In March of the third year of Xuanhe, Fang La gathered an army of 500,000 to attack Hangzhou again, but was defeated by Wang Yu, the observer of Wuzhou and the infantry army who defended the city.

Since the fall of Hangzhou, the war in Jiangnan has taken a sharp turn for the worse, and the Fang La army has changed from victory to defeat. Shezhou, Muzhou, and Quzhou were lost successively, and Fang La, the four heavenly kings and the eight generalissimos under his command, retreated all the way from Fuyang, Xincheng, and Tonglu to Qingxi County, and finally retreated to the Fujian Road in the south.

At this time, the Fangla army still had the most elite 200,000 soldiers, but they lacked various logistical supplies, and their combat effectiveness had greatly declined.

Although the peasant rebel armies of various dynasties in history have made certain contributions or promoted to social development and the evolution of history. But most of the peasant uprisings brought destruction to the common people.

Although Fang La was suppressed by the Western Song Army led by Tong Guan in less than a year from raising the anti-flag to the present, no matter whether the war was just or not, it was those people who suffered in the end.

Fang La's army broke through 52 counties in six prefectures before and after, killing more than 2 million Song troops and innocent people, which was the result of Li Nan buying 700,000 displaced people with grain.

According to the statistics of Northern Song Dynasty officials, before the Fangla rebellion, the population of the most prosperous state capitals in the south of the Yangtze River was about 30 million, which was equivalent to one in every 18 people.

After listening to Ashur's detailed introduction to the war in the south, Li Nan slapped his right palm on the table, shaking the dishes and plates, and shouted angrily: "Fang La is not shallow in harming people!" ”

"Alas!" Li Nan's father-in-law, Taishan's father-in-law, Pang Xu, the former Ming Sect missionary archmage, sighed: "My Manichaean doctrine persuades everyone to unite and help each other, and calls it a family, believing that the light forces in the world will eventually defeat the dark forces. Helplessly, although the doctrine was good, it was distorted and used by Fang La's selfishness, resulting in this bloody man-made disaster. ”

"Lord Taishan, there is no need to blame yourself and feel guilty." Li Nan promised: "Although my son-in-law does not believe in any religion, he also knows that Manichaeism is not evil in nature, and after I calm the world, there will naturally be a place for Manichaeism." ”

Pang Xu has been working hard for his beliefs for most of his life, and he usually has very little time to take care of his wife and children, although he was forced to quit Manichaeism, but at this moment, when he heard Li Nan's words, he suddenly became overjoyed and could not control himself.

After talking about the war in the south, Li Nan naturally wanted to ask about the recent movements of the two countries in the north, Liaojin and Jin.

The Liao State is a feudal dynasty established by the Khitan people in Chinese history, and it has been passed down to the current Tianzuo Emperor for more than 200 years.

In 916 A.D., Liao Taizu Yelu Abaoji officially founded the country and became the founder of the Liao Dynasty, with the country name "Khitan", and the capital was Linhuang Mansion in Beijing.

In 947 AD, Liao Taizong led the army south to the Central Plains, captured Bianjing Kaifeng Mansion, destroyed the Later Jin, Yelu Deguang ascended the throne in Kaifeng and changed the name of Khan to be the emperor, and changed the name of the country to Liao.

The territory of the Liao Kingdom in its heyday stretched from the Sea of Japan in the east, to the Altai Mountains in the west, to the Erguna River and the Daxing'an Mountains in the north, and to the Baigou River in the south of Hebei Province in the south.

The Khitan people were originally nomadic people. The Liao Dynasty focused on the development of the nation, separated the nomadic and agricultural peoples in order to maintain the national character, advocated the rule according to customs, and created a bicameral political system. And create the Khitan script to preserve its own culture.

In addition, it absorbed the cultures of the Bohai Kingdom, the Five Dynasties, the Northern Song Dynasty, the Western Xia and other countries in the Western Regions, and effectively promoted the political, economic and cultural development of the Liao Dynasty. The Liao Dynasty's military power and influence encompassed the Western Regions, so after the fall of the Tang Dynasty, Central Asia, West Asia, and Eastern Europe regarded the Liao Dynasty (Khitan) as the representative title of China.

In 960 AD, the Later Zhou generals launched the Chenqiao Mutiny, supported the Song Prefecture to return to the German army, and made Zhao Kuangyin the emperor, and established the Song Dynasty, that is, the Northern Song Dynasty.

