But this order was rejected by the Western Army! Led by the Seed Master, the generals of the Western Army collectively opposed it! The reason is not an illusory sense of honor, but the crisis of total annihilation. Reason tells them: in this situation, there is absolutely no way to retreat! As long as you retreat, the tragedy of 136 years ago will be repeated!

Tong Guan may have forgotten, but professional generals such as Seed Master Dao clearly remember the Yongxi Northern Expedition 136 years ago! Cao Bin, the first general of the Northern Song Dynasty, was pursued by Yelu Xiuge on the way to retreat, and hundreds of thousands of troops were wiped out, losing all the blood and capital of the Song Dynasty. And that's the law! No matter how many years have passed, as long as the Song and Liao countries have an exchange of troops, and the Song army dares to retreat in this area, the outcome will be the same! Because this is the Great Plains, the Liao army is on horseback. Even if the infantry of the Song Dynasty ran for two or three days first, the Liao army could easily catch up, and then the infantry and cavalry melee, there was no danger to defend, and the Song army was doomed!

The reason was reported, but Tong Guan didn't care. He ordered to retreat immediately! At this time, there was no engagement, as long as the action was fast, so that the Liao army could not catch up, wouldn't it be? Where do you have so many concerns!

The Western army began to retreat, very quickly, and despite the rapid pursuit of the Liao army, they still reached the predetermined place - under the city of Xiongzhou. It's safe, and in front of you is the Waqiao Pass, an important town in the north and recaptured by Chai Rong back then! This high wall is much stronger than the military fortress in the northwest, with the combat effectiveness of the Western Army of the Great Song Dynasty, as long as you live in it, even if you come three or four times the enemy, you will not want to attack it!

But at the critical moment, Tong Guan's order came again: the Western Army was not allowed to enter the city, so it fought a decisive battle with the pursuing Liao army at the edge of the city, and ate this enemy army that dared to go deep into the Song Realm!

So the soldiers of the Western Army could only watch the city gate close at hand, turn around, drag their tired bodies, and kill the swarming Liao cavalry... Putting aside the Xiongzhou city gate, is there any difference between this and being caught up by the Liao army on the Great Plains? Even that damn gate might as well not have it! With it, the soldier can't help but look back a few times, always feeling that there is still a way out, and he can't be in a desperate situation like on the great plains. Go to the Death!

This is an unfair decisive battle, the Western Army was not only crippled by its own leaders, but even plotted by God! It was not too early or too late, just as the two armies were meeting and the hand-to-hand combat began, suddenly the sky was overcast, the north wind suddenly rose, and a big hail fell... But this is June 3 of the lunar calendar in 1122, right? The land of Hebei, which was supposed to be a hot day, actually rained hail of this scale, and the north wind was blowing! Is there any reason left? The soldiers of the Western Army, who were tired and half-crippled, had to fight against the cavalry with their faces on their faces against the north wind, hail, and face up, and the battle to this extent, if they were not defeated, this group of Western Army of the Great Song Dynasty should indeed go abroad, and even go out of Asia to conquer the earth!

The history contains "from the south of Xiongzhou, the north of Mozhou, and between Tangbo." and Xiongzhou's West Baozhou, Zhending area, dead corpses, invincible Ji" see the fame? Died many, many Western Army soldiers just on the surface. What is really interesting is a series of place names: the south of Xiongzhou, the north of Mozhou, between Tangbo, the west of Xiongzhou, the area of Zhending... So many cities, so many walls, so many gates! The Western Army fled all the way, passing through so many places where they could hide, but none of the gates were opened for them! These cities are watching their country's army die outside, and they can't be saved!

Is this out of Tong Guan's order? Or are the defenders of the cities rotten and cowardly as rats? Thousands of years later, we don't know! What is certain is that the Great Song Western Army has finally lost its reputation! But Tong Guan's reputation is still strong!

