In the third year of Yongxi, in April, the Liao State used Datong Mansion to garrison Ali Tubei as the Northern Song Dynasty to recruit envoys, and led 40,000 elite soldiers to attack Shanxi in three ways

The first way to

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 were divided into three routes, one with Yu Anjia leading 12,000 troops to attack Shanxi Yanmen Pass, one way with Kubida's 5,000 troops to attack Shanxi Ji'an, and all the way with 20,000 elite soldiers led by the commander Ali Tubei to attack Taiyuan, Shanxi

The Liao army first conquered Yanmen Pass in Shanxi with 12,000 elite soldiers

After the defeat, the commander Yu Anjia stayed in Yanmen with 3,000 people, and led 9,000 elite soldiers to return to Ji'an, an important town in Shanxi

In the absence of grain and grass inside and no reinforcements outside, Cai Yuanlang, the general manager of Qian, could only abandon Ji'an after defending Ji'an for three days, and defeated Wutong County, Taiyuan Prefecture, Shanxi

I saw that on the way to defeat and retreat, there were Liao soldiers and generals everywhere, and they didn't dare to fight all the way

Returned to Wutong County, Taiyuan Prefecture, Shanxi

The Liao army first defeated Yanmen, Shanxi, and then assembled in Ji'an, an important town in Shanxi, and then left 2,000 elite soldiers to defend Ji'an, leading the remaining elite soldiers to kill Taiyuan Mansion in Shanxi

At this time, Taiyuan Mansion was besieged by Liao soldiers

Seeing that another army has been added to the city, it is more difficult for officials of Taiyuan Mansion to escape than to ascend to the sky at this moment

After being trapped for five days, the west gate of Taiyuan Mansion was conquered, and the Liao soldiers attacked the city gate

The commander of Shanxi, Wu Zeren, appeased Shi Dacong, and was defeated and killed

Han Zhen, the governor of Taiyuan Prefecture, wanted to dress up as a common man and mix in among the refugees, but he was still recognized, and he was defeated and captured

Shanxi Province lost all the way from Taiyuan to the north

At this time, the imperial court asked for support in a day, and there were no less than a dozen excerpts

The second emperor of the Northern Song Dynasty, Zhao Guangyi, Taizong of the Song Dynasty, shed tears when he saw these requests, and he still underestimated the southern invasion of the Liao State.

But at that time, neither he nor the military department took it seriously, but only thought that the Liao army only wanted to do a big deal, and the arsonists would go back to plunder the surrounding villages and towns. Which Cheng thought, the Liao soldiers gathered 40,000 people, and the target was directly aimed at Taiyuan, Shanxi, the important town of Ji'an, and Yanmen, the first pass of the border pass

When there was an excerpt report, it was said that Wu Zeren, the governor of Shanxi, appeased Shi Dacong to be martyred and the prefect Han Zhen was captured

Zhao Guangyi was even more grief-stricken, turned from grief to anger, and immediately recruited five generals, Pan Mei, Yang Ye, Tian Chong, Cao Bin, and Cui Yanjin, to lead 100,000 elite soldiers to the rescue

Qin Fangyuan, the secretary of the military department, saw it, and hurriedly wrote a book, telling that it was inappropriate, it turned out that there were only 110,000 forbidden troops in the capital at this time, and he wanted Pan Mei, Yang Ye, Tian Chong, Cao Bin, and Cui Yanjin to lead 100,000 troops to beg, and he was afraid that there were only 10,000 defenders in the imperial city

Zhao Guangyi was angry at this time, so he immediately sent troops and vowed to take the entire territory of Shanxi

Speaking of the Liao army at this time

Originally, the Emperor of Liao meant to take revenge, and did not continue to conquer the Northern Song Dynasty

And the meaning of its commander Ali Tubei, before he conquered Taiyuan, he said in the book that as long as he took Yanmen, Taiyuan, and Ji'an, he could continue to wave his army to the south, and it was not difficult to take the whole of Shanxi, but his own troops were limited, and he begged the emperor to send troops

It probably means that we can take advantage of the victory and the soldiers of the whole line are impassioned, and lead the troops to continue south, and we can continue to conquer a few cities

