Chapter 53 Section 5 Song Taizong's personal conquest

The Northern Han Dynasty is not only a subsidiary state of Liao, but also a natural military barrier of Liao, so it has been protected by Liao for many years.When Song Taizu was alive, he led his army to attack the Northern Han Dynasty three times, but was repelled by the Liao reinforcements. Therefore, he failed to fulfill his long-cherished wish to pacify the Northern Han Dynasty until his death.So, can Song Taizong lead his army out this time, can he fulfill Taizu's last wish? The Lord of the Northern Han Dynasty received the report, and Song Taizong personally led the army to come, and hurriedly reported to the upper kingdom, asking for reinforcements.Liao Jingzong immediately dispatched prime ministers and generals to lead the army to reinforce the Northern Han Dynasty.The prime minister leading the army may be more of a gesture, and this gesture is mainly for the Northern Han Dynasty.Look, little brother, the boss attaches great importance to you, and sent the prime minister to support you; of course, he also showed it to Song. This is our vassal state, and we attach great importance to it. You are the emperor's own conquest, and we can't be too cheap. If the emperor doesn't come, Send the prime minister.To follow the principle of diplomatic reciprocity is also a kind of respect for the Northern Song Dynasty. Your emperor personally led the troops, and it was not appropriate for me to send a regiment leader, so I sent a prime minister.

Unexpectedly, the prime minister, the general, and the supervising army are at odds with each other. The general advocates caution, while the supervising army is greedy for merit.The general thinks that we have never fought against the Song Dynasty, and we don't know the strength of the Song soldiers. It is better to march slowly rather than quickly, and fight steadily.The supervisor said that it is not like we have never fought against the Central Plains people before. When Emperor Taizong went south, he wiped out the Later Jin Dynasty like a joke. What can the Song Dynasty do now?Zhao Kuangyin, the founding emperor of the Song Dynasty, should be the son of heaven immediately. It is said that a coiling dragon stick flattened the four hundred military states in the world. No one so powerful could destroy the Northern Han Dynasty. Now his younger brother is succeeding, and his name is not right. ah?It seems that the Khitan court was not ignorant of the inside story of the Song Dynasty.Hurry up, win the first battle, break the siege of the allies, and return to the court to play the Ming Lord, we have made a great contribution.The two argued endlessly, and when the prime minister needed to make a ruling, the prime minister was moved by the supervisor's lobbying and agreed to the supervisor's proposition.The general is very calm, since this is the case, if you divide the troops, if you two advocate aggressive advances, you two will die. If I don't play with you, I won't go.In this way, the Liao army divided its troops.After the division of troops, the supervising army rushed forward, and the general led his troops to respond. Sure enough, he was defeated badly by the Song army.A total of more than 20,000 horses came from the Liao Kingdom, while the Song Dynasty had more than 100,000 troops. Fortunately, a stable general picked up the remnants and retreated slowly.At this time, the Northern Song Dynasty mainly wanted to destroy the Northern Han Dynasty, but did not want to compete with the Liao Dynasty. After repelling the reinforcements from the Liao Kingdom, the Song Army did not take advantage of the victory to pursue it.

Once the Liao army retreated, the Northern Han Dynasty would be left alone.The Song army surrounded Taiyuan City, attacked day and night, and finally wiped out the Northern Han Dynasty.