On the twelfth day.

Five days left are Chinese New Year's Eve.

Suddenly, the Song army brought a large amount of fierce fire oil, poured it on the wet water, and then ignited it.

Xiao Tzu Rin suddenly cried bitterly.

He will not be raised as a pig, pretending to be a pig...... This was to delay the time, to wait for the wet water ice to get a little thicker, and then the soldiers dismounted, pulled their horses and marched into the wet water, desperately rushing through the wet water.

However, this fire burned all his hopes.

In fact, this battle is also the Liao Emperor Yelu Longxu, and the defeat is also Yelu Longxu, since the Battle of Lanzhou, the most morale was when Xiao Yanyan committed suicide, but unfortunately Li Jilong Cao Wei was keenly aware of it, and decisively let go of the passage and let it pass.

At that time, if there was a war on the border, even if the Song army sent a million troops to join the siege, they would have fled. But it is too far away from the border, but because of the cohesion of Yelu Longxu, no matter how Li Jilong kills in the back, the main force of the Liao army has not been dispersed, but the defeat lies in this, if the Liao army really fled in all directions, they still have a lot of soldiers and horses at that time, and the Song army will not be able to gather and annihilate, and many Liao troops will successfully escape back.

However, the main force has always been around Yelu Longxu, and Li Jilong only needs to bite this army and hold on, and the remaining deserters will be handed over to the garrisons and township soldiers in various states and counties.

But the Song army also moved.

Li Jilong asked the soldiers to escort thousands of Khitan prisoners of war to the front, and shouted to the Liao army: "I am the pacification envoy of the Great Song Dynasty, Hebei, Hedong, and Shaanxi, and the general deployment of the soldiers and horses of the three routes. ”

There is no way, the official position of the Song Dynasty is like the footcloth of Wang's mother, it is long and smelly, if Li Jilong tells all his official positions. Six or seven official names will be named. In fact, it is the generalissimo of the Song Dynasty.

He is not afraid of the Liao army to release arrows, and the reason is just as simple. If the Liao army did this, they would have to think about the annihilation of the entire army. The fate of Yelu Longxu and Xiao Tzu and others.

"Please listen, if you don't slaughter my people, please come quickly, and we will send you back unconditionally, and go home, just like them."

Li Jilong pointed to the thousands of Liao troops behind him who had surrendered prisoners.

Now the 300,000 Liao army is under the banner of 500,000 troops going south, but it has not yet been clarified how many people and how many Liao soldiers have fled back. In fact, if the Liao army is annihilated. The number will be further amplified, there are two reasons, the first reason is that after some states and counties were breached, the Song army surrendered, and Song Jiu hated surrender and cowardice the most, so these people didn't want to have a good end, and they were killed more. There is also a part of the achievements of Hedong, and these Liao troops are not counted among the 300,000 Liao troops. Moreover, the armies of Hedong and Hexi also started the battle behind the general attack on the mountain. And there will be very few soldiers who can escape back to the Liao army. So the last number is definitely more than 300,000.

But the approximate numbers are out. Regardless of the east side of Hedong, Hebei alone killed more than 160,000 Liao troops, of which nearly 40,000 Liao troops were killed by the garrisons of various prefectures and counties, government officials, township soldiers, and box soldiers.

More than 60,000 prisoners were surrendered.

This number needs to be magnified, after all, the great manhunt has only just begun.

Ordinary people don't care. If they were caught, they were beaten to death with sticks, but officers and soldiers could not do that.

Therefore, further screening was made, and some slaughtered the people. Some did not massacre the people, or some slaughtered the people. However, it was not asked. If he asked, he was sent to the mine for labor reform. In fact, on the way, Song Jiu made a suggestion.

During the Song Dynasty, the mining industry expanded, and with the exception of a few foreign slaves, most of the real people were engaged in this dangerous occupation. For criminals, it is still the previous Song law, one is the cane, the second is the mismatch, and the third is the death penalty.

