"Daddy, what will happen if you eat the bread yourself?" Fu Niang pestered Song Jiu and asked.

The capital of Layue was very cold, the water was frozen again, and Song Jiu came back from Hezhou.

If scientifically speaking, Song Jiu was injured in Qigou Pass, and then fought countless tragic battles in the past ten days, although he let the soldiers take turns to rest, he himself did not dare to be careless, every day only a small squint, always like a bowstring is tightened, coupled with the mood of grief and indignation, after arriving in Xiongzhou, it caused a serious illness.

But the imperial doctor came to diagnose him, saying that he went to Guangnan and suffered severe heat poisoning, and then went north to Liaodong and suffered cold poisoning, Qigou Pass was injured, and he was in a bad mood, as well as various factors, and he suffered a serious illness together. The imperial doctor's diagnosis and treatment was a good thing for Song Jiu, originally Song Jiu went to such a unique place in the world.

However, Song Jiu didn't dare to take this medicine.

It can't be said that Chinese medicine is useless, but it can't be exaggerated too much, sometimes it is the same as the master's Fu Shui, faith, then spirit. It is a potion of the gods, so if you have faith in it and the body subconsciously recovers itself, then as long as the illness is not serious, it is likely that the illness will be cured. But don't believe it, it's actually just a pile of common water stained with ashes, where can it cure the disease.

Song Jiu's nature is similar.

So it dragged on for a long time.

In fact, his heart is hurt, and he just doesn't want to do things.

Song Jiu wanted to rest, but Zhao Kuangyi was helpless, so he temporarily crowned him as the Taibao. Song Jiu refused, I made a mistake and should be dismissed and demoted. Zhao Kuangyi disagreed, and said angrily: "Where are the soldiers?" ”

But this time, whether the actual Qigou Pass is merit or demerit, the negative impact will disappear.

It wasn't until Layue that Song Jiu occasionally went to Hezhou Academy. The battle of Qigou Pass also made him realize the strength of the Liao army. There is no Western Xia. For the development of physical science, time must be on the side of the Song Dynasty. But Song Jiu didn't want to wait. Therefore, to tap the potential from the internal ethnic factors of the Liao State, we must also tap the potential from within ourselves.

However, Song Jiu couldn't answer his daughter's question.

In fact, there is a more serious question that Song Jiu can't answer, that is, to fight or not. Song Jiu must think that it was a fight, but with a dozen, how many people will be ruined? This question tormented Song Jiu like a nightmare, so much so that Song Jiu had nightmares almost every night for the past few months.

In fact, this is a very nonsensical metaphor, describing Zhao Pu's words as a very absurd one.

Pan Li'er pulled Fu Niang down, and Song Jiu took a sip of hot tea. "I really want to stay at home like this." ”

Before the words fell, the two little yellow doors hurriedly came to Song's house and said, "Duke Song, Your Majesty has urgently ordered Duke Song to enter the palace to discuss matters." ”

"I recuperate ......"

"The North is defeated again."

"Why did you lose again?"

……

Qigou Pass was defeated, Zhao Kuangyi let Zhang Yongde know Cangzhou, Song Wei knew Bazhou, Liu Ting let Zhixiong Zhou, Zhao Yanpu knew Beizhou, and Beizhou was far away from the front line. Negligible, mainly the first three veterans. After Yelu cleaned up the mountain, the Liao State had no time to take care of it, and Pan Mei withdrew to the Song realm. The two families of Zhewang also withdrew. There is also a mess between Bubu and Liaodong, but those two places are sores, although they are painful. It's not fatal yet. So Xiao Yanyan has been staying in Youzhou.

This has nothing to do with Youzhou being the place where she grew up as a girl, the reason is still Yan Yun's position in Liao.

Yanyun products may not matter in the Song Dynasty. But in the eyes of the Liao people, it is very important, at least with the supplement of Yanyun products. No matter how many disasters there are in the north, there will never be a tragedy in the history of the past, where nearly half of the people and animals died.

Song Liao sorrow is like this, the Liao State wants the products of Youzhou, and the Song Dynasty wants the gateway of Yanyun......

So Xiao Yanyan stayed in Youzhou to deal with national affairs, civil affairs, border defense, and unjust prisons, so that the disabled Yanyun could recover as soon as possible.

Yelu Huge proposed that he could take advantage of the weakness of the Song Dynasty and slightly reach the river as the boundary. When the Song Dynasty was defeated, it went south in one fell swoop, hit the Yellow River, and used the Yellow River as the border of Song and Liao...... Ha Luha, this is Song Jiu's laughter after hearing it, a proud Yelu Huge, is it still worth being afraid of?

Of course, Xiao Yanyan would not agree.

Don't talk about the story of Liao Taizong, that is, with the strength of the two countries, once the army goes south, can it really be pleased? But then in history, she almost made a serious mistake.

For the time being, the border is quiet, the two countries are licking their own wounds, Wang Ming has been in charge of the river work for several years, but this year because of financial difficulties, the river work has stopped, Wang Ming stayed in the third division and did not go down.

