Became a feudal lord in the late Northern Song Dynasty

Chapter 165 I, Han Shizhong, am loyal!

"General Han, I want to have a serious talk with you."

Princess Yelu Yuliyan of the Liao Dynasty was originally just a flag to attract surrender and rebels. After Liu Ling began to take full control of Yan Yun, she lost her original role. At least most of the former Liao generals and ministers understood that they were now Whose food is it?

Moreover, they recognized Liu Ling's abilities and were very satisfied with Liu Ling's attitude towards the Kingdom of Jin, so they no longer had to flatter the princess of Liao Kingdom.

Yelu Yuliyan knew from beginning to end that she was just a political mascot. Even if she was following Han Shizhong's army, she would tacitly agree to all of Han Shizhong's commands and would not give any extra instructions.

"General Han, the king has always valued you. My wife is just a woman and doesn't understand military matters. So if you have any ideas, just tell me."

Han Shizhong immediately unfolded a small map and drew two places on it with a pen circle.

"Tong Guan's army has begun to show signs of retreating in large numbers. They are burning their tents and supplies every day in Zhuozhou, apparently intending to travel lightly back to Hebei."

Hebei

Yelu Yuliyan knew that her husband had bypassed Tong Guan's army and went directly to Hebei, where the Song people lived.

Han Shizhong nodded, confirming her suspicion.

"The news came back from the south side that the king's soldiers and horses have gone all the way south and have successfully attacked the Yellow River!"

Hearing the word Yellow River, Yelu Yuliyan immediately thought of the Yellow River he had seen when he went to Bianjing with his husband. It was magnificent and powerful, but the most important thing was that if the King of Han conquered the Yellow River, it would mean that the Song Dynasty people in Hebei Most of the state must have been lost.

She suddenly felt happy.

Han Shizhong shook his head again and said: "The king wrote a reply, saying that Hebei has a large population and can only rob households with some money, food and supplies, and is unable to seize land for the time being. He asked me to find a way. If Tong Guan withdraws his troops, we will have to follow Behind Tong Guan, kill and injure the Song army as much as possible."

Yanyun's family background was very strong during the Liao Dynasty, but it became extremely difficult after being robbed by the Jin people.

The population is too small and there is too much free land. What's more, Liu Ling has not yet finished digesting Yanyun. If he comes to another huge land in Hebei, he will not be able to eat it no matter what.

At the moment, Han Shizhong's first task is to defeat the army in charge of the rear of the Song army.

"But our army only has a few thousand people. I heard that the Song army has more than 100,000 people. How can we fight this?" Yelu Yuliyan asked.

Han Shizhong shook his head and said, "I have my own opinions, and your Highness doesn't need to worry."

There are currently two soldiers and horses of Zhao Heshou and Zhen Wuchen stationed in various cities in Yandi. It is Zhao Heshou's own soldiers and horses who are stationed in Zhuozhou.

In addition to this is Han Shizhong's Yongqing Army, which is regarded as the only main force in the field.

After leaving Yelu Yuliyan's tent, Han Shizhong saw Yelu Dashi standing outside and said with a smile, "Why don't you go in and pay a visit?"

Their surname was Yelu, so Han Shizhong naturally thought that they were some kind of relative.

Yelu Dashi shook his head and said, "It's a taboo."

Compared with the surrendered generals in the original Ever Victorious Army, Yelu Dashi can be said to be an authentic orthodox general of the Liao Kingdom, and he is also a relative of the emperor.

The situation was so good now that Yelu Dashi was too lazy to do this again, lest Liu Ling find out about it and become suspicious of him again when he comes back.

"The Song headquarters camp outside Zhuozhou City is obviously a bait. Do you really want to devour it?"

"The people of Song Dynasty gave me a military exploit, why don't I want it?"

"Where's Yanjing? You don't want it anymore?"

"I have my own arrangements." Han Shizhong said calmly.

Whether he was talking to the princess or Yelu Dashi, he always said the same thing. This was definitely not because Han Shizhong was distracted, but because he was confident.

Hiss. If the hundreds of thousands of soldiers from the Song Dynasty who invaded Yan were completely wiped out, how much credit would that be?

Yelu Dashi came closer silently and whispered:

"Would you like to take a dip in the light?"

"There are many monks but not enough rice. It is better for one monk to monopolize it." Yelu Dashi thought for a while and said, "Do you want the King of Han to grant you no title?"

The smile in Han Shizhong's eyes suddenly froze.