It is precisely because of this system that some people are not sorry to die, and the mismatch is too light, maybe a general amnesty will be released and harmed, so they will also be sentenced to death. Or most of them are because Zhao Heng's sentencing is relaxed, and it is just a mismatch, and this system is still imperfect. Therefore, the Song Dynasty suggested that a three-to-10 year labor reform system should be implemented for some habitual offenders who refused to change their ways, as well as some criminals whose circumstances were bad enough to be sentenced to death, and that they should be sent to government-run mines for mining reform, without amnesty, but if they behaved well, their sentences could be commuted. In addition, the safe living treatment in the process of transformation is the same as that of ordinary miners, and some salary is also paid every month, which is paid for their own expenses or sent to their families. If the mine supervisor commits wrongdoing, he can appeal.

Including the Liao soldiers who invaded this time, some of the Liao soldiers were very ferocious, but if they surrendered, they would have to be killed, which was not very beneficial to the governance of the north in the future, so this system was also implemented. Let them be reformed, and the whole family can still be reunited when they are released, and the grievances of the people of Hebei can be vented. In the case of a person who dies as a result of the subsidence, the State also pays a bereavement allowance to the family of the miner, as it does for the miners.

Song Jiu's proposal was agreed to by everyone. This system of mining with prisoners is fundamentally different from the mining system of prisoners in the Tang Dynasty, it is still based on benevolence, and the mining industry is growing, so many people and craftsmen die every year, and its danger even exceeds the risk of going to sea.

Why do you sit and watch the good people die, and you can't watch people die?

Then the rest is going to be sent north.

Why do you want to do this?

The first is to win over.

Release some of the soldiers to go back, and our Song Dynasty is benevolent.

The second is publicity.

These people are frightened, and once they go back, they will spread the propaganda, which will make the northern tribes afraid and dare not fight.

The third is righteousness.

Don't ask why those people are mining, why are they slaughtering civilians? Just like the scouts infiltrated the Liao realm to propagandize, the emperor of the Song Dynasty loved the common people and was a good emperor.

"Go home ......" I don't know how many Liao soldiers are almost in tears, this word is too shocking for them.

"There are still a hundred miles from here to Yishui, and if you go fast, you will reach the north of the Juma River tomorrow morning. After crossing the Juma River, let them bring wolf smoke and light it, and you will see if that is the case. I'm sure you can see it visually from a distance. ”

After Li Jilong finished speaking, he escorted the prisoners of war down.

Where the Liao army camped, there were also a few small mounds, although not high, but enough to raise the distance of human sight. The Liao army also built several small towers on top of it, watched the movement of the Song army, and even the trees on the earth hill were also cut down. Fences were made.

Sure enough, in the morning of the next day, a large cloud of smoke came from the direction of Yizhou.

If you walk, you have to walk more than 100 miles. There are some woods, some lakes along the way. However, it is pulled into a straight line, and it is only sixty or seventy miles away from the Juma River, and it is impossible to see people, but it is still no problem to see the wolf smoke. Otherwise, the ancient times would not have spent a lot of money to build a beacon tower.

It is impossible that because of this, the Liao army will surrender with all its troops. Li Jilong didn't deliberately persuade him to surrender, everyone dragged it, and His Majesty arrived immediately.

Moreover, Xiao Tzu Rin spread rumors again, saying that thousands of prisoners had actually been slaughtered by the Song army, and the beacon fire was burned by the Song army.

But no matter what he said. The morale of the army was further separated.

In order to reduce the damage of the people in advance, the Song Dynasty killed the people of the Song Dynasty, not because they didn't want to, but they didn't give them a chance, at least this time they were not the executioners of the people. And it accounted for a large proportion, and this part of the soldiers gradually wavered.

They also have parents. I also have wives and children, and I am homesick and want to go home......

Li Jilong didn't care whether they believed it or not, and left the barracks. It's time to meet it.

On the fifteenth day, two days before Chinese New Year's Eve, Zhao Heng came to the barracks with a large army.

Now. At least 300,000 troops were gathered on the Hebei front, and the number of troops in this area alone was close to 200,000.

There is more to come. They are cooperating with the people, and they are also approaching the front line with a large amount of supplies.

