When Song Jiu was summoned back from Suzhou, he thought on the way. The battle of Yingzhou is not so important, and the reason for the defeat is not that the Song army is not good, but that the main general is too incompetent.

The rebellion on the Bashu side was unpopular, and he didn't take it to heart. Therefore, the first priority is the Yellow River.

However, he was not the former Song Jiu, and on the way, he thought of the Battle of Lanyuan again.

The process is not important, Guan Jian is Xiao Yanyan for what is going to start the battle of Lanyuan, it is impossible for Li Jiqian, Li Jiqian is Xiao Yanyan's son, can he take such a big risk?

It is impossible to force peace with war, that is even more nonsense, and now the problem is that the Song Dynasty wants to make peace, and Xiao Yanyan is not in harmony.

But there has to be a reason for this battle.

Then when I arrived in Yunzhou, I saw the disaster relief situation of the imperial court, and suddenly figured it out, one is Han Derang, and the other is the underestimated Song Zhenzong. He didn't see what Zhao Heng became in the later period, but the current Zhao Heng can be said to have achieved the peak of internal governance, I am afraid that the governance of the legendary Wenjing is not as good as Zhao Heng when Xianping ruled it.

Since this is the reason, then maybe Xiao Yanyan will launch a more fierce attack, and even because there is no northwest containment, there are more troops than in history.

But this is speculation, but also depends on the country's financial situation, to the third division, after reading the account books, before starting to strengthen the army, but at the beginning I was afraid that I did not guess accurately, but began to train the back of the army, on the resettlement of the people of Hebei and the victims, increased some troops, and increased the Xianping army. These measures are necessary, if not guessed correctly.

Subsequently, the Liao State continued to invade, which verified his idea.

So there was this plan.

The war should pay attention to the right time, place and people, if it is a normal invasion, it is fine, if it is a large-scale invasion as Song Jiu guessed. Then it is better to lure the Liao army to the inner belly of the Song Dynasty to fight.

Ji Lu is miserable here, once this is the case. Many people will suffer.

But if it works, it's worth it. The battle was decided, even if Xiao Yanyan and the emperor of the Liao State could not be caught and the main force of the Liao army was annihilated, and the Song Dynasty also had more than 100,000 iron cavalry, so if the situation went north, the Liao State might be wiped out. Even if it was not extinguished, the Liao State would have been greatly damaged and torn apart, and the Song Dynasty calmly obtained the sixteen states of Yanyun.

For this reason, he came up with various arrangements. Including carrying trees on the front line, sending envoys to sue for peace, taking the initiative to tempt Xiao Yanyan to attack, and then through frequent troop transfers, the Liao State did not notice that the elite army had been staying in the northwest to train strongly.

As well as secrecy, look at the generals of the Lalian Beiwei Army and the Xianping Army, which have always been Yang Qiong and Tian Min. It was only this year that the transfer began.

It just so happens that many places in Nanhetao are uninhabited, which makes it difficult for Liao spies to go deep into Nanhetao to spy on useful information.

But it is still not enough, and there is a key premise for this series of plans. That's intelligence. If you can't get the information in advance, you may add to the problem, but it will make the capital dangerous.

There happened to be a eunuch who was transferred back to the capital, Li Shenyou.

This man has a rigorous nature. With a strict mouth, and a little bit of military service, Zhao Heng drove the Daimyo's mansion. He was the capital of the Tianxiong army, and once he brought a secret decree to the generals. Hundreds of Liao rode suddenly, and Li Shenyou called out for Zhou Lu. If you call an ambush, you will scare the enemy into flight. It shows that this person also has a high IQ.

So let this person preside.

He also selected dozens of top and reliable scouts from the Zhuhe Hebei Army and began to be under his jurisdiction, of course, the front-line generals did not dare to ask Zhao Heng, where are my scouts.

Zhao Heng allocated money from the Inner Treasury and let these scouts sneak into the Liao State with a lot of money. Under the actions of these scouts and heavy money, several high-ranking officials of the Liao State were bribed, and even a Han eunuch beside Xiao Yanyan was also bought. Of course, the money spent is very considerable, and it is impossible to make these people treason with a little money. More than two million dollars were invested before and after. However, the accounts were transferred from the inner treasury, and the ministers did not know what to do.

