The struggle of the reborn prince

After the Xiliao Army entered Gaochang, they came straight to Eric. Halfway through the journey, smoke billowed in front of them suddenly, and a group of Song Army cavalry came to stand in front of them. The rangers who opened the way immediately surrounded them.After Song Jun shot a letter, he distanced himself from the rangers of the Liao Army, and shouted that he was an envoy sent by the Song Army to discuss matters, so there should be no misunderstanding.

The soldiers of the Liao Army hurriedly presented the letter to Xiao Hanli. He read the paper and saw that it was written by the supervisor of the Song Xizheng Army, and asked to negotiate with him three miles away, and handed him the letter written by the princess to Lin Ya Dashi.Xiao Han pondered for a while, and decided to meet the Song army supervisor. Of course, to ensure safety, he ordered five hundred soldiers to go together, and ordered the army to stand by and stay vigilant to prevent the Song army from attacking.

"Report to the king, there is no trace of the Song army brigade in the surrounding ten miles!" At this time, the scouts who were exploring the road came to report.

"Well, let's go!" Xiao Hanli was worried about fraud, so he sent scouts to search, and was relieved when he learned that there was no ambush around, and then went to meet with the envoys sent by the Song Army.They walked for three miles and saw an awning erected on a flat grass, and the other party was much more generous than themselves, and there were only a dozen guards around them.

"Banu, take a few people and follow me, and the others stay on alert, don't approach if nothing happens!" Xiao Hanli also felt that he was too nervous, first of all his momentum was a little weaker, and he left the brigade with only Going there in person can be regarded as saving face.

"King Xiao, please forgive me for being too far away!" While speaking, someone came out of the awning, clasped his hands and said with a smile.

"Supervisor Zhao is being polite, do you have anything to hand over?" Xiao Hanli slapped his chest in return, his eyes sizing up and down the person in front of him.Looking at the other party who is ten years younger than himself, although there is elegance in the heroic martial arts.But no matter how you look at it, you don't look like a literati or eunuch.

"Oh, the imperial concubine has a letter that I trust me to pass on to your lord Dashi Linya. There is also a letter from the king's old acquaintance, the Duke of Wei, Lord Yeluyuyu! Zhao Li saw that Xiao Han was straight to the point, and he didn't pretend anymore. , let him into the awning and sat down, took two letters and handed them over.

"How is Yelu Dutong?" Xiao Han casually opened the letter from Yelu Yuxi, and put the letter from the Princess of Shu in his arms. He knew that he was not qualified to read the letter.

"Fortunately, General Yelu is now guarding the Dading Mansion to serve the Song Dynasty!" Zhao Li ordered someone to bring two cups of hot tea, and he looked at Xiao Han and took a sip and said.

"Hey, Yelu Dutong has a good belonging, unlike us wandering in a foreign land and becoming lonely ghosts!" Yelu Yuxi's letter didn't last long.Xiao Han quickly finished reading and said with a sigh, with a hint of nostalgia on his face.

"Haha, Your Majesty, don't be sentimental, think about it, as long as we Song and Liao join forces to defeat the Jurchens, we will return to our homeland!" Zhao Li said with a smile when he saw that Yelu Yuxi's heart touched his homesickness.

"It's difficult, now the homeland has changed, and the sun has set several times, only the green hills remain the same!" Xiao Han said sharply.But he sneered in his heart, the old land of the Liao Kingdom had been carved up by Song and Jin, wouldn't it be a surrender to go back by himself.

"Your Majesty must have known from Lord Yelu's letter that my emperor's expedition is only to punish Gaochang. He has no intention of invading your country. He wants the two countries to establish a joint business route in the Western Regions, and he does not want to meet each other!" Zhao Li looked at his face. Calm was restored soon.Playing the emotional card again has little effect, so it's better to tell the truth.

"Yelu Dutong has indeed made it clear. But Gaochang is my vassal state of the Liao Dynasty. How can you ignore it when your ministry travels thousands of miles to attack us!" Xiao Hanli said.

"Your Majesty's words are wrong. Gaochang also signed an alliance with Song Dynasty and wished to be a vassal state, but cut off the trade route from Song Dynasty to the Western Regions for a small profit, and drove away the caravan of Song Dynasty. His behavior was bad, and we had to send troops to teach him a lesson. He has no intention of provoking your country, so please report to your lord!" Zhao Li explained.

"Supervisor Zhao, according to what I heard, it was your country who bullied the weak and bullied Gao Chang in every possible way, which made him have to use some means. Now that your army has come from a long distance, it is true what he said is true!" Xiao Han Why doesn't Lila know who Gao Chang is, but he can't show weakness in this situation.

"King Xiao, Gao Chang is acting like a villain, provoking the two countries in the middle, and reaping the benefits of the fisherman. If you and my armies clash, it will be a trick. Please think twice before using troops lightly!" Zhao Li understood that the Western Liao Army was aggressive. Coming here, I will never retreat because of my few words, I just know my destiny and do my best, and what I say is a righteous teacher of "before the soldiers".

