Spring is late in the Northland, but the snow and ice have melted in mid-March. The roads are frozen, the rivers are unblocked, and although the temperature is still cold in the morning and evening, spring has arrived with an unstoppable momentum.

Since the establishment of the Southern Imperial Court of the Great Liao last year, Han Desui and Han Zhang have reached a common goal. Although it is said that the Jurchens are the main culprits of the division of the Liao State, they are the bane of the current situation of the Liao State. However, compared to the Jurchens, Yeluchun's rebellion under the support of the tribal leaders was even more intolerable. When Da Liao was in the most crisis, Yelu Chun Mengsa Ge and they were in internal turmoil, which led to the disintegration of the entire Da Liao. The emperor died, and the respected prime minister Han Yanshou was also killed. In the chaos, many important ministers of the Liao State died in it, and many generals also died in the chaos, including Han Desui's two sons.

Although Han Desui is a ruthless man, he can shoot his beloved son with his own hands in order to defend the city, but it is his own son, he can kill, but others can't kill him. Who doesn't know that Han Desui, the king of the Southern Courtyard, is not easy to mess with, and the tribal chieftains and Yeluchun dare to do this, and they are bound to pay for their blood debts. And Han Zhang's revenge for Han Yanshou is even more justified. Because although Han Zhang is nominally Han Yanshou's nephew, those who know the inside story know that Han Zhang is actually the son of Han Yanshou and Han Zhang's mother, that is, Han Yanshou's brother-in-law, who was born of an affair, and many people actually know about this matter. It can be said that the crusade against the imperial court in the north is not only a great righteousness, but also their family feud.

In fact, the current situation is chaotic though. But for Han Desui, he was a little happy in his heart. The battle of Xijin Mansion was overwhelmed by the flowering of Lin Jue's city, and finally had to give up his old nest, Han Desui, who fled with more than 20,000 soldiers and horses, was actually quite depressed for a while. After the defeat of Xijin Mansion, he did not immediately report the news to Yelu Zongyuan, who was fighting under Liaoyang Mansion. On the one hand, he didn't want to distract Yelu Zongyuan's army at this time and ruin the battle situation in Liaoyang City, on the other hand, he was also a little ashamed to speak up and a little worried that Yelu Zongyuan would punish him for this. He didn't hold the Xijin Mansion at this time, which undoubtedly dragged down Yelu Zongyuan's plan.

Because of this, Han De fled from Xijin Mansion with his soldiers and horses and went all the way north, and fled to Danzhou, a hundred miles away. He thought that even if he lost Xijin Mansion, he would have to save some face. If the Great Zhou rebels want to take advantage of the situation to attack north, then Danzhou is a good defensive stronghold. The terrain there is complex and steep, and the city of Danzhou is also a city with a good defense system, which can defend against enemies. Even if you can't stop the enemy's march north, as long as you do your best, you will be able to explain in front of Yelu Zongyuan in the future.

Of course, on arrival in Tan

After the state, Han Desui still ordered someone to go to Yelu Zong Yuantong to analyze the loss of Jinfu. However, he told his cronies who went to report that he wanted him to report the matter only after the war in Liaoyang Mansion was over and the imperial army captured Liaoyang Mansion, so as not to spoil the big thing. When the confidant arrived at the Liao army camp, the Liao soldiers and horses were being stopped by the burning black oil fire wall dug around the city, and he could only wait. waited until Yelu Zongyuan was seriously injured, and the Liao army had to stop attacking. That cronie was extremely shrewd, and he knew that at this time, there was no need to report the news of the fall of Xijin Mansion, adding chaos to the already chaotic situation, so he immediately released Fei Yu to report the situation of Han Desui here. Unfortunately, on that chaotic night, this man was innocently shot by a stray arrow.

Han De was shocked after receiving the battlefield information sent by Fei Yu, and he immediately led his army to Dading Mansion in Zhongjing. His original intention was that since Yelu Zongyuan was seriously injured, if he couldn't survive this winter, then the overall situation of the DPRK and China would probably have to make a trust, and he couldn't be absent from the situation, and he couldn't stay out of the matter. At the same time, leading the troops to make a move to respond to Yelu Zongyuan's posture can also reduce his guilt for losing the Xijin Mansion. When he arrived at Dading Mansion, the follow-up news came, the emperor died, Yeluchun killed the eldest prince Yelucai, and the tribal chieftain supported his rebellion. Han Zhang led the remnants of the defeated army to break through and defeat back. Han De immediately made a decision, and he immediately went out of the city to pick up Han Zhang and take him into the Dading Mansion.