It was this operation that made the imperial court learn of the news of Xiao Yanyan's southward movement in March, so Li Xin said those words that everyone could not understand before his death.

Also, such as generals, the four major generals of the early Song Dynasty, Cao Bin Pan Mei, Li Jilong, Cao Wei, in fact, Cao Bin is a soy sauce player, but Cao Wei is a real famous general, and even his vision of people is first-class, such as his evaluation of Li Yuanhao. This is a wise and brave coach, not a general, but a handsome.

However, although Cao Wei went to the battlefield at this time, he lacked the training of independent command. Therefore, Song Jiu put him in Weizhou and let him fight, which was to hone in advance. There is another purpose for this...... That is the transfer of officers and soldiers this year.

Another example is Zhao Heng's big array, Song Jiu did not object, and even he expected that Wang Chao would not fight. If Wang Chao dares to fight, then the eunuch around him will come up with a secret decree to prevent him from fighting. However, if it is the latter, Song Jiu may appreciate it.

The reason is also simple, let Xiao Yanyan in, preserve the strength in the rear, and fight the decisive battle at the back.

And some other arrangements, such as the training of township soldiers, not only the township soldiers now play a role in leading the people to take refuge in the city and reduce casualties, but also not only the township soldiers now take the initiative to lead everyone to resist, after the war, these township soldiers have a structure, have excellent standard weapons, and even cooperate with the people for a period of time, with a mass base, they can lead everyone to kill the fleeing Liao soldiers.

There are others.

Li Jilong and Cao Wei's change of defense, the change of defense is not only the two main generals, but also many troops, and now the main force is no longer in Nanhetao, where is too close to Liao. But the edict doesn't say so, and there won't be that one standing on the side of the road, counting them one by one, only saying that part of the army was mobilized to increase the thickness of Qin Wei. After all, the Tibetans were also quite powerful, and the Song Dynasty advanced westward, and sooner or later there would be a serious conflict with the Tibetans.

But now, whether it is the Nanhetao or Qinwei troops, as well as a number of heavy generals, they are no longer in the Nanhetao and Qinwei.

Even in the name of disaster preparedness, a large amount of grain and grass was prepared in advance in the relevant state capitals to save the speed of transporting grain and grass.

There is another arrangement, and that is a weapon...... However, it is also in charge of Li Shenyou, and with this weapon training, it is Pan Weizheng, who has studied in the academy for several years, which is not considered a welfare, and the brothers of the Pan family, Pan Weizheng, under the leadership of Song Jiu, have learned a lot of knowledge of physical character, and gradually grew into a good official, which is the pride of the old Pan family.

……

"General Pan. Weishui is ahead, and the boat is found together. ”

"That's good. Hair Jiaozi. Pan Weizheng looked at the 3,000 officers and soldiers, and the 5,000 civilians said loudly.

In order to rush for time. On the way, he once said that he would arrive in Weishui ahead of schedule and reward each of them with 20 Jiaozi. Because Jiaozi is issued less, it is also convenient to use, and its price on the black market can be exchanged for 1,100 copper coins per penny.

But this money did not come from the imperial court, but from his own pocket.

However, the Pan family's wealth has now reached an astonishing number, and Zhao Heng's suspicion is not so heavy, compared to the credit of arriving in Lanzhou in advance, it is worth spending a little money.

A large number of Jiaozi are sent down.

Then 8,000 soldiers and civilians cheered. Quickly pushed the baggage cart to the bank of the Weishui River, where dozens of boats lined up.

"Get on board."

"Whoa."

Everyone worked together to get a lot of weird stuff onto the ship.

Pan Weizheng calculated the time, breathed a sigh of relief, and finally rushed over from the Gobi Desert in Nanhetao.

A junior colonel ran over and asked, "General Pan, I heard that His Majesty will personally conquer Lanzhou?" ”

"Who said that, this kind of rumor can't be promoted, but if you fight well this time, you will have a great credit."

