Song Jiu chose these people to follow him to sharpen in Liaodong, and he had his own intentions. The age is not very old, and they can endure the hardships of Liaodong, and it is the age when they want to be on the throne, since these people can be called the famous faces of the Song Dynasty, and their talents will not be bad, then they will have something to do in Liaodong.

And the qualifications are not high, and when you go to work in Liaodong, you won't feel aggrieved.

With their talents, coupled with this resume, they will rise to the throne faster in the future, and after they ascend to the throne one after another, they will be familiar with Liaodong, so it will be possible to maintain that the Song Dynasty's policy towards Liaodong in the next thirty or forty years will not be seriously wrong.

In fact, there are still candidates, if he is allowed to choose, there will be at least thirty or forty officials who can be suitable to come to Liaodong as his assistants, but they are all old, but Song Jiu will give up one after another.

This problem is not big, if Song Jiu does not feel aggrieved, he sits in Liaodong, there will be no big problem, although Zhao Heng felt that these candidates were puzzled, he still readily agreed.

The edict was issued, and the five "dolls" were also puzzled after receiving the order, there were many civil servants who went to the north, or they were officials in Yanyun Prefectures, and these officials were all good ministers carefully selected by Song Jiu and Kou Zhun and other rulers, or they were accompanied by the emperor, and they were all big guys.

Why did they come to the North?

And the edict is even more eccentric, let them go to Youzhou, but they didn't say what official positions they held.

Do you want to accompany the emperor too? Do you have the qualifications?

Five young officials set out on the journey with a sense of confusion and confusion.

The Song army completed the most rear-end deployment.

Overall, everyone was in a relaxed mood, under the leadership of Yelu Longqing. The Liao State once again gathered 200,000 troops, known as the 300,000 army. It may be more than that, it may not be enough. But this is estimated to be the bottom line of Liao's responsibility.

If you look at it quantitatively. The Liao State is still not weak, the people are cavalry, and they are the territory of the people, and 200,000 cavalry is enough to be the Song army with 400,000 foot cavalry.

In fact, there are very few people in this army who have been in actual combat.

Yes, including some of the prisoners of war who were released, although they had experience, but a few of them still maintained their morale, and one by one they were released and recorded. Aren't you afraid that the Song army will defeat them and settle accounts after the autumn?

It may be that with the use of individual force, the combat effectiveness is very doubtful, the actual combat experience is also not much, and the effect of integration and reorganization will be even worse.

Besides, there are generals in Liao, and there are many generals who can fight, but what about handsome talents? Liao has also fought a lot of battles over the years, but the coach is nothing more than Yelu oblique, and then uses a Xiao Tart. Jerod died. Xiao Tzu Rin was beheaded by the Song Dynasty.

This handsome talent is deadly, otherwise Song Jiu would not have been able to let Li Jilong go to the northwest first, let him get familiar with the army, and put Cao Wei in the northwest in advance for him to fight. Since then, he has cultivated his leadership and military skills.

Even if it is a minister, if he can get his hands on it, all of them will be killed or arrested by the Song army.

But I'm afraid of what happens. If this battle is fought, the Liao army will destroy the country, but it will not be fought well. The Song Dynasty will not destroy the country, but the Liao Dynasty will survive. It will grow again, and even affect Yan Yun's rule.

So Guang sent scouts and infiltrated the Liao realm to investigate.

Step by step, the Song Dynasty was preparing for another attack, and there was movement on the Liao side.

First of all, the powerful and powerful elites of the four states of Jingpingying once again withdrew to Zhongjing with their wealth.

Then some Liao soldiers were stationed to increase the defense of the four states, but Yelu Longqing did something that made Song Jiu feel crying and laughing, and he sent someone to repair the Yuguan. Does he also want to defend with the Great Wall?

Even if the Yuguan Pass is held, Yanshan has many roads for the army to go to the Liao border, and even with the large number of ships moored in the port, the army can be easily sent to the long coastline of the Liao State by boat.

But then a disgusting person came.

