On September 25, Liao Shengzong Yelu Longxu and Empress Dowager Xiao came to Youzhou City, Nanjing. On the 29th, he ordered the emperor's younger brother Yelu Longyou to stay in Beijing. A history-changing crusade is about to begin!

At the same time, Emperor Zhenzong of the Great Song Dynasty also summoned his ruling ministers "have been warned of the border many times that the Khitan is about to invade." Most of the country's heavy troops are assembled in Hebei, and the military situation cannot be ignored. I will win the battle in person! Let's discuss when it's better to go."

Bi Shi'an: "Your Majesty has appointed the commander of the front array. They should continue to be trusted. If you want to go to the levy, Lanzhou is the most suitable. But Lanzhou is too small to supply a large army for a long time, and the weather is already in winter, so I think it's better to go late."

Kou Zhun "The army is outside, and it is necessary for His Majesty to come to Lanzhou in person." The sooner the better, but the faster you can."

The prime ministers of the Eastern Mansion each resigned. The privy envoys of the Western Mansion became the decisive weight. Wang Jiying: "Most of the country's heavy troops are in Hebei. His Majesty's personal expedition can strengthen the army, the second can supervise the battle of all the armies, and the third can be improvised, and the decision can be made as soon as possible. However, Lanzhou is the farthest limit and cannot be further entered. Especially timing. The actual situation in Lanzhou determines that it is impossible to go early. That's why I thought it was time to slow."

2:1 to make a decision on this. Da Song still chose to wait for it. As in the past, the initiative was given to the Khitans ...

Since the emperor took out the formation map and arranged the defense, 150,000 Song Dynasty border guards have been waiting for more than 16 months, and the decisive battle has finally arrived! Pan Mei, Cao Bin, Yelu Huge, Yelu Xianzhen, Zhao Kuangyin, Zhao Guangyi, Yelu Abaoji, Yelu Deguang... We will sacrifice to you in this battle!

On September 8, Liao Shengzong and Empress Dowager Xiao raised more than 200,000 elite soldiers in China, with Xiao Darin, the cousin of the Empress Dowager Xiao and Xiao Guanyinnu, the king of Xibu, as the vanguard.

The first battle of the Mighty Army on the border began! Wei Neng's 6,000 elite cavalry fought against more than 100 Liao soldiers of a monk and a monk in the Liao army! So what else is there to say? More than 100 Liao troops were in a different place in the blink of an eye, and the monk dismounted and surrendered...

Then both Song and Liao were furious. In the Song Dynasty, Wei Neng was so murderous that he thought he could cut off a weighty head, but he didn't expect to take only a foreign monk to open the knife! It's unlucky! Available in the Liao Army. What a shame! The Khitan people are all innocent Buddhists, but the Song people dare to treat Buddhist disciples like this!

The Liao army brigade immediately came to take revenge! Wei Neng fought bravely, but was outnumbered. So he led his troops back a little. Behind him is the nightmare of the Khitans!

The Liao army is very clear about what the focus of this dispatch is... So the Liao army immediately abandoned this stinky and hard mighty army and attacked the next stronghold of the Great Song Dynasty. Not every place will be a prestige army, there will always be something to gain...

But hell, they chose Beiping Village! The main general there is called Tian Min, and that is a more ruthless character than Wei Neng! The treatment is different, he has the sword of Shang Fang specially given by the Son of Heaven, and the front-line commander Wang Chao has to give him three points!

His troops were even smaller than Wei Neng's, only 5,000 elite cavalry. But he actually chose to take the initiative. In Yang Village, a small frontier village in Beiping Village, Tian Min fought with the vanguard of the Liao Army and defeated the long-renowned Khitan Iron Cavalry! And that night, he and his deputy general Zhang Ning attacked the Khitan imperial camp at night, treating more than 20 thousand Liao troops as nothing!

