Guide to Traveling through the Northern Song Dynasty.

Chapter 324 0319 [Child Conquering Liao]

Xuanhe four years spring, the first month.

Cai You added officials and Shaobao, and Liang Shicheng opened the third division of Yitong.

Because Yeluyu, the capital of the Liao Kingdom, saw his surrender, it brought news that Liao's internal affairs were chaotic and defenses were empty.Before the snow had completely melted, Wanyan Aguda ordered Wanyan Gao to lead his troops to attack Liao with Wanyan Yu, Wanyan Zonghan and others.

Suddenly, the Liao Kingdom was unprepared and lost border cities one after another.

Xiao Ximo, the guard of Zhongjing (near Ningcheng) in the Liao Kingdom, was afraid to fight when he learned of the situation, so he abandoned the city and fled. The Jin soldiers occupied Zhongjing without any effort.

A Guda got the battle report from the front line and ordered Wanyan Gao not to rush forward, but to appease the people of Zhongjing first.

Wanyan Gao asked Wanyan Zonghan to lead his army in pursuit, and fled to Bei'an Prefecture (Xinghua) Xiao Ximo asked to surrender.

Jin general Ali led his troops to meet the surrender, Xiao Ximo went out to ambush, and almost killed Ali directly.Wanyan Zonghan led troops to rescue, killed Xiao Ximo, and took advantage of the situation to occupy Bei'an Prefecture.

Knowing that Bei'an Prefecture had fallen, Emperor Yelu Yanxi of the Liao Kingdom was shocked. He even gave up Nanjing (Beijing) and fled all the way from Juyongguan to Yuanyangbo (outside Zhangjiakou).

The Kingdom of Jin is also very interesting. Knowing that the Lord of Liao gave up Yanjing, he didn't go south to occupy the territory, but jumped out of Yanshan and chased him from the grassland.

Yelu Yanxi, the leader of the Liao Dynasty, fled in panic, stepped on the accelerator and rushed to Jiashan (Hohhot).

Zhang Lin, the left-behind prime minister of Yanjing in the Liao Kingdom, and Li Chuwen, a political adviser, presented a red robe to the emperor's uncle Yeluchun, and staged a Daliao version of "Adding a Red Robe".Yeluchun didn't want to be the emperor, he just wanted to push the ducks on the shelf. The first thing he did when he took the throne was to ask for peace from the Kingdom of Jin.

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Tokyo, Bianliang.

The Great Song Dynasty always paid attention to the news from the north, and the Liao Lord fled to Hohhot. How could it be possible that Song Huizong did not know that the Liao Kingdom was defeated?
But the remaining reason still made Song Huizong decide to wait.

Wang Fu knelt down on the ground and said earnestly: "Your Majesty, although China and Liao are brothers, but for more than a hundred years, there are many reasons why they opened borders and slowed me down. Also. If I don’t take Yanyun today, women will become stronger, and the old land of the Central Plains will no longer be my property.”

Song Huizong thought about it and thought that what Wang Fu said made sense.

Jin Guo is still very weak at present, if Da Song doesn't take the opportunity to occupy Yanyun and let these lands be taken by Jin Guo, it will inevitably be a serious problem in the future.

Fearing that the officials would oppose the campaign against the Liao Dynasty, Emperor Huizong of Song Dynasty set up a Jingfufang to bypass the imperial court and take charge of border affairs.

Wang Fu calculated the number of Dingkou in each road, and planned to collect 6200 million guan, which would be shared equally among the people of the whole country.He also wrote a letter to Tong Guan who was going to Hebei in advance, telling Tong Guan to just fight the war, and he must make proper arrangements in the rear.

Just when Wang Fu was gathering troops to collect taxes, Yeluchun, dressed in red, sent envoys to engage in diplomacy.

The envoy of the Liao State said: "My lord wishes to have a good relationship with the State of Song forever. From now on, all old coins will be exempted, and the two countries will still be brothers."

The ministers in the DPRK had a heated discussion, and one group believed that the Liao Kingdom should be preserved, and they could also take the opportunity to exempt the old coins.Another faction believes that Liao's initiative to exempt the old currency must be weak and weak, and it should seize the opportunity to recover Yanyun.

The more the Liao Kingdom took the initiative to show its favor, the more certain Song Huizong was that the time had come.

I can't wait to continue raising war funds, and I can't wait for the logistics materials to be ready, so I let Cai You take 15 soldiers and horses to Hebei to join Tong Guan.

