In the blink of an eye, it was the first month of the third year of Yongxi, and Zhao Weiji, who temporarily returned to Bianjing to rest and reunite with his family on the occasion of the New Year, was not doing well at this time.

The reason is very simple, there is bad news from within the Song Dynasty. On the second day of the first lunar month, it was reported that Yizhou had suffered a locust plague.

Not only did the locust ravages take a toll on food crops, but the anti-war faction was on the rise again. Last time, Tiangu Shishu was fooled by Li Fang, and this time the locusts happened inside the Great Song Dynasty, isn't it a warning from heaven.

And there was also an incident within the Liao State that the Great Song Dynasty did not know, where the Liao general Yelu Xian conquered the Jurchen tribes and returned to the dynasty with a great victory, and seized a large number of Jurchen people and horses. The Liao State, which was already known for its iron cavalry, obtained hundreds of thousands of horses from the Jurchens at this time, which was even more powerful.

Although Zhao Weiji didn't know that the Liao State had won a great victory over the Jurchens, the news of the locusts made him feel a little uneasy. Is history still unchangeable?

As his wife, Chai Yu naturally saw Zhao Weiji's uneasiness, and then asked: "What is the husband feeling uneasy about, it is better to listen to the concubine." ”

Although Zhao Weiji couldn't tell his wife that because he knew the history and knew that the next big war of the Great Song Dynasty would be defeated, Zhao Weiji still gave the most reasonable answer in the current situation: "I'm worried about the Northern Expedition, maybe the locusts in Yizhou are a bad omen." ”

"Please also ask the husband to relax, after all, our Da Song has been preparing for a long time. There is also a magic weapon newly made by Fu Jun, and he will definitely return triumphantly. ”

"I can only accept your auspicious words." Although he said so, Zhao Weiji's heart still did not calm down.

Before the Lantern Festival was over, the Great Song Dynasty was already preparing to go to war.

On the night of the 11th day of the first lunar month, it is said that a red air mass in the north gathered like a city wall, and it did not disperse until dawn.

The ministers of the main war of the DPRK and China have used this excuse to write to Taizong Zhao Guangyi, saying that the rise of red qi in the north proves that Liao's internal strife is a good time for the Northern Expedition.

Taizong Zhao Guangyi took the opportunity to order the Northern Expedition.

At this moment, when the Northern Expedition was imperative, the anti-war faction decided to make a last effort, and Li Zhixiong, the governor of the political affairs, spoke out to dissuade Taizong, but even if he forced him to die, he still did not change Taizong's mind.

As a result, the Yongxi Northern Expedition recorded in the history books will officially kick off.

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Since the Northern Expedition was about to start, Zhao Weiji, who was in the military, had no choice but to say goodbye to his wife in the New Year and rushed back to Zhenzhou.

Soon after Zhao Weiji returned to Zhenzhou, he received the first phase of Zhao Guangyi's Northern Expedition.

Taizong ordered Cao Bin to deploy the front army of the Youzhou Daoxing camp, and Cui Yan to deploy the deputy capital. Sent troops to dominate the direction of the state as the Eastern Route Army.

Then he ordered Mi Xin to deploy for the northwest provincial capital, Du Yangui to deploy for the deputy capital, and sent troops to Xiongzhou.

Immediately afterwards, he ordered Tian Chongjin to deploy the Flying Fox for Dingzhou Road, and because the Flying Fox was directly north of Zhenzhou, Zhao Weiji was incorporated into Tian Chongjin's department and became Tian Chongjin's deputy general.

This order can be said to be a big blow to Zhao Weiji, and in the end, Zhao Guangyi still doesn't trust him at a critical moment. And at this moment, Zhao Weiji has another thought in his heart, which is: "Is the ability of history to correct errors really so strong?" This Tian Chongjin was originally the commander of the Chinese army of the Northern Expedition in history, and it was he who led the troops north out of Dingzhou. Thinking of this, Zhao Weiji couldn't help but shudder, could it be that this war would be like history? ”

After the order came down, Zhao Weiji convened a meeting of his henchmen in Zhenzhou: "I didn't expect that the official family still didn't trust me at the critical moment, and if I was the deputy general for Tian Chongjin, my actions would definitely be restricted." ”

"What then?" Li Jiguang was the first to speak, because he knew that if Zhao Weiji's actions were restricted, after all, the deployment that had been disrupted for so long would be disrupted.

"No way yet. Which of you knows anything about Tian Chongjin? Zhao Weiji asked.

After everyone was stunned for a while, a military general named Chen Ran spoke: "As far as the last general knows, General Tian was born in the army, has strong martial arts, and is loyal and brave, but he doesn't learn anything. Knowledge of battle formation strategy and its lack of knowledge. ”

As soon as he heard Chen Ran's description, Zhao Weiji knew in his heart that Tian Chongjin was just a person with developed limbs and a simple mind, so it would be easy to deal with.

"Okay, I know, now we have to take one step at a time, and lead the army to Dingzhou to join General Tian first."

After speaking, Zhao Weiji disbanded the meeting, and then let the whole army set off.

After arriving in Dingzhou, I realized that your sister's Chen Ran did not describe Tian Chongjin completely. This Tian Chongjin is simple-minded, but he is xenophobic, and he can't listen to the opinions of people other than his own confidants.

Zhao Weiji, who had just arrived in Dingzhou, wanted to introduce the characteristics and strengths of his army to Tian Chongjin, but was directly interrupted by Tian Chongjin.

