Chapter 54 Section 6 Song Taizong Provocation

The Song army captured the Northern Han Dynasty and fulfilled Song Taizu's first last wish.Then, Song Taizong planned to fulfill Taizu's second wish in one go, and regain the sixteen prefectures of Youyun occupied by Liao.So he took the opportunity to provoke Liao, intending to start a war.So, how did Song Taizong provoke Liao, and how did Liao Jingzong respond? After flattening the serious trouble of the Northern Han Dynasty, Song Taizong was full of ambition.A major event that my brother did not complete was accomplished by me. It seems that the Northern Han Dynasty was wiped out, and the Liao Dynasty was no problem.So he sent an envoy to the Liao court to announce the good news.Because of the defeat of both generals and prime ministers, Emperor Jingzong was furious. It wasn't that our Liao soldiers couldn't fight, but because the generals lost peace and lost the battle.Just angry, the Song Dynasty actually sent people here, I destroyed the Northern Han Dynasty, aren't we friendly neighbors?Didn't you come to offer condolences when my brother died?Now there is a big happy event in our country. I have wiped out your dependent countries. You should come to celebrate.Emperor Jingzong was very angry. What kind of human nature is this?Seeing the eloquence of the Song Dynasty eloquence and the hype, how brave and powerful our Song Dynasty was, how the Northern Han Dynasty was destroyed, and so on.Emperor Jingzong told the Song envoy that your emperor's humanity is not very good, so he sent you here to die.Think about it, I'm so angry, your emperor actually sent you here to brag about how to destroy the Northern Han Dynasty, and let me go to congratulate you?It seems that you are not treated well in your country, right?If you are loyal to me, I will reuse you.When the Song envoy heard this, he flatly refused.I am here as an envoy, not to surrender. I am here on the emperor's order. The two countries have normal exchanges. There is indeed a big happy event in our country. You should congratulate it. It is impolite for you not to congratulate.I don't disgrace the emperor's order, how can I surrender to you Khitan people?Liao Jingzong saw it, you have the guts, go back and report to your emperor, let us discuss and discuss the congratulations.The meaning of Liao Jingzong couldn't be more clear. The Northern Han Dynasty asked for help, and I sent troops to rescue. In fact, I hope that you in the Northern Song Dynasty will accept it when you see it.You have more than 100,000 troops to challenge the Northern Han Dynasty, and I only send 20,000 soldiers and horses to help out, that is, to show the Northern Han Dynasty a gesture.Moreover, I also told the Northern Song Dynasty that the Northern Han Dynasty was under the protection of the boss, so you can stop if you can, but if you don’t give up, then forget about it, you destroyed the Northern Han Dynasty, I didn’t say anything, I hope the two countries can still be peaceful Coexistence, non-aggression.Liao Jingzong hoped that the Song envoy could bring this meaning back to Song Taizong, so that the two countries could coexist peacefully.

When the Song envoy came back, he told Song Taizong the passage of the mission, and Song Taizong couldn't find the north. Did you see that Liao was terrified by us.Song Taizong also knew that this request he made was unreasonable. You killed his little brother and asked him to congratulate you?But I asked my envoy to make such an unreasonable request and he didn't dare to do anything to my envoy. It seems that Liao is not afraid.Since it is not enough to be feared, you can use soldiers to plan it.Therefore, Emperor Taizong of the Song Dynasty led hundreds of thousands of troops to conquer the north with the remaining prestige of destroying the Northern Han Dynasty, and prepared to recover the sixteen prefectures of Youyun in one fell swoop.