Cangzhou, by the Yellow River, Duliu Dongzhai.

"Meet my brother!"

Gongsun Sheng led everyone to greet Sun Lei.

"No need to be polite, what's going on?"

Sun Lei waved his hand and asked.

"Brother, the situation is a little complicated!"

Gongsun Sheng hurriedly welcomed Sun Lei into the village.

"Brother, please look!"

After Sun Lei and the others sat down, Gongsun Sheng took out a few pieces of paper and handed them to Sun Lei.

"After the Northern Liao Emperor Yeluchun ascended the throne, he immediately sent envoys to the Song court to sue for peace, willing to give up the annual annual coins and intersect with the Great Song Dynasty on an equal footing!"

"But Zhao Ji categorically refused, believing that the Liao State had been destroyed, and the Northern Liao was not qualified to sit on an equal footing with the Great Song Dynasty, and did not recognize the identity of Emperor Yeluchun, and asked the Northern Liao to be attached to the country."

"Yeluchun and the nobles of the Liao State were naturally unwilling, and in a fit of rage, they directly killed the envoy, and for this reason, the two armies almost met on both sides of Baigou."

Gongsun Sheng talked about the recent situation.

"I almost fought each other, that is, I didn't fight in the end? Didn't fight even after killing the messenger? Can you bear this? ”

Sun Lei said in surprise, this kind of thing is very serious, the two armies are still fighting and not killing the envoys, killing the messenger means not dying.

"Brother, look at this, this is the will given to Tong Guan in Tokyo, and it is the emperor's three plans for Tong Guan: if the Yan people are happy to take it, because of the restoration of the old frontier, the upper also; Yan Wang Na, called the second vassal; The Yan people came to serve, patrolled the border according to the soldiers, and went down. ”

Gongsun Sheng took out a piece of paper and said.

"Is this a soldier who wants to surrender without a fight?"

Sun Lei laughed, this kind of spring and autumn dream is only done by a stupid person like Zhao Ji.

"It is said that Master Dao and others have received a military order from Tong Guan, saying that they have received the holy hadith and are not allowed to kill the northerners. Wang Shi crossed the boundary river, that is, the pot pulp came to welcome. ”

Gongsun Sheng smiled helplessly, and this is probably what he meant.

"They are all ready to go to war, and the other party has also killed the messenger, at this time, they still want to surrender without a fight, and let the enemy take the initiative to surrender the city, do you really think that you have the spirit of a king, or is your face bigger than the sky?"

Sun Lei smiled and shook his head, I don't know if Zhao Ji is too stupid, or if his brain is not bright, does he feel so good? Liao Guo is pulling again, and it's not something he can underestimate.

"Where is our army now?"

Sun Lei asked again after reading the information.

"Last month, our army crossed the Yellow River and pushed the battle line forward for thirty miles, and the Liao people did not move, and now there are four battalions of soldiers and horses stationed on the north bank of the Yellow River."

Gongsun Sheng pointed to the map and said.

"Well, the navy is stationed along the Yellow River!"

Sun Lei looked at Fei Bao and Hu Yanqing and said, there is no movement in the Liao State now, but once there is movement, it will be a big war, and at this time the Yellow River is very important, and the army must ensure that it can advance and retreat freely.

"What about the situation in Liao?"

Sun Lei asked again.

"After this period of exploration, the Liao State still has 300,000 troops in Yanyun, and all of them are the elite of the Liao State, and more than half of them are Khitan!"

"The Liao State has confiscated all the horses in the territory, and now an ordinary horse has been fried to one hundred and fifty!"

"All kinds of craftsmen in the entire Yanyun have also been recruited, and a large number of swords, armor, and ordnance have been created!"

"At present, under the control of Xiao Gan, the king of Xi of Liao, and Yelu Dashi, in addition to more than a dozen generals, there are eleven Yao generals, twenty-eight star generals, and a total of more than fifty generals."

"In addition, it was also discovered that the Liao army was secretly training soldiers and practicing the method of military formation, but it was very secretive, and the investigation was not very clear, and only the five tigers were known at present, and the chaotic sky elephant array was known."