Liao Shengzong Yelu Longxu was shocked, and immediately summoned Xiao Dalin, "Who is the fighter today?" Xiao replied, "Tian Min", and the emperor sighed, "He is unstoppable"

So he threw away Beiping Village and looked for the next target... Luck is still so good, because the selected is Baozhou, which is the defense area of the Yang general! But it can't be helped. Who let these be important towns on the Song-Liao border?

This time it was even more depressing, Wei Yujun and Beipingzhai also met Wei Neng and Tian Min, the main generals of the Song Army, but this time they didn't even touch Yang Yanzhao's shadow, so they fell into a big bad luck first...

The Liao army is on its way. Suddenly there was a flurry of arrows in the woods on the side of the road. After a group of people turned on their backs, the Liao army rushed in. But the forest was too dense, so he could only dismount and fight on foot. But they forgot that the strongest weapon of the Song army for more than 300 years was the bow and arrow... The Khitans were shot to the point that there was only one way to go. Get back on the horse. Ignore these guys who hurt people with hidden arrows! According to the original plan, attack Baozhou!

Yang Yanzhao also has 5,000 elite riders. But he is unusual, defend the city! The Khitans are going crazy. Do you still remember the Suicheng that was so small and so broken? Yang Yanzhao had fewer people at that time, and he could make the Liao army sigh. Fade away. At this time, he had to defend to the death, and the Liao army had no way at all. The result can only be a retreat and transfer, and then try your luck somewhere else...

On the 16th, the good news finally came. Xiao Darin conquered Suicheng. Empress Dowager Xiao and Liao Shengzong immediately arrived. On the 19th, the combined army came to Wangdu, north of Dingzhou...

Wang Chao, the commander of the Great Song Dynasty, arranged the Dingzhou Great Formation along the Tang River according to the "Imperial Array". Waiting for the Khitans to attack...

Note that Wang Chao is not one of those strikers, who can make his own decisions according to local conditions. He is the commander-in-chief, and he must carry out every order of the emperor to the letter! The emperor's order was to wait for the Liao army to attack the main attack and enter the center of the great array, and then suddenly kill the Great Song cavalry...

Wang Chao strictly abided by, together with his brave and warlike son Wang Deyong, who was "steadily facing the enemy" on the front line of the Tang River in Dingzhou, and since then until the end of the war, there has been no news of the 150,000 army...

The Liao army suddenly appeared behind the Dingzhou array. The interior of the Great Song Dynasty was suddenly attacked! The pattern of war was broken in an instant, and the scales tipped ... The Khitans kept in mind the key points of this war, and they seized the biggest weaknesses of all the great arrays that the Han people thought were foolproof, such as the Dingzhou Great Array and the Pingrong Wanquan Array—I won't fight you, okay? The Hebei Plain stretches as far as the eye can see, and there is no natural obstacle at all. Then why do I have to fight hard to fight your Song army? I have a horse, I want to walk you two steps, do you follow? If you don't follow, then the vast world is all mine, and I will burn and plunder it. If so, that's good! The big array is out of shape immediately! It is destined that only the elite of the cavalry elite can catch up with us. At that time, the crowd was outnumbered, and they did whatever they wanted...

At this time, Wang Chao's choice was the most rational. If you are wrong, then you are wrong to the end! At this time, if you follow in a panic, you will simply look for death. In addition to losing all the belongings and the army, you will have to bear the black cauldron of disobeying the emperor's orders... So the Dingzhou Great Array was silent. There is no record of the existence of these 150,000 elite regular troops during this period in various official documents of the Song Dynasty...

In Kaifeng City, the Liao army is approaching. Everyone has revealed their true form - run away! Only one person stood up: Kou Zhun! His moment of glory has finally arrived!

The emergency document reached "five solstice in one night" and flew into Kaifeng City like snowflakes... Not the Privy Council, but the Zhongshu Province. This is crucial, because it gives Kou Zhun in Zhongshu Province the right to dispose of these documents at the first time, thus fundamentally determining the course of history...

