Because of the great destruction of the Liao army led by the governor of Datong Prefecture with 1,000 iron cavalry, this is the only major victory in the battle since the founding of the Song Dynasty

Zhao Guangyi, Taizong of the Song Dynasty, gave the approval of the soldiers at the border pass, and rewarded Shanxi Province from the governor, the pacification envoy, to the school captain

Speaking of Cai Yuanlang in this operation, because of his luring of the enemy, he was promoted to another level, from the captain to the general manager in charge of the defense of Shanxi Province, and his subordinates were in charge of the security of Ji'an, Dingyuan, Wutong, Helai, Guanfeng, five counties, and eight places

His mansion was also moved from the Captain's Office of Ji'an County to the Qianzong Mansion of Guanfeng County

Although promoted, he was still under the direct leadership of Shi Dacong, the pacification envoy of Shanxi Province

It is said that the pacification made Shi Dacong take charge of the defense of the entire Shanxi Province, and there were two thousand generals under him, nine captains, and the thousand generals were called, Cai Yuanlang, He Biyuan, and these two thousand generals were in charge of Ji'an, Dingyuan, Wutong, Helai, Guanfeng, Wuhu, Binzhou, Yu'an, Longmen, nine counties and eleven places, and the entire Shanxi Province

Each of the nine lieutenants commanded 300 troops, and they were stationed in their own county offices

At the meeting, Shi Dacong not only praised Cai Yuanlang's bravery and wit, saying that this victory depends on Cai Yuanlang's ability to attract the main force of the Liao soldiers into the hinterland of our province and lead the enemy to go deep alone, otherwise, it is impossible to win this battle, and Cai Yuanlang has made great contributions in this battle

Cai Yuanlang didn't think it, but he was promoted from a lieutenant to an official and became the president of Shanxi Province, and Cai Yuanlang was inexplicably happy at the celebration banquet

But in his heart, lure the enemy deeper? What is that eighty percent of the thing, I was really outnumbered, and I was defeated all the way, when did I lure the enemy deeper? But that's the thing, but you can't say that, at the banquet, I only said that I still rely on the timely support of my brothers, so that I have not neglected my duty, and I have not lost Anji County, an important town in Shanxi

Everyone also said, it is true, and then some people said that if it weren't for Cai Yuanlang luring the enemy deeper, he and others would have wanted to annihilate more than a thousand iron horsemen in Yelu Bua

Everyone laughed

At the banquet, talk freely and talk about everything

Shan said, at the celebration banquet, how Cai Yuanlang talked with the generals and captains, but this year, Cai Yuanlang completed many major events in his life

He finally fulfilled his little dream, and he was promoted from a captain with only 300 people to a thousand generals in charge of more than 1,000 people

It was also this year that Mrs. Cai Xi gave birth to a boy on the basis of having a daughter

Cai Yuanlong was promoted again, and Ding was added, which can be described as double happiness, naming his daughter Cai Wenqi and his boy Cai Wenxu

In the first few days, because I was on the front line, I could relax for a while

Because of his promotion, his home moved from Ji'an, an important town on the front line, to Taiyuan Mansion, Shanxi Province, and served as Guan Feng, an important town

Just talk about how the Northern Song Dynasty sang the praises of virtue and how to commend it

Let's talk about Liao alone

Since the last time the Liao State lost a small horse bandit force, Ali Buhua, no one in the Liao government took it seriously

But his brother Yelu Bua didn't think so, it was his own brother, in fact, he was only a distant relative, but as the saying goes, it is impossible not to take revenge if you break bones and tendons

Without a request, without asking for instructions from the peak, Yelu Bua gathered 1,250 soldiers from his Datong Mansion, and crossed the Song-Liao border in a mighty way, wanting to find the main force of Taiyuan Mansion in Shanxi Province to fight to the death

However, he was too confused, went deep into the hinterland of the Northern Song Dynasty, and without support, he made a strategy

He originally wanted to take revenge, but when he arrived in Ji'an County in the Northern Song Dynasty and relaxed the strings in his mind, he really couldn't imagine that the Song soldiers would gather so quickly, and in less than half a day, the Northern Song Dynasty defense officers and soldiers had already gathered 3,000 people in Ji'an County

Only then did he suffer such a defeat, and he was also killed in the conflict with the Song army

