Chapter 37 Chapter Thirty-Seven
Wars are waged for profit.
When the war under the city of Youzhou was in full swing, another scene of war for profit and reputation in Liao Kingdom's Shangjing began.
"If the great event is accomplished, you will all have the merits of founding the country from the dragon. Han Kuang's heir is a servant in the palace, and finally he can be an official to the king of Yan. I, Yelu, are not stingy people. Everyone present will be rewarded. The king or the marquis , it depends on how much credit you can make for this son."
In Liulishou's mansion, Liulishou's face was flushed with excitement, and he excitedly gave a generous speech to the more than a hundred confidant generals who had been summoned, making the final pre-war mobilization order.On the side, Wang Guanyu wore a helmet and armor, looking majestic.
Yelu Liulishou finally finished his speech, and said to Wang Guanyu, "General Wang, please."
Wang Guanyu nodded reservedly, took a step forward, and said in a deep voice: "Today's plan is as follows. Cheng Tianhao, the commander of the horse army, is responsible for attacking the yamen left behind in Shangjing, beheading him, capturing the soldiers, and controlling the palaces left behind in Shangjing. Guards, infantry commander Gou Ewei is in charge of controlling the two thousand female palace guards..."
Gou Eyi was very happy when he heard that, the two thousand female soldiers of the palace guards are all the confidantes of Empress Dowager Xiao, most of these female soldiers are young and handsome, with his army of tigers and wolves, after this battle, I don’t know how many beautiful girls will be taken back Not to mention other rewards, just this one, the soldiers under his command still rush forward screaming?Gou Eyi was thinking nervously: "I don't want too many, just choose thirty of them..., no! Fifty beauties are enough, as much as you can chew, the rest are just for you to enjoy. .” He bowed to accept the order.
Wang Guanyu said again: "Li Jianbai, the deputy capital commander, and Yuhou Wei Chifeng and Zhou Yi, the capitals of the Han army, are in the army to control the whole army. They haven't come yet, but I have ordered what should be done. Li Jianbai, the deputy capital commander. When the white-collar swordsmen attack the imperial palace, they must control the palace. The capitals of the Han army, Yu Houwei Chifeng and Zhou Yi are responsible for controlling and capturing the northern and western cities, as for the southern and eastern cities..."
Wang Guanyu smiled slightly: "Nancheng and Dongcheng are already under the control of my department, so there is no need to worry about it. I also want to explain that some people from the Baigan department will also participate in the operation. Create chaos everywhere in the city, attack various government offices at will, set fires everywhere to harass and confuse the market, some tribes of powerful ministers contacted by the prince will also act outside the line, and quickly gather in Beijing, and Shi Wei and Jurchen will also send troops at the same time , Attract all the soldiers at the frontier, and don’t let them return to the capital. Ladies and gentlemen, I am caught off guard by killing him internally. The east, south, and west routes are restrained by the Song army, and the Northeast and North have Jurchen and Shiwei to echo, and great things can be accomplished.”
"My lord, what do we need to do?"
A confidant of Liu Lishou asked aggressively with a big knife in his hand.
Liu Lishou stood up and said: "You and I followed my son to attack the prison, but left the prince, and then quickly rushed to the palace, engulfing the royal family, clan relatives, civil and military officials who stayed in Shangjing, and helped my father ascend the throne."
All the confidantes were overjoyed and responded with a loud bang.
Liu Lishou and Wang Guanyu looked at each other, waved their big hands, and shouted: "Let's go!"
When Yeluliu Lishou assembled a hundred generals, together with Wang Guanyu's more than a thousand personal soldiers who commanded Wang Guanyu's army to attack the prison, all parts of the city had already been mobilized, and there were shouts of killing everywhere. Some jailers and guards, they also heard the sound of fighting from all over the city, but they didn't know what happened.
When they were in a state of panic, Liu Lishou and Wang Guanyu led the troops to kill them. How could it be possible for these jailers guarding the sky prison to compete with the regular army? Go inside and kill.
They not only wanted to release King Song, but also released all the people imprisoned inside. These people were bound to become staunch supporters of the new regime.
