"This is the information you want," Zhao Kuangyi sent a large amount of information from the scouts to Song Jiu.

Song Jiu flipped through it.

Originally, there was an army in Beizhou, but it was brought to Mozhou by Zhao Tingpu, and we defended Mozhou and Yingzhou. In fact, Song Jiu said that he came back to retire, not wronged him, let him go to Yingzhou to enter the battlefield and reinforce Liu Tingrang, if it is a defense, it is better to stay where he is.

As a result, the situation is getting worse and worse.

The little emperor of Liao and Xiao Yanyan stayed in the area of Junziguan and did not leave, using this to restrain the Song army on the east and west roads. Xiao Jiyuan with about 15,000 or 6,000 troops drove deep into Qishen Erzhou, at this time in Shenzhou, is dividing troops into Jizhou, Beizhou and Dezhou, Lin Ya Mou Gulu and Xiao Jiyuan went down to Qizhou together, and also led nearly 10,000 soldiers and horses across Zhaozhou, after taking Xingzhou, reverted north to Zhaozhou, south to the northern area of Zhaozhou, and plundered. Taiwei Lin Ba led nearly 10,000 iron cavalry from Yingzhou to the east to attack Shucheng and Wen'an. That is, the Daimyo's Mansion and the northern part of Hebozhou, except for Zhenzhou, were all plundered by the Liao State.

And it's not as simple as plundering, when Song Jiu withdrew, he issued weapons to the people, otherwise he would have lost them, that's it, after the Liao State cleaned up the battlefield, and the weapons and armor obtained were like mountains. Even in turn, some weapons made in the Song Dynasty were used to siege the city. Therefore, some people spontaneously resisted, which led to the fierce attack of the Liao army, where they passed, the gold silk was empty, and then Ding Zhuang was all killed, the old and young women were captured, and then the rest of the houses and buildings were burned to the air.

Song Jiu's eyes spurted blood.

What is the difference between this and the later Japanese people who entered China?

But the good news is that, as Song Jiu expected, Liao was indeed careless. Dispersed the forces.

It's not careless, there are no soldiers in the rear of Hebei, so if there is no Song Jiu in this way, it is still right.

"O my people."

"Your Majesty, let the ministers go, the colder the weather, the more favorable it is, and it will be New Year's Day soon, and the weather will warm up, and this plan will not be implemented."

"Here's a twist, Song Qing. Look. ”

Song Jiu opened it and took a look. It was Liu Tingrang who wrote the recital, and when he was defeated, he had to shirk his responsibility, so he pushed Li Jilong's head. However, Song Jiu's plan. The main thing is to join forces with Li Jilong. Go ahead and move closer to the direction of Leshou. Then he consulted with Li Jilong. Wang Wei proposed to move closer to Liu Zhixin, after all, Liu Zhixin had proved himself (Liu Tingrang is Liu Guangyi).

After the end, Zhao Kuangyi still agreed to Song Jiu's proposal.

However, after receiving Liu Tingrang's recital, Zhao Kuangyi was a little hesitant.

"Your Majesty. Cao Bin's contribution in Bashu is no less than that of General Liu, how was the battle of Qigou Pass? The Liao army is not comparable to the Later Shu army. The minister has been paying attention to the performance of the generals in Xifu before, and the veteran has already behaved, and the minister compares them one by one in his heart, and the only ones who can barely be on par with Yelu are Pan Mei and Cui Yanjin, so the minister is paying attention to the backward show. It doesn't have to be proven in a single battle, and sometimes some battles have some chances. Therefore, if you want to judge the military talent of the generals, you must fight several battles to prove it, so the minister said that Li Jilong, Li Jixuan, Jing Si, Yang Yanzhao, Wang Chao, Fan Tingzhao, Shi Pu and other generals, Guo Shouwen, Tian Shaobin, Liu Zhixin, and Hu Yanzan performed well when they withdrew with their ministers, but it remains to be judged if they want to reach the height of their ministers. In fact, since the Battle of Mancheng, then to Hedong and then to the northwest, the minister has been watching Li Jilong, which has nothing to do with his relatives, or even his age, but his military talent. Victory must see its shortcomings, and defeat must see its highlights. In the battle of General Guo Jin's White Horse Mountain, Yelu was defeated, but how many people were his opponents? Cao Bin won Jiangnan, but is he Yelu Huge's opponent? If there was no Pan Mei to help, if there was no Liu Yu and Wang Mingwan's victory at the mouth of the river, what would be the situation? ”

Song Jiu insisted on attaching importance to Li Jilong, and Zhao Kuangyi was helpless. It's still his brother-in-law.