This is a legacy of history. Prime ministers such as Lu Duan and Li Xin were all Zhao Heng's benefactors or teachers. For the sake of trust and more respect, Zhao Heng ordered not only national political affairs, but also military operations. It is also up to the prime ministers to look at it first. In addition, the former privy envoy Wang Xian was on the front line to defend against the enemy, and he couldn't let him see it first. So this habit has been preserved to this day...

The situation is urgent, but Kou Zhun is not in a hurry. He threw these 100,000 urgent emergency documents aside without even looking at them. Bi Shi'an watched from the sidelines, and he didn't care, he did whatever Kou Zhun wanted...

The next morning, Kou Zhun handed over these hot documents to the emperor. What was the emperor's mind like at that moment? There is no Hebei, and the enemies are all in Henan! Huge shock. Reason made Zhao Heng still recognize the only person who could untie the knot for him at this time - Kou Zhun "What should I do now?"

Kou Zhun's answer was very considerate and in place: "Your Majesty! Do you want to get this done quickly? Or slow down."

If it is replaced by Zhao Kuangyin, I believe that Kou Zhun's front teeth should be flying on the Jinluan Treasure Hall at the moment when these words came out. You're a spoof! If you neglect the military situation, you dare to make the emperor happy! But Zhao Heng has the self-cultivation "I want to be fast"

Kou Zhun: "That's very simple. I thought it would be over in 5 days! As long as you're in person"

Pro-conscription? Zhao Heng hesitated, he said that he wanted to go back to the harem and think about it carefully... But Kou Zhun was just like he did to the old emperor Zhao Guangyi, and forcibly held Zhao Heng down, "Your Majesty will go down, and the ministers will never see each other again." Then it's all over. Now the military situation is extremely urgent, please make a decision, "Zhao Heng has decided to recruit in person...

It's just that Kou Zhun, who went down to the palace proudly and was about to plan the emperor's personal expedition, didn't notice that there were four cold eyes next to him. In order to pursue the effect, he deliberately backlogged urgent documents, which certainly stimulated the emperor. But it also stimulates others... Governor Wang Qinruo and Deputy Privy Envoy Chen Yaosuo. When the courtiers had dispersed, they came to see the emperor. The two were of the same opinion, and both begged the emperor to escape. The difference is that one invites the emperor to flee to Chengdu (Chen Yaosu is from Chengdu) and the other invites the emperor to Jinling (Wang Qinruo is from Jiangnan)

So when Kou Zhun was urgently summoned to the palace by the emperor again, he was not mentally prepared at all. Then he remembered. Why did Zhao Guangyi give his three sons this name-Zhao Heng "name this." I want my son to have Changde, and he will be more than his way for a long time, "Son, I gave you this name to remind you." There must be a beginning and an end, and there must be no beginning and no end... Governing the country with literature, Zhao Guangyi can at least see a person's nature and flaws clearly. This is the biggest problem with his three sons: vacillation.

Zhao Heng summoned Kou Zhun and said the first thing: "I am going to Chengdu now, okay?" It's still good for Jinling."

Kou Zhun's first reaction after being shocked should have been, "Your Majesty." So do you want to be Meng Chang? Or Li Yu: "Of course, even Kou Zhun didn't dare to say such words. He looked to the side. Wang Qinruo, Chen Yaosuo... In an instant, he understood what was going on, "Who gave His Majesty such an idea?" The minister begged to cut him down immediately! Now the Son of Heaven is a martial artist, and the generals are of the same heart, as long as you personally conquer, the Khitan will definitely scatter the army. All right! Even if you don't plan to conquer in person, we will hold the city and drag down the Liao army! No matter what, it has not reached the point where you abandon the temple and flee abroad" Next, Kou Zhun explained his countermeasures"1 Immediately transferred 10,000 Tianxiong troops, led by Zhou Ying and Sun Quanzhao, and rushed to aid Beizhou. If it is too late, he will first order Sun to lead 5,000 people to help. and then let Shi Pu and others in Mozhou respond; 2 If at this time, the Liao army had crossed Beizhou and approached the Daimyo's mansion, then the Dingzhou Great Array was quickly ordered to move south. The losses of the Great Array were replenished by Lei Youzhong. After Wang Chao joined Wei Neng, Tian Min and others, he gathered at the Daimyo Mansion so that you could drive the expedition in person; 30,000 certain prefectures were cut off by the Liao army, and the big array could not go south, and the area around the Daimyo's Mansion was attacked by the Liao army, so only the whole cavalry force that ordered Wei Neng and Tian Min to go south to the Daimyo's Mansion at all costs, delay the offensive of the Liao army, and wait for your personal expedition..."Kou Zhun paused, "Now all the focus is on the Daimyo's Mansion in Hebei." There are no soldiers, but we have ministers! You must send a minister of your cronies who is highly respected and known to the whole world, so that the people, the army and the people can believe that you have not given up Hebei! This person..."Kou Zhun suddenly turned around, "Lord Politics!" Now is the time to share the worries of the country, and you can't shirk"

