and the living women categorically prohibited the Hedong soldiers and horses from going to northern Shaanxi, and there was no prior notice.

Reminder, this resulted in Hedong being unable to cooperate at all, and the battle itself had no future at all, so they had no choice but to supply basic military supplies, but it was impossible to completely destroy the precious food reserves.

You must know that times have changed at this time. The matter of simply relying on looting to replenish a large amount of military supplies has long since disappeared. As for other military supplies, only military rations are the most precious. Nowadays, the food here in Hedong is also produced with hard work.

Should the grown ones be taken away and thrown away by living women?

To be honest, things were so complicated that Wu Shu had not expected them at all.

Therefore, Wanyan Wushu only hesitated for a moment, and then decided to prioritize and do it step by step... While appeasing the Taiyuan generals, he personally sent a letter to Wanyan Huonv, asking the other party to stop what was destined to be useless.

During the war, Yan'an was handed over to Wanyan Salihe, the frontline troops were handed over to Pucha Huzhan, and then he came to Taiyuan to meet him in person.

Not to mention this, Wu Shu also sent a letter to the newly appointed Dajin Xijing (Datong) in the north to stay behind. His sixth brother Wanyan asked Lu Guan to go to the north to talk to the Xixia people and give some hints.

It can be considered as my best effort.

Besides, message transmission these days is really a troublesome thing. In theory, no matter whether it was Song Dynasty or Jin Dynasty, the fastest communication method should be five hundred miles a day and night, but how could it be possible in practice?

The mountain road is winding, the river is blocked, the horses along the way are not replenished in time, it rains, thunders, landslides, someone is marrying at the intersection... anything can cause the news to be delayed.

Turning around, Yelu Yu saw that it was the Kaolin Village that he had entered on the second day of October, and told Guo Hao everything he had prepared. On the fifth day of October, the news was delivered to Dasun, just on the border of Gyeongju next door.

Wu Jie's office in the city...because a detour is needed to avoid the area controlled by the Jin army in the middle.

It was not until the seventh day of October that the news was learned by Hu Yin of Fangzhou.

And on October 13th, Yuwen Xuzhong from Chang'an and Wanyan Wushu from Taiyuan learned the news together... Next, Wushu naturally went to do things with the live girls step by step, while Yuwen didn't dare to make the decision.

Xu Zhong had to deliver the news to Tokyo at the highest level.

Now the road is much easier to walk. Just run along the Yellow River. But in theory, it is only a little more than a thousand miles and two days. In fact, it still takes a full four and a half days. It will be on October 18th.

On this day, the news was delivered to the Tokyo Privy Council...and Zhao Jiu just learned the news that afternoon.

In other words, it took a full eleven days to deliver the news to Taiyuan, and a full seventeen days to deliver it to Tokyo. And if it were to be delivered back again, it would probably take a similar amount of time.

It’s very slow, very troublesome, and there are too many surprises. This is why many things these days cannot be planned and acted upon. To put it bluntly, one trip lasts for seventeen days, and a return trip takes a month. Even a winter Cuju competition is not enough.

Two rounds have been completed.

But there is really no way, things are so confusing and helpless, Zhao Jiu must have an outsider to guide an expert in a short period of time, so to speak, to achieve strategic predictions and make strategic decisions from a distance.

The only good news is that Wanyan Wushu should be the same thing, let alone Erlang.

"Summon the four ministers and Li Zhongcheng to come together to discuss matters." Zhao Jiu thought for a moment and realized that there was no delay, so he immediately gave the order in the stone pavilion. "The King of the Ministry of Punishment (Wang Shu) and the Minister of War Hu Shangshu also summoned... Wait a moment,

Qu Duan, the commander of the cavalry army in the imperial camp, Wang De, the deputy commander of the central army in the imperial camp, Zhang Jing and Qiao Zhongfu, the commanders of the imperial camp, Wang Yuan, the commander of the imperial camp, and Hu Hongxiu, the participating officers in the Privy Council, were also summoned.

