"Did the officials let them fight for it?" Hu Yin came back to his senses, thought about the final result, and found it interesting again.

"Most of them didn't." Zhao Guanjia didn't look back, but laughter came over. "But there are two people who I couldn't help, and I really let them fight for it..."

"One is the King of Qin, and the other is...?" Hu Yin was very interested.

"One is Quduan, Prince of Zhenrong County, and the other is me." Zhao Jiu made a surprising statement. "It has nothing to do with Han Shizhong."

Hu Yin was rarely stunned.

"The truth is that too many people died in the imperial cavalry in this battle. According to me, their temperament has changed a lot... After the war, I looked at the casualty count and couldn't bear it. I hesitated at first.

After all, the person who gave him a prince was an upright general with good military exploits and qualifications. However, he had some bad past. The prince was unable to explain himself to him, so he took the initiative to ask him.

Do you want the prince to add a big banner?" Zhao Jiu didn't give in, just stood there with his hands behind his hands and explained calmly. "But Qu Duan took the initiative to propose that he didn't want a big banner, but hoped to change the throne for Liu Qi."

"Liu Qi's county king was asked by Qu Duan?" Hu Yin became more and more strange. He knew that Qu Duan rejected Dahu, but he really didn't know about asking Liu Qi to be the king. "These two people were in the imperial camp.

Isn't it so appropriate in the cavalry? I thought Liu Qi's title was given to him by the officials for the sake of Xianggong Zhang."

"Actually, I was also surprised at the time." Zhao Jiu nodded in response. "But after thinking about it for a while, I thought this would be a good idea...especially since Qu Duan had always been at odds with his colleagues in the past and had such an experience of being too selfish. Now He can broaden his horizons, stand taller, and understand that the cavalry should be encouraged as a whole... It is better for generals and ministers to be in harmony than to fight among themselves."

"That's true." Hu Yin thought thoughtfully. "But based on his previous crooked temperament, outsiders may still think that the officials are using Liu Qi to suppress him, but they don't want to do what he wants..."

"Fortunately." Zhao Jiu finally turned around with a smile. "I just said that the other person striving for credit is me, and I also have selfish motives... So, when Qu Duan did this, I suddenly realized it, and I took advantage of the situation to find the solution. Yuan came to block Han Shizhong, used Li Qiong to talk about the Eight Character Army's military exploits to block Wang Yan, and used Tian Shizhong to equalize Zhang Jun."

Hu Yin stood with his hands folded, looking at Zhao Guan's family who turned back to look at each other, and Yang Yizhong who looked uneasy on one side, his expression unchanged, but his heart was subtle.

Of course he knows where Zhao Guan's selfish motives lie, that is, Yang Liu... It is the selfish motives of Zhao Guan's family that these two people can be ranked as kings. No wonder this official said that only he and Qu Duan can succeed in competing for credit.

In this way, the slightly strange arrangement of the princes and queens makes sense.

Of course, the Royal Camp Cavalry is of great use, and it is a good thing that Qu Duan can make such a contrasting progress. Moreover, this person has also vaguely shouldered the dissatisfaction of the two senior generals such as Wang Yan and Wang De for the Zhao Guan family, which can be regarded as killing two birds with one stone.

In other words, if it were not for the extra burden of dissatisfaction, I am afraid that I would not be able to replace Liu Qi with just a large banner.

At this moment, Hu Yin suddenly realized something and quickly asked: "Guan Jia, I wonder if Guan Jia called me here today to read the novel first and then talk about this matter. Do you have any other ideas? Could it be that you are worried about your relationship with me?" Like a common king, he hates Qu Duan deeply, so why should he explain it specifically?"

"No." Zhao Jiu stood sideways and looked at the other party calmly. "The matter of Qu Duan was just mentioned casually. What I really want to tell Ming Zhong is that I participated in the competition for merit..."

Hu Yin said nothing and stared at the officials without saying a word.