With Tong Guan as the commander and Cai You as the deputy commander, he led the army to the border of Song and Liao, where he summoned all the border troops in Hebei.

Tong Guan personally inspected the border town, and soon discovered that it was a mess.

Those frontier troops in Hebei don't even have enough armor.Tong Guan had ordered the collection of grain and grass two months in advance, but the civil and military officials in Hebei were still waiting for the court to provide grain.

Zhong Shidao saw that his scalp was numb, and said to Tong Guan: "Our current behavior is like a robber entering a neighbor's house. Not only did we not rescue, but we took advantage of the fire to rob and share the spoils with the robber. How can this work? Let's withdraw our troops."

Tong Guan ignored it, and only said that as soon as the heavenly soldiers arrived, Yan Yun would surely return to him.

In private, Tong Guan wrote letters to the emperor and Wang Fu.It probably means that I don't have enough food and grass here, and there is not enough armor, and all kinds of logistics materials are in short supply, so hurry up and bring them here!
Tong Guan sent Ma Kuo to persuade Liao Lord to surrender.A reward order was issued again, and those who were able to seize Yanjing from the powerful Liao Kingdom would be appointed as military envoys.

In order to appease the soldiers, Tong Guan publicized the decline of the Liao Kingdom, and the idea of ​​underestimating the enemy spread throughout the army.

After receiving the first batch of logistics supplies, Tong Guan immediately ordered the troops to march forward, and said to his generals: "The people of Yandi are also the people of the Great Song Dynasty. If the king is willing to accept them, they will definitely return. Just build a barrier to defend, and the enemy will surely attack." Civil strife. You must restrain the soldiers, follow the imperial decree and the orders of the Xuan Fusi, and do not kill a single person."

Zhong Shidao then led a group of troops and stationed in Baigou, the boundary river between Song and Liao, waiting for the results of Ma Kuo's persuasion in Yanjing.

At the same time, implement Tong Guan's military orders, carefully build fortifications, only defend but not attack, wait for civil strife in Liao, and wait for Liao generals and powerful men to surrender.

Chen Ziyi has been promoted to the head of the Forbidden Army, and is currently serving as a soldier under Zhong Shidao, a member of Yang Keshi's vanguard.

Yang Keshi was ordered to come to the river, set up the yellow board flag for surrender, and was ready to meet the surrendered Liao army at any time.

"Chen Dutou, a Liao army is coming from the other side!"

"I saw it."

Chen Ziyi went to report on horseback: "Controlling, the Liao army is coming from the other side, with about a thousand horses."

Yang Keshi said: "It is estimated that he came to surrender. The emperor of the Liao Kingdom has fled, and now the emperor's uncle is usurping power, and the Liao people will inevitably have civil strife. Restrain his subordinates, not to kill or injure a single person, and treat these Liao soldiers with hospitality. As the saying goes, a thousand dollars buys a horse If you treat these Liao soldiers kindly, more Liao people will return."

"Yes!"

Chen Ziyi took the order to resign.

Yang Keshi said again: "Wait a minute, if they don't cross the river, they will shoot the recruited Huangbang over."

Chen Ziyi and several other soldiers and horses shot the recruited Huangbang across the boundary river, and immediately attracted a rain of arrows from the Liao soldiers to shoot at each other.What's more, those Liao cavalrymen dismounted at the river bridge, clearly planning to kill them.

Yang Keshi felt that something was wrong, and immediately sent someone back to report to Master Zhong.

Because of Tong Guan's order, no one from the Liao Kingdom should be killed indiscriminately...

Hearing the report, Master Chong said angrily, "It's already a hand-to-hand battle, and you can die with your hands tied? Those who kill the enemy have no merit or demerit, let's do it freely!"

Only then did Yang Keshi guard the river bridge, struggling to resist the attack of the Liao army.

After fighting for a while, the Liao soldiers retreated, and the soldiers of the Song army cheered: "The Liao people are defeated, the Liao people are defeated!"

Yang Keshi, who had been foolishly waiting for the return of the Liao army, finally remembered that he was not yet familiar with the terrain, so he quickly recruited his generals: "Scatter out Qingqi to the upstream and downstream to see where you can cross the river, and come back immediately when you find the ferry!"

Soon, Song Jun found the ferry a few miles upstream, and Yang Keshi quickly divided his troops to defend it.

The general of the Liao Dynasty was called Yelu Dashi. When the Song army arrived, he had led his army across the river and killed the Song soldiers and fled in defeat.

