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"Song and Jin join forces?"

Li Yan was stunned at first, then laughed "haha"!

After laughing, Li Yancai said, "How could you make such a judgment?"

Seeing that Li Yan seemed to not believe that the Song and Jin meeting joined forces, Xu Guanzhong explained: "Han Shizhong intercepted a man dressed as a refugee. The man said that he was a servant of the Central Secretariat and Sun Shi of the Quanzhi Academy. He took the initiative to submit a secret letter and an edict written by Emperor Song and Emperor Shang of Song to King Kang of Song. The secret letter said that the Jin people were willing to return all the royal family members of the Zhao Song, clans and ministers, including Emperor Song, Emperor Shang of Song, and were willing to send troops to help Zhao Song regain Bianliang City and expel us. Then the two countries used the Yellow River as the boundary, built forever, formed brotherly gangs, and never invaded. The edict asked King Kang of Song to immediately raise troops to attack us with the Jin army north and south."

Seeing that Li Yan did not express his words, Xu Guanzhong said again: "Sun said that he was deliberately leaving our defense zone, with the purpose of sending us a letter. Before him, the Jin people had sent three waves of peace envoys to Yingtian Mansion. Two of them were from Jin people, and one was from Song Hanlin's reign, Wu Kai and Mo Qiu. We did not intercept those three waves of envoys. I guess they had gone around from the Song people's defense zone. Calculate the time, the Song Grand Marshal's Mansion should have seen the peace envoys sent by the Jin people."

After hearing this, Li Yan asked Xu Guanzhong: "Do you think the peace talks between Song and Jin?"

Xu Guanzhong said: "From the perspective of the Song people, the peace agreements proposed by the Jin people are the most beneficial to them. Besides, Emperor Song and Emperor Shang of Song have issued an edict, so I think there is a possibility of joining forces between Song and Jin, even if the Jin people once abolished Zhao Song."

After hearing this, Li Yan walked towards a handbasin in the corner.

Xu Guanzhong and Li Yan fought north for many years, and the two had already developed an extraordinary tacit understanding.

Therefore, Xu Guanzhong quickly realized that Li Yan was not just washing his hands, but also did not want others to listen to the conversation between them.

So, Xu Guanzhong raised his legs and followed him, and then served Li Yan to wash his hands.

When they came to the handbasin, Li Yan said: "If Zhao Ji and Zhao Huan were not deposed and the Jin people came up with such conditions, they would likely form an alliance, but now, it would be impossible."

Xu Guanzhong said in confusion: "Why is this?"

Li Yan said: "You, you are all talented in literature, martial arts, but this political struggle is not good."

My family knows their own affairs.

First of all, Xu Guanzhong is a gentleman who disdains political struggle.

Secondly, as soon as Xu Guanzhong was born, he met Li Yan, the wise master. Since then, Li Yan has always valued Xu Guanzhong and has always protected Xu Guanzhong, preventing Xu Guanzhong from falling into political struggles and only focusing on doing things.

In this way, Xu Guanzhong, who has not experienced any major political incidents, has indeed some shortcomings in political struggles.

Xu Guanzhong said, "Thank you for protecting your ministers over the years."

Li Yan said: "If you are trapped in internal struggle, who will conquer the world for me?" Then, without waiting for Xu Guanzhong to continue, he said: "If you want to correctly view the problem of Zhao Song, you must first separate Zhao Song, well... let's divide it into the Northern Song and the Southern Song."

Li Yan reached into the basin, and then washed his hands while continuing, "Zhao Ji, Zhao Huan was abolished, and the Northern Song Dynasty was actually destroyed. Now the only remaining is the Southern Song Dynasty. This Southern Song is a political group headed by King Kang Zhao Gou. After several months of development, some of them have obtained the position of prime minister, and some have obtained the position of Privy Councilor. Zhao Gou himself, in the hearts of many people in the Southern Song Dynasty, has already replaced Zhao Huan's Emperor..."

Xu Guanzhong disdained internal struggle, not stupid. After Li Yan's thrust, he immediately figured it out and said, "The official family said that people from the Southern Song Dynasty do not want Emperor Song and Emperor Shang of Song to go back and snatch King Kang of the throne?"

Li Yan said: "Once the emperor goes, the emperor, if Zhao Ji or Zhao Huan goes back, the first thing he thinks is not to resist the Jin Dynasty or come to drive us away, but to regain their imperial power. If Zhao Huan restores it, he must be used as prime minister, Feng Cheng and Cao Fu as Privy Councilor. If Zhao Ji restores it, he must be used as old ministers of the Huizong Dynasty as prime minister. In this way, Wang Boyan and Huang Qianshan who are now serving as prime ministers of the Southern Song Dynasty will not only have to stand aside, but may also be cleaned up. By the way, there are also Fanners and Zhao Ye who once openly violated the orders given by Zhao Huan, resulting in Zhao Ji, Zhao Huan and others being captured and humiliated. If Zhao Ji and Zhao Huan and others going back, how could they not settle the score with Fanner and Zhao Ye? In short, most of the people in the Southern Song Dynasty do not want Zhao Ji and Zhao Huan and others to go back."

Li Yan took the towel from Xu Guanzhong and wiped his hands, then said, "This is not the most important thing. The most important thing is Zhao Gou... Under the sky, above all sentient beings, with Tianxian in his mouth, holding authority, governing all directions, looking down at the people. For Zhao Gou, who had dreamed of having a dream, this throne was a temptation that he could never refuse. When Zhao Ji and Zhao Huan returned, he not only could not be the emperor, but would also be persecuted because of suspicion. Don't forget how Zhao Huan dealt with his father Zhao Ji."

Xu Guanzhong heard it and said in a cold sweat, "The official said that those people from the Southern Song Dynasty would stop the peace talks between Song and Jin, and would King Kang of Song agree that such a thing would happen?"

Li Yan said: "This possibility is very high."

Xu Guanzhong thought for a while and said, "The official said it very reasonably, but we are not afraid of ten thousand, but we should be on guard against it if we are afraid."

Li Yan said: "You are right, so Han Shizhong is preparing for a decisive battle with the Jin army while strengthening the defense in the south."

Xu Guanzhong responded: "No!"

After pondering for a while, Li Yan said again: "I inform Wu Jie and Yue Fei to send troops."

Xu Guanzhong hesitated for a moment and said, "Are you waiting? I have already transferred Wang Yan over. At most half a month, Wang Yan can lead an army of 30,000 people to come. In addition, Zhongnan has also squeezed out a squad of people and boarded the ship three days ago."

Li Yan shook his head and said, "You can't wait any longer. If you wait for a long time, we will lose the opportunity to regain Yan Yun."

Xu Guanzhong also knew that taking advantage of Yan Yun's main force of the Jin army to go south and launching a sudden attack while the Jin Kingdom did not know the situation in the south was the most likely to regain Yan Yun. If you miss this thousand-year-old opportunity and recover Yan Yun with many dangerous obstacles, it would be absolutely difficult, and it is even possible that you will never be able to regain Yan Yun like the Song Dynasty.

Xu Guanzhong said: "If Yue Fei goes north, he will have to at least 50,000 elite troops. In addition, he will have to send a large army to take over Yue Fei to defend the Yellow River to prevent the Jin army from escaping back. Here we must not only prepare for a decisive battle with the Jin army, but also beware of the Song army's sneak attack. With our existing troops, we are really a little short of it."

Li Yan looked at Fan Qiong, Wu Ge, and Wang De, and said, "This is why I summoned them."

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Chapter completed!