After the Song army attacked Wuzhou and Xinzhou, Zhao Gou did not let them have time to rest, and took advantage of this momentum to send troops to attack Ruzhou again. The army marched eastward again, and the two armies of Xinzhou and Wuzhou attacked Ruzhou.

There is only one Jinshan County under the jurisdiction of Confucianism, with 5,000 households and a total of more than 20,000 people. Originally, Confucianism was subordinate to a place under the jurisdiction of Yanchuan County, and it was divided into an independent state during the Tang Tianbao period. Later, it belonged to the territory of Liao.

However, the geographical location of Guanzhong is particularly important, and Ruzhou is not very important to Liao, but it cannot be ignored, so Liao set up Jinyang Army in Ruzhou, with more than 10,000 troops staying here. If there is no war, more than 10,000 people are enough to defend Ruzhou.

Now, the Song army is attacking again, and the strength of 10,000 people is insignificant in front of the Song army.

"General, the Song army captured the city one after another, and the momentum was like a rainbow. Now, the spies from the front have come to report that the Song army is attacking us in two ways. With the strength of our army, it is impossible to compete with them at all, and the subordinates think that it is better to ask for reinforcements from Guanzhong. ”

The general of the Jinyang army was Xiao Puda, who was originally a civilian official, and later abandoned the civil and military forces, all because of the continuous war between the Liao and Jin countries, it was inevitable that the Great Liao would suffer bad luck, and he resolutely devoted himself to the army. Because his great-grandfather Xiao Jixian was the cousin of the Empress Dowager Liao at the height of the heyday of the Great Liao, his position in the army rose to the top, which was related to his own ability, and partly because of his prominent family background.

Xiao Puda originally fought with the Jin soldiers in Shangjing, Zhongjing and other places, and later he commanded the battle properly and won many victories, so he was appreciated by the emperor of Liao, and because the geographical location of the sixteen states of Yanyun was very important, he sent him to Ruzhou to become the commander of the Jinyang army.

On the surface, he was promoted from the front line to Ruzhou to become the commander of the First Army, but in fact, he was transferred from the Beijing Division and transferred from the front line to the position of commander of the three armies, which also stifled his path to further control of military power. Although Xiao Pu had outstanding military talents, and led his troops to win more battles and lose less, he was tabooed by the emperor of Liao, worried about another Empress Dowager Xiao.

At that time, Emperor Liao Tianzuo was only the crown prince and had not ascended the throne as the emperor, and his father knew the temperament of this prince, and he couldn't suppress Xiao Puda's power at all. However, he did not kill Xiao Pu, but demoted him to Confucianism, just thinking of his family background and having some scruples.

Xiao Pu knew that his merits were high and he provoked the taboo of the emperor, so he had such an end. Even though he was a little angry, it was not what happened to him, but the war ahead was tight, but he was never able to go to the front line to fight against the Jin soldiers, and he couldn't do anything if he stayed in Ruzhou, he was anxious but helpless.

The Song army led by Zhao Gou was invincible, conquering several cities one after another, and Xiao Puda also heard of Zhao Gou's reputation. Suddenly, the idea that he hadn't competed for a long time suddenly appeared, and he knew that Zhao Gou was a rare marshal, so he just took this opportunity to fight him well.

"The location of the Guanzhong area is too important, if the Guanzhong area is transferred to come, in case of an enemy army appearing, it will be even more disadvantageous to lose the three passes. Now, the Song army is killing violently, and the morale of our army has plummeted, and it urgently needs a victory to cheer up. ”

Xiao Puda frowned, and said solemnly: "The long-standing hatred between the Jurchens and us has caused them to completely explode, so that hundreds of battles, large and small, have occurred, and each time our army has been defeated. Even if it is a victory, it is a tragic victory, if our army does not achieve another victory to inspire the morale of the army, then the Great Liao will really be finished, it will be difficult to resist the Song and Jin coalition forces, and it will inevitably become a meal on the plate in the eyes of others. ”

"Pass my order, and all soldiers are ready for battle from now on; In addition, the spies were ordered to probe the marching route of the Song army, and after receiving the news, they immediately reported back. ”

"Yes!" The soldiers stood up suddenly, bowed down and agreed, and then left the marshal's mansion.

Xiao Puda looked at the topographic map, as well as the deduction sand table in front of him, he marked all the troops of the Song army, and the next thing was to wait for the latest news from the spies. Although there are only 10,000 troops, it is not easy to pass through this place, even if he captures Ruzhou, it depends on whether he agrees or not.

"Zhao Gou, the king of Guangping County, a fifteen-year-old boy, actually has such a demeanor, if he hadn't seen you with his own eyes, he would have been defeated like this, so how can he say it's okay? ……”

Xiao Pu muttered to himself and looked at the battle report about Zhao Gou in his hand, these were all obtained by the spies, as well as the situation transmitted by the Liao spies in the Great Song Dynasty, and he never took Han Shizhong, Liu Guangshi, and even Song Jiang, Lu Junyi and others in his eyes, there was only one person in his eyes, and that was Zhao Gou.

In this attack on Ruzhou, Zhao Gou did not accompany him, and was still in the city of Ulzhou. Now he is ordering the army to help the local people to harvest the grain, and the only way to collect the grain is to collect it as soon as possible, in preparation for the winter in the near future.

Zhao Gou also reported to the imperial court, asking the emperor to send military supplies, including cotton jackets, arrows, crossbows and other weapons worn in winter. After Song Huizong received the battle report, he immediately sent an edict to the military department, the household department, and the engineering department to start preparing everything needed as soon as possible.

However, if the treasury of the Great Song Dynasty really did what Zhao Gou requested, a few would have to pay three million taels, and nearly one-third of the money would need to be taken out. If there were disasters and so on in the Great Song Dynasty, it would really be dwarfed.

Because of this, some ministers in the DPRK and China were opposed, while some ministers were in favor of it, and some were neutral. However, Song Huizong was not like before, he was determined to take the sixteen states of Yanyun, so he passed the decree to avoid the worries of the army.

At the same time, Zhao Gou also received information, and he knew the situation of Xiao Pu beating clearly, and when he saw the information sent back, he felt that Xiao Pu was indeed a marshal who could fight well, more like a military advisor, with endless strategies, but his combat effectiveness was not very strong, but he knew how to use strategy and succeeded repeatedly.

According to the intelligence, Xiao Puda is a rare handsome person. At the beginning, he knew that there was only one county in Ruzhou, and one county set up an army, and there was nothing else, which made him a little strange, and when he checked, he knew that the Jinyang army had amazing combat effectiveness, most of them were Han Chinese, and some of them were Liao.

Among them, most of the generals and pioneers were Han Chinese, and there were very few Liao people. After further investigation, I found out that Xiao Puda can be said to be a descendant of the Han people, so he is not like other Liao army generals who are very disdainful of the Han people, or have prejudices, so that most of the Han people in the Jinyang army exist.

Therefore, Zhao Gou immediately issued an order, telling Song Jiang, Han Shizhong and others that they must be careful when attacking Ruzhou. In addition, he also confessed that he would join the army in a few days. Although the Song army does not have a coach, the coach is in the rear, but it does not have much impact on the Song army.

(End of chapter)