Jinzhou is one of the important gateways to Tokyo Province in the Liao Kingdom, and once it is occupied by the Beiping Army, its troops can be directed at the Liaoyang Prefecture in Tokyo. As one of the richest regions of the Liao State after the loss of the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun, the Khitans would not allow the Beiping army to peek into their hinterland at such a close distance. Therefore, after learning that the Beiping army had captured Runzhou almost bloodlessly, and continued to march north by land and sea, attacking cities and plundering land all the way, as if entering a no-man's land, Yelujing could no longer sit still. On the one hand, he dispatched elite troops from his guards and horses to gallop to Jinzhou and Liaoyang Mansion in Tokyo, and on the other hand, he urgently ordered Yelu Tartlie, who had been waiting in Zhongjing Dading Mansion, to move eastward and fight Jinzhou with the Beiping Army, even if he could not expel the Beiping Army from Zhongjing Road, at least he had to keep Jinzhou and the southern gate of Tokyo Road.

However, Jerujing's will put Jereh in a dilemma. If the order is carried out, not to mention whether these soldiers and horses under his command who are not elite at all can withstand the nearly 30,000 land and water troops of the Beiping Army, even if there are only more than 10,000 troops on land. Shan said that once he led his army to leave Dading Mansion in Zhongjing, the main force of the Northern Expeditionary Army of the Beiping Army, which had been stationed at the foot of Lulong Mountain in the north of Zunhua County since the beginning of the month, had been eyeing Dading Mansion, and the total strength was estimated to be more than 30,000 or nearly 40,000, was afraid that it would immediately move north and go straight to the city of Dadingfu. When the time comes, he will not be able to solve the crisis of Jinzhou, and he will give up Dading Mansion, and he will only end up with a chicken and an egg.

But if you don't do what you do. Then, on the one hand, failure to comply with the decree will be punished by the imperial court and the suspicion of the official. On the other hand, after the Beiping Army on the East Road occupies Jinzhou, it is likely to move westward and attack Dadingfu on both sides with the main force of the Beiping Army under Lulong Mountain. At that time, he will fall into the unfavorable situation of being attacked by the enemy in the north of the abdomen and fighting a decisive battle with the elite of nearly 50,000 Beiping troops. If the imperial court can't send enough reinforcements in time to relieve the siege, it will still be a situation where Jinzhou will be surrendered to each other, but also unable to keep Dading Mansion, and both sides will not be able to bargain.

So, after inviting the court's edict to rest, Yelu Tart Lie kept pacing back and forth in his Chinese army tent, racking his brains to break the impasse in front of him.

Here, Yelu Tart Lie was thinking hard about how to break the situation in his handsome tent, and Xu Shao'an, who had the title of "The Northern Expeditionary Army Deployed", was also walking around in the military tent located at the foot of the mountain on the north side of Lulong Mountain. However, he, who has no name and no more than two regiments of 5,000 "security forces", is not worried about a tricky matter at this time, but is searching for the name of his eldest son who has just been born a few days ago - because he has always remembered Lin Xiaoyu, Xu Shaoan is not very concerned about marrying a wife. Until now, there are only two concubines around him to serve the pillow, and there is no wife. And in the past few years, only one concubine has given birth to a daughter for him, and now the arrival of this son can be regarded as a future for his Xu family. That's why he put so much effort into naming the little guy.

It's a pity that with the ink in Xu Shaoan's stomach, he really can't think of a loud and beautiful name for a while. After struggling for a long time, this guy finally gave up his plan to find another way and ingenuity, and decided to copy it, borrowing the name of a famous military general in history in his previous life, and named his eldest son Xu Da. I hope that my descendants will be able to reach forever, and like Xu Da in his previous life, he will become a generation of famous generals and shine in the annals of history.

After completing the "great" project of naming his son, Xu Shaoan sat back in the Shuai case, and began to calm down, steadily study the map on the case, and ponder what kind of behavior the suspicious soldiers led by him who had been nailed to Dading Mansion for almost half a month would behave when the Northern Expeditionary Army came to Jinzhou City.

According to the "Overlord Operation" Jihua, when Qian Yuanshan, Zeng Zhilin, Huang Hai, Muttel and others led the land-sea coalition army all the way north, Xu Shao'an, the nominal "Northern Expeditionary Army, was deployed" just like the iron-blooded general Patton in the "Overlord Operation" at the end of World War II in the previous life, leading the "army" out of the Great Wall from Gubeikou and Zunhua County with great fanfare, and set up a large camp at the foot of Lulong Mountain, making a pair of jiashi who was about to wave his army north and go straight to Dadingfu, so as to attract the attention of the main force of the Khitan reinforcements led by Yelu Tartlie. It made it focus its defense on the front line of Dadingfu, so as to create favorable conditions for the real Northern Expeditionary Army to take Jinzhou in one fell swoop.

Of course, in order to effectively attract the attention of the enemy army and make the enemy firmly believe that his side is the main force of the Northern Expeditionary Army of the Beiping Army, Xu Shao'an also made full preparations. On the one hand, before leaving the Great Wall, Xu Shaoan made a high-profile appearance in Beiping City and various prefectures and counties along the route from Beiping to Zunhua, and hyped up the news that he was about to lead troops to the north. On the other hand, in order to cooperate with Xu Shao'an's actions, the military department also transferred a large number of men and horses along the Great Wall to create the illusion that the army was about to leave the fortress. In addition, the method of entering and leaving by day and night, and going out openly and secretly, transferred all units to the so-called "Northern Expedition Battalion" under Lulong Mountain with great fanfare during the day, so as to confuse the enemy's meticulous work and spies. Stay until late at night, and then quietly transfer most of the people who entered the camp during the day out of the camp and return to the Great Wall. In this way, without the enemy being aware of the enemy's total, the 5,000 "security forces" successfully created the illusion that more than 30,000 troops and nearly 40,000 troops were stationed at the foot of Lulong Mountain, effectively containing the main force of the enemy's reinforcements.

Now, the main force of the Northern Expeditionary Army is about to march under the city of Jinzhou, and Yelu Tart Lie is in a dilemma of whether to save Jinzhou or not, which will be taken advantage of by the enemy. However, Xu Shao'an's task has been successfully completed, and he can collect troops and return to Beiping City at any time. It is precisely because of this that Xu Shaoan was able to have enough time to choose a name for his son after receiving the news that his concubine had given birth.

Just as Xu Shao'an was looking at the map and thinking about Yelu Tart's possible choice, the curtain of the big tent was lifted, and the guards brought in a probe horse. When the scout horse entered the tent, he immediately knelt down on one knee and reported: "Commander, Yelu Tart Lie has set up camp yesterday and led an army of 80,000 to the direction of Jinzhou, and Dading Mansion is guarded by less than 30,000 horses under the command of his deputy general. ”

Hearing that Yelu Tart Lie finally couldn't bear it anymore and led the army to aid Jinzhou, Xu Shaoan happily clapped his fists and said: "Yelu Tart Lie, this guy has finally moved, and now they can finally have a good meat season." ”

After saying that, he praised the scout a few words and told him to go down and rest. At the same time, he immediately prepared this news into a telegram, and ordered the telegraph room to send it to Qian Yuanshan and the others as quickly as possible, so that the other party could be prepared.

Dading Mansion is 350 miles away from Jinzhou, and for Yelu Tartlie and his 80,000 troops, who have finally made up their minds to act according to the king's orders, it will take about three days to arrive even if they are fast. However, the telegram sent by Xu Shaoan to Qian Yuanshan conveyed this important news in an instant, fully reflecting the power of science and technology.

After receiving Xu Shao'an's telegram, Qian Yuanshan, Zeng Zhilin, Huang Hai, Muter and others did not dare to slack off. The brothers immediately quickened their movements, striving to complete the deployment of the Northern Expeditionary Army outside Jinzhou City before Yelu Tzulie arrived, so as to create the most favorable conditions for the successful completion of the Northern Expedition mission.

On the eighteenth day of June of the lunar calendar in the eighth year of Xiande (the eleventh year of the calendar), Yelu Tartlie, who was leading the army to Jinzhou, received a letter for help from Yongle City in Jinzhou. In his letter, the Jinzhou defender stated that the Beiping army that had invaded the north had surrounded Yongle City and was attacking urgently. In the face of the enemy's sharp firearms, the defenders of the city fought bloodily, but it was still difficult to resist. If reinforcements do not arrive in time within two days, Jinzhou will fall into the hands of the enemy. At the same time that Yelu Tart Lie received this rescue letter, a messenger from the imperial court also rushed to his army, and brought a more favorable and encouraging news for Yelu Tart Lie - the official family had sent 20,000 horses to help Jinzhou, and at most, this elite iron cavalry would arrive in Jinzhou within one day at most.

Jinzhou was in danger, and the elite soldiers and horses of the official family went south to reinforce them, which made Yelu Tarlie realize the urgency of the situation and see some hope. After learning from the messenger from Jinzhou that the Beiping army was now attacking the city with all its might, and that all the horses and horses were gathered outside Yongle City, and there was no division of troops to guard the surrounding roads to block possible reinforcements, Yelu Tart Lie thought that he had a plan in his heart. In his opinion, due to his quick action, the news that he had led his army to leave Dading Mansion to aid Jinzhou had not yet reached the Beiping Army under Yongle City. Therefore, the enemy was fully focused on the storming of the city, and did not expect reinforcements to arrive so soon. In this way, it is a good opportunity for himself, a good opportunity to attack the flank of the Beiping army and solve the danger of Jinzhou.

Therefore, Yelu Tart Lie ordered people to get in touch with the 20,000 elite cavalry going south, so that the two sides could coordinate and launch an attack on the Beiping army under Yongle City from the east and north directions at the same time to relieve the danger of Jinzhou. On the one hand, he urged the army under his command to hurry up, in case the Beiping army found out that the Liao reinforcements had arrived and took precautions, or simply withdrew the troops and retreated. After all, in Yelu Tzulie's view, with 100,000 people, including 20,000 elite cavalry, against more than 10,000 Beiping troops, although it may not be possible to achieve a complete victory, it is still possible to give the enemy a certain amount of casualties and force the enemy to give up the attack on Jihua in Jinzhou. And such a victory is absolutely commendable and of great effect for the Great Liao Imperial Court, which has always had only a crushing defeat in the war against the Beiping Army. Moreover, with such a great credit, even if other states and counties in Zhongjing Province are lost in the future, there will be less harsh criticism from the official family and the imperial court. What's more, as a general, as a Khitan warrior, Yelu Tart Lie is also very eager to create such a great feat by himself.