The Liao Emperor Wutong Hami knew that Yelu Bu'a, the governor of Datong Prefecture, had died in battle, and he was inexplicably sad and anxious to take revenge, and wanted to issue an order to gather troops and attack Taiyuan in the Northern Song Dynasty

But he was still stopped by the prime minister of Liao, Tuotuo Hamir

Prime Minister Tuo Tuo Hamil said that if we want to fight, then we should fight a good war, and now it is the end of the year, at least it is not slow to wait for the soldiers to finish the New Year before going to war

Other officials around him also persuaded him, saying, Your Majesty the Emperor, it is definitely not okay to fight now, because the New Year is coming soon, and we can fight after the New Year

Under the persuasion of the ministers, the emperor of the Northern Song Dynasty, Wutong Hami, stopped the idea of sending troops to retaliate immediately, and ordered, in the spring of the next year, all the major state capitals in our Liao country must gather troops to Datong, and in any case, I will also avenge this revenge

The ministers could only bow their heads and praise, my emperor is wise

Cai Yuanlang has been in the north since he went out to the north and has been a soldier and filial piety, and he has no time to spare, and when he was promoted and added Ding, he and his wife Cai Xi discussed it, and gave a letter to his family and his father Cai Bingren

wrote about all the big and small things he had done in Taiyuan Mansion in Shanxi Province in the past three years, and told his father that Cai Xi gave birth to another boy named Cai Wenxu

Cai Bingren had been serving as governor of Shandong Province for three years at this time, and he didn't have anything to do every day, just to inquire about the imperial court and inquire about the side plug

He wanted to know how his daughter and son-in-law were doing, and when he received Cai Yuenlong's letter to report his safety, he was excited, and the family sat in front of the lamp and happily recited Cai Yuenlong's family letter

Cai Xi's biological mother Meng kept shedding tears, but said, my family Cai Xi has found a good home, and Cai Yuanlang has lived up to his family's expectations of him

Cai Bingren also wrote a letter to Cai Yuanlang with his own hands, telling that his family missed him and the girl Cai Xi

The days passed like that, and in the blink of an eye, it was February of the following year

Speaking of Cai Yuanlong's tenure as the commander-in-chief of Shanxi Province, he inspected all the defense offices in Shanxi Province and stepped up military training on the other hand

On the one hand, he also has his own plans, find his original subordinates Wang Congqi, Li Tianjiao, and Jiang Wenxiao, and tell these three lieutenants that without exact information, they are a group of blind people, and he wants to organize people to go to the territory of the Liao people to be eyeliners and spies, and he also said that it is not appropriate to rely on Tanma to guard the border

Wang Congqi, Li Tianjiao, Jiang Wenxiao, it is true, if we can know in advance the deployment of Liao's troops and how the battle is going, we will definitely be able to prevent trouble before it happens, and make suggestions, in the original horse exploration station, 21 people were sent to the territory of Liao, to inquire about the military of Liao, Liao's political affairs

In March of this year, the first wave of spies sent out reported that the Liao State was using Datong Mansion as a base to gather troops. From the border between Liao and the Northern Song Dynasty, the four prefectures and eight counties have gathered about 20,000 troops

Hearing the spy say this, Cai Yuanlang was taken aback, this is a non-combat period, in the past, it was only a skirmish with the Liao people, and he didn't expect that this time the Liao State gathered so many troops

Immediately ride a fast horse to the governor of Shanxi, and report to the Shanxi pacification embassy

Wu Zeren, the governor of Shanxi Province, and Shi Dacong, the pacification envoy of Shanxi Province, also looked shocked and asked Cai Yuanlang if your information was wrong

Cai Yuanlang said, this is all his own entry into the Liao State to report in detail, there can be no mistake

Wu Zeren, the governor of Shanxi, wrote a memo and reported it to the imperial court overnight, and Shi Dacong, the pacification envoy of Shanxi Province, wrote a memo and reported it to the military department overnight

At the same time as writing to the imperial court, he also asked the surrounding government to help

When Emperor Zhao Guangyi learned of this, he hurriedly convened a pre-military meeting, under the vigorous planning of Qin Fangyuan, the secretary of the military department, and Kou Naizhun, the prime minister

Based in Taiyuan, Shanxi Province, it gathered troops from Shanxi, Shaanxi, Shandong, and other provinces

In less than half a month, about 10,000 troops were gathered, and the emperor sent another 20,000 forbidden troops to Taiyuan Mansion in Shanxi Province to assemble

A big war is inevitable