Zhao Heng was released very early to open the mansion, so he saw with his own eyes the trauma caused by the war. Whenever the Song Dynasty regained some vitality, whenever the father gradually became peaceful under the careful management, but a war, all the achievements of several years of construction were destroyed, and many wives were separated and families were destroyed.

So he instinctively had a certain aversion to war.

And at this time, the surrounding environment of the Song Dynasty was indeed getting better, and Li Huan defeated Hou Renbao after usurping the throne, but he knew in his heart that he couldn't go against the powerful Song Dynasty, so he immediately sent an envoy to ask for convincing. Dali doesn't matter, anyway, they stay in the southwest and don't advance or retreat, so there's no harm. The surrounding barbarian tribes of the Song Dynasty, and even the distant Western Regions, all had tribes and small countries to vote. It doesn't matter whether it's true or not, but there have been no invasions and no riots over the years.

Western Xia was also gone.

A few years ago, Yin Xian, Wang Xian and Li Jilong were in the northwest, each of these people had their own shortcomings, Li Jilong was not good at Wenzhi, but he would fight in the northwest, Yin Xian was a little short-sighted, and Wang Xian was a little greedy.

But in the northwest, Li Jilong is the number one general of the Song Dynasty, the uncle, Wang Xian was once the prime minister of the Song Dynasty, "the species is very expensive", so everyone is convinced, even including Beihetao These years have gradually integrated into the Song Dynasty.

Without the harm of Western Xia, even Song Jiu was lax.

This external environment led to further economic prosperity in the Song Dynasty.

And Chen Shu is very good at business, he was relocated to the household department because of his political achievements, Zhao Heng ordered him to report the treasury information, but Chen Shu delayed reporting. Chen Shu said helplessly: "Your Majesty is rich in the Spring and Autumn Period, if you know that the treasury is full, I am afraid that you will be extravagant." The minister did not dare to enter. ”

Zhao Heng was stunned for a moment, is this the reason for the gods?

Then Ha Lu Ha rejoiced. After a few words of appreciation, I really didn't ask. The reason is simple. This proves that the state finances are good, very good! It's so good that the three divisions don't dare to report it to themselves, for fear that they will be proud.

However, Chen Shu respected Song Jiu more and more.

It is not a way to put so much surplus money and food in the treasury, and the loss alone is a staggering figure, but now with the banking department, there is a place to go, and a considerable interest will be obtained. But also respect the emperor. During the Daoist years, the country's economic situation was still a little tense, only a few years. That's the case, and I also want to thank Zhao Heng for his governance.

However, compared with Xiao Yanyan, Zhao Heng is a shortcoming in the military.

He didn't want to fight, so when some officials suggested that the city wall be rebuilt in Sichuan, Zhao Heng vetoed it, saying that the country was not in danger in Germany. I even want to get along with Liao.

We don't want Yanyun anymore, and you don't want to invade the south.

The shortcomings in the military have also led to personnel changes.

Originally, the strongest in the north of the Song Dynasty was one east and one west. Hebei is the strongest in the east, but it is led by Zhang Qixian. This person is really not big in Dongfu, not as good as Lu Mengzheng, but he is quite discerning in military affairs. And dare to fight, so it was a great victory.

And Hebei has many elite soldiers.

This is also forced.

The northwest Hexi is also very strong, and that is also forced. The Song Dynasty gradually digested the South Loop and began to digest the North Loop. Condescending, it poses a direct threat to the back of the mountain. At the same time, Hexi could train cavalry, so he had to step up his vigilance.

There is also Hedong, there is Shi Pu in Hedong, his qualifications are a little shallow, but there are also Gao Qiong's generals, coupled with the unique terrain of Hedong, Liao is helpless about it.

However, now after all kinds of transfers, it has long been a matter of mind.

And Zhao Heng succeeded to the throne, in front of Xiao Yanyan, Zhao Heng can only be regarded as a hairy child.

Therefore, in the third year of Xianping, Xiao Yanyan decided to lead the troops to recruit in person.