"The county lord doesn't need to make any explanations, your army is now the general's. I don't need any comments or suggestions from you. I have my own staff group, and you just have to carry out the orders I give. ”

Tian Chongjin's words almost blew up Zhao Weiji's lungs, and no one has ever said anything to him like this until now. This girl is a mallet, history records that he won first and then lost, how did he do it?

Of course, Zhao Weiji didn't know the reason, but if he heard the battle meeting on the Liao side, he would know.

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Just when the Song army was ready to start marching, the Liao State had also begun to take combat countermeasures.

And the protagonist of this combat meeting of the Liao State was actually Yelumo.

Although the last operation damaged the main general, even Yelu Hugo had to admit that it was an accident. For Jerümo's combat talent, it is still recognized.

And this time is very important to the Song War, and the only one who has a record of fighting against Song and has won the victory in recent times is Yelumo. Only he knew what the Song Army's new weapons were. What's more, he mastered the entire spy system under Han Derang in Nanjing, and he had a considerable understanding of the national conditions of the Song Dynasty.

So at the recommendation of Han Derang, Yelumo became the protagonist of this combat meeting.

"Due to the strength of the Song army and the new weapons, it is not good for us to start a war directly on the border. At the beginning of the war, the Song army must have been imposing and engrossed. Combined with the power of new weapons, it will certainly pose a great threat to our Daliao army. ”

"And how are you going to deal with it?" At this time, Yelu, the general of the Liao State on the side, spoke obliquely.

"Lure the enemy deep and wait for work."

"Oh? Let's talk about the specifics. "At this moment it was another general, Yelu Hugo, who spoke.

"After the start of the war, we quickly abandoned the border cities and retreated our army to the vicinity of Nanjing. Let the Song army benefit first. ”

"Won't this increase the morale of others?" Empress Dowager Xiao, who was also on the side, asked.

Although this will improve the morale of the Song army, it will also make the Song army relax its vigilance. Moreover, the purpose of the Song army was to capture Yanyun. Then once the city is occupied, troops will be sent to defend it, which will also weaken the strength of the Song army.

Moreover, once it penetrates into the Liao realm, the Song army will inevitably face the vast plains near Nanjing, our great Liao, so it will also be of great help to our army's iron cavalry. Moreover, going deep into the Liao border will also inevitably lengthen the supply line of the Song army and increase the fatigue of the soldiers.

Another point is that the Song army is set off from several coalition forces this time, and we can use the extremely strong mobile surname of the cavalry to concentrate superior forces to defeat the Song army one by one. Moreover, the army of the Song Dynasty has a characteristic, once one way is broken, it will have a great impact on the morale of several other roads. ”

After Yelumo finished introducing his strategy, everyone present fell into deep thought.

After a while, Empress Dowager Xiao spoke first: "I approve of Yelumo's plan. ”

Then Jeruxiu also spoke: "I agree with it too." ”

Yelu Xianzhen also had no objections, plus Han Derang, who already knew about this plan. In this way, basically all the decision-makers of the Liao State agreed with Yelumo's strategy.

Jerumo's strategy began to be implemented without hindrance.

Just when the Liao State was preparing to meet the enemy, he received a new order from Emperor Zhao Song: Zhao Guangyi appointed Pan Mei as the capital of Yunzhou, Shuozhou, Yingzhou and other prefectures, and Yang Ye as the deputy capital of the deployment, starting from Yanmen to attack the Liao State.

The Liao State, which got the news, decided to deal with it separately by the generals.

In the end, it was Yelu Hugo who chose Cao Bin Mixin's side, and Yelu Xianzhen chose Pan Meiyangye's side. Empress Dowager Xiao took Liao Shengzong's imperial drive to personally conquer and Han Derang sat in the middle of the Chinese army.

And Yelu Mo did not choose to follow Han Derang to the Chinese army, but chose to follow Yelu Xuan. The reason is that Yelu Mo thought that with the relationship between Zhao Weiji and Yang Ye, he should be in the Western Army of the Song Army. Although he won Yang Yanping last time, he actually didn't take any advantage of Zhao Weiji, but was shot by Zhao Weiji's men and rescued Yang Yanping. Yelu Mo was unconvinced in his heart, and he was ready to defeat Zhao Weiji on the frontal battlefield this time to be ashamed.

But what he didn't expect was that Zhao Weiji was under the account of Zhonglu Tian Chongjin, and he was living very miserably.

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Returning to Zhao Weiji's side, he had a worse time than when he first arrived in Daizhou. Tian Chongjin completely ignored the people of Zhenzhou.

Zhao Weiji could only comfort himself: "It's better not to use our Zhenzhou people, so that I can save the superior forces." ”

Just when Zhao Weiji was having a miserable time, Cao Bin in the east first came with good news.

Cao Bin conquered the southern city of Gu'an all the way. Along the way, Cao Bin did not encounter decent resistance, and in this way achieved his first great victory. When the news came, the entire Great Song Dynasty was boiling, and the soldiers from other roads were excited. It turns out that the Liao State is so vulnerable, since Cao Bin can occupy the southern city of Gu'an without bloodshed, then we can do it too.

So the other roads quickened their pace.

And there is one person in the entire Great Song Dynasty who is not happy, and it is Zhao Weiji over there. Because the pace of history is advanced in this way, starting from Cao Bin's destruction of the southern city of An, the Song army has always been overwhelming in the early stage of the war.

Zhao Weiji is not sure whether it is a coincidence or the trajectory of history has already begun, but he soon got a second confirmation.

The Middle Route Army reached the foot of Flying Fox City.

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