At the beginning of the founding of the Northern Song Dynasty, it intended to recover the sixteen states of Yanyun, and successively made two northern expeditions in 979 and 986, both of which were defeated by the Liao army.

In order to prevent Goryeo from forming an alliance with the Northern Song Dynasty, the Liao Shengzong threatened the eastern part of the Liao Dynasty. In 993, he launched the Goryeo Khitan War to subdue Goryeo, and in 1009, during the Eastern Expedition, he went as far as Kaesong, Goryeo.

In order to resolve the long-term confrontation between the Liao and Song dynasties, and to prevent the Khitan nobles from threatening the imperial power, Empress Dowager Xiao and Liao Shengzong personally led a large army into the Song realm in 1004.

Song Zhenzong was afraid of the enemy and wanted to move the capital to flee south, but because of the insistence of Prime Minister Kou Zhun and personally went to Lanzhou to supervise the war. The morale of the Song army was greatly boosted, and the Liao army defeated the advance of the Liao army, and the Liao general Xiao Tzu Rin was killed in battle. The Liao army was afraid of being attacked by the enemy and proposed a peace treaty.

Song Zhenzong of the Lord and Song signed a peace treaty with Liao at the beginning of the following year, agreeing that the Song would pay Liao 100,000 taels of silver and 200,000 horses of silk every year, and that the two sides would guard their borders and not harass each other, so as to become a brotherly state, which was the alliance of Lanyuan. Since then, Song and Liao have been reconciled for 120 years.

In the later period of Liao Shengzong, the Liao State formed a good alliance with the Western Xia, and the Western Xia also swayed between the Song and Liao to survive, forming a situation in which the Liao, Song and Western Xia kingdoms were established.

Forty years of war in exchange for a hundred years of relative peace, which is indeed a good thing for the people of Song and Liao, but it also brings hidden dangers to the two countries.

Just like every dynasty in history, there are always Ming lords and faint kings in a lineage, the powerful Song and Liao states, in this hundred years of peace, there are traitors in power, political corruption, the people are poor, and the army is weak.

In the face of the declining national situation, Liao Xingzong fought for many years and conquered the Western Xia many times; forced the Song Dynasty to pay more coins. But these made the people of the Liao Dynasty complain and make their lives difficult. Liao Xingzong is also superstitious about Buddhism, and he is extremely extravagant.

To this day, the Song State has the emperor Huizong Zhao Ji, who advocates art, likes beautiful women and beautiful gardens, and has no interest in political affairs, while the Liao State has the Tianzuo Emperor Yelu Yanxi who does not want to make progress and does nothing, but blindly travels to enjoy himself, and both countries are in a situation of internal and external troubles.

In the spring of 1114 A.D., Wanyan Aguta officially launched an army against Liao. At first, Emperor Tianzuo did not regard Wanyan Aguta as a major threat, but all the troops he sent to suppress Wanyan Aguta were defeated.

In 1115, in order to solve the Jurchen threat, Emperor Tianzuo ordered a personal expedition, but the Liao army was defeated by the Jurchen army everywhere. At the same time, there was also a rebellion in the Liao Dynasty, and Yelu Zhangnu rebelled in Liao Shangjing, although this rebellion was quickly put down, but it divided the Liao Dynasty.

After that, Tokyo, located in the former Bohai Kingdom, also rebelled against Gao Yongchang and became independent. The rebellion was not put down until April 1116. In May, the Jurchens seized the opportunity to occupy Liaodong and Shenzhou. In 1117, the Jurchens attacked Chunzhou, and the Liao army was defeated without a fight. In this year, Wanyan Aguda proclaimed himself emperor, established the Jin Dynasty, and changed the Yuan to collect the country.

Just last year, the Jin army conquered Shangjing of the Liao State, and the defender Xiao Tzubu also surrendered, so far, the Liao Dynasty has lost half of its territory. It is said that there was another internal strife within the Liao State due to the issue of imperial succession, and the once powerful Liao State has become extremely weak.

The Liao State in the north was mired in internal and external troubles, and the Song State was not stable.

The Indochina Peninsula in the south has the Zhennan Kingdom established by Li Nan; The most important grain-producing area in the Great Song Dynasty, several state capitals in the south of the Yangtze River were occupied by the rebels of Fangla; Liang Shanbo had Song Jiang's army; The 56 counties of Weisheng, Fenyang, Zhaode, Jinning, and Gaizhou were occupied by the rebels led by Orion Tianhu, and the 86 counties of Huainan West Road were entrenched by Wang Qing's troops.