The civil and military forces of the Liao State in the palace quietly listened to the majesty of the Liao Emperor Yelu Longxu.

After Liao Emperor Yelu Longxu reprimanded the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs, his face was gloomy and said: "My Great Liao wants to conquer the Song State, and before I start, the Song State took the lead in making a move, and it was menacing, and there was quite a posture of not breaking Yanyun's oath and not returning it.

Zhao Zhen is not Zhao Guangyi, nor is it Zhao Heng.

He had neither the folly of his ancestors nor the cowardice of his father.

Only a few years after ascending the throne, he won a huge territory in the Western Regions.

Its ambition is known to all.

The Song State launched an offensive one step ahead of our Great Liao, presumably with the intention of starting a war against our Great Liao.

Since the Song State had already intended to start a war against our Great Liao, and took the lead in launching an offensive, it shows that the Song State was very well prepared.

My Daliao may have to face the most difficult battle. ”

The Privy Council of the Great Liao Tongzhi heard the words of the Liao Emperor Yelu Longxu and said: "Your Majesty, the Song people are cowardly, how can they be the opponents of my Great Liao Iron Cavalry. In the past, the Song people came to attack, and the Song king designed to defeat the Song people three times, so that the Song people did not dare to invade the north.

Now that the war is resuming, we can use the strategy of the Song king to lure the enemy into the depths, gather and annihilate them. ”

The king of Song in the mouth of the Privy Council of the Great Liao is the late King of the Southern Court of Liao, Yelu Huge.

Because when the Empress Dowager Chengtian was alive, the merits of Jiashan Yelu Hugh Ge, the edict was ordered to enter the court without worship and without a name.

Therefore, Mi Liji can only call him by his title, but he cannot call him by his name.

Liao Emperor Yelu Longxu listened to his words, frowned and said: "I just said that Zhao Zhen is not Zhao Guangyi, he never interfered in the dispatch of soldiers and horses under his command, nor did he interfere with the soldiers and horses with imperial orders.

Cao Wei is not his father Cao Bin, and he will come from the temperament of Emperor Song.

Therefore, the wisdom of the Song king is not advisable.

The Song State sent 300,000 troops, divided into two routes, all the way to Yanmen Pass, and all the way to attack Zhuozhou.

The number of soldiers and horses sent by the Song State to Yanmen Pass was only 100,000, and there was obviously no plan to drive straight in.

We want to take advantage of the old wisdom of the Song king to lure the enemy deep and annihilate the enemy separately, I am afraid it is not so easy.

If my guess is correct, even if we open the door to the first line of Dading Mansion and let the enemy in, the enemy will not take any further risks.

Therefore, the battle on the front line of Yanmen Pass can only be fought hard, and there is no room for too many intrigues and tricks.

The same is true of the wars in Youzhou and Zhuozhou.

Cao Wei led an army of 200,000, but did not have a large army to press the border, and smashed Youzhou, but sent Di Qing to lead a part of the soldiers and horses, raided Tongtai Pass, and slowly cleaned up Zhuozhou behind his back, which shows that he has made up his mind to fight steadily. ”

Speaking of this, Liao Emperor Yelu Longxu said with a somewhat unpleasant face: "I'm not afraid that the Song State will go straight in, but I'm afraid that the Song State will fight steadily with us and keep consuming."

Although my Great Liao has a vast territory and a large number of generals, it is still not as rich as the Song State.

Song has enough money to spend, but we don't.

Since the Song State has decided to fight steadily, then I, Daliao, can no longer wait for the rabbit, and must take the initiative to attack. ”

Liao Emperor Yelu Longxu slowly straightened his face and said in a deep voice: "Send an order to Yelu Ye and Tulu Gu who rushed to Dading Mansion, telling them that they don't need to stay in Dading Mansion, and let them hurry to Yanmen Pass and storm Yanmen Pass."

Confused, you take 30,000 horses, follow the light car, and immediately go south to recapture Tongtai Pass.

Be sure to get back to Tongtai Pass before Cao Wei clears Zhuozhou.

Only by taking back the Tongtai Pass can we occupy the first opportunity, and we can attack and retreat. ”

Mi Liji heard the words of Liao Emperor Yelu Longxu, and was a little stunned, "Your Majesty, you let your ministers attack Tongtai Pass?" ”

Mi Liji is also an important minister in Daliao, and he went to fight against Di Qing, is there some meaning of killing chickens with a knife.

Liao Emperor Yelu Longxu heard the deep meaning of his words, he frowned and said: "Don't be inferior to Di Qing, he can be valued by Zhao Zhen, Kou Ji, and Cao Wei, which is enough to show that he is a very talented person in warfare." ”

There is still some unhappiness in his heart.

Whether you can dominate on the battlefield or not, it is all about the achievements of the army, not by who values it.