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"Official family." Liu Yan, who was accompanying him, reminded him sternly. "The ministers and the Privy Council members are in front of the Chongwen Courtyard and the Yushitai. The chief officials of the ministries are also outside the Xuande Building, but most of the generals are at the Yuetai camp outside the city...

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"Then go to the Wende Hall to talk, and we'll talk later, and wait for the military attache." Zhao Jiu said as he stood up from the pavilion, took two steps, and then turned back to look at each other. "Go find Yang Yizhong, you and

Yang Yizhong will also be present for consultation, and he will also call Hu Quan and Yu Yunwen, as well as training officers from the Chinese and Western armies in martial arts, and then transport the martial arts jigsaw puzzle sandbox to the Wende Hall!"

Let's say that Liu Yan didn't know what was going on at all, but when he heard that he was going to summon all the ministers to discuss matters with many generals, he knew that the matter was not simple. When he heard that he was actually going to a place like Wende Hall, he became even more nervous. In the end, he even

He and Yang Yizhong also wanted to attend the meeting to prepare for the inquiry, but they had no more thoughts and called Ban Zhi directly outside the pavilion to give orders in a hurry.

As for Zhao Jiu, I'm afraid he didn't realize it himself. As his tone became more and more severe, it was obvious that he was taking this matter more and more seriously deep down in his heart.

Moreover, after walking a few steps, he turned back to the pavilion and kept thinking.

"Although Yelu Yujian was an important minister of the Liao and Jin Dynasties in the past, but now he is just a fugitive and a bereaved dog. Can his words be trusted? Moreover, although there are some information and opinions from the remnants of the Northern Liao Dynasty in Yelu Dashi District, how can they be used?"

In the evening, the ministers of the Wende Hall met. As soon as the civil and military officials arrived, they already understood that the matter was related to military strategy and political affairs, and the ministers and important ministers knew the whole story early, so they came up

After Chief Lan briefly introduced the situation, Prime Minister Zhao Ding directly asked the question.

Moreover, Zhao Ding directly clarified the crux of the matter as soon as he came up... To put it bluntly, Yelu Yuji himself and his escape behavior were nothing in between the two great countries. The key to the problem was the news that Yelu Yuji brought.

It lies in the possibility of the Jin man gifting northern Shaanxi to Xixia, and the feasibility of the plan put forward by Yelu Yuchi that the remnants of the Northern Liao could attack Xixia from a flank.

Yes, it must be emphasized here that at this moment, everyone still regards Yelu Dashi and his troops as the "remnants of the Northern Liao Dynasty" rather than as the emerging kings of the Western Liao Dynasty.

"I also thought that the Jin people might not do such a thing..." As soon as the Prime Minister finished speaking, Liu Ji, the deputy prime minister of the province, also raised his hands in front of him. "This move is too unbelievable. This is not the era of the Warring States Period. How can we blame several counties? Strategy for the East River?"

"But what if it's really done?" Chen Gui, the deputy prime minister of the Xifu, frowned immediately after hearing this, and rarely refuted it on the spot. "This kind of thing is always between two sides, but is it possible to bet on military and national affairs? "

"I have something to say." Zhang Jun, the Prime Minister, immediately expressed his position after thinking for a while. "It is also right to connect the counties in northern Shaanxi to the Western Liao Dynasty! Since ancient times, the two Han dynasties have used the Western Region as the key to merge with the Northern Qin Dynasty. The arms of the northern barbarians formed a pincer attack, which is why Shenzong opened the Hehuang River to contain Xixia."

The four husbands came up to confront each other in pairs, with completely different views, which made the atmosphere a bit solemn. However, almost all the smart people in the hall understood that this was just a different attitude caused by different thinking directions and different positions on both sides, rather than a so-called party dispute.

After all, after Lu Haowen left the throne, the relationship between Zhao Ding and Zhang Jun significantly eased, and Chen Gui and Liu Ji had always been recognized as the so-called "Nanyang faction" - Liu Ji recommended Chen Gui.