The corridor was deep, Liu Lishou was thinking about his father, and he was walking fast. The prisoners in the cells on both sides had already noticed the difference, and they beat the cell door excitedly, and they didn't know what to shout in their excitement.Wang Guanyu followed closely beside him, his heart beating wildly.Since he wanted to support King Song as emperor, of course he had to rescue King Song. This matter was indeed important, but he took the initiative to ask Ying to save King Song, but there was another reason that was not humane.
Li Jianbai, the deputy commander who attacked the imperial palace, must be able to pocket a lot of rare treasures, and Gou Ewei, who attacked the female army, may be blessed, but how can these be compared to the work of saving the family, although his credit can no longer be escaped However, appearing in person in front of the imprisoned King Song will undoubtedly leave the deepest impression on King Song's heart. His official career in this life will be smooth sailing.
As he was walking, there was another shout of killing from behind, Liu Lishou and Wang Guanyu didn't pay attention to it, they just thought it was the remnants of the prison guards who were stubbornly resisting.But immediately someone chased after him, and he yelled from afar: "Your Majesty, General, something is wrong. Outside... there are a large number of palace guards and horses outside, there are... there are..."
Liu Lishou and Wang Guanyu stopped in shock, and turned their heads to look, only to see the general rushing to the front, stumbled and fell to the ground, with three sharp arrows stuck in his back, the arrows were half a foot deep, fortunately he could still struggle to run so far.
Liu Lishou and Wang Guanyu looked at each other, they didn't care to go to the prison to save King Song, and immediately led the people back and ran away.
At the gate of the prison, the murderous imperial guards of the Liao Kingdom have already killed the rebels guarding the gate. A general walked slowly from the corridor towards the gate with a bloody sword in his hand, blood dripping drop by drop. On the ground, rattled.Next to him was a short fat man with a big head. The short fat man walked over with a large bunch of keys in his hand. With a "click", a heavy iron door was locked, and then there was the second door, and the third door. Finally, when he reached the gate, he fiddled with the corner of the wall for a while. There was a loud bang, and an iron fence fell from the sky, firmly blocking the door. Each iron fence was as thick as a wrist and weighed more than a thousand catties.
"General, it's over now, even if they are really a group of ligers, they can never rush out unless they turn into flies."
The prison chief of Datou said with a smile, the stern and unsmiling general pulled the corners of his mouth and said, "Okay, when the Queen Mother returns to Beijing, it will be of your benefit!"
The big head smiled and said: "This is all thanks to the general, the little ones dare not be greedy for credit."
The cold-faced general patted him on the shoulder approvingly, and turned his head slowly to look, only to see Liu Lishou and Wang Guanyu standing there with a pale face, separated by four doors, with both hands tightly grasping the railing, hissing loudly: "What's going on? What's going on?"
The cold-faced general sneered, and raised his voice: "I am ordering you to arrest the rebels under the order of the master who stays behind in the capital, and wait... just stay inside."
"Impossible, how can the room be unpredictable? How can he have so many soldiers and horses to mobilize?"
Wang Guanyu's face was pale, and he yelled frantically, heyed with a sneer, put his hands behind his back, looked up at the sky and said: "Well, you should thank your deputy for instructing you, you know that there is no queen mother by your side My confidant, are you so assured of you?"
"Li Jianbai? That bastard Li Jianbai actually harmed me!"
Wang Guanyu hissed loudly, drew out his long knife and slashed fiercely, there was a "clang", sparks splashed, the long knife snapped hard, and the iron gate did not move at all. The cold-faced general waved his hand and shouted: " Shoot the arrow!"
"Swish, swish..." A sharp arrow was shot, and the rebels in the prison left and hid in embarrassment, and immediately lost their arrogance.
The rebellion in Shangjing became a farce. Li Jianbai, the deputy commander of the capital, was Xiao Chuo's inner room next to Wang Guanyu, the commander of the Han army. The entire rebellion plan was completely exposed. Xiao Chuo, send troops again, but relying on the ability of foresight and Li Jianbai as the internal support, he still quickly extinguished the rebellion, and there was another bloody massacre in the capital. The upper hand, followed by the one-sided massacre by the palace guards.