"Right and wrong have their own opinions. Your army has attacked cities and looted land all the way, exterminated countless people, and killed people like hemp. Did the Naiman tribe and the Zoubu tribe also offend your country?" Hearing Zhao Li's voice, he didn't want Xiliao to meddle in his own business. , Xiao Han was angry in his heart, and said in a bad tone.

"It's a long story. To put it simply, the Zoubu Department is greedy for Gaochang's money, and the Naiman Department is greedy for our money. The knife is about to hit our necks, so we have to defend ourselves!" Zhao Li looked at him. Talking about it is just playing Xi Liao as a "champion" who upholds justice, and finding more reasons for doing it.

"You guys... want to commit crimes, so there's nothing to worry about!" Xiao Hanli choked on Zhao Li's neither soft nor hard words. They were bandits who blocked the road and robbed them. Wouldn't Xiliao become a raccoon if they stood up for them?

"King Xiao, I am a wise and wise emperor of the Great Song Dynasty. I admire Dashi Linya's courage to expand the territory and rebuild the Daliao, and I also respect him as a man. I don't want to meet the swordsmen of your country and hurt the heart of the princess of the Kingdom of Shu, but I would like to talk about it again. Brothers Song and Liao have a great plan to join forces to destroy gold. To show our sincerity, our army backed away from Yanbo City. After that, it will be war or peace, which is what the king thinks!" Zhao Li saw it and dragged it down It's time to bring up the old story going back 200 years. It was a muddled lawsuit that couldn't be explained clearly for eight days and nights, and finally had to talk with swords and guns.He didn't want to say any more, he made his attitude clear, he gave you face, if you want to hit him, let him come...

Song Jun's words counted and they really withdrew from Yanbo City, [-] miles away, but they still controlled the road going south.Song Jun's actions made Xiao Hanli a little confused, saying that they were afraid, but gave up the city they could rely on; saying that they were not afraid, why they took the initiative to withdraw their troops and refused to fight with him, could it be that they just wanted to show their so-called sincerity.He couldn't judge the current situation at the moment, so he could only explain the situation with a letter, and let Pegasus send the letter from the Princess of Shu back to the emperor to ask for instructions on the next step.

There was no conflict between the two sides due to the temporary retreat of the Song Army, but Xiao Hanli was not idle either, and ordered people to investigate the situation of the Song Army in detail and collect relevant information to prepare for possible wars.

Soon the Liao army figured out the reality of the Song army. When the Song army first arrived here, they ran out of food and grass, and lost more than half of their war horses. After arriving here, they requisitioned food and livestock, but they could only last more than a month.As a last resort, the Song Army was divided into two groups, and the main force was led by General Gao Chong to attack Beiting in order to obtain supplies and survive the long winter.And the road left behind is the supply troops and the tribal armies recruited from the northwest, led by the supervisor army.But this supervising army really didn’t have much skill. After the commander left for a few days, he went out to hunt every day, ignoring him at all, which led to a breakdown in military discipline. The soldiers harassed the people and looted property.

After Xiao Han found out the truth, he also felt that he had figured out Song Jun's abnormal behavior.In the Song Dynasty, there was a tradition of servants and civil servants serving as supervisors of the army. These people were often the emperor's cronies, but they had no real talents and learning, but relied on the emperor's favor to do anything wrong.Now the supervisor of the Song Army seems to be a good-for-nothing. He saw that his army came to conquer and knew that he was invincible, so he went to negotiate with him to show his friendship.He took the initiative to leave the city because he was worried that the people in the city and the Liao army would break the city together, and they would not be able to escape if they wanted to.

However, the strength of the left-behind Song Army was simply vulnerable to Xiao Hanli's opinion. What is the supply team?He knew even more about those tribal armies. When they won a battle, they followed suit. Once the situation was unfavorable, they would turn back immediately, and they were the easiest to be bribed.Even if they obeyed the dispatch, the tribal armies brought by the Song army belonged to different tribes, including Dangxiang people, Wanggu people, Mongols, and Dangxiang people. They had different languages ​​and different combat methods, and they could not cooperate in combat at all. But military strategists are taboo.

The reconnaissance cavalry who scouted the movement of the Song army out of the city also had results.After they left the city, they set up camp on the open land of the grassland, where there were no mountains, no water, and no danger to rely on.However, there is a lack of trees here to build the wooden city, and only the carts used to transport the baggage are used to arrange the car city around the camp, but there are few cars in the vast land, and the gaps are only connected by ropes. .

In addition, the spies also discovered that the Dangxiang Department, which had the largest number of people in the Song Army, and the Mengwu Department had a dispute over food and grass.Several other departments were very dissatisfied with the supervision of the army, which caused tension among the various departments of the Song Army.And the supervising army had no choice but to turn a blind eye and let them toss.

After figuring out the reality of the Song army, Xiao Hanli lamented that the general was incompetent and exhausted the three armies. The emperor of the Song Dynasty did not seem to be a wise king, otherwise he would not have sent such an incompetent person to serve as the supervisor of the army.He couldn't help but wonder if this was the deliberate act of the commander of the Song Army who led the attack on Beiting, and wanted to use his own hands to get rid of this incompetent supervising army and monopolize the Western Expedition.But no matter what, Xiao Han thought that he had figured out the reality of the Song army, and he could completely defeat the Song army... (To be continued...)