When taking stock of Ming Taizong at the beginning, Lao Zhu was stunned!

Chapter 185 Reduce large-scale combat!
At this time, he couldn't help but feel lucky for his future appointment of Han people and promotion of Zhao Yanshou. Fortunately, he inherited the late emperor's consistent broad-mindedness and never treated Zhao Yanshou poorly.

Now it seems that he is really useful!
It's not that the Khitan didn't have other talented Han generals or ministers, but either they were unwilling to contribute, or they didn't dare to believe too much, so most of them still needed to be observed.

The number of people who can really be deeply bound to the Khitan and have less contact with the Central Plains is actually not many, not to mention, they may not even be as good as Zhao Yanshou.

Yelu Tulu smiled and said: "Great Khan, people say that the culture of the Central Plains is extensive and profound, but I have a lot of precious stones, and I am not very proficient in internal affairs. Compared with the Han Dynasty, I am far behind."

In his opinion, Yelu Deguang could not let Shi Chonggui continue to develop, and the march south would never stop halfway. So what they had to do was to find Shi Chonggui's weaknesses, and in the next struggle, they would make contributions to Daliao and make money for themselves. Get more merit!

Yelu Deguang understood that Shi Chonggui's move of appointing talents will inevitably lead to many conflicts within the court. At the same time, there will be natural disasters that continue to occur in the later Jin Dynasty, and hidden dangers of local forces. These can be his starting points!
[In August, Yelu Deguang personally led the troops again and began to move south. Later, he added insurance to Zhao Yanshou's fake surrender. 】

[In September, Liu Yanzuo, the governor of Yingzhou, wrote a letter to the Leshou Supervisor of the Later Jin Dynasty. It was also a letter of sincerity, saying that he was caring about the Central Plains and had been waiting for the opportunity. Now there were less than a thousand Khitan troops in the city. He asked the Later Jin Dynasty to send troops to cooperate with him internally and externally. . 】

[In addition, Liu Yanzuo also described the situation of Khitan in his letter: Rains flooded this autumn, and the water levels of rivers everywhere rose or even overflowed, especially in the north of Waqiao Pass. Many livestock were urgently moved and tents were demolished overnight. withdraw. 】

[Yelu Deguang was worried and rushed back to the Liao Kingdom all night long. If something unexpected happened south of Waqiao Pass, not to mention the road and the rising river, people in most places in the Liao Kingdom would be panicked. No matter if he wanted to counterattack or defend, he would not be able to make it in time. . 】

[This letter was written with sincerity and contained a lot of favorable information. The later Jin Dynasty, who had already believed in Zhao Yanshou and planned to send troops, compared the situation between Liu Yanzuo and Zhao Yanshou again, and was even more overjoyed. 】

[If troops are sent, Yingzhou will return to the Later Jin Dynasty. This temptation is too great, so much so that Wang Luan, the supervisor of Le Shou, repeatedly writes letters stating that the situation is great at this time and that if we capture Yingzhou, we will definitely win it!

The profit was so great that Shi Chonggui and a group of ministers immediately chose to believe it after a little trial and included Yingzhou and Mozhou in the action plan. 】
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Song Dynasty, Kaibao period.

Zhao Defang concluded: "However, facts have proven that pie will not fall in the sky, and any sudden 'good news' should be treated with suspicion.

There are thousands of people in the world, but not many good things happen. Why does it happen to you?
Besides, this is not something you just picked up a few pieces of gold or silver. This is something that benefits the whole country, and it is something that can directly change the situation of the Later Jin Dynasty at that time. Did it just fall from the sky?

Even if what those people said and the letters they wrote were true, if they concealed something in key places or modified their rhetoric, then Jin Dynasty would be completely in an irreversible situation!
"We all know that the pie will never fall from the sky, but when the pie appears in front of our eyes, most people still can't restrain their greed. It's okay to trust, but you have to make your own judgment, and you can't trust everything."

Zhao Kuangyin said: "Just like the Liao Kingdom's false surrender, a lot of the information they provided is true, and it is indeed easier for people to believe it, but the most critical thing is that he did not make any preparation for the fact that some of the information might be false. .”

The Liao Kingdom provided some information that the generals and officials of the later Jin Dynasty believed to be true, so most of this information was true.

But the most important point is that if any of this information is false, you will lose everything, so you absolutely cannot bet your entire fortune on it!
Especially when the intelligence network of the Later Jin Dynasty in the Liao Kingdom was not deep enough, and it did not have an absolute advantage over the Liao Kingdom.Intelligence, intelligence, really cannot be overemphasized.

[Shi Chonggui was overwhelmed by his serious illness and began to prepare for this goal. 】

[The first is the appointment of various military and horse generals. Among them, Du Chongwei still serves as the commander of the northern camp, and the one who serves as the military and horse supervisor of the northern camp is Li Shouzhen. 】

[At the same time, Shi Chonggui also issued an edict: take Ying and Mo first to stabilize Guannan; then attack You and Yan to pacify Saibei. 】

[In this way, the army of the Later Jin Dynasty set out on the road with endless hope and ardent expectations for a better future. From the descendants to the clan, everyone's face was filled with happy smiles, as if they had captured the Liao Kingdom. 】

[On October 25, Du Chongwei and Li Shouzhen met in Guangjin (Daming County, Hebei Province) and headed north together. 】

[During this process, Du Chongwei did something outrageous. He asked Shi Chonggui for additional troops, "If we go deep into the enemy's territory, we must use all our strength." 】

[What is even more unexpected is that Shi Chonggui actually agreed to his request and sent most of the forbidden troops out. 】

[In November, Du Chongwei led his troops to the city of Yingzhou. At this time, Yelu Deguang had already led his troops south to surround Zhenzhou. Similarly, on the ninth day of the lunar month, he sent cavalry to detect the impending arrival of the Later Jin army. 】

[After understanding the movements of the Later Jin army, Yelu Deguang could no longer control his joy. Everything was going in the direction he wanted. 】
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Tang Dynasty, Zhenguan period.

Although Li Shimin also thought that Shi Chonggui might have an unbalanced mentality and misjudge the current situation after a great victory, he did not expect that Shi Chonggui could become demented to such an extent.

First take Yingmo and stabilize Guannan, then return to Youyan and pacify Saibei?
Even if it is used as a slogan to inspire soldiers, it is a bit exaggerated. It is not that he undermines the confidence of the later Jin Dynasty and looks down on the Central Plains. In fact, this step is too big.

According to what Shenwei said, the situation in the Later Jin Dynasty was due to internal and external troubles, and various conflicts had not yet been resolved. Let alone regaining Youyan and leveling Saibei, even trying to capture Yingzhou and Mozhou was an extremely difficult task.

You must know that the biggest difficulty for the Later Jin Dynasty to go north was actually the Later Jin Dynasty itself - natural disasters continued, famine everywhere, and officials plundered the people.

How could such a national power be able to support a large-scale war in the later Jin Dynasty, or a war going north and far away from the homeland!
Even if they gain a temporary advantage, in the future, when their own national strength is vain, where will they find the troops to defend the new territory?
When Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty went to conquer the Xiongnu, he enacted many policies, killed many corrupt officials, and plundered money and food from various places. At the same time, he also had to be careful not to squeeze the people too harshly.

Even then, by the late period, the economic situation of the Han Dynasty was no longer optimistic. If it were not forced by the situation, how could Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty begin to recuperate and take the initiative to reduce large-scale wars!
(End of this chapter)