When Yelu Xian set off, the Song Dynasty scouts did not have the ability to detect it, but when they arrived at the back of the mountain, the scouts must have known that the Liao army of Lu Dao had arrived.

In fact, the two people Song Jiu didn't want to come the most, one was Yelu Xiuge, although he was defeated by Li Jilong twice and laid down the altar, but if he really came, Song Jiu would still have a headache. And it also forced Li Jilong's side to make a difficult choice, whether to attack or not to attack, even if it is a shallow attack, the battle line is too long, and it is also in the enemy territory.

The second is this Yelu Xuan, his record is not as good as that of Yelu Xiuge, but after careful analysis, Yelu Xuanzhen has not been defeated once, even in various unfavorable situations, he can make the three armies retreat calmly. Such a general is no less headache than Jeruxiugo.

But fortunately, in the face of various possibilities, analysis and arrangements have been made.

Yelu slanted and pounced fiercely, and Wang Chao quickly led the Song army to the south to retreat into Dashizhai, Ruyue Zhai and Hugu Village, and divided the troops from Sanzhai to other villages to ensure the safety of the rear.

The rest of the troops retreated in great strides, immediately abandoning Yingzhou and retreating westward into Huanzhou.

At this time, there were still many people in Yingzhou who had time to let them withdraw into the Song Realm in the future.

Yelu quickly pounced on the city of Yingzhou.

However, what happened in Yingzhou City made Yelu stunned.

Almost ninety percent of the houses were burned to the ground, and all the materials in the city that could be taken away were taken away by the Song army or the people who fled to the Song Dynasty, and all the materials that could not be taken were burned to ashes.

There are still many people, but their eyes are dull, and they don't know what to do. At the border, many people ignored Yelu's oblique obstruction, continued to cross the Heng Mountain, and fled to the Song realm. No way. It's not that they yearn for the Song Dynasty, but they have nothing in their hands. Only by the Song Dynasty could they live.

People are resources.

Yelu Xuanzhen definitely couldn't let these people leave Yingzhou. Send people to intercept it, and at the same time bring food from Ulju to let these people live.

But what made Yelu Xianzhen angry was not that the city was burned, but that the Song army had gone too far, including the crops outside the city that were about to become familiar, and most of them were burned.

Yingzhou is not the south of the Song Dynasty, and it can be harvested twice or even three times a year.

These crops are burned and they want to be harvested again, and that will be next year.

Jerod also forgot about it at this time. Compared with what the Liao army did in Hebei, the Song army is nothing.

"What a rescue for the people of Yanyun!" Yelu ridiculed Zhao Kuangyi's fake benevolence and false kindness.

But that's fine, this group of Han people will probably die from now on.

After sending people to take the opportunity to agitate and incite the hatred of the common people against the Song Dynasty, Yelu slanted and pounced on Huanzhou City.

Another Song army was also withdrawing.

Yin Xian and Wang Chengmei led the army to slowly evacuate Yunzhou, and Yelu came from the Sanggan River, but whether there would be a large army rushing to Yunzhou, no one knows, Yunzhou is too deep. Not a good place for a decisive battle. Therefore, it was divided into a part and withdrawn to Dongshengzhou, which was completely destroyed, so it was stationed on Chi'er Mountain and Gongshan Mountain near Dongshengzhou City. The rest of the army was stationed in the city. The second is stationed on the white mountain outside the city, waiting for an opportunity to be on standby.

……

Song Jiu looked left and right.

The generals have Yang Si and the black-faced king Yin Jilun. Yang Ye, Fold Yuqing.

Among them, Yang Si is a little less famous. The other three all made a name for themselves. However, Pan Mei said a word before leaving, Yang Si is no less than Yin Jilun. It's not about the ability to work hard. In that case, Yin Jilun, Yang Ye, and Zhe Yuqing can all kill Yelu in seconds, which refers to the ability to command.