So he asked, "Are you ready?" ”

"The training is almost over, and the secrecy is also very good, General Cui is ruthless this time, and wants to forgive the sin. The supervisors did not slack off, and the materials and things used were rushed out together. ”

"Be careful."

"Chen Zhilu said, if Li Jilong's performance in this battle is qualified, there are people in Hebei. After all, the minister is a civil minister, even if he has some military knowledge, he is just careful to add prestige, and he is actually inferior to most generals. It is not very suitable to go to the front again. ”

This result is not quite what Zhao Kuangyi wants.

But whether Li Jilong is competent or not is unknown, that is, he is competent, as Song Jiu said, Pan Mei is also old, what should I do with the part of Hedong?

"Your Majesty, don't worry, the minister is also thinking about this."

"Be careful." Zhao Kuangyi admonished again.

"Your Majesty, don't worry, but the minister wants to implore His Majesty to give the minister an edict, otherwise Hebei will not be easy to clean up."

……

"Ha Luha, this kid is finally out of the hole." Lin Bada said with a smile.

He also had another intention in attacking Shucheng and Wen'an, that is, to lure Li Jilong out of the cave.

There were not many Song troops, but they stayed in Leshou, and they were stuck in the middle of several captives, which made the Liao army very uncomfortable. If there was no Song army, then the plundering would be more cheerful.

Seeing that the Liao army was doing something wrong, not only robbing, but also massacring, Li Jilong couldn't bear it anymore, and finally led 4,000 soldiers and horses out of Leshou City. However, he was very careful and did not dare to deal with the Liao army of Shucheng, but went east along the bank of the Yongji Canal, intending to annihilate the small Liao army of Wen'an.

Lin Ba was very happy.

Keep an eye on it early.

Think it's possible to be careful?

In this icy and snowy land, can a group of infantry be as fast as cavalry?

Left a group of soldiers and horses to guard the captured people and a large amount of property, and came to the hinterland of the Song Dynasty, and the Liao soldiers went crazy. Hebei was originally one of the best production areas of silk in the Song Dynasty, since the Song Jiu promoted captivity, the terrain of Hebei is not very good, low-lying, swampy rivers and lakes and saline-alkali land, but this environment grows an excellent breeding, reeds, in the spring will be cut down and dried, as feed is no less than alfalfa. And cotton is gradually being promoted.

Therefore, the people of Hebei are richer than the people of Hebei in the Song Dynasty in history.

This made Liao's trip full of harvest.

It was so robbed that even Xiao Yanyan and the little emperor of Liao didn't want to go back for the Spring Festival.

Lin Ba rushed over with the main force.

Li Jilong was frightened and immediately took advantage of the ice to freeze the river. I want to escape to Nanpi south of the Yongji Canal.

However, no matter how he escaped, where was the Liaoguo Iron Cavalry, he was caught up by Lin Ba in the afternoon of the next day.

Li Jilong had no choice but to set up camp for defense.

Lin Ba launched an attack, and an hour later, both sides suffered heavy deaths.

"This kid, it's not simple," Lin Ba said. It was getting late, so he ordered to camp and fight again to-morrow, but only a few thousand frightened infantrymen. The front was forced by the camp. can only set up a large camp by the Yongji Canal.

It doesn't matter, the Liao army danced happily in the camp and rested for a while.

The night is getting deeper and deeper, and it is the twenty-second day of the lunar month. A moonless night. The north wind howled. It was pitch black outside. Gradually, at the fourth watch, the Liao soldiers on duty suddenly heard a noise in the distance, a very strange sound.

They couldn't help but look southwest. It seems to have come from the surface of the Yongji Canal. However, one by one they became vigilant. At this time, the river is not the summer river, but in this section of the river, the river is gentle, and it is thick and frozen in the morning, so that not only people can run, but even horses can run on it.

However, the sound was surprisingly fast, and it quickly approached, and then I saw a large group of black shadows galloping from the surface of the river, and there was no edge in sight.

The guards rushed their horns.

But it was too late, and countless Song troops wore a strange kind of shoes under their feet, and in the blink of an eye, they were behind them and began to line up on the river.

