A knife in love

Chapter 1965
When Feng Wei said this, he paused for a while, glanced at Li Qiufeng, and said in his mouth: "When I heard Mr. Tong Guan narrate this matter, I was startled and doubtful at first, thinking that although Song and Khitan were feuds, but since The alliance of Chanzhou was concluded, and the two countries have not used swords for more than a hundred years. If Song Dynasty broke the alliance and attacked Liao with the Jurchen alliance, it would be morally unjustifiable. What's more, the Khitan's defeat by the Jurchen is just a legend after all. No one has seen it with their own eyes. If someone deliberately fabricated this to instigate Da Song and Khitan to go to war, Da Song will definitely be in danger immediately. Although I don't serve in the army, I also know that among the officers and soldiers of Da Song, except the Northwest Frontier Army Aside from the First World War, the hundreds of thousands of imperial troops have long been corrupted. Even if the Khitan army is not as brave as it was a hundred years ago, the soldiers of the Song Dynasty are no match. Master Tong Guan listened to Ma Zhi's words and wanted to join hands with the Kingdom of Jin to destroy Daliao. No matter how you look at it, the risk is huge. Therefore, I have always disagreed with the war with the Liao Kingdom. Until Mr. Tong Guan relayed Ma Zhi's last words, my heart was moved and I thought to myself Your lord has already sent his cronies to the capital of the Liao Kingdom to inquire about the news. It is conceivable that the Jurchens will sweep through Liaodong. If the Jurchens enter the pass in large numbers, after destroying the Liao Kingdom, they will definitely occupy the Sixteen Youyun Prefectures. At that time, the Song Dynasty will face The right enemy is bound to be more ferocious than Khitan."

Feng Wei sighed as he spoke, and continued: "When people talk about the Battle of Changping in the past, they all said that Zhao Guojun and his ministers were too greedy and took over South Korea's Shangdang County, which made the people of Qin angry and sent troops to attack. The state of Zhao caused all the elites of the Zhao army to die in Changping. A well-endowed state of Zhao with a strong army, the national power declined greatly and was eventually destroyed by the state of Qin. If the king and ministers of the state of Zhao were not tempted by the petty profits in front of them, they abandoned the land of Shangdang If you don’t accept it, maybe there will be no disaster of destroying the country. But these people are all hindsight, and they don’t know the heart of Qin’s tigers and wolves. Stretching between Qin and Zhao, it is a battleground for military strategists. Whether Zhao accepts or not, Qin will attack Zhao. In this case, it is better to occupy Shangdang County as soon as possible. When Qin comes to attack, you can still take advantage of the danger. Guard. The key to Ma Zhi's strategy to Ping Liao is not to Ping Liao, but to prevent the Jin people from going south."

When Li Qiufeng and Qi Jiu heard what Feng Wei said, they all praised Feng Wei's words in their hearts, thinking that Feng Wei's words were on point.At the beginning of the founding of the Song Dynasty, the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun had already been occupied by the Khitans, like a sharp sword hanging over their heads from time to time.Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin had to save money for this, and wanted to buy the heads of Khitan people with silver.Song Taizong Zhao Guangyi even personally led the army to conquer, but he was defeated in Gaoliang River and almost died at the hands of the Khitan people.Although the father and son of the Yang family tried their best to protect Zhao Guangyi in the end, Zhao Guangyi was shot in the leg by an arrow from the Khitan.This arrow not only took away more than half of Zhao Guangyi's ambition to destroy Khitan and rule the world, but also the arrow wound never healed.Zhao Guangyi's final death was greatly related to the arrow wound.The Sixteen States of Youyun became the nightmare of the emperors of the Song Dynasty. If the Jurchens replaced the Khitans to occupy the Sixteen States of Youyun, the life of the Song Dynasty would be even more difficult.

Feng Wei's expression was gloomy, and he continued: "Lord Tong Guan told me that after hearing Ma Zhi's words, Emperor Huizong was also shocked. He thought for a long time before asking Master Tong Guan whether he should cooperate with Jin Guo Join forces to attack the Liao Kingdom. Master Tong Guan was afraid that he would fight alone and give the political opponents an excuse, so he had to tell Emperor Huizong that Ma Zhi had been an official in the Liao Kingdom for many years and was familiar with the domestic situation of the Liao Kingdom. Since he proposed the strategy of flattening the Liao Dynasty , might as well listen to what he has in mind.