Therefore, Song Jiu did not have the confidence to fight a decisive battle in the distance, but it was impossible to retreat like this, the construction of the rear was not completed, and in order to win time, the three armies also needed morale encouragement, and at the same time they had to fight a dozen, otherwise they would face the next various defeats of Yelu.

So Song Jiu placed the battlefield on the river valley east of Shuozhou City.

From Shuozhou to the east, the Sanggan River valley was wide, and the flat terrain was conducive to the general battle of two large armies.

Here, all conspiracies will be forced to be put on the table.

Song Jiu looked at the other generals again, as well as the vast army in the distance, and he only whispered: "The country humiliates the king and humiliates the ministers, and you should die, I will fight a decisive battle with you against the enemy!" ”

"The country humiliates the king and humiliates the ministers, and deserves death!" The three armies shouted in unison.

With this loud shout, nearly 40,000 troops drove out of Shuozhou City and slowly drove to the Sanggan River Valley, where a powerful Liao army was coming with great momentum.

This kind of battle situation made Yelu Xianzhen very disliked.

However, he could only choose to force the war, otherwise the people of Yunzhou would soon be captured by the Song people.

Two armies with equally high morale and tragic spirits began to confront each other in the river valley.

Song Jiu looked left and right and asked Yin Jilun, "General Yin, do you dare to fight first?" ”

"Whoa."

Yin Jilun led 5,000 soldiers and horses to kill the Liao army.

"The Black-Faced King?" Yelu obliquely looked at Song Jun with the captured Song Jun telescope and said.

He looked left and right, and then looked at Xiao Tzu Rin and said, "Deputy deployment, dare to kill this person for me?" ”

"Whoa."

Xiao Tzu Rin led the soldiers and horses to meet him.

The two warriors quickly collided and fought each other.

Song Jiu looked at Yang Ye again and asked, "General Yang, can you fight for me?" ”

"Whoa."

Yang Ye rushed out with thousands of soldiers and horses.

Yelu waved his hand, and another Liao brave greeted Yelu Guannu, who had a small setback to Yang Ye when he harassed Shuozhou a few years ago.

Soldier against soldier, general against general, this is a standard classical decisive battle.

The two sides are evenly matched, Song Jiu frowned, Yin Jilun and Yang Ye's courage is greater than their command ability, and their deterrent power is greater than their actual combat effectiveness, so it is obviously not good for the Song army to fight like this. Soon after, it was ordered that the second general withdraw.

Yelu also frowned, if he continued to fight like this, it would be even more disadvantageous to him, and he might have the upper hand in the river valley, but the Song army was stronger than himself, and if the stalemate continued, it would be unfavorable to him sooner or later.

The two of them had their own thoughts and let the three armies rest.

The next day, the two armies continued to fight.

However, at this moment, Yelu Xianzhen made a bold gamble, that is, to bet on Song Jiu's ability to command in battle. Like Yin Jilun, Song Jiu is also famous. The significance of deterrence is far greater than the actual ability to lead troops.

In the duel of several generals on the battlefield, Yelu suddenly pressed on the three armies.

Song Jiu frowned. He suddenly made an astonishing decision, looked at Zhi Yuqing and said, "General Zhe." You dispatch the three armies. ”

Zhi Yuqing was stunned for a moment, but he was a Qiang man, he had been on the border for a long time, and he had not been contaminated with many vices of officialdom.

This significance is not trivial, it means how much the imperial court trusts the folded family!

Fold Yuqing's son was upside down, Fold Weichang and others took the lead in killing the Liao army, and Fold Weichang was hit by two arrows. Still fighting fiercely until the end of the battle.

Both sides suffered heavy sacrifices, each fell thousands of soldiers, and Song Jiu had to hastily withdraw his troops after the last day.

But Song Jiu didn't work in this battle, he stood under the main banner of the main army, even if the Liao soldiers rushed in front of him for a while, Song Jiu didn't move. Seeing Song Jiu like this, the three armies were excited, so Yelu obliquely commanded properly, but was offset by the Song army's fierce morale. So much so that when Song Jiu ordered an armistice. Jerod had to give the same order to retire and rest.

