In this way, the actual number is 18 states. In addition, there is another Yizhou: in 946, the Later Jin Yiwu Festival made Li Yin surrender to Liao with Yizhou. Later, Chai Rongbei conquered Yizhou, and then it once belonged to the Song Dynasty, but in 989 after the failure of Yongxi's Northern Expedition, the Liao army captured Yizhou. That's 19 states. In addition, there is a Jingzhou, which is newly established by Jizhou, a division of Liao. Therefore altogether the number should be 20. The two prefectures of Yingying and Mozambique have long been recovered, and they have nothing to do with this history. Therefore, in the future, this book will create a new term - Yanyun 18 Prefectures to represent the land that is now disputed by the three countries of Jin, Song and Liao. That is, the 16 states recorded in the history of Liao, plus the 2 states of Yi and Jing, it is 18.

Tong Guan once again created public opinion and publicized the Song Dynasty's determination to attack, the interests of the people, and the bright future after surrender to the enemy-occupied areas of Youzhou, and he firmly believed that this time it would definitely work! If nothing else, now that the crisis is coming, as long as you are not stupid, you must know what to do. It turns out that he thought right, after the letter of surrender was sent out this time, he was like a cloud...

On the 15th, Gao Feng, the governor of Yizhou, surrendered. On the 23rd, Guo Yaoshi, who was left behind in Zhuozhou, surrendered. Gao Feng is also forgotten, but Guo Yaoshi is not trivial, he is a Bohai person, and his army is composed of Bohai people, these people were the first to lose their homes when the Jurchens attacked, and they were full of resentment. Yelu Yanxi took a fancy to this, and named them "Resentful Army" Yelu Chun to please them, and renamed them "Changsheng Army", Changsheng Army is second to none in the Northern Liao Army! With a Bohai overseas man, Guo Yaoshi can become the lord of a state with only this military force of 28,000 people, and its impact can be imagined... Now that he took the initiative to throw it over, the Song army was suddenly refreshed, Northern Liao was finished, and now it was over! After coming to this conclusion, Tong Guan ordered the Second Northern Expedition!

Although the first Northern Expedition of the Great Song Dynasty failed, due to the civil strife in Northern Liao, the 18 states of Yanyun had obtained 2 states out of thin air, which was a very favorable situation. The message was sent back to Kaifeng. The monarchs and ministers of the Northern Song Dynasty were overjoyed. On October 5, Song Huizong personally issued an order: take the 9 prefectures in front of the mountain as Yanshanfu Road, and the 9 prefectures behind the mountains as Yunzhongfu Road. Although the 18 states of Yanyun have only really obtained 2 states at this time, the official has already been sealed. For example, Cai You is the boss of Yanshan Fu Road! When your Northern Expedition is successful, you can officially take office!

What is Concubine Xiao Defei doing at this time? Hehe! She also wants to surrender! She sent a very professional surrender letter, saying that as long as the Song Dynasty recognized the dominant position of Northern Liao in the Yanyun region, then it was okay to be a subject of the Song Dynasty from now on. More than 4 months ago, Tong Guan persuaded Yeluchun to surrender during his first Northern Expedition, but unfortunately he was rejected. At this time, the old thing was brought up again, and Empress Dowager Xiao's hope was still valid...

It's no wonder it works! In fact, both sides have changed by this time. Tong Guan is falling into the well, thinking about cutting the grass and eradicating the roots. Cut down all the Khitans. Empress Dowager Xiao is also very stunning, her surrender letter is actually in duplicate, Song and Jin have both received it, she is playing one servant and two masters? Hehe! All she wanted was to delay for a while...

So there was such a scene: Han Fang came to offer a letter of surrender and called the ministers "Jurchen encroached on the countries." If Da Liao does not exist, it will be worried about the Southern Dynasty. The lips are dead and the teeth are cold, and you can't help but worry" Tong Guan and Cai You ignored him. Han Fang cried, "The Liao and Song dynasties have been married for a hundred years, and the oath is here." Thou shalt deceive the country, and thou canst deceive the heavens."

