Compared with the sophisticated civil servants, military generals were still in this low-level stage of relying on their own skills to gain praise. Yun Zheng felt a little sad for no reason.
He stood at the top of the city and rewarded these honest soldiers, then returned to the military tent and began to make arrangements for the army's next march.
Once the snow melted, he was about to head east. Di Qing's attack on Hebei Road failed to make any progress despite the stubborn resistance of the Liao army. After damaging a large number of soldiers, he had to retreat to the southern line of Sangqian River.
Finally, under Yelu Hongji's frantic attack, he retreated again and again, and finally retreated to the boundary of Bazhou.
The purpose of attacking eastward as quickly as possible was to reduce the pressure on Di Qing. He faced the million-strong army led by Yelu Hongji alone. The pressure was too great. In Yun Zheng's view, Di Qing had done a perfect job as a feint.
Already.
However, except for Pang Ji and Han Qi, the officials in the Great Song Dynasty did not see it this way. Especially after the Yunzheng Formation killed Xiao Dahu and broke into Xijing, Di Qing's idea of raising the self-respect of the invaders became popular again.
Yanguan Yushi, whose eyes were reddened by Yunzheng's victory, jumped on his feet in the hall and asked why Di Qing would lose his army and humiliate the country, but turned a blind eye to the million-strong army commanded by Yelu Hongji.
After being wronged, Di Qing would only open the door of his house so that everyone could see the main hall of his house, proving that he had no ambition to form a clique.
He even opened the door of his White Tiger Festival Hall in Bazhou to be supervised by the three armies. This was a great humiliation for the commander of the first army.
Zhong E's domineering power is only suitable for displaying in Huanzhou. Without that land, there is almost no place where he can display his skills, so he never leaves, even if he is promoted to Deputy Privy Councilor.
Once a military commander goes to Tokyo, he is like a lamb falling into the wolf's mouth. Those who are as fierce as a cloud can only rely on unreasonable brute force to scare others in Tokyo.
In fact, this method is not very effective. It is only because the emperor and the prime minister need Yun Zheng that everything is safe. In the Song Dynasty, there were many people who would rather die themselves than to drag generals from their high positions. You can't kill them.
A few of his teeth can scare everyone.
Fu Bi finally left Qingtang and began to advance towards Huanzhou. Zhonge, who was Yunzheng's backup, also left Yanmen Pass and set foot on the land of the Liao Kingdom with a large amount of supplies under the protection of the Huanqing Army.
The Liao army in Yingzhou was already in panic after Yunzheng captured Xijing. They evacuated their people from Yingzhou on a large scale. Yuzhou behind Yingzhou also made the same choice, leaving only a few people.
Several city walls were built to resist the Song army's attack.
After Xijing Datong was lost and Xiao Dahu's army was almost wiped out, the sky on Xijing Road had collapsed. What Zhonge had to do was to lead his army to thoroughly sweep Yingzhou and Yuzhou, and then cross Hunyuan and Lingqiu.
At the Land of Feihu, he joined Li Chang, the magistrate of Tang County, to form a new attacking army, which crossed the Great Wall from Laiyuan and crossed Wuhuiling toward Yizhou.
After a short rest, Di Qing once again crossed Yishui and marched towards Zhuozhou. The Hebei Baoding Army and the Ansu Army, which had fought fiercely for four months last year, retreated to Bazhou this time and were replaced by the Shun'an Army stationed in Gaoyang and the Qingzhou Army.
The Qingzhou Army, Di Qing seems to want to thoroughly train the more than 400,000 troops under his command on the battlefield of Liao Kingdom.
At this point, three of the four attacking armies of the Song Dynasty had entered the Liao Kingdom.
There has been no news since Wu Zang's huge army entered Mobei. Yun Zheng very much expected that they would be swallowed up by the black sand storm in the desert. Unfortunately, this would only be wishful thinking. Wu Zang's army
The army will definitely come out of the desert and deal a fatal blow to Yelu Xin who is stationed in Dagahaizi.
It was very difficult for Yun Zheng to understand Wu Zang Pang's aggressive behavior, which was like his brain was broken, but he believed that Wu Zang Pang's military qualities would not make him do anything unreasonable at this critical juncture.
If he is really after the treasure of Mama, then this treasure should not be simple, but no matter how simple the treasure is, it is just a treasure.
This thing may be an irreplaceable treasure for an individual. However, for countries like the Song Dynasty, Liao Kingdom, and Xixia, which cover thousands of miles, the role it can play is really limited.
When Xigu Xunren was still there, Wang Anshi once asked him what the treasure of Mama was, and the answer Xigu Xunren gave was jaw-dropping.
"What is stored in Mama's treasure is the soul of the Khitan people!"
Both Yun Zheng and Wang Anshi were very dissatisfied with this answer, but Xigu Xunren kept his mouth shut and never said a word no matter how Wang Anshi asked.
"What exactly is in Mama's treasure?"
Wang Anshi scratched his hair, and the dandruff fell like snow flakes.
"Jianjun, you are in charge of the Secret Intelligence Department of the Song Dynasty. Do you have no clue about this thing?" Yun Zheng turned around and asked Chen Lin after his thinking reached a dead end again.
