Hold on to the goodies.

Pan Li'er sent wine, Zhao Kuangyin found a workaround, anyway, the Song family shared a lot of dividends, and didn't care about the money, so he asked his little wife to invite Pan Li'er to the palace to talk and ask her for wine for me.

Queen Song is young and a little childlike. Seeing Zhao Kuangyin like this, she also felt funny, so she invited Pan Li'er to the palace again. Pan Li'er laughed and went home to prepare bottles and boxes and silk cloth. Ten days later, two ox carts of wine were delivered.

The ministers also heard about it.

For Zhao Kuangyin's small action, they all shook their heads, and Liu Wensuo wrote four big characters without being salty, covering his ears and stealing the bell. choked Zhao Kuangyin, but the wine was enough for him to drink for a long time.

I was happy today, so I took out some fine wine.

The chamberlain brought up large boxes, which were the favorite things of the officials, and although they were for the ministers to drink, they did not dare to break them. The box is a handicraft, not only carved with exquisite patterns, but also with some carvings.

There are words on it. However, from a distance, the minister still could not see very clearly, and did not understand what was being carried up. The eunuch opened the box, revealing the silk cloth inside, and then to the bottle, a large glass bottle, on which there were actually colorful paintings.

You don't need to look at the wine, just this packaging, I feel extravagant. The eunuch opened the wine bottle, which was packaged in a picture and was not easy to pour, so he had to pour it into the wine jug and pour the wine again. But out of this packaging, it will feel different.

In fact, it is not a distilled spirit, it is only a high degree, and it has been steamed many times. It has also undergone many formula tests, and the taste is far from being comparable to the past. Some ministers have occasionally gone to Shundian to drink. However, there are many people who are discouraged and have never drunk it. Li Fang sighed and said, "Today is stained with the glory of His Majesty. When will you drink this wine? ”

Many officials are convinced.

Lu Duan was happy and said, "There is a place where you don't have to worry about use." ”

"Where?"

"Song Jiu's eldest sister opened a wine shop in Hezhou, which also sells this kind of wine, I have been there several times, but the wine is a little expensive, and I am reluctant to eat it."

The ministers thought so, but this was also a good way to satisfy their cravings, at least the food in the wine store would not sell at sky-high prices. The next day, Sister Song Jiu's wine shop was suddenly full. Most of the people who came were officials, and some of them were drinking and still carrying. But it's still expensive, it's too expensive, and it doesn't have the exquisite packaging of the palace. Therefore, there are many grievances, which is a good thing, but Song Jiu is also too dark-hearted, no wonder he is willing to pay for the song.

The Southern Good News makes everyone feel warm. The powerful ministers of the Song Dynasty will have a long time and will not be ministers of the country. Wine also warms up this winter. But it's not the warmest yet, and then comes the real good news.

Three thousand to sixty thousand. It's not 60,000 in the Southern Han Dynasty, but 60,000 in the Khitan!

……

The good news is good, and so is the bad news.

An urgent report came from the north, saying that 60,000 Khitan soldiers and horses were attacking Dingzhou.

Zhao Kuangyin looked at the intelligence. Some people say that in the midst of strategizing, the decisive victory is thousands of miles away. Zhao Kuangyin can barely do this, the reason why it is so. That is to analyze the strategic intentions of the other side. The choice was in winter, and fighting in winter was beneficial to the Khitan. Just like the year before when they attacked Hedong. Even some rough bows and arrows could not be pulled away in this cold winter.

The weather was favorable for the Khitans.

But what are the Khitans going to do?

He didn't believe that the Khitans dared to invade the Central Plains, they didn't have that strength! Just like the year before. Gliding to the front of the dragon gate, they quickly retreated, and the lone army went deep, and there was only one end, death! is captivity, the Hebei front line is desolate, and the Khitan side is too. They beat the grass valley, and the Song Dynasty also went to fight the grass valley. If you want to harvest, you can only go south and then ......