The Liao side was also not good, and even tacitly ignored the rebellion with Liaodong.

So this battle is imperative.

The Liao State must fight a game, so that the Song Dynasty is well-behaved, so good at the rear.

Before the war, the Song Dynasty made a personnel transfer, allowing Liu Tingrang to serve as Zhixiong Prefecture, and then deploying soldiers and horses in Yingzhou. This is because Liu Tingrang is the great-grandson of Liu Rengong, the envoy of the Lulong Festival at the end of the Tang Dynasty, which has a certain symbolic meaning.

When Tian Chongjin retreated, He Lingtu stayed in the rear and fought alone, although he was defeated, Pan Mei was defeated, and it was him. Therefore, with his knowledge of Xiongzhou, he also trained the pioneer general Benzhou regiment and protected the Yingzhou troops. There is also a transfer, that is, Li Jilong, this one was deployed for Cangzhou after the invasion of the Liao army.

Don't talk about how far Cangzhou is from the future battle, let's talk about Cangzhou itself.

In the later generations, Cangzhou and Tianjin were close to the seashore and the terrain was flat, so it should be regarded as a relatively good place to abandon industrial and commercial factors.

But not now.

From Cangzhou to Shun'an Junwudian, there are many lakes and ponds on the border, as well as many reeds and saline-alkali lands and swamps. This forms a natural defense line that is more than 300 miles wide from east to west, 50 or 70 miles from north to south, deep and can not be boated, shallow and can not be moved, it is not only the natural defense line of the Song Dynasty, but also the natural defense line of the Liao State. Therefore, during the fierce war between Song and Liao, the two countries were almost never seen sending troops here.

Therefore, in terms of military status, Cangzhou is not important. The main Li Jilong has not fully shown himself, and the court has so many famous generals who can fight, so they despise him.

However, the Song Dynasty had a slight advantage, that is, from Cangzhou to the sea with sea ships to land in Pingzhou, but the Liao State also made defenses on the coast of Pingzhou, and this road is now also impassable.

On the twelfth day of the winter month, Xiao Yanyan personally read the baggage armor, which included some grains, grasses, and herbs for the army. Tents, ropes. Knives and axes, as well as some other supplies for the consumption of open road lodging or warfare. Bing refers to a soldier, and armor is not only armor, but also weapons, etc. There are three things in total, two of which are grain, grass, materials and weapons and armor, that is, Cao Bin may not be as good as a woman.

Thirteen, with Jeruxiu as the vanguard of the capital.

Fourteenth, Yelu Longxu led the courtiers to sacrifice wine, and the portrait of the imperial face of the Jingzong sect.

Seventeen, with the king of the north Pu Nuning living in the Holy State. and the festival envoy Pu Dali jointly adjudicated the government affairs of the five states of Shanhou.

21. Put the ministry and the superintendents, and order the departments to guard the camps and not mix with each other.

Twenty-two, let Mou Lugu and Xiao Jiyuan patrol along the border and shoot ghost arrows with Song army prisoners.

Twenty-three, sacrifice heaven and earth with green oxen and white horses.

Twenty-seventh, the army went to the White Buddha Pagoda River, and let the horse captain Xiao Jiyuan. Taiwei Lin Ba, Lin Ya conspired with Lu Gu to block the border and prevent the Song Dynasty spies from detecting the news. He also ordered the army not to gallop without reason, and the army to destroy the mulberry fruit in the south. In order not to arouse the anger of the border people of the Song Dynasty, they resisted stubbornly and increased the difficulty of their southern expedition. But it's not Xiao Yanyan's kindness. After the Great War, the brutality of the Liao State began again. Again. If you hope to get supplies by looting, you may be scattered. It was ridden by the Song army. This also shows that Xiao Yanyan is well prepared for this battle, including grain and grass.

But it is impossible to completely conceal such a big news.

Zhao Kuangyi was furious.

We're not attacking anymore, you're still attacking me? So in the excitement, he issued an inexplicable order, asking Liu Tingrang to lead the army on a northern expedition and counterattack the Liao State.

Of course, no one took this order seriously, let alone carried it out.

On the same day, the forward army of the Liao army crossed the Juma River to Tangxing County, which is a county name of the five dynasties, there was no such county in the Song Dynasty, only one Tangxing Village remained, and the Shun'an Army was placed, on the west side of Mozhou, on the north side of Gaoyang Pass.

The reason why I chose this place is because of the defeat of the city.

The west defense line of Gaoyang Pass is divided into two sides, one is Dingzhou, Xishan, Beipingzhai, the Song Dynasty is also called the Xishan defense line, including Mancheng, mostly mountainous areas. Of course, the battle in the city, how miserable the defeat was, Xiao Yanyan still remembers it vividly. In addition, it is a section from the east of Baozhou to the Shun'an army, including Tangxingzhai, where there are more than 30 miles of Pingchuan, the north and south are straight, there is no danger to stop, and the army can be driven by a large army without passing through the state and county. So after careful planning, Liao chose to tear a gap from here.

