As the saying goes, man is not as good as heaven. Just as the emperor was discussing the matter of sending troops with Pan Mei, Yang Ye, and Cai Shangshu and Xiao Guoliang of the Ministry of War, he had already detected that the Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty was driving the soldiers and horses of the Liao State stationed in Wutai Mountain, and suddenly attacked. At a lightning speed, the soldiers broke through the pass and surrounded Wutai Mountain with three layers inside and three layers outside, and the water could not be drained.

Emperor Zhao Guangyi, who got the news, immediately panicked. Even the general Pan Mei and Yang Ye were a little unexpected, and they really didn't expect the Liao soldiers to come so suddenly. With the report of a ** Tanma, the two of them had already noticed the gaffe, and the soldiers and horses of the Liao State who raided Wutai Mountain this time turned out to be more than 150,000 people, which was three times the sum of the Datong army sent by the Imperial Forest Army and Yang Ye to protect the emperor.

Yang Ye and Pan Mei commanded the Imperial Forest Army on the one hand, and the Datong Army actively defended, and on the other hand, sent Yang Yanzhao (Liulang) to lead the partial generals Meng Liang and Jiao Zan to kill through the siege, and Liulang went to the Datong Army garrison and mobilized all the soldiers and horses to come to the rescue, Meng Liang went to the Daimyo Mansion on the East Hebei Road, and summoned Cao Bin to lead the troops to the rescue, and Jiao Zan went to the Zhending Mansion on the West Hebei Road, and called the Jiedu of the West Hebei Road to bring Li Wenlong to the rescue.

It is said that far water does not quench the thirst of the near. The three-way reinforcements, even the nearest Datong army, will not arrive until five days later. And the reinforcements on the Hebei East Road and the West Road will take seven days at the earliest. It seems that the soldiers and horses of the Liao State were very aware of the arrival time of the reinforcements from all walks of life, and since they surrounded Wutai Mountain, they attacked almost day and night.

It didn't take a day and a night for the outer Datong Army's defense line to be breached. The inner layer of the Imperial Forest Army used to be a team that followed Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin to fight in the south and north, but the number was small, although it fought to the death, it only lasted two days and one night. Seeing that in two days, the reinforcements of the Datong Army raised by Liulang would arrive, but Yang Ye and Pan Mei had no more troops available.

In a panic, Xiao Guoliang had a plan and hurriedly said to the emperor:

"Your Majesty, the minister has a plan, and he should be able to avoid this catastrophe."

"Xiao Aiqing, hurry up."

"Your Majesty, now that the Liao soldiers are attacking Wutai Mountain, it is nothing more than knowing that the saint is here. The minister felt that he should first send someone who could speak to deceive him to delay time, and at the same time, among the soldiers and close attendants, he would find a person who was similar in appearance to the saint, and let him wear a yellow robe, pretend to be a saint, and stand on the city wall, within the sight of the soldiers and horses of the Liao State, so as to stabilize the other party. The saint pretended to be an ordinary soldier and was secretly escorted out by Yang Yejiedu's envoy or General Pan Mei. It must be able to hide from the eyes and ears of the Liao people. ”

Whether it is the emperor Zhao Guangyi, or Yang Ye, Pan Mei and others, they all feel that Xiao Guoliang's plan is feasible. It's just that for a while, I couldn't find a suitable candidate, and went to the Liao ** camp to send the tribute table. In the palace, you look at me, and I look at you. Xiao Guoliang understands that if he chooses one person from the current personnel now, it can only be himself. remembered what Kou Xiang said before parting that night in Huazhou: There is still a chance to go to the capital, and it is not too late to choose the rapids to retreat after ten years. Xiao Guoliang secretly pondered for a while, and then Mao recommended himself:

"Your Majesty, Weichen is willing to send a letter of surrender to Liaoying and enter the table."

"Xiao Aiqing, I'm afraid that going to Liaoying here will be more auspicious."

"Your Majesty, the Lu of the Eater, the Worry of the Dividing the King, as long as you can save Your Majesty from the danger in front of you, Weichen will die without regrets."