Hearing that the Song Dynasty had won a great victory and that the Liao State was in danger, Goryeo sent an envoy over, saying that it was their king Wang Zhu who heard of the great victory of the Song army, and sent Kang Zhao, a general guarding the Gaoliao border in the north, to lead hundreds of thousands of Goryeo troops to the west and cooperate with the Song Dynasty to defeat the Liao State.

At first, Zhao Heng didn't think about it, and expressed his appreciation very pleasantly.

Song Jiu asked: "Then how to divide the land of Liaodong after the war?" ”

The envoy was ashamed to say: "With the Liao River as the boundary, I, Goryeo, am willing to guard the gate for China." ”

"Where is the Liaohe River boundary...... honest Bi Shi'an opened his mouth wide, with such a big appetite, and swallowed Liaodong ninety percent at once.

Kou Zhun shouted irritably: "When I attacked the Liao State, I asked for your help from Goryeo many times, but where is your army? Not only did they not help the army, but with the help of the Song-Liao War, they wantonly annexed the people of the Bohai Sea. This made the Liao State angry, and once destroyed your Goryeo. Now that you see that the Liao State is about to perish, you have come to send troops, jokes and jokes. ”

This has a premise, driven by Song Jiu, the Liao army also attached importance to pit mines, and actually found a large number of open-pit coal mines, as well as some iron mines. Some time ago, the scouts went to secretly take the miners to inspect it, and it was still a high-quality large iron pit, probably better than any iron pit that had been discovered in the Song Dynasty, just south of the city of Tokyo, not far from the mouth of the sea and the Liao River.

It was intentional by Song Jiu.

For Liaodong, there are still some people who are not interested, it is too far, it is useless, and it is necessary to garrison troops, to send officials, to govern, and even a large number of wars will occur in the future, with Yanyun, the Central Plains of the Song Dynasty can be safe, then there is no need to spend so much cost and energy in Liaodong.

Wherever there is no basis for governance.

So Song Jiu deliberately let everyone see its benefits.

In fact, if Liaodong was governed well, gradually naturalized, and changed from pasture to farming, the greatest danger in the future of the Song Dynasty would be resolved. Or maybe it's Ugu's side......

Besides, you can't pick up fruit like that.

Song Jiu was also speechless.

There are two of the strangest regions around China, one is this Goryeo, but we can't help but admit that it is really a strange thing, how many powerful countries went forward, the Jin Kingdom, the Yuan and Mongolian Kingdoms, the Ming Dynasty, the Qing Dynasty, but their territory not only did not decrease, but expanded, from the southern foot of the current Changbai Mountain (the Taebai Mountains in Korea), and then moved to the Tumen River. If you go up further, move from the Han River to Pyongyang step by step. Step by step from Pyongyang to the Yalu River.

Then he also gnawed off half of Tianchi and Baitou Mountain from Taizu's hands. You have to know how many volunteers died for them. and the successor of the revolution.

Song Jiu couldn't figure it out.

Besides, you want the original territory of Goguryeo, but you Goguryeo is not a Goguryeo species. Is it a species of Silla and Baekje, and is it related to Goguryeo?

Don't weaken your IQ, Song Jiu interrupted everyone, and said, "Your name is Xu Xilai, right?" ”

"The little one is exactly."

Song Jiu wanted to wipe his brain, but the wind blew in Zhao Kuangyi, the Liao State was sad, and Goryeo began to make small moves in the east again. It happened that the Bashu uprising within the Song Dynasty had many disasters and tight finances. There was no time for him to care, so Xiao Yanyan and Han Derang learned from Yelu Abaoji, first Annei, and conquered Wubuxi, Xiabu, Heichezi, Murowei and Tatar before rising, and won over the Uighurs, and it happened that the queen of Yelu Abaoji was Shulu or Uighurs, and there was no conflict of interests far away, so that the environment of the entire northern Liao State became better, so that they concentrated on dealing with the Central Plains.

