The first prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 1401 Yang Ye's Worries

In fact, Zhao Xu didn't tell Fan Ruoshui the truth, why didn't he continue to attack Nantang? Indeed, something happened. It wasn't a big deal to other people, but it was a pretty big deal to the country.

Do you still remember the Northern Han Dynasty, that country that was the deadly enemy of Hou Zhou at that time, since Zhao Kuangyin proclaimed himself emperor on behalf of Zhou, he also accepted the Northern Han's hatred of Hou Zhou.

In fact, Zhao Kuangyin did not forget this point, and Zhao Kuangyin did not forget the war against the Northern Han Dynasty. He also thought that one day he would be able to completely wipe out the Northern Han Dynasty.

In fact, before the Song army captured Houshu, Zhao Kuangyin and the Northern Han made a calculation, and neither side was able to take advantage of it. Zhao Kuangyin once sent Wang Yansheng into the Northern Han border area, and beat the local garrison of the Northern Han to nothing. .

At that time, the Northern Han Dynasty was unable to stop the elite troops of the Song army, so they directly begged for help from the Liao army, and joined forces with the Liao army to deal a fatal blow to the Song army.

Wang Yansheng seized Leping of the Northern Han Dynasty and attacked Liao and Shizhou in one go.In the first month of the following year, the Song army came to attack Liao, Shi and other prefectures again. Du Yantao, the governor of Liaozhou, surrendered to Song Dynasty.Liao Emperor Yelvjing sent 6 cavalry to help, and the Song army was repelled.

This was a relatively hidden thing at the time. The Song Dynasty did not publicize it, and the Liao Kingdom and the Northern Han Dynasty did not say anything else, but Zhao Kuangyin firmly remembered it, because this was one of his few failures.

When Liu Jun, the leader of Hou Shu, was killed by the Northern Han Dynasty, and people's hearts were still uncertain, Zhao Kuangyin suddenly turned his troops to attack the Northern Han Dynasty.

At that time, Zhao Kuangyin ordered Zhaoyi Jiedu envoy Li Jixun, and the infantry guards commanded Dang Jin, Jiedu envoy Wang Yansheng, Huaizhou defense envoy Kang Yanzhao, Jianwu Jiedu envoy Zhao Zan, etc. to lead their troops to attack Zilu and Jinzhou respectively. Taiyuan.

However, this time lasted for about ten days, and the Song army had nothing to gain, but Zhao Kuangyin insisted on not retreating.

At this time, internal turmoil broke out in the Northern Han Dynasty. The enshrined official Hou Barong killed Xue Jien, the new leader of the Northern Han Dynasty, and Sikong Guo Wuwei killed Hou Barong again, and welcomed Taiyuan Yin Liu Jiyuan as the lord.

Seeing that the Song army had entered its territory, Liu Jiyuan hurriedly asked for help from Liao. At the same time, he ordered the guards Du Yuhou Liu Jiye and Feng Jinke to guard Tuan Baigu to resist the Song army.The Song army quickly defeated the Northern Han army and approached the city of Taiyuan.

Zhao Kuangyin was very excited at this time, thinking that the Northern Han Dynasty could be wiped out. Who knew that Liao army reinforcements would arrive at this time.

Tal, the chief of soldiers and horses of the Liao army, led an army to rescue the Northern Han Dynasty and pushed into Taiyuan.Li Jixun and others were unable to attack Taiyuan for a long time, and the Liao army came again, so they led the troops back to the south.The Northern Han army took the opportunity to launch a pursuit and plundered the Song, Jin and Jiang states.

This was a war between the two sides when the Song Dynasty attacked Houshu, but there was no result.

On the one hand, Song Dynasty didn't get any benefits, so they didn't say anything. On the other hand, the new lord of the Northern Han Dynasty had just been established, and everyone didn't publicize it, but Zhao Kuangyin was indeed defeated at that time, so he was very upset.

He thought in his heart that the Northern Han Dynasty must be destroyed in the end, and his wish was about to come true.

But at this time, something happened. Song Jun was confronting Nantang. Someone stabbed him in the back. This person's name was Beihan.

That's right, the Northern Han Dynasty. The Northern Han Dynasty directly attacked the Song Dynasty at this time. It seems that they already knew that the Song Army was fighting the Tang Army in the south of you. The Emperor Liu Jiyuan of the Northern Han Dynasty took the initiative to attack the northern border of the Song Dynasty.

