The Happy Life of Small Officials in Northern Song Dynasty

Yelu Chongyuan used the emperor to talk to his ancestors, and forced Yeluzong into a desperate situation. As the emperor, he certainly couldn't let people gossip, saying that he was afraid of the enemy. It's a matter of whether you are competent or not.

"Forget it, the emperor's brother's words are also reasonable. I decided to proceed according to the original plan. The goal is still the Xiadu Xingqing Mansion, but due to changes in the situation, we need to proceed cautiously; from now on, Yelu Chongyuan will lead the left road to the south. The army immediately moved closer to the central army, concentrated its superior forces to form a heavy blow, and let the Xia army meet the threat of harassment; secondly, Xiao Hui, the privy envoy of the North Court, immediately returned to the country to mobilize [-] reinforcements to follow up. At present, it seems that the Xia army is not weak. In order to maintain an absolute superiority in military strength; in addition, my father, Zhang Jian, is requested to immediately send someone to investigate the reason for the sudden increase in Xia's army. If the previous report was negligent, the person involved must be severely punished; or...or there is something hidden, in short, I We need a clear and clear result, and we need to know exactly how many Xia troops will stop us on the way from here to Xingqing Mansion."

Yelu Zongzhen gave an order, and everyone acted immediately. Yelu Zhongyuan wanted to argue that he hoped that the emperor would let him lead his headquarters as a vanguard to advance quickly, but was rejected by Yeluzong Zhenyan; Yelu Zhongyuan stood alone in the big tent and shouted: They are all cowards.

In a few days, hundreds of scout teams were dispatched from the Daliao army camp to penetrate deep into the hinterland of Xia Kingdom, and the farthest reached hundreds of miles in the middle of Xia Kingdom. These teams disguised themselves as ordinary herdsmen, although some were caught , but some have 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 had gone north along the way more than ten days ago. The scouts rushed back to the Liao army stationed in Helan as if they had found a treasure Report from the camp at the foot of the mountain.The courtiers who are proficient in analysis immediately came to an astonishing conclusion based on these news. [

First of all, it is obvious that the Xia people made targeted deployments before the third Daliao cavalry entered the territory of the Xia Kingdom. Before the start, the ministers in the court knew very little, and it was puzzling that the Xia people could know in advance.

It is possible that there are traitors in the court, and they are in the center and know the whole story; this speculation made Yelu Zong really chill, but he quickly ruled out this possibility. Looking at their past, none of them have anything to do with Xia people. On the contrary, they are all Xia Guo's most hated enemies, and they have made many cruel moves in Xia Guo's affairs; Yes, in the past dealings with Xia Guo, there has never been any news leaked, so this point can be ruled out.

Then it is possible that there are Xia Guo's eyes and ears and secret agents in the country. It is not ruled out that when the army is assembled, Xia Guo's secret agents in the Liao Kingdom guessed the military intentions of the Liao people through the large-scale assembly of the army, and thus sent a message like Xia Guo. The warning made the Xia people respond.

But this point is a bit far-fetched. Even if Xia Guo's detailed work can guess the intention through the assembly of the army, Xia Guo will not resolutely mobilize 10,000+ troops to cooperate with this guess, the cost is too high; if the judgment is wrong, Wouldn't it be a waste of money and material resources to labor the teacher and mobilize the disciples?For Xia Guo's current situation of lacking everything, it is even worse.

When Zhang Jian and others put forward this hypothesis, Yeluzong really asked himself, as a national decision-maker, would he do this, and the answer was undoubtedly no.

The only remaining possibility is the last one. It is not only the Liao people who know the news, but also the Song people. I have not leaked the exact news. Will the Song people reveal the news that the two countries jointly attacked Xia?

But the problem is, even if they knew the news of the joint attack between the two countries, the Xia people mobilized troops from the southern cities to defend the enemy north. ?Could it be said that the party members hated the Liao people far more than the Song people?Would rather die than drag Daliao to die together?

It is true that the party members are always thinking about it, but Xiao Hui's words made everyone faintly uneasy.

"Since the main force of the Xia people has been transferred to the north, the southern cities should already have weak troops. With the 20 troops of the Great Song Dynasty, they should break through the defense lines of Huizhou and Youzhou very quickly; it only takes two days for the news from the front to come. Now that the battle has been going on for more than ten days, why did the battle report yesterday say that Song Junzheng and Xia Jun were fighting in Yuzhou and Huizhou? It also said that there were many casualties, and that Xia Jun had a large number of tenacious defenses. Is there something tricky here? ah?"