Suddenly looking up, Wang Qinruo was shocked to realize that he had been struck by lightning unsuspectingly. But Wang Qinruo is also a masterpiece among people, and to be honest, no matter what role he is for the Great Song Dynasty, he has always been loyal to Zhao Heng. He stabilized instantly, and replied calmly, "Your Majesty, the minister is willing to go" just planted a seed of hatred deep in his heart from this point: Kou Zhun, with me without you!

On the 24th, Wang Qinruo, the deputy prime minister of the Great Song Dynasty, came to the front line and hurried to the most important daimyo's mansion! There is a shortage of major generals, but he still has to stop the enemy who can't be blocked by the Dingzhou array, and buy time for his emperor's personal conquest...

That's when a wonderful thing happened. In Mozhou City, the guard general Shi Pu suddenly saw 4 soldiers dressed as Han people coming to the city, and they had a letter in their hands: "This is addressed to the Han emperor..."

Shi Pu took the letter, just glanced at the name of the person at the place where the letter was registered, and without hesitation, he immediately selected a number of cronies, divided them into different routes, and ordered them to cross the entire Hebei, and definitely send the letter to Kaifeng and hand it over to the emperor himself! During this time, several messengers had accidents. One named Zhang Hao was also captured by the Liao army. In this great battle, a small man Zhang Hao will also make his own contribution...

But no one can compare to the contribution of this letter and the sender...

On the same day that Wang Qinruo rushed to the front, the letter was finally sent to the Great Song Imperial Palace on the 24th day of the leap month. Song Zhenzong Zhao Heng opened the letterhead, but he couldn't believe his eyes. Because this is a letter written by a "dead man" - Wang Jizhong in the Battle of Wangdu!

In the letter, Wang Jizhong first explained what happened on the battlefield last year. He did not resent Wang Chao, who was unfavorable in rescuing, but admitted his guilt. Defeat is a dereliction of duty on the part of a soldier, not to mention that he surrendered. But then he said that the Liao State knew that he was a close confidant of the emperor of the Song Dynasty, so he was very good to him. He now hears the Khitan Emperor and the Queen Mother say that they want to stop the war, and now the Liao State admires your benevolence and wants to reconcile with you. I hope that you will follow this advice... First, score the truth of the letter. Is Wang Jizhong really not dead? Was he really writing this letter? And the key is whether this letter is indeed the meaning of Emperor Liao and Empress Dowager Xiao?

The Great Song Dynasty monarchs and ministers urgently convened a discussion. Led by Prime Minister Bi Shi'an, the collective agreed to "believe" the Khitans once. But the Emperor shook his head - no! You know only one and you don't know the other. Even if the Liao State really wanted to negotiate peace, it had other intentions. They wanted the land of Kannan, for it was theirs. If they ask for money, they can say yes. If you want land, there is only one war! I will do it myself! On the same day, Zhao Heng wrote a reply letter to Wang Jizhong, in which he promised to negotiate peace. But that's all... In this way, through Wang Jizhong, the top leaders of the Song and Liao countries had begun to have constant secret contacts outside the war... (To be continued......)