The Song Dynasty Navy did not participate in this operation, which made Wanyan Ji a little uncomfortable.

Wang Wei explained why the court did this. After all, the Song army signed a peace agreement, and the party that took the initiative to go to war could not be matched in name.

Fortunately, the Jurchen tribe was also strong enough, and it was not a problem to capture the camp and pacify the two states. Wanyan Ji had no choice but to lead the army to attack Yingzhou.

The capital of Yingzhou was Liucheng, which is the old city district of Chaoyang City, Liaoning Province in later generations. It is located in the Daling River Valley in western Liaoning. It was established in the Bazhou Zhangwu Army and the garrison Han Xu.

August of the ninth year of Taiping.

When Wanyan Ji's troops arrived at the border of Yingzhou, the people of Liao Kingdom were shocked when they saw the Jurchens and shouted that the Jurchens were coming.

The people thought that the Jurchen cavalry was just coming to rob, as usual. After all, it was already autumn and the food was ripe. The Jurchens grabbed some food and went back.

However, what they did not expect was that the Jurchen soldiers did not rob anything, but walked through the village and drove away. It took a long time for the people who hid them to react.

Wanyan Ji did not move the village along the way. After all, plundering a village and killing a few people to grab some food was not helpful to this battle.

On the contrary, the Liao Kingdom, who did not know their purpose yet, Wanyan Ji planned to go straight to Liucheng in one go. As long as he broke through the Zhangwu army, the biggest obstacle would be cleared.

So Wanyan Ji led his troops straight to Liuzhou, Liucheng Liao army camp. Han Xu couldn't believe it when he learned that the Jurchens had come here.

When he arrived on the city wall, Han Xu's face changed. Wanyan Ji brought 10,000 cavalry as his vanguard this time, and there were subsequent troops and horses, and there were only 5,000 defenders in Liucheng.

Looking at the dense army below, it was fake to say that it was not nervous. What was the Jurchens going to do? Will they go to war with the Liao Kingdom?

"Who is here? Sign up!"

After a little hesitation, Han Xu decided to ask first. After all, the Jurchen Kingdom and the Liao Kingdom were next to each other, and the Jurchen Kingdom would also pay tribute to the Liao Kingdom during the Chinese New Year and the festival. On the surface, it was still repaired.

Wanyan Ji saw the guards asking, but he was not in a hurry to attack. He ordered someone to answer: "General Han, we want to go to Pingzhou, I wonder if we can borrow a way!"

When Han Xu heard that the Jurchens wanted to borrow the story, he was stunned for a moment. Why did they go to Pingzhou? Now half of Pingzhou belongs to the Liao Kingdom and half is occupied by the Song Dynasty.

"What are you doing in Pingzhou? It's the border between Song and Liao!"

"General, we went to attack the State of Song. Emperor Song was betrayed and agreed to give us 100,000 stones of grain every year before we agreed to their troops.

But the food has not arrived this year, so we can't afford to support a 100,000 army. Now the army is no longer doing it. If we don't give food, they will rebel!"

When Han Xu heard this news, he was a little surprised. If what Wanyan Ji and the others said was true, it would definitely be a good thing!

But Han Xu was not stupid either. He couldn't believe what Wanyan Ji said and continued to ask: "Then how do you prove it!"

Wanyan Ji was a little excited when he heard this. This was a plan they had made. He didn't have much hope at first, but he didn't expect that the Liao army seemed to have the intention to fall into a trap.

Since the Liao army wanted to prove it, they had already thought of it. Wanyan Ji waved his hand and was pushed out alone. It was Song general Yang Guangyi!

"General, please see, this is a general of the Song army. I have now captured. If the Song State does not give him food, we will kill him!"

Yang Guangyi knew that this was a bitter plan and cooperated very much. He looked at Wanyan Ji and others with a fierce expression on his face.

Han Xu saw Yang Guangyi at the top of the city and was still a little uncertain. He immediately asked his subordinates, but someone really knew him.

"That's right, general, he is indeed a general of the Song army. He is also a general of Song, who commands the troops of Song State together!

The Song State has a hundred thousand troops in Liaodong and so many soldiers, so the chief general can still be captured. It seems that something is wrong!"

The Liao Dynasty had no maritime power, so naturally he didn't know the situation of the two countries. Wanyan Ji said that the Song Dynasty did not provide food, and the Liao army could not verify it.

However, the Song army generals appeared here, and there was no movement in the Jurchens, which means that the Liao army might have really rebelled, otherwise the Jurchens would have been in chaos long ago.