"People are not saints. They are proud of their merits. Just like swords and armor that have been left for a long time, they are naturally dull and rusty... Ming Zhong." Zhao Jiu responded seriously. "I want you to come here because I want you to come forward to organize people and use my good name to gain greed. With his temperament, he wrote a story about the rise of the official family of Zhao and Song Dynasty, and the prosperity and prosperity of Henan in just thirty years. As a result, like Emperor Ming of Tang Dynasty, the country collapsed and the surrounding areas collapsed... The eighteen kings have written it. In the future, Lu Haowen, Hu Yin, I am also going to write the story of Zhang Jun’s mistake for the country... But I can easily write the story of the hero who made the mistake himself. Who will write the story of the hero who made the mistake of himself? After thinking about it, it’s not just that you happen to be here, the key is Yes, there are not many people who dare to write my stories...so I still have to ask you for my stories in the future."

"I understand. Although I am not good at writing, I am willing to try my best." Hu Yin rarely smiled, and his face broke out, but he immediately became serious. "But the officials, let's not mention this matter. The officials vowed to say it before What is it that 'it's time to get the news and start taking action', and because the King of Qin was unable to suppress Yanjing before, is he counting on Goryeo and Eastern Mongolia to join forces to find a way out for the Jurchens? Eastern Mongolia should be waiting for the Goryeo people in accordance with the official wishes, but Goryeo When do people move? Do they really dare to move?"

"Uh..." Zhao Jiu was a little dazed, but he gritted his teeth after all. "I thought that based on the national conditions of Korea, we would definitely send troops, but it would only be a few days sooner or later. Hu Qing needs to know that we are not included.

The Pyongyang Yangban of Koryo Junior High School has always advocated war with the Kingdom of Jin. Although the leader of the Kaijing Yangban, Kim Bo-sik, did not lead the war, he understood the situation and had brains. Therefore, after the battle of Wulu, they definitely did not dare.

The reason for sending troops but not wanting to send troops... I am afraid that there will be a fight between the two squads in Pyongyang and the two squads in Kaijing, so I have delayed a little time... Just wait a moment."

Hu Yin did not argue... because he knew very well about this issue that he did not have the expertise from Zhao Guan's family.

Don't talk nonsense, just talk about Korea.

In fact, there is really no problem with Zhao Jiu's judgment.

Whether it is another time and space or at present, Goryeo's diplomatic stance towards the Jin Kingdom has always been very divisive. Not to mention the mainstream big deal, the fierce attitude of war against the Jurchens has always existed, and the forces holding this attitude have always existed in the Goryeo Kingdom.

Very powerful.

the reason is simple.

First of all, the two sides were neighbors, had many contacts, and knew each other well. Even earlier, that is to say, before the rise of the Jurchens, the Koreans helped the Japanese defeat and deal with the Jurchen pirates who fled to Kyushu Island from the north, and

Taking this as an opportunity, the diplomatic relations between Japan and Goryeo were greatly improved.

Therefore, whether it is from a cultural or military perspective, the Koryo people have a sense of psychological superiority towards the Jurchens.

This caused them to be defeated during the rise of the Jurchens, and then after they surrendered to the Jurchens, they developed a shameful mentality similar to the shame of Jingkang in the Great Song Dynasty.

Scholar-officials, military officers, and civilians all had the desire and emotion to go to war.

Secondly, after the rise of the Jurchens, in order to stabilize the rear, they fought a local war with Goryeo very early and seized some territory on the east side of the Yalu River and northwest Goryeo to establish their advantage.

The so-called part of the territory, of course, seemed ridiculous to the Jurchens who later swallowed up thousands of miles, but to Goryeo, especially to the two groups of scholar-officials and landlords in Xijing and Pyongyang in the northwest, it was undoubtedly a blood feud like cutting flesh... I think

Just think about it, for Pyongyang Yangban, which occupies the northern half of the country's wealth, losing one-third of its territory is equivalent to cutting off one-third of its own property. How can you not hate it?