This is a routine, and in the past 20 years, Tong Guan's reputation has skyrocketed. From the eunuch apprentice, the leader of the Western Army to the national military governor, the road went smoothly, the ostensible reason is the long victory of the Western Army, but the real inside story is the black pot replacement...

In order to erect the banner of Tong Guan. One by one, the other flags of the Western Army fell. Such as Wang Hou, the seed master Dao... As long as the battle is lost, the responsibility is always someone else's, always the front-line commander's! As the commander-in-chief, Tong Guan is always bright and new, and even has a sad aura: disobedient subordinates and incompetent subordinates are really deadly!

See this. I wonder if you are a little disappointed? For a long time, the armed eunuch seems to be both bold and humane, and he is a very shining positive image. How can there be such a fall? I'm sorry! This is the truth, otherwise he wouldn't be called Tong Guan... Back to reality, after the failure of the first Northern Expedition, the high-level of the Western Army of the Great Song Dynasty was in turmoil, and the famous generals were laid off en masse!

The seed master said that "he is good at killing by nature, and he helps thieves to make a plan" and "does not listen to moderation" Hou Yi "probed the truth and asked for a teacher in vain"... The Great Purge, all to the rear to reflect!

The Liao State soon sent a post-war official document, Ye Luchun recalled more than 100 years of friendship, saying that what the Song Dynasty should do now is to help old friends in difficulty "disaster relief and compassion for neighbors, ancient and modern friendship, but a great country". The Liao State finally obeyed the low and became small, and the Song Dynasty was the upper kingdom of the Heavenly Empire? This is good! But disaster relief and neighbor relief, forget it. After decades of fighting between the old and new parties, the officialdom of the Song Dynasty has long lost the graceful gentleman's demeanor, and everyone believes in only fighting for the present, as long as they are happy in front of them!

On June 1, the same day that Tongguan's Northern Expedition failed, Wanyan Agu left his fourth brother, and Wanyan Wu begged to buy the prison country, and he personally conquered Liao from Huining Mansion in Shangjing.

In June, the 60-year-old Yelu Chun was bedridden, but he heard the news: Tianzuo Emperor Yelu Yanxi, who had escaped into the primeval jungle of Jiashan, passed on Tiande, Yunnei, Shuo, Wu, Ying, Wei and other prefectures in Xijing Road, and gathered 50,000 soldiers to attack his Northern Liao in August. Yeluchun was shocked and summoned hundreds of officials to discuss. Li Chuwen, Xiao Gan and others proposed a funny solution: we welcome the Qin King Yeluding, and reject the Tianzuo Emperor Yelu Yanxi.

As a result, everyone agreed, only the southern camp was deployed, and Yelu Ning felt that this was really a big joke in the world: "If Emperor Tianzuo can destroy our Northern Liao with the remnants of his army, it will be his destiny unfulfilled, how can we refuse?" Otherwise, Ye Luding, the king of Qin, was the fifth son of Emperor Tianzuo. If you want to refuse, refuse together. How can there be a reason in the world to welcome his son and reject his father," Li Chuwen and others will kill him for the crime of disturbing the morale of the army. Ye Luchun on the hospital bed sighed, "This is a loyal minister, you can't kill it!" If Emperor Tianzuo comes, I will only die, and I will see him without a face."

Sure enough, after saying this, Yeluchun died. This old man only served as the emperor of Tianxi of Northern Liao for a total of 3 months, and he didn't enjoy anything, and he simply fought with the Song Dynasty, but it can be said that he only had responsibility and no power during his tenure, and he was only busy without rest. Looking at the situation at this time, is it really a good choice to die? He ordered the king of Qin, Yelu, to be the emperor. But the problem is that Yeluding is running away with his father Yelu Yanxi in the deep mountains and old forests of Jiashan at this time, and he is about to degenerate into a primitive man, and he can't come to Youzhou to take the throne... So what to do? Unafraid! Khitan women are all comparable to bearded eyebrows!

Ye Luchun's wife, Concubine Xiao De, she became the new generation of Empress Dowager Xiao. Regency for the time being! Jerodin? Yao Zun was the second emperor of the Northern Liao Empire...

