In November of the fifth year of Qingli in the Song Dynasty, Song and Liao took advantage of the domestic "chaos" in Xixia to subdue the national power and launch a joint attack at the time of winter famine.
The Song Dynasty used the Northwest Army as the main force, and mobilized Lizhou Yongning Army, Bazhou Xingrong Army, Wenzhou Zhangxin Army and other border armies under the jurisdiction of the Northwest Army
Su Jin was awarded the rank of Zhenbei General and commanded the entire army. The leading generals on the left and right were Jingtai and Pan Jiang. Each had dozens of generals under their command, forming an army of 200,000. The troops divided into two routes and marched north along Weizhou and Yanzhou to advance into Xixia.
Huizhou and Youzhou, the southernmost fortresses in China
At the same time, the Liao Kingdom was entangled with 220,000 cavalry on the northwest border of Xixia Kingdom. Liao Xingzong Yelu Zongzhen personally led 100,000 cavalry out of Jinsu City and marched southward. The emperor's brother Chongyuan led 60,000 cavalry out of the south entrance of Helan Mountain; Tokyo
Xiao Xiaoyou, who stayed behind, led his troops as backup; Xiao Hui, the privy envoy of the Northern Court, led 60,000 troops out of the north entrance of Helan Mountain; the three armies came straight towards them in the shape of a pin.
Yelv Zongzhen was sure to win this time, and the people he led were all elites of the Liao Kingdom, mainly cavalry. The purpose was naturally to seize a large area of Xixia territory with a thunderous force, and quickly occupy the Xia capital Xingqing Mansion;
It seems that this battle cannot actually be regarded as a real contest. Under the premise that the Song Dynasty contained the main force of the Xia army in the south, all the Daliao cavalry had to do was to destroy scattered resistance forces along the way and reach the Xia capital as soon as possible [
There is another reason why an elite army of 200,000 people was sent here. In fact, these 200,000 cavalry were not used to deal with the Xia army at all, but after occupying the Xia Kingdom, they became a weapon against the Song army in the south.
The monarchs and ministers of the Liao State had performed a demonstration that the Song State's 200,000 troops, attacking from south to north, would be the first to fight the Xia army. The Xia State's defensive focus was in the southwest, and most of their limited troops were deployed in the southern cities.
Although the Xia Kingdom is in trouble, the Xia army with a large number of cavalry will still make it difficult for the Song people to move; the two armies will fight or fall into a stagnant tug-of-war, and the consumption will be huge. Even if the Song army can finally win, the 200,000 troops
At least more than half of them suffered casualties, and by then the Daliao cavalry had already occupied Xingqing Mansion, and then marched south to seize more fruits of victory.
Xiao Hui, the privy envoy of the North Academy, said it well at the pre-war meeting: Song Renren bargained with us on the distribution of benefits after the war, because they didn't even have an inch of success, and they might not even be able to defeat Xia's army in one city or one pool.
, if they still have the nerve to ask for benefits, we will simply fall out with them and directly defeat the remnants of the Song Army and march directly to Bianliang.
For a long time, the Liao State had a complicated emotion towards the Song State. On the one hand, they envied the Song State for its large areas of rich land and magnificent mountains and rivers. They never coveted the Song State's luxury, especially the frequent exchanges between envoys and merchants from the two countries.
The more people go to the Song Dynasty, the more they will lament the prosperity of the Song Dynasty when they come back; but on the other hand, they despise the weakness of the Song Dynasty. Such a prosperous country can even cope with a small Xixia in the northwest.
Not enough, I really don’t deserve to have such a wealthy life
But at the same time, due to the limitations of national power and the power of the three kingdoms, the Liao people's covetousness has been well hidden. After the Chanyuan Alliance, the two countries became brotherly countries, and the Song people were obedient and sent new year coins to serve them every year.
It actually gave the Liao people the hesitation not to hit the smiling person.
There was an opportunity in the spring of the second year of Qingli. When Li Yuanhao was in full swing with the Song Dynasty, he invited the Liao Kingdom to jointly send troops to destroy the Song Dynasty. Yelv Zongzhen was also moved at that time and gathered more than 200,000 troops to reach the border of Bazhou, but in the end because of
Li Yuanhao had evil intentions in this move, hoping to use the power of the Liao Kingdom to contain the Song troops. His plan to march directly into Bianliang was discovered. In the end, an army of 200,000 was only gathered at the border to stand by, without any real attack.
The Liao people did not want the Song State to be strong, and they also did not want the Xia State to be strong. In some respects, the Xia State was even more of a threat than the Song State.
He never acted according to common sense, and there were constant nuisances on the border between the two countries. Li Yuanhao's border guards continued to cross the border, burn and plunder the border residents of the Liao Kingdom, and instigated the rebellion of the Dai'er tribe in Montenegro, and eventually took the Dai'er tribe into custody.
This incident alone made Liao Xingzong angry for several months.
Of course, the Song people were not good birds either. They originally sent Liao envoy Xiao Temo and deputy envoy Liu Liufu to the Song Dynasty while 200,000 troops were gathering at the border, with the intention of even if they did not intend to help Yuan Hao attack.
The Song Dynasty should also use this opportunity to gain some benefits.
But the actual situation is that the Song people used a conspiracy to deceive Xiao Temo and Liu Liufu, falsely claiming to have developed a powerful musket and cannon, which frightened Xiao Temo into not only giving up his request for an increase in annual coins, but also
He also canceled the annual coins set by the Chanyuan Alliance, and what he got in exchange was a blueprint of that kind of firearm.
