The first-class concubine of the Song Dynasty

Chapter 439 tug of war

It's mid-spring.

The flowers outside the city of Longzhou are in full bloom, and a gust of wind blows through, and one can smell the deep smell of spring.

And in such a season, Liu Jiye soon learned of the news that Zhao Guangyi led the army to spare Longzhou City. Liu Jiye, who was still excited about breaking the Yunlou, suddenly panicked at this moment.

Although Taiyuan City is heavily guarded, but to be honest, Liu Jiye is not optimistic about those guards. They have long been like the emperors of the Northern Han Dynasty who only know how to enjoy themselves. Where will there be wars?

Uneasy Liu Jiye was very anxious, so he quickly ordered a team to intercept Zhao Guangyi, but not long after he gave the order, She Saihua stopped him.

Liu Jiye was a little puzzled, and said: "Madam, if Zhao Guangyi goes around Longzhou and goes straight to Taiyuan City, then our Northern Han Dynasty will really be destroyed."

She Saihua didn't understand this truth, but she still insisted not to send troops to intercept Zhao Guangyi.

"Now that the soldiers and horses of the Great Song Dynasty are strong, how many soldiers and horses can you send to intercept Zhao Guangyi? Sending people to intercept Zhao Guangyi is just sending them to death, and if the troops in Longzhou City are weak, the Song army staying outside the city will surely attack Longzhou." If Zhou City and Longzhou City are captured by them, and the two teams of Song Dynasty merge into one, do you think Taiyuan City can resist it?"

"This...but...but this..." Liu Jiye was a little anxious. He naturally agreed with what his wife said, but in this way, he was still a little worried when Zhao Guangyi was allowed to go straight to Taiyuan.

"Don't be nervous, my lord. Zhao Guangyi led [-] soldiers and horses to Taiyuan City. The number of Taiyuan defenders is enough to last for a few days, but they go deep alone. If Taiyuan City can hold on for a month, they will drag the Song army. There is no problem at all. What we need to do is to resist Liu Wei's siege."

Speaking of this, She Saihua said again: "You are also someone who has fought against Liu Wei. You must have learned how smart and powerful he is. If we are a little careless here, Liu Wei will definitely take the opportunity to call him and lose Long." Zhoucheng, how can we be worthy of the former emperor of the Northern Han Dynasty?"

At this time, after Liu Jiye sighed softly, he had no choice but to accept his wife's proposal and let Zhao Guangyi spare Longzhou City and go straight to Taiyuan, while they confronted Liu Wei here.

And when they confronted Liu Wei, Liu Wei suddenly sent thousands of soldiers to harass Longzhou City.

The soldiers and horses sent by Liu Wei had only one purpose, to force Liu Jiye to go out of the city to fight, but Liu Jiye refused to fight. He just had to defend Longzhou City. Song Bingma's opponent?
The two sides stood in a stalemate outside the city gate for a day, and when night fell, Liu Wei ordered Ming Jin to withdraw his troops and withdraw those people.

In fact, he did not agree with Liu Wei sending people to attack the city with their lives, and the reason why he sent people to harass Liu Jiye in Longzhou City was just to buy time for Zhao Guangyi to go straight to Taiyuan.

Although Liu Wei was not sure whether Liu Jiye would send someone to stop Zhao Guangyi, but if he could frighten Liu Jiye here, he would not dare to send people out of the city to stop Zhao Guangyi casually.

But it turned out that Liu Wei had achieved his goal.
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Longzhou City was only four or five days away from Taiyuan City. Zhao Guangyi led the army to approach Taiyuan. Anyone blocking the way would be shot to death.

And the news that Zhao Guangyi led the army to approach Taiyuan City was quickly learned by Liu Jiyuan, the emperor of the Northern Han Dynasty. Liu Jiyuan was as timid as a mouse and was too scared. , Ask the Liao people to send troops to reinforce Taiyuan City.

Liu Jiyuan's distress letter quickly reached the hands of Liao Emperor Yeluxian.

It's just that Ye Luxian hesitated after receiving Liu Jiyuan's letter. He handed the letter to Li Yin and said, "Sir, do you think we should send troops to Taiyuan City?"

Li Yin also hesitated for a moment, but did not answer the question right away.

This is not easy to do.

Zhao Guangyi approached Taiyuan City with soldiers and horses, and it was very possible to break through Taiyuan City. If they sent people to Taiyuan City at this time, they would probably be buried with them.

More importantly, there is no benefit for their people to go to Taiyuan City at this time, and here, their soldiers and horses have been at war with Shi Shouxin's soldiers and horses for several days, and both sides have suffered heavy losses. Liu Jiyuan did not send troops to rescue Taiyuan City.

If they draw part of their troops here, Shi Shouxin's soldiers and horses will definitely crush their Daliao army. At that time, they may not be able to keep their Yanyun Sixteen States.

The two monarchs and ministers looked at each other, and finally Li Yin said: "It is not worth the loss to take out troops to Taiyuan to support Liu Jiyuan. I think it is better not to send troops to Taiyuan."

Speaking of this, Li Yin couldn't help sighing softly. He knew very well that if he didn't send troops to rescue Liu Jiyuan, Taiyuan City might not be able to keep it. At that time, it might be difficult for the Northern Han Dynasty to survive, and the efforts they made would seem insignificant .

Ye Luxian bit his lip and said, "I never thought that Da Song would think of sending troops to stop our Liao army this time, so that we could not fight Zhao Guangyi's main force. I'm afraid... I am afraid that the Northern Han Dynasty is doomed." .”

Ye Luxian blamed himself a bit for what he said, but Li Yin said: "Your Majesty, you don't have to blame yourself. Now that Zhao Guangyi has just ascended the throne as emperor, he wants to consolidate his throne by destroying the Northern Han Dynasty, so this Northern Expedition doesn't matter what he pays. No matter what the price is, the Northern Han will be destroyed. Even if he does not send people to stop us from rescuing the Northern Han, he will definitely increase his troops to fight the Northern Han. However, our Liao Kingdom is not as strong as before, and cannot compete with the Northern Han. There is no need to blame yourself for a fight."

Regarding Li Yin's words, Ye Luxian could only listen to them as comforting words. After listening, he continued to talk about what to do next.

Li Yin pondered for a moment, then said: "Continuing to fight will only deplete the strength of our Liao people. Why don't we fight and retreat with the Song army, retreating back to the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun, and relying on the natural danger of the Great Wall to prevent the Song army from continuing to go north."

Speaking of this, Li Yin's expression tightened slightly, as if he had a very bad premonition, and so did Ye Luxian.

If Zhao Guangyi destroys the Northern Han Dynasty, then they will have to deal with the Liao people next. If they don't retreat beyond the Great Wall at this time, they will be attacked by the Song people frantically. If they want to retreat at that time, they will lose It's heavy.

"Zhao Guangyi is ambitious, and the annexation of our Liao Kingdom is bound to be within the scope of his ambitions. Since the Northern Han Dynasty cannot be preserved, we can only preserve our strength now."

Ye Luxian is a smart person, so he couldn't understand the meaning of what Li Yin said, and this kind of words must be spoken by him, the emperor of the Liao Kingdom. After he said it, Li Yin immediately agreed.

But in order to prevent Liu Jiyuan from surrendering too quickly, they still sent someone to send a letter to Liu Jiyuan, stating that reinforcements would arrive soon.

(End of this chapter)