Especially those 2,000 female soldiers, all of them are delicate and big girls, but they are merciless in killing people, even more fierce than men, Gou Ewei rushed into the empty camp excitedly, first they burst into flames, and then Thousands of arrows were fired, and then two thousand tigress rushed out, biting Gou Ewei and his cronies until there was nothing left.
The rebellion was half successful. Although the actions in the upper capital were quickly quelled, Shi Wei and Jurchen still sent troops in time, but they had been reminded beforehand that their actions did not receive the effect of surprise troops. At the same time, Although the turmoil in Shangjing calmed down quickly, the tribal army rebellion launched by the powerful and powerful, who were contacted by Liu Lishou personally because of the Song and Liao wars, were dissatisfied with Xiao Chuo's arbitrary power or wanted to seek wealth and danger.Now that the ground troops in Shangjing are empty, this rebellion, which should have been easily quelled, missed the best time to extinguish them, making them stand up, and the heartland of Daliao, which was already uneasy, fell into a great turmoil.
At this time, dozens of sea-going ships had sailed from the bay of Shandong East Road in the Song Dynasty, and landed at Dalian Seaport, which was under the jurisdiction of Liaoyang Prefecture in Tokyo in the Liao Dynasty. It was called Sanshanpu in the Song Dynasty and Dayli Bay in the Liao Dynasty. Pressing towards Liaoyang Mansion, which is severely depleted of troops...
The sixteen prefectures of Yanyun, attacked all the way from Yang Hao, Yingzhou (Hejian, Hebei), Mozhou (Renqiu, Hebei), and Zhuozhou (Zhuozhou, Hebei) have fallen into the hands of the Song army successively, and Yang Hao's soldiers trapped Youzhou City (now Beijing) City), first fought a few battles with peripheral reinforcements, and after forcing them to retreat, sent troops to block several traffic arteries leading to Youzhou. This is exactly what Zhao Guangyi did not do at the beginning. Zhao Guangyi wanted to imitate Li Shimin's siege and aid, but he was more confident than Li Shimin. When Li Shimin attacked Luoyang Wang Shichong, he first cleared the surrounding counties of Luoyang and occupied the only way for the reinforcements to pass. It took another year to force Wang Shichong In desperation, he had no choice but to surrender over 2,000 people from his prince and ministers to the city. However, Zhao Guangyi ignored the guards on the surrounding passes and allowed the Liao reinforcements to advance and retreat. Finally, he was defeated in the battle of Gaoliang River. A lesson learned from the past, how could the Song army make a comeback and repeat the same mistakes? Once Yang Hao arrived at the city of Youzhou, he did not attack Youzhou. The first thing he did was to clean up the surrounding counties and occupy several strategic locations. The extreme pass blocked the reinforcements from outside, and did not allow them to approach the city of Youzhou at all. The Youzhou defenders could not even see the reinforcements. This was a blow to their confidence. Immediately afterwards, Liu Tingrang and Tong Yu escorted the siege equipment to arrive, and together with some of the equipment that the army craftsmen had rushed out, it was enough to launch a siege battle, and Yang Hao officially began to use troops against Youzhou. At this time, the cold winter came, the wind was howling, the snow was flying, and there was a vast expanse. Since the three prefectures of Ying, Mo, and Zhuo have fallen into the hands of the Song army, and a large number of sleds and ice sleds have been used for transportation, the supply of grain and grass is not a problem. Although the severe cold weather is unbearable, the main force of the Song army is composed of soldiers from Henan, Hebei, and Hexi. , can also endure the cold, and the Song army attacked the city day and night, and the defenders in the city could only stick to the top of the city at all times, which was not as comfortable as the Song army. During the New Year, Yang Hao, the king of the Song Dynasty, spent time in the camp of the former enemy. The siege lasted for more than two months. After the "Stealing Festival", Yang Hao began to divide his troops to attack Shunzhou (now Beijing Shunyi) and Tanzhou (Beijing Miyun) , Jizhou (Jixian County, Hebei Province), the infantry attacked the city, and the cavalry intercepted the reinforcements. It took more than a month. Shunzhou, Tanzhou, and Jizhou changed hands one after another and fell into the hands of the Song Dynasty. Among the sixteen prefectures in the cloud, East Seven prefectures with the most dangerous terrain and the most strategic value, six prefectures have fallen into the hands of Yang Hao. Yang Hao is stuck at the Taihang Pass, and Youzhou City has become an isolated city. "The West Route Army has attacked Weizhou. Yelu Xiezhen gathered the Palace Guard Army, Clan Tent Army, Pishi Army, Jingzhou Army, and the National Army to counterattack in an all-round way. General Cao obeyed the orders