If you can dominate on the battlefield if you are valued by others, then why do you need a record?

Although he was unhappy in his heart, he didn't dare to say it.

Liao Emperor Yelu Longxu obviously made up his mind, and he didn't dare to touch Liao Emperor Yelu Longxu's brow.

As Liao Emperor Yelu Longxu said, now that there are many generals in the Great Liao, he is unwilling to go, so naturally some people are willing to go.

If he is evil to the Liao Emperor Yelu Longxu, he, an important minister of the Great Liao, is likely to change back to the past overnight.

There are many people who can recruit and fight well in the Great Liao, and there are even more people who can serve as the privy envoys of the Great Liao.

Liao Emperor Yelu Longxu made a decision, and someone quickly conveyed his order.

Mi Liji also left the palace, went to gather his soldiers and horses, and rushed to Tongtai Pass.

The news that the Liao Emperor Yelu Longxu sent Mi Liji to attack Tongtai Pass, Cao Wei and Lu Yijian, only learned three days later.

After three days of attack, the soldiers and horses of the Great Song Dynasty led by Cao Wei have already taken half of Zhuozhou.

Tongtai Pass was broken, the Liao soldiers in Zhuozhou were like a lone army, after they met the soldiers and horses of the Great Song Dynasty, they would not fight at all, they could retreat, and they could run.

In their hearts, preserving their strength is far more important than fighting with the soldiers and horses of the Great Song Dynasty.

After Cao Wei led people to break through Fanyang County in Zhuozhou, he has been stranded in Fanyang County.

Fanyang County County.

After Cao Wei heard the news reported by the spies, his brows furrowed slightly, and he turned his head sideways to Lu Yijian, who was sitting on the side, and said: "Liao Emperor Yelu Longxu should have seen that we would not rush forward, so he gave up the idea of luring the enemy deep and chose to fight with us.

He sent the Liao general Mi Liji to lead 30,000 soldiers and horses to attack Tongtai Pass, which is ironclad evidence.

If Emperor Liao Yelu Longxu intends to lead us into the game, it is absolutely impossible to send troops and horses out at this time. ”

Lu Yijian groaned: "Are you worried that Di Qing will not be able to deal with the 30,000 soldiers and horses led by Mi Liji? ”

Cao Wei shook his head slowly and said, "Di Qing has a heavy armor in his hand, and he has a lot of powerful ordnance equipped by the imperial court, so it shouldn't be a problem to deal with the 30,000 soldiers and horses of Mi Li."

I'm worried that the fleeing Yongtai army will gather together to help Mi Liji deal with Di Qing together.

The Yongtai Army is the town army of the Liao State in Zhuozhou, which wanders in Zhuozhou all the year round, and is far more familiar with the terrain of Zhuozhou than us.

After our army entered Zhuozhou, the Yongtai army saw us, ran if they could, avoided if they could, and had been wandering around Zhuozhou.

I'm worried that they're just waiting for an opportunity to attack Tongtai Pass.

If Di Qing only dealt with the 30,000 soldiers and horses who were confused, it would be easy to say, but if he added the Yongtai army, it would be difficult to say.

When the time comes, it is difficult to say whether the abdomen and back will be able to hold on to it. ”

After listening to Cao Wei's analysis, Lu Yijian frowned and asked, "How are you going to deal with it?" ”

Cao Wei said in a deep voice: "I am going to send a team of 10,000 soldiers and horses to Tongtai Pass to help Di Qing. At the same time, he ordered the whole army to recover Zhuozhou as soon as possible. As long as my 200,000 troops arrive at Tongtai Pass, even if the Liao Emperor Yelu Longxu personally leads the army to attack, he can only return with a heavy defeat. ”

In terms of offense, Cao Wei did not dare to guarantee it, but in defense, Cao Wei was full of confidence.

Lu Yijian nodded slowly and said, "I will instruct the officials below to restore the rule of Zhuozhou as soon as possible, and try not to cause trouble for you." ”

Cao Wei nodded and sent someone to pass the order.

It's just that the 10,000 horses sent out by Cao Wei have not yet arrived at Tongtai Pass.

The 30,000 Liao cavalry led by Mi Liji rushed to the bottom of Tongtai Pass.

After rushing to the bottom of Tongtai Pass, he did not rest, and immediately launched a fierce attack on Tongtai Pass.

Di Qing had long been prepared for someone to attack, so the things defending the city were very well prepared.

Rolling wood, gravel, gold juice and so on are all available.

Heavy ordnance such as hundreds of tigers and bed crossbows were also set up on the city.

As soon as Mi Liji led the Liao soldiers to appear under the city wall, Di Qing ordered to greet them together.

With the help of heavy ordnance, the Tiger Army led by Di Qing stubbornly pressed the enemy dozens of feet away from the city wall.

