It was said that Cai Yuanlang led the troops to take precautions, and heard from Tanma that the Liao State was gathering troops based on the border Datong Mansion

Cai Yuenlong has a head and three big

First, he went to Wu Zeren, the governor of Shanxi, and Shi Dacong, the pacification envoy of Shanxi, to report to him, but he felt that it was inappropriate

After all, in the two years outside the Saiwai, the Liao State had never gathered troops on such a large scale

said goodbye to several high-ranking officials, returned to his Qianzong Yamen, and told several subordinates that Wang Congqi, Li Tianjiao, and Jiang Wenxiao must come to see him

Wang Congqi, Li Tianjiao, Jiang Wenxiao, several people had just finished the New Year at this time, and they were training in their respective captains at this time

Cai Yuanlang said that I heard that the Liao State is gathering troops, and the number of troops in the Datong Mansion of the Liao State is not less than 20,000 at this time

They didn't know what to do

Cai Yuanlang said, why don't we go to Datong Mansion in person to see how it is

The servants looked at each other and were noncommittal, but seeing that Cai Yuanlang had made up his mind, he could only agree

When he arrived at the Qianzong Yamen, Cai Yuanlang ordered his own soldiers to accompany the 50th person, dressed as a merchant and a peddler, which went out of Taiyuan Mansion in the Northern Song Dynasty, all the way to the north, and rushed to Datong, Liao

When I arrived at the enemy's territory, I realized that the Liao State really wanted to fight a big war

I saw that from the vicinity of Datong Mansion, various Liaoguo prefectures and counties, there were constantly soldiers and horses gathering in Datong

When a group of fifty people saw this, they all sweated

Captains led by Wang Congqi and Li Tianjiao persuaded Cai Yuanlang that it was certain that Liao would like to fight a big battle, and the general should put his own safety first, and not personally get into danger, let's go back to Taiyuan to discuss

Cai Yuanlang waved his hand and said, for the time being, it is not necessary, I want to go to Datong to see the virtual reality

There is still no intention of returning to Taiyuan Mansion, on the contrary, it is even more in-depth to the hinterland of Datong Mansion

Seeing this, several people were even more worried, and they all said that there were still fewer guards they brought to Datong Mansion this time

Cai Yuanlang just smiled, there is no need for that, let's just take a look and come back

Several people had no choice but to follow Cai Yuanlong

Within half a day, his party came to the Datong Mansion of Liaoguo, left a meeting mark on the city wall, and more than 50 people found a plaque Gaosheng Inn tavern to eat and stay

On the second day, the Northern Song Dynasty expedition horses led by King Congrong came to meet at the Gaosheng Inn

The group met and said hard work to each other, and Wang Congrong met President Cai Yuanlang under the recommendation of Wang Congqi

When I heard that it was the deputy garrison of Taiyuan Province, Cai Yuanlang, the general manager of Qian, Wang Congrong fell to his knees

Cai Yuanlang said, is it that Liao is gathering troops, I have seen it, you just need to do your duty, from now on, you will be the general person in charge of the Datong Mansion of Liao. Then he took out a hundred taels of silver tickets from his body and handed it to Wang Congrong, asking him to do a business in Datong Mansion and take care of the twenty spies under him

Wang Congrong knelt down and thanked him

Then Cai Yuanlang said solemnly, led people out of the tavern, and led the team to leave Datong Mansion

I saw that Datong Mansion was not lively at this time, and there were constantly soldiers dressed up as Liao people to assemble in Datong Mansion

Cai Yuanlang knew that this battle was definitely going to be fought

With the soldiers and guards, he left Datong Mansion and returned to Taiyuan, Shanxi

Returned to Taiyuan, Shanxi, and met with Wu Zeren, the governor of Shanxi Province, and Shi Dacong, the pacification envoy of Shanxi Province

told what he had seen and heard in Datong Mansion in Liao State in the past two days

Several people were also at a loss, how can this be good, at this time, the Shandong Provincial Defense Envoy, the Shaanxi Provincial Defense Envoy, and the defense troops of the Taiyuan Mansion also arrived in Taiyuan to assemble

Coincidentally, at this time, the emperor sent 20,000 forbidden troops to Taiyuan, Shanxi Province to assemble

In the spring of the third year of Yongxi, the Liao State used Datong Mansion to garrison Ali Tubei as the Northern Song Dynasty envoy, and led 40,000 elite soldiers to attack Taiyuan Mansion in Shanxi Province

In this year, the Northern Song Dynasty took Shi Dacong, the defense envoy of Shanxi Province, as the defense envoy, and Taiyuan, Yanmen Pass, and Ji'an County of Shanxi Province as the front line, and gathered 50,000 troops to defend respectively

The Liao soldiers attacked Yanmen Pass in Shanxi in three ways, Ji'an in Shanxi all the way, and Taiyuan in Shanxi all the way

For a while, the shouting of killing shook the sky, and for a while, the wind and clouds changed color

It is said that among these troops, Cai Yuanlang began to fight against the Liao soldiers with his own troops, Wang Congqi, Li Tianjiao, Jiang Wenxiao, and the imperial forbidden army, a total of 5,800 people, with Ji'an County as the focus of defense

