Xiao Gan received an urgent letter for help from Xijin City at the third watch of the night, and although the 50,000 troops of the Seed Master Dao were holding him back two miles away, Xiao Gan still gave up Wanping City and led 20,000 cavalry to rush back to Xijin City.

Wanping County is only forty miles away from Jincheng, and the 20,000 troops accelerate their march, and Xiao Gan can reach the capital at the fifth watch.

20,000 cavalry galloped all the way under the leadership of Xiao Gan, and when they were still twenty miles away from the capital, they met a group of Liao soldiers who threw off their armor and ran over.

"Stop!"

Xiao Gan drank the cavalry brigade that was running, and the inertia of the cavalry continued for hundreds of steps before slowly stopping, and in a moment, several soldiers brought up a group of defeated soldiers.

"What's going on?"

Xiao Gan asked anxiously, "How is the situation in the capital?" ”

"Back to the capital, the capital has been lost, the Song army reinforcements have arrived, the brothers can't resist, and the whole army has been wiped out."

"Ahh Xiao Gan was stunned for a moment, and after a while, he suddenly asked, "What about the Queen Mother?" How is the Queen Mother now? ”

"I heard that the Queen Mother escaped."

Xiao Gan breathed a sigh of relief and asked again, "In which direction did the Queen Mother flee?" ”

The soldiers looked at each other, how could they know where the Queen Mother fled, "Dutong, we are the defenders of the South Gate, and we don't know the specific situation of the palace!" ”

At this moment, several Liao cavalry chased from behind, and the cavalry led shouted: "Xiao Dutong, please stay!" ”

Xiao Gan reined in his horse, and after a while, several cavalry rushed forward, and he immediately recognized the person who was the leader, it was Ye Lu Nan, the head of the guard of the Empress Dowager Xiao, and he hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "Where is the Empress Dowager?" ”

Yelu Nan said: "Qi Yu Dutong, the Queen Mother went to the direction of Gubeikou, and specially ordered the lowly post to go south to find the Dutong, and the lowly post arrived in Wanping to know that the Dutong had gone north, and turned around to chase back, and the Queen Mother asked the Dutong to lead the army to Gubeikou to meet." ”

Xiao Gan immediately understood that the Queen Mother must want to defect to Yelu Yanxi, if she has the support of her own 20,000 cavalry, the Queen Mother also has the confidence, and she is not afraid of Yelu Yanxi's trouble.

"The whole army comes with me!"

Xiao Gan shouted loudly, led 20,000 cavalry to turn around and run to the northeast, the 20,000 army was no longer able to enter the city, he could only take the northeast official road to bypass Xijin City, and go to the direction of Danzhou to meet the Empress Dowager Xiao.

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Wanyan Zongbi arrived in Yanjing City at the fourth watch, but it was too late at this time, the Song army had already taken the lead in controlling Yanjing, and the eight gates of Yanjing were closed, even if the right gate that was blown up was temporarily installed a new door, so that the Jin soldiers had no chance to take advantage of it.

At this time, Wanyan Zongbi's 30,000 iron cavalry were stationed in Wangjing City, about ten miles east of Yanjing, where Yanjing is a Gongwei military city, the geographical location is extremely important, just to guard the intersection of the east and west and the north and south two official roads.

Wanyan Zongbi already knew that the Empress Dowager Xiao had escaped from Yanjing and fled in the direction of Danzhou, and he immediately ordered Yelu Yu to lead three thousand iron cavalry to chase after him, but Wanyan Zongbi was not very interested in the Empress Dowager Xiao, and his heart was troubled by Yanjing City, and his father had already told him that the huge wealth and tens of thousands of craftsmen in Yanjing City were bound to be obtained, but now Yanjing City was actually occupied by the Song army, what should I do?

At this time, a cavalry detective rushed to report, "Qiyu Dutong, a 20,000-strong Liao cavalry is coming to us in the south?" ”

Wanyan Zongbi was taken aback, it was not dawn yet, where did the cavalry come from?

But as soon as his mind turned, he immediately understood that this must be Xiao Gan's army retreating north to join the Empress Dowager Xiao.

After Yan Zongbi immediately shouted, "Order the three armies, prepare to fight!" ”

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Xiao Gan never dreamed that he would encounter the 30,000 iron horsemen of the Jurchens outside the eastern city of Xijin City, he glared at Yelu Nan and said, "There are Jin soldiers here, why didn't you say it earlier?" ”

Yelu Nan bowed his head and explained: "The humble official only knew that there was an outpost of the Jin soldiers, so he didn't dare to go to the east, but made a detour from the west to the south, but he didn't expect the main force of the Jin soldiers to be killed." ”

Xiao Gan snorted heavily, and the henchman next to him, Yelu Aguzhe, suggested in a low voice: "Otherwise, we will retreat south and bypass Xijin City from the west!" ”

Xiao Gan shook his head, "It's too late, the Seed Master Dao has blocked our back road, and it is impossible to go south again." ”

Everyone was silent, and suddenly, there was a low horn sound in the distance, 'woo-' and then a long black line appeared on the field three miles away, and another high-pitched horn sounded, and the 30,000 Jurchen cavalry began to run, dusty, covering the sky and the sun, and the overwhelming cavalry killed the Liao army.

