Yang Yanzhao listened to Leng Bingshuang tell about his experience, and said thoughtfully: "It seems that we missed the opportunity to meet!" After General Leng died, the reason why we went to look for Sister Leng's mother and son six years later was because his body was never found; I can't say whether I am dead or alive! ”

Leng Bingshuang was shocked: "So my father didn't die in battle?" What happened when he was killed by Yelu Huge, the king of the Northern Courtyard of Liao? ”

Yang Yanzhao said: "At that time, the two armies were fighting, and the soldiers saw General Leng and Yelu Hugo fighting in Motianling; Later, our army was destroyed, and General Leng's whereabouts were unknown, and the soldiers said that he was killed by Jeruxiuge; But we have not found the body of General Leng, and we have not found it until now; Later, it was estimated that General Leng jumped off a cliff after being besieged by the Liao army in Motianling, and only went to find Sister Leng and your mother six years later; But I didn't find you ......."

Song Zhenzong listened to Yang Yanzhao's vivid speech, and asked Liu Chengqi, the eunuch in charge, and said, "Liu Zhongguan, is it time to go to the court?" ”

Liu Chengqi stepped forward and replied: "Your Majesty, there is still half an hour before the time of the court!" ”

Song Zhenzong asked Liu Chengqi to step back, looked at Yang Yanzhao and said, "Since there is still half an hour left in the last dynasty, Brother Yang might as well tell me the battle story of you and General Leng together!" ”

Yang Yanzhao's mansion knelt down and said, "Weichen obeys!" He stood up and cheered up his spirits, and told the story of his journey of fighting with Leng Xiaowu.

After the defeat of the Song army's three-way army in the Battle of Gaoliang River, the invincible general Yang Ye was captured by Yelu Xiuge, the king of the Northern Court of Liao, in Chenjiayu, and died on a hunger strike for three days.

After Yang Ye was martyred, his sons Yang Yanzhao and Leng Xiaowu moved from Shanxi to the Hebei front; Leng Xiaowu is the chief general of Zhiguo Lieutenant Zheng Qipin, and Yang Yanzhao is the deputy lieutenant of Zhiguo Zhengqipin. The two participated in the Battle of Waqiaoguan and were controlled by the Song general Zhang Shi.

Waqiao Guancheng was isolated north of Yishui, while the Song army's Guannan troops were all south of Yishui and did not have a unified command; This alone gave the Liao people an opportunity to take advantage of.

The Song army should say that the will to fight is still very firm, and the fact that the city can still close the city after the death of the main general Zhang Shi is Leng Xiaowu and Yang Yanzhao's credit.

Later, the Song army was able to win a big victory after the defeat of the southern armies of Yishui, which shows that the Song army is not a force without combat power.

The reason why the Song army suffered repeated defeats at the beginning of the Battle of Waqiaoguan was because there was no unified command; The armies were not coordinated and did not cooperate.

Such drawbacks are the biggest weakness of the Song Taizong Dynasty - afraid that the dictatorship of the army generals will threaten the country's power, and they will not send the generals to fight the enemy, and the emperor will sit in the palace and control it remotely; Fools know that this kind of battle without the same generals and under the direct command of the emperor is difficult to win, but the shrewd Song Taizong is to do this; Before each battle, there is also a map of ten thousand arrays for the general to bring with him, which is really stupid.

After the defeat of the Yishui Henan army, the generals swore an oath of shame, although there was no unified command, but the defeat of the Liao army shows that the mutual cooperation is very tacit.

Although the Song army did not deploy in a unified manner, the generals discussed with each other and formulated a more detailed battle plan; The tasks and division of labor are clarified, and they can be consciously implemented, so as to turn defeat into victory.

When Emperor Taizong of the Song Dynasty issued an edict to deploy Cui Yanjin as the capital of Guannan and unify the command of the Guannan armies; The Liao people knew that there was no chance to take advantage of the difficulties and retreated.