Lin Ba also woke up, he didn't have time to get dressed, and hurriedly walked out of the camp tent, and at this time the Song army began to stride in a phalanx, holding a shield, and walked towards the shore. Maybe because of the kind of shoes under my feet, I am not used to walking, and the phalanx is a little scattered.

Lin Ba shouted loudly: "Prepare for war, prepare for war." ”

Then let the guards put on his armor.

However, at this time, the Song army had approached, raised his shield, and took out a short spear from his back, not a bow and arrow, maybe it was not far away, but it would not be constrained by the cold weather, and its lethality was better than that of ordinary bows and arrows.

Rows of short spears were thrown like huge raindrops, and then countless screams were heard from the Liao army.

"Get on your horse, sprint," Lin Ba yelled eagerly.

However, the arrival of Song troops continued in the future.

Lin Ba suddenly thought of the speed at which they were advancing on the river, and thought of the dense rivers of the entire Hebei in the Song Dynasty, and suddenly felt terrified.

This is Song Jiu's strategy.

Bows and arrows are not good, they can be replaced with short spears, there is no advantage of horses, but there can be something else, and it can be solved with superior forces. And then there's the skates. There is certainly a big gap compared to later generations, but as the quality of steel is improving, the casting process is also improving, and the income of playgrounds is also improving. But it used to be for fun, and I didn't think about the military at all.

The scope of application in the territory of the first Liao State is only in the southeast region of Youzhou, and like Hebei, there are many lakes and rivers, but the population is relatively sparse. Secondly, it could only be used in the harsh winter, and sending troops in winter was obviously not good for the Song army. Therefore, Zhao Kuangyin seemed to be interested in it before, and was immediately vetoed by Song Jiu.

It's too restrictive.

But at this time, it just came in handy, most of the areas plundered by the Liao State were the Hebei Plain region, as for the Taihang Mountain side of a poor and white, or the Xishan area, it was easy to defend and difficult to attack, why did the Liao State send troops over?

So he grabbed a batch of shoes, and then urgently selected 30,000 forbidden soldiers from near Gyeonggi, closed them and trained them for several days. At the same time, he sent someone to contact Li Jilong to discuss the strategy.

And its speed is really fast, it can run seventy or eighty miles in an hour, bring dry food from the capital, and it will glide here in almost two days. Even sliding on the surface of the river can be carried out with the help of the reflection of the ice on the surface of the river, and there is no need for daytime light to march, and it is all slid unconsciously at night. If it weren't for the fact that some soldiers were unfamiliar with it, they slipped and fell from time to time, dragging down some speed, and the speed would have been faster.

After a group of soldiers were killed and wounded, the Liao army finally came to its senses, dressed neatly, and prepared to use war horses to sprint.

The phalanx in front of the Song army retreated, and continued to throw short spears, but other armed Song soldiers flashed behind, all holding short axes in their hands, and then rolled to the ground, rolled under the hooves of the Liao army, picked up the short axe and cut the horse's legs. Although many Song soldiers were trampled by the horses, many more were frightened and neighed in pain, overturning the Liao soldiers off their horses.

At the same time, Li Jilong's military camp sounded the horn and beat the war drums.

"Run!" Lin Ba was anxious, and he said that he had leaked his mouth.

But where to flee?

There are countless rivers large and small around here, and even on horseback, Song Bing may not be as fast as Song Bing sliding on the ice. Groups of Song troops continued to form a phalanx to snipe, and no matter where they fled, the Song troops chased after them like mad dogs, and then tore and bited.

Some Liao soldiers saw that something was wrong, and hurriedly lay on the ground and raised their hands to surrender.

Under Lin Ba's reign, he didn't know where to flee. It's about fleeing to the east, there are few people in the east, so I can only flee to the east, but no one has ever thought about where to flee to the east, is it to flee to Cangzhou and flee to the sea? But Lin Ba didn't know the answer. Several Song troops chased after them along the river, and a few of them had great strength, and they struggled to throw short spears, one of which was inserted right in Lin Ba's chest.

Lin Ba shouted, turned over and fell off the horse.

At this time, his own soldiers did not care about saving him, and continued to flee eastward.

At this time, Lin Ba was not dead, and he saw two Song soldiers walking over with strange steps, his hands were up and down, and his head was cut off.

The nightmare of the Khitan people began to kick off from this day...... (To be continued......)