In the spring of the fourth year of Xuanhe, the first month.

Cai Yu added officials and Shaobao, and Liang Shicheng opened the palace with the three divisions.

Due to the surrender of Yeluyu, the capital of Liao, it brought news of chaos in Liao's internal affairs and emptiness of defense. Without waiting for the snow to melt completely, Wanyan Aguta ordered Wanyan Gao to command the troops and take Wanyan Yu, Wanyan Zonghan and others to attack Liao.

The incident happened suddenly, and the Liao State was defenseless and lost the border cities one after another.

Xiao Ximo, the defender of Zhongjing (near Ningcheng) of Liao, did not dare to face the battle when he learned of the situation, so he actually abandoned the city and fled, and the Jin soldiers occupied Zhongjing without much effort.

Ah Guda got the battle report from the front line and ordered Wan Yan Gao not to rush forward, and to appease the people of Zhongjing first.

Wan Yan Gao let Wan Yan Zonghan lead the army to pursue, and fled to Bei'an Prefecture (Xinghua) Xiao Ximo asked for surrender.

Jin led Ali out to meet the surrender, and Xiao Ximo ambushed all his troops, almost killing Ali directly. Wanyan Zonghan led troops to rescue, killed Xiao Ximo, and occupied Bei'anzhou.

Knowing that Bei'an Prefecture had fallen, the Liao Emperor Yelu Yanxi was so shocked that he didn't even want Nanjing (Beijing), and fled all the way from Juyong Pass to Yuanyang Bo (outside Zhangjiakou).

Jin Guo's side is also very interesting, when he learned that the Liao lord gave up Yanjing, he actually did not go south to occupy the territory, but jumped out of Yanshan to chase and kill from the grassland.

Yelu Yanxi, the lord of Liao, fled in panic, stepped on the accelerator and rushed to Jiashan (Hohhot).

Zhang Lin, the prime minister of Yanjing of Liao, and Li Chuwen, the governor of Yanjing, presented a red robe to the emperor's uncle Ye Luchun, and staged a big Liao version of "red robe". Ye Luchun didn't want to be the emperor, he just drove ducks to the shelves, and the first thing he did when he ascended the throne was to ask for peace with the Jin State.

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Tokyo, Bianliang.

The Great Song Dynasty always paid attention to the news from the north, and the Liao lords had fled to Hohhot, how could Song Huizong not know about the defeat of the Liao State?

But the only remaining reason made Song Huizong decide to wait.

Wang Huangtong knelt on the ground and said earnestly: "Your Majesty, although China and Liao are brothers, for more than a hundred years, there are many reasons why they have slowed down us. And both weak and weak, the good scriptures of martial arts. If you don't take Yanyun now, the female straight will be strong, and the Central Plains will no longer be owned by me. ”

Song Huizong thought about it and thought that Wang Hao was reasonable.

The Jin State is still very weak at present, if the Great Song Dynasty does not take the opportunity to occupy Yanyun and let these territories be taken by the Jin State, it will inevitably be a big trouble in the future.

Fearing that the ministers would oppose the invasion of Liao, Song Huizong set up a Jingfu room to bypass the imperial court to manage border affairs, and Wang Hao had full authority to control the invasion of Liao.

Wang Hao calculated the number of Dingkou in each road, and planned to collect 62 million guan and distribute it equally to the people across the country. He also wrote a letter to Tong Guan, who went to Hebei in advance, and asked Tong Guan to only take care of the war, and he must make proper arrangements in the rear.

Just when Wang Huang gathered troops to collect taxes, Yeluchun, who was dressed in red robes, sent envoys to engage in diplomacy.

The envoy of the Liao State said: "My lord is willing to make friends with the Song State forever, and in the future, all the coins will be exempted, and the two countries will still be brotherly states." ”

The ministers of the court and China discussed fiercely, and one faction believed that the Liao State should be kept, and they could also take the opportunity to exempt the New Year's coin. The other faction believes that the Liao State must be weak and powerless when it takes the initiative to exempt the New Year's coin, and it should seize the opportunity to recover Yanyun.

The more the Liao State took the initiative to show goodwill, the more sure Song Huizong was that the time had come.

couldn't wait to continue to raise war funds, and couldn't wait for the logistics materials to be ready, so they directly asked Cai You to take 150,000 soldiers and horses to Hebei to meet Tong Guan.

