To the west, Gao Jingting's troops on Hedong Road had already captured Yuzhou, and headed out of Zijingling to the east to establish a defense line on the left flank of Yizhou's Zhe Kexing troops.
Then he turned his troops to the east, joined forces with Wang Shunchen's troops, attacked Laishui, conquered Fanyang, and captured the entire Liufang Mountain and Da'an Mountain areas, completely controlling the southeast of Xijin Prefecture.
The Zhou and Dong troops traveled east from Wuqing and cleared all the camps from Zhigukou to Wuqing. Even the residents in this area were driven away. This smoothed the transportation channel from Zhigukou to the front line of the army and ensured the smooth flow of sea transportation of arms.
At the same time, the Zhou and Dong tribes controlled the entire canal leading out of Hebei Road in the north to provide logistical supplies for the army and establish a canal transportation line.
The central part of Zhongjian was stabilized in the Anci area of Gu'an, and the cavalry was connected with the Zhou Dong tribe and Wang Shunchen's tribe on the east and west wings, completely completing the connection of the entire defense line.
At this point, the Song Dynasty was not just a simple advance of the army, but a real stabilization, occupying the entire south of the line from Yuzhou in the west to Zhigukou in the east.
Zhao Xi's personal expedition, more than a dozen carriages, not only the important officials of the imperial court, but also dozens of civil servants were hand-picked and dropped off along the way to prepare for the entire prefecture government office in Hebei Province... Now that they have been defeated, the country
There is no possibility of letting it out again, and it is impossible to throw it away again.
The army of the Northern Liao Dynasty has shrunk to the area with Xijin Prefecture as the center, extending to Liangxiang and Yuhe in the west, and to Miaoyin and Xianghe in the east. Hundreds of thousands of troops are concentrated around the entire Xijin Prefecture.
It seems similar to the annihilation of Xixia, but it is very different.
The initial annihilation of Xixia was truly an encirclement and suppression campaign. All the passages around Xiping Mansion were occupied by the Song Dynasty troops.
Now, only the southern route of the Song Dynasty was stable. The northern route of the Northern Liao Dynasty, whether it was the Shangjing Road, the Zhongjing Road or Fengsheng Prefecture, all the passages still belonged to the Northern Liao Dynasty.
The clear passage is not only the reinforcement of Bei Liao troops, but also the retreat of Bei Liao... they can escape at any time.
Now it is a situation where the armies of both sides are confronting each other. The heavy troops deployed in Northern Liao are very popular for the Song Dynasty court. At this time, they are really worried that Northern Liao will retreat without a fight and flee into the grasslands or deserts, or even Liaodong.
In that case, Yan Yun was recovered, but the effective strength of the Northern Liao Dynasty was still preserved, and it still had the power to fight the Song Dynasty, which would definitely make it difficult to stabilize the borderland north of Yanshan Mountain.
At this time, Bei Liao actually sent an envoy, claiming to be the special envoy of the Emperor of Bei Liao...
"The Liao Dynasty was established fifty years earlier than the Song Dynasty, and the Sixteenth Prefecture of Yanyun was already the capital of Daliao before the Song Dynasty was established. The kings of the Song Dynasty have always used the Sixteenth Prefecture of Yanyun as an excuse to send troops northward."
"In line with the principle of friendship between the Northern and Southern Dynasties, Daliao did not send troops south to occupy the Central Plains even though it defeated the Song Dynasty many times, and maintained peace with the Song Dynasty for a hundred years."
"Now, the Song Dynasty took advantage of the civil strife in the Liao Dynasty to send troops northward. This is unjust! It is destroying the hard-won peace of the Liao and Song Dynasties for a hundred years, and it is putting tens of millions of people in the sixteen states of Yanyun at risk.
regardless of······"
Listening to the Liao envoy's impassioned speech, the monarchs and ministers of the Song Dynasty turned a deaf ear and watched as if they were watching a monkey show.
"The Liao envoy did not know something. The Song Dynasty sent troops not before the civil strife in Northern Liao was subsided, but after it subsided. In addition, the Song Dynasty court had intended to send troops to help Northern Liao quell the civil strife. It only needed to return Yanyun.
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"The Sixteenth Prefecture of Yanyun is the territory of Northern Liao!"