Immediately afterwards, there was a civil strife in the Northern Liao Empire, and Concubine Xiao Defei cut down the entire family of the Han Prime Minister Li Chuwen, accused of Nantong Song and Beitong Jin, and the buyer sought glory! summoned Li Chuwen to ask for the guilt, and Li also emphasized that he had the merit of supporting Yeluchun. Concubine Xiao Defei was furious, "Those who mistake my husband are all your father and son, what a merit" Then the Li family wiped out the family, and what people had to obey was Prime Minister Li Chuwen's ability to make a fortune in the country, and he actually hugged him in just 3 months... 70,000 yuan!

After that, the Northern Liao was in turmoil. The Han, Xi, and Bohai tribes are all in danger, and the officials of the Yelu faction are also very uneasy, which directly leads to the people surnamed Xiao being even more uneasy... For safety, Xiao Gan, the most powerful tycoon surnamed Xiao at that time, led his four-clan alliance army back to Youzhou and became the commander of the city defense and the part-time police chief. Outside of Youzhou, the Liao army's control fell to its lowest point ever.

So Tong Guan decided to implement the last of the emperor's three requirements - to raise troops to patrol the border! He felt that there were many opportunities in the Northern Liao and the Song Dynasty, and maybe there would be a turnaround if he waited!

In the same month, Mo Ge sent troops to aid Liao. He was defeated by the Jin army in Hong Grey Water, and his son Tuogu was captured.

Western Xia also sent Li Liangfu to lead 30,000 troops to save Liao, but was defeated by the Jurchen god of war Wanyan Lou in Yishui. On July 5, the summer envoy came to ask Emperor Tianzuo about his life.

26th. Song Ting knew that Yeluchun was dead and Northern Liao was in civil strife, so he ordered Tong Guan and Cai You to prepare for the Second Northern Expedition. With the three cities of Heyang, Liu Yanqing was the capital of the system.

Cai You, the son of Cai Jing. This brother is remarkable. It is said that he is one of the top two in the empire, and with his father Cai Jing, he can live happily without doing anything. But he doesn't! Not only self-employed. directly had a good relationship with Zhao Ji, and even pointed the gun at his father! Single-mindedly want to remove Cai Jing from power and replace him himself!

There is a classic story about their father and son. It is said that Cai Jing was chatting with friends in the living room in his later years, when suddenly the door curtain shook, and Cai You walked in quickly with someone. After coming in, he didn't say a word, and grabbed his father's wrist. After a while, he said, "My lord's pulse is sluggish, my body is not very comfortable" Without waiting for Cai Jing to answer, he immediately got up and said that there was something in the palace. Let's go...

During this period, Cai Jing was very calm and the guests were very surprised, and they really didn't understand what the father and son were doing. Cai Jing sighed, "Old friend, you don't know what's going on, right?" This kid is cursing me to get sick, so that the emperor can dismiss my official" Sure enough, in a few days, Cai Jing Zhishi...

This incident is recorded in the biography of Cai Youlie in the official history. Xiao Cai's energy and courage can be seen, at this time he is sitting in Kaifeng City, his tentacles are stretched out of the country, and he knows everything about what is happening in Northern Liao! According to his analysis, this civil strife, Youyan turmoil, the Western Army will fight again, and it will definitely succeed!

So Cai You took the initiative to ask to go to the front line, even if the military position is not missing, you can give him a supervisor to do! As for the prison army, most of them have been made by eunuchs since ancient times, and this time they are eunuchs as eunuchs, they are simply eunuchs among eunuchs? None of this matters anymore...

Cai You went on the expedition, and Zhao Ji personally saw him off. In the grand and enthusiastic scene, the most absurd scene in the history of the empire was born. Seeing that the emperor was high above and the beauties around him were like clouds, Cai You suddenly pointed to two of them and said, "If the minister returns to the court in victory, you can give these two beauties to the minister."

