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Seeing that Li Yan was watching Hua Xiangrong enter the Alum Tower, Yan Qing next to him felt thoughtful.

After the group settled in the inn, Yan Qing suddenly suggested: "Governor, can we go to the Alum Tower for a walk?"

Before Li Yan could speak, Lu Junyi scolded Yan Qing and said, "Don't mess around, it's messy, which is not conducive to our guards. If something goes wrong, we will die!"

Yan Qing smiled and said, "There are masters you, General Shi, General Du, Yang Zaixing, Yao Xing, Wu Lin, Yang Yizhong, Zhang Xian, as well as Li Junshi and Fang Junshi protect the Grand Governor. Who in the world can hurt the Grand Governor?"

Lu Junyi really couldn't refute Yan Qing's words. Almost all of them were a hundred enemies. Ten people joined together and massacred a thousand people. There was no problem at all. With their ten protections, Li Yan's safety could not be guaranteed, so no one could protect Li Yan.

Lu Junyi said: "It is better to have less than more things. Besides, the Grand Governor is not you, Yan Xiaoyi. How can you become a good person when you go to that fireworks place?"

Yan Qing said: "The Grand Governor came to Beijing to understand the public's opinion. He only waited in the inn to understand the public's opinion. How could he understand the public's opinion? The three-wall and two-shelf house have always been the most informative place. If you go there and listen, the Grand Governor may be able to make a decision."

After six or seven years of development, the hotel intelligence system hosted by Zhu Gui has been very perfected. Zhu Gui even put his hands into the court and the palace. In addition, because Li Yan was very cautious about Song Jiang, Zhu Gui also put a spy next to Song Jiang.

Two years ago, Li Yan officially named the Tianyan for this intelligence system.

In addition to the Sky Eye, Li Yan also has two intelligence systems.

One was created by reporting confidential special forces, which Li Yan named Di Ting, but most people like to call this intelligence system "Military Intelligence Department", mainly responsible by Chai Jin and Yan Qing.

The last intelligence system was an accident product. Li Yan asked Shi Xiu to form the Political Department of the First Army. In order to better fulfill his responsibilities, Shi Xiu created a surveillance department. As a result, the surveillance network became larger and larger, so big that Shi Xiu didn't dare to make decisions. Then he reported it to Li Yan. Li Yan thought about it and asked Shi Xiu to set up an intelligence department. At present, Li Yan has not named this intelligence department yet. Those who know it call it "Political and Information Department".

Logically speaking, these three intelligence departments are not affiliated with each other and have their own functions. However, with the development, these three intelligence departments have also overlapped.

However, Li Yan remained silent about this.

Because of the developed intelligence system, Song Jiang's so-called conspiracy was known to Liangshan for a long time.

There are two opinions within Liangshanbo regarding whether to send troops north to attack Liaoxijing.

One is advocated by Sun Jing, Qiao Daoqing, Zhu Wu, Zhao Ding, Chen Gongfu, Lu Jiang and others: It cannot be sent.

The reason they gave was that it was the place where the four battles were fought. Liao and Jin were both tigers and wolves. If they went there, it was tantamount to seeking a skin with tigers, and they might be deeply trapped in a dilemma. What's more, Liaoxi Beijing is located in the middle of the mainland and is far from Li Yan's territory. Even if it is defeated, it will be useless.

The other is advocated by Chen Dong, Ouyang Che and others: You should go.

The reason they gave was that the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun were too important to the Han people. As long as they were taken back and kept, they could protect the Han people from being harmed by the barbarians again. Whoever could do it would be the hero of the Han people and would definitely be famous in history. With this reputation, Li Yan would respond to anything in the future.

Judging from the people who advocated it, those who have served in Shuibo Liangshan for a long time either oppose Li Yan's attack on Liaoxijing or remain silent. Only those innocent children who have just joined Shuibo Liangshan (or can be said to be a young man) hope that Li Yan will send troops to attack Liaoxijing.

In other words, some people who advocate sending troops to attack Liaoxijing are alone and lonely than those who advocate not being able to attack Liaoxijingjing.

This is normal. Although this involves national justice, it is a trap after all. Except for those young men, who dares to let Li Yan get into this trap that he knows?

Furthermore, most people who dove Liangshan believe that the Liangshan Mountains are a regime independent of the Song Dynasty. When attacking the Liaoxijing, the people who dove Liangshan are benefiting from the Song Dynasty, but those who do die and injured are the people who dove Liangshan. What is the reason for such stupid things?

In this era, there are still many innocent people, such as Chen Dong and Ouyang Che, who wrote letters to Li Yan over and over again, begging Li Yan to be this hero and not to disappoint the Han people.

In addition to Chen Dong and Ouyang Che, Yue Fei, who was training troops in Liangshanpo, also wrote letters to Li Yan over and over again, hoping that Li Yan would send troops to attack Liaoxijing, and he also petitioned to be the vanguard.

