Destroy Jin and conquer Song, and carry the Northern Expedition through to the end

Chapter 171 Unexpectedly, I became a bad boy

After hearing what He Boqiu said, Liu Huai was a little surprised.

When did you come up with this plan of rebellion?
You wouldn't be thinking about doing this before surrendering, right?

Facing He Boqiu's earnest gaze, Liu Huai knew that if he didn't come up with something concrete, the talks might fail today.

"Lao He, you have made a huge mistake."

He Boqiu was stunned: "I'd like to hear the details."

Liu Huai raised a finger and said, "The Loyal Army will absolutely not have any ambiguity with the Jin Kingdom. We must resist the Jin Kingdom to the end. If one day the Jin thieves send an envoy, I will kill the envoy to confirm my resolve."

"Old He, the Northern Expedition to recover lost territory is the foundation of the Loyal Army. Without this foundation, we are just a motley rabble of frustrated revolutionaries, downtrodden intellectuals, peasants, and bandits. With this foundation, we are the heroes who will restore the Han Dynasty and the invincible Loyal Army."

Ignoring He Boqiu's complete stupor, Liu Huai continued, "Old He, you come from a powerful family and are accustomed to cooperating with the Jin government. But in the north, have more people been ruined by the Jin bandits? Or are there more powerful people like you? You can tolerate cooperating with the Jin bandits, but can they?"

"When the time comes, will they point their fingers at me and curse, 'Fuck you, you traitorous Han son?'"

"Therefore, we must not waver between the Song and Jin dynasties anymore. We have no position or qualifications to side with the Jin dynasty!"

"And the Song State..." Liu Huai paused, then sneered, "The Song State is notorious for bullying the weak and fearing the strong. You know this, and I know it too. But the Song State is the only Han Dynasty in the world today. At this time when barbarians have taken over China, I cannot stab them in the back again, or I will be despised by all the heroes in the world."

Liu Huai thought for a moment before saying, "If Song State can no longer hold out, I will lead my army south to help Song State resist the Jin thieves."

He Boqiu opened his mouth and was about to speak, but Liu Huai interrupted him with a wave of his hand: "I know what you want to persuade me. But have you ever thought about this? If the name of traitor is recorded in history books and seen by the world, no matter how great our achievements are in the future, it will always be an indelible stain.

Future generations will point to our names and say: Although these people did this and that, their retreat in the 31st year of Shaoxing still allowed the barbarians to unify China, the land of China sank, and the world perished.

In a word, you can rebel against the Song Dynasty, but you must never help the Jin Dynasty destroy the Song Dynasty! "

He Boqiu sighed, "That's Liu Dalang's point, I have nothing to say."

Liu Huai knew that such words alone would not convince him, so he continued, "As for your concern, Old He, about the Song State recalling the Loyal Army, huh, don't you also know about the Song State's cowardice? Why can't you change your mind now?"

He Boqiu was stunned: "I'd like to hear the details."

Liu Huai shook his head. "Do you know the famous Sichuan general Wu Jie? Do you know why the Song Dynasty dismissed the military power of Yue Fei, Han Shizhong, Zhang Jun, and Liu Guangshi, but did not dare to dismiss the Wu family's military power? As a result, while Wu Lin still controlled the military power in Sichuan, Wu Gong was able to control the military power in Xiangfan?"

"Because the Wu family is respectful?"

"No, because the Wu family is usually respectful, but extremely domineering at critical moments." Liu Huai's voice became cold. "Because Wu Jie dared to kill a deputy transport envoy over the slightest thing. Although he was finally persuaded to go back by General Hu, he still killed the transport envoy's chief envoy. When the Song Dynasty's small court learned of his determination, they dared not take away military power."

This matter is actually quite outrageous. Wu Jie, a military district commander, wanted to kill Gou Guangzu, a deputy provincial governor. After being persuaded, he was still angry and disinfected a group of grain transport officials. The Song court did not dare to say a word about this, which is also incredible.

"To submit to the Song Kingdom, we should do what the Wu family did, or even do it more thoroughly than the Wu family." Liu Huai tightened the reins of his horse, speaking in a relaxed tone, but with extremely harsh words: "If the Song Kingdom court really orders the Loyalty Army to withdraw.

Then I will kill the official who delivered the message and the nearest transport envoy at the same time, send someone to place their heads in the court, and ask Emperor Zhao and other high officials about it.

Are these two rebels falsely conveying the Privy Council's order, or am I, Liu Dalang, a rebel?
Let them choose whether to execute the two rebellious nine clans or prepare to fight the Loyal Army."

"I can even tell them clearly that there is a 90% chance that I, Liu Dalang, will surrender and be killed, and there is only a 10% chance that I can lead my troops to attack Lianghuai and head straight to Lin'an. Do you think they dare to take the gamble?" After hearing this, He Boqiu finally came to his senses.

It turned out that Liu Dalang in front of him had already had a complete plan, even taking into account the possible reaction of the Song State and his own rough response.

The key point is that this strategy of developing under the wings of the Song State and following orders rather than announcements seems to have a much higher success rate than their own plan of directly using force and fighting to the death.

It is true that the waves behind the Yangtze River push the waves ahead, and each generation becomes stronger than the last.

He Boqiu thought about it, but still had a question: "What if the Song State really makes up its mind and would rather destroy Lianghuai and Shandong than invade us?"

Liu Huai bowed and said sincerely, "I will then present the decree to abandon our lands and return south. I hope Old He can help me persuade those loyal and righteous soldiers who have already been allocated land and settled in Shandong and Hebei to abandon their families and roots in the north and obey the orders of Emperor Zhao to go south and serve as tenants and slaves for the officials."

He Boqiu was completely speechless.

So the reason you're so anxious to divide the land is because you're waiting here, right?

How long ago did you prepare to rebel against the Song Dynasty?

If such an order really came down, Wei Sheng's military orders would be useless, and Lu You's integrity would be useless.

This is what we call real overhead!

The loyal and righteous army does not need to be encouraged, everyone will rush towards the Song army with red eyes.

I fought hard against the Jin bandits and finally had a good life. I finally became a small landlord. But you want me to abandon my wife and children and go to Song State to be a slave, right?
You really deserve to die!
What is an open conspiracy? This is an open conspiracy!

Liu Huai had tied everyone to his chariot without realizing it.

Seeing that he had almost persuaded He Boqiu, Liu Huai finally breathed a sigh of relief.

These words must never be said to Wei Sheng and Lu You, because after saying them, Wei Sheng might kill his own relatives for the sake of justice.

But the owner of the northern manor also knew that the father and son played two roles, with the father being the good man and the son being the evil boy. How could the Loyal Army be without such a role?

Without a great philanthropist, it is impossible to communicate with officials.

If there were no evil young men, they would be tortured to death by despicable means.

For example, Wang Shilong, Shi Baiju, Ye Shichan and others were originally manor owners, but now they came out to lead troops to revolt. They were all born as evil young men.

Liu Huai now has to play the role of a bad boy in front of the Song government!
"Commander! There's another boat ahead! There are trackers!"

Liu Huai and He Boqiu had just finished their heart-to-heart talk and confirmed each other's identity as traitors when a scout came galloping over on his horse, pointing to the north and speaking loudly.

Liu Huai tilted his head and ordered loudly: "Guan Qilang, don't rest, come to work!"

(End of this chapter)