Although Li Zhang and Yelu Renxian had only met once, they had left a very deep impression on each other, and Li Zhang was quite jealous of this future Liao minister, but he may not have thought that Yelu Renxian had always been thinking about him, and even guessed that he was likely to encourage Zhao Zhen to take advantage of the weakness of the Liao State to send troops to attack the Liao State.

"This is impossible, no matter how talented Li Zhang is, he is only a relative, and the Great Song Dynasty has always been very wary of his relatives, how could he let him participate in such a military event?" Yelu Zhirang still didn't believe the Tao at this time.

"There is nothing impossible, Li Zhang is a very special person, he doesn't have to participate in court politics, he just needs to influence the emperor of the Great Song Dynasty." Yelu Ren still insisted on the first, and even at this time he regretted it a little, he knew that when he saw the other party, he should have found an opportunity to kill the other party, although it would be very troublesome to kill a Great Song envoy, but with the national strength of Da Liao at that time, he was not afraid of the Great Song Dynasty looking for things.

Seeing that Yelu Renxian valued Li Zhang so much, Yelu Zhirang couldn't help but show a puzzled expression, originally in his perception of Li Zhang, he just felt that the other party was a nobleman of the Great Song Dynasty, and he was also a man who was willing to commit to his sister, and he didn't know much else, but now looking at Yelu Renxian's appearance, it seems that this Li Zhang should be an important person who can affect the situation between Song and Liao.

"But does the Great Song Dynasty really dare to use troops against us, aren't they afraid of repeating the tragedy of the defeat at Qigou Pass?" Finally, Yelu Zhirang asked again, but his tone was also a little uncertain.

The so-called defeat of Qigou Pass was when Zhao Guangyi, Taizong of the Song Dynasty, was alive, and in the third year of Yongxi, he sent the generals Pan Mei, Yang Ye, Tian Chong, Cao Bin, and Cui Yanjin to divide the five generals into three routes, the east, the middle and the west, and the east road was the main northern expedition, but unfortunately it was defeated at Qigou Pass, and the main general of the west road, Yang Ye, that is, Yang Lao Linggong in the romance, in order to cover the retreat of the army and the people, was finally defeated and captured, and died of hunger strike in prison for three days.

This fiasco also completely knocked out the courage of the Great Song Dynasty, and he no longer dared to use troops against the Liao State, until the rise of the Jurchens later, which united with the Jurchens to destroy the Liao State, but unfortunately the Northern Song Dynasty was also destroyed by the Jurchens.

"It's hard to say, although the Song State has been on the defensive against our Da Liao after repeated defeats and has been on the defensive, there are still many people of insight in the Song State, and they have not given up the idea of recapturing Yan Yun, after all, without Yan Yun, they can only maintain a huge forbidden army, even with the national strength of the Song State is still very difficult, and even sooner or later it will be overwhelmed, and now there is such a big mess in our Da Liao, if I were Li Zhang, I would definitely try my best to persuade the Emperor of Song to send troops." At this time, Jereman said again heavily.

After listening to Yelu Renxian's worries, Yelu Zhirang also felt that his heart was beating heavily, and now he finally knew why Yelu Renxian had been preoccupied, if the Song State really sent troops at this time, with the weak troops of Xijin Mansion and Datong Mansion, I am afraid that he would not be able to resist it at all, and Yan Yunzhi might really lose it at that time.

But even if they knew that the Great Song Dynasty might send troops, Yelu Renxian and they didn't have any way, after all, the south was Xiao Yunjin's territory, and the troops were all in her hands, and now the other party was in a hurry to eliminate them, I am afraid that even if the troops in the south were exhausted, she would not care.

"Don't think about it so much, let's prepare to withdraw our troops, as long as we can defeat Xiao Yunjin's army in one fell swoop, we can regain control of the forces in the south, I hope that the Song State will not be ready to send troops by then." Yelu Zhirang finally patted Yelu Renxian on the shoulder and said, Yelu Ren nodded silently after hearing first, and then the two also went down to the city together.

Two days later, Yelu Ren and Yelu Zhirang took the initiative to withdraw from Gwanghua Prefecture, and Xiao Yunjin also immediately sent troops to occupy Gwanghua Prefecture after learning the news, but claimed that he had defeated Yelu Zongzhen's army and recaptured Gwanghua Prefecture.

However, at the same time as the verbal battle, Xiao Yunjin's army was also assembled, and Xiao Xiaoxian was immediately appointed as the main general, and led the troops to Yikun Prefecture, Yikun Prefecture and Shangjing are only separated by a Huang River, and the main force of Yelu Zongzhen also gathered in Shangjing, and the two sides looked at each other across the river, and a big war was about to break out.

Originally, Xiao Xiaoxian was not suitable to be the main general, although the boundary between the civil and military officials of the Liao State was not as clear as that of the Great Song Dynasty, and even Xiao Xiaoxian had really led the troops before, but he had suffered defeat in the Great Yanlin Rebellion before, and even his wife died in the chaos, so Xiao Xiaoxian has also regarded himself as a civil servant over the years, and it is estimated that he knows that he has no ability to lead the army.

But there are too few people Xiao Yunjin can trust, especially she doesn't dare to hand over all the troops in her hands to a person who doesn't trust her, as for her group of relatives, most of them are wine bags and rice bags, and finally pick a general among the dwarfs, and only Xiao Xiaoxian is the most suitable, of course, Xiao Xiaoxian also has a few experienced generals around him, and he does not need to personally command the army.

Yelu Zongzhen's army is almost assembled, but compared to Xiao Yunjin, the troops in his hands are quite lacking, even if he occupied Guanghua Prefecture before, there are only a few generals who take refuge, and the vast majority of Khitan nobles are still in wait-and-see, only when their mother and son are about to divide the victory and defeat, these people may make substantive moves to stand in line.

It was also when the internal war of the Liao State was about to break out, and the territory of the Great Song Dynasty was also in full swing to prepare, and truckloads of grain, grass, weapons, materials, etc. were sent to Hebei one after another, and the army in the northwest was also secretly pulled, even in the territory of the Great Song Dynasty, it was also resting during the day and rushing at night, sneaking all the way to Hebei, and then stationed in the military camp on the border of Hebei.

And several elites in the Hebei army also received orders, nearly 50,000 troops were transferred to Hejian Province, plus the 50,000 troops of the Northwest Army, this time the Great Song Dynasty dispatched a total of 100,000 troops, if you count the requisitioned people and auxiliary troops in the requisition, then the Great Song Dynasty for this war, almost mobilized nearly a million people, and the money and food mobilized were almost scattered as if they didn't want money, in order to ensure that the supply of the army must keep up.

Li Zhang had also returned to the capital at this time, originally he wanted to go to Hebei in person to witness this significant war, if the war went well, then this war will change the offensive and defensive trend of the Song and Liao, thus determining the fate of the two countries, especially if the Liao State loses the most fertile place in the south, as well as the huge population, then the decline will also become a foregone conclusion.

It's just that Li Zhang still couldn't make the trip in the end, mainly because he was dragged by two family matters, the first is that Qingori is pregnant again, and the second is that Miaoyuan is also pregnant.