The sixteen states of Yanyun refer to: Youzhou, Shunzhou, Confucianism, Danzhou, Jizhou, Zhuozhou, Yingzhou, Mozhou, Xinzhou, Fuzhou, Wuzhou, Ulzhou, Yingzhou, Huanzhou, Shuozhou, Yunzhou, during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, it was ceded to the Khitan by the Later Jin monarch Shi Jingjiao. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

After the establishment of the Northern Song Dynasty regime, due to the unexpected arrival of a certain Shangshu, the appearance of the entire Great Song Dynasty has undergone earth-shaking changes, originally from the hands of Shi Jingjiao after the cession, more than 400 years have been in the hands of foreign people Yanyun sixteen states were reclaimed by Taizong of the Dynasty eight states, these eight states are You, Ji, Ying, Mo, Zhuo, Tan, Shun and Yingzhou, You, Ji, Ying, Mo, Zhuo, Tan, Shun and Shun are located in the southeast of the north branch of Taihang Mountain, Yingzhou is the middle line.

The other eight remaining eight states are in the northwest of the mountain, Song and Liao take Taihang Mountain as the boundary, each stationed in half, because of the barrier of Taihang Mountain and the Great Wall, Liao wants to Song Xingbing again, it is far less casual and convenient than back then, plus Song has long stationed 100,000 soldiers and horses in this eight states, Song is politically clear, the soldiers are strong and strong, although the Liao people are not angry, but they do not dare to start the war again, the two countries have no war, the Song Jing has worked hard to develop the economy and people's livelihood, nearly 20 years, the overall national strength has taken off again.

Song developed rapidly, Liao did not let much, although there was no demon minister like Jiang Zuolang, but there was a wise queen mother like Empress Dowager Xiao, the ability of Empress Dowager Xiao needless to say, with the ability of Song Taizong, plus Jiang Zuolang's means and strategy, against this woman, the two countries fought for more than two years, and Song was only exempt from forcibly taking eight states, and the overall national strength of Liao at that time was far inferior to that of the Great Song Dynasty.

Empress Dowager Xiao can be described as a legend of the Great Liao, she is not only outstanding in military affairs, in the governance of the country, is also a rare hero, she began at the age of thirty-five, with a young son, set foot on the highest center of the Liao regime, in just more than 20 years, the war-torn prairie has been unified, and the Song truce, the Empress Dowager Xiao was not only carried away by the anger of losing the eight states, but calmed down, while grinding the army and sharpening the horse, while developing the country and the people's livelihood.

In the following nearly 20 years, the Great Song Dynasty was developing at a high speed, and the Great Liao did not let much, although they did not have a genius like Jiang Zuolang, but the country under the rule of the Empress Dowager Xiao was politically clear, the country was peaceful, the people were well fed, warmly dressed, and the entire grassland was devoted to it.

It's just that this kind of good development stopped burning last winter, without it, the Empress Dowager Xiao, who has been in charge of the Liao regime for more than 20 years, died last winter, as soon as she died, the Great Liao, which has been smooth for all these years, seems to have turned to adversity because of the death of this outstanding female commander, and soon after the death of the Empress Dowager Xiao, a heavy snowstorm that has not been encountered for decades has descended on the field, so that the grassland cattle and sheep population has been killed and injured countless times, and the Holy Sect Yelu Longxu has not yet recovered from this double blow, followed by the Yellow River gap in the summer of this year, As a result, millions of victims in Liao were left homeless. (After years of continuous expansion and development, the population of the Liao people has reached nearly 20 million.) ）

And some forces within Liao have also begun to stir due to the death of Empress Dowager Xiao, and the Holy Sect Yelu Longxu has already been trained under the careful teaching of his mother over the years, and he has watched these forces that are ready to move with a cold eye, and he did not suppress them at the first time, but was waiting for a suitable opportunity for everyone to bow down.