After that, after the two discussed, they decided to make Yelu Pingshan, the son of Yelu Cai, the emperor, and determined to exterminate the gang of rebellious ministers and thieves, avenge Yelu Zongyuan and Yelu Cai, and also avenge the two sons of Han Yanshou and Han Desui who died in the chaos. Both of them are people with means and ability, originally the communication between the two Han families in Liao was not close, and there was still some rejection between each other, but now, the two of them hugged each other tightly. Han Zhang valued Han Desui's prestige and ability to the south for a long time, and Han Desui valued the connections and excellent reputation of Han Yanshou's family. In order to show his sincerity, Han Desui even gave up the position of privy envoy and let Han Zhang take this position, just to let Han Zhang understand that he had absolute trust in Han Zhang. And Han Zhang was also very grateful for this, because they were both surnamed Han, and Han Desui had a relationship with Han Yanshou's peers, so Han Zhang simply recognized Han Desui as his father-in-law, further consolidating the relationship between the two.

In the past four or five months, the two have worked together and actively made a lot of preparations for the Northern Expedition. In particular, Da Zhou took the initiative to send the head of Han Gang, the leader of the attack on Xijin Mansion, to Dading Mansion, and took the initiative to give up control of Xijin Mansion, and said that when he continued to fulfill the previous peace agreement, a big stone in Han Desui and Han Gang's hearts fell to the ground. They're actually the ones they're most afraid of

It was the Great Zhou who tore up the peace conference at this time and launched an attack. In fact, Da Zhou made such a gesture, which made both of them feel that it was a scam. It wasn't until the soldiers and horses really regained control of Xijin Mansion and a large number of Great Zhou supplies, grain and grass arrived in a steady stream that the two dared to believe such a fact. In addition to being happy, the two also had an extreme sense of contempt for Da Zhou. Such a Great Zhou court can be said to have no blood and backbone. It's unbelievable to have no thoughts at such a time.

Da Zhou is cowardly, which is a great benefit to the current plan of the two. The soldiers and horses of Xijing Datong do not need to stay too much. Daliao was in chaos, but the 30,000 or 40,000 soldiers and horses in Xijing Datong were still a new force and were not severely damaged. The leader is Han Desui's brother-in-law Mao Buyi, that is a wooden but very capable person, Xijing Datong is actually one of the most dangerous places in the territory of the Great Zhou, but he has been stationed in Xijing for many years, Xijing is solid, and it is not half a point. This time, Xijing Dao only needed to leave more than 10,000 soldiers and horses, and the rest of the soldiers and horses were mobilized.

Not only that, Han Zhang used Han Yanshou's connections and reputation to inform some tribes and local nobles and wealthy families of Zhongjing Dao, which belonged to Nanjing Dao, and these people had money to contribute and some people to contribute four or five thousand manpower and millions of military salaries, which greatly helped the Northern Expedition of the army. At the same time, Han Desui recruited troops and horses in Sandao, and in the name of the king of Han Desui Southern Academy, many people joined him. Within a few months, there were more than 30,000 recruits. As a result, the 30,000 soldiers and horses in Xijing Datong, plus the 80,000 or 90,000 soldiers and horses in the original hands of the Second Han, plus the recruits and the soldiers and horses sent by the tribal nobles, the southern court had a huge army of up to 160,000 in its hands.

Spring is blooming, the roads are thawing, the soldiers are well fed, everything is ready, everything is unstoppable.

March 21, a warm sunny morning. Fourteen-year-old Yelu Pingshan stood on the tall tower at the south gate of the Dading Mansion Palace to inspect the soldiers and horses. The 160,000 troops of black pressure were densely discharged more than ten miles away on the long street of Suzaku in Dading Mansion, and the black pressure of the banner covered the sky and the sun, and the light of the sword shone on the glorious color of the city.

Han Desui and Han Zhang stood on both sides of Yeluping Mountain in full armor, and at their urging, Yelu Pingshan issued a letter in his immature voice to crusade against Yeluchun, and announced that the army would immediately go north and set foot on Linhuang Mansion.

After that, Han Desui and Han Zhang, who were the commanders and deputy commanders of the army, respectively issued pre-war mobilizations, tearfully expounding the reasons and necessity of eradicating Yeluchun and a group of tribal traitors.