However, the Song Dynasty got the news very quickly, and Zhao Heng had no choice but to issue an edict to deploy Fu Qian as the camp, but this time Zhang Zhaoyun was not Pan Mei's son-in-law, so the deputy general was replaced by Cao Bin's eldest son Cao Can, and the forwards were Tian Shaobin, Shi Pu and Yang Qiong. The great eunuch Qin Han was the capital eunuch of the array.

Fu Qian is also a veteran, and the five people behind him are fiercer than the other, especially the father-in-law Qin. Moreover, there is also a famous general Fan Tingzhao in Dingzhou.

Then he himself gathered 200,000 forbidden troops and personally marched north.

This made Song Jiu feel stunned, if this Zhao Heng was so brave, then how could Brigadier Kou explain that he was pushed to Lanzhou?

War broke out in late September.

But it did not start from Hebei, nor did it start with the war between Song and Liao, but from Hedong and Hexi.

Before the war, Xiao Yanyan secretly sent people to bewitch the Qianghuang female tribe of Hexi, and its patriarch Meng Yibao and Li Jiqian's subordinates who were originally forced to surrender to the Song Dynasty suddenly rebelled and invaded the Wanhu Valley in Linzhou.

The strategic goal is very simple, if you can advance, you will advance, and if you can't enter, you will immediately cross the Yellow River, and the east is behind the Liaoguo Mountain, so as to contain the Song Dynasty's troops in the east and northwest of the river.

After so many years, many tribes have become more attentive to the Song Dynasty, after all, the policy of the Song Dynasty is softer, and the development of the Northwest Wool Trade Road and the relaxation of salt politics in the Song Dynasty have also brought great benefits to the people of all ethnic groups in the Northwest.

However, some tribes are unhappy because they have lost their rights.

Therefore, one was prepared and the other was unprepared, so that Meng Yibao gathered many soldiers.

Fuzhou Zhe Weichang and his cousin Zhe Haichao and his younger brother Zhe Weixin sent troops to fight in Songhua Village, this battle was very miserable, including Zhe Haichao and Zhe Weixin were killed in succession, and Zhe Weichang broke through the siege. But at this time, because the Song Dynasty took the Bianguan and Shenwu City, and the east of the river and the northwest formed a line, Liu Wenzhen, Song Sigong and others quickly sent troops to rescue and fought at Jingfeng, which was a devastating battle. Not only were there many Song soldiers stationed in the Shenwu area, but there were also a large number of cavalry being trained in Nanhetao. Tens of thousands of Song soldiers surrounded them from all directions, and half of them were cavalry. The Mongol security army was annihilated, and no one could escape.

In the battle of Jingfeng, Xiao Yanyan achieved her wish, to a certain extent, to contain the Song army in the two regions.

The Song Dynasty gained some slight benefits, and the war was a bright way to eradicate the unstable factors in the region in one fell swoop.

The Battle of Hebei began.

Or Baozhou area, Xiongzhou to the east of many swampy lakes, the Song Dynasty because of Yang Liulang's proposal, Song Jiu in the Xifu execution, and dug many new lakes, carrying the green Great Wall, resulting in the Liao army iron cavalry inconvenient gallop.

Baozhou Zhizhou is Yang Si, this is a strong general, and Tian Shaobin and Shi Pu also came to Baozhou. The three of them decided to take the initiative.

That night. Shi Pu and Yang Si crossed the Lianliang River with their men and attacked 100,000 Liao troops at night.

However, the combat effectiveness of the two countries in the military history of cold weapons has almost reached the extreme. The Song army was not afraid of night battles, and the Liao army was not afraid of night battles, although the two generals were brave, they were still besieged by the Liao army. At this critical moment, Tian Shaobin led the army to help, fought his way out of the encirclement, and killed thousands of Liao troops at the same time.

Xiao Yanyan saw that Baozhou was not easy to gnaw, so she moved to the Weilu army in the northwest of Baozhou and ruled the city in Suicheng.

The Wei Lu Army is Yang Liulang. He still has 2,000 powerful Beiwei troops in his hands, but in addition to these 2,000 Beiwei troops, there are only 1,000 soldiers.

In the first battle of the Tang River, the Jingsai army was meritorious, that is, there were more than 10,000 Song troops in the rear, and there was Li Jilong, the military god who dared to take responsibility.

What do you have in your hands now?

