After the Western Liao army entered Gaochang, it went straight to Eric, and suddenly there was billowing smoke and dust in front of it halfway through, and a group of Song cavalry came to stand in front of the three arrows in front, and the rangers who opened the road immediately surrounded it. After the Song army shot a letter, he distanced himself from the Liao army rangers, and shouted loudly that he was the envoy sent by the Song army, and there was something to discuss, so there should be no misunderstanding.

The Liao soldiers hurriedly presented the letter to Xiao Hanli, who showed that it had been written by the Song Western Expeditionary Army, asking to negotiate with him three miles away, and to hand over to him the letter written by the princess to Lin Ya Dashi. Xiao Hanli groaned slightly, and decided to go to meet the Song army supervisor, of course, in order to ensure safety, he ordered 500 personal soldiers to go together, and ordered the army to stand by in place, and remain vigilant to prevent the Song army from sneaking attack.

"Report to the king, there is no trace of the Song army brigade in the surrounding ten miles!" At this time, the detective who explored the way came to report.

"Well, let's go!" Xiao Hanli was worried about fraud, so he sent scouts to search, and was relieved to learn that there was no ambush around, and then went to meet under the guidance of the envoys sent by the Song army. As they walked three miles, they saw a canopy set up on a flat grass, and the other party was much more generous than themselves, with only a dozen guards guarding one side.

"Banu, you bring a few people with me, and the others are on guard on the spot, don't approach if nothing happens!" Xiao Hanli also felt that he was too nervous, and he was a little weaker in momentum first, and he left the team to only bring his relatives to save some face.

"King Xiao, please forgive me for missing the distance!" As he spoke, someone from the awning greeted him and smiled.

"Zhao Jianjun is polite, I don't know what to hand over?" Xiao Hanli patted his chest and saluted back, his eyes looking up and down at the figure in front of him. Seeing that the other party was more than ten years younger than himself, although he was elegant in his martial arts. But no matter how you look at it, it doesn't look like a literati or a eunuch.

"Oh, the noble concubine has a book to trust me to transfer to your lord Dashi Linya. There is also a letter from the old acquaintance of the king, Lord Yelu Yuxuan, who is the old acquaintance of the king! Zhao Li saw that Xiao Hanli was straight to the point, and he no longer pretended to be false, let him into the canopy, sat down, took two letters, and handed them over.

"Is Jerodus alright?" Xiao Hanli casually opened the letter that Yelu Yu gave him, and took the letter of the princess of Shu into his arms, he knew that he was not qualified to read the letter.

"Fortunately, now General Yelu guards the Dading Mansion and serves the Great Song Dynasty!" Zhao Li ordered two cups of hot tea to be served, and he looked at Xiao Hanli and took a sip and said.

"Alas, Yelu Dutong also has a good belonging, unlike us who have wandered in a foreign land and become lonely ghosts!" Jerod's letter was not long. Xiao Hanli quickly finished reading it and sighed and said, his face flushed with nostalgia.

"Hehe, the king doesn't have to be sentimental, I think that as long as we Song Liao join forces to defeat the Jurchens, there will be a day to return to the homeland!" Zhao Li saw that Yelu Yuyu's heart touched his homesickness, and said with a smile.

"It's difficult, now the homeland is a thing, the sunset is a few degrees, only the green mountains are still there!" Xiao Hanrira said. But he sneered in his heart, the old land of Liao has been carved up by Song Jin, wouldn't he go back to be a minister.

"The king must have known from Lord Yelu's letter that my emperor's expedition this time was only to punish Gaochang. There is no intention of infringing on your country, and I want the two countries to repair and jointly operate the trade routes in the Western Regions, and I don't want to meet each other! Zhao Li saw that his face quickly returned to calm. Playing the emotional card again has little effect, so it is better to tell it bluntly.

"Jerodus has made it clear. But Gaochang is my Great Liao vassal country, how can you ignore our crusade thousands of miles away! Xiao Hanlira said.

"The king's words are not right. Gaochang also signed an alliance with my Great Song Dynasty and was willing to be a vassal country, but for some small profits, he cut off the trade route of the Great Song Dynasty to the Western Regions, and drove my Great Song caravan, which was bad, and we had to send troops to teach him a lesson, but we had no intention of provoking your country, and please tell your lord! Zhao Li explained.

"Zhao Jianjun, as far as I can hear, it is your country that bullies the weak and bullies Gao Chang in every way, so that he has to use some means, and now your country's army has come from thousands of miles away, which is not true to what he said!" Xiao Hanli didn't know what kind of goods Gao Chang was, but now in this situation, he can't show weakness.

"King Xiao, Gao Chang acts as a villain, provokes the two countries in the middle, and reaps the benefits of the fisherman, if there is a conflict between the two armies of you and me, wouldn't it be just his treacherous scheme, please think twice and don't use troops easily!" Zhao Li understood that the Western Liao Army was coming violently, and he would never retreat because of his words, he was just knowing the destiny of heaven and doing his best, and he was a righteous army of 'salute first and then soldier'.

"Right and wrong have their own opinions, your army has attacked cities and plundered lands along the way, exterminated countless clans, and killed people like hemp, could it be that the barbarian department and the obstruction department also offended your country?" Listening to Zhao Li's words, he didn't want Xiliao to meddle in his affairs, Xiao Hanli was angry in his heart, and said in an unkind tone.

