Zhao Ji nodded and asked, "Then what is the next step for Xianggong?" ”

"Your Majesty, the Liao army has transferred the 50,000 troops in Youzhou to guard Liaoyang Mansion, and only 30,000 people are left in the entire Youyan to guard Youzhou City, and Weichen is ready to gather 200,000 troops from Hebei to seize Yanshan Mansion."

Zhao Ji couldn't hold back the excitement in his heart, came to the window with his hands in his hand, stared at the sky in a daze, and finally attacked Youzhou, if he could capture Youzhou and other places in Yanshan Mansion, then he would be able to explain to his ancestors.

Zhao Ji let out a long breath and restrained the emotions in his heart, and then turned to Fan Ning and said, "Now that the envoy of the Liao State is in the capital, do you want to send him back directly?" ”

Fanning thought for a moment and asked, "What is the other party's request?" ”

Zhao Ji sneered and said: "Yelu Hongji asked for an unconditional truce, and asked us to return the Liao army from Jingcheng to the Liao State, and in response, the Liao State could promise in writing that it would not seek the Great Song Dynasty coin. ”

Fanning laughed, "This seems to be speaking in a triumphant manner, is Yeluhonki really arrogant to this extent?" ”

"So I asked the prefect to ignore the other party and wait for them to sober up."

"Your Majesty, Weichen suggests that the negotiations should not break down, and that there should be a glimmer of hope for Yelu Hongji, so that we can successfully capture Yanshan Mansion."

"Then will Datong Mansion be recaptured together?"

Fan Ning bowed slightly and said: "Your Majesty, Weichen still has that opinion, use national strength against national strength, slowly consume with Liao, and finally use the rope of national strength to hang Liao." ”

Zhao Ji nodded, "I understand!" ”

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Fan Ning and Zhao Ji talked for more than an hour, and when they withdrew from the imperial study, it was already noon.

Zhao Ji knew that Fanning was coming back by boat, so he specially arranged a carriage to send Fanning home.

Fanning returned to the mansion, which really surprised the family, and learned that her husband had not yet eaten lunch, so Juppé hurriedly asked the small kitchen to arrange lunch, and asked the housekeeper to arrange the meals and rest of the accompanying soldiers.

Sitting on a comfortable high-backed chair, Fan Ning slowly took a sip of wine and said apologetically to Zhu Pei: "I wish I could have stayed in the capital for a few more days, but the battle has reached a critical moment, and I will set off early the day after tomorrow and return to Hebei at the latest." ”

"Husband, how long will it take for this war to end?" Ouyang Qian asked beside her.

"One to two months! When this battle is over, I will be able to rest for a year or two. ”

"Also, in the past few years, my husband has been fighting in the east and the west, and the newspaper said that my husband only hung up the title of participating in the governor's affairs, and basically did not vote in the governor's hall."

"I think I voted for it!"

Fanning thought for a while and smiled: "I remember voting at the beginning of the year, and there is still an education reform plan that I didn't implement?" How can you have the title of governor and governor? Which newspaper is talking nonsense. ”

"As stated in the "Hong Kong Economic Daily", does the husband want to bring troops to seize it?" Juppe covered her mouth and smiled.

"The old man's newspaper, forget it."

Fanning suddenly remembered something and asked, "What's the news from the North Island?" ”

Juppey thought for a while and said, "There shouldn't be any news!" The second uncle and the second aunt went to Beidao, this time they moved over to support the elderly, and I am afraid they will not come back in the future. ”

"What about the Strange Stone Pavilion?"

"The Strange Stone Pavilion seems to have been handed over to the Fan family, and I don't know the current shopkeeper, it seems to be a distant third uncle, who seems to be called Fan Hong."

Fanning shook his head, he hadn't heard of it either, he finished his lunch, stretched out, and went back to the study to rest.

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The next morning, Fan Ning went to the Zhizheng Hall, and in the round hall of the Zhizheng Hall, except for Han Jiang, who had not returned from the Liao Han people who had been resettled in Laizhou and Dengzhou, the other five Xiangguo were all sitting and listening attentively to Fanning's explanation of the current situation and the next plan.

"At present, the siege of Jingcheng is mainly completed by the Hebei army, we have invested 80,000 troops, and the garrison on the border of Hebei is only 120,000 people, considering that a part of the army will be left for defense, then the army that can be used is currently only 100,000 people.

Therefore, yesterday I asked that 100,000 troops from the 200,000 garrisons on Shaanxi Road be transferred to Hebei to participate in the war, and the official family has agreed to my request and issued an order to transfer troops, but it is not enough to have an army, and there must also be logistical support, so I hope that the Zhizheng Hall can transfer 50,000 militia from the south of Hebei to participate in logistics transportation. ”

Fu Bi was a little puzzled and asked: "There is no problem with mobilizing the militia to support logistics, but is 50,000 people too little?" ”

Fan Ning shook his head and smiled: "The Yanshan Mansion River network is dense, several major tributaries of the Sanggan River have covered important cities, and we can travel cargo ships of 3,000 stones, we have steam engine ships as the power, and we do not need manpower to pull fibers, and 50,000 people are only responsible for loading and unloading ships, which is enough, and now the summer harvest is busy, and there is no need to add too many manpower." ”

"May I ask Xiao Fan Xianggong, where are the logistics plans to be placed?" Wen Yanbo asked.