of the officials and restrained his offensive. However, he went north to south. All the soldiers and horses have been attracted outside the Yanmen Pass, so they are powerless to aid Youzhou in the east." "Several important passes leading to the Eastern Front from Taihang Eight Paths are in our hands. Now the only foreign aid for the Liao Army is from the North Road. The current battle situation is in our favor. However, Li Shimin was able to besiege Luoyang Da It's been a year, and we... can't do that." Pan Mei smiled wryly and said: "The letter from Prime Minister Zhao and Prime Minister Lu hoped that the officials could end the war in northern Xinjiang as soon as possible. It was actually out of various considerations. At the time of Li Shimin, there was no master in the world, and there were many princes. Li Yuan sits behind the town, and the amount of rice and grain left over from the Sui Dynasty is huge, and the warehouse is full, and it will not be used up until the end of Zhenguan. But we are not yet able to do it yet. There are tens of millions of people in the huge Song Kingdom, and the state affairs are complicated, and their foundation is far worse than that of the end of the Sui Dynasty.Longyou is newly attached, and needs to concentrate on management; Bashu has been righteous for several years, and its politics and economy have been corrupted, and it still needs to recover; the officials in the central and central regions need to be politically stable before they can sort out the administration of officials.It can be said that the country seems to be stable now, but many problems have only been suppressed temporarily because of this war. If these problems are not resolved, once there is a problem in one place, all hidden dangers will erupt. " Yang Hao nodded slowly. The opinions of Zhao Pu and Lu Duoxun did not represent only his own opinions. They were obtained by two outstanding prime ministers after comprehensively analyzing the situation of the whole world and accumulating opinions from many aspects. in conclusion.If the Northern Expedition is successful, many of the problems that would take a long time and a lot of energy to solve can be solved smoothly because of major military victories. Once there is a delay, these contradictions will be sharply strengthened, and when these contradictions naturally When it explodes, everything is out of control. Right now, his strategic goal is about to be achieved, and the attack on Youzhou has not yet made any progress. Youzhou is located in Nanjing of the Liao Kingdom, and it is also in the Han area. The problem, and this is the territory of the Liao Kingdom, and the people's aspirations are in the Liao Kingdom. Not to mention that ordinary Han people in the Liao Kingdom do not have a good impression of the Song Army, even ordinary people in the Central Plains have no interest in the Northern Expedition. It is better now. If the war becomes a long-term war, which consumes a lot of financial, material and military resources, and kills and wounds a large number of soldiers, and does not see immediate practical benefits, the burden on the people in the country will become heavier and heavier. If there are too many, they will first be war-weary and anti-war, which will drive the entire society to resist the war layer by layer. What Master Wang set the Central Plains Day in the north, what Han people in the northern country lived in dire straits, eagerly awaiting Master Wang’s rescue, experienced this era, saw and heard everything with his own eyes, so that Yang Hao already understood the true aspirations of the people: Ordinary people don't care about your perfect martial arts, your unification of the country, or the expansion of your territory. What they want is only a safe and prosperous life. This is the best emperor in their minds. It is in vain for them to serve you with their blood and sweat. Yang Hao did not want to resort to military action. In the end, the people of the Liao Kingdom formed a rebel army to fight against the Song Dynasty. The people of the Song Dynasty used various methods to passively resist the war launched by the court. In his original plan, he never thought of destroying the Liao Kingdom at all.One thousand people are killed, and eight hundred are self-defeated. If the Liao Kingdom can really be wiped out while seriously hurting its vitality, but in fact this goal is impossible. The strength of the Liao Kingdom cannot be ignored. The reason why the Liao Kingdom suffered such a big defeat is One is the merger of Song and Xia, and the momentum was so great that the Liao Kingdom was caught off guard and completely passive in the early stages of the war. The second is that in terms of specific tactics, the Song army still used blitzkrieg to surprise Youzhou, concentrating superior forces, punching with five fingers, and hitting the key points, while the Liao army was slow to respond, the front line was procrastinated, and the source of troops was scattered. The third is that the intelligence work of the Song army was developed, and it was able