"Boom! The Song State bullies too much and openly tore up the Chanyuan Alliance. It doesn't take my Daliao seriously!" Yelu Jun slapped the dragon case angrily and stood up and yelled. Today he had just received the news that the Song army suddenly launched a large-scale attack on the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun. Now several states close to the Song Dynasty have changed hands, and the Song army is like lightning, attacking other states crazy, obviously trying to seize the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun as quickly as possible.

"Your Majesty, the military situation is urgent, and this matter cannot be delayed. I would like to ask Your Majesty to mobilize the army and quickly support the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun. Otherwise, the border in the south of our compound would be worrying!" At this time, an old man with white hair and a hunchback stood up and said.

This person is Zhang Renxian's father Zhang Xiaojie. He had some friendship with Yelu Chongyuan at the beginning and once forced Yelu Renxian away. Although he did not participate in the later rebellion of Yelu Chongyuan, after Yelu Jun ascended the throne, he was not as favored as before. Coupled with Yelu Renxian's rejection and the blow of his son Zhang Renxian's death, Zhang Xiaojie's life was also very difficult. He had grown much older in just a few years. If Zhao Yan saw him again, he might not be able to recognize him for a while.

"Well, what Zhang Aiqing said is very much, but the Song army is coming in full force this time, and the three groups of people together have more than 100,000, which can almost be compared with the troops they used to destroy Xixia last time. Although our Great Liao is not comparable to the Western Xia, if you are not careful, you may end up in a crushing defeat!" After hearing Zhang Renxian's words, Yelu Jun, who was still very angry just now, calmed down. After saying that, he also glanced at the civil and military officials in the hall, and stopped on Yelu Renxian who was standing in front.

"What Your Majesty said is very important. The old minister thought he should send a steady and steadfast minister who was proficient in military affairs to preside over the war on Yanyun. The old minister looked at all the ministers of our Great Liao Dynasty and found that only His Highness King Song could take on such an important task!" Zhang Xiaojie said again at this time, and recommended Yelu Renxian as the candidate for the troops this time.

"I'm asking for advice!" As soon as Zhang Xiaojie said, he immediately attracted many ministers' comments. However, when Yelu Ren, who was standing in front, heard this, he glanced at Zhang Xiaojie and the ministers who agreed to comments with a meaningful meaning. Some of these people really believed that only they could block the attack of the Song army. Some people wanted to take this opportunity to transfer him out of the core of power of the Liao Kingdom, for example, Zhang Xiaojie must have had this motivation.

"Father Shang, all my dear friends recommend you to take on the important task this time. I also feel that this is a big deal that Shang Father must do. I wonder if Shang Father is willing to share my worries?" Yelu Jun, who was sitting on the dragon throne, also asked Yelu Renxian.

"I am willing to go!" Yelu Renxian also walked up to him and bowed. In this case, even if he was unwilling to do so, he had to agree. What's more, he knew that among the civil and military officials in the court, he was the most suitable for leading troops. This was mainly because since the rebellion of Yelu Chongyuan, the generals of the Liao Kingdom suffered heavy losses, and excellent generals died or rebelled, and it was difficult for people to rest. Only he was loyal and capable, and no one could deny this.

"Haha. With Shang's father leading his troops, I will feel relieved. Please help Shang's father to annihilate all the invading Song army to boost the power of our Great Liao army!" Yelu Jun saw Yelu Renxian willing to lead his troops to go, and immediately laughed and encouraged him.

In the next few days, with the assistance of Yelu Renxian, Yelu Jun mobilized one Liao army after another to go to the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun to support him. Yelu Renxian also rushed to the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, preparing to accept these troops as soon as possible and reorganize them, and then give the invading Song army a headache.

However, it was not a day or two for Yelu Ren to mobilize his troops to support him first. It would take at least half a month or even a month to prepare. The supported troops could reach the territory of the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun. For the army of the army, they had to conquer the entire territory of the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun within this period of time, so that they could calmly face the reinforcements of the Liao Kingdom according to the original plan.

At the city of Xijin Prefecture, Hu Yanqing looked at the tall and strong city in front of him. This was originally Youzhou City among the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun, but it was occupied by the Liao Kingdom and changed to Xijin Prefecture. It was also Nanjing, one of the four capitals of the Liao Kingdom. The city was built very strongly, and a large amount of food and grass was stored in the city. It can be said that it is the most solid city among the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun. When Yelu Chongyuan rebelled, Xijin Prefecture was regarded as the capital. This shows the importance of this city.

"Brother Yelu, the Xijin Mansion in front of him is not easy to attack. Do you have any good suggestions?" Hu Yanqing put down his telescope, and then asked Yelu Xiong, who was also looking at the Xijin Mansion with a telescope next to him. Although Yelu Xiong was captured before, although he was a little unwilling to surrender to the Song Dynasty, he thought that his future in Liao Kingdom was ruined and he would never have a chance to make a comeback again, which made him very unwilling to accept it. Hu Yanqing promised him generous conditions, which made him finally choose to surrender and assist Hu Yanqing in attacking Liao Kingdom.