The momentum of the Liao soldiers attacking the city was very strong, but they could not get close to the city wall of Tongtai Pass.

The two sides continued to fight three times.

Mi Li's own had to pay for the retreat.

The price paid by Xiao Xun Di Qing was felt in a blur.

After three rounds of strong attacks, more than 1,000 Liao soldiers fell under Tongtai Pass.

The Song army at the head of the city was only wounded a hundred people and dozens of people died.

The dozens of people who died were still the merits of the marksmen in the army.

"Tongtaiguan is a difficult bone ......"

After Mingjin withdrew his troops, he sat in the military tent and said to his subordinate generals in a heavy voice.

A bearded general sitting not far from him said angrily: "As far as my subordinates know, the enemy still has heavy armored cavalry in his hands, and its strength is not weaker than the Tielin Army founded by King Song back then.

We led our troops to attack three times, and we didn't even force out the heavy armored cavalry in the hands of the enemy.

The enemy, with only bows and crossbows and other weapons, made it difficult for us to advance an inch.

If we want to attack from the front and take Tongtai Pass, I'm afraid it will be difficult.

He must be thought of otherwise. ”

Mi Liji said with a calm face: "I know that the enemy has a heavy armor horse in his hand, so when I come, I have already prepared a way to deal with the enemy's heavy armor." As long as the enemy's heavy armor dares to go out of the city, I will definitely teach them a hard lesson. ”

The bearded general frowned and said, "Even if we can teach the enemy a painful lesson, I'm afraid the price we pay will not be too small." Moreover, the enemy clearly intends to defend to the death, and it is useless for us to prepare more means. ”

Mi Liji turned his head sideways and asked the entourage in the tent, "The spies bypassed Tongtai Pass and entered Zhuozhou, can they find out the situation of the Yongtai Army in Zhuozhou?" ”

The entourage hurriedly said: "The spies have found out the situation of the Yongtai Army, but they have not yet met with the Yongtai Army Envoy. The Yongtai Army Jiedu envoy is a smart man, after he learned that the Song army took Tongtai Pass, he led the whole army of the Yongtai army, and when he encountered the Song army, he ran away, and did not fight head-on with the Song army, so the strength of the Yongtai army was not weakened. ”

Mi Liji narrowed his eyes and said in a low voice: "He is smart and knows that the enemy is invincible, so he chose to preserve his strength." It's a pity that he is a Han man, otherwise I could have introduced him as a confidant and promoted one or two. ”

There was a Han man under Mi Liji's account, and when he heard Mi Liji's words, he frowned and said: "General, now the imperial court appoints officials, regardless of Liao and Han. ”

When Mi Liji heard this, he sneered: "When the imperial court has no more about the northern and southern officials, you will tell me this sentence again." If Your Majesty hadn't insisted on keeping you under my account, I wouldn't have used you. ”

When the general heard this, he said in a deep voice: "When the general says this, isn't he afraid that the southern officials in the court will be hostile to you?" ”

Mi Liji snorted coldly: "There are quite a few southern officials appointed by His Majesty, but the one who is really in power has always been my northern official. ”

The general gritted his teeth and didn't say anything more.

Among the Liao people, there are those who are close to the Han people, and there are naturally those who are disgusted with the Han people.

Those who are close to the Han people are in order to do things with the Han people.

Those who dislike the Han people are because they feel that the Han people are out of rank and have encroached on the interests of their Liao people.

The Great Liao nobles who hated the Han people in the Great Liao court never concealed their dislike for the Han people.

In their eyes, those cowardly people in the Song Dynasty were stronger than the southern officials.

People are cowardly, but they have backbone.

Nanmian officials are a group of spineless things, if they really have backbone, how can they be used by the Liao people?

After reprimanding the general, Mi Liji stopped talking to him, and Mi Liji ordered his entourage in a deep voice, saying: "Let the spies meet with the Yongtai Army Jiedu Envoy as soon as possible, and tell the Yongtai Military Jiedu Envoy to cooperate with us, attack from both sides, and storm Tongtai Pass." ”

Speaking of this, he glanced at the general who was born in the south, and said in a salty and nonchalant manner: "Tell the envoy of the Yongtai Army Festival, don't release water to me." I know that he has a lot of ordnance from the Song Kingdom, and I will use them all. ”

When the general from the southern official heard this, he gritted his teeth and said, "Although we are Han, we are also Liaochen. Since he is a Liao minister, he will naturally die for His Majesty. ”

Hearing this, he sneered: "If you have the courage, the next time you storm Tongtai Pass, you will be the pioneer!" ”

The general who was born in the south almost did not hesitate to say: "The last general will definitely live up to his mission, and he will definitely cut off Di Qing's head and dedicate it to His Majesty." ”

"Very good......

Mi Liji sneered and complimented.