Back to the matter itself, Zhao Ding and Liu Ji were in charge of the province, and they naturally hoped that northern Shaanxi would be stable, but they would just go for a 'round war' as the officials said before instead of really going to war. Only in this way can the country put its mind on things. Based on the financial reform that has already begun, the country will be fully revived and the fatal financial shackles around the country's neck will be completely released. But once there is a big event in the northwest, then Xixia will be involved, and the Northern Liao will return, and there will be a war. , causing the little money the country had finally saved to go down the drain.

At that time, I want to get my finances back on track, but I don’t know that I have to wait until the Year of the Monkey and the Horse.

As for the two prime ministers, in fact, anyone who knows them well knows that they refute the two provincial ministers respectively, and their starting points are different... Prime Minister Chen is recognized as the number one defender. In terms of military, there is a complete response. Now that there is a flaw in the northwest, he is of course opposed to it and is indifferent. However, Prime Minister Zhang actually has a personality that shows that he is a little overjoyed to achieve success, but he doesn't know what thoughts are aroused in his mind due to the dispute between the countries in the northwest? Is he doing it again? Zhuge Wuhou’s dream?

But the problem is that after Zhang Jun spoke with great expectation this time, Zhao Guanjia just remained silent and didn't know what he was thinking about.

"Official family."

The difficulty of the matter was obvious as soon as it came up. Li Guangdu, the censor Zhongcheng, couldn't think of where to spray for a moment, so he frowned and thought. However, after hesitating for a moment, Hu Shijiang, the Minister of War, had no choice but to hide and stepped forward. " There was no major disaster in the autumn harvest this year. Even Jingdong did not delay the autumn harvest because of its quick and skillful harvesting. However, if we use soldiers in a place like northern Shaanxi, the difficulty of transshipment is not comparable to that of the Central Plains or Guanzhong! It can't be said to be better. It is dispatched from Bashu, but Bashu is still paying half of the tax for the battle of Yaoshan this year. Do you want to repay the debt and then borrow from the soldiers and people of Bashu?"

Of course, this statement is the truth without any need to defend it, and it hits the target of Zhang Jun and Zhao Jiu.

Zhang Jun frowned and hesitated for a moment, but Zhao Jiu finally spoke: "Then according to what Hu Shangshu said, how should we deal with it? What if the Jin people really use the land in northern Shaanxi to lure the Xixia people into the situation?"

"Repair the forts along the line, store grain on site, sit back and observe the situation, and then talk about other matters..." Hu Shijiang said sincerely. "As the chief officer of the Ministry of War, I am bound by duty. I am willing to go to Kansai and personally take charge of this matter."

Zhao Jiu frowned slightly. Before he could reply, unexpectedly, someone came out of the queue immediately. It was none other than the former chief official of Northern Shaanxi and today's Minister of Punishment, Wang Shu.

"Official family, I have something to say to the official family and the civil and military officials in the palace. I have a question to ask you, Mr. Hu, and Shangshu Hu." Wang Shu cupped his hands and said, "Please give me your permission."

"I called you here just to ask you to speak freely." Zhao Jiu, who was sitting on the throne, immediately raised his hand to signal.

"Yes." Wang Shu, the Minister of Punishment, bowed his head, then turned around, looked around, and spoke seriously. "My dear ministers and colleagues, I have something to tell you. In the past, when I was in charge of the overall situation in northern Shaanxi, I heard the message with my own ears... Xixia Of course, the leader of the country, Li Qianshun, did take bribes from Nianhan to ask for his hometown of the Song and Liao Dynasties to be transferred to him, and Nianhan did have the idea of ​​donating the hometown of the Liao Kingdom near Yinshan to Xixia... In other words, this matter is by no means groundless! Yelu Yu saw it. Just because a lost dog doesn’t mean his words shouldn’t be taken seriously.”

Zhao Ding and Liu Ji each looked solemn, and many people in the palace also became serious.
To be continued...