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Ren Fu didn't know Chen Yuan very well, and now he saw that Chen Yuan let him sit in this position, and he was a little happy in his heart. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 infoAfter all, he is the commander of the Song army in Hejian Province, and if he can sit in the position of commander from the beginning of the war to the end of the war, it will naturally be the best.

But the Song people just have this problem, and they think about it very much, but they still have to be polite: "This, I think it's better to be commanded by the master of the horse." ”

Of course, Chen Yuan heard Ren Fu's thoughts, it is better to command the horse, that is to say, it is not necessarily bad to let Ren Fu command, and he pulled Ren Fu's arm at the moment: "General, don't say such things, the position of experience in fighting is of course yours, and now is not the time to shirk." ”

Ren Fu was moving the chair along Chen Yuan's hand: "In this way, I'm not welcome." But there is one thing I have to ask for my forgiveness, since I am sitting in this position, everyone here must listen to me. ”

The people here were originally at the mercy of Ren Fu, and he just said this to Chen Yuan.

Chen Yuan nodded: "That's natural, the 50,000 troops I brought newly, starting with me, are now all under the command of the general." ”

Ren Fu was relieved: "Okay, Master Horse, the war has started now, hundreds of thousands of troops of the Liao people have pressed the border, and they have also begun to mobilize in the country, and our troops have also moved, but if the imperial court has any instructions for us, please also ask Master Horse to make it clear." ”

Probably because what he said was not clear enough, Ren Fu continued: "Is it the ultimate goal to repel the Liao people, or to recover the thirteen states of Yanyun?" ”

This is also something that all generals care about, they are military generals, war is their stage, how large the war is, it means how many opportunities they have to perform. Of course, maybe they can stage a brilliant show of expanding the territory, or they may only leave a period of tragedy in which the heroes are not paid.

Chen Yuan naturally understood the mood of these generals, and Renzong's meaning was very clear, he wanted the Liao State to divide the victory and defeat, and to realize the will of Emperor Taizu. The so-called division of victory and defeat is to beat the Liao State down and convince it. The so-called realization of Taizu's will is to recover the thirteen states that were given to the Liao people by Shi Jingjiao.

"What do you mean?" Chen Yuan saw that all eyes were looking at him, and there was no direct answer.

"Then it doesn't need to be said, just like when Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty drove the Huns away, he drove the Liao people far away!" A general said in an excited tone.

The other generals agreed when they heard this, and it was a good thing for them. If the Song Dynasty launched a war against the Khitan, many of them would die on the battlefield, but it didn't matter, because that was the fate of a warrior.

The Song Dynasty produced Zhao Pu, Kou Zhun, and now Fan Zhongyan, all of whom were famous ministers who left their names in history. But as military generals, they hope to produce a Wei Qing of the Song Dynasty and Huo Qubing of the Song Dynasty through war!

Chen Yuan shook his head slightly: "Fight this battle first, as for what happens in the future, I'll talk about it later." What I can tell you is that this war will not be like Emperor Wu of Han chasing the Xiongnu. ”

The Song Dynasty was not a Han Dynasty, the Khitans were not the Xiongnu, Renzong was not Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and Chen Yuan did not want the Great Song Dynasty to fight a long war that cost all the national strength and tens of millions of lives to win over the centuries.

He still thinks that the most important thing he should do now is to let the footsteps of the Great Song Dynasty go faster, let the Great Song Dynasty have a farther vision, and don't do too much entanglement on the body of the fifty-six ethnic groups in the future, there is a wider world outside, waiting for us to dominate them.

Those generals were somewhat disappointed, Chen Yuan didn't say what he said too clearly, and he didn't want to say it too clearly: "Okay, that's it, General Ren Fu, it's time for you to arrange the war." ”

At the end of February, Ren Fu, the military commander of the Great Song Dynasty, received reinforcements from the imperial court, and set up another military camp 300 miles after the besieged Xin'an military camp.

At the same time, the Song Dynasty made progress in the battlefield on the western front, Mu Guiying's army went out of the three passes, and Li Shibin and Yeli Yuqi's troops also pounced all the way down from Helan Mountain. At the same time, Wen Yanbo led the Song Dynasty's troops in Zhending Mansion all the way north, to Nanjing, the seat of the king of the Southern Court of Liao, and killed the past, intending to force Yelu Gollum to fight a decisive battle with the Song army.

A month into the war, the Song Dynasty's troops began to counterattack.

And the Uighurs and Tubo were all in place, and they followed behind Li Shibin, and the imperial court made it very clear this time that the troops of these vassal states did not need to participate in the war, and they could just shout two voices.

Dali, Jiaozhi, Zhancheng, and Ah San are estimated to be unable to catch up with the first phase of the battle because of the distance. As for the elite land kings of Xilan and Peng Dan, the Song Dynasty had already asked the merchant ships to bring them here, it didn't matter if the people came or not, just come with the battle flag.

Of course, the Liao people are not without allies.

Yanjing, shrouded in war clouds, seemed to be a little panicked, Yelu Zongyuan now lived in Yanjing, living in the palace of the Liao Kingdom. When Yelu Hongji went on the expedition, he and Xiao Tali handled state affairs together. When he didn't know that Chai Mi was expensive and held the power of the state in his hands, he knew how tired Yeluzong was really alive at the beginning.