Han Xu felt that Wanyan Ji's reason was understandable, so he didn't continue to think about it. In fact, there was a big loophole in this strategy, that was Cao Bin's navy, but they just couldn't imagine it.

"If this is the case, they can be allowed to go there. The court and the State of Song signed a letter of state, and wars were not allowed to be launched easily, and our army could not invade Song at will.

However, the Jurchens were different. The two countries had no agreement and were not next to each other. After the Jurchens arrived in Pingzhou, the Song army could only passively defend but could not pursue them across the line.

If the Song army crossed the line, it would be like tearing down the agreement. At that time, they would be the first to break their promise, and we can also fight back!"

Han Xu thought so. In fact, the Liao Kingdom had long wanted to attack Song Kingdom, but the imperial court had always controlled it. After all, Guo Hao was not Zhao Kuangyin, and the Song Dynasty is not the Song Dynasty in history.

If the Liao Kingdom took the initiative to invade, the Song Dynasty would not be afraid of the Liao Kingdom. There were the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun and the Great Wall. The Song army could attack and retreat or defend, so it was impossible to start a war easily.

If war really goes to begin, it will take an opportunity. If we unite other neighboring countries, such as the Jurchens, Tubos, and Uighurs, gather the power of these nomadic peoples and destroy the arrogance of the Song State in one fell swoop.

Otherwise, if Song State counterattacks, it is likely that it will be bitten by the snake without death. Guo Hao's character will not be bullied for nothing.

So even Han Xu knew that Wanyan Ji appeared too suddenly, which made him unable to make up his mind for a moment.

At this moment, a scout came to report that when the Jurchen soldiers passed by the village, they did not harm the people, but just focused on their journey, which was indeed not like they were coming to trouble them.

Han Xu looked at the Jurchen soldiers below and thought that it was okay to let them go, but he could not walk from the city and let them go around.

After receiving this reply, Wanyan Ji was a little disappointed. The Liao army still kept a hand, but this was not impossible. He could already make arrangements.

The Liao army agreed to take advantage of the situation. Wanyan Ji looked at each other with his generals and ordered the army to continue setting off, but the speed slowed down.

What they had just passed by was the north gate of Liucheng. If they wanted to take a detour, they had to pass by the east gate of Liucheng.

They walked along the road, and there was nothing unusual. At this time, Wanyan Ji asked someone to loosen Yang Guangyi and the two of them marched forward together.

"Your Highness, we will go west along the main road and we will get farther and farther away from the East Gate, and there is a small road ahead to reach the East Gate of Liucheng.

Next, you will send people to pay attention to the rear and deal with the spies of the Liao army. We have only one chance. If you can't do it, you can't evacuate eastward immediately. General Cao will answer us!"

Although Cao Bin did not participate in the battle, he could respond at the beach. This time their plan was actually very simple, but it was actually a sneak attack.

The Jurchen soldiers walked in front, and the Liao army spies followed from behind. They found that the army had changed their course and wanted to go back to report. As a result, several feather arrows flew past and the two spies were killed immediately.

As soon as the Liao army spy died, Wanyan Ji ordered to speed up. Before, the Liao army focused all their attention on the north gate, but now they were going to the east gate to strive to break through Liucheng in one fell swoop!

In fact, although Han Xu resisted, he did not expect that the Jurchens would dare to attack the city openly, which was something he had never seen before.

Although the east gate of Liucheng was closed at this time, the defenders above were relatively relaxed. When the Jurchen soldiers came, they were really scared, but they were not worried because the North Gate was attacked.

But now it’s different. Ten thousand horses galloped and the earth trembled. Before the East Gate defenders could react, the Jurchen soldiers had already arrived at the city!

"Enemy attack--"

The Liao army responded quickly, but it was too late. They had not noticed that this group of Jurchen soldiers were different from before. They were not only proficient in cavalry, but also not weak in fighting under horses!

The only siege equipment is ladder, and the siege gate naturally uses explosives!

With an explosion, the city gate was blown up with a gap. Wanyan Ji took the lead in breaking into the crowd, widening the gap, and then occupying the city gate.

As soon as the city gate opened, the Jurchen soldiers rushed in and the city was soon lost. The Liao army retreated while resisting.

After capturing the East Gate, Wanyan Ji ordered his troops to divide into two groups, heading to the North Gate and the South Gate respectively, and drove away the Liao army in the city.

As for the west gate of Liucheng, Wanyan Ji did not send anyone there. He came here just to occupy the city, not to annihilate the Liao army.

The sudden change made Han Xu unexpectedly, and by the time he realized it, the situation was already over.
Chapter completed!