Yelu Zhongyuan used the late emperor to talk to his ancestors, forcing Yelu Zong to the point of despair. As an emperor, of course he could not let people gossip and say that he was afraid of the enemy. If he said that he could not live up to the late emperor and his ancestors, then he would
It's a question of whether you are competent or not.
"Forget it, the words of the emperor's brother are reasonable. I have decided to proceed according to the original plan. The target is still Xingqing Mansion, the capital of Xia. However, due to the change of situation, we need to proceed with caution. From now on, the left route led by Yelu Chongyuan will go south.
The army immediately moved closer to the Chinese army, concentrating its superior strength to form a heavy blow, allowing the Xia army to meet the harassing hope; secondly, Xiao Hui, the privy envoy of the Beiyuan, immediately returned to the country and mobilized 100,000 reinforcements to follow up. At present, it seems that the Xia army is not weak.
, the military strength must maintain an absolute advantage; in addition, please ask your Shangfu Zhang Jian to immediately send someone to investigate the reason for the sudden increase in Xia's army. If the previous investigation was negligent, the person involved must be severely punished; or... or maybe there is something else hidden. Anyway, I
We need a clear result, and we need to know clearly how many Xia troops will block us on the way from here to Xingqing Mansion."
Yelu Zongzhen gave the order, and everyone took action immediately. Yelu Zhongyuan also wanted to argue, hoping that the emperor would allow him to lead his headquarters as a vanguard force to advance quickly, but Yelu Zongzhen refused. After Yelu Zongzhen retreated, the officials also dispersed, leaving the remaining
Yelu Zhongyuan stood alone in the tent and shouted: They are all cowards.
Within a few days, hundreds of scout teams were dispatched from the Daliao military camp, penetrating deep into the hinterland of the Xia Kingdom. The furthest reaches were hundreds of miles away in the central part of the Xia Kingdom. These teams disguised themselves as ordinary herdsmen, and although some were discovered and captured,
, but some successfully heard the news.
Dangxiang herdsmen near the two official roads leading to the north inadvertently revealed the news that the Xia army stationed in the southern cities was heading north along the way more than ten days ago. The scouts, as if they had found a treasure, rushed back to the Liao army stationed in Helan.
Reports from the camp at the foot of the mountain. The courtiers who are proficient in analysis immediately made a startling conclusion based on this information.[
First of all, it is obvious that the Xia people made targeted deployments before the Third Liao cavalry entered the Xia Kingdom. It was obvious that the action was leaked; the news of the use of troops against the Xia Kingdom was a secret operation.
Before the start of the war, the ministers in the DPRK knew only a little. It is puzzling that the Xia people knew it in advance.
It was possible that there was a traitor in the court, and he was in the center and knew the whole story. This speculation made Yeluzong really chill, but he quickly ruled out this possibility. The only people who knew about the matter were several veterans of the court.
Looking at their pasts, none of them have anything to do with the Xia people. On the contrary, they are all the most hated enemies of the Xia State. They have also made many cruel moves against Xia State that made the Xia State gnash their teeth; more importantly,
Yes, in the past dealings with the Xia State, no information was ever leaked, so this can be ruled out.
Then it is possible that someone in the country has the eyes, ears and secret work of the Xia State. It cannot be ruled out that when the army was gathering, the Xia State's detailed work in the Liao State guessed the military intentions of the Liao people through the large-scale gathering of the army, and thus sent out a message like the Xia State
The warning allowed Xia people to respond.
However, this point is a bit far-fetched. Even if Xia Guo's careful work could guess the intention through the gathering of troops, Xia Guo would not be so resolute in mobilizing hundreds of thousands of troops to cooperate with this guess. The cost would be too high; in case of misjudgment
, wouldn’t it be a waste of money and material resources to work hard? For Xia State’s current situation of lacking everything, it would be worse than worse.
When Zhang Jian and others put forward this hypothesis, Yelvzong really asked himself whether, as a national decision-maker, he would do this, and the answer was undoubtedly no.
There is only one last possibility left. It is not only the Liao people who know the news, but also the Song people. If I did not leak the exact information, will the Song people reveal the news that the two countries jointly attack Xia?
But the problem is, even after knowing the news of the joint attack between the two countries, the Xia people mobilized the troops from the southern cities to march north to defend the enemy. This was obviously a way of demolishing the east wall to make up for the west wall, blocking the Liao people. What should the Song army do in the south?
? Could it be said that the hatred of the Dangxiang people towards the Liao people is far greater than that of the Song people? Would they rather die than drag the Liao people to die with them?
It is true that the Dangxiang people could not guess what they were thinking, but Xiao Hui's words made everyone feel vaguely uneasy.