The Song Dynasty crusaded against the Southern Han Dynasty and did not use the main army, all of them were in the south, to a certain point, 60,000 people still died! Although fighting in winter is beneficial to the Khitans, it really does not affect their marching speed?

After thinking about it, Zhao Kuangyin finally understood the mentality of the Khitan people, the Khitan supported the Northern Han Dynasty, and suffered two defeats, the most fatal thing was that Ma Renyu took advantage of the void to go north and slid all the way to the area of Yuyang in Shanggu. What was really surprised was Song Jiu, he liked to compare, and after hearing it, he took the map and looked at it, that is, starting from the west of Changping, Beijing, all the way to Huailai, Zhuolu, Zhangjiakou, and directly under the ancient Great Wall, how far is it from Yizhou? Then countless horses, cattle, sheep and people were captured, and the cattle followed the minister's advice and distributed them to the people who supported the war in Hedong, the horses stayed, the sheep were slaughtered, and the people settled in the southern part of Hebei.

Ma Renyu passed all the way, the Khitan troops left behind were insufficient, and he was afraid of its prestige, and none of the soldiers dared to go out of the city to fight, and watched him calmly bring a large number of soldiers and horses and a large number of cattle and sheep to the south. According to the information of the scout, a Khitan official inspected and reported to the Liao lord that the northwest region of Youzhou had withered for thousands of miles and was barren, and the rest of the people were looted because of the Song army's plunder, the livestock were wiped out, the property was looted, and the people were in dire straits.

The Khitan is a big country, Zhao Kuangyin is very sober in his heart, at least not weaker than the Song Dynasty, so he also agrees with Zhao Pu's opinion, first the south and then the north, unify the Central Plains, and the strength will be stronger, so as to slowly wipe out the Khitan. He was slapped in the face, and he knew that he wanted to retaliate. The new Khitan lord succeeded to the throne, and for the sake of Shuwei, he also had to take revenge. The troops sent were small, and they were afraid of danger, so they came to deliver snacks. The number of troops sent is not worth it. That's why 60,000 soldiers and horses were sent. This is a smashing field.

This kind of mentality is destined to go back if they want to pick up a little cheap, and they can explain to China. But this mentality is also doomed to low morale.

Touching their mentality, Zhao Kuangyin called Tian Qinzuo to instruct, and said: "I am outnumbered, you just need to wait for the battle with your back to the city, and the enemy will fight immediately, don't chase it." ”

Then three thousand cavalry were transferred to him.

There are soldiers in the north, mostly infantry, and the lack of strength in the field will inevitably allow the Khitan to hurt the people. With these 3,000 cavalry in check, the Khitans did not dare to go south. Unless it's not sixty thousand, it's sixteen thousand!

Tian Qinzuo quickly went north with 3,000 cavalry.

The Khitan had just crossed the border, and with more troops, the action would be a little slower, but it also proved that the Song Dynasty attached great importance to intelligence, the scouts sent the news to the capital, Tian Qinzuo brought 3,000 cavalry to the border, and the Khitan arrived.

Tian Qinzuo met the Khitans in Mancheng, and only then did he begin to listen to Zhao Kuangyin's words, and fought against the Khitans with his back against the Mancheng Walled City. This is the most powerful Song army, although the number of troops is small but very strong, and the Khitans are not the main force, but one of them, of course, there are many more soldiers and horses than the Song army. The two armies fought, and the Khitans fought for a while and saw that this Song army was not easy to gnaw, so they retreated to Suicheng in the east and joined the main army.

At this time, Tian Qinzuo was red-eyed, left Zhao Kuangyin's words behind, and chased after him with his subordinates.

Chased to Suicheng, and the Khitan 60,000 main force fought again, this time the battle was even more tragic, even Tian Qinzuo's war horse was shot down, his subordinate Wang Chao shouted: "General Tian, ride my horse." ”

When the battle was being fought, the 3,000 Song army fell into the sea of 60,000 Khitan iron cavalry, and it took the main general to be brave to raise morale, Tian Qinzuo was not polite, rode Wang Chao's horse, and continued to fight. From Dan to Sun, that is, from morning to evening.

In fact, when a frontal field battle begins, it usually does not take a long time, and even a general battle of hundreds of thousands of people often decides victory or defeat in two hours, such as the Battle of Weishui. If you can continue to fight for three or four hours, it will be a fierce battle. And it's a whole day.

In the evening, both sides were powerless, and the Khitans watched him calmly enter Suicheng with his men. Killing countless Khitans on this day, because it was not completely defeated, it was also impossible, if so, it was not Tian Qinzuo, but Li Jing. It is impossible to count how many Khitans were killed, but it is known that countless Khitan corpses fell outside the city of Ludao Suicheng. The Khitans were angry and surrounded the city.

They are here to fight the field, not to siege the city, and there are no siege equipment, so they can only besiege it.

Tian Qinzuo entered Suicheng, but there was little grain in the inner city, and there were no 3,000 subordinates at this time, but people had to eat horses and horses, and after eating the grain and grass, it meant that everyone was waiting for death together. So it was decided to evacuate. At the very least, the Song army defending the city should have sufficient grain and grass to support it until the beginning of spring. So after only a few days of surrounding, Tian Qinzuo opened the south gate and rushed towards the Khitans. The Khitans drank again and again, and came out again. Hurriedly mobilized the army to besiege it, where was it too late, the morale of the Khitan soldiers in Nancheng was depressed, Tian Qinzuo did not fight this time, quickly broke through the gap, and withdrew to Baosai City in the east. It is said that there is not a single arrow in the army. This doesn't matter, it's all field battles, the Khitan only besieged the city but not the city, and didn't need bows and arrows.

Victory or defeat is not important to both countries, even if Tian Qinzuo kills thousands of Khitan soldiers, the Khitan will not lose the country. But there is an important meaning, that is, it means that if the cavalry of the Song Dynasty is properly commanded on the frontal battlefield, it is no worse than the Khitans, or even stronger!

I don't know what the Khitans in Ludao think, about to see that if it goes on like this, it is to finish Tian Qinzuo's 3,000 cavalry, they are afraid that they will have to pay a price of 230,000, not rowing, or too many troops, and not much captured, insufficient logistics, and the weather is cold, seeing that Tian Qinzuo safely withdrew to Baosai City, so they withdrew their troops back.

There is no intrigue in this war, it is a real collision.

Therefore, the people of Hebei are spreading wildly, saying that 3,000 beats 60,000.

Zhao Kuangyin was overjoyed when he heard this, and said to the left and right: "The Khitan has invaded the border, and I bought a Khitan head with 20 horses of silk, and its elite soldiers are only 100,000, and it will cost me 2 million horses of silk, so the Khitan will be exhausted." ”

This is a casual sentence after the great joy, and he did not expect that this sentence would be repeatedly misinterpreted by future generations. Just like his edict, reducing staff and increasing salaries to prevent corruption, it has evolved into a high salary and honesty, or it is a solution in the hands of Zhu Yuanzhang.

Chinese history changed in the hands of Guo Wei, Chai Rong changed again, Zhao Kuangyin changed again in the hands of Zhao Kuangyin, and Zhao Kuangyi changed again, so the good and the bad came together. In Song Jiu's heart, Chai Rong is very high, but people are also changing. Just like if Li Longji died at the end of the Kaiyuan Dynasty, how would the history books evaluate it? If Chai Rong hadn't died, what would happen later?

This was almost the heyday of the Song Dynasty's military!

The winter was warm that year......

Zhao Kuangyin was overjoyed, the southern army had meritorious service, and appreciated the wine, so he bought 30,000 catties of wine and gave it to Tian Qinzuo, and he did a good job, and I was rewarded. There was another shouting in the palace.

Next, there is another joy, this time it is not 60,000, but 100,000, not to resist, but to really defeat. (To be continued......)