to know the enemy and know the enemy, and win every battle.Whether it is the movement of the Liao army or the terrain of the battle, the Song army has a well-thought-out plan in advance. On the other hand, the Liao army can't even get detailed and specific intelligence from spies and scouts. However, in these aspects, as long as Xiao Chuo can stick to Youzhou, time can be used to slowly reverse it, especially the morale of the army in Liao Kingdom will gradually gather, and Yang Hao is determined to carry out peace talks before then.There is absolutely no need for peace talks before the time comes. It is just a waste of time and cannot achieve your goal. The Liao Kingdom will not make any concessions at that time, but now... Now, have Shi Wei and Jurchen dispatched troops as agreed?Is my navy already behind enemy lines?These are the most critical factors in my peace talks. Yang Hao looked into the distance with his hands behind his back, heaved a sigh of relief, and the white mist was in front of him, hiding his expression in it. The navy of the Song Dynasty landed from Sanshanpu (now Dalian) and began to march towards Liaoyang, Tokyo of the Liao Kingdom. The main force of Liaoyang had already gone to aid Youzhou. The Khitan people were shocked when they heard the news. This Song army is a mixed army composed of the Bianliang Forbidden Army and the original Southern Tang Navy. Its number is less than 30,000. Because it transports troops by sea, there are not many cavalry. You must know that the Liao people are good at riding and shooting, regardless of men, women, or children. Now this huge force has not really been mobilized. It will become a huge wave, and the Liao army will quickly replenish a large number of new troops. Yang Hao sent troops to the enemy's rear and invaded Liaoyang. Although he used troops, his purpose was to conspire. He wanted to send a signal to the Liao army trapped in Youzhou that the country was about to perish, and make them completely desperate. Only in this way can peace talks be achieved. possible.What could be more shocking than an alien army appearing where they thought it would never be? Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures is an area inhabited by Han people. Many traditional Khitan people who still nomad on the grasslands do not regard this place as their homeland. This is the reason why many Khitan nobles suggested abandoning Youzhou City when Zhao Guangyi’s troops were trapped in Youzhou City. Yan, the reason for guarding the homeland, not because of Zhao Guangyi's soldiers besieging Youzhou City, scared the courage of all the Liao people at once. The trap in Youzhou, for many traditional Khitan nobles, has not yet felt the pain of the skin, and the emperor and the queen mother are guarding Youzhou, as long as Youzhou is not broken, they will not be desperate. Now, if a Song army suddenly Appearing in the rear that they think is rock solid, this kind of psychology will be defeated, and the core power class of the Liao Kingdom - the great nobles of the Khitan Eighth Clan will be terrified, and their wavering and timidity will directly affect Xiao Chuo's decision. Yang Hao knew that this gorgeous young woman was stronger than countless men with her determination to kill and change. If she didn't shake her roots and let her bear the double pressure from inside and outside at the same time, she would never will surrender to himself.She is the kind... If she falls into her hands, she would rather take his life with one knife, and then spend her whole life thinking and suffering, and will never succumb to her feelings. In this regard, she is better than Zhe Ziyu Also be strong. The left-behinds in Tokyo of the Liao Kingdom panicked and sent people to Beijing to send a message. The members of the royal family in Beijing were shocked when they heard the news. No matter how many places they conquered, they only know their hometown. Before the founding of Yelu Abaoji, they had been nomadic in that hometown for generations, and now there are Song soldiers wandering there. Xijing is in full swing, Tokyo is full of gunpowder, Nanjing is ambushed on all sides, the aftermath of the rebellion in Beijing is turbulent, internal and external troubles, the country will be lost. The dignitaries, chiefs, royal family, and clan members of Shangjing, especially the members of the Xiao family who firmly supported Xiao Chuo's decisions without reservation, were also relieved. Finally, Shangjing stayed behind and chose his confidant general, Pegasus. When he rushed to Youzhou, the only instruction the general received was: "I stay here on behalf of the Khitan Bashi, the kings of Shangjing, and all the civil and military ministers. I will grant you the tiger talisman and golden arrow. You can mobilize any army that is stationed on the outskirts of Youzhou. As long as you can break into Youzhou, your army can die, and you can die too, but the military situation in Tokyo and the common opinions of the royal families, clansmen, chiefs, and dignitaries in Shangjing must be sent to the Queen Mother!"