"Whoa." Everyone went down laughing and laughing.

Suddenly, a large cloud of smoke and dust rose in the distance, almost obscuring the sky.

Soon. Bands after teams of centaurs arrived, and then disappeared into the sky.

"The Bearer Army."

"In front is General Jing Si."

"Xianping Army."

"That's General Yang Qiong."

"Hey, there are so many Beiwei troops and Xianping troops, why don't you put them on the front line. Only now? ”

"Look, that's the 30,000 broken cavalry army, and General Ma Zhijie."

These three armies were the secret weapons of the Song Dynasty. I'm afraid it's also the strongest corps, and Pan Lianzheng's men have trained with them. The soldiers of the three corps ate meat miserably, but their eyes were salivating.

But desperately eat meat. Desperately training, I don't know what hindrance does the road have to long-term health, but now these three forces have become stronger and more powerful after several years of changes.

Moreover, the military discipline is strict, so many soldiers and horses walked over, silently on the avenue.

The army that followed was slightly worse.

There were cavalry, infantry, and the cavalry of the Tibetan tribes who came to Shaanxi, and the 3,000 Tibetan cavalry supported by the Liugu Division.

Groups of soldiers and horses walked over, and soon the Chinese army arrived, and it was generals Li Jilong, Qin Han, Gao Qiong, Shi Baoji, and Geng Quanbin.

Li Jilong also learned that the imperial court's plan was planned, and when the plan was formulated, in order to keep it secret, there were not many people who knew the Tao, and it had nothing to do with Xifu, mainly because the military talents of the Xifu were very poor at that time, so it was formulated in Zhongshu, and the only people involved were Song Jiu, Li Xin, Zhang Qixian, Xiang Minzhong, Wang Huaji and Zhao Heng. To be precise, these five people know the truth. Because Li Xin died.

However, there may be a small number of relevant participating members, but it is only a dozen or twenty people.

It wasn't until a few months ago that Cao Wei and Li Jilong learned the truth, as well as the specific planning arrangements and secret purposes.

Now there are more people who know the way, but the Liao army has already reached Yizhou, and it seems that it is about to attack the Daimyo's mansion.

Li Jilong greeted with a smile: "San Lang, so fast." ”

"No, no."

"It's okay, it's in time, but be careful on the road, don't have an accident because you're in a hurry."

Then continue eastward with countless officers and soldiers.

There are two roads, but the northernmost road has the least soldiers and horses, only Cao Bin with a line of guards, hurriedly rushed from Shengzhou to the Flying Fox Pass, this position is extremely important, in history because the Flying Fox Pass is in the hands of the Liao people, had to transfer troops to Dingzhou from the Tumen Road further south.

And it was also a wrong transfer of troops, the decisive battlefield was not in Dingzhou, and there were enough soldiers and horses in Dingzhou.

He had a few words with Yang Yanyu, who was guarding the Flying Fox Pass, and then wrote an order with the right given to him by the secret decree, asking Yang Yanyu to hand it over to Huyanzan, who was guarding the Bauhinia Pass, and then rushed to the Dingzhou camp.

However, there are also a lot of soldiers and horses in the middle road, led by Lei Youzhong, veteran Qian Shoujun, Li Chongzhi, who was captured alive by Yang Ye, veteran Zhang Sijun, Zhou Renmei, Liu Yong, Li Qi, Tian Shaobin, Zhang Xu, Wei Zhaomin and other generals led the soldiers and horses from Taihang Shanjing Pass to the Daimyo's Mansion.

Only a few generals Wang Hanzhong and Gao Jixun were left in Hedong, and only Fiji and others were left in Hexi, but Hexi was the safest.

After two major defeats, the Liao army behind the mountain did not dare to make any attempts against Hedong.

This battle is full of strength, and all the heavy generals who can be taken out are at least more than eighty percent! If we include the nearly 20,000 cavalry transferred from Shaanxi, as well as the troops from Hebei and the troops to be used in the capital, the number of soldiers mobilized has reached 450,000.

Battle of the Nations! (To be continued......)