The cavalry of the Jin Kingdom had already been killed, and Xiao Gan could no longer avoid it, so he had to swing his sword and shout: "The cavalry is fighting!" ”

The 20,000 Khitan cavalry lined up, brushed the ground and raised their spears, and the war horses lined up in a neat queue to meet the Jurchen iron cavalry.

In August of the fourth year of Xuanhe, Xiao Gan's army, which retreated northward, encountered 30,000 Jurchen iron cavalry led by Wanyan Zongbi on the east side of Yanjing, and the two sides fought to the death in the endless fields........

This battle of disparity in strength did not happen a miracle, and finally ended in the crushing defeat of the Liao army, 20,000 Liao cavalry killed more than 13,000 people, was scattered thousands of people, Xiao Gan led 3,000 Xi cavalry desperately out of the encirclement, fled in the direction of Jizhou.

At this time, the 50,000 troops of the Seed Master Dao also entered Yanjing from the South City Gate, realizing the complete occupation of Yanjing by the Song army, which marked the official end of the Liao State that had lasted for hundreds of years.

But far from the moment of celebration, at the same moment when the Song army occupied Yanjing, Wanyan Zongwang also led 50,000 gold soldiers to kill Juyong Pass, and killed Yanjing City, and a battle for Yanjing City was about to kick off.

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On the third day of Li Yanqing's capture of Yanjing City, the imperial court had not yet received the 800-li express report from the Seed Master, but the "Chao Bao" and "Tabloid" newspapers, which had been paying attention to the war in Yanjing, got the latest war report from the pigeon letter and the eagle letter.

In the newspaper of the day, they devoted a whole page to the Yanjing victory: 'The Eastern Route Army of the Northern Expedition captured Yanjing City! ’

Li Yanqing, the commander of the right army of the Eastern Route Army, led 10,000 soldiers to attack Yanjing successfully, fought a bloody battle in Yanjing overnight, and captured Yanjing at the cost of more than 4,000 casualties.

This news made the whole capital boil, a few days ago because of the 100,000 West Route Army annihilation and frustration, the government and the opposition suddenly jubilant, Bianjing City everywhere gongs and drums, deafening firecrackers one after another, to celebrate the return of Youzhou to the Great Song Dynasty after a hundred years of separation.

"Proprietor!"

Hong Dazhi rushed into the gate of Baoyanzhai like a gust of wind, waving a newspaper and said: "Yanjing victory, the proprietor, there is news of the little proprietor!" ”

The people who were dividing boxes in the courtyard surrounded one after another, and Hong Dazhi said to everyone excitedly: "Yanjing is a great victory, the Song army has captured Yanjing, and it is the army led by the little proprietor." ”

The courtyard was suddenly full of cheers, and at this time, Li Daqi came out of the room, he saw that the yard was noisy, and two boxes were poured, so he couldn't help frowning, "Why the noise?" ”

Hong Dazhi hurriedly stepped forward and said: "Proprietor, look at today's morning newspaper, Yanjing is a great victory, and there is news of the little proprietor." ”

"Ahh Li Daqi exclaimed, didn't care about the box, snatched the newspaper and looked at it carefully, when he saw that Li Yanqing, the commander of the right army, seized Yanjing City, tears couldn't help but gush out at once, his son was not only safe and sound, but also made great contributions to the country.

"Quick! Fast! Take out all the firecrackers left over from the New Year and let them go. ”

Without Li Daqi's orders, a few guys had already run into the warehouse to carry out two boxes of firecrackers left over from the New Year and set them off outside the gate.

Li Daqi also announced that he had a treat tonight, and invited everyone to drink and celebrate in Hongqiao Restaurant, in addition, Bao Yan Zhai gave each person a special reward of five yuan, and for a while, Bao Yan Zhai was thunderous inside and outside.

At this time, several guards on horseback came to the gate of Baoyanzhai and asked, "May I ask if Li Yuan is not outside?" ”

Li Daqi hurriedly greeted him, "I am!" ”

The head guard clasped his fists and said: "We are from the palace, there is an urgent matter, please ask Li Guanren to come with us." ”

Li Daqi was stunned, "What's the matter?" ”

The guard took out a gold medal and showed it to Li Daqi, and said in a low voice: "The Son of Heaven wants to summon the outside!" ”

Li Daqi was startled, the Son of Heaven actually summoned him, and he was flustered in his heart, how should this be?

At this time, another carriage came, followed by a large group of guards, the door opened, Liang Shicheng walked down, and said with a smile: "Li Yuanwai, congratulations!" ”

Li Daqi hurriedly stepped forward and saluted, "Taifu, is the Son of Heaven going to summon me?" ”

"Exactly! I'm afraid you won't believe it, so I'm here to inform you that I will be officially summoned tomorrow morning, but I need to go into the palace this afternoon to prepare, and I have some etiquette to explain, so I have to work hard today and tomorrow. ”

"It's not hard, it's just a little nervous!"

"Don't be nervous, it's a good thing, Yanqing has made great contributions, and the Son of Heaven will be rewarded heavily, including Yanqing's wife and Li Yuanwai, who will be rewarded by the Son of Heaven."

Li Daqi was stunned, "My daughter-in-law is also going to enter the palace?" ”

"It stands to reason that she should be received by the queen and canonized, but I heard that she is pregnant and it is inconvenient to enter the palace, so she should just issue a decree at home to canonize her, and Li Yuanwai is personally received by the Son of Heaven, let's practice etiquette in the palace today!"

Li Daqi was relieved at this time, so he rode and followed a few guards towards the palace.

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