The sixteen prefectures of Yanyun, attacked all the way from Yang Hao, Yingzhou (Hejian, Hebei), Mozhou (Renqiu, Hebei), and Zhuozhou (Zhuozhou, Hebei) have fallen into the hands of the Song army successively, and Yang Hao's soldiers trapped Youzhou City (now Beijing) City), first fought a few battles with peripheral reinforcements, and after forcing them to retreat, sent troops to block several traffic arteries leading to Youzhou. This is exactly what Zhao Guangyi did not do at the beginning. Zhao Guangyi wanted to imitate Li Shimin's siege and aid, but he was more confident than Li Shimin. When Li Shimin attacked Luoyang Wang Shichong, he first cleared the surrounding counties of Luoyang and occupied the only way for the reinforcements to pass. It took another year to force Wang Shichong In desperation, he had no choice but to surrender over 2,000 people from his prince and ministers to the city. However, Zhao Guangyi ignored the guards on the surrounding passes and allowed the Liao reinforcements to advance and retreat. Finally, he was defeated in the battle of Gaoliang River. A lesson learned from the past, how could the Song army make a comeback and repeat the same mistakes? Once Yang Hao arrived at the city of Youzhou, he did not attack Youzhou. The first thing he did was to clean up the surrounding counties and occupy several strategic locations. The extreme pass blocked the reinforcements from outside, and did not allow them to approach the city of Youzhou at all. The Youzhou defenders could not even see the reinforcements. This was a blow to their confidence. Immediately afterwards, Liu Tingrang and Tong Yu escorted the siege equipment to arrive, and together with some of the equipment that the army craftsmen had rushed out, it was enough to launch a siege battle, and Yang Hao officially began to use troops against Youzhou. At this time, the cold winter came, the wind was howling, the snow was flying, and there was a vast expanse. Since the three prefectures of Ying, Mo, and Zhuo have fallen into the hands of the Song army, and a large number of sleds and ice sleds have been used for transportation, the supply of grain and grass is not a problem. Although the severe cold weather is unbearable, the main force of the Song army is composed of soldiers from Henan, Hebei, and Hexi. , can also endure the cold, and the Song army attacked the city day and night, and the defenders in the city could only stick to the top of the city at all times, which was not as comfortable as the Song army. During the New Year, Yang Hao, the king of the Song Dynasty, spent time in the camp of the former enemy. The siege lasted for more than two months. After the "Stealing Festival", Yang Hao began to divide his troops to attack Shunzhou (now Beijing Shunyi) and Tanzhou (Beijing Miyun) , Jizhou (Jixian County, Hebei Province), the infantry attacked the city, and the cavalry intercepted the reinforcements. It took more than a month. Shunzhou, Tanzhou, and Jizhou changed hands one after another and fell into the hands of the Song Dynasty. Among the sixteen prefectures in the cloud, East Seven prefectures with the most dangerous terrain and the most strategic value, six prefectures have fallen into the hands of Yang Hao. Yang Hao is stuck at the Taihang Pass, and Youzhou City has become an isolated city. "The West Route Army has attacked Weizhou. Yelu Xiezhen gathered the Palace Guard Army, Clan Tent Army, Pishi Army, Jingzhou Army, and the National Army to counterattack in an all-round way. General Cao obeyed the orders of the officials and restrained his offensive. However, he went north to south. All the soldiers and horses have been attracted outside the Yanmen Pass, so they are powerless to aid Youzhou in the east." "Several important passes leading to the Eastern Front from Taihang Eight Paths are in our hands. Now the only foreign aid for the Liao Army is from the North Road. The current battle situation is in our favor. However, Li Shimin was able to besiege Luoyang Da It's been a year, and we... can't do that." Pan Mei smiled wryly and said: "The letter from Prime Minister Zhao and Prime Minister Lu hoped that the officials could end the war in northern Xinjiang as soon as possible. It was actually out of various considerations. At the time of Li Shimin, there was no master in the world, and there were many princes. Li Yuan sits behind the town, and the amount of rice and grain left over from the Sui Dynasty is huge, and the warehouse is full, and it will not be used up until the end of Zhenguan. But we are not yet able to do