After the feast, Du Buluo couldn't hide the excitement in his heart, pacing back and forth in his big tent, he knew very well what it meant for the Song Dynasty to support him as a khan, at present, among the three major tribes of the Mobei grassland, the Lieshan tribe can only rank third, the Naiban tribe and the Dadan tribe are much stronger than the Lieshan tribe, if they only rely on their own strength to develop, the Lieshan tribe will not be able to catch up with these two tribes in a hundred years.

The Song Dynasty's promise to canonize him as khan certainly thrilled him, but the support behind the canonization of khan made him even more tempting.

With the support of the Song Dynasty, it was different, he could get pig iron, grain, and various strategic materials, which could make the Lieshan tribe grow rapidly, so as to compete with the Naiman tribe and the Dadan tribe.

Dubro made up his mind at this moment, and he immediately ordered: "Let the two young chiefs come to me at once!" ”

After a short time, his Dushan and nephew Duyule hurried over.

Du Yule is the youngest son of Du Wenlie, the great chief of the Kereh tribe, after the Kereh tribe was wiped out by the Liao army, Du Yule fled to the Lieshan tribe, and was hidden by his uncle Du Buluo, Du Bu Luo treated him well, and after the Lieshan tribe merged with the five tribes of the Kereh tribe, Du Bu Luo handed over these five tribes to Du Yule.

The two of them entered the tent and knelt down, and Dubro said to his nephew: "Your father was killed, the tribe was destroyed, although I did not rescue it, but it was also a last resort, in that case, I can only endure the humiliation and burden, in order to keep the enemy martyrs, but it does not mean that there is no hatred in my heart, my hatred is hidden in my heart, I am silently waiting for the opportunity, I hope you can understand this." ”

Du Yule hurriedly said: "Uncle's mood nephew fully understands, nephew is practicing martial arts hard, and he is also waiting for the day of revenge. ”

Du Buluo nodded, "Now this opportunity has come, the main force of the Liao army is dragged in Liaoyang Mansion, Shangjing is empty, you two can take 30,000 cavalry to Shangjing, although you can let go in the area of Shangjing, let the Liao people taste the revenge of our enemy martyrs!" ”

Duyule was very excited, he had been waiting for a long time to avenge his father.

Du Shan asked: "Father, Shangjing is not empty, there are 40,000 elite troops stationed. ”

Du Bu Luo said coldly: "I don't want you to attack Shangjing, but let you harass near Shangjing, if the whole Liao army in Shangjing comes out, you will retreat, if only a small number of cavalry comes out, then you can surround and exterminate, remember, as long as the Liao army comes out of the strength of more than 10,000, you don't want to be a hard enemy, retreat directly, and after the Liao army retreats, you will harass again." ”

The two bowed together, "Obey!" ”

The next morning, the cavalry of the various tribes of the Lieshan tribe began to assemble at the garrison, and Guo Kui completed his mission and said goodbye to Dubro.

Two days later, 30,000 cavalry of the Lieshan Division, led by Dushan and Duyule, slaughtered like a torrent towards Shangjing, thousands of miles to the south.

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After the 20,000 Song troops at the base of Shenmi Island seized Baozhou and Xuanzhou at the mouth of the Yalu River, they continued to march westward, all the way like a bamboo, successively captured Laiyuancheng and Kaizhou, and after the main force of the 300,000 Song army arrived in Liaoxi Prefecture, the Song army in Kaizhou marched westward again and captured Yaozhou and Chenzhou along the Liao River.

This is Fanning's combat style, relying on the city, step by step, seizing one city after another, giving full play to the advantages of the Song army's offensive and defensive battles, and avoiding positional warfare with the Liao army.

After capturing Yaozhou and Chenzhou along the Liao River, the Song army had a foundation, and 10,000 Song cavalry marched north along both banks of the Liao River, and three days later, the Song army captured the city of Jian'an, which was about a hundred miles away from Liaoyang Prefecture.

Although Jian'an City is the south gate of Liaoyang Mansion, but the loss of Jian'an City has little impact on the defense of Liaoyang Mansion, so Yelu Hongji did not have many garrisons in Jian'an City, only 2,000 people, when the Song army came to the city, 2,000 defenders immediately fled and retreated to Liaoyang Mansion.

However, the capture of Jian'an City was of great importance to the Song army's naval army, which ensured the Song army's control of the Liaoyang coast, so that the Liao army could no longer attack the warships as last time.

Just after the Song army occupied Jian'an City, the Song army completely controlled the banks of the Liao River south of Liaoyang Mansion, and 800 steam engine ships of 3,000 stone went north from the mouth of the Liao River to the direction of Liaoyang Mansion.

