Cai Jing had already thought of the words to respond in his mind, and immediately replied, "Back to your majesty, I thought that I should first send someone to inform the nearby prefectures and counties of Jeju and order them to deploy their own soldiers to strengthen the city defense to prevent the bandits from attacking the city.
Thirdly, although the Liangshan bandits attacked several cities in a row, their forces are limited after all and they cannot expand too fast.
Therefore, all prefectures and counties are united vertically and horizontally to support each other, so there is no need to worry too much."
After hearing this, Long Yan was slightly pleased, Huizong nodded and said, "In that case, according to the wishes of the Grand Master, we will order the garrison from all over the country to strengthen their defense and help each other."
"Your Majesty is wise."
After Huizong finished speaking, all the officials in the audience said loudly, but it is not known whether these ministers really thought so.
While Lin Chong was intensifying the training of surrendered troops and new troops in Jeju, he asked Dai Zong to send spies to Tokyo to carefully inquire about the movements of the imperial court.
But what puzzled Lin Chong was that after waiting for a week, no news came out from the court, as if they didn't know that Jeju had been lost.
Lin Chong was a little confused, so he asked Wu Yong, Gongsun Sheng, Qiao Daoqing and Zhu Wu for questioning.
After hearing Lin Chong's doubts, Qiao Daoqing smiled slightly and said, "In my opinion, I'm afraid the imperial court has endured this failure and will not send troops to attack us again this year."
"I also agree with Brother Qiao's statement," Wu Yong thought for a while and then said.
"Oh, how come the two brothers meet each other?"
Lin Chong asked in confusion.
Wu Yong said nothing, but looked at Qiao Daoqing with a smile, meaning that he would be the one to answer Lin Chong's questions.
Wu Yong had already shown his value in making suggestions time and time again, and there was no need to prove anything.
However, Qiao Daoqing had fewer opportunities to perform, so Wu Yong wanted to leave the opportunity to him so that he could show off in front of Lin Chong.
Qiao Daoqing understood Wu Yong's intention, gave him a kind smile, and then said to Lin Chong, "Brother, in fact, it is not difficult to analyze this matter.
The imperial court has sent large armies to conquer us several times, with a total strength of hundreds of thousands.
Although Gao Qiu had 100,000 defenders from various places during his time, there were also 50,000 imperial troops and imperial guards.
The number of soldiers and generals was lost many times, making the imperial army even more numerous. reduce.
Moreover, Tian Hu in Hebei Province has still not been pacified.
Since Tian Hu openly proclaimed himself emperor, it would have a greater impact on the court's prestige.
Therefore, the court will definitely focus on him, which will result in fewer troops to be mobilized.
Now all the ministers in the DPRK know that if they want to attack Liangshan, they must send heavy troops.
It will not help if there are few people, but it is difficult for the court to mobilize heavy troops.
That’s why I guessed that the imperial court had temporarily tolerated it and placed all its hopes on quelling Tian Hu as soon as possible, and then with the momentum of victory, mobilize the army to attack us."
Lin Chong nodded while listening to Qiao Daoqing's analysis.
Yes, he really should thank Tian Hu.
If he hadn't openly rebelled, his attack on Daming Mansion would not have gone so smoothly.
As for now, it is precisely because of Tian Hu's restraint that the imperial court cannot do its best to attack itself.
Now it has to suspend the use of troops against itself and acquiesce in the fact that Jeju is occupied by itself.
After hearing what Qiao Daoqing said, Lin Chong said with satisfaction, "Brother Qiao's great talk made me enlightened.
Okay, since the court is unable to attack us now, let's find time to prepare for war, and then take down Yanzhou and Dezhou in one go.
The imperial court was completely heartbroken."
"Brother, take your orders," the four of them replied with a smile after listening to Lin Chong's words.
The four of them actually thought so in their hearts.
Just when Lin Chong was nervously preparing for war in Jeju, a piece of news disrupted Lin Chong's deployment.
Of course, it was not only Lin Chong who was disrupted, but also the court.
The Liao Kingdom sent troops.
Not to mention the Liao Kingdom, everyone knows about Water Margin whether they are familiar with it or not.
The Liao Kingdom is the biggest foreign enemy of the Song Dynasty today.
It is still not satisfied with occupying the sixteen states of Yanyun and has been eyeing the Song Dynasty covetously.
Although the two countries had signed the Chanyuan Alliance in exchange for a short-term peace on the border, the Liao Kingdom was still determined to defeat the Song Dynasty and often invaded and plundered the border, making the people on the border miserable.
This time, the leader of the Liao Kingdom sent four groups of troops to attack the Song Dynasty.
On the surface, it was to fight against the autumn wind, but in fact, it was a test of the Song Dynasty, because the Liao Kingdom also heard that civil strife was rife in the Song Dynasty, with Lin Chong in the east and Tian Hu in the north, so they came here. plan.
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If this attack encounters stubborn resistance from the Song Dynasty, it means that the Song Dynasty still has the strength to fight, so it will stop attacking when it feels better.
But if the Song Dynasty failed to make an effective response, or was unable to resist at all, then the Liao Kingdom would send a large number of troops south to attack the Song Dynasty.
After Lin Chong received the news, he sat there without saying a word for a long time.
It was not a trivial matter for the Liao Kingdom to invade the country.
Although the current strength of the Liao Kingdom was not as strong as before, it would be destroyed by the Jin Kingdom in the next few years.
But even so, it is difficult to withstand the current strength of the Song Dynasty, and the people living on the border have to suffer hardships, which can be said to be life and death catastrophes.
"Should we postpone the attack on Yanzhou and Dezhou so as not to put too much pressure on the court, or should we ignore it and continue as planned?"
