In the Liao army camp on the south side of Gubeikou, Yeluren sat in the tent first, and a young man stood in front of him and said with a smile on his face: "His Royal Highness the King of Song, Your Majesty is worried about the war on the front line, so he specially sent a subordinate official to supervise the battle, and please don't mind Your Highness!" ”

Looking at the smiling young man in front of him, before Yeluren could speak first, Yeluzhixian, who was standing on the side, couldn't help but snort coldly: "Why do you have to say so nicely, Your Majesty sent you here just to urge us to fight, where do we dare to mind!" ”

"Fourth brother!" Hearing Yelu Zhixian's dissatisfied words, Yelu Ren first glanced at him with some blame, and then said to the young man in front of him: "Don't mind, fourth brother, because the war is not going well during this time, he has a little short temper, and he still looks forward to Haihan!" ”

The young man in front of Yelu Renxian is named Xiao Liduan, who is the concubine of Yelu Jun's sister the eldest princess of Qin, speaking of which, the princess of Liao is almost only married to people surnamed Xiao, and Xiao is the second largest surname in Liao, the power in Xiao's hands is almost not under Yelu's, Xiao Liduan is from Xiao's famous family, even if it is Yelu Renxian's identity, he is not willing to offend too much.

"Haha, His Royal Highness the King of Song is too polite, His Majesty also knows that the war on the front line is not going well, so he sent his subordinates to supervise, I hope that His Royal Highness the King of Song will put state affairs first, don't care about the casualties, if you can eliminate the rebels in Gubeikou as soon as possible, my Da Liao can also ease my breath as soon as possible, and then I will go back and clean up the mess in the sixteen states of Yanyun." Xiao Liduan smiled indifferently, but his words were urging Yeluren to send troops to attack Gubeikou quickly.

When Yelu Renxian had just besieged Gubeikou before, Yelu Jun even sent several envoys with holy decrees to urge Yelu Renxian to send troops to attack Gubeikou as soon as possible, but later Yelu Renxian couldn't withstand the pressure and had to attack Gubeikou regardless of casualties. As a result, his army suffered heavy casualties, and later fortunately encountered the heavy snowstorm, which gave him an excuse to stop the attack, but now that the impact of the wind and snow has not passed, and the battlefield is still full of ice and snow, Yelujun actually sent Xiao Liduan as an envoy again. urged him to send troops quickly, which was inevitably a little too anxious.

"I don't know, although the heavy snowstorm some time ago has passed, but because of the cold weather, the snow has not melted much at all, and there is half-human deep snow everywhere under the city of Gubeikou, in this case, we can't attack Gubeikou at all!" Jeruren explained in a deep voice, knowing that this explanation was useless. But it's better than not saying anything.

Hearing Yelu Renxian's explanation, Xiao Wei Liduan also showed a hesitant look, in fact, it was not easy for him to come along the way, the road was almost all snow, and as soon as he arrived here, he looked at the battlefield, and found that there was not only snow under the city wall of Gubeikou, but also ice on the city wall, and even the city gate was splashed with water by the Song army. As a result, it was so strong that it couldn't be opened at all. Therefore, it is almost a dream to break through the Gubeikou under such conditions.

However, understanding is understanding, Xiao Huliduan was ordered by Yelujun this time, and asked him to try his best to urge Yeluren to send troops first, so in the end he had to speak again: "King Song, when I came, His Majesty once told me that in the past few months, the imperial court has attacked Gubeikou in order to support the army. A lot of materials have been consumed, especially the food is very difficult to transport because of the long distance, and now it is a little unsupportable, so you should also understand Your Majesty's hardship! ”

Xiao Wei's tone of voice was very soft. But Yelu Renxian heard a hint of threat from his words, which also made him sigh, it seems that His Majesty is determined to consume the strength in his hands this time, but this also makes Yelu Renxian extremely angry, because Yelu Jun's approach is simply too short-sighted, if he is defeated because of this, then the Great Liao will not only lose the sixteen states of Yanyun, but also let the Great Song Dynasty gain military superiority over the Liao State, which will have a very far-reaching impact on the Liao State, and will also reverse the military situation of the two countries.

Thinking of the above, although Yelu Renxian was angry, he still suppressed the anger in his heart and said again: "Don Ma, the old man of the court is naturally very clear, but the Song army is very cunning, and has been sticking to Gubeikou and not coming out, with the help of natural danger and firearms to consume the old man's troops, and now the snow is deep and the road is slippery, which is not conducive to sending troops, this is not the old man's shirk, if the horse doesn't believe it, you can go to the battlefield to have a look!" ”

"It's useless for King Song and Xia Guan to say this, after all, Xia Guan is only acting on orders, so I also ask His Royal Highness King Song to understand the suffering of Xia Guan!" Xiao Liduan spoke again, emotionally speaking, he sympathized with Yelu Renxian, but he was Yelu Jun's brother-in-law, plus their Xiao clan has always had a close relationship with the royal family, and they are also very jealous of Yelu Renxian's current power, so they naturally agree with the matter that can weaken Yelu Renxian's power.

Seeing Xiao Wei's attitude, Yelu Renxian couldn't help but sigh secretly, during this time, he had already figured it out, his power had aroused Yelujun's suspicions, so he was so impatient to consume his strength, and now judging from his attitude of testing Xiao Liduan just now, the other nobles in the Liao Kingdom were also very jealous of him, and now they were all ready to fall into the ground.

"I see, please rest for a few days, this king will start attacking the city when he is ready!" After Ye Lu Ren first understood Xiao Liduan's attitude, his expression immediately became a little cold, and then waved his hand to arrange for Xiao Hu Liduan to live in the barracks, Xiao Hu Liduan originally wanted to say something, but when he saw Ye Lu Renxian's face was wrong, he didn't dare to say anything more at the moment, so he had to follow the people down.

After seeing Xiao Yu leaving, Yelu Zhixian, who was standing on the side, said with a gloomy face: "Big brother, it seems that the Xiao family has also joined forces with His Majesty, this is terrible, third brother, what should we do next, we can't just obediently exhaust the troops in our hands, right?" ”

Yelu Renxian's face also became very ugly, and after a long while, he spoke: "I will not let my soldiers die in vain, but Your Majesty's holy decree cannot be violated, which makes me unable to think of any good way for the time being, it is better to delay it for a while, maybe there will be some turning point after a while." ”

Hearing that Yelu Renxian didn't have any good way to deal with it, Yelu Zhixian couldn't help but sigh secretly, in the face of the suppression of the emperor and other nobles, unless their brothers rebelled or surrendered to the Great Song Dynasty, there was no good way, but with the loyalty of the third brother to the Liao State, there was no possibility of rebellion or surrender.

At the same time, Zhao Yan's army finally pulled out from Yingzhou City, and went straight to Yuguan, which is also a very important checkpoint, although it has not reached the scale of the first pass in the world in later generations, but it is also a rare Xiongguan along the Great Wall, and it is generally very difficult to conquer from the front, but Zhao Yan's army advanced by land and water, and the warships of the naval division directly bombarded Yuguan from the sea, and it took only two days to take Yuguan from the hands of the Liao army.

Chongqing Pass was lost, and the Liao State Zhongjing Dading Mansion was completely exposed to the minions of Zhao Yan's army, which also caused the Liao State to be greatly shocked, and the Liao State Yan King Yelu Caiju who guarded the Dading Mansion immediately gathered all the troops to gather in the Dading Mansion to defend, after all, the Nanjing Xijin Mansion of the Liao State had been captured by the Great Song Dynasty, if even Zhongjing was lost, it would definitely be a fatal blow to the Liao State.

Yelu Caiju gathered a total of nearly 50,000 troops, but he did not dare to take the initiative to attack the Song army, but nested around Dading Mansion to defend, after all, Yang Huaiyu's previous record in the sixteen states of Yanyun had made them very jealous of the Song army, and they no longer dared to underestimate the Song army as before.

Zhao Yan originally hoped that Yelu Caiju would take the initiative to send troops to attack him, but he didn't expect that he waited in Shanhaiguan for two days, and the other party didn't move at all, which made him a little disappointed, but this did not affect the overall situation, at the moment he took Hu Yanqing as the main commander, leading nearly 60,000 troops to Dading Mansion, although he only brought 30,000 troops, but the soldiers of the naval division also knew how to fight on land, so they could act as an army after getting off the ship.

Hu Yanqing led the army to kill Dadingfu, because the Liao army's contraction of the defense line, so that the defensive strength of the surrounding cities declined, as a result, Hu Yanqing was like a bamboo, almost no effort to kill the city of Dadingfu, which also caused the Liao State to be even more shocked, and the urgent documents were sent to the capital like snowflakes.

Yelujun didn't expect Zhao Yan's army to choose to attack during the New Year, and they didn't rush to relieve Yang Huaiyu's siege, but went to attack their own Zhongjing City, and now the cities around Zhongjing City are occupied by the Song army, which also makes Zhongjing City almost isolated, if you don't think of a way, I'm afraid that Zhongjing City will also escape the fate of being occupied by the Song army.

Thinking of the terrible consequences of Zhongjing City being occupied by the Song army, Yelujun did not dare to delay time, and immediately sent a holy decree to Yeluren on the front line, ordering him to immediately return to the division to aid Zhongjingcheng, and there was also an army that was supposed to be sent to attack the north side of Gubeikou, which was also transferred back by Yelujun.

It's just that although Liao's reaction is fast, but it will take a long time for Yelu Jun's holy decree to be delivered to Yelu Renxian and others, taking advantage of this time, Hu Yanqing led the army to sweep all the way, and soon attacked the cities around Dading Mansion and seized a large number of food and materials. (To be continued......)