The envoys of the Southern Tang Dynasty and the Khitan arrived in the Great Zhou successively, and it was a coincidence that Ye Hua knew a truth, the common people may have coincidental things, but it is difficult to coincidentally between countries.

If it happens, it can only be said that there is an unknown reason behind it.

Of course, it is not difficult to guess this reason, since the founding of the Southern Tang Dynasty, it has been connecting with the Khitan to fight against the Central Plains and share the pressure. When Guo Wei first ascended the throne, the Southern Tang Dynasty invaded Huaibei and tried to threaten the Great Zhou, although the roles were different this time, but the purpose was no different.

Ye Hua once carefully analyzed Li Hongji's personality, and he didn't appreciate Li Hongji, who was selfish to the extreme. And now he killed his uncle, coerced his father, and what he did was brutal, this guy has been completely black, black to the bones, and he doesn't care about anything...... A wise man who has no reverence in his heart is very terrible.

Li Hongji must have groveled and begged the Khitan to go south to attract the energy of the Great Zhou, so that he could calmly grasp the power and realize his ambitions.

Although Ye Hua concluded that Li Hongji could not change the Southern Tang Dynasty, on the contrary, the more he tossed, the more chaos would be caused, and when the time came, the Great Zhou would calmly go south, and he would be able to easily sweep away the Southern Tang Dynasty.

And the real henchman is still the Khitan.

We must exert all our strength to defeat the Khitan first.

After a few days of careful consideration, Ye Hua finally made up his mind.

In short, Ye Hua advocates the north first, then the south, the difficult first and then the easy.

Unfortunately, there was the sharpest opposition between his ideas and the political affairs hall, and after several ministers of the government affairs hall discussed it, their unanimous opinion was to go south and then north, first easy and then difficult.

Li Gu believes that Jiangnan is rich and has always been an important place for finance and taxation, with a large population and abundant products. If Jiangnan is taken first, the strength of the imperial court will inevitably increase dramatically.

It will be easy to go back and deal with the Khitan.

Wei Renpu thought that the Southern Tang Dynasty was in turmoil, and if he didn't take down the Southern Tang Dynasty, it would be intolerable.

As for Xue Juzheng, he thought that the new army of the imperial court had not yet been fully trained, the capital had just suffered a disaster, and all kinds of waste were waiting to be rebuilt, the money and grain that the imperial court could take out were limited, the Khitan was vast, the soldiers were strong and strong, and the Khitan war, it was difficult to control the scale of the war.

As the prime minister, he weighed again and again, starting from the will of the people.

The Southern Tang Dynasty was in chaos and the people's hearts were shaken, it was the heaven-sent opportunity for the imperial court to dispatch the royal division to eliminate the Southern Tang Dynasty, which should not be missed!

The four prime ministers all looked at it this way, Wang Pu was not in charge of military affairs, so he simply did not speak, and Gao Xingzhou and Feng Dao were also silent.

In this way, a four-on-one situation is formed.

Ye Hua was extremely passive at the imperial meeting, Rao was able to speak well, and he couldn't easily refute the four prime ministers.

Returning from the Golden Palace, Ye Hua plunged into the study.

He was in a bad mood.

First the south, then the north, first the easy and then the difficult...... This is the strategy adopted by Zhao Da, what is the result, it is obvious that he did sweep away the southern secession countries, but Zhao Da died suddenly, after Zhao Er became the emperor, the two northern expeditions to Yanyun failed, and the soldiers were lost, and what was even worse was that the Great Song Dynasty had to adopt a strategy of contraction, and the heavy troops were stationed in the capital, trembling, holding eggs to live, and giving the Khitan New Year's coins, which was simply a shame!

Zhao Er's own lack of ability is a very important reason, but this strategy also has a big problem.

The first is to overestimate the strength of the Khitan.

In fact, after the death of Yelu Deguang, the Khitan fell into a period of chaos, among the nobles, rebellion and killing countless people, deceit, the emperor was mediocre, the courtiers were greedy, and the Khitan state was constantly declining.

This downward trend was not reversed until Empress Dowager Xiao took power.

Unfortunately, Zhao Da did not seize the precious opportunity, and Zhao Er was not the opponent of Empress Dowager Xiao, so it was not surprising that he tasted the bitter fruit.

Secondly, when any dynasty was first established, there were a large number of famous generals who came out of the flames of war, and there were already many veterans of hundreds of wars.

Relying on these generals, it is enough to run rampant in the world.

Of course, after the peace, the veterans will wither, the veterans will wither, and the combat effectiveness will seriously decline, unless there is a genius like Wei Qing and Huo Quai, and investment at any cost, in order to have a strong army again!

