Chapter 62 In the third quarter, three roads against Liao

According to the internal intelligence of the Liao Kingdom, the Song Dynasty analyzed that the Liao Kingdom at this time must be in crisis.Feeling that the time had come, the Song Dynasty prepared to attack Liao for the second time and regain Youyun Sixteen Prefectures in one fell swoop.So in fact, is the Liao intelligence obtained by the Song Dynasty true? This time, Song Chao took the scandal as intelligence.Not to mention whether Han Derang had an affair with the queen mother, even if he did, in the eyes of the Central Plains people, this is a big deal. It is terrible. It will shake the country and mess up the palace. It is equivalent to a tenth magnitude earthquake, which is enough to shake the court Shock collapsed.But in the eyes of the Khitan people, it is a very common thing, very normal.The king is newly mourned, the queen mother is widowed, so it's no big deal to remarry.The northern nomads have a tradition of adopting step marriages. When the father dies, the son can marry all mothers except his own mother;Wang Zhaojun was the Yan family of Shanyu for two generations in the Northern Kingdom, and married his father and son for two generations.Isn't this incest in the eyes of Central Plains people?But in the eyes of the northern peoples, this is nothing.Therefore, people in the Song Dynasty felt that things that would shake the foundation of the country were calm in Khitan.And it is precisely because the queen mother trusts Han Derang so much that Han Derang can use his fists.

The first big mistake the Song Dynasty made when it sent troops this time was to take the scandal as intelligence and not to investigate it seriously;Normally speaking, when the lord of the country dies, you have to send someone to express your condolences.It's good for you, once the country's lord dies, you happily send troops to fight against him, forgetting that the mourning soldiers must win?The Song Dynasty didn't make sense morally, so let's find bad luck.This time Song Taizong did not personally lead the army, but selected generals to attack Liao in three ways. According to Emperor Taizong's formation map, the three-way army went north.

With Cao Bin as the commander and Mi Xin as the deputy commander, the Eastern Route Army led the main force of the Song army out of Xiongzhou (now Xiongxian County, Hebei Province), and marched slowly and vigorously towards Nanjing, Liaoning, in order to contain the main force of the Liao army.Cao Bin was the number one general in the Song Army at that time. When Emperor Taizu ordered Cao Bin to go out to pacify the Southern Tang Dynasty, he once asked him, what is your secret to pacify the Southern Tang Dynasty?Cao Bin said that he would not kill people indiscriminately and buy people's hearts, so he pacified the Southern Tang Dynasty.This time Taizong used Cao Bin's troops as the main force, and asked him to lead the East Route Army to attack Liaonan.

On the middle road, with Tian Zhongjin as the commander, go out of Feihukou (now Laiyuan, Hebei). On the West Road, with Pan Mei as the commander and Yang Ye as the deputy, he went out of Yanmen Pass (now Daixian County, Shanxi Province), and then captured the states outside the pass, and then joined the Central Route Army to march eastward. The Song army was divided into three groups, two in Hebei and one in Shanxi. They advanced side by side, and finally gathered at one point.With this strategy, there was a big mistake-the three-way army was too scattered.A very simple example, how should one beat someone?You should clenched your fist and smashed it hard, but you should never open your fingers.The Song army originally had the upper hand in terms of strength, but dispersed the troops.The total strength of the Liao army is not as good as that of the Song army. You are a big fist, and I am a small fist. If the fist hits the fist, I will be finished.The problem is that you are crossed with your fingers now, I can't hit your fist, but now you open your fist, and I clenched into a fist and hit your fingers one by one, can't you hit you?And what's more deadly is that the East Route Army is the main force, but it moves slowly.Song Taizong thought very well, walked slowly with great fanfare, and attracted the main force of the Liao army in Youzhou City, creating opportunities for the east and west routes.But wishful thinking, "Sun Tzu's Art of War" says that speed is more important than long time, and speed is more important than speed, and change will happen if it is late.What’s more, you can’t stay on the enemy’s land for too long. If you want to eat or not, if you want to wear or not, you can’t find anyone to ask for directions, and no one is willing to work for you.It is a taboo for military strategists to be exposed on the enemy's land for too long.

The Song Dynasty sent troops this time, and before they fought, they made three mistakes: sending troops while mourning, using gossip as intelligence, and improper strategic deployment.