Liu An always thought that the Wanyan tribe would rise in at least fifty years.
But now I hear Li Jilong say this, it makes sense to think about it.
The rise of any nation must require long-term accumulation, and it is absolutely impossible to be completed overnight. It is normal to have already sprouted in this era.
Liu An asked: "I have secretly sent someone to Mingzhou and transfer the gunboats to the north."
"Okay. It depends on whether Shi Baoji has vision at this time. If so, he should have transferred the Goryeo troops north and take the opportunity to take down Wugu City."
"Will this provoke a war?"
Li Jilong asked back: "Yes, but you have gunboats in your hands. The Goryeo Army can attack and retreat and defend. I don't believe that the Liao people dare to go south to attack Song at this time. They are very weak. The battle in Youzhou seems that the main force of the Liao army has not been damaged, but what is the main force? It is not the number of people. The population of our Song Dynasty is much higher than that of the Liao army. Is the strength of our Song Dynasty higher than that of the Liao army?"
"The warrior is a trick, I will teach you a trick, it's useful. Listen to me, and you will write a letter to ask Shi Baoji to attack Wugu City, and send people to transport weapons. I will send people to the towns in Beifang to make them be careful."
Liu An asked again: "Our merchants in Youzhou have larger stocks."
Li Jilong said: "Don't worry, the Liao army in Youzhou has a limited number of troops. As long as there is any abnormal movement, we will immediately send troops north. In terms of distance, our speed is at least five days faster than the Liao army, because there are canals here and the roads are well built. It is winter. Once the Liao army has a little movement, we will immediately raise troops north and surround Youzhou first."
"Then what?"
"Then even if the Liao army retreated from the peace talks, our Song Dynasty did not have the ability before, but now you can ask our Song Dynasty to station troops in Youzhou. If the Liao Kingdom also stationed troops, it would be impossible for us to consume ten Liao Kingdoms."
This trick is very bad, but Liu An said he likes it very much.
The Liao Kingdom is different from the Song Dynasty.
If the garrison is consumed, the garrison on the Song Dynasty will be similar to the previous standing guards, and the increased military expenditure will be at most a few cents, which is enough for a million guan.
But the Liao army was different. They had very few standing troops, and the most elite troops were placed in Zhongjing. Yelu Longqing's elite troops were completely lost in the last battle of Youzhou, and the new ones had not been trained yet.
The group of professional Liao troops that originally confronted the Song Dynasty in the north also suffered almost the same losses.
The rest of the Liao army were recruited temporarily.
If these people become garrisons, the amount of food and drink in the army alone can tighten the Liao Dynasty's finances. When garrisons, they can fight for consumption. The Song Dynasty can continuously provide benefits to the Song army and then attract the Liao army to surrender.
If the Liao army used the same method, the Liao Kingdom's finances would have only one way to go bankrupt.
"write a letter!"
Liu An began to grind ink.
Liu An wrote a letter to Shi Baoji, and Li Jilong wrote a letter to the northern commanders, and asked Liu An to sign his letter. The reason was very simple. Liu An had already won the morale of the army in the Battle of Youzhou. In addition, Liu An also sent money, publishing, sending food, and sending concubines. The soldiers and horses from both sides of Hebei liked Liu An very much.
After the two wrote the letter, Li Jilong said again: "You can't make trouble tonight. Tomorrow on February 2nd, the officials will sacrifice to heaven and earth, and they will be exempted from agricultural taxes. Tomorrow night, you will go directly to Yelu Longqing and say, you just knew that the Goryeo soldiers won and destroyed your 20,000 Liao soldiers."
"Not good." Liu An looked embarrassed.
You should know that the 20,000 was carefully selected by Yelu Longqing and belonged to the foundation of the Shan army. Yelu Longqing could turn against him on the spot.
Li Jilong shook his head: "Believe me, although my eyes are blurry at this age, people can see clearly. Yelu Longqing will not turn against you, but will further consider discussing peace with you. This time, it will be a real cede to the land."
Liu An didn't understand: "Why?"
After thinking about it, Li Jilong said: "I guessed it. You can ask Kou Zhun about this and see what he thought. The Empress Dowager Liao made a new policy. I think it was not for our Song Dynasty, but something happened in the Liao Dynasty. Northern Liao has always relied on the support of Southern Liao, and Southern Liao is unwilling to support it. However, the nobles in the Liao Kingdom held great power in the hands of the great nobles in Northern Liao, so she was to appease Southern Liao, and she was even more afraid that Southern Liao people would flee south."
This idea was too bold, and Liu An didn't dare to think about it.
Historically, although the Liao Kingdom lost the battle south, it could win politically and get the annual monies of the Song Dynasty.
The Song Dynasty's annual monies, which had increased several times, supported the great nobles of the Liao Kingdom.
Now, Liao Kingdom lost, not only did it lose its annual monies, but it also lost many cities of Yanyun. It used to suck blood from the sixteen states, but now it sucks blood from the ten states, so the ten states bleed more.
The conflict between Southern Liao and Northern Liao began to emerge.
Liu Anxin said that it seemed that Li Jilong was right, and this guess was bold but not without reason.
Li Jilong wrote a letter to Kou Zhun on the spot, but asked someone to send it in the name of Liu An: "You can wait one more day. If three hundred miles are fast, you will receive a reply at noon the day after tomorrow."
"kindness."
Li Jilong said again: "The official family is now offering sacrifices to the sky, and the official family is all about Fengshan. The Song and Liao will not go directly to war, so where will the indirect battlefields of Song and Liao be fought?"
Liu An asked: "Gold and Copper Mining Area?"
Li Jilong added: "And your Western Regions trade routes."
"It's not me..." Liu An was about to say it was not mine, but Li Jilong directly interrupted Liu An: "And, Changbai Mountain."
Liu An suddenly reacted.
Yelu Longqing is really cruel. Changbai Mountain is the holy mountain and sacred mountain of the Jin Kingdom. Then, when you go forward, Changbai Mountain is the holy mountain and sacred mountain of the Jurchens.
Due to internal conflicts, the Liao Kingdom sent the unsuppressed Jurchens directly to the opposite side of the Song Dynasty.
Seeing Liu An come to his senses, Li Jilong asked: "So, should you fight or not?"
"Fight! But."
Li Jilong responded: "But, why didn't I dissuade you when you were talking about Changbai Mountain to exchange for Yinshan?"
Liu An nodded solemnly: "Yes."
Li Jilong said: "Also, Yelu Longqing kept asking you to discuss business, saying that it was spending money, but in fact he borrowed money from our Song Dynasty and used the ore from the silver mountain to pay the debt. He wanted to occupy the folk coins of the Song Dynasty, so that the Song Dynasty could not borrow money from the people when the national treasury was empty, so that it would consume the Song Dynasty."
Li Jilong placed a cup on his desk: "Building rivers, roads and wharfs for the Liao people will consume a lot of coins from the merchants of the Song Dynasty. Then, against the Jurchens who occupied the holy mountain by the Song Dynasty, it will consume more than just coins. Next, the Liao people incite the forces on the grassland to constantly harass your Western Regions trade routes, which will consume coins and manpower again."
After listening to Li Jilong's speech, Liu An couldn't understand: "I don't understand. Since I know it's a pit, why don't you stop me?"
Li Jilong asked: "Aren't you also suspicious? Is there any conspiracy?"
"yes."
Chapter completed!