The performance of the Liao army was unsatisfactory, and only Yelu Hugo was both wise and brave; Hundreds of cavalry slashed the Song general Zhang Shi, 10,000 cavalry defeated the Guannan army, the military merits made the generals embarrassed, and let the credit to the subordinates is not a general's talent.

After the martyrdom of Zhang Shi, the main general of Waqiao Pass, Cui Yanjin ordered Leng Xiaowu to be the main general; Yang Yanzhao was the deputy general, and led the original team of Waqiao Guan to fight a fierce battle with Yelu Huge.

Cui Yanjin is not only a fierce general, but also an experienced veteran; During the Taizu period, Cui Yanjin was present in almost every battle of the Eastern Expedition and the Western Expedition, the Southern Expedition and the Northern Expedition.

After Liao Jingzong defeated the Song army at the Gaoliang River, he always thought that the Song people were weak and could be bullied, so he sent generals or personally marched south one after another; As a result, most of them were defeated and repeatedly frustrated and repeatedly provoked, which shows that they are not clever in using troops; At best, it is an enlarged version of the traditional harassment tactics of the nomads.

However, the Liao army's reward and punishment policy is fair, and the soldiers use their lives, which is the advantage of the Liao Gang.

The Song army has made repeated contributions to defend the border, and has completely walked out of the shadow of the defeat of the Gaoliang River; Confidence in the Liao campaign was re-established.

In the battle of Waqiao Pass, the Song army won the battle of Waqiao Pass, and the Liao army also won the word, and it became a thing; But in the battle of Mancheng, the Liao army collapsed on all fronts.

In the Battle of Mancheng, the Song army killed the enemy and captured nearly 10,000 people; More than 1,000 horses were captured and an unprecedented victory was achieved.

The reason for this is that Cui Han, Liu Yanjin, and Li Jilong dared to resist and disobey the order in front of the battle, and at the risk of resisting the order, they gave up the eight formations determined by Song Taizong and changed to the two formations before and after, and relatively concentrated their forces; At the same time, they planted ambushes behind enemy lines to adapt to the situation, and finally achieved the final victory.

At the same time, the total number of Song troops in the Battle of Mancheng reached more than 80,000 people, which was unexpected by the Liao army; The Liao army initially faced only about 20,000 or 30,000 people under Cui Han, who was originally stationed in Dingzhou.

The commander of the Liao army underestimated the enemy and paralyzed carelessness; In the eyes of the Liao generals, the Song army was a defeated army; The defeated army is not enough to speak bravely, so it is gullible to surrender without making a plan.

did not expect that Li Hanqiong, who was originally stationed in Zhenzhou, would participate in the battle halfway, and the commander of the Liao army was panicked and at a loss; Therefore, when the Song army launched another charge, the Liao army began to revolve.

After the Song army launched a third assault on the fleeing Liao army, the defeated Liao army was invited by ambushes to flee for their lives, resulting in a great defeat.

Yelu Huge, who defeated the main force of the Song army in the Battle of the Gaoliang River, had no choice but to flee and be unable to counterattack when the army retreated; It was only after retreating to Suizhou that it gained a firm foothold and the whole army resisted the pursuit of the Song army.

The Battle of Mancheng ended in such a big defeat that Liao Jingzong felt that he had suffered a great humiliation, and he was determined to take revenge.

Soon, the Liaojing clan led a large army to come with murderous spirit, and once again pounced on Waqiaoguan (now Xiongxian County, Hebei) in Xiongzhou, Song Realm. At the end of October, the Liao army besieged Xiongzhou.

At the beginning of November, the Song general Yuan Jizhong ordered Jing Si to lead a part of his troops to break through the siege.

The Song reinforcements were in high formation in the south of the Yishui River, and the Liao general Ye lawyer Hugh Ge led the cavalry to cross the river to fight, and the Song reinforcements were defeated and retreated south; The Liao army pursued to Mozhou (present-day Renqiu, Hebei).

At this time, Cui Yanjin, the chief general of Guannan, led his troops north to block the attack, and Yelu Xiuge had to lead his army to the north.