Fan Ning pointed to the map and said: "The entire battle of Yanshan Mansion is divided into three battlefields, one is the western battlefield, with Yizhou as the logistics base, occupying Ulzhou to the west and Zhuozhou to the east; The second is the Northeast Battlefield, with the Laizhou Navy as the main force, capturing Pingzhou and the Liaoning West Corridor, these two battlefields are relatively easy, and the focus is on the central battlefield. ”

Fan Ning pointed to Youzhou City, and said: "I am going to take Luxian County, fifty miles east of Youzhou City, as the foundation, it is close to Lushui, and the cargo ship of 3,000 stones can go directly to the county seat, with this as the foundation, you can attack Youzhou in the west, Jizhou and Jingzhou in the east, and Shunzhou and Danzhou in the north, which is a very ideal strategic location, so my first step is to take Lu County." ”

Fan Ning put down the wooden pole and said to everyone: "At present, there are only 30,000 troops in the Youzhou area to defend Youzhou City, in a sense, the Liao State has actually given up Youzhou, but it has not completely given up, and still holds a glimmer of hope, sticking to Youzhou City and resisting stubbornly, so this attack on Yanshan Mansion is actually an attack on Youzhou City, I hope to seize the opportunity and send troops to Youzhou as soon as possible." ”

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The 200,000 garrisons on the Shaanxi Road are actually not limited to the Shaanxi Road, but also include the garrisons in the former Xixia region, the garrison in the Hexi Corridor, and the garrison in the Hetao area.

Under the edict of the Son of Heaven, the veteran general Chong Ge personally led 100,000 elite western troops from Jingzhaofu, crossed the Yellow River at Pujin Pass, and marched straight to the Shangdang area, where they would cross the Taihang Mountains from Fukou to Cizhou, Hebei.

At the same time, the imperial court also issued a document requiring the four prefectures and one prefecture in southern Hebei, including Xiangzhou, Daimyofu, Bozhou, Jizhou, and Dezhou, to recruit 50,000 militiamen, and to use 300 steam cargo ships of 3,000 stone and 3,000 tugboats to transport 400,000 stone of grain and various military supplies from Liyang Cang and Hejian Cang to the north.

In mid-June, 200,000 Song troops crossed Baigou from the two lines of Dingzhou and Bazhou at the same time, and marched towards Youzhou, opening the curtain of the attack on Yanshan Mansion.

In the lofty mountains of the Yanshan Mountains, a Song army of 8,000 people is rapidly heading north, this army is the Western Army from the Shaanxi Road, the main general Zhao Bensheng, is a kind of henchman under the henchmen, stationed in Gyeongju for many years, known for being good at defending the city, their task is to guard Juyong Pass, prevent the main force of the Liao army from going south to Youzhou.

Fan Ning's overall view is extremely strong, he not only used the strategy of encircling Wei to save Zhao to transfer the 50,000 Liao troops from Youzhou to Liaoyang Mansion, but also to prevent the Liao State from using Youzhou as bait to lure the Song army north, and then the main force entered Youzhou and fought a decisive battle with the Song army on the battlefield.

Fan Ning knew very well in his heart that in the decisive battle of the army in the wilderness, the 200,000 Song army was really not necessarily the opponent of the 100,000 Khitan elite cavalry.

From the very beginning, Fanning had no idea of fighting the Liao army on the battlefield at all, but used his strengths to avoid weaknesses, and used the advantages of the city's offensive and defensive battles and the naval army to weaken and defeat the Liao army.

So at the same time that the 200,000 army went north, Fanning had to block the passage into Youzhou from the north, there were three main passages into Youzhou from the north, one was the Liaoxi Corridor, the Song Dynasty did not have Shanhaiguan, but there was Yuguan, and the Laizhou Navy had captured Jinzhou and Yuguan and controlled the Liaoxi Corridor.

The second road is the Flying Fox Sect, the passage from the north of Jin to Youzhou, the Song army controls Yixian in the east, and Yanmen Pass and Bottle Pass in the west, which actually blocks this passage.

The third passage is called Jundu, which is the passage from Zhangjiakou to the Saiwai grassland today, and the key place of this passage is Juyong Pass.

The situation of Juyongguan is dangerous, the east is connected with Lulong, Jieshi, and the west belongs to Taihang Mountain and Changshan, which is the danger of the world, and it is the place where soldiers must fight since ancient times.

Juyong Pass actually has two passes in the north and south, the south is called the South Pass, the north is called the Juyong Pass, between the two passes in the north and south is a valley of 40 miles, and the mountains on both sides of the valley are majestic, and the terrain is dangerous.

Eight thousand troops galloped all the way, and after three days of marching, the army arrived at Juyong Pass.

At this time, the Liao army had fully withdrawn from the area outside Youzhou City, and Juyong Pass had also become an empty pass, with no soldiers stationed, and 8,000 Song soldiers occupied Guancheng bloodlessly.