Chapter 709: Cheongju is empty
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The Song army's counterattack was very direct, and in addition to the offensive of the Khitan army on the border line on the eastern front, fighting also broke out in the Hetao area in the west. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
Don't forget, the northwest is the place where Emperor Zhao Zhao of the Song Dynasty is prosperous, where he has the most solid foundation, and there are also the most brave and warlike soldiers of the Western Army.
Zhi Kexing led the main force of Fuzhou, crossed the Yellow River, and directly attacked the Tiande army in Hetao, Liao.
The nine meanders of the Yellow River are only one set of wealth, and the importance of the Hetao area is self-evident. In the past, it was a confrontation between the three kingdoms of Song, Liao and Western Xia, but now there is only a competition between Song and Liao.
Once the Tiande army can't withstand it, if the gateway to the western part of the Liao Kingdom is opened, it is self-evident how dangerous it is.
This is Yelu Jun's shortcoming, after the Liao State experienced the Jurchen Rebellion and the Yelu Yixin Rebellion, the troops were mainly concentrated on the eastern front and the central part. The relative emptiness of the Western Front was inevitable, and as a result, the Song people could take advantage of it.
It is impossible to rush thousands of miles to help, and now we can only hope that the Tiande army can withstand the attack of the Song army, and then seek a breakthrough on the Eastern Front. After all, Bianjing, the capital of the Song Dynasty, is in the front direction, and the entire Hebei Road in the east is a crucial area of the Song Dynasty.
There are gains and losses, and Yelu Jun also understands it.
However, the Song army also launched a counterattack on the eastern front, attacking the border passes under the control of the Liao state, as well as Yizhou and Zhuozhou.
Before recovering the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, it is necessary to first recover these two places. In fact, in the early years of the founding of the Great Song Dynasty, these places should still be in the hands of the Song army, but after Liao Shengzong and the Empress Dowager Chengtian and Song Zhenzong stopped in the city of Lanzhou, they signed the alliance of Lanyuan, and the border line also changed.
I lost some of my homeland for no reason. Due to the Song Dynasty's defense of the Liao State Iron Cavalry, the Tangbo was mainly concentrated in the area slightly south. So many years have passed. I never thought about recovering these two cities.
Although many years have passed. But this is definitely a great shame, you must know that Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin is a native of Zhuozhou.
But now, Zhuozhou is under the control of the Liao State. Just imagine, how ironic it is that the ancestral land of the Great Song Emperor was born in the enemy country? If this matter is not resolved, the Great Song Emperor will be introduced in the future, but his hometown is in Liao, which is absolutely embarrassing.
A shame that lasted for years. Zhao Zhao couldn't bear it and mobilized the army to storm it, wanting to tear open the defense line of the Khitan army.
However, the strange thing is that there has been no movement here in Waqiaoguan, and there has been no counterattack by the Song army.
Ye Lujun couldn't help but wonder, what tactics did Zhao Zhao use? Surprise? Or Wei Wei to save Zhao?
However, no matter what tricks are used, one principle is adhered to, that is, soldiers will block, and water will cover the ground.
The war is at a stalemate. Because of the investment in several famous generals such as Seed Master Dao and Guo Kui, the morale of the Song army was greatly boosted for a while. Slightly prevailed.
Song Liao is two countries that are evenly matched, and it is normal to have a tug-of-war, and it is not easy to completely separate the winner and loser.
However, once caught in a protracted tug-of-war, the advantage may be on the side of the Song dynasty. The huge national strength absolutely guarantees the logistical support, and the war to a certain extent is the national strength.
Moreover, the Song Dynasty was more on the defensive in the war, and was able to better deal with the crisis and be more forbearing. However, the Khitan soldiers were good at fighting on horseback, but they were also impulsive, so they were prone to chaos in such situations.
Zhao Zhao waited for such a result, but Yelujun did not want such a situation.
Especially after being stimulated by Yelutri, Yelujun became more and more anxious. A strong hatred for Zhao Zhao surged in his heart, and he wanted to dispose of him as soon as possible to vent the hatred in his heart.
A quick victory, this is Yelujun's wish. It is better to find an opportunity, an opportunity to fight the main forces of the Song Dynasty in a field battle.
Infantry combat and city defense were the toughness of the Song Dynasty, but in the field on the plains, that was the advantage of the Khitan cavalry. If you can take this opportunity to find the main force of the Song Dynasty and give a heavy blow, the effect will be very good, and the outcome of the war may also be reversed!
But where to find this opportunity? It's hard, it's really hard!
However, Huang Tian paid close attention to the movements of the Song army and began to gradually find some clues.
The first one is the internal discord of the Song army, Zhao Zhao has just ascended the throne, and his supporters are mainly the Western army. Zhao Zhao also took special care of the Western Army, the generals were promoted one after another, and the soldiers were rewarded more.
But in the Hebei Army, the situation is not optimistic. In particular, Wu Chong, the Xuanfu envoy of Hebei Road in the Song Dynasty, heard that he had supported the Zhao brothers, so he was snubbed. Now it is the emperor of the Song Dynasty Zhao Zhao who is not too harmonious, if it were not for the fear of the power in Wu Chong's hands, and the fear of shaking the army's morale by changing generals in battle, Zhao Zhao would have taken Wu Chong out long ago.
On the day he heard that Waqiao Pass was lost, Wu Chong happened to go to Jizhou to meet Zhao Zhao, but the pass was lost. Zhao Zhao was indiscriminate, and put the blame on Wu Chong, which caused great resentment. So much so that in recent times, the Hebei Road army controlled by Wu Kong has been at odds with Zhao Zhao and the Western Army, and even Zhao Zhao's orders will not be implemented very carefully.
Yelujun, who has a keen sense of smell, realizes that this is a godsend, but it is impossible to meet it. Although there will be Khitan nobles behind him who oppose the battle, once they are on the battlefield and really fight, they will obey the orders of their emperor, so as to achieve unity and victory.
Zhao Zhao was the emperor of the Song Dynasty, and he seemed to unify the domestic power of the Song Dynasty, humming...... In Jerman's view, this is just a façade. Zhao Zhao's internal situation in the Song Dynasty would not be better than his own, in other words, the Song army was definitely not as united as it is now.
As long as there is a gap, it can be broken individually.
Look, now the Song armies are fighting on their own, and they are not cooperating with each other at all. Even if they encounter any danger, they don't even rescue each other.
Just yesterday, the 2,000 lives of Wu Chong's department were swallowed up by the Liao general Ye Lujie's department, and the nearby Guo Kui department did not even move.
Unexpectedly, there is such filth within the Song Army! Yelujun found out the news in his own way, and his heart was full of mocking sneers.
The discord of the Song army made Yelujun realize that they could be broken individually, but just as he was thinking about how to strike one by one, an unexpected opportunity appeared.
The Song army attacked on the long national border, attacking many cities, and I don't know what the plan is, or there is no order.
None of this matters, Yelujun doesn't care about the gains and losses of Israel for a long time!
He found a problem, that is, Qingzhou, where the emperor of the Song Dynasty Zhao Zhao was located, had only 8,000 people left. The nearest Di Yong department is also three hundred miles away from Cheongju.
The life and death of an emperor is enough to affect the victory or defeat of a war and the fortunes of a country.
For Yelujun, this is an opportunity to take revenge!
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