Tong Guan was the chief commander and Cai You was the deputy marshal, leading the army to the Song-Liao border, and gathered the Hebei Zhulu border army here.

Tong Guan personally inspected the border city and soon found that it was a mess.

Those border troops in Hebei are not even short of armor. Tong Guan had ordered the collection of grain and grass two months in advance, but the civil and military officials of Hebei were still waiting for the imperial court to provide grain.

The planter said to Tong Guan, "Our current behavior is like a robber in the neighbor's house. Not only did we not rescue, but we took advantage of the fire to rob and share the spoils with the robbers. How can this work? Let's withdraw our troops. ”

Tong Guan ignored it, and only said that as soon as the heavenly soldiers arrived, Yan Yun would definitely look at the wind and return.

In private, Tong Guan wrote letters to the emperor and Wang Huang. It probably means that Lao Tzu does not have enough food and grass here, there is not enough armor, and there is a shortage of various logistics materials, so hurry up and bring it to me!

Tong Guan sent Ma Kuan to persuade the Liao lord to surrender. Then issue a reward order, and those who can capture Yanjing in Liao will be sealed and envoys.

In order to appease the soldiers, Tong Guan trumpeted the decline of the Liao State, and the idea of underestimating the enemy spread throughout the army.

After receiving the first batch of logistics materials, Tong Guan immediately ordered the division of troops and marched, and said to the generals under his command: "The people of Yandi are also the people of the Great Song Dynasty. If the king is willing to accept it, they will inevitably be attached. As long as you build a fortress defense, the enemy will have civil strife. Restrain your soldiers, and obey the decree and the commands of the proclamation, and do not kill a single man. ”

Seed Master Dao then led all the troops and horses and stationed in Baigou, the boundary river between Song and Liao, waiting for the results of Ma Kuan's persuasion in Yanjing.

At the same time, Tong Guan's military orders were implemented, and the fortifications were carefully built, only defended but not attacked, waiting for the internal strife in Liao, and waiting for the generals and Haoqiang of the Liao State to surrender.

Chen Ziyi has been promoted to the head of the forbidden army, and is currently a soldier under the command of the Seed Master, and is subordinate to Yang Keshi's vanguard army.

Yang Keshi was ordered to come to the river, erect the yellow flag for surrender, and be ready to meet the surrendering Liao army at any time.

"Chen Dutou, there is a Liao army on the other side!"

"See."

Chen Ziyi rode forward to report: "Commander, the Liao army has come on the other side, and there are about thousands of horsemen. ”

Yang Keshi said: "It is estimated that they have come to surrender." The emperor of Liao has fled, and now it is the emperor's uncle who usurped power, and the Liao people will inevitably have civil strife. Restrain subordinates, not kill or injure a single person, and treat these Liao soldiers with hospitality. As the saying goes, if you treat these Liao soldiers well, more Liao people will surrender. ”

"Yes!"

Chen Ziyi was ordered to retire.

Yang Keshi said again: "Slow, if they don't cross the river, they will shoot the surrender Huangbang over." ”

Chen Ziyi and several other soldiers and horses shot the surrender of Huangbang across the boundary river, which immediately attracted a rain of arrows from the Liao soldiers. Moreover, those Liao cavalry were still dismounted at the river bridge, clearly intending to kill them.

Yang Keshi felt that something was wrong at this time, and immediately sent someone back to report to the seed master.

Because Tong Guan has an order, he must not kill a person from the Liao State......

When the planter heard the report, he said angrily: "It's already a short-handed battle, and you can't die if you can tie your hands?" Those who kill the enemy have no merit, and let it go! ”

Only then did Yang Keshi hold the river bridge and struggle to resist the attack of the Liao army.

After a moment of fighting, the Liao soldiers retreated, and the Song soldiers cheered: "The Liao people are defeated, the Liao people are defeated!" ”

Yang Keshi, who had been waiting for the Liao army to surrender, finally remembered that he was not familiar with the terrain, so he hurriedly recruited his generals: "Scatter the light horses to the upstream and downstream to see where you can cross the river, and come back immediately if you find the ferry!" ”

Soon, the Song army found the ferry a few miles upstream, and Yang Keshi hurriedly divided his troops to defend it.

The Liao general was called Yelu Dashi, and when the Song army arrived, he had already led the army across the river and killed those Song soldiers in defeat and fled.

Yang Keshi was furious, leaving a few men and horses to guard the bridge, and personally led the main force to fight with the Liao army.