In fact, in another time and space, because of these things and the tradition of internal strife, the two squads in Pyongyang, which was leading the war, simply used the "Fighting of Gold" as an excuse to directly cause a split and rebellion with the two squads in Kaijing.

But back to the present, this emotion was firstly shocked by the powerful force displayed by the Jin Kingdom. Secondly, the so-called lack of wealth and interests was supplemented by the entrepot trade between the Song and Jin Dynasties during the Jianyan period, so Goryeo was

It has remained neutral until now.

But now I have to say it again. No matter what happened, when the results of the Huolu War were communicated to Goryeo, coupled with the harsh diplomatic attitude of the Zhao family before the war, there was already a powerful main war faction in the country.

Moreover, Goryeo, whose ruler is the inventor of the "big deal" policy, has no reason to be neutral anymore.

So why do Koreans react so slowly?

Not to mention anything else, the first thing is that the return trip by sea was blocked.

Time goes back to the beginning of this month. The deer was captured on February 3rd. On February 5th, the Imperial Cavalry Army and the Tianshi Division jointly pursued the area around Hejian. Before the 10th day of the month, Yue Fei's troops attacked Baoding (Baoding).

, at that time, after getting the large pile of "will" from Zhao Guan's family, the so-called "merchant group" arranged by Goryeo in Cangzhou no longer had any doubts.

However, the imperial navy of the Song Kingdom and the navy of the Jin Kingdom have been fighting at sea. No one in the Bohai Bay dares to sail without authorization!

This situation lasted until five days ago. It was heard that Zhao Guanjia's army was advancing eastward, and the Song army was likely to come from the land. Li Qi, the commander-in-chief of the Jin Dynasty navy, hastily abandoned the Cangzhou navy and headed north, and the Song Dynasty imperial navy also moved the battlefield north.

After entering the Cheongju area (today's southern Jin), the sea route was finally restored.

Therefore, coupled with the wrong wind direction on the road, the Koreans did not arrive in Kaijing until Han Shizhong, a novelist and editor of Zhao Guan's family, arrived in the morning.

However, as soon as they returned to Kaijing, they were immediately summoned by Kim Bu-sik, the ruler of Goryeo who personally arranged the matter.

"Thank you for your hard work, let's go down and rest!"

Unexpectedly, in the face of such earth-shattering news, Jin Fushi, who had read the decree announcements, had no intention of questioning and verifying it. He just nodded slightly and let these people rest early. His expression was calm and his demeanor remained unchanged. It seemed that

I have long expected similar results.

And after the members of the 'merchant group' left, Jin Fushi had no intention of suddenly losing his composure... The Prime Minister of Jin just sat there and closed his eyes for a moment, then stood up suddenly, called his servants, and immediately set off to enter the palace.

Kae Kyung was a carefully built capital city after the founding of Goryeo. It has nearly 30,000 steps and 22 gates. It is about the same size as Heiankyo in Japan. And just from the regulations of the capital, we can know that Goryeo and Japan are indeed East Asian traditions.

A strong country, culture, economy, and military are all typical highlands of civilization outside of China.

But now, this civilization will undoubtedly undergo another severe test.

Speaking of which, the last test was during the Jingkang period. At that time, the king of Goryeo had just come of age. He gathered his strength in the palace and prepared to eradicate the powerful minister Li Ziqian. However, Li Ziqian forewarned him and sent his party members to surround the palace. In the end, the entire palace was burned down by Li Ziqian's relatives.

After there were only three pavilions left, the minister ran to the pavilion to find the young king who had just grown up, crying and saying that he was loyal but was doubted by the king.

And the little king with only three pavilions left could only be "shy and speechless".

"Is the news confirmed?"

In the simple palace, the short king of Goryeo was actually only two years younger than the official family of Zhao Song. His original name was even Wang Gou, but he later changed his name to Wang Kai on his own initiative. When he heard the news, he couldn't believe it for a moment.