Seeing that Li Yan had not made a decision for a long time, Yue Fei also asked to report the matter to Li Yan in person.

Later, Li Yan passed by the water of Liangshan and gave Yue Fei two hours.

Yue Fei still gave Li Yan a lot of surprises. In addition to the clichés and righteousness, Yue Fei also told Li Yan about the feasibility of capturing the Liaoxijing from a military perspective. According to Yue Fei's meaning, the so-called four-war land is a joke. The terrain of Liaoxijing is dangerous and there are natural dangers on all sides. As long as the Great Wall and passes can be defeated, even if the enemy has ten times the strength of the troops, the problem is not how to defend, but how to take. Yue Fei conservatively estimated that with the strong combat power of the Liangshan Army, he should be 60% to 70% sure to conquer the Liaoxijing.

In addition, Yue Fei strongly suggested that Li Yan go to the people to see how much the Han people hoped to take back the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun.

It is precisely because of this that Li Yan disguised himself and came to Tokyo for a walk.

Of course, for the sake of Li Yan's safety, few people in the Shuibo Liangshan knew that Li Yan came to Tokyo Bianliang. It can be said that except for the dozens of people around Li Yan and Wen Huanzhang, no one else knew that Li Yan was in the Andong mission. Moreover, Li Yan did not even bring Ruan Xiaoqi, Ma Ling, Wang Dingliu, Chen Liqing, Hu Sanniang, Fang Baihua, Qiongying, Liang Hongyu and others who had always been with him, but brought Lu Junyi and others with a relatively handsome face to protect him. In addition to Lu Junyi and others, the First Battalion also came in with the mission (those who drove the train were the ones), and the confidential special forces also plagued in in batches. In short, Li Yan's safety is still guaranteed.

Then, what is Li Yan's attitude towards this?

Li Yan... was so happy. Thanks to Song Jiang, Wu Yong, Tong Guan and others for their eight generations of ancestors, really!

Just as Yue Fei analyzed, when going north to attack Liaoxijing, the problem is not how to defend, but how to take.

As long as he could conquer, Li Yan distributed 20,000 troops to Han Shizhong or Wu Jie, and asked Han Shizhong or Wu Jie to rely on the Great Wall. Passes and Taihang natural barriers to defend the entrance to the western capital of Liaoxi. Tong Guan even wiped out all the Western army and could not attack.

As for taking it.

Hehe, if Li Yan hadn't been sure of it, it would be too dangerous. It was indeed easy to defend but difficult to attack.

But at this moment, Li Yan was full of confidence!

Because, the Liao Kingdom is already at the end of its strength!

To put it simply, the Liao Kingdom has no soldiers. Li Yan dares to assert that the Liao Kingdom's troops in the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun will never exceed 100,000, or even 50,000 or 60,000!

Some people may say that 50,000 to 60,000 are not much.

It looks a lot, but don’t forget that the Liao Kingdom had to station these 50,000 to 60,000 to 100,000 troops in more than a dozen states, countless passes, and also defend against the Jin Kingdom in the north.

Let’s take a look at how many soldiers and horses stationed in Liaoxi Beijing can be found. Twenty thousand is a big mark, and it may be less than 10,000.

Some people may think that Li Yan is completely a fool. A lean camel is bigger than a horse. How could the Liao Kingdom have only this little man left?

Sorry, the Liao Kingdom is really the only one with this number of troops.

In history, just over a year later, the first decisive battle between the Song and Liao dynasties was made up, and the Liao Kingdom had only gathered 30,000 troops to fight against the Song Kingdom's 100,000 troops. If it weren't for the lack of troops, could he have gathered 30,000 people?

Now there is more than a year before the decisive battle between the Song and Liao dynasties. The Jin Kingdom has not yet captured the Liao Zhongjing, and Yelu Yuji has not yet won the Jin Dynasty. Therefore, we should calculate more for the Liao army, which has 100,000 troops in Yanyun.

In this case, if the Liaoxijing cannot be captured, the Han people will never be able to take it back to Yunzhou.

Some people may say, what is the use of capturing Liaoxi Beijing, but they cannot connect to their own territory.

Yes, this is a good word.

However, if you capture Yanjing together and bring all the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun, it would be very different. Yanjing is not far east of the Bohai Sea. As long as you reach the seaside, Li Yan, who has thousands of large sea boats, can turn it into his own territory.

In fact, none of the above matters.

What’s important is that as long as the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun are in Li Yan’s hands, Li Yan can lock the powerful Jin Kingdom outside the pass, and then Li Yan’s opponent becomes a cowardly country with poor strength and flirting everywhere.

The Jin Kingdom could destroy Beishuang with 80,000 troops. Li Yan had 300,000 troops, but could he still destroy Beishuang?

More importantly, Zhao Ji was too particular about the ruler and his ministers, and even found excuses for Li Yan, "I attacked Liaoxijing for you, but you attacked my hometown from behind. If I destroy you, who can say that I did something wrong?"
Chapter completed!