Rude and presumptuous! In the Song Dynasty, when feudal etiquette was at its peak, this scene actually appeared, which really shook off the jaw of the future master of science! Jun is like a father, then Jun's woman is a mother, Cai You actually dared to tease two mothers in public!

The history books did not record the reaction of the ministers present at the time, so it can't be talked about, what is worth playing is Zhao Ji's own reaction, in the face of unprecedented rudeness, he just smiled, and there was no follow-up... Actually laughed it off?

After that, Cai You quickly rushed to the border to snatch Tong Guan's military exploits. But when I arrived, I found that there were many people who wanted to rob it, and even the people who had always been calm and experienced and motionless couldn't help but stretch out their hands!

Liu Guangshi's father Liu Yanqing! This high-ranking official of the Dangxiang clan was the number two person in the Western Army at that time, and his position of power was only under Tong Guan. All along, what he has done is to sit in the military tent in the rear, communicate with the front line through communicators, and do high-end skills of remote command. But at this time, it won't work, seeing that Beiliao will fall down as soon as it touches, and fame and fortune are close at hand, and if you are indifferent, how can you be worthy of your conscience? He asked to rush to the forefront, and he led the troops to rush into Yanjing City!

On August 3rd, Wanyan Aguda came to Mandarin Duck Bo, and heard that Yelu Yanxi was now hiding in Dayubo, so he immediately ordered Wanyan Zongwang to lead more than 1,000 light cavalry to act as a striker day and night, and he led more than 10,000 elite soldiers to catch Yelu Yanxi. On the 12th, at Shirenyi, the Jin army forwarded and chased Emperor Tianzuo. At this time, the Liao army numbered 25 thousand people. Yelu Yu said, "Our army is small, and we are extremely tired. There is no way to fight now" Wanyan Zongwang said, "If you don't fight tonight, Yelu Yanxi doesn't know where she will flee tomorrow"

The two armies fought, and the Jin army was indeed surrounded by the Liao army. Xiao Temo inspired the Liao army to fight to the death with the righteousness of the monarch and ministers. This is a good situation, and Emperor Tianzuo wants to cause trouble. He hadn't seen the scene of the Liao army's victory over the Jin army for a long time, so he led all the concubines to watch the battle, and this time, he was recognized by his brother-in-law Yelu Yu. So Yu Yan, Zong Wang and others rushed to catch it in person, Yelu Yanxi was shocked, and he rode away... This time, he himself is temporarily safe, but his army is tragic...

Subsequently, Wanyan Aguta's army came to "people have not fled far, continue to chase" on the 15th, and Wanyan Zongwang caught up with Yelu Yanxi in Huan Tart Xinchala. Yanxi burned his baggage again and escaped...

On September 9, the second phase of the Maritime Alliance began. The Jin envoy Gao Qingyi submitted his credentials in the Chongzheng Palace, and asked Zhao Ji: Why didn't Tong Guan inform the Jin State in advance of the Northern Expedition? Zhao Liangsi replied: "Your Majesty, I heard that your country is in Kezhongjing in the first month of this year and Kexijing in April. Your country has not informed you of your marching schedule. And it was only after we knew that your country had sent troops, and then we let Tong run through the Northern Expedition to meet the initial discussion of attacking."

On the 18th, Zhao Liangsi was appointed as the chief envoy and Ma Zheng's son Ma Kuang as the deputy envoy, and went to the Jin State with the Jin envoy Gao Qingyi. Let's talk about the contract again...

Let's first clarify the concept of Yanyun's 16 states. In fact, the 16 states recorded in the history of the Song Dynasty and the history of the Liao are different. The 16 states in the history of the Song Dynasty are the 16 states cut by Shi Jingjiao of the Later Jin Dynasty. However, the two prefectures of Ying and Mo have been recovered by Chai Rong. Therefore, the Khitans covered up their shame and made up 16 of the 2 prefectures of Ying and Ping (Luanzhou was divided by Liu himself) offered by Liu Rengong in the history of Liao. (To be continued......)