Behind the power of infinite scenery is the emaciation of the heart. The battle on the front line was not going well, Yelu Hongji was blocked by the small Xin'an military camp of the Song Dynasty, and the Song army not only did not go to the rescue of Xin'an, but launched a powerful attack on the Liao State from the western front.

The Song Dynasty's attack this time appeared to be unhurried and impatient, and Wen Yanbo pushed all the way north, aiming directly at Nanjing. Mu Guiying's speed was not very fast, and the first thing her army did after taking down a city was to establish the Song Dynasty's yamen in that place, and then appoint Song Dynasty officials.

This quick and slow style of play made it difficult for Yelu Zongyuan to deal with.

If there are only these, forget it, Nanjing's city is strong, and the defenders of the city are also Yelu Zongyuan's descendants for many years, if the Song people really attack Nanjing, it will also be a fighter for the Liao people. But what made Yelu Zongyuan most reassuring was Liaodong!

Liao is only a thousand miles away from Yanjing, and the more than 100,000 troops of Di Qing, a famous general of the Song Dynasty, are in Goryeo, and they have some close ties with those Jurchens. Di Qing's subordinates were the first batch of new troops formed in the Song Dynasty, and they were the elite of the Song Dynasty.

They haven't moved yet, which makes Yelu Zongyuan's heart very uncomfortable, what is Di Qing thinking? Yelu Zongyuan didn't know, he felt that if it was him, he would definitely lead the army to kill him now. However, the Liaodong region is calm, and even those Jurchens seem to be very honest during this period of time, and the area around Huanglong Mansion is very calm.

Calm, and sometimes more frightening.

Xiao Tali walked over from behind, with a smile on his peach-like face, and took a windbreaker and put it on Yelu Zongyuan: "King, this wind is still a little cold, watch out for your body." ”

Xiao Tali is now his woman, but the combination of the two is only the combination of the two interest groups in Liao, and these two interest groups have irreconcilable contradictions, so although Yelu Zongyuan and Xiao Tatari maintain the politeness between husband and wife in the human field, they have never let go of each other's mention in their hearts.

Yelu Zongyuan showed a smile on his face: "It's okay, this bit of wind and cold is not taken to heart, is there anything wrong?" ”

"King, today our soldiers arrested a person in Bianjing City, it seems that it should be someone from the Great Song Dynasty, he said that he wanted to see you, or see me before he was willing to speak."

Yelu Zongyuan was a little unhappy: "What do the people below do?" Do you want the two of us to interrogate a fine work? Let them be tortured. ”

Xiao Tali looked at him: "If the king doesn't have time, I'll just go and see him, maybe I can ask something." ”

Yelu Zongyuan thought for a moment: "That's it, let's go together." ”

Compared with the prisons of the Song Dynasty, the prisons of the Liao State have in common that they are all places where prisoners are held, and there are all kinds of torture instruments in the cells. The difference is that the torture instruments of the Song Dynasty were generally put away, showing that they were not commonly used.

And the torture instruments of the Liao people were hung on the wall, showing their appearance to all those who came in.

The man who had just been captured was locked up in the first cell after entering the cell door. The dark and damp environment made this cell exude a strange smell, Xiao Tatari's brows furrowed, but Yelu Zongyuan was accustomed to this.

"What about people? Bring him up. ”

The jailer in the prison took the order, hurriedly opened the cell door, lifted the guy out, and threw it on the ground: "King, it's him, this kid has a very hard mouth, and he doesn't speak until he sees you." ”

The man's clothes were already a little tattered, and he had obviously been whipped, but at first glance, it was indeed the appearance of a Song Dynasty merchant.

Xiao Tali frowned: "Move a chair for him to sit down." ”

The jailer brought over a chair, and the two men lifted the man up and put it on the chair. Xiao Tali saw this person's face clearly. He is in his thirties, a little short, and the marks of a few whiplashes on his white face are very obvious.

The jailer took the rope and tried to tie him up, but the man did not resist, but his eyes looked at Xiao Tali and Yelu Zongyuan.

Xiao Tali suddenly waved his hand: "No need to tie up, he is not from Song." ”

The jailer was stunned for a moment, and Yelu Zongyuan was also a little puzzled, judging from this person's appearance and dress, he was obviously a Song person.

The man sat on the chair and smiled: "The Queen Mother really has good eyesight, she is not a Song person, and she is here to discuss with your country how to defeat the Song Dynasty." ”

Xiao Tatari didn't speak again, but Yelu Zongyuan slowly stood up: "Defeat the Song Dynasty? Who are you? ”

The man was holding on to his scars and wanted to stand up, but the two jailers next to him wanted to stop him, but he was stopped by Yelu Zongyuan's eyes.

"Contemptible Fujiwara Kunzaburo, originally a person from Dongying, we Dongying and the Song Dynasty have a hatred that is not shared, please believe the contemptible, this time I took a small boat to float across this vast sea, just to offer a plan for the king, but to break the Song army."

(To be continued)