The first prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 1685 Confrontation at Gubeikou

"Actually, the court should thank you. It is because of your talents that our Great Song Dynasty can stand upright. In fact, you are the most noble wealth of the Great Song Dynasty."

Zhao Xu couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

"We are all rough people with little cultural knowledge, but what we know is that we are still Han Chinese. We have lived under the rule of those Khitan people for so many years, but we always keep in mind that we are Han Chinese, we are Chinese, and ours is Yanhuang. Children and grandchildren, so we dare not forget our identity at any time."

Uncle Sun said excitedly alone, which means that he is proud of himself as a Han, and he dare not accept Zhao Xu's praise.

"It was Song Dynasty who gave us confidence and dignity, so we just do what we can do. We can't go to the battlefield in this life, but we must not hold back the court."

We can't help the court directly, but we can't drag the court down either. For such a simple reason, looking at these people, I really can't think that these people have such awareness.

"Someone from our state capital will come over later. They are here to deliver the wages. Our wages are delivered here just after noon. If we don't deliver them in the afternoon, we will come again the next morning. Master Zhizhou is also busy now. After all, we have just taken back their home from the Khitan people, and now the old man has a lot of things to do."

"By the way, it's been such a long time. Where are you from? Old man, I was so busy that I forgot." At this moment, Uncle Sun remembered to ask where Zhao Xu was from. That's right, everyone has known each other for such a long time. Ask Zhao Xu what's his name and where is he from?
"Me, I'm from Bianjing."

"Bianjing, that is our imperial city, no wonder we think you are unusual, you are originally from the imperial city."

When these people heard that Zhao Xu was from Bianjing, they respected him even more. They had never been to Bianjing, which was the place where the emperor lived. Can people from where be ordinary people?

Zhao Xu stayed here all morning. Originally, he wanted to experience it, but Tao Bing brought him here. At this time, everyone knew that this person who claimed to be a scholar was definitely not a simple person. He didn't see Master Zhizhou treat him Everyone is polite, but no one knows who he is.

They never thought that it was Prince Zhao Xu. Although they went to the city gate to greet Zhao Xu some time ago, there were too many people, and they didn't even see what Zhao Xu's face looked like, so they naturally wouldn't think that he was the prince. The person who was randomly arrested was actually His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.

The Song army built a city at Gubeikou, which was actually a simple military fortress. Now there are no Khitan people in the south of Gubeikou, and all of them are in the north of Gubeikou.

Gubeikou is the fortress of the Great Wall between Shanhaiguan and Juyongguan. It is the throat of the Liaodong Plain and Inner Mongolia to the Central Plains.

From the Western Zhou Dynasty to the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, piers were built at Gubeikou for defense.Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty Liu Che ordered the defenders to build a city at Gubeikou in order to prevent the northern Xiongnu from invading and disturbing the frontier. This made Gubeikou a battleground for repeated battles between the Han and the Xiongnu.

Countless wars took the capture of Gubeikou as the first step, making it a bridgehead for capturing the Central Plains.However, Gubeikou did not have a Great Wall in the early days. The Great Wall in the Warring States Period, Qin Dynasty, and Han Dynasty passed far north of Gubeikou.

In the third year of Liang Qianhua after the Five Dynasties, when Jin Wang Li Cunxu captured Youzhou, he sent general Liu Guangrui to lead a group of troops to conquer Gubeikou.In October of the first year of Longde in the Later Liang Dynasty, the Khitan Lord Abaoji army entered more than 10 border cities such as Tanzhou and Shun from Gubeikou, and left from Gubeikou in December. Gubeikou has become a key place, and the Song Dynasty is now firmly occupying it. Here, and also attacked Khitan a few times, but both sides won and lost without any progress, and the losses were not small. In the end, they simply built a city here. It seems that this will be the forefront in the future.

Liaodong was also trapped to death here, and the people of Goryeo could not come from Liaodong. Gao Huaide also went to Gubeikou, and Zhao Kuangyin authorized him to control all the military forces in Gubeikou.

"I think we should just attack Khitan directly. What's the point of camping here?"

"Don't talk nonsense. The people here are all your seniors. If you have the right to speak, you will be dealt with by military law if you dare to speak wild words."

Gao Huaide listened to his son's boastful words, but he still thought about attacking Khitan directly. Is this so easy? He also organized a large-scale attack before, but they all failed. The Khitan is waiting for you there, Da Song's ear army It's almost at the door of someone's house, can they not guard against you?

"General Gao, the Major General has obtained your true biography. He is also a fierce tiger on the battlefield. Unlike my kid, he can't go to the battlefield at all. It really pissed me off."

Wang Yansheng and Gao Huaide are old acquaintances. They have known each other for decades. At the beginning, they both joined the army and started to be promoted continuously. They both have a good relationship with Zhao Kuangyin. It's also very casual when you say it. Is this very casual?

"General Wang, don't say good things to this kid. You are still young. Otherwise, you wouldn't say such stupid things. The imperial court asked us to stay with you for a long time. Although the Liao Kingdom lost 30 yuan The army, but the foundation is still there, otherwise it would be Xu Tuzhi."

Gao Huaide frowned, this is not a good thing, he is in charge of the military, this is not a good job, he has confronted Khitan for so many years, and he also knows the details of Khitan, so it is not so easy to deal with.

"As long as we firmly hold this place and don't let Khitan take a step, we will win. I, Wang Yansheng, have fought against Khitan all my life, and I am the happiest recently."

Several other generals also expressed their opinions one after another, among which Fu Zhaoxu said the most appropriate:

"Now there is no such opportunity anymore. The Khitan is now facing us. The Khitan is also guarding us heavily. It will be difficult for us to achieve a victory like Tanzhou. Unless there is an accident, otherwise we will rely on our current balance. Difficult to tilt."

He just carefully analyzed the current situation, and got the approval of most of the generals, and he told the truth. They have been fighting for the past six months, and now they are idle again, so they can only guard against Khitan.

"As General Wang said, this Gubeikou is our front line, and there must be no accidents, otherwise the flames of war will come to our Great Song Dynasty again. It depends on the next step of the imperial court's arrangements."

Now the Song Dynasty and the Liao Kingdom are confronting each other at Gubeikou, and the two sides have invested almost a million troops. If there is another large-scale war, it must be a great war.

(End of this chapter)