However, today is not a good time for the decisive battle.

In the north, a powerful cavalry army was rapidly rushing towards Shuozhou.

Yang Qiong and Zhang Ning came with soldiers and horses from Yunzhou.

However, on such a large battlefield, it is not necessary that a large number of troops will necessarily gain the upper hand, and there is often a small mistake in command. There will be fatal consequences, negating the superiority in troops.

But at this time, Yelu suddenly withdrew to Huanzhou City with the three armies.

There were mutual gains and losses in this battle, and Yelu Xianzhen did not defeat the Shuozhou Front as he wished. But he broke some of the myths of Yin Jilun's black-faced king.

Song Jiu was obviously dissatisfied with the outcome of this battle, and the soldiers were almost the same. Half of the Liao army was the elite cavalry of the Liao State, and the Song army was also an elite army. The Song Dynasty side is a little more impressive, but no matter Song Jiu or other generals, the command ability is not enough to be comparable to Yelu Xian, which offsets the advantage of the generals, and even the wolf pack tactics that Song Jiu deliberately trained did not dare to use. This person came to the back of the mountain again, which will give Song Jun a headache in the future. But the harvest is not cheap, and it will win more time, especially after the cooperation of this battle, the two families of the two families and many Qiang soldiers seem to be able to gradually integrate with the Song army, which is what Song Jiu wants to see the most.

The three armies were stationed in Shuozhou City, looking at the Liao army in Huanzhou.

In the rear, hundreds of people continued to evacuate to the Song Realm every day.

Jerud looked at the situation and was anxious, but he could only wait.

Xiao Paijiao brought 70,000 or 80,000 Liao troops from the rear and killed them in Yunzhou.

But when he arrived, more than ten days had passed since the Battle of Shuozhou.

The two Liao armies once again slaughtered Shuozhou.

Song Jiu ordered the three armies to retreat slowly, and the so-called Northern Expedition, which lasted more than two months, ended hastily again. However, unlike the previous two Northern Expeditions, this time there were no heavy casualties. On the contrary, the entire area behind the mountain left the Song army in idle fields and ruins. More than 20,000 families were taken captive, more than twice as many as the previous one.

And Shengzhou City stands up, coupled with the Shenwu City and the partial pass in the east of the river, and reaches Yanmen in the east, forming a long "L" shape, which can launch an attack on the several states behind the mountains again at any time, and the Liao State has to send more troops, which will further consume the little bit of poor financial resources of the Liao State.

The Song army succeeded in nailing the two famous generals to Youzhou and Yunzhou, which gave the other ethnic groups a good opportunity to rebel.

However, there is also a saying that before Xiao Pai did not lead the army, Song Jiudang borrowed all his troops and defeated Yelu Xian in one fell swoop. Song Jiu only smiled when he learned about it, can he definitely defeat Yelu Xuan? Even if it is defeated and there are heavy casualties, is it necessary?

In fact, the whole wind was not in the northwest, nor in the back of the mountain......

Yelu Xianzhen obviously also realized that it was not good, once he was dragged by the Song Dynasty to the form of competition and consumption, sooner or later the Liao State would be dragged down. Therefore, he gathered his army and launched several fierce attacks on Shenmu Castle and other fortresses. But this time, he faced several forts that were different from the previous Song army forts, especially strong. It costs a lot of money to build forts in this way, but they are particularly strong one by one, there are not many forts, there are only seven forts in the new forts in Hedong, there are only eleven forts in the west of the river, and there are some small forts, which are controlled in the hands of the Fan people, and have little to do with the Song army. Although the quantity is small, the actual area is not small, and a large amount of grain, grass and defensive weapons are stored in it. Although Yelu Xianzhen was able to fight, the Liao army was not good at attacking cities, and after attacking several times, Yelu Xianzhen had to retreat and go back to think about other methods.

Song Jiu returned to Daizhou at this time, where was the person he longed to see. (To be continued......)