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In the camp of the Song army in Liaoxi Prefecture, Fan Ning stood in front of the map with his hand in his hand and pondered, and after a long time, he turned around and asked Chong Ge: "What does the old general think of the grassland tribes?" ”

"The grassland tribes are the most taboo to have a dominant family, which will bring a serious threat to the Central Plains Dynasty, and the best way is to have a long-term civil war in the grassland, always maintain a balance of power, and use their internal friction to constantly weaken the power of the grassland tribes." ”

Fan Ning was silent for a moment and asked, "How about two peach killing three soldiers?" ”

Chong Ge immediately reacted, and said with a slight smile: "Your Highness refers to Naman, Dadan, and Lieshan?" ”

Fanning nodded, and asked again, "What do you mean by the second peach?" ”

"Two Khan titles!"

He suddenly stroked his palms and laughed, "Wonderful! It's absolutely wonderful. ”

At this time, a soldier walked into the big tent, bowed down and saluted: "Your Highness Qiqi, Deputy Marshal Qiyu, eight hundred warships are already in place." ”

Fan Ning said happily: "Seed Shuai, it's time for us to go!" ”

He nodded, "Your Highness gives the order!" ”

Fan Ning immediately issued an order, and the 300,000-strong army set out for Liaoyang Province.

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Eight hundred steam warships were equivalent to an insurance, which could effectively prevent 100,000 iron horsemen from crossing the Liao River and fighting a decisive battle on the plains with the Song army.

Cao Shi was missing this step at the beginning, which caused the Song army to enter the ambush circle of the Liao army, and was attacked by the north and south of the 100,000 Liao army's iron cavalry, and finally suffered a crushing defeat.

Fanning's tactical characteristics are vividly reflected in this series of deployments, first step by step, after controlling both sides of the Liao River, the warships can go north, forming a blocking barrier on the Liao River, so as to ensure the rapid eastward advance of the main force of the Song army, so that the Liao army can not give full play to their field cavalry advantage.

Once the Song army entered within thirty miles of Liaoyang City, the Liao army could no longer carry out cavalry operations, and the cavalry was less effective, but was annihilated by the Song army, and the main force of cavalry was dispatched, which would lead to the emptiness of the city and the Song army taking the opportunity to seize the city.

Liaoyang City is about 20 miles away from the Liao River, standing on the head of the city, you can vaguely see the sparkling river in the distance.

Yelu Hongji looked at the Liao River in the distance with a solemn expression, he had considered using the main force of 100,000 cavalry to fight to the death with the Song army on the plain more than once.

However, the Song warships blocked the Liao River, and Yelu Hongji's plan was completely destroyed.

Of course, he can also use fire oil to burn the Song army's warships, but it's a pity that the Liao army burned the Song army's warships last time, using 7,000 barrels of fire oil, accounting for 70% of their Tokyo Province fire oil reserves, and after the loss of Xijing, they can no longer get the fire oil replenishment, and now there are only 3,000 barrels of fire oil left in the warehouse of Liaoyang City, which is not enough to defend the city, let alone burn the Song army's war ships.

Moreover, after experiencing the previous lesson, the Song army also became smarter, and no longer let the U-turn and cumbersome Wanshi warships enter the Liao River, all of which were flexible and mobile three-thousand-stone warships, which could not only effectively block the Liao River, but also avoid being burned by the Liao army's explosive oil.

Yelu Hongji's mood was quite heavy, as soon as Fan Ning came back, he picked up the step-by-step battalion tactics that made it difficult for the Liao army to adapt, made full use of the advantages of the navy, and clamped down on the field advantages of the Liao army, which actually made the Liao army restrain its hands and feet, and it was difficult to move in Liaoyang Mansion, which really made Yelu Hongji feel very aggrieved, but he was helpless.

At this time, a guard galloped over, rushed to Yelu Hongji, turned over and dismounted, and said urgently: "Your Majesty, there is urgent news in Beijing!" ”

After speaking, he knelt down and presented a scroll of eagle letters, they learned from the Song army, and the red letterhead indicated the urgent military situation.

Yelu Hongji was shocked, the army in Shangjing was empty, and in the past few months, he had been worried about the situation in Shangjing.

He hurriedly took the letterbox, opened the eagle letter and looked at it carefully, his eyes immediately burned with rage, and he smashed his fist on the battlements.

The letter said that the Lieshan tribe attacked the Khitan Shengfan camp outside the capital at night, and the tent of 30 miles was destroyed by fire, nearly 30,000 Khitan Shengfan people were killed, and thousands of young women were snatched away.

"Go back!"

He gave an order, turned over on his horse, and urged the horse to run in the direction of the palace under the city, and dozens of guards hurriedly rode to follow.