So Yang Liulang collected his troops to protect the city, and at the same time asked Fu Qian in the rear for help.

But waiting and waiting, there is not a single shadow of reinforcements in sight.

More than a month later, although the city was made of cement stone. But under the attack of the Liao State, the city wall has been dilapidated. Just when he was in danger, Yang Liulang had an idea and drew water for the wall.

The next day the Liao army woke up. At first glance, the city walls of Suicheng were all dumbfounded, and the silver light flashed and crystal clear. Then put the ladder up and push it a little harder. He slipped and fell...... There's no way to fight this, let's go. It's not that easy to go. Just when the Liao army was about to withdraw, Yang Liulang led the Beiwei army to kill.

This army defending the city is not its strong point, and it has long held its breath.

The Liao army was killed, and the main force of the Liao State wanted to return, but Yang Liulang calmly withdrew to the city with the Beiwei army.

But the Song army that participated in these two battles was less than 10,000, where are the 80,000 troops in Hebei?

Zhao Heng didn't leave immediately, Chengping has been in peace for a long time, so many army transfers are not an overnight thing, and a large amount of heavy grain and grass must be prepared.

He calmly hosted this year's Winter Festival, but his calmness made the entire northern people feel at ease.

Until the end of the winter, the pro-conquest army began to set off, ordering Li Xin to stay in Tokyo, Li Shu to deploy for the inner capital, Wei Yu to judge the retention of the division of the Kaifeng Mansion, Chen Shu to accompany the transfer of the three divisions, Zhang Yongde of Xijing of the Prince and Taishi Division as the inspection envoy inside and outside the capital, Zhou Ying to deploy the army before the car, Liu Zhixin of Yongzhou Observation Envoy, Yang Yongzun of the Inner Servant to be the supervisor of the formation, Baoping Jiedu Envoy and Shi Baoji of the Horse Commander to be the vanguard of the northern camp are deployed, Cizhou Defense Envoy Kang Tinghan is the vice-president, and Shangguan Zheng is the commander of the regimental training of the Zhouzhou Regiment.

A large army of pro-conscripts slowly marched towards the Daimyo's mansion.

But at this time the front line is becoming more and more critical.

There are really many, many brave generals in Hebei, in fact, there is no need for Zhao Heng to recruit in person, as long as Li Jilong is transferred to Hebei and the elite soldiers in Hebei are used, Xiao Yanyan can be defeated.

However, this coach ......

The Liao army's entry into Baozhou was not conducive to the Weilu army, but Xiao Yanyan immediately saw it, strange, why there was no Song army to rescue in the rear, I thought about it for a long time, Ha Lu Ha Yile, and the army waved south.

The western part of Hebei is mountainous, and there are many swamps in the east, but the central region is all open plains. At the beginning, the construction of such a strong fort was to jointly defend and launch a regional offensive, and step by step dragged the Liao army so that it could not move south.

In this way, the defense is formed.

The Liao army went south, and the joint defense began. However, Fu Qian used these strong forts to withdraw the army into the forts, hung the battle card, and resolutely refused to fight. No matter who asks for battle, Fu Qian just doesn't agree. As the supervisor of the army, Qin Han's request was not good, nor was it possible for Fan Yanzhao, the former commander of Dingzhou, who had been famous for a long time, to ask for battle, and as the first general of Hedong, Shi Pu and Song Jiu's son-in-law, whose status was far better than that of Yang Liulang, who was in history, was also scolded to the point of blood.

Deputy General Cao Can couldn't sit still and asked what was wrong.

Fu Qian replied calmly: "The enemy is coming in one go, and the combat effectiveness is strong, at this time, when we go out to fight, our sharp spirit will be bruised......"

Cao Can was angry by Fu Qian's words.

This is the biggest negligence of Song Jiu's words, not that Zhao Heng did not dare to fight, but that he did not use good generals. So many elite soldiers, so many tall and strong forts built one after another, attacked, retreated and defended, and many cavalry, as well as the powerful Beiwei army, just because they did not choose a good commander, they watched 100,000 Liao troops wreak havoc in Yingzhou, Jizhou and other Hebei regions, burning, killing and looting. (To be continued......)