When he returned from pacifying the grassland, he clamored for the whole army to ask Liu Ling to be crowned king, and the latter made him Marquis of Yan. So now that he had destroyed hundreds of thousands of Song troops at once, his contribution was indeed great, but he seemed to be unable to bear the burden alone.

Seeing the hesitation in his eyes, Yelu Dashi struck while the iron was hot: "They are all brothers, please tell me, maybe"

"No."

"I have some horse farms in Luanzhou, and I can give you a thousand horses privately."

"Three thousand horses!"

"to make."

Han Shizhong nodded and began to tell: "On the other side of Yanjing City, there are naturally soldiers and horses returning to support, and most of my Yongqing army stayed in the city. Only the cavalry followed me out. Even if the Song people were really stupid and wanted to attack Yanjing, the defenders would More than a month is no problem.”

The reason why it is said that it must be defended for at least a month is not the limit of the defenders in the city, but the limit of the Song army's siege army.

There are fewer and fewer food roads in the rear of Hebei. When Han Shizhong and Yelu Dashi work together to capture the Song Army's headquarters camp outside Zhuozhou City, Tong Guan's tribe, which goes north to attack Yanjing, will become a lone army.

Now, Han Shizhong's troops and horses, plus Yelu Dashi's Luanzhou Army, can gather more than 10,000 men. When the siege of Zhuozhou is lifted, Zhao Heshou's troops can also participate. By then, the number of troops will be nearly 20,000, blocking the way. Killing the Song army is not a problem.

"I also want to ask you. I know that Empress Dowager Yelu of the Xia Kingdom led an army to conquer Yan. However, the army that broke through the White Horse Mountain Camp was not the Xia army, right? I heard that they were attacking the Liao Dynasty. The flag of the army?" Yelu Dashi continued to ask.

"Don't ask about this."

Han Shizhong suppressed the laughter in his heart and pretended to be serious.

When Yelu Dashi first surrendered to Liu Ling in Shuozhou, the task given to him by the latter was to collect the defeated Liao army as much as possible. In addition, he also asked Yelu Dashi to contact a Liao army whose structure was generally intact. .

This Liao army did not participate in the Liao Emperor's decisive battle at Wushuo, but was always stationed at the other end of the desert.

Mobei grassland, so the northwest road of Liao Dynasty recruited the division and could Duncheng.

According to records in the history of the Liao Dynasty, it is said that there are "20,000 cavalry here, and they are not allowed to be called back no matter what."

Kedun City, the town where the commander-in-chief is located on the Northwest Road, has seven prefectures under its jurisdiction. After Liu Ling defeated the Jin people in Ningyuanpo, Yelu Dashi took the initiative to tell him about the matter, and the latter immediately began to send envoys. The group headed north.

From that time to now, it has been almost a year, enough time for the delegation to walk over, and then

The northwest road recruited officials from all levels, including seven prefectures and three prefecture chiefs, all agreed to Liu Ling's request. They brought 15,000 troops and a large number of tribes willing to follow and began to move south in a mighty manner.

The other four chief officials took over all the remaining forces. It was considered a separation to a certain extent, but there will be more to say in the future.

Separated by a circle of desert,

The Yinshan Grassland tribe in the south had just reached an alliance with Liu Ling. The two sides soon had a relationship of interest and could not easily defeat the alliance within a few years, so they no longer needed so many troops to recruit Si Nanmian on the northwest road.

The 15,000 Liao border troops who suppressed the Mobei grassland, plus a large number of young men in those tribes, can all be used as temporary combat forces. It is expected that the number of troops can directly exceed 40,000, and the cavalry capable of charging account for 10% of them. Big head.

They abided by the rules. When they were about to arrive in Yunzhong, they sent an envoy to deliver a message to Yunzhong, but Cai Jing, the prefect of Yunzhong, intercepted it. They then sent someone to deliver it to Han Shizhong quickly, which was equivalent to giving Han Shizhong timely help.

For Cai Jing, Han Shizhong had the same background as him. They were all from the Song Dynasty before, and now they are working under the King of Han. So, the two of them should naturally help each other.

Han Shizhong did not have Yelu Dashi's bloodline, but he at least still had a Liao princess in his hands. The latter originally hoped to occupy an important position in Liu Ling's harem. These 15,000 Liao troops and a complete northwest route were recruited The corporate system will become her biggest dowry, and the two parties can be said to hit it off.

Yelu Dashi didn't know that this was his credit originally. Seeing that Han Shizhong was now willing to share the credit, he felt grateful to him.

"General Han is still a loyal man."

(End of this chapter)