In ancient times, attacking the city was the most difficult to attack, even so, the Liao soldiers still surrounded Ji'an County, Taiyuan Prefecture, Shanxi Province, and gathered a total of 5,000 troops under Ji'an County, built a cloud ladder, and hit the city gate with a large wooden pile

In Ji'an County, led by Cai Yuenlong's army, the enemy army repelled a total of four attacks

Because it was not early, the Liao State was responsible for attacking Kubaida in Ji'an County, and then Mingjin withdrew his troops

In the evening, Cai Yuanlang personally led 2,000 troops to take advantage of the night to rob the village, and with a team of 200 people, he moved away the antlers used by the Liao people to defend against the enemy's robbery

Only one charged, and the Liao troops who attacked Ji'an County turned over on their backs

The first battle of the defensive battle of Ji'an County was successful

Early in the morning of the second day, the Liao soldiers were unwilling to fail, and attacked the general Kublai Tuo of Ji'an County in the case of defeat, and at dawn the next day, he organized 4,000 soldiers and horses to defeat the army, re-encircled Ji'an, set up a cloud ladder, and hit the city gate

Cai Yuanlang personally wrote a letter, asking Wu Zeren, the governor of Shanxi, and Shi Dacong, the pacification envoy of Shanxi, to come to the rescue as soon as possible

At this time, Shanxi Province, Ji'an, Yanmen, and Taiyuan Mansion were all attacked by Liao soldiers, and they could not draw troops to support them at all

On the contrary, the defenders of Yanmen Pass in Shanxi Province lost and were captured by the Liao soldiers

After the Liao army conquered Yanmen, 3,000 people were left behind in Yanmen, and the other 9,000 people returned to Ji'an County

Cai Yuanlang was commanding the generals to defend Ji'an at this time, preparing to defeat the Nth Liao State siege

Suddenly, I heard a report from Tanma, saying that Yanmen Pass was lost, and the Liao army, under the leadership of the commander Yu Anjia, was rushing to the aid of Ji'an County, where he was located

Cai Yuenlong shouted: "Heaven will kill me!" ”

It is said that the Liao generals were in April of the third year of Yongxi, with Liao commander Yelu Jinshi as the main force, and the troops attacked Shanxi Province in three ways

The forward officer Kublai Tuo led 5,000 troops to attack Ji'an, an important town in Shanxi, and Yu Anjia, the commander of the front line, led 12,000 elite troops to attack Yanmen, a border pass, and led 20,000 troops to attack Taiyuan, Shanxi Province, with the commander Ali Tubei as the main force

The Northern Song Dynasty soldiers were divided into three ways to defend, with Yanmen, Ji'an, and Taiyuan divided into heavy troops

Among these three roads, only Yanmen Pass is the easiest to defend and difficult to attack, but it is still the most difficult to conquer Yanmen Pass is the first to be lost, and Jia Yunao, the garrison of Yanmen Pass, was defeated and captured.

After the Liao army took Yanmen Pass in Anjia, he led his troops to attack Ji'an, an important town on the front line

The commander-in-chief of Ji'an defense is one of the thousand generals of Taiyuan pacification, Cai Yuanlang, but at this time, Cai Yuanlang has no guards inside, and there is no rescue outside

However, the leading troops had not yet arrived at Taiyuan Mansion, and they saw that under the city wall of Taiyuan Mansion, no less than 20,000 Liao soldiers were deployed to besiege Taiyuan

had to give up the plan to retreat to Taiyuan Mansion, a group of more than 3,000 people retreated to Dingyuan, did not wait for the troops to arrive in Dingyuan County, only to see outside the county, densely packed with Liao troops

had to give the order to retreat to Shanxi and retreat to Wutong County, another important town in Shanxi Province

After giving up the plan to retreat to Taiyuan

Along the way, Cai Yuanlang led his team of only more than 2,000 people and did not dare to entangle with any group of Liao troops along the way, so he had to retreat all the way and retreat to Wutong County, Shanxi Province

On the fifth day of the retreat of Wutong County, Shanxi, it was reported that Shi Dacong, the pacification envoy of Shanxi Province, Wu Zeren, the governor of Shanxi Province, was defeated and killed, and Han Zhen, the prefect of Taiyuan, Shanxi Province, was captured

Shanxi Province lost all the way from Taiyuan to the south

In the third year of Yongxi (986), Zhao Guangyi sent five generals, Pan Mei, Yang Ye, Tian Chong, Cao Bin, and Cui Yanjin, to divide the eastern, central and western routes, and then carry out the Northern Expedition with the east road as the main route. The march of the West Route and the Middle Route Army was smooth, while the main East Route Army was repeatedly defeated by the Liao Army, the grain route was cut off, and finally failed to converge with the Central and Western Second Routes, and was defeated and defeated at Qigou Pass. The Central and West 2nd Roads had no choice but to retreat south. Yang Ye, the chief general of the West Road, was captured by the Liao army for covering the retreat of the army and civilians to the south, and died of a hunger strike in prison for three days. After that, the Northern Song Dynasty repeatedly failed in the battles of Sanchuankou, Haoshuichuan, and Dingchuanzhai against the Western Xia Dangxiang clan, but because of its war-weariness, it negotiated peace with the Song court. Zhao Guangyi took his cronies Fu Qian, Wang Chao, Chai Yuxi, Zhao Rong, Zhang Xun, Yang Shouyi and Mi Dechao as the commanders of the forbidden army.