This year, the water potential of the Yellow River is not small. Bi Shi'an spent a lot of money and finally completed Wang Ming's river control project, which played a partly role, at least last year there was no river break, but waterlogging could not be avoided.

Therefore, before the Liao army launched an attack, under the slogan of stabilizing grain prices, a lot of grain and grass were transported and transferred to Hebei prefectures and counties, but the southern area of Hebei Road had nothing to do with the north, including the Daimyo Mansion and Lanzhou, Beizhou, Bozhou, Dezhou and other places.

At that time, Kou Zhun also tried his best to oppose it, and had a small conflict with Song Jiu, and the disaster relief was welcome, but there was too much food that could be transported, which was too much to save. Don't forget, although the victims of Hebei were saved, these grains and grass were still collected from the people.

This is a bit wrong, although the water potential of the Yellow River this year is not small, the whole country has generally had a bumper harvest in the past two years. In particular, in the southeast, under the drive of Song Jiu, many polders were reclaimed to enclose the fields, and the increase in the income of these high-yield fields caused the national grain prices to be low.

Therefore, the large-scale purchase of grain in the summer is also to adjust the price of grain, and in fact it saves the cost of the state. If the whole country collects grain at this time, see how much the price of grain will rise!

You can't blame Kou Zhun, Kou Zhun was also in the valley at that time.

So now it works.

Although the money is used to make the officials of the three divisions feel cold, but there is no money at this time, so what is the money used for? Seal Zen and worship the gods!

Zhao Heng rested that day.

And the army is gradually arriving, and the target is no longer the current 20,000 or 30,000 Liao troops, but Yanyun, or even further north. Therefore, it was necessary to recompile and develop a detailed plan.

Wretched.

Even Song Jiu, the plan formulated at that time was just to take advantage of Xiao Yanyan's mentality, take advantage of the situation, let the Liao army go deep into the hinterland of Lanzhou, and then encircle and annihilate. As for what to do later, Song Jiu didn't dare to think about it.

This must be done now.

The next day, Zhao Heng personally came to the front line, and Qin Han shouted in front of the Liao army camp: "Your Emperor listens, our majesty wants to meet you." ”

Speaking of retreating, there were not many people, only Song Jiu, Zhang Qixian, and a few brave generals such as Jing Si to protect them.

This time, almost all the ministers objected together, but Song Jiu asked rhetorically: "Xiao Yanyan and the Emperor of Liao have personally violated our dynasty many times, why did His Majesty dare not meet their emperor in front of the army?" ”

If the situation is not good, withdraw immediately.

The meaning is not whether Zhao Heng meets, nor is it to show a little respect, which can help force Yelu Longxu to surrender, but to make Zhao Heng's mentality more positive and his thoughts more enterprising.

In this way, the policies of the Song Dynasty will also become less conservative.

Everyone only saw the humiliation brought by the Yuanyuan Alliance, and as for the money, they really couldn't care about it. Or see the alliance of the Yuanyuan, which brought the Song Dynasty a breather and the people lived and worked in peace and contentment.

But they didn't see how restrained China had become since then, and even the Manchus were victimized by this kind of thinking.

Perhaps because of a super victory, Yan Yun's recovery was in sight, surpassing the merits of the two previous emperors, Zhao Heng actually chose Song Jiu's opinion and agreed. He agreed, and the ministers of the Song Dynasty had no choice, and if the talks were good, the first battle would be over immediately. Then the soldiers came to Youzhou with peace of mind.

The emperors of the Song Dynasty dared to do this, but Yelu Longxu was helpless and took the same personnel to the open space in front of the two armies.

However, everyone in the two armies opened their eyes wide, ready to "save" their respective emperors at any time.

Song Jiunu pouted, and Qin Han moved two chairs from behind.

The two emperors sat down.