it yet. There are tens of millions of people in the huge Song Kingdom, and the state affairs are complicated, and their foundation is far worse than that of the end of the Sui Dynasty.Longyou is newly attached, and needs to concentrate on management; Bashu has been righteous for several years, and its politics and economy have been corrupted, and it still needs to recover; the officials in the central and central regions need to be politically stable before they can sort out the administration of officials.It can be said that the country seems to be stable now, but many problems have only been suppressed temporarily because of this war. If these problems are not resolved, once there is a problem in one place, all hidden dangers will erupt. " Yang Hao nodded slowly. The opinions of Zhao Pu and Lu Duoxun did not represent only his own opinions. They were obtained by two outstanding prime ministers after comprehensively analyzing the situation of the whole world and accumulating opinions from many aspects. in conclusion.If the Northern Expedition is successful, many of the problems that would take a long time and a lot of energy to solve can be solved smoothly because of major military victories. Once there is a delay, these contradictions will be sharply strengthened, and when these contradictions naturally When it explodes, everything is out of control. Right now, his strategic goal is about to be achieved, and the attack on Youzhou has not yet made any progress. Youzhou is located in Nanjing of the Liao Kingdom, and it is also in the Han area. The problem, and this is the territory of the Liao Kingdom, and the people's aspirations are in the Liao Kingdom. Not to mention that ordinary Han people in the Liao Kingdom do not have a good impression of the Song Army, even ordinary people in the Central Plains have no interest in the Northern Expedition. It is better now. If the war becomes a long-term war, which consumes a lot of financial, material and military resources, and kills and wounds a large number of soldiers, and does not see immediate practical benefits, the burden on the people in the country will become heavier and heavier. If there are too many, they will first be war-weary and anti-war, which will drive the entire society to resist the war layer by layer. What Master Wang set the Central Plains Day in the north, what Han people in the northern country lived in dire straits, eagerly awaiting Master Wang’s rescue, experienced this era, saw and heard everything with his own eyes, so that Yang Hao already understood the true aspirations of the people: Ordinary people don't care about your perfect martial arts, your unification of the country, or the expansion of your territory. What they want is only a safe and prosperous life. This is the best emperor in their minds. It is in vain for them to serve you with their blood and sweat. Yang Hao did not want to resort to military action. In the end, the people of the Liao Kingdom formed a rebel army to fight against the Song Dynasty. The people of the Song Dynasty used various methods to passively resist the war launched by the court. In his original plan, he never thought of destroying the Liao Kingdom at all.One thousand people are killed, and eight hundred are self-defeated. If the Liao Kingdom can really be wiped out while seriously hurting its vitality, but in fact this goal is impossible. The strength of the Liao Kingdom cannot be ignored. The reason why the Liao Kingdom suffered such a big defeat is One is the merger of Song and Xia, and the momentum was so great that the Liao Kingdom was caught off guard and completely passive in the early stages of the war. The second is that in terms of specific tactics, the Song army still used blitzkrieg to surprise Youzhou, concentrating superior forces, punching with five fingers, and hitting the key points, while the Liao army was slow to respond, the front line was procrastinated, and the source of troops was scattered. The third is that the intelligence work of the Song army was developed, and it was able to know the enemy and know the enemy, and win every battle.Whether it is the movement of the Liao army or the terrain of the battle, the Song army has a well-thought-out plan in advance. On the other hand, the Liao army can't even get detailed and specific intelligence from spies and scouts. However, in these aspects, as long as Xiao Chuo can stick to Youzhou, time can be used to slowly reverse it, especially the morale of the army in Liao Kingdom will gradually gather, and Yang Hao is determined to carry out