This opportunity soon came, in mid-July, the two states of Youji were in turmoil due to the influx of Liao disaster victims, Yelu Longxu was overjoyed when he saw this, and planned to take the opportunity to send troops to recapture the Yanyun Eight Prefectures that were lost that year, once this initiative was completed, with the financial resources of those eight states, not only could immediately solve the problem of millions of disaster victims in the grassland, but also pushed his prestige to the peak in one fell swoop.

As long as he takes the other eight states of Yanyun, no one in Liao will dare to disobey his edict, but now the Great Song Kingdom is rich and strong, with many soldiers and horses, how to fight this battle, he does not have a good constitution in his heart for a while, fortunately, he does not plan to fight directly to the center of the Great Song Dynasty, he just wants to regain the Yanyun Eight Prefectures lost from his hands, and if he wants to recapture the eight states, he must first get to the bottom.

On July 23, the reinforcements allocated by Bianjing had not yet set out, Yelu Longxu ordered his most outstanding generals to take 2,000 elite soldiers to pass through a rugged path in Taihang Mountain, bypassing the tens of thousands of soldiers stationed in Yingzhou in the Great Song Dynasty, and rushing to Youzhou, two days later, that is, in the middle of the night of July 25, these 2,000 cavalry suddenly came to the city, and the defenders of Youzhou were taken by surprise.

In less than two hours, they broke through the defense line of Youzhou City, and the Youzhou guards were shocked, thinking that Youzhou City would definitely not be safe, but these two thousand cavalry quietly retreated, leaving only blood and countless corpses! The Youzhou guard general and the assassin Shi couldn't figure out the intentions of the Liao army for a while, but they didn't dare to hide the matter, so they could only report to the court for 800 miles.

Don't talk about the concerns of the officials of Youzhou, but say that Yelu Longxu touched the bottom line of the Song army, and was overjoyed, with the existing combat strength of the Song army, as long as the Liao army is entangled in 100,000 iron cavalry, divided into several shares, and waved south, it is very likely to take several states before the Song army's reinforcements arrive, as long as most of the control of the sixteen states of Yanyun can be in their own hands, the Song army will lose the Taihang Mountain barrier, with the existing combat strength of the Liao army, it will not be easy for them to recapture this city.

It's just that although his intentions are good, he really summoned the ministries, but there was trouble, the various ministries dragged on, his troops had not yet been entangled, the vanguard of the Song reinforcements had arrived at Youji, and the vanguard general was Pan Weixi, who was extremely famous among the young generals of the Song Dynasty, Yelu Longxu was extremely angry, but it was useless to be annoyed at this time, the opportunity had been lost, and if he wanted to successfully take Youji, he could only find another way.

Xiao Nan set off from Tai'an on August 3, from Tai'an to Youzhou about a thousand distances, Xiao Nan was not in a hurry, it took a total of five days, that is, August 8 to Youzhou, she just arrived in Youzhou City, she listened to the local residents' orders, not long ago, there was a war in Youzhou, Xiao Nan was surprised, and found the person in charge of Qianmen in the local area, and asked in detail about what happened.

Under this question, it was learned that the Liao people launched a small-scale attack on Youzhou ten days ago, with the arrival of the Song reinforcement vanguard, there was no movement for the time being, and learned that the commander of the reinforcements was Yang Jiye, the vanguard was Pan Weixi, Xiao Nan heard the names of these two people, and a heart was temporarily relaxed.

Yang Jiye will not say, he is one of the few surviving veterans in the Great Song Dynasty, this person has fought all his life, and has few defeats, especially for the Liao soldiers, within the Song Dynasty, there are really not many who can be compared with him at present, as for Pan Weixi, he is the son of Pan Mei, a famous general in the early Song Dynasty, and his skills are not inferior to his father.

When she heard that the Qin Cha who came with the army to relieve the disaster and relieve the people was actually Zhao You, the eldest son of the emperor, her face became extremely strange, and the local person in charge of Qianmen, Yang Duo, couldn't help but ask quite apprehensively: "Elder Xiao, but what's wrong?" (To be continued.) )