Therefore, Xiao Pai's younger brother Xiao Hengde, Yelu Xian, and Yelu Aweili recruited 400,000 troops. It may be insufficient, it may be, anyway, half of it is a temporary miscellaneous army from Liaodong, in the name of an army of 800,000. Expedition to Goryeo. However, Xiao Hengde and Yelu Xian died, and Yelu Awuli followed Xiao Yanyan to the south, and was killed by someone in the chaos. However, in that battle, the Liao State played a majestic game.

It was not the current emperor then. And call Wang Zhi, and let their Pu Liangrou be the military envoy. Xu Xi, the waiter of the internal history, is the envoy of the Chinese army, and Cui Liang, the servant of the door, is the envoy of the army. Shuai's three armies went to war, but they were defeated by the Liao State and almost destroyed the country.

But considering that the Song Dynasty would take the opportunity to send troops, it happened that Wang Zhi sent the Chinese army to make Xu Xilai come to surrender, so Xiao Yanyan withdrew his troops, and even in order to win over Goryeo and make them more honest in the future, he also gave him the Jurchen hometown east of the Yalu River, that is, east of the Yalu River, a flat area hundreds of miles below the Changbai Mountains (Taibai Mountains). Otherwise, most of the Han River and Yalu River are still the territory of Liao.

Dare to make this old Comrade Xu want to reap the benefits again.

"Didn't you envoy to Liao ten years ago and serve Liao as Zhengshuo?"

Xu Xilai was speechless.

This is a fatal question, where do you put the Song Dynasty in the Liao Kingdom?

Since the Liao State is the right one, when the Liao State is rescued at this time, why did it fall into the well, and where is the righteousness?

"Go back and let your king withdraw his troops as soon as possible, Your Majesty is most disgusted by your backsliding. If you want to get Liaodong, you can prepare to fight with our dynasty, and don't forget, the reason why the Tang Dynasty succeeded in conquering your small peninsula was that it was by sea and land, and now our ship skills are far superior to those of the Tang Dynasty. Also, where are you cold, but we have cotton clothes, and we are no longer afraid of the cold. ”

"You don't want to be destroyed by our dynasty, please send troops to Liaodong. But I would like to consider the fate of your people and yourselves. If you keep to yourself, our dynasty will still abide by the agreement between you and the Liao State, below the Changbai Mountain, east of the Yalu River, the land that has always belonged to the Central Plains Dynasty, since the Liao State has given it to you, our dynasty is still the same boundary, with the foothills of the Changbai Mountain and the Yalu River as the boundary. To the southeast of the foothills of the Changbai Mountains, and below and east of the Yalu River, is the territory of your Goryeo. The rest is Chinese land. They will even send emissaries to demarcate detailed borders with you and erect boundary monuments. ”

Song Jiu was disgusted by them, and he didn't want to use troops against this obscene race, it was meaningless, it was better that one day in the future, they would be able to guard the gate for China.

However, the Goryeo envoy was sent away in front, and Song Jiu ordered Sun Quanzhao to take 3,000 soldiers and horses to the Yalu River by boat, as for the Changbai Mountains on the east side of the Yalu River, the Song Dynasty was not very interested, and it is estimated that Goryeo was not very interested. The boundless mountains, as well as the wild mountain tribes, it just belongs to the scope of the Liao State. However, the mouth of the Yalu River cannot be lost, otherwise the Koreans will rub their noses and faces, and the army will go straight in. And now the concept of territory is not so serious, and it is so far away from the Song Dynasty.

Sun Quanzhao is the second time he has been to the Yalu River Estuary, and he is more familiar.

This made Song Jiu very unhappy, anyway, the Song Dynasty treated you well, even if they recognized that the Liao State was Zhengshuo a few years ago, Song Taizong didn't care, on the contrary, he forgave them for their embarrassment.

However, when the Liao State was invaded, it did not receive help, but instead came to pick up fruits, which forced the Song Dynasty to divide its troops.

The matter can't be delayed, this is an extremely obscene people.

Maybe they will be disappointed and immediately send an envoy to inform the Liao State.