Chen Lin shook her head in embarrassment and said: "Dagahaizi is a holy land for the Liao people. We Song people cannot enter this area. I heard that even Han merchants from the Liao Kingdom cannot enter.
The elite troops of the eight founding tribes of the Liao Kingdom are stationed around Dagahaizi. Qiaoba Mountain, where the Mama treasure is located, is even more tightly guarded. My men cannot even enter within three hundred miles. For Qiaoba Mountain, I am there.
A lot of manpower was lost.”
"This matter is full of weirdness. It allows Wu Zangyi Pang to lead an army across the desert. The treasure of Mama is definitely not just gold and silver. Even if some people are lost, we must find out.
I was careless about this matter. I should have started investigating when there was no hidden enemy and turned northward. By now, we may have lost the first move."
Yun Zheng looked through all the documents related to Mama's treasure and then knocked on the table and said in a deep voice.
Su Xun said: "Bu Zang Pang went north inexplicably. None of us expected that he was really going to Qiaoba Mountain. We thought he was just feinting to deceive others."
Wang Anshi frowned and said, "Marquis Yun, do you think Ye Luxin knew that he had not concealed the news about Pang Bei entering Qiaoba Mountain?"
Yun Zheng was stunned for a moment, sat down again, knocked on the table and thought for a while, "It's hard to say that Yelu Xin and Yelu Hongji had a falling out over Mama's treasure and almost went to war.
If Yelu Hongji didn't tell Yelu Xin anything just to sit back and watch the fight, I think this is possible.
I just wonder why Wu Zangpang regards the treasure as so important, while Yelu Hongji, the person who should know best what is in the treasure, only covets the wealth in the treasure.
When Yelu Hongji and Yelu Xin faced off, he made it very clear that he only wanted the gold belonging to the Yelu family in the treasure, and did not talk about anything else.
I'm just curious, what is something that Pang desperately needs, but is not something that Yelu Hongji urgently needs to get his hands on?"
Wang Anshi nodded and said: "If Marquis Yun thinks this way, then things will be back to the original point. What exactly is in Mama's treasure?
Obviously, it is impossible for Yelu Hongji not to know, and Pang already knows, but we are the only ones who know nothing about that treasure, which is really unfair."
Chen Lin said with a straight face: "We captured many nobles of the Liao Kingdom in Xijing this time. I will send people to torture them severely. We should be able to find some clues."
"Let's do both. Qiao Bashan still needs to send people to take a look. Since there is no secret about where the huge army is heading, the 200,000-strong army has entered Dagahaizi. The order there should have been disordered. This
The time is right to send someone there.
The Sixteenth Prefecture of Yanyun is our ultimate goal. We can ignore Mama’s treasures, but we must know the real reason why we didn’t hide Pang and go there.”
Chen Lin accepted the order and left in a hurry to prepare.
Yun Zheng said to Wang Anshi again: "Brother Jiefu, if we go eastward, we won't take you with us. You must arrange for the refugees from the mainland to be stationed near Xijing as soon as possible, and quickly actually occupy Yunnei Prefecture. At the same time, there will be
The three armies of Huoshan Army, Baode Army, and Kelan Army are at your disposal.
I need you to ensure that as soon as we occupy a place, you must quickly station our people here and never let a big gap appear between us and the people.
Otherwise, we will be wasting our troops on an expedition, which will be extremely detrimental to the army. This northern expedition will definitely not end in a year and a half.
Such a large-scale and long-term war cannot be carried out if we only rely on domestic supplies."
Wang Anshi shook his head and said: "Refugees are useless! They still can't complete the military work of supplying the army. It may only be possible to draw Xiang troops from the country. I think that the military garrison in Liangshan, eight hundred miles away, can do the best. If they can
A large number of officials and Xiang army generals will be transferred from there. We should be able to complete the important task of supplying food and fodder to the large army in a short period of time."
Yun Zheng smiled bitterly and said: "The reason why they brought the refugees here is to hold me back. How could they send the Xiang army here at this time? No matter how incompetent the Xiang army is, it is still an army. You are waiting to continue to accept it."
Be a refugee!"
"Pang Ji, Han Qi, Wen Yanbo, Zeng Gongliang, and Liu Du are not short-sighted people. The previous one hundred thousand refugees were the result of Prime Minister Pang's adjustment of yin and yang in the court. Now that the war has developed to such an extent, I don't think so.
They dared to hold back Marquis Yun.
The Northern Expedition is a huge undertaking, and they cannot be allowed to add dross to it."
Yun Zheng cupped his hands and said, "In that case, I'll trouble Brother Jiefu to submit a report to the central committee and make a thorough analysis of our current predicament.
A laborious expedition is really not what Yun wants to see."
Wang Anshi returned the courtesy and said: "If possible, I will go back to Tokyo in person. However, the war is so fierce that I won't be able to go back in less than three to five years."
Yun Zheng laughed and said: "Brother Jiefu is wrong, three to five years is enough for my brother to completely implement his reforms in this newly opened northern area.
Yun Mou here guarantees that no one will point their fingers at you and make irresponsible remarks. If Brother Jiefu’s reform plan can be successful in the new soil of Beidi, after he returns to the government, who will stubbornly oppose a man who has already been in power?