When the Song army went north again to rescue Xiongzhou, it was defeated by the Liao army again; Liao Jingzong saw that he had defeated the Song army many times but still failed to capture Xiongzhou, and the Song army repeatedly came to help; In the case of increasingly difficult and fierce battles, he was a little helpless, so he decided to withdraw his troops and retreated to Yanjing in late November, ending the southern invasion.

In this battle, in fact, the Liao army won more and lost less; However, the Liao army did not achieve a decisive victory, although the Song army won fewer victories and suffered more losses, and the losses were greater than those of the Liao army, but Xiongzhou was still there; And forcing the Liao soldiers to retreat is also a blessing in misfortune.

Two years after the Battle of Waqiaoguan, that is, in April of the 7th year of Taiping Xingguo (982 AD); Unconvinced, Liao Jingzong once again led more than 30,000 people to attack the Song Dynasty in three routes.

Liao Jingzong personally led the Eastern Route Army to attack the city, but the Taiwei Yelu Xi was killed by a arrow; The commander of the army made Yelu Shanbu besieged by the Song ambush soldiers, and the privy council made Yelu oblique to save him, and the Liao army was defeated again.

In May, the southern capital of Song Guannan deployed Cui Yanjin to defeat the Liao army in Tang Xing, the Liao army lost 2,000 soldiers, 2,000 people were killed, and tens of thousands of weapons and sheep and horses were lost; On the other hand, when the Liao army attacked Fuzhou (now Fugu, Shaanxi), it was defeated by the Song general Zhe Yuqing, and hundreds of people were killed and wounded.

The Liao army's southern invasion ended in failure, but the Song army led by Yelu Xiuge and Leng Xiaowu and Yang Yanzhao fought fiercely, and the Song army suffered a loss.

Leng Xiaowu is the main general, and he said to Yang Yanzhao: "In order to preserve the strength of our army, we must divide the troops into two ways; Xiaowu led a team of men and horses to snipe at Motianling to attract the army of Yelu Huge, and General Yang led a large group of men and horses to break through from the valley! ”

After Yang Yanzhao led a large group of men and horses to break through the siege, bad news came from the front, saying that Leng Xiaowu's entire army was destroyed.

After Yang Yanzhao finished telling the story of several battles at the border pass, his eyes were filled with tears and said: "Yanzhao is sorry for Brother Leng, it should be him who led the troops to break through at that time, not Yang Yanzhao!" ”

After listening to Yang Yanzhao's narration, Emperor Zhenzong asked, "What was the official rank of General Leng when he was martyred?" ”

"Captain Zhiguo on the seventh grade!" Yang Yanzhao said bluntly: "Weichen was the deputy general of General Leng at that time, and the rank was the second lieutenant of Zhengqipinzhiguo!" ”

Song Zhenzong pondered for a while and said, "What rank is General Yang now?" ”

Yang Yanzhao was stunned for a moment and said, "General Dingyuan is on the fifth grade!" ”

Song Zhenzong pondered for a moment, looked at Kou Zhun and said, "Kou Aiqing is the prime minister, tell me why the rank of the second generation of the Yang family is so low?" ”

Qin Shi Huang laughed and said: "Emperor Zhao is really a benevolent king, you ask why the second generation of the Yang family is so low; It's not your father's national policy of emphasizing literature over military force, if the Qin Dynasty is shelved; Brother Yang Yanzhao is probably Daliangzao! ”

Song Zhenzong raised his eyebrows and said: "Leng Bingshuang is the daughter of Leng Xiaowu, I have a shadow official system, Kou Aiqing, you think you should give her what kind of official to do!" ”

Kou Zhun made a final decision: "Sister Leng follows General Yang's Zhengwupin General Dingyuan!" General Yang was promoted to the general of Zhenguo of Zheng Erpin! ”

"Quasi-play!" Emperor Zhenzong said happily: "Sister Leng will follow General Yang from now on......"