So the Song army launched a general offensive in mid-May.

Shi Pu and Yang Yanzhao, who were familiar with Liaodong, as well as other generals who had stayed in Liaodong before, arrived in Yaozhou by boat with 20,000 soldiers and horses, which was Yingkou in later generations. Now the water and soil of the Liaohe River is not bad, if a little dredging, the Liaohe River and its several major tributaries can be navigable, and even navigable to the northeast of Yinzhou (Tieling) in Liaoguo, and this area is mostly a plain area, the rivers are dense, suitable for planting, once developed, it will effectively make up for the food problem in the north. And I would also like to thank Xiao Yanyan, under her management, the initial foundation has been laid.

This time, Shi Pu led the army from the Liao River to cut off the connection between Liaodong and Liangjing. As the Song army entered the north of Yuguan and attacked Zhongjing, Shi Pu and Sun Quanzhao's forces met as much as possible, marched alone, and took Liaodong.

The second line Cao Wei led the cavalry, which will cross the Yanshan trail from Danzhou, and go straight to the Xinghua and naturalization of the Liao State, and the troops will come to Zhongjing.

But this one will start a little later.

The remaining main force was divided again, Li Jilong's troops went to Jingzhou, Ma Zhijie and Qin Han led the army to attack Shicheng and Luanzhou from the flanks, and the two armies met in Pingzhou, and the troops approached Yingzhou and rushed to Yuguan.

Zhao Heng took his ministers, as well as Shi Baoji and Gao Qiong and other generals.

The war is raging again.

It was not very smooth at the beginning, whether in Luanzhou or Jingzhou, it was stubbornly counterattacked by the Liao army.

Luckily, however, the walls of both cities are not very tall.

After more than ten days, all of them were captured.

Then the two armies met, crossed the Luan River, and approached Pingzhou.

Soon Pingzhou took it, but Song Jiu did a controversial thing and killed the local tyrant. There are some heroes in Sanzhou City who still haven't withdrawn, and they have brought the people to cooperate with the Liao army to resist.

This angered Song Jiu and ordered all these heroes to be killed. Then divide their fields and mansions among the common people, and use them to buy people's hearts and average wealth.

Later, Li Zicheng did a set.

However, it worked, and houses and fields were obtained, and the common people of several states were quickly bought.

Yingzhou is the later Changli, and the entire north is chaotic because of the invasion of nomads. In ancient times, Changli referred to Yingzhou in the Tang Dynasty, which was the rising sun. But I don't know that Lu Dao has become this camp state.

This is a small state city established by the Liao State, which was originally only a small county in the Tang Dynasty and was not large in scale.

Therefore, hearing that the three states in front of him were lost one after another, the Liao army of Yingzhou quickly escaped from Yuguan.

However, when he arrived in Yingzhou, Zhao Heng suddenly burst into tears.

It is no wonder that in order to get this portal, he personally went into battle, but he was hit by an arrow from the Liao, and died of an arrow wound in his later years. Now this portal can be said to truly belong to the Song Dynasty.

But it can't be called the end yet, at least it's still early.

Not only Lushan, even if the formation of the gateway is still early, the real gateway is the Yanshan Mountain Range, which has to extend to the north of Qianzhou City of Liao, and also take Runzhou (Qinhuangdao) and Qianzhou (Shanhaiguan City) of Liao.

In this way, the gateway to the north can be formed.

The Liao army ceded Runzhou City and concentrated its forces in Qianzhou to resist stubbornly.

After attacking for three days without taking it, Qin Han offered advice and took Pan Weizheng and thousands of soldiers to climb several peaks on the west side of Yanshan Qianzhou and fire a salvo from the artillery mount. Then Gao Qiong led the soldiers to take a small boat, detoured to the rear of Qianzhou, attacked from three directions, and fought a bloody day before taking Qianzhou.

After cleaning up the battlefield, Zhao Heng slowly led the army out of Qianzhou, and he breathed a sigh of relief and said a meaningful word: "This is Guanwai." (To be continued......)