It seems that only Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty has done this, and even the Tang Dynasty does not have that ability, since Emperor Taizong, the combat power of the Tang army has been constantly weakened, and the general situation of the Ming Dynasty is the same...... It seems that this is a kind of historical fate.

Of course, the Great Song Dynasty is no exception, and there is no problem at all in inheriting the strong soldiers of the five dynasties in the early days, fighting against the Khitan, and even winning the battle. Before Chai Rong died, he led the army on the Northern Expedition and regained the land of the ten counties in Guannan, and even prepared to take Youzhou directly, if it wasn't for the sudden infection, maybe Yan Yun would have taken it back.

Zhao Da Huang robe, won the country is not right, first released the military power with a glass of wine, abolished the generals who can fight, and then used the precious soldiers to deal with the south, killing chickens with knives. The problem is that if the chickens kill too much, the knives will also be dull.

Don't look at the combat strength of the southern countries, when the climate is hot, the northern soldiers are easy to adapt to the soil and water.

Many elite soldiers and strong generals have been lost invisibly.

But even so, when Zhao Er takes over, he can still easily destroy the Northern Han, and he can fight hard with the Khitan, if it weren't for his wrong strategy, coupled with the indiscriminate use of troops, dispersion of forces, and mutual containment, he would have hoped to get back Yanyun.

And at that time, it did beat the Khitan to the point that it almost moved the capital...... Speaking of which, in a word, Da Zhou should not be afraid of the Khitan! Civil officials always think about persimmons picking up soft pinching, they are really cowards and cowards!

But these guys are in power, and they are really angry!

It is good for civilian officials to govern the country, but since ancient times, there are not many civilian officials who can lead troops to fight, and listening to them will only do bad things.

Boss Guo is too soft in his ears and looks at Chinese people too much!

Ye Hua kept slandering, but he had no choice but to try his best to fight for it.

Leave it to fate!

If you can't fight, you will admit it.

Ye Hua was a little excited, he wanted to go to the academy, he wanted to go to the workshop, he had already made gunpowder, the next step was to fire guns, and when the firearms came out, it was best to even have machine guns and cannons, and the Khitan cavalry was a pile of meat!

After repeating it a few more times, it was really convincing, and Ye Hua seemed to be in a much better mood.

He asked Ye Zhong to prepare some moon cakes, and then brought all the books in the study, and he was going to go outside the city to retreat and compile books...... Everything was loaded, and Ye Hua was ready to go.

Suddenly, Fu San jumped up and rushed over.

"You're out of town?"

"Hmm!"

"Why?"

"I'm in a bad mood, go out for a walk." Ye Hua said casually.

Fool the kids! I guess not believe it.

Fu San said sheepishly: "Did you owe too much money and ran out to hide from the creditor?" ”

Ye Hua smiled helplessly, "Even if you're right, I owe it to others, so what do I always do with things that shouldn't be my care!" They can do whatever they want! I'm out of sight and out of mind! ”

Ye Huayue got into the car and was about to go out of the city, when someone behind him coughed.

"You're just leaving, I'm too sorry for the three words of Champion Hou, right?"

Ye Hua hurriedly turned around and found Chai Rong striding over, he walked to the front of the carriage, glared at Ye Hua and said, "Come down!" ”

"No, no!" Ye Hua also came to a stubborn temper, "I have a lot of things to do, I still have to relieve the disaster, and I have to repair the city, please King Jin raise your noble hand, don't make trouble for me again!" ”

Ye Hua said that he was going to leave, Chai Rong was really anxious, he reached out and held down the wheel, jumped up, jumped on the wheel, grabbed Ye Hua's shoulder, and the two jumped down together.

Chai Rong clasped Ye Hua's shoulders tightly, his fingers were like hooks, and Ye Hua grinned in pain. Chai Rong suddenly wanted to laugh, "It's not me who is looking for trouble for you, it's you who is looking for trouble for me!" If you hadn't always shouted that you would deal with the Khitan first, I would have wanted to lead my troops south. ”

Ye Hua was stunned for a moment, how could he hear that there was something in the words!

"I ask you, why do you want to fight Khitan?" Chai Rong asked.

"It's not simple, is Jiangnan important, or is Yanyun important?" Ye Hua asked rhetorically.

Chai Rong pondered, and after a while, he said: "If you want to create a prosperous hegemony, you can't lose both. ”

"Both are important, that is, neither of them is important!" Ye Hua said angrily: "No matter what happens in Jiangnan, the meat is rotten in the pot. Yanyun is different, if the Khitan rules for another decade or two, and the people become Hu, I think the imperial court will recover Yanyun by then? ”

Chai Rong's face finally changed, he suddenly pulled up Ye Hua, without saying a word, and went straight to the palace, he wanted to meet Guo Wei......