"That's true."

Everyone thought about it and it made sense.

The Liao Dynasty was internally unstable, and the ruling class was most worried about losing its regime.

The resistance of various ethnic tribes against the Khitans was secondary.

The main contradiction is that there is a neighbor who is stronger than them and is eyeing them covetously, and may send troops to the north to invade the northern border at any time.

Perhaps the Liao Dynasty's upper echelons were no match for the Song Dynasty in developing scientific governance.

But there is definitely a basic strategic vision.

I think so too.

Zhao Kuang had said long ago, how could I allow others to sleep soundly beside my bed?

The current situation is that the Song Dynasty not only slept next to the Liao Kingdom, but also beat the Liao Kingdom's son and robbed his wife. How can the people of Liao feel at ease?

Therefore, the Gaochang Kingdom's disturbance this time might be the Liao Kingdom's attempt to divert trouble to the east, hoping that the Song Dynasty would focus on the Western Regions instead of staring at this shaky neighbor.

Thinking of this, Fan Zhongyan nodded and said, "That's probably the Liao people instigating it, but it's also like someone offering a pillow when you're sleepy. The Song Dynasty just needed an excuse to attack the Western Regions, so here it comes, isn't it?"

"As the saying goes, a war must have a legitimate cause. Gaochang is courting its own demise, so no one else can be blamed. My great Song is upright, yet we are being bullied and humiliated by a tiny nation. This is intolerable."

Song Shou said, "This matter should be announced to the world, and then the army should be dispatched to destroy Gaochang. Announce to the world that this is the result of insulting the Celestial Empire."

"Well, that's just as it should be."

"Give the order, Magistrate. By destroying Gaochang, we can recover most of the Western Regions."

"And by then, perhaps we can even intimidate the Black Khan and recapture the entire Western Region."

"The Western Regions, which have been separated from the Central Plains for over 300 years since the mid-Tang Dynasty, should now return to the embrace of the Han people."

Many prime ministers spoke one after another.

In the past, this group of people would definitely be conservative. Faced with the aggressive Liao people, it would be considered good if they did not pay tribute. At most, they would make the Treaty of Chanyuan and treat the Liao people as brothers.

But now that they have guns in their hands, they have become more confident and have immediately evolved from conservatives to radicals, as if they want to restore the glory of the Han and Tang dynasties.

This is the confidence that a strong country gives them.

Seeing what everyone said, Zhao Jun no longer hesitated and slammed the table and said, "Okay, let's do it this way. We'll ask the emperor to issue an imperial edict later. I'll write the order now and everyone will sign it together to destroy Gaochang and recapture the Western Regions!"

Destroy Gaochang and recapture the Western Regions!

In this way, the territory of the Song Dynasty would be increased by more than one million square kilometers, reaching the level of its peak during the Han Dynasty.

If the Liao Dynasty was destroyed again, large tracts of territory such as Outer Mongolia, Greater Khingan Range, Sakhalin Island, etc. would be recovered, and then Tubo would be taken down.

Then it will surpass the Tang Dynasty at its peak and have an area of ​​more than 15 million square kilometers.

Chinese autumn-leaf begonia means unification!

(End of this chapter)