The two armies met at the Hutuo River Bridge, not on the Hutuo River, which was a wooden bridge over a tributary of the Hutuo River to the east and south of the old county of Tangxing, and was some distance from the bridge on the battlefield. The soldiers guarding the wooden bridge were Yang Chongjin's subordinates at Gaoyang Pass, who had few troops and were quickly defeated, and then the Liao army burned the bridge so that Yang Chongjin could not lead the army to follow the attack and harass, and ensure the safety of the army to the west.

Of course, Yang Chongjin can take a pontoon bridge, but at this time, it is freezing and it is not easy to build a pontoon bridge. It is also possible to force the crossing from the ice, but this tributary is turbulent and the ice is thin, so it is very dangerous to cross from above. By the time Yang Chongjin had built the bridge, the Liao army had already arrived at its destination smoothly.

Faced with this problem, Yang Chongjin left most of the army to defend Gaoyang Pass, and he took a part of the army to support Yingzhou.

The Liao State initially achieved its strategic goals, but the beginning was not so smooth.

Xiao Paiya, the general of Liao, captured two Song Dynasty scouts, and Liao Shengzong sent the two scouts back to Mancheng to surrender the Song army. Li Jixuan meritorious service after the award of Chongyi envoy, on behalf of Wang Jien for the Yizhou garrison of the capital supervisor, and led 5,000 cavalry to garrison Beiping Village, heard that the Liao army went south, by Tian re-entered the festival, first in the mouth of the Great Wall, after the Liao army to the ditch, Li Jixuan stationed in Mancheng. Will he fall? Even half of his subordinates were soldiers who withdrew with the bloody battle of Song Jiu, would they surrender?

The Liao State took Lu Bugu as the main general, Yelu Pan as the capital eunuch, and Pulugu and Xiao Paiya as the deputy generals, and attacked Mancheng. As a result, he was beaten by Li Jixuan, and even Lu Bugu learned from Zhao Kuangyi and Cao Bin, and fled first, resulting in a big defeat, leaving nearly a thousand dead bodies, and the Liao army retreated to the city.

But this was not the main army of the Liao State, and the main army had arrived in the southern Wangdu of Mancheng since Tang Xing.

But that doesn't matter.

Dingzhou Tian Chongjin began to act. He took the initiative to enter the Liao realm, and Cui Han sent Sun Quanzhao to assist in capturing Qigou Pass, killing more than 1,000 soldiers defending the city, and obtaining a large number of cattle and sheep accumulation armor.

It doesn't matter if Qigou Pass is retaken. At the beginning, Song Jiu said that Zhuozhou couldn't be wanted, and it was outside the sharp corner, and it could not be guarded. But this significance is not trivial, as long as Yingzhou can withstand the pressure of the Liao army, then this Song army stays in Qigou Pass, although it cannot be said to cut off the back road of the Liao army, but it threatens the back road of the Liao army.

Of course, Xiao Yanyan couldn't have tacitly watched this happen.

So the troops were divided into the Tang River Bridge, and the troops were designated as states.

When Tian Chongjin entered Qigou Pass, he let Tian Shaobin and the brave general Jing Si sit in Dingzhou, both of whom performed very well in the Northern Expedition, but Tian Shaobin was a veteran, so he became the main general.

However, this miracle did not take place, and Tian Shaobin was defeated by the Liao army under the bridge of the Tang River. Once the Tanghe Bridge is lost, the Liao army can threaten Dingzhou City at any time, once Dingzhou City is lost, Tian Chongjin will not block the back road of the Liao army, but become a group of children without a family to return to.

Tian Chongjin had no choice but to withdraw his troops from Qigou Pass, but it was too far away, so he had to let Li Jixuan, who was close to Dingzhou, lead the army to rescue him. Li Jixuan arrived in Dingzhou, and the Liao army slowly retreated. Li Jixuan led 5,000 horsemen to follow to the Juma River, was oppressed by the main force of the Liao army, and in a fit of rage, he forcibly rushed into the Khitan camp with his bravery, burned countless Khitan camp accounts, and then retreated to Baigou, and then arrived on the way to escape.

Yelu Hugo sent another group of men and horses into the south of Wangdu and marched into Qizhou. But he was defeated by Liu Zhixin, pursued for dozens of miles, and won a lot of people.

In the previous series of encounters, the Song army won more and lost less. So much so that Tian Xi wrote: Chen Xiyan reported to the Jinju Yuan on the 5th of this month: On November 3, Dingzhou stationed in the capital to deploy Tian Chongjin, kill the Khitan and seize a lot of saddle horses, armor and equipment.

jokes, so it is said that literati can't take charge of the army, including Song Jiu's brave retreat, what strategies to talk about, it is purely a gap made out of force. In fact, after this series of dazzling arrangements, the Qizhou Liu Zhixin Division, the Cui Han Department of the Broken Army, and the Dingzhou Tian Chongjin Department all cut off contact with the Yingzhou Song Army, let alone cooperate.

This is the real division of troops.

The Battle of Gentleman's Pavilion begins...... (To be continued......)