Liu Jiyuan's surname is not Liu. Liu Jiyuan's original surname is He, and his mother is the daughter of Liu Chong, the founder of the Northern Han Dynasty.

His mother married Xue Zhao first, and gave birth to Jien, and then married He, and gave birth to Jiyuan, that is to say, Liu Jiyuan and Liu Jien, who are half-brothers.

Both of them became the adopted sons of their uncle Liu Chengjun, and they all changed their surnames to Liu and became the royal family.

In July of the 12th year of Tianhui, Liu Chengjun, Emperor Ruizong of the Northern Han Dynasty, died of embarrassment and anger due to the Song army's suppression of the country, and his adopted son Liu Ji'en came to the throne.

Liu Jien was also Liu Jiyuan's elder brother, but in September of the same year, Liu Jien was killed by Hou Barong.

His brother died, and Liu Jiyuan became the emperor of the Northern Han Dynasty.Liu Jiyuan insisted on the humiliating policy of taking refuge in Khitan, and continued to contend with Zhao Song.

However, Liu Jiyuan seemed unwilling to do so. On the one hand, he used Khitan to expand his own strength, and on the other hand, he wanted to attack Song Dynasty.

After Liu Jiyuan succeeded to the throne, internal strife continued unabated.Not long after Liu Jiyuan came to the throne, he listened to Ma Feng's slander and killed the general Zheng Jin. He also favored the eunuch Wei Degui, dismissed Wei Chou, commander of the Tuhun army, and transferred him to Liaozhou governor.

Thousands of Tuhun soldiers refused to accept it and asked for their orders to be withdrawn, but Liu Jiyuan insisted on refusing.Later, I heard that Wei Chou was complaining secretly, fearing that he would cause a mutiny, so he sent someone to kill him.

General Li Yin felt wronged for Wei Yu, so Wei Degui encouraged Liu Jiyuan to send Li Yin to Lanzhou for supervision, and soon killed Li Yin.The Tuhun army was the main force of the Northern Han army. The commander was killed and the morale of the army collapsed. Liu Jiyuan actually destroyed the Great Wall by himself.

But even so, Liu Jiyuan began to attack the Song Dynasty regardless of the objections of the ministers. The Song army was not prepared enough and was taken down by the Northern Han Dynasty.

"Your Majesty, we shouldn't be rushing forward at this time. We should fight steadily. The Song army was not ready at the beginning, but now they are ready. We'd better be careful."

The person who spoke was a general, quite mighty, not intimidating and self-indulgent, one could tell that he was a capable general.

"Yang Ye, don't make others ambitious. We have won consecutive battles since we dispatched troops. We should take this opportunity to directly attack Bianjing."

Yang Ye, isn't Yang Ye the legendary Mr. Yang in later generations? Yes, it is him, unexpectedly he also came.

"But Your Majesty, this..."

"Yang Ye is stepping down. I'm tired and I need to take a good rest. You should step down first." Liu Jiyuan was really upset and didn't want to see him anymore.

Yang Ye had no choice but to withdraw, he had to listen to the emperor's words, only he was fully prepared.

It was this Yang Ye who once said to his entourage: "When I become a general and lead troops in the future, I will also chase pheasants and hares with falcons and dogs."

When he became an adult, he assisted Liu Chong and served as the commander of the defense. He was famous for his bravery and skill in fighting.He was promoted to Jianxiong Army Jiedushi many times, made military exploits many times, and won every time. The people of the country gave him the nickname "Invincible"!
Even in Da Song, he has his reputation, and has repeatedly blocked Da Song from going north, but at this time he is not happy at all.

He disapproved of Liu Jiyuan sending troops this time. The Han army had indeed won a few games since the dispatch, but Yang Ye knew that the Song army was not ready for these. Now he heard that the Song army had gathered several armies towards the north. Obviously not a good sign for the Han army.

"General, 20 soldiers of the Song Dynasty have already marched towards us, and there are also troops from the Shu region that are constantly approaching me. It is not good for us to leave the country."

After Yang Ye heard these words, he didn't say a word after that, and gradually became worried. They really couldn't compare with Da Song who wanted to be serious.

(End of this chapter)