"It's a long story, simply put, the Hindrance Department is greedy for Gaochang's money, but the Barbarian Department is greedy for our money, and the knife is about to cut our neck, so we have to defend ourselves!" Zhao Li saw that he was talking about it, but he was also playing Xiliao as a 'chivalrous' who upheld justice, and found another reason to do it.

"You ...... If you want to add sin, there is no excuse! Xiao Hanli was choked by Zhao Li's words that were neither soft nor hard, which meant to say that the Hindrance Department was a mercenary who took people's money and people to eliminate disasters, and the Barbarian Department was a robber who blocked the road and robbed.

"King Xiao, my Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty is virtuous, I admire the courage of Dashi Linya to expand the territory and rebuild the Great Liao, and I also respect him as a person, and I don't want to meet with your country's swords and soldiers to hurt the heart of the princess of Shu, but I would like to recount the brotherhood of Song Liao and discuss the plan to destroy Jin together. In order to show sincerity, our army retreated and withdrew from Yanbo City, and then it was a war or a peace in the king's thoughts! Zhao Li saw it, and if he continued to tear it up, it would be two hundred years since the old thing was brought up, and it was a confused lawsuit that couldn't be explained for eight days and eight nights, and he had to talk with knives and guns at the end. He didn't want to say more, he made his attitude clear, he gave you face, if you want to fight, let the horse come......

The Song army really withdrew from Yanbo City and retreated thirty miles away, but they still controlled the road to the south. The actions of the Song army made Xiao Hanli a little confused, saying that they were afraid, but they gave up the city that they could rely on; Saying that they are not afraid, why they take the initiative to withdraw their troops and refuse to fight with themselves, is it just to show their so-called sincerity. He couldn't judge the current situation for a while, so he could only explain the situation by letter, and first asked Pegasus to send the letter of the princess of Shu back to China to the emperor, asking for instructions on the next move.

The two sides did not clash due to the temporary retreat of the Song army, but Xiao Hanlira was not idle, and ordered people to investigate the situation of the Song army in detail and collect relevant information in preparation for a possible war in the future.

Soon the Liao army figured out the reality of the Song army, when the Song army first arrived here, the grain and grass were exhausted, and the war horses were lost more than half, and after arriving here, they wantonly requisitioned grain and livestock, but they could only maintain the consumption for more than a month. As a last resort, the Song army was divided into two routes, and the main force was sent by the commander Gao Zhong to attack Beiting in order to get supplies and survive the long winter. The troops left behind were all baggage troops and conscripted armies of the Northwest tribes, which were commanded by the supervising army. But this overseer really didn't have much ability, and within a few days of the marshal's departure, he went out to hunt every day, and he didn't control it at all, which led to the abolition of military discipline, and the sergeants harassed the people and looted property, which was out of control, causing the people in the city to complain.

After Xiao Hanlira figured out the truth, he also felt that he had figured out Song Jun's abnormal behavior. The Song Dynasty had a tradition of serving as military supervisors with chamberlains and civil servants, who were often close confidants of the emperor, but had no real talent or learning, but relied on the emperor's favor to do mischief. Now the supervisor of the Song army seems to be a waste of firewood, and he saw that his army was coming to fight and knew that he was invincible, so he went to negotiate with him. Taking the initiative to go out of the city is just worried that the people in the city and the Liao army will join forces to break the city, and they will not be able to run away when they want to.

And the strength of the Song army that stayed behind was simply vulnerable in Xiao Hanli's opinion, what is the baggage team, in fact, it is a group of requisitioned people, even if they are wearing military uniforms, they are still people's husbands, and there is no fight at all. He understands those tribal armies even more, and when they win a battle, they follow the bargain, and once the situation is unfavorable, they will immediately turn back, and they are the easiest to be bought. Even if they obeyed the dispatch, the tribal armies brought by the Song army belonged to different tribes, including Dangxiang people, Wang Guren, Mongols, and Dangxiang people, who spoke different languages and fought in different ways, so they could not fight together at all, which was a taboo for soldiers.

The reconnaissance cavalry that reconnoitred the movements of the Song army out of the city also had results. After leaving the city, they set up camp in the open land of the grassland, where there were no mountains or water, and there was no danger to rely on. However, there is a lack of trees to build a wooden city, and only large carts for transporting baggage are used around the camp to arrange the car city, but the land is wide and there are few cars, and the gaps are only connected by ropes, which can be said to be vulnerable, and it is impossible to stop the impact of their iron horses.

In addition, the spies also found that the largest number of people in the Song army, the party department and the Mengwu department, had a dispute over the grain and grass, and almost merged. Several other ministries were very dissatisfied with the practice of supervising the army, which led to tensions between the various departments of the Song army, and they did not dare to make trouble openly and passively confronted, and disobeyed the generals. And the prison army had no choice but to turn a blind eye and let them toss.

After figuring out the reality of the Song army, Xiao Hanli sighed that this was really the incompetence of the generals and the exhaustion of the three armies, and the emperor of the Song Dynasty did not seem to be a Ming Jun, otherwise he would not have sent such an incompetent person to serve as a supervisor. He couldn't help but wonder if this was deliberately done by the commander of the Song army who led the army to attack Beiting, wanting to use his own hands to get rid of this incompetent prison army and monopolize the western expedition. But no matter what, Xiao Hanli thought that he had figured out the reality of the Song army, and he could completely defeat the Song army...... (To be continued......)