Zhao Heng said calmly: "I heard that you are erudite and talented, and you should also know the history of the Khitan tribe in Ludao, the reason why you exist is because you rely on various big countries to exist and grow. ”

The Khitan tribe originated from the Xianbei Yuwen clan and Kumoxi, but one of them, during the Northern Wei Dynasty, the Donghu tribes paid tribute to Emperor Wencheng of the Northern Wei Dynasty, and the Khitan tribe could only be located at the end of the Donghu tribes. From hatred and humiliation, absorb the advanced culture of the Central Plains. Later, Goguryeo and Rouran wanted to divide the Khitan, and the Khitan asked the Northern Wei to annex it, and the Northern Wei arranged them in Bailangshui, when there were only more than 10,000 people. Later, the Central Plains countries were in turmoil again, and the Khitan took the opportunity to annex the tribes, and then invaded the Central Plains, so that Gao Yang personally went out to conquer and captured more than 100,000 people, but the Khitan tribe was not wiped out.

During the Tang Dynasty, the Turks were strong, and the Khitan asked Li Shimin to surrender in exchange for Li Shimin's protection. However, when Wu Zetian Li Quanzhong and Sun Wanrong rebelled again, some people criticized Wu Zetian's ethnic policy, which was wrong, because there was anything wrong with our clan, and his heart would be different, no matter which tribe in the grassland was stronger, he would launch an attack on the Central Plains. It's not the Khitan clan who does this, no matter how much the Central Plains Dynasty has added to them.

During the reign of Tang Wuzong, the Uighurs grew stronger, and the Khitan again asked Tang Wuzong to surrender in exchange for the support of the Tang Dynasty. And then all the way to the fifth generation, to Abaoji......

"The reason why Taizu Taizong of your country succeeded was China's civil strife, once the Central Plains was unified, you flipped through the annals of history, which northern nomadic tribe could destroy China? Even in the Tang Dynasty, there were great enemies of the Turks and Tibetans, and your Khitan still lost more than they won, not to mention the soldiers who pointed to the royal capital of China. Besides, I am stable in the northwest and there is no great harm, do you want to destroy China just because of your Khitan? In ancient and modern times, there is a nomadic people who can achieve this goal, even if the Eastern Jin Dynasty retreats in the south of the Yangtze River, it will not be able to annihilate China. Oh, I remembered, the Sui Dynasty unified Jiangnan, but was Emperor Wen of Sui a Hu person? Is most of his army Hu people? ”

Yelu Longxu was silent.

The winner is the king, the loser is the villain, what's the use of saying this, open the conditions.

"I'll say one more thing, look at this bulletin."

Zhao Heng handed the express music to Yelu Longxu, which had just been delivered last night. Yelu Longqing heard that his eldest brother was in danger, not only did he not send troops to save him, but became the emperor in Zhongjing.

This is what Song Jiu said, power is poison, save your head, big brother will die early and be reincarnated.

"I rule the world with virtue, so I have sent envoys to negotiate peace with you many times, but you have always developed unbearable conditions to block it, and you have come to the Yellow River, intending to annihilate my Great Song Dynasty. If you are unrighteous first, you cannot blame me for being unkind. I believe there are many tribes in the prairie who want to take their place. If I lead hundreds of thousands of elite soldiers of the Great Song Dynasty to the north and set certain conditions, will your Khitan be wiped out? Don't think that I don't dare to do this, I deliberately went around the Daodaoqing Military City when I went north, and at that time, I wanted the three armies to order Xue Rengui to learn from Xue Rengui and slaughter all your Khitan soldiers and civilians! ”

"I sent Li Chongzhi to issue an edict to you, so that you should surrender to our court, not for yourself, but for the sake of your entire Khitan tribe. Only if you submit to our dynasty, our dynasty will keep you Khitan clan when the army goes north. You couldn't listen to it then, but now you can't? ”

"I'm waiting for good news from you, these soldiers have fled here, I believe they are all loyal to you, I don't think you want them all to accompany you to the funeral. Now that you are obedient, I will agree to that condition. And to your men, except for those who have done many evils and slaughtered many people, I will not care about them all, and I will release them all. Even those executioners, I will only let them dig for a few years as a warning, and after a few years of punishment, I will promise to let them go back. ”

"Tomorrow is Chinese New Year's Eve, and the day after tomorrow is New Year's Day, I hope that when the New Year comes, I will give your subordinates a glimmer of life and give you a glimmer of life for the entire Khitan clan." (To be continued......)