He walked down from the seat, but he was a little shorter than Li Ziqian who lowered his head. "Sixteen thousand households, one hundred and sixty strong houses, and nothing for a while?"

"I think it is credible." Jin Fushi raised his head and responded calmly. "Your Majesty, in the next year there will be news that Taiyuan and Yuancheng are about to attack. I can probably guess that this Northern Expedition will definitely be a major attack by the Song Army.

Victory, but I never thought that the Song army would win so thoroughly and so quickly."

Wang Kai took two steps back slightly, stood on the steps, and then nodded: "No wonder Mr. Jin gathered the troops to Kaijing early at the beginning of the year, and then inspected the ordnance and food and grass reserves."

"So that the lord of the country will know that of course my behavior is not purely prepared for today." Jin Fushi smiled bitterly at the foot of the stairs. "Because the Kingdom of Jin is a neighboring country after all, and the Kingdom of Song is facing each other across the sea... Therefore, I was even more afraid at that time.

However, the victory of the Song Army cannot be determined in one fell swoop. By then, the Jin Kingdom will still have some remaining strength, and Xijing (Pyongyang) will inevitably use the victory of the Song Army to stir up trouble in an attempt to defeat the Jin... These armies gathered in Kaijing to prepare, and only

Twenty percent means that it is like today, but eighty percent means preparing to send troops to Xijing (Pyongyang) as quickly as possible if necessary to eliminate civil strife invisible."

Wang Kai sighed more and more: "My husband is actually sincere."

"It's not sincerity. If the country is not too small and it is hard to survive in front of a big country thousands of miles away, I don't want to be a vassal with those barbarians from the Jin Kingdom, let alone go to Tokyo of the Song Dynasty to be humiliated by the Zhao Song officials. Being insulted in the imperial newspaper is repeated.

You villain." Jin Fushi remained sincere. "But there is no way, who allows Goryeo to be right next to China? A small country can only try to survive... After hearing the news today, I came to see your majesty and persuaded your majesty to go to war with the Jin Kingdom.

When I heard about the Jingkang Incident in Ningbo, I came back directly to persuade your Majesty to submit to the Kingdom of Jin, which is actually the same thing."

Wang Kai was silent for a moment, obviously helpless, but after a while, he still cheered up and asked formally: "So, the current situation can only lead to an immediate war?"

"That's right." Jin Fushi also became serious. "If the war cannot be started quickly, the Song Dynasty may be bordering Goryeo after the war. At that time, the officials of the Zhao and Song Dynasties will bring 300,000 elite soldiers to pursue them. No one can bear the wrath of this thunder.

"Secondly, once the news spreads, people here in Kaijing (Pyongyang) will not want to start a war, and people in Xijing (Pyongyang) will also be unable to restrain themselves... Maybe there will be some trouble."

Wang Kai nodded: "Internal and external pressure, I...I understand."

"That's right." Jin Fushi replied in a low voice. "In the next few years, we should be more careful. After all, we have not proclaimed ourselves emperor, so we should not exceed the rules."

Wang Kai nodded again, but lowered his voice and asked seriously: "Let's not talk about this matter, even if a war starts, Xijing will not let it go, right?"

This time it was Jin Fushi's turn to be silent for a while, but after only being silent for a few breaths, he raised his head and said sincerely: "Your Majesty, I have three requirements for sending troops this time."

"My lord, please speak." Wang Kai understood and immediately sat back on the throne.

"First, send troops as soon as possible, but keep it secret." Jin Fushi explained seriously. "Because the Jin Kingdom is a big country after all. Even if the main force in the front is all elite, the troops in Liao and the rear are not

We, Goryeo, can resist...so we have to take them by surprise and try our best to paralyze the opponent. It is best for the Jin people to transfer many of their troops to Yanjing."

"I...I know this!" Wang Kai heard it properly and nodded immediately.
To be continued...