"Emperor Huizong immediately turned his attention to Ma Zhi after listening to Master Tong Guan. Ma Zhi said to Emperor Huizong that although the Jurchens were brave and good at fighting and beat the Khitan people into embarrassment, they grew up in a remote place after all. The barbarians have a combined population of only 30 million, and there are many women, children, old and weak among them. They have only tens of thousands of soldiers to fight. Therefore, the generals of the Liao army often say that "Jurchens are less than [-], and they are invincible". It is a big country with a vast territory and a population of tens of millions, which is a hundred times and a thousand times that of the Jin people. It is just that the emperor of the Liao Kingdom was greedy for pleasure, and his ministers and soldiers were corrupt, so he was taken advantage of by the Jin people. When the Liao army conquered the Jurchen, I am afraid that the Jurchens will not only fail to defeat the Liao army, but also destroy the entire family. The leader of the Jurchens can defeat the strong with the weak and defeat the Khitan people. He must be a great man with foresight and foresight. He should One thing I know is that the Khitan army cannot go all out to conquer Liaodong, because the Central Plains Song Dynasty restrained the Khitan people. Otherwise, the Khitan people will put all their eggs in one basket, and millions of troops will flood into Liaodong like a tide. No matter how brave the Jurchens are, a dozen Khitans Even if someone beats him alone, he must be defeated. As far as I can see, as long as Da Song sends envoys to meet with the leaders of the Jurchens and propose a joint attack on Liao, they must be overjoyed. Although the Jurchens are brave, they are not as good as the people in the Central Plains Foresight. I heard that I can enter the customs to rob the population and property of the Liao Kingdom. I must think that I have a plan. How can I have the intention to seize the sixteen prefectures of Youyun? At that time, the Great Wall will be the boundary between the Great Song Dynasty and the Kingdom of Jin, and the troops will be stationed in Youyun Sixteen prefectures in the cloud. Send famous generals to train soldiers to wait for the right time. Since ancient times, the Hu people have no luck for a hundred years. The Jurchens were originally barbarians who lived in a bitter and cold place. Although he is quite strong, the beggar, who has never had enough food and clothing, suddenly saw a table full of delicious food and wine, so he had to eat a lot. When he was so full of food that he couldn't walk, he had to beat the beggar , it will not be difficult.”

Li Qiufeng and Qi Jiuyue were even more frightened when they heard this. They thought that Ma Zhi was just a Han survivor who had been oppressed by the Khitans. In order to vent his anger, they went to the Song Dynasty to offer a strategy to Emperor Huizong to pacify the Liao Dynasty.Unexpectedly, this person has far-reaching wisdom, not only to deal with the Khitans, but also to plot against the Jurchens.If the monarchs and ministers of the Great Song Dynasty were united and acted according to Ma Zhi's plan, it would not be difficult to destroy not only the Khitan, but also the Jin Kingdom in the end.After Jingkang, the Kingdom of Jin was indeed as Ma Zhi said, the emperor was only greedy for pleasure, which made Wen Tian and Wu play, and the court was extremely corrupt.When the Tartars rose up, they would destroy the once powerful Jin Kingdom in just a few years.It can be seen that Ma Zhi's strategy was very likely to be realized.I only hate the incompetence of the monarchs and ministers of the Song Dynasty, and the corruption of the officers and men, which made Ma Zhi's clever plan not only not realized in the end, but also angered him, which led to the shame of Jingkang.

While Li Qiufeng and Qi Jiu were thinking about it, Feng Wei went on to say: "Emperor Huizong was overjoyed when he heard Ma Zhi's words without any leaks. He ignored whether Lord Tong Guan agreed or not, and asked how Ma Zhi should form an alliance with the Kingdom of Jin. Ma Zhi Zhi said to Emperor Huizong that Khitan was separated between the Great Song Dynasty and Liaodong, and it would be extremely risky to go overland to the alliance. It is better to send envoys to the sea from Dengzhou or Laizhou to Liaodong and Jinhui to form an alliance. Emperor Huizong was overjoyed when he heard the words, Ma Zhi was given the surname of Zhao, and he changed his name to Zhao Liangsi from then on. The emperor appointed Zhao Liangsi as secretary Cheng, presided over the planning of the alliance with the Jin Guoguo, and the discussion of destroying the Liao Dynasty began. Zhao Liangsi's official fortune was prosperous, and he entered the Longtu a few days later Pavilion, mentioned the Longevity Temple, added the Youwen Palace to compile, and became a close minister of Emperor Huizong."

(End of this chapter)