Lin Chong closed his eyes and thought slowly.
I don't know how long it took, but Mu Hong walked in and said softly to Lin Chong, "Brother, Teacher Shi and Brother Xuexue are here."
"Oh, please come quickly."
Lin Chong heard Mu Hong's words and quickly opened his eyes and said.
He just couldn't make up his mind here, so he asked the two of them to help come up with an idea.
Shi Wengong and the others came in and first saluted Lin Chong with clasped fists.
Lin Chong returned the salute and then asked them to sit down.
Lin Chong said, "The two brothers have arrived just in time.
I think you have heard about the Liao Kingdom's invasion of the country.
I am in trouble now.
I don't know what you two brothers have to say."
"To be honest, brother, Brother Shi and I heard about this incident, so we came here to discuss it with him."
Seeing Lin Chong asking about this matter so eagerly, Wu Yong immediately replied directly.
"Yes, I heard that the four armies of the Liao Kingdom invaded the country.
I discussed it with scholars just now, and we all thought that this was a large-scale test by the Liao Kingdom, and the purpose was to find out the strength and attitude of the current imperial court.
If the imperial court is tough, the Liao Kingdom will surely retreat.
If the imperial court lets it go or is unable to fight back, then the Liao Kingdom will probably use the strength of the whole country to come. " After listening to this, Shi Wengong also told Lin Chong what he had analyzed with Wu Yong on the road.
Lin Chong nodded after hearing this.
He had analyzed this just now.
It was precisely because of this that Lin Chong fell into confusion.
It stands to reason that Lin Chong has now revolted and officially opposed the Song Dynasty, so the more difficult the court's situation is, the better it is for Lin Chong, but the problem is that it is the Liao Kingdom that is violating the situation now.
Lin Chong's fight with the court can be said to be a civil war, including Tian Hu's.
To put it bluntly, it is his family's business.
But the Liao Kingdom is different.
It is a foreign enemy.
When people in our own family fight, whoever wins and who loses, the benefits will not go to outsiders, but if you, an outsider, takes the opportunity to come and seize the territory, it is completely different.
"Yes, I think so too.
The Liao Kingdom, a land of tigers and wolves, has been spying on our territory of the Song Dynasty for a long time.
This dispatch of troops must be fully prepared.
Once the imperial court fails to launch a counterattack in time, the Liao Kingdom will definitely become more unscrupulous and invade the south on a large scale.
By then, those who will be harmed will be thousands of people with surnames from the Song Dynasty.
"After Lin Chong thought about it, he also expressed what he was thinking.
After listening to Lin Chong's words, the two of them all nodded in agreement, and the three of them slowly discussed in the room.
Finally, after careful consideration, Lin Chong made the decision that he must first pacify the outside world.
The next day, Lin Chong called all his brothers in Jeju together to invade the Liao Kingdom.
He planned to suspend the attack on Yanzhou and Dezhou, and contacted the imperial court to jointly send troops to conquer Liao.
As soon as Lin Chong finished speaking, Li Kui stood up fiercely and cursed loudly, "Damn it, these Bird Liao people didn't send out troops sooner or later, but they waited until we were about to take action and they violated the territory.
I'm really angry with Tieniu." .
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But brother, can’t we just go and fight those barbarians by ourselves?
Why do we have to send troops together with the imperial court’s gang of birds?”
All the brothers just ignored Li Kui's previous words, but the last sentence was where many people were confused.
When Li Kui asked, they all looked at Lin Chong, hoping that Lin Chong could clear up everyone's confusion.
In fact, the reason why Lin Chong wanted to cooperate with the imperial court was the result of discussions with several major military advisors.
Everyone agreed that in addition to strengthening the strength of the two armies and reducing casualties, the most important thing was to reach a temporary ceasefire agreement with the imperial court, to turn their guns to the outside world, and then go back to deal with the dispute between the two parties after Daliao was resolved. matter.
If Lin Chong had not sent troops to attack the Liao Kingdom, and in turn the imperial court would have sent troops to attack Jeju or Liangshan, then Lin Chong would have lost more than he gained.
Of course, Lin Chong could also choose to stay put, that is, not to attack the Liao Kingdom, nor to attack Yanzhou and Dezhou, but not to help each other.
In this way, there is no need to worry about the court doing something secretly, which can be said to be the most advantageous approach.
But Lin Chong had another idea in his mind.
Lin Chong had not mentioned this idea to anyone else, not even a few military advisors or Shi Wengong and others.
Since Lin Chong led his brothers to officially start the uprising, he has been considering whether to go north or south first.
Now he has made up his mind to go north.
As for why he chose to go north, there are two reasons.
One is that Fang La is causing trouble in the south.
Although the four marshals under Fang La in the original work have now joined Liangshan.
However, Fang La's strength still cannot be underestimated.
It would be a very unwise choice to rush south and have a premature conflict with Fang La.
The second is that Lin Chong knows that although the Liao Kingdom seems to be powerful now, it is already sunset and its life is not long, but behind the Liao Kingdom, there is still a powerful enemy that is ready to attack, the Jin Kingdom.
The initiator of the Jingkang shame was the Kingdom of Jin.
In April of the second year of Jingkang, the Jin army captured Tokyo and captured Song Huizong, Song Qinzong and his son, as well as a large number of Zhao royal family members and concubines, thus leading to the demise of the Northern Song Dynasty.
The shame of Jingkang deeply hurt Lin Chong's heart.
Lin Chong never wanted to let it happen again, let alone let Yue Fei write again: The shame of Jingkang has not yet been resolved, and the hatred of the officials, when will it be destroyed?
Anyone who openly offends a strong man will be killed no matter how far away: