Once Yelu Hongji had made up his mind, the Liao army moved quickly, leaving Pingzhou with 50,000 troops and rushing to Liaoyang Prefecture in Tokyo.

The Song army had once again occupied Juehua Island, and with Juehua Island as a base, dozens of warships of the Song army continued to approach Pingzhou, forcing the Liao army to transfer troops from all over Nanjing Province to Pingzhou.

Miao Shun, the commander of the Bohai Sea Army, discovered the movement of the Liao army at the first time.

On a large ship of 10,000 stones, Miao Shunli looked at the Liaoxi Corridor in the distance, and he could feel that the 50,000 troops were rapidly passing through the corridor.

Of course, Miao Shunli would not be stupid enough to intercept this army, not to mention that this was Fan Xianggong's intention, to transfer the Liao army in Youzhou to Liaoyang Mansion by encircling Wei and saving Zhao, and now blocking would destroy Fan Xianggong's intentions.

But even if he sent troops to intercept it, his 30,000 troops might not be able to defeat the 50,000 elite Liao army, which Miao Shunli knew well.

The 50,000 Liao army went north, and Miao Shunli was still patiently waiting for the report from Jinzhou.

Two hours later, a soldier walked into the cabin to report, "General Qiyu, I have received the latest information, the Liao army has passed Jinzhou!" ”

Miao Shunli nodded, turned back to deal with the deputy general Zhang Shundao: "You can send troops!" ”

The strength of Tokyo Province is overstretched, and the Liao army stationed in Jinzhou is only 1,000 people, which is easy for the Song army, and the reason why the Song army has not attacked Jinzhou for a long time is that it is waiting for the army of Youzhou to return to Liaoyang Mansion.

Now the time is ripe.

20,000 Song troops quickly went ashore, they divided into two routes, one way 5,000 people killed to the south of Yuguan, the occupation of Yuguan cut off the passage of the Youzhou army north to the western Liaoning corridor, the other 15,000 troops under the personal leadership of Miao Shunli to kill Jinzhou.

At noon on the third day, the Song army arrived in Jinzhou, at this time, the county seat of Yongle in Jinzhou Prefecture was already an empty city, and the 1,000 garrison soldiers had disappeared without a trace.

The city gate opened, and an official stood alone outside the city gate holding the official seal.

Miao Shunli led the army to arrive, and the official stepped forward and knelt down and said, "Yongle County ordered Xie Xian to greet the army of the Celestial Empire!" ”

Miao Shunli pointed at the county seat and asked, "What about the Liao army in the city?" ”

"General Qiyu, when a thousand Liao troops heard that the army was coming, they abandoned the city and fled half an hour ago, and now there is no Liao army in the city."

Miao Shunli looked at the open city gate, turned back to a partial general and said, "Take five hundred brothers into the city to check and prevent ambushes!" ”

"Obey!"

The general rushed into the city with five hundred soldiers, and Miao Shunli said to the county order: "The county order, please rise, if it is really as you say, I can accept surrender and will not slaughter the city!" ”

"Thank you, General!"

After a short time, the general came out with a few soldiers to report: "There are no ambushes near the city gate, and there are no items such as oil and sulfur. ”

Miao Shunli nodded and shouted, "The army enters the city!" ”

15,000 troops marched into the county seat, Yongle County is quite large, the city is very quiet, there are no pedestrians on the street, the Song army killed, frightened every household to close the door and window, extremely afraid.

Miao Shunli asked the county order again, "How many people are still in the city?" ”

"General Hui, Yongle County has a population of 8,000 households and more than 30,000 people at its peak, and they have migrated several times, and now there are only more than 1,000 families left, with a population of about 5,000."

Miao Shunli frowned, "Why has the population dropped so much?" ”

"The main reason is that Juehua Island was captured by the Song army the year before last, and the Liao court moved the people of western Liaoning to Liaoyang Mansion and Dading Mansion on a large scale, and now there are almost not many people in the county seat on the passage of western Liaoning, and Yongle County is no exception."

"How much does Hermes-Epitek have?" Miao Shunli asked again.

"Half of it! In the past, Han people were the majority, but later most of the Han people were forcibly requisitioned for mining, and now half of Han people are in the middle, and the Khitan and Xi people each have the other half. ”

Miao Shunli nodded, "I don't want to kill the Khitan and Xi people, but I want to know how many young people they have, if there are too many young people, then they must move away and go to Ande County or Anchang County." ”

"Please rest assured, the people in the city are basically women and children, young and strong men have been conscripted to join the army, more than ninety percent are old people, women and children and children, and there are only two or three hundred young men at most, as long as the Song army guarantees the safety of their families, they will never dare to confront the Song army."

Miao Shunli said unequivocally: "Even if there are two or three hundred people, it is more dangerous, except for the Han people Qingzhuang, the other Khitan Qingzhuang and Xi Qingzhuang must take their families away and go to Anchang County to resettle, there are many empty houses there, and their property can be taken away, please arrange this matter by the county order, I will not interfere." ”

Seeing that there was no room for negotiation, Xie Xianling felt helpless, so he had to nod and agree, he knew very well in his heart that the Song army saluted first and then the soldiers, once they were placed, it would be a direct arrest, and something had to happen.

Miao Shunli asked again: "Where do the people in the city mainly live?" ”

"It's relatively scattered, basically all over the city."

"This won't work!"

Miao Shunli shook his head and said: "If the city is willing to temporarily move to Jinchang County, I welcome it, if you are not willing to leave Yongle County, in order to ensure their safety, please try to gather together to live, I think the southeast of the city is better, let all the people temporarily move to the southeast of the city with their property, so as not to be affected when the war breaks out." ”

Miao Shunli was very shrewd, he suspected that there was a Liao army lurking in the city, once the Liao army attacked the city, the best way was to let the people move, and then comprehensively search the city.

"This ..... It's too much of an impact! Xie Xianling was very worried.

Miao Shunli glared, "If you are troublesome, then I will ask the soldiers to help relocate, and you can do it yourself!" ”

Xie Xianling had no choice but to agree.

Soon, more than a dozen officials began to go door-to-door to mobilize the people to relocate.

At this time, a scout brigade commander found Miao Shunli and said in a low voice: "There are a few mansions in the northeast of the city that have always had their doors closed, which look weird, and I suspect that there are many people hidden in them?" ”

"What is the evidence of suspicion?"

"There is a garbage dump at the back of several houses, and there are dozens of sacks of grain, which have just been discarded, indicating that someone is carrying a large amount of grain and other items."

Miao Shunli walked a few steps with his hands in his hands and ordered: "Find the county order to meet me!" ”

Not long after, Xie Xianling was brought up by the soldiers, and Miao Shunli said coldly: "I'll give you one last chance, is there a Liao army in the city?" ”

Several soldiers next to him drew their swords and came out, Xie Xianling was so frightened that he collapsed on the ground, hanging his head and crying: "They took my son as a hostage, my son is only seven years old, general, I am really forced to helpless!" ”

Miao Shunli snorted coldly, "You recruited me from the truth!" ”

"That.... The 1,000 soldiers are actually still in the city, they are hiding in the ten houses in the northeast of the city, which are the top ten Khitan families in Jinzhou, and the houses are all built together, so they are called ten houses, and the owners of the ten families have moved to Liaoyang Mansion, and the houses are empty, and a thousand soldiers are hiding in these ten mansions. ”

"What do they want to do?"

Xie Xianling didn't dare to raise his head, lowered his head and said: "The 50,000 troops who crossed the border a few days ago are likely to kill a horse gun, this is my guess, the commander of the 50,000 army, the privy deputy envoy Yelu Bai values Jinzhou very much, he said that other cities can be given up, but Jinzhou can not be given up." ”

Miao Shunli nodded, as Fan Xianggong said, no matter what, to take Jinzhou, Jinzhou is not only the north gate of the Liaoning West Corridor, but also the west gate of Liaoyang Mansion in Tokyo, and the east gate of Zhongjing Dading Mansion, and the strategic location is extremely important.

It's just that this Yelubai is too greedy, not only to occupy Jinzhou, but also to completely annihilate the Song army that occupies Jinzhou, but I'm afraid that there will not be such a good thing.

Miao Shunli immediately ordered: "The army is besieging ten houses!" ”

"General, let go of my son, he is only seven years old, please let the general let him go!"

Xie Xian Ling was taken down, and his pleading voice was heard from afar, Miao Shunli's heart was as hard as iron, and he shouted: "Release the rocket and burn the house!" ”

Thousands of Song soldiers fired rockets at the vast ten houses, thousands of rockets were fired into the houses, and in just a moment, the flames rose into the air, and the fire spread rapidly in the house.

There were shouts from inside the house, only to see countless young men rushing out of the house, some over the wall, some directly rushing out of the door, 10,000 Song troops have surrounded the ten mansions, and these soldiers were greeted only by dense arrow rain and merciless killing.

Half an hour later, the raging flames had engulfed all ten houses, and more than 600 soldiers who escaped were all shot by the Song army, and the rest of the soldiers who did not escape were finally killed.

.........

Two days later, Yelubai, the privy deputy of the Southern Court, led an army of 20,000 to kill, and the city of Jinzhou had been completely occupied by the Song army.

At the third watch that night, the Liao army ambushed outside the city found that the North City Tower was on fire, and the North City Gate was wide open, and the shouts of killing inside shook the sky.

Yelu Bai was overjoyed, this was the thousand soldiers inside who captured the north city gate, he waved his sword and shouted, "Order the forward to kill in!" ”

The three thousand Liao army forward soldiers who were ambushed outside the north gate took the lead in killing into the city, and when the other armies were preparing to follow up, the accident happened, the north city gate was suddenly closed, the drawbridge was pulled up, and there was a faint scream and wail in the city.

Thousands of Song troops suddenly appeared at the head of the city, and they released arrows to the city together, and the Liao army that had just run to the city gate was caught off guard, and they were shot down by random arrows, and the soldiers behind were so frightened that they turned around and fled, and for a while, the Liao army retreated after defeat, leaving behind the corpses of a place.

"Hit the mark!"

Yelubai shouted in hatred, "Retreat!" ”

The main force of more than 10,000 Liao troops quickly retreated northward, until they retreated ten miles away.

In the early morning of the next day, Yelubai knew that there was no hope of capturing Jinzhou, and led more than 16,000 troops back to Liaoyang Mansion in Tokyo.