The Liao people thought they had made a huge profit. If they used this firearm blueprint to develop the same firearm, the Liao cavalry would be the enemy of the world. However, after thousands of tests, this firearm was either "shooting" iron sand.
The soft force could not penetrate the musket, or it was "randomly" and "shooting" before and after the explosion chamber collapsed, causing a lot of casualties; Xiao Temo, who was responsible for the development, was also blinded by the iron sand of the musket explosion chamber in an experiment.
With both eyes, he became a useless person
At first, the Liao people thought that their technology was not up to par, but gradually they felt something was wrong. Since the Song people had such powerful firearms, why hadn't they seen them provide large-scale equipment to the border army for so long? It even happened to the two armies.
In the several small-scale conflicts, such firearms have never been seen.
The Liao people felt that something was wrong, so they ordered Xizuo to collect information in this regard in the Song Dynasty. The results they obtained made them angry. There were no powerful firearms at all. All this was just a trick of Su Jin, the Song envoy in charge of negotiations.
, deceived Xiao Temo, who was as stupid as a pig, and voluntarily gave up the coins and further demands, and ran back with a forged drawing; now the storyteller in the teahouse in the capital of the Song Dynasty is still frothing and taking it.
This incident was a joke to the Liao people. This envoy from the Liao Kingdom was an out-and-out joke in the eyes of the Song people.
This kind of intellectual suppression made the monarchs and ministers of the Liao Kingdom feel humiliated when they knew about it, and they also felt more hatred towards the Song Kingdom. However, such embarrassing things naturally cannot be used as a reason to launch a war. If word spread, it will become a national phenomenon.
It was a joke in the world, so they had to swallow this disgusting breath, and at the same time remember the name that they hated: Su Jin!
But Su Jin, shrouded in hatred, not only did not suffer from the curse of numbers, but also won the first prize and became the prefect of Weizhou in the northwest. When Li Yuanhao attacked Weizhou, Liao Xingzong abandoned his old suspicion and was willing to provide craftsmen to build catapults.
The big reason for Li Yuanhao is that Su Jin is the prefect of Weizhou, and he wants to use Yuanhao's hand to kill this guy who humiliated the Liao Kingdom.
Unfortunately, Su Jin did not die and Weizhou was not destroyed. On the contrary, Li Yuanhao returned in defeat. The Liao people were not only sorry but also quite lucky to reap the benefits. Whether it was Li Yuanhao who suffered a loss or the Song Dynasty was hurt, for the Liao people
It's all good news
Xia's national power was deteriorating, and Li Yuanhao had to agree to many harsh conditions of the Liao people in exchange for food aid from the Liao state. However, as soon as Li Yuanhao died, the newly-in-power Empress Dowager Yeli immediately announced that all the terms Yuan Hao had agreed to were void, and Yelu Zongzhen finally launched an attack.
Xixia's idea, but the only obstacle is not whether it can conquer Xia, but whether the Song Dynasty will stand still.
After careful deliberation, a brilliant plan to drag the Song State into trouble was hatched. In the eyes of the Liao people, the Song State must have hated Xixia to the core. He had been harassing the northwest of the Song State for decades, causing the Song State to
There is no peace in the northwest. In the hearts of every generation of Song emperors, the Xia Kingdom is like a fish bone standing in the throat. If this fish bone can be removed, the Song people will definitely support it with both hands.
Facts have proved that the Liao people's speculation was reasonable and correct. The secret message arrived in the hands of Emperor Zhao Zhen of the Song Dynasty. Zhao Zhen quickly responded in the affirmative. The monarchs and ministers of the Liao Kingdom celebrated with their foreheads and hands, using this as bait. The real big fish was the Song people.
, the situation is under control
On the twentieth day of the twelfth lunar month, it was a misty and gloomy day. The 60,000-strong army of Xiao Hui, Privy Councilor of the Northern Court of the Liao Kingdom and King of South Korea, crossed the Helan Pass and officially set foot on the land of the Xia Kingdom. After solving the small group of Xia army defenders on the border,
After that, Xiao Hui ordered his army to camp in the vast Gobi Desert. He was not in a hurry to go south. He was waiting for the latest news. Once the news came, he could send his troops south and flatten any town wherever he went.[
In the evening, the messengers came galloping from behind. Xiao Hui, who was drinking and sitting alone in the tent, quickly ordered someone to bring the messengers into the camp, and asked immediately: "Is there any news?"
The messenger's face was stained purple by the cold wind, his lips were chapped, and he opened his mouth without speaking.
Xiao Hui picked up a bowl of wine and handed it to him and said, "Drink it."
The messenger took it and drank it down. He stretched out his hand to wipe his lips, thanked in a mute voice, took out a secret letter from the lining of his close-fitting sheepskin coat, handed it to Xiao Hui and said: "This is sent by the emperor."
This is a secret message sent by the villain to the king. The emperor asked the young man to bring a message to the king. From today on, the king can ride freely in Xixia. The armies of the emperor and the prince are supporting the rear on both sides, following the footsteps of the king."
Xiao Hui opened the letter and read it from beginning to end. He looked up to the sky and laughed loudly and said: "Okay, okay, we have really started to work. This time the people of Song Dynasty will suffer. Send the order to kill the cattle and sheep tonight. The soldiers will have a good meal."
After a good night's sleep, from tomorrow onwards we will wield our swords and chop off the noses of Xixia people."