"Since the main force of the Xia people has been transferred to the north, the southern cities should have been weakened. With the Song Dynasty's 200,000 troops, they should be able to quickly break through the Huizhou and Youzhou defense lines; it only takes two days for the news from the front to arrive.
, Now that the war has been going on for more than ten days, why did the battle report yesterday say that the Song Army was fighting in full swing with the Xia Army in Yuzhou and Huizhou? It also said that there were many casualties, and that the Xia Army was tenacious in defense and had a large number of people. Is there something wrong here?
Is it fishy?"
Xiao Hui's words were like a big hand pushing away the fog in the sky. The truth revealed was so unacceptable that it made people sick and want to vomit.
"No, Song people wouldn't be so despicable, right? There is an indissoluble grudge between the Song Dynasty and the Dangxiang people. What reason is there to help the Dangxiang people to deal with me, Daliao?" someone asked.
Xiao Hui sneered: "Why is it impossible? Isn't it for the benefit of Daliao that we join forces with the Song people to attack Xia? If we destroy the Dangxiang people, we can directly threaten the Song border from the entire north and provide convenient conditions for future attacks on the Song Dynasty. The Song Dynasty
It is entirely possible for people to realize this. The Song capital Bianliang relies on the northwest as a buffer, and the Xia Kingdom was originally a threat, but now it no longer poses a threat at all. It is just used to preserve the Xia Kingdom as a buffer against the Liao Dynasty; we can think of this
One thing, the people of Song Dynasty are not as stupid as pigs and dogs, can no one see through it?"
Liao Xingzong Yelvzong's eyelids were twitching, his palms were all sweaty, and he frowned and said: "If this is true, we have been fooled by the Song people. The Song people are actually just putting on a show. All the main forces of the Xia army have been mobilized to the north.
, the number is not 150,000, nor 200,000, but 300,000."
The ministers suddenly fell silent and stared at each other eagerly. They felt very uncomfortable in their hearts. They calculated over and over again. It was originally an excellent plan to kill two birds with one stone. It could not only destroy the Xia Kingdom and occupy a large area of land, but also directly threaten the northwest capital of the Song Dynasty.
Suddenly, it was like a dream. The dream was shattered by the current situation. The colorful dream fell to pieces on the ground and turned into poisonous snakes that preyed on people.
"Your Majesty, don't draw conclusions prematurely. Let's confirm our judgment first. The first thing to do now is to find out the true situation of the Song and Xia battlefields in the south. It would be best to send people to sneak into the cities of Youzhou and Huizhou to see if there are any
The main force of the Xia army is defending the city. We will make further calculations after the news is confirmed.
Yelv Zong Zhen said: "You are right. Immediately order someone to find out the exact information and report it to me as soon as possible."
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In the northwest of the Song Dynasty, fighting was still raging on the battlefields of Huizhou and Youzhou. Every morning and afternoon, the unstoppable Song army first launched a series of hurling stones, followed by a shower of arrows, followed by infantry charges.
They set up ladders to attack the city, but were finally defeated and stopped, and then rehearsed these procedures the next day.
It seemed that the fighting was extremely lively and intense, and the Xia troops on the city wall fell in rows every day. But when they attacked on the second day, there were always rows of Xia troops standing on the city wall again, waiting like fools to be stoned.
The plane was knocked down, and everyone knew that they were all dummies wearing armor; the people in the city were gathered into a certain area, which was an area that the Song Army would never attack. Their daily mission was to eat
Go to bed and tie the grass, then eat and sleep to tie the grass.[
Su Jin's life was very boring. For more than ten days, he was tired of watching the same drills every day. The army was not allowed to bring wives and concubines. Even the only entertainment these days was lost. He could still walk around during the day.
, making jokes with the soldiers, or personally controlling the trebuchet to throw stones onto the city. At night, everyone was so tired that everyone fell asleep soundly, and Su Jin doubled the chat.
Two days ago, Su Jin got the good news that Xiao Hui's forward army was wiped out. Su Jin was very happy. The strategy worked. The wolf bit a piece of the tiger's meat. What will the tiger do next? Run away with its tail between its legs? No, then
It's a dog; the people of Liao are so confident and arrogant that they will bite them back no matter what. The show is about to begin. Unfortunately, I can't go and see tigers and wolves bite each other in person, so I can only continue chatting here.
Su Jin also understood that the appearance of the main force of the Xia army would definitely arouse the suspicion of the Liao army. Maybe he would not be able to perform this siege drama for a few days, but Su Jin was not afraid of being exposed, because this matter was fundamentally
It will not become a permanent secret, and sooner or later the Liao people will discover it; and what I have to do is to still keep the Liao and Xia countries at war after the Liao people find out, and never let the Liao people retreat.
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For this reason, Su Jin spent several nights lying in bed thinking about countermeasures. In the end, he abandoned several euphemistic methods and settled on a direct and brutal strategy.