The meaning of Emperor Wutong Hami is diametrically opposite

As a result, Shuai and the emperor had a conflict of opinion on continuing the southern expedition and plundering and returning to Datong

Emperor Wutong Hami saw that Ali Tubei still did not have the meaning of receiving it when he saw it, and hurriedly issued an edict, the first meaning of the holy decree was to order Ali Tubei not to act arbitrarily, the Northern Song Dynasty soldiers were strong and strong, the territory was big enough, and the people lived and worked in peace and contentment

Ali Tubei was hitting Xingtou at this time, and suddenly received the emperor's will, so he had no choice but to give up the idea of leading troops to continue the southern expedition

An order was issued that all men in Taiyuan Mansion should be killed without mercy from the age of eight years old, and then, the army plundered Taiyuan Mansion for three days, leading 2,000 soldiers to drive donkey carts and carriages to transport the looted materials to the north to Datong

Then he divided all the troops he led into three groups, one group of troops to guard Yanmen of 2,000, one group of troops to guard Ji'an of 2,000, and the remaining more than 20,000 people continued to stay in Taiyuan, Shanxi

In early May of this year, half a month after the Liao State marched south to Taiyuan, Shanxi, the Northern Song Dynasty crusade against the Liao State army was assembled

Under the order of the general Tian Chong, the soldiers marched from Beijing and rushed straight to Taiyuan, Shanxi Province in three ways

The soldiers set out from the capital, and the further north they went, the more desolate they became, but where they passed, the displaced people and refugees fled south together, mourning all over the wilderness, and there were countless corpses and bones

Upon careful inquiry, it was all people fleeing in Shanxi Province

General Pan Mei couldn't help but sigh with emotion, and said to the surrounding generals and schools that since the founding of the Song Dynasty, I have never seen such a sad scene

In other words, within the day, the three-way soldiers and horses drove to the city of Taiyuan, Shanxi

Attacking Ji'an and Yanmen, the two sides quickly won victory

It turned out that the Liao State had already reported that Zhao Guangyi, Taizong of the Song Dynasty, was unwilling to give up the whole province of Shanxi Province to others, and sent 100,000 elite soldiers from three roads to attack

In the absence of the support of Emperor Wutong Hami and the absence of reinforcements, the commander of the Liao army, Ali Tu, could only give up Taiyuan Mansion and lead the army back to the north

Since then, the first large-scale conflict between the Liao State and the Northern Song Dynasty has ended

Speaking of Cai Yuanlang alone, he was already a frightened bird at this time, leading 3,000 people to guard Wutong County, Shanxi alone

But seeing that the Song army came to support, he led the troops to converge

After meeting, Cai Yuanlang said that the Liao invasion of Taiyuan, Shanxi, was 1511

Tian Chong was also emotional

Let's talk about Song Jun alone

Originally, the other two military horses meant that as long as Taiyuan Mansion was recaptured, the task would be completed

Which Cheng thought, it would be so smooth

Wherever the army went, the Liao army fled

In order to further consolidate the results of the battle, the Song army drove through the Song Realm with three routes of soldiers and horses.

Attacked the border towns of Datong, Daimyo, and Xijing

Within three days, the Liao State Datong Mansion was taken, and after the remaining army of 3,000 people, it continued to the north, and two days later, conquered the Liao State Daimyo, Xijing

However, when the Northern Song Dynasty won on all fronts, the Liao State retreated step by step

The supply of grain and grass in the Northern Song Dynasty became a problem

It turned out that at the beginning of the Liao State attacking Shanxi, it implemented the policy of clearing the wilderness with strong walls, robbing villages when they saw them, and killing people when they saw them

All the provinces and all the grain along the way were looted by the Liao army, and the Song army couldn't buy it even if they wanted to

It's another spring, there is really no food, and the Song army can't raise food

After conquering Datong, Daimyo, and Xijing, the Liao State towns, the Northern Song Dynasty was forced to withdraw its troops in desperation

The Northern Song Dynasty, the Great Liao, the first large-scale conflict ended