Gongsun Sheng said.

"More than 50 generals, 300,000 elite soldiers and horses, this should be the last elite of the Liao State."

Sun Lei touched his chin and thought, for Liao, now is a life-and-death crisis, and this dying counterattack must be fierce and abnormal.

"What about the Jurchens?"

Sun Lei continued to ask.

"The Jurchens seem to be still chasing Yelu Yanxi, and they have no intention of crossing Yanshan to the south."

Gongsun Sheng replied that the Jurchens were all cavalry, and Yanshan was not so easy to cross.

"This is to let this side fight first, and then they will come to harvest! Don't look at these Jurchens as barbarians, there are a lot of eyes. ”

Sun Lei sneered, Yelu Yanxi is already a lost dog, the five capitals of Liao, and now the Jurchens have laid down the four capitals, leaving only one Nanjing Road not to fight, which is obviously preparing to compete with the fishermen for profit.

After carefully understanding the situation, Sun Lei asked the army to return to the camp and wait for the next order.

"General Liu, I heard that not long ago, the Seed Master Dao asked you to bring me a message?"

Sun Lei looked at Liu Fa and asked, Liu Fa's leg injury is almost better, but because the injury is serious and the treatment is not timely, he still needs crutches to assist him so far.

"It's not his words, it's Tong Guan who asked him to pass on a word, before Yanyun recovers, I hope that the two of us will not fight again."

Liu Fa is not a person who can speak euphemistically, he will say whatever he wants.

"And what about the benefits?"

Sun Lei also asked directly, since it is a peace, then what must be paid, right? Song Liao negotiated peace and gave 300,000 yuan a year.

"He didn't say this, it should be Tong Guan who didn't tell him."

Liu Fa shook his head and said.

"Then trouble General Liu to give a message to the old general, it's not impossible to stop the soldiers, but you have to pay the corresponding price!"

Sun Lei looked at Liu Fa and said.

Liu Fa nodded, in his opinion, Sun Lei was right, Tong Guan wanted Liangshan to stop fighting, how could he do it without paying the price?

"Leader Sun, are you going to fight Yan Yun first?"

Zong Ze looked at Sun Lei and asked.

"I must fight, I promised Gongsun Daochang and Ma Daochang at the beginning, recovering Yanyun is one of Liangshan's goals, and now that I have the strength, I naturally want to help my brothers complete this long-cherished wish!"

Sun Lei nodded.

"The situation of Yanyun is not right now."

Zong Ze looked at Sun Lei and said.

"Oh? How so? ”

Sun Lei looked at Zong Ze curiously, this old man has been training on the south bank of the Yellow River, and he has not penetrated into Yanyun, how can he know that the situation is wrong.

"Liao should still have the strength to hide! Even if you win, you will have to bear considerable losses. ”

Zong Ze opened his mouth and said, he knew Sun Lei's habit of "detaining and searching" in war, he didn't like a large number of casualties on his side, and would try to crush him with stratagems and weapons.

This style of play is very effective in a war of a certain scale, but in a super-large-scale battle, everything is full of uncertainty.

And this war brought together many forces, and there were nearly 150,000 soldiers and horses on the Liangshan side; There are more than 300,000 Chen soldiers on the side of the Great Song Dynasty, and they are still increasing their troops; There are more than 300,000 soldiers and horses on the Liao side, and the whole country may fight in the later period; Outside Yanshan, the Jurchens sat on the mountain and watched the tiger fight, and hundreds of thousands of troops could attack at any time.

"It's still the old general of Zong who understands me! Good thing we're not enemies now! ”

Sun Lei smiled, Zong Ze saw his weakness at a glance, and also saw Liangshan's weakness.

Although Liangshan expanded rapidly, it had a weak foundation and a small number of people, and it was afraid of the death and injury of the soldiers, and it could not bear the consequences of the sharp reduction in strength after a large number of casualties, which would be critical to the foundation of Liangshan.