"Oh, the sixteen states of Yanyun are all Khitans? But they are governed according to the rules of the Khitan tribe? The Khitan language is used? Isn't it? I am a Central Plains tribesman, and I, the Central Plains tribesmen, are under the bullying of the Khitans. Our Central Plains orthodox dynasty is
What's wrong with bringing back the clan members?"
No one in the current cabinet bothers to talk about this. It seems that Wen Yanbo actually quarreled with the Liao envoy for the sake of his presence.
"My generals in the Liao Dynasty and the Song Dynasty speak too much Mandarin. Could it be that they are all Han? I also have many Han officials in the Liao Dynasty. Is it possible that the Song Dynasty needs to recover them all?"
"What the Liao envoy said is correct. Those who speak my Mandarin are my subjects of the Song Dynasty. As for the Han officials in the Liao court, how do you know that they are not returning home like an arrow?"
After quarreling with Wen Yanbo, who had been trained by the Song Dynasty in his early years, the Liao envoy found the wrong opponent.
Wen Yanbo is still stuck in the thinking power of his early years. Like the current cabinet, it doesn't bother to bicker... and likes to talk about marching.
We have reached such a point, what is the use of talking nonsense? See the truth on the battlefield.
"His Majesty the Emperor of the Song Dynasty, my Majesty the Liao Dynasty said that although Yanyun is our territory of the Liao Dynasty, the Song Dynasty has never forgotten it. My Majesty the Emperor of the Daliao Dynasty said that we can give the Song Dynasty a chance..."
He probably realized that he couldn't win in a quarrel, so he changed the subject.
"My Majesty the Liao Dynasty believes that since the dispute between the Liao and Song Dynasties is over the Yanyun Sixteenth Prefecture, and since it has entered into war today, it will be decided by a battle. The Liao and Song Dynasties lined up their troops along the Gaoliang River to fight.
The victory or defeat will determine the ownership of the sixteen states of Yanyun."
"If the Song Dynasty wins, Daliao will retreat to the north of Yanshan, and Yanyun will return to the Song Dynasty from then on. If the Song Dynasty fails, the Song Dynasty will need to hand over the complete sixteen states of Yanyun to Daliao, including the previous ones.
Yunying four states."
"No matter who loses or wins this battle, both sides must abide by an oath similar to the Tan Yuan Alliance to ensure that the Liao and Song countries will have peace for another hundred years. Your Majesty, the Emperor of Song, dares to accept the battle?"
Don't look down on anyone. This is Zhao Xi's principle.
No, the Northern Liao court also had many discerning people.
Now the Song Dynasty's troop dispatching posture is obviously no longer as simple as the Yanyun Sixteen States, and the imperial court has indeed drawn up the strategy in this way. The Northern Liao court also saw it.
After two years of civil war in Bei Liao, they lost not only food, but also the prestige of the entire Bei Liao court. At this time, it was not only the soldiers of Bei Liao who were upset, but also the entire court... Bei Liao
The court must be quite tired of the war now.
Facing the Song Dynasty's attack, they had to resist, and this battle was necessary to stabilize the prestige of the entire Northern Liao court.
At the same time, the Northern Liao court also realized that due to the current situation, the Northern Liao Dynasty could no longer fight a war of attrition with the Song Dynasty. The Song Dynasty's steady advancement strategy made the Northern Liao Dynasty very uncomfortable...
"Go back and tell the king of Northern Liao that I am neither King You of Zhou nor King Li of Chu. I can't light beacon fires or beat drums at will. When a large army goes out for an expedition, it must have a set strategic goal. I don't think that the kings of the two countries can use this method.
The method determines the efforts of the soldiers."
"If I, the Song Dynasty, want to take back the Sixteenth Prefecture of Yanyun, we will defeat it with the bravery of the soldiers. I will not play with the lives of the soldiers as a bet."
"The Great Song Dynasty is different from the Northern Liao Dynasty. The officers and soldiers of the Great Song Dynasty all belong to the dynasty and do not belong to any one force. But in the Northern Liao Dynasty... I have said this, so let's leave it at that."
These words are harsh, but I don’t know if this envoy will really be brought to the Northern Liao court...