Yang Keshi was furious, leaving a few people to guard the bridge, and personally led the main force to fight with the Liao army.

The Liao army who stayed on the Heqiao side saw that the main force of the Song army had left, and immediately charged desperately.

Chen Ziyi was shooting arrows with the Liao cavalry when he suddenly heard the sound of fighting from behind.It was the Liao army who broke through the river bridge, crossed the river on horseback and attacked the Song army back and forth.

"Blow the horn!"

"Woooooooo~~~~"

Seeing that the time had come, Yelu Dashi immediately launched a frontal charge.

Yang Keshi's martial arts skills are still very fierce, he beheaded several Liao soldiers with his own hands, and Chen Ziyi also beheaded two people.But under the enemy's back and forth, they still collapsed after all, and the Song army was defeated and fled.

The Song army was defeated on both fronts. Before crossing the boundary river, the Liao army retreated and counterattacked into the territory of the Song Dynasty.

The Liao Kingdom took the opportunity to send [-] troops southward, as if to fight a decisive battle with the Song army.

Although Ma Kuo, who was sent as an envoy to persuade the Liao Lord to surrender, was detained by the Liao State, he tried his best to remedy it by fighting against the Confucians.In the end, Yelu Dashi was overwhelmed, and he and the entire envoy were released safely.

When Ma Kuo came back and saw Zhong Shidao, he immediately told about the situation in Liao, and pointed out that the place where Zhong Shidao camped was wrong.

After Zhong Shidao had a detailed discussion with Ma Kuo, he quickly changed the location of the garrison and actively consolidated this line of defense.

Ma Kuo went to see Tong Guan again to discuss the construction of the east-west defense line.

He also said that the Liao army is at the end of its strength. As long as the border is guarded, there will be civil strife in the Liao country, and then it can take advantage of the victory and pursue it.

But Tong Guan scolded Ma Kuo and ordered Zhong Shidao to abandon the line of defense, and the whole army retreated to Xiongzhou to garrison.

Zhong Shidao hurriedly wrote a letter to say: "In the current situation, it is necessary to revive the morale of the army. We can only advance but not retreat. Once the enemy is close at hand and our army retreats, the Liao people will definitely take the opportunity to cover up and kill them. The defeat of the entire army will be irreversible."

Before cultivating the teacher's way, he persuaded to withdraw the army, but Tong Guan insisted on advancing.

Zhong Shidao now asks for defense, but Tong Guan forces the troops to withdraw.

Seeing that Zhong Shidao disobeyed the military order, Tong Guan sent a marching staff officer to go there, with a few big hats buckled, Zhong Shidao had no choice but to bite the bullet and retreat.

As soon as the Song army withdrew, the whole army of Yelu Dashi covered up and killed them, and the troops who lost the way of Zhongshi lost their troops and retreated to Xiongzhou.

Chen Ziyi took the cavalry under his command and fled all the way to the south, and managed to escape into the city.

He was ordered by Tong Guan to dismount and defend the city, but he saw more Song soldiers fleeing back and was about to open the door to receive friendly troops. Defend the city defense of Xiongzhou."

The gate of the city was closed tightly, and the Song army who had finally escaped gathered under the city, crying and begging.

The generals of the Song Army who subsequently withdrew saw that Xiongzhou City could no longer enter, so they had to gather up the defeated troops and choose a place to camp.

Before the rout soldiers gathered, Yelu Dashi led the cavalry in pursuit.

Chen Ziyi stood at the top of the city like this, watching his friendly army being chased and killed by the Liao soldiers, and the corpses of the Song army were everywhere outside the city of Xiongzhou.

This situation also happened in Mozhou, Baozhou, Zhenzhou...

What's even more ridiculous is that Yelu Dashi suddenly led the whole army to retreat, and the red-robed Liao emperor Yelu Chun died.

There was great chaos within the Liao Kingdom. Liu Yanqing, who had just rushed to the front line, led an army of [-] to the north to attack Liao. The Liao generals in Yizhou and Zhuozhou voluntarily surrendered to the Song Dynasty.

As long as Tong Guan doesn't order the whole army to retreat, as long as he sticks to the line of defense for more than half a month, he will be able to wait for civil strife in Liao. This expedition against Liao is very likely to win a complete victory!

And Liu Yanqing was also a swindler, causing the surrendered general Guo Yaoshi to be flanked, and the Yanjing he got disappeared, and he was so frightened that he burned all the supplies and fled the camp.

(End of this chapter)