On the 8th, 100,000 Western troops under the personal leadership of Liu Yanqing fought out of Xiongzhou and crossed the Baigou of the boundary river of Song Liao. Guo Yaoshi's resentful army was the guide, and he rushed to Youzhou City! No one was nervous anymore on this expedition, it was like an outing, regardless of the front army and the rear army. The Chinese army is definitely there, but ordinary people can't find it, and more than 100,000 people huddle together on the road and march forward in front of a big fan. Who knows where the big boss is?

This situation made Pharmacist Guo a little uncertain, and couldn't help but remind Liu Yanqing, "This will be a sneak attack!" No matter what, the Liao army is still very capable of fighting" As a result, Liu Yanqing sneered. The Liao army is now retreating in Youzhou City. It's too late to engage in law and order, so what can be used for a sneak attack? Who dares to sneak attack? Although you can move forward boldly with confidence, as long as you arrive in Youzhou City, it is time for success!

As a result, they walked to the vicinity of Liangxiang, and later, according to some people, they really vaguely saw Youzhou City, but they didn't see what success looked like, but they were really attacked!

Xiao Gan really left Youzhou City and ambushed the Song army on the way, the battle situation was a bit chaotic, and the Western Army was caught off guard. Let's be honest: the scene was a bit humiliating, but the losses were not great. The combat effectiveness of the Western Army of the Great Song Dynasty was still there, and they knocked Xiao Gan back... After the war, I took stock and found that the real loss was in the heart of coach Liu Yanqing. He immediately ordered to stop his advance and set up on the spot! Stick it tight, stick it hard!

If he doesn't leave, he has to observe carefully and figure out what the current situation of the Northern Liao Kingdom is! He remembered very well what he was here for, picking peaches and picking them ready-made, if the peaches were not ripe, what was the point of him coming up? In his depression, Pharmacist Guo quietly approached him and solemnly congratulated him, "Congratulations, Dashuai, your wealth has arrived"

What do you say? Liu Yanqing was very puzzled, this Pharmacist Guo didn't come to make a fire, right? But I saw that Comrade Xiao Guo said very sincerely: Youzhou City has limited troops, and now Xiao Gan personally went out to fight and brought at least 10,000 people, so that the city would be empty. Now you are sitting here, tie Xiao Gan here, I will take 5,000 strange soldiers to take the path and directly attack Youzhou City! You send another western army to respond, with the strength of the western army, you will definitely be able to capture Youzhou City! At that time, the inside and outside were combined, and all Xiao cadres were annihilated! Isn't it an immortal war feat, and it's easy to get at your fingertips?

Liu Yanqing flew into the cloud of happiness all of a sudden, is this okay? Xiao Gan's sneak attack actually stole the Liu family's great opportunity. In that case, who will be sent to answer it? There is a saying that fertilizer and water do not flow into the fields of outsiders, and the first thing he thought of was his dear son Liu Guangshi. After pacifying Fangla, Liu Yanei had been promoted to the rank of observer envoy and commander of the Yanyan Road, and was a senior military attaché. If he takes the lead in attacking Youzhou City again this time, such a credit is enough to make him famous in history and rise to prominence... Very good, that's it!

In order to win, on the 24th, Liu Yanqing played all the hole cards in his hand, and sent the general Gao Shixuan and Yang Keshi, the enemy of 10,000 people, to Guo Yaoshi, and led 6,000 strange soldiers to set off at night, crossed the Lugou Bridge around the path, and attacked Youzhou City at night!

After a night of marching, they arrived at the Yingchun Gate in Youzhou in the morning of the 25th. Facts have proved that this is really unexpected by Northern Liao, they can't imagine that the Song army dared to penetrate on a large scale just after the defeat, evaded Xiao Gan's troops, and suddenly appeared outside the gate of Youzhou City!

First, there was an accident with the enemy, secondly, the western army was fierce, and thirdly, the city defense of Youzhou was no secret in the eyes of Guo Yaoshi, they quickly launched an attack, and without waiting for the Liao army to assemble, they conquered Yingchun Gate and entered Youzhou City!

This has never happened before, the Han army has attacked the city of Youzhou! Guo Yaoshi and others quickly occupied all key points in the city and approached the palace of Empress Dowager Xiao! At this time, as long as this woman is caught. It is equivalent to conquering the last psychological defense line of Northern Liao... Northern Liao will die, Youzhou will win!