peace talks before then.There is absolutely no need for peace talks before the time comes. It is just a waste of time and cannot achieve your goal. The Liao Kingdom will not make any concessions at that time, but now... Now, have Shi Wei and Jurchen dispatched troops as agreed?Is my navy already behind enemy lines?These are the most critical factors in my peace talks. Yang Hao looked into the distance with his hands behind his back, heaved a sigh of relief, and the white mist was in front of him, hiding his expression in it. The navy of the Song Dynasty landed from Sanshanpu (now Dalian) and began to march towards Liaoyang, Tokyo of the Liao Kingdom. The main force of Liaoyang had already gone to aid Youzhou. The Khitan people were shocked when they heard the news. This Song army is a mixed army composed of the Bianliang Forbidden Army and the original Southern Tang Navy. Its number is less than 30,000. Because it transports troops by sea, there are not many cavalry. You must know that the Liao people are good at riding and shooting, regardless of men, women, or children. Now this huge force has not really been mobilized. It will become a huge wave, and the Liao army will quickly replenish a large number of new troops. Yang Hao sent troops to the enemy's rear and invaded Liaoyang. Although he used troops, his purpose was to conspire. He wanted to send a signal to the Liao army trapped in Youzhou that the country was about to perish, and make them completely desperate. Only in this way can peace talks be achieved. possible.What could be more shocking than an alien army appearing where they thought it would never be? Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures is an area inhabited by Han people. Many traditional Khitan people who still nomad on the grasslands do not regard this place as their homeland. This is the reason why many Khitan nobles suggested abandoning Youzhou City when Zhao Guangyi’s troops were trapped in Youzhou City. Yan, the reason for guarding the homeland, not because of Zhao Guangyi's soldiers besieging Youzhou City, scared the courage of all the Liao people at once. The trap in Youzhou, for many traditional Khitan nobles, has not yet felt the pain of the skin, and the emperor and the queen mother are guarding Youzhou, as long as Youzhou is not broken, they will not be desperate. Now, if a Song army suddenly Appearing in the rear that they think is rock solid, this kind of psychology will be defeated, and the core power class of the Liao Kingdom - the great nobles of the Khitan Eighth Clan will be terrified, and their wavering and timidity will directly affect Xiao Chuo's decision. Yang Hao knew that this gorgeous young woman was stronger than countless men with her determination to kill and change. If she didn't shake her roots and let her bear the double pressure from inside and outside at the same time, she would never will surrender to himself.She is the kind... If she falls into her hands, she would rather take his life with one knife, and then spend her whole life thinking and suffering, and will never succumb to her feelings. In this regard, she is better than Zhe Ziyu Also be strong. The left-behinds in Tokyo of the Liao Kingdom panicked and sent people to Beijing to send a message. The members of the royal family in Beijing were shocked when they heard the news. No matter how many places they conquered, they only know their hometown. Before the founding of Yelu Abaoji, they had been nomadic in that hometown for generations, and now there are Song soldiers wandering there. Xijing is in full swing, Tokyo is full of gunpowder, Nanjing is ambushed on all sides, the aftermath of the rebellion in Beijing is turbulent, internal and external troubles, the country will be lost. The dignitaries, chiefs, royal family, and clan members of Shangjing, especially the members of the Xiao family who firmly supported Xiao Chuo's decisions without reservation, were also relieved. Finally, Shangjing stayed behind and chose his confidant general, Pegasus. When he rushed to Youzhou, the only instruction the general received was: "I stay here on behalf of the Khitan Bashi, the kings of Shangjing, and all the civil and military ministers. I will grant you the tiger talisman and golden arrow. You can mobilize any army that is stationed on the outskirts of Youzhou. As long as you can break into Youzhou, your army can die, and you can die too, but the military situation in Tokyo and the common opinions of the royal families, clansmen, chiefs, and dignitaries in Shangjing must be sent to the Queen Mother!"