The Liao army that remained on this side of the river bridge, seeing that the main force of the Song army was gone, immediately did not want to charge with their lives.

Chen Ziyi was shooting arrows with the Liao cavalry, when he suddenly heard the sound of fighting from behind. However, it was the Liao army that broke through the river bridge, rode across the river to kill, and attacked the Song army before and after.

"Blow the trumpet!"

"Woo woo woo ~ ~~~"

Seeing that the time had come, Yelu Dashi immediately launched a frontal charge.

Yang Keshi's martial arts are still very fierce, and he personally killed several Liao soldiers, and Chen Ziyi also killed two people. But under the enemy's back, it finally collapsed, and the Song army was defeated and fled.

The Song army was defeated on both sides, and before they could cross the boundary river, they were killed and retreated by the Liao army and counterattacked into the territory of the Great Song Dynasty.

The Liao State took the opportunity to send 30,000 troops south, seemingly to fight a decisive battle with the Song army.

Ma Kuo, who sent an envoy to persuade the Liao lord to surrender, was detained by the Liao State, but he tried his best to remedy it. In the end, he was convinced by Yelu Dashi and released him and the entire envoy group safely.

When Ma Kuo came back and saw the Seed Master Dao, he immediately told about the situation in the Liao Kingdom, and pointed out that the place where the Seed Master Dao camped was wrong.

After talking in detail with Ma Kuo, he hurriedly changed the location of the garrison and actively consolidated this line of defense.

Ma Kuo went to see Tong Guan again to discuss the construction of the eastern and western defense lines.

He also said that the Liao army was the end of the strong crossbow, as long as the border was held, the Liao country would inevitably have civil strife, and then it would be possible to take advantage of the victory to pursue.

Tong Guan scolded Ma Kuo, ordered the seed master to abandon the defense line, and the whole army retreated to Xiongzhou to garrison.

Seed Master Dao hurriedly wrote a letter and said: "In today's situation, we must reinvigorate the morale of the army, and we can only advance but not retreat. The enemy army is close at hand, once our army retreats, the Liao people will definitely take the opportunity to cover up and kill, and the defeat of the whole army will be out of control. ”

Before the planting master Dao, he advised to withdraw the army, and Tong Guan insisted on moving forward.

Seed Master Dao now asked for defense, but Tong Guan forcibly ordered the withdrawal of the army.

Seeing that the Seed Master Dao disobeyed the military order, Tong Guan sent a marching staff officer to go, and a few big hats were buttoned down, and the Seed Master Dao could only retreat hard.

As soon as the Song army withdrew, Yelu Dashi's whole army was killed, and the lost troops of the division retreated to Xiongzhou.

Chen Ziyi took his cavalry and fled south all the way, and finally fled into the city.

He was ordered by Tong Guan to dismount and defend the city, but he saw more Song infantry fleeing back, and was about to open the door to accept friendly troops, when he suddenly received Tong Guan's order: "Soldiers outside the city are not allowed to enter the city, and they should gather troops and camp in order to defend the city defense of Xiongzhou." ”

The city gate was closed, and the Song army, who had finally escaped back, gathered under the city to cry and beg.

The generals of the Song army, who withdrew later, saw that Xiongzhou City could no longer enter, so they had to restrain the rout and choose a place to camp.

Before the rout had gathered, Yelu Dashi had already led his cavalry to chase after him.

Chen Ziyi stood at the head of the city like this, watching the friendly army being chased and killed by the Liao soldiers, and the corpses of the Song army were everywhere outside the city of Xiongzhou.

This situation also occurred in Mozhou, Baozhou, and Zhenzhou......

What's even more nonsense is that Yelu Dashi suddenly led the whole army to retreat, and the red-robed Liao Emperor Yeluchun died.

The Liao State was in turmoil, Liu Yanqing, who had just rushed to the front line, led an army of 100,000 to the north to attack Liao, and the Liao generals of Yizhou and Zhuozhou took the initiative to surrender to the Great Song Dynasty.

As long as Tong Guan does not order the whole army to retreat, as long as he holds the defensive line for more than half a month, he can wait for the civil strife in Liao, and this attack on Liao is very likely to be a complete victory!

And Liu Yanqing is also a pit goods, so that the general Guo Yaoshi was pinched, and the Yanjing in his hands disappeared, and he was so frightened that he burned the baggage and fled from the camp.

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