The problem is focused on one woman. Pharmacist Guo thought about it and made the most reasonable combination move. While attacking the key areas in Youzhou City, they wrote a letter to Concubine Xiao De...

Thinking about Concubine Xiao De, she also sent a surrender table a few days ago, and now that the enemy has attacked under her nose, only one layer of the inner city wall is cut to her side, what will she do? Crying and shouting for mercy, right? Oh, it must be so! So the notice of persuasion was sent, and Pharmacist Guo and others waited while fighting. After that, they got into a big problem...

Xiao Gan suddenly appeared, and this person actually took 3,000 people back to Youzhou City and fought a street battle with the Western Army!

This is the reaction of Empress Dowager Xiao. Not only did she not be intimidated when she received the threatening letter, but instead sent someone to ask Xiao Gan from Liangxiang for help. This is a kind of woman, even if the knife is about to cut into the neck, she chooses to be stiff! Checking the history of the Liao Kingdom, anyone named Empress Dowager Xiao has always been a strongman... Xiao Gan's sudden return to help disrupted the position of the Western Army. Xiao Gan's subordinates' eyes were red, this was their home, and now the Han people had entered their house!

Measured by peacetime combat effectiveness. They are far from being the opponents of the Western Army of the Great Song Dynasty, not to mention that there are 10,000 enemies such as Yang Keshi in the Western Army, and the number of Xiao Gan is twice as small. But at this time, the situation was desperate, and the Western Army was actually beaten back by them. From the center of the city to the Yingchun Gate road...

Guo Yaoshi and the others felt a huge pressure, but at the same time they were secretly happy. Xiao Gan is back well! From the overall situation, this is the real defeat of the Liao people, as long as they can hold on for a while. The Song army will be in control... Xiao Gan fought 100,000 against 100,000 western troops in Liangxiang, which was already overwhelmed, and now he was dealing with a sneak attack. 3,000 people were dispatched to help, and the strength of Liangxiang was immediately weakened. Liu Yanqing commanded the whole army to attack, and it is likely to be broken with one blow! In Youzhou City, Xiao Gan seemed to have the upper hand, but in fact, it was just his sudden attack that overwhelmed the Western Army. According to the original plan, Liu Guangshi will soon lead a new army to respond, and at that time, Xiao Gan will fall with Youzhou City!

After that, the great cause of a thousand years will be determined here! In late October 1122, the fate of the three kingdoms of Song, Liao, and Jin was in the hands of Liu's master, who would decide the course of history. They only need to act according to the plan, even if Liu Yanqing does not move, as long as Liu Guangshi can lead the army to respond, everything will fall into place! Destiny is waiting for the Great Song Dynasty around the corner not far ahead! Light, glory, and the 186-year-old national guardian city wall are all waiting within reach, as long as Liu Guangshi appears!

But in Liu Guangshi's life, the last thing he liked to do was to appear, and his habitual action was to disappear. Youzhou City is not the first place he has played and disappeared, and October 1122 is not the first time he has taken control of the fate of the whole nation! The ghost knows what the Tao is for, and a person like him will always grasp such an important thing, but he has mastered it! Then I gave up...

On that day, Liu Guangshi did not appear in Youzhou City, and he and those new forces who had agreed on Lu did not know where to go. The 6,000 Great Song Western Army was trapped in Youzhou City, and the nominal enemy was 3,000 Liao troops, more than half of them, but can you believe that a historical city as big as Youzhou will be silent when it faces a catastrophe, allowing thousands of enemies to kill at will? The city is full of enemies! The Western Army retreated, and later they found themselves trapped in the city! In front is the enemy, and in the back is the city gate, but the city gate is closed, heavily guarded, and they can't defeat it after attacking it several times!

What to do? They had no choice but to build the idea of a city wall. They tied ropes around the head of the city, and one by one they went down. Those who barely escaped from the city made it out alive were only a few hundred men, and all of them had no horses. They escaped on foot and returned to the camp from the trail ...

The sneak attack failed, the soldiers were not counted, and even the general Gao Shixuan died in Youzhou City! But it's not the end of the world!