Xiao Hui's words were like a big hand pushing away the mist from the sky, the truth revealed was so unacceptable, it made people feel sick and want to vomit.

"No way, Song people wouldn't be so despicable, right? Song people and Dangxiang people have an inextricable grievance. What reason is there to help Dangxiang people deal with my Daliao?" Someone asked.

Xiao Hui sneered and said, "Why is that impossible? Isn't it for the benefit of Daliao that I join forces with the Song people to attack Xia? If the Dangxiang people are eliminated, they can directly threaten the border of Song State from the whole north, and provide convenient conditions for the future attack on Song Dynasty. It is entirely possible for people to realize this point. Bianliang, the capital of the Song Dynasty, relied on the northwest as a buffer, and Xia Guo was originally a threat, but now it is no longer a threat at all. It is just used to preserve Xia Guo as a buffer against our Daliao; One point, Song people are not stupid like pigs and dogs, so no one will see through it?"

Liao Xingzong Yeluzong's eyelids were twitching, his palms were sweaty, and he frowned and said: "If this is the case, we have been fooled by the Song people. The Song people are actually just playing a show. The main force of the Xia army has already mobilized to the north. , the number is not 15, nor 20, but 30."

All the ministers fell silent for a moment, staring at each other eagerly, feeling really uncomfortable in their hearts, calculating and calculating, it was originally an excellent plan to kill two birds with one stone, which could not only destroy Xia State and occupy a large area of ​​land, but also directly threaten the northwestern capital of Song State, Suddenly it was like a dream, the reality shattered the dream emotionally, the multicolored dreams shattered to the ground, turning into poisonous snakes to choose people to eat.

"Your Majesty, don't draw conclusions prematurely, let's confirm our judgment; the first thing to do now is to inquire about the real situation of the southern Songxia battlefield. It is best to send people to sneak into the two cities of Youzhou and Huizhou to see if there are any The main force of the Xia army is defending the city, and we will make further calculations after the news is confirmed.

Yeluzong said, "That's right, immediately order someone to find out the exact news, and report it to me as soon as possible."

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In the northwest of the Great Song Dynasty, the battlefields of Huizhou and Youzhou were still in full swing. Every morning and afternoon, the Song army would throw stones first, followed by a shower of arrows, followed by infantry assault racks. Raise the ladder to attack the city, and finally lose the battle and die, and then re-drill these procedures the next day.

It seems that the fighting is extremely lively and lively, and the Xia army on the top of the city also falls in rows every day, but when the second day attacks, there are always rows of Xia troops standing on the top of the city again, waiting like a fool to be stoned Everyone knows that they are dummy wearing armor; the people in the city are concentrated in a certain area, which is an area that the Song army will never attack, and their daily task is to eat Sleep with the straw man, and then eat and sleep with the grass man. [

Su Jin's life is very chatty. For more than ten days, the drills are the same every day, and I feel like throwing up. The army can't bring wives and concubines here. Even the only entertainment these days is lost, and I can still go around during the day. , playing jokes with the soldiers, or manipulating the trebuchet to throw stones over the top of the city. At night, everyone was tired enough to sleep, and Su Jin would chat twice as much.

Two days ago, Su Jin got the good news that Xiao Hui's forward army had been completely wiped out. Su Jin was very happy. The strategy worked. The wolf bit a piece of the tiger's flesh. What will the tiger do next?Run away with your tail between your legs?No, that's a dog; Liao people are full of confidence and all are arrogant, this time they will bite back no matter what, the fun has begun, but it's a pity that I can't go to see tigers and wolves bite each other, so I can only continue talking 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 the siege drama he was talking about could not be performed for a few days, but Su Jin was never afraid of being exposed, because this matter was fundamental. It will not become a permanent secret, and sooner or later it will be discovered by the Liao people; and all I have to do is to make the Liao and Xia countries fight each other after the Liao people find out, and absolutely not let the Liao people withdraw .

For this reason, Su Jin spent several nights lying in bed thinking about countermeasures. In the end, he rejected several euphemistic methods and settled on a direct and brutal strategy.