At this time, Yang Ye suddenly interjected:

"The two countries are at war, and they don't come to war. The person who led the troops of the Liao State this time was the general Yelu Hongji, who knew etiquette. As long as our side is secretive and the other party is satisfied, Governor Xiao's trip will be fine. ”

Since it was decided that Xiao Guoliang would go to Liaoying to offer a letter of surrender, the top priority was to draft a list of letters of surrender, and the other was to notify the soldiers and horses of the Liao State to suspend the attack. Xiao Guoliang and Cai Shangshu were responsible for drafting the surrender letter, while Yang Ye went to the battlefield and used a bow and arrow to write that the Great Song Dynasty was willing to cede land for compensation, in exchange for the brocade silk of the Liao State's retreating troops, and shot it into the Liao camp.

Soon, the book drawn up by Xiao Guoliang and others will be fine, anyway, it is a fraudulent surrender, and it is much easier to write. Yang Ye also received a reply from Liaoying, agreeing to send someone to deliver the surrender form. When Song Ying's side selected a person who looked seven points similar to the emperor from among the crowd, pretended to be the emperor, and stood on the city wall, Xiao Guoliang also rode alone to Liaoying. As soon as Xiao Guoliang left, on the side of the Song camp, Pan Mei led the Imperial Forest Army, and also escorted the emperor dressed as an ordinary soldier to secretly flee out. Because of the vast area of Wutai Mountain and the chaotic battlefield, it is not difficult to escape dozens of people.

It is said that Xiao Guoliang came to the Liao camp, and under the escort of the Liao soldiers, he went straight to the tent. When he entered the big tent, he saw a general with a majestic appearance, thick beard, and about fifty years old sitting on the main seat of the big tent, Xiao Guoliang knew that it should be the Yelu Hongji that Yang Ye said. On both sides of Yelu Hongji, there were two Liao generals in full armor.

Xiao Guo walked to the handsome case and bowed his hand.

"Xiao Guoliang, the prefect of Yanshan Mansion in the Great Song Dynasty, has seen Marshal Yelu Hongji of the Liao State."

"Get on your knees!"

Xiao Guoliang turned a deaf ear to the shouts of the four people on both sides, and just looked at Yelu Hongji behind the handsome case. Seeing Yelu Hongji waving his hand to the four people on both sides, the four of them were silent.

"Da Song really has the heart to surrender? It's not a bluff to stall for time, is it? If Ben Shuai's guess is correct, the Datong army should arrive in two days. ”

"Marshal Yelu can rest assured, how could the Huanghuang Great Song do such a villainous thing. Here is the list of the letters of my lord long live the royal pen himself, please take a look at the marshal. ”

Xiao Guoliang put the book and the table on the handsome case, but Yelu Hongji didn't look at it. Still staring at Xiao Guoliang, he continued to ask:

"Is your emperor still in the barracks?"

"Here, in order to reassure the marshal, when I came, the saint was already on the city wall, and the marshal could send someone to identify it."

Yelu Hongji turned his head to look at a Liao general on the left, and the Liao general understood and immediately turned around and went out. After a while, he came back and leaned down to Yelu Hongji and muttered two words in his ear. At this time, Yelu Hongji picked up the book and table on the table and looked at it carefully. While watching, he frowned. In the end, he fell to the ground very angrily and asked Xiao Guoliang angrily:

"This is the sincerity of your Great Song?"

When Xiao Guoliang and the military department Shangshu drafted the terms of the surrender, they considered that they could not write it to make the other party too satisfied, otherwise it would be easy for the other party to see the flaws. Seeing Yelu Hongji's expression, Xiao Guoliang knew that at this time, the other party suspected that Cheng Dù, who was defrauding and delaying time, should have been alleviated a lot.

"The marshal was angry, the Great Song Dynasty was founded less than 30 years ago, and the Central Plains was in turmoil for hundreds of years, and the people were already in trouble. Now the treasury of the Great Song Dynasty is also very empty, and the amount that can be taken out and lowered is already the limit. ”

Yelu Hongji also ignored him, and motioned to the Liao general next to him to pick up the descending letter on the ground and hand it to Xiao Guoliang, Yelu Hongji said:

"Now is the end of the hour, give you two hours, and at the end of the day, please ask your Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty to come to the tent to sign the surrender. If it is not outdated, the consequences will not need to be repeated. Go ahead. ”