After this battle, the Song army just didn't take advantage, and compared with Northern Liao, Xiao Gan's army also killed a lot of people! They are running back and forth, and they have become a tired army, but Liu Yanqing's battalion has always been stable, and they have maintained an absolute advantage in terms of combat strength and materials!

Liu Yanqing knew this by himself, so he dared to wait for news near Liangxiang. Xiao Gan also knew that this made him very desperate, he was very capable of fighting, but he only had less than 10,000 troops in full combat, and he always fought with one enemy and ten, and he would die if he had too many times! But he had to win... In desperation, he calmed down, and after thinking carefully, he found Song Jun's flaws!

It's already been twice, and the Song army originally had a chance to win, so why would he lose? The problem is all with the main general! The first time was that Tong Guan lard was blinded, and he should not retreat, but he must retreat, and he cannot fight if he can't fight, which is equivalent to him playing to the death of the Western Army. The second time was purely a nonsensical show of Liu's father and son, Liu's father marched like a tour, was attacked on the Great Plains, Liu's son played missing, and watched the great opportunity to lose...

Very good! Xiao Gan has a very absurd, almost boring plan...

In order to carry out this plan, he took risks again! took people out of Youzhou City. This is equivalent to throwing away the city defense of Youzhou again. He quietly bypassed the Song army camp and appeared on the communication artery between the Song and Liao countries, and then waited, so many troops waited on the vast and boundless plain until the Song army's grain transportation team appeared. During this period, he was very lucky, no one found them, and it was obvious that Liu Yanqing locked the patrol team in the camp, and all of them closed the door and slept soundly...

In this dangerous area, Xiao Gan rushed out with people and robbed the Song army's grain transport team, and "very accidentally" revealed the situation of the army when he left - the Liao army had gathered 3 times the army of the Song army, and had formed an encirclement around Liangxiang.

The military situation quickly reached Liu Yanqing's ears, and Coach Liu was shocked for the first time! Oh, my God! Cunning Khitans! dug such a big hole for him silently! Will there be a siege tonight? So is the crisis looming? What to do... He went around in circles trying to figure out what to do, and he didn't come up with anything until nightfall...

How simple it is! It's so simple that it's close to boring absurdity! The Northern Liao Empire now has 7 states left in Nanjing Province, 6 states left in Xijing Province, and how many soldiers and horses can Yanyun's 13 states withdraw? Even the main city of Youzhou was attacked, and Xiao Gan could only send 3,000 people to personally return to help, how could he conjure up another 300,000 Liao troops? If this is the case, will you still sit back and watch the Song army enter? It's been blocked across the river in Baigou a long time ago!

Liu Yanqing couldn't imagine this, he was completely frightened by his own safety, the grain road was cut off, the military situation was sudden, and a series of emergencies made him panic, when this night, when the night suddenly really lit up, he was like hearing the sound of horses' hooves when the Liao cavalry charged in all directions...

Retreat, retreat immediately! Liu Yanqing issued a retreat order with the most severe military order! The whole army was ordered to flee in spite of everything and throw everything away, and all kinds of strategic combat readiness materials that were too late to bring were burned on the spot! The night was full of fire, and most of them were lit by the Song Dynasty themselves. What burned in this fire was not just some tents, equipment and other things, but all the family funds accumulated by the Song Dynasty since Xining's reform! The most important of these is the military rations, "since Xifeng, the stored army has been exhausted"

Liu Yanqing can't control this, in his heart, his own life is the most important thing! He ran desperately, drove the soldiers to run with him, and finally reached Baigou after running all night. At this point, he breathed a sigh of relief, it seems that the danger has finally escaped, there is the border in front of him, and it will be safe to cross the river? But at this moment, he discovered a greater danger - the Liao army was killed!

He didn't hallucinate last night, there was really the sound of horses' hooves when the fire suddenly started, and Xiao Gan really led the army to rush towards them. It's just that there is a huge disparity in strength, Xiao Gan didn't do it directly, he kept following behind Song Jun, and he didn't attack until Song Jun ran all night and was exhausted!

At this time, there was the Baigou Jiehe River in front and the Khitan iron cavalry in the back, and 100,000 Song troops fled overnight, and the situation was so bad that it could not be worse. (To be continued......)