Whether it is war or peace, Yelu Hailang can't be the master himself, but this bad weather also gives His Majesty and the Liao army time to react.

Now that he has made clear the other party's intentions, then the rest of the matter will be judged by His Majesty and Yan Jing for themselves!

By the time Yelu Hailang sent the news back to Yelu Yanxi, it was already more than ten days later. This can make the emperor angry, hurry up and hurry, and the armies from all walks of life are also urgently summoned, now it's good, he, the emperor and the elite of the Liao State, are urgently marching in the cold winter, but Cai Dao that guy actually hid in the Hejian Mansion and didn't come out.

As a result, the army that had been summoned for promotion still had to continue to march towards Yanjing, but the situation was not so urgent, and Yelu Yanxi was not in a hurry. Along the way, this guy is still interested in hunting. Fortunately, the army that followed him would not be tens of thousands of people, and they were all palace tent troops belonging to the emperor, so there was absolutely no problem with loyalty, and their treatment was naturally the best.

By the time Yelu Yanxi personally led the army to Yanjing, it was already mid-February, and the snow had already stopped. Looking at the weather this year, if the Yanjing area wants the land to thaw, it has to wait until the end of March.

The armies of both sides listened to this, and the monarchs and ministers of the Western Xia Kingdom, who had been waiting for the Song and Liao wars, were also confused by the second monk, since Cai Dao was going to send troops to attack the Liao State, and the sneak attack was the best, then, the timing of the Song army's troops would generally be placed a few days before the autumn harvest. After all, grain crops south of the Yellow River are harvested nearly ten days earlier than north of the Yellow River.

Sending troops in winter not only completely lost the suddenness of the early stage of the war, but also exposed its strategic intentions, giving the Liao State time to gather a large army in the country to deal with the next move of the Song State. Moreover, compared with the soldiers of the Liao State, the Song army was even more unsuitable for the weather this winter.

At the same time, Li Qianshun did not continue to stay in Xingqing Mansion to enjoy happiness, but came to Wulahai City with his royal brother Li Chage, which is where the Black Mountain Weifu Military Division is located.

However, there was no large army gathered here at this time, and there was only the Western Xia Army under the headquarters of the Black Mountain Weifu Military Division. Because, Brother Richard judged that before the arrival of spring, the Song army would not take the initiative to attack Liao.

Now it seems that Richard's judgment was not wrong.

"Brother Cha, two Aiqing, you say, why does Cai Dao continue to transport 250,000 forbidden troops to Mizhou?" Li Qianshun has always been unable to figure out this, since he is the enemy of Liao, then it is the best policy to gather heavy troops to confront him head-on, and Cai Dao's move is tantamount to cutting off his wings.

This time he came to Wulahai City, Li Qianshun did not bring too many ministers, and his cronies were in charge of the court, so he was naturally relieved that since the last time the monarch and ministers had discussed the matter, he had become more serious about Wen Jifu and Sima Kang, the two abandoned ministers of the Song Dynasty.

Wen Jifu preemptively replied: "Your Majesty, since Zhao Xu of the Song Dynasty came into power, in recent years, the military strength of the Song Dynasty has increased greatly, the number of domestic war horses and horses has risen significantly, the production speed of various ordnance has been greatly accelerated, and the quality has also been greatly improved. However, there is one fact that everyone ignores. That is, in recent years, the fastest growing unit of the Song army was neither cavalry nor infantry, but a naval army, or more precisely, the navy. ”

"Yes, Brother Wen said very insightfully. Your Majesty, don't forget how Cai Dao took Thang Long City, the capital of the Great Yue Kingdom. I think that at the beginning, the famous general Guo Kui personally led 300,000 forbidden troops, but he didn't even touch the edge of Thang Long City, but Cai Dao only brought less than 50,000 soldiers and horses, and he successfully attacked Thang Long City in one fell swoop along the sea route. Sima Kang reminded.

After Li Qianshun listened, he pondered for a while and asked, "So, two Aiqing, do you think Cai Dao will put these armies there?" ”

"This ......" Li Qianshun's question is still a bit difficult for these two ministers.

Wen Jifu and Sima Kang were both born in Wenchen, and the lord of the Western Xia Kingdom asked about the geography of the Liao State, and the two of them had been envoys and had never been to the Liao State, so naturally they couldn't answer. Sima Kang is better, before in the Great Song Dynasty, he didn't even do a serious deacon.

"Your Majesty, the two adults are not familiar with the geography of Liao. Weichen thought that if Cai Dao wanted to attack Liao from the sea like the last time, I am afraid it would not be so easy. Among the five capitals of Liao, there are only three close to the sea, Nanjing Yanjing and Tokyo Liaoyang, Shangjing Linhuang Mansion, and the closest to the sea and the easiest target to become the target is Shangjing Linhuang Mansion.

However, the Liao State had five capitals, and even if the Song Dynasty army had the ability, it did break through the Linhuang Mansion, but it could not defeat the Liao State. I can't recapture the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun! Richard said.

I think that at the beginning, when Li Qianshun married Yelu Nanxian, Brother Li Cha was the envoy of the family, and he observed the geography of the mountains and rivers of the Liao Kingdom along the way, so he could say this.

However, the limitations of history and his superficial understanding of the Liao State prevented him from understanding Cai Dao's fundamental intention of choosing to send troops in winter.

Cai Dao did this to expose his intentions and let the Song army send troops in winter, in addition to letting the Song army get familiar with the cold Yanjing region as soon as possible, he did this, he had to walk the stupid bird of Liao in the winter.

Song Jun was warmly dressed and well fed all the way, and before entering Hejian Mansion, he didn't have to walk in the ice and snow.

But the situation of the Liao army is completely different.

This winter, since it is so cold south of the Yellow River, it is conceivable that it will be even colder north of Yuguan.

What's more, among the Liao army, the good treatment is the palace tent army, and the others, in addition to the defenders of Yanjing and Datongfu, the treatment of the tribal army, the Jingzhou army and the subject army is much worse.

Let the Song army adapt to the weather in the north, Cai Dao is for long-term consideration, in case the battle of Song and Liao is deadlocked, then, the Song army will lose the strategic initiative, whether it will fight in winter, everything depends on the attitude of Liao.

To put it bluntly, Cai Dao's move is to carry out strategic deception, and the effect is very good. In just over a month, the Liao State lost tens of thousands of soldiers because of non-combat.

For this number of people, Yelu Yanxi and Yanjing stayed behind and didn't care.

But the winter march will undoubtedly greatly reduce the morale of the Liao soldiers, especially those of the servant army and the Han army of all ethnic groups, and the resentment in their hearts is very great.

Not only Cai Dao here, but also Cai Dao's instructions and material support, in the winter, the Zhejia army that changed equipment also in the winter, frequently riding horses in the Yanmen Pass area.

This made the Empress Liu, who was guarding Datong Mansion, also frightened, which made people really unclear about Song Jun's intentions.