Hearing Hu Yanqing's inquiry, Yelu Xiong slowly lowered his telescope, and a faint smile appeared on his face and said, "If the general asked me a few years ago how to attack the Xijin Mansion, the last general could not think of any good idea. However, when Yelu Chongyuan rebelled, he had several battles with Yelu Jun with the Xijin Mansion. The last time Yelu Jun destroyed a section of the city wall of the Xijin Mansion at a great cost. Later, Yelu Chongyuan escaped and the Xijin Mansion fell into Yelu Jun's hands. That section of the city wall was also repaired, but the Liao treasury was empty at that time and could not afford much money at all, so the quality of the city wall repaired was not very good. With the force of gunpowder in our hands, we should be able to break this section of the city wall very easily!"

"Oh? Where is that section of the city wall?" Hu Yanqing said with an ecstatic expression when he heard the news. At the same time, he felt that the decision to subdue Yelu Xiong was very correct. It was the various information provided by Yelu Xiong along the way that their army along the way was very smooth. Not only did they sweep away several states in the west, but they were also the first to come to the city of Xijin Prefecture. Yang Huaiyu's army was still behind them. As for the right side, they were completely blocked by the Liao army, but this was also expected.

"General, please look. It's about two hundred steps south of the city gate. There is the once-breaking city wall, about fifty steps long. If you look closely, you can tell that this section of the city wall is newer than the city walls in other places." Yelu Xiong pointed at the city wall road in the distance. The location they were standing at was a short mountain on the west side of the city gate. Here, with the help of a telescope, you can clearly see the situation on the city wall.

Following Yelu Xiong's guidance, Hu Yanqing finally discovered the city wall. The bricks on this city wall look very neat and newer in color. Although they are not very obvious, you can still find some differences by comparing the city wall next to them.

"That's great. The information provided by General Yelu is enough to be worth tens of thousands of troops. If he breaks through the Xijin Mansion in the future, General Yelu will be the first contribution!" Hu Yanqing said excitedly again. A not-so-solid city wall was enough to allow him to take down the Xijin Mansion at a very small cost.

Hearing Hu Yanqing's praise, Yelu Xiong couldn't help but smile and said modestly, then turned his eyes to Xijin Mansion, and his face showed a bit of complexity. He thought that he was once the guardian of Xijin Mansion, and he was also in a glorious moment at that time, but unfortunately he followed the wrong person and almost lost his life. When he came to Xijin Mansion again this time, he wanted to attack it.

Knowing the weakness of Xijin Prefecture City, Hu Yanqing immediately went back and formulated a corresponding attack plan. The next day, he officially started attacking Xijin Prefecture City. However, Hu Yanqing did not attack directly from the relatively fragile city wall direction, but instead chose to attack from the south side. The south side was the front of Xijin Prefecture, and the city wall was the most solid, which also made the defenders in Xijin Prefecture City breathe a sigh of relief.

However, Hu Yanqing used the strategy of "building a plank road openly and crossing Chencang secretly" this time. On the surface, his army turned to the south to attack Xijin Prefecture, causing most of the defenders in the city to gather on the south wall. However, on the evening of the fifth day, Hu Yanqing quietly touched the relatively fragile city wall on the west side, and then used the city wall to chisel open the city wall and stuffed several huge gunpowder explosion tubes into it and ignite it. As a result, with a loud bang, this originally not very strong city wall was suddenly shaken down.

The violent explosion made the champion on the city wall on the west side faint. When they realized it, Hu Yanqing had already led the army into the city and quickly opened the city gate. As a result, the remaining Song army rushed in. Although the guards in the city ordered the Liao army to resist resolutely, unfortunately, after the city was broken, it caused a huge psychological blow to ordinary soldiers. Many people had no fighting spirit at all. Therefore, after a day and night of fighting in the city, Xijin Mansion finally fell into Hu Yanqing's hands.

Xijin Prefecture is Nanjing of the Liao Kingdom and a famous city among the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun. However, it was captured by the Song army within just a few days. After the news came out, it immediately caused a huge blow to the remaining Liao army. In addition, the supportive army was delayed, which also made many unstolen cities unstable. Taking advantage of this opportunity, the central army led by Yang Huaiyu also broke through several cities in one fell swoop, and finally met Hu Yanqing in Xijin Prefecture. Even the right-wing army, which had not been moved for a long time, actually conquered the obstacles on the way forward, conquered several cities before being blocked again.

However, although Hu Yanqing and Yang Huaiyu achieved considerable results, time was still urgent, especially since they had received news that reinforcements led by Yelu Renxian might arrive at any time. After the two armies met, they separated again and rushed to Ruzhou and Tanzhou on the edge of the Great Wall, completely clearing the remaining remaining forces of the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun. (To be continued)
Chapter completed!