The imperial court began a new round of suppression, involving a coordinated suppression team of infantry, chariots and cavalry.
The cavalry pursued, the chariots defended, and the infantry and cavalry, that is, the musketeers, provided support in the center. This was the imperial court's strategy to suppress the remnant troops of the Northern Liao Dynasty.
It was very effective, and there were no more stories of being intercepted and killed by the remnant soldiers of the Northern Liao Dynasty...
Zhao Xi has not yet figured out what to do with the Beiliao troops who fled to the north of Yanshan.
The area north of Yanshan must be conquered, otherwise the Song Dynasty could have forced the Northern Liao Dynasty to send Yan Yun away before the war. It was agreed that the attack would be to the north of Yanshan, and the pastures north of Yanshan would be rewarded to Fan.
Cavalry, auxiliary cavalry, and cavalry recruited later.
The imperial court could not break its promise, nor did it want Yanshan to become a frontier with constant disputes in the Song Dynasty in the future.
Even if there were disputes, it would be for the Dangxiang, Tubo and other nomadic groups to quarrel with the Khitan nomadic groups on the grasslands.
Therefore, at this stage, the imperial court did not plan to break through Yanshan and march northward. It only deployed heavy troops in Yanshan to encircle and suppress the remnant soldiers of the Northern Liao Dynasty who failed to escape Yanshan.
Zhao Xi did not expect that the purge operation would find the Duici tribe of the Northern Liao royal family. Zhao Xi's goal was to be the leader of any of the remaining seven tribes. He couldn't be busy for the past two years and ultimately be unable to touch the foundation of the Khitan, right?
The eight tribes of Khitan are the heel of the origin of the entire Khitan. They are the Xiwandan tribe, the Hedahe tribe, the Fufuyu tribe, the Yuling tribe, the Rilian tribe, the Pijiu tribe, the Li tribe, and the Tuliuyu tribe.
Alliance. Even if the Khitan ethnic group finally established the Northern Liao Dynasty, the close and distant relationship was still based on the inheritance of these ancient eight tribes.
In other words, the Eight Ancient Khitan Tribes are the core and belief of the entire Northern Liao Dynasty. Zhao Xi knows the power of belief best, and he is more terrifying than the Central Plains' praise of sages.
Destroying the Northern Liao, occupying the land, and buying people's hearts cannot completely make the Khitan people despair. Destroying their faith, or letting them see the leader they admire fall from the altar may be the best way to completely defeat the cohesion of the Khitan ethnic group.
Method.
In fact, except for tribes such as Xi, Shiwei, and Menggu that were annexed by the Northern Liao Dynasty in the later period, basically the entire nobles of the Northern Liao Dynasty were inherited from these eight ancient tribes.
It can even be said that the court decisions of the entire Northern Liao Dynasty were mainly based on the descendants of the eight ancient tribes. The elite main force of the Northern Liao Dynasty were also concentrated among the leaders of the eight ancient tribes.
Although the ancient Babu are no longer mentioned in Northern Liao, the roots are always inseparable from the Ancient Babu.
If the Eight Ancient Tribes cannot be destroyed, it means that the Northern Liao Dynasty will not be destroyed.
"It's a pity. Last time, because the 500 cavalry were completely wiped out, the 30,000 troops swept across a radius of 300 miles and annihilated the 5,000 Northern Liao cavalry. Not a single one was left alive. Otherwise, we can also identify whether they have the inheritance of the ancient eight tribes.
people."
You may not understand the power of faith, but you still understand what the officials call the Eight Ancient Khitan Parts. You also know that the inheritance of the Eight Ancient Khitan Parts represents the core of the entire Northern Liao Dynasty.
I also agree that the Eight Ancient Khitans played a totemic role for the entire Northern Liao Dynasty. Just like the sages of the Central Plains Dynasty...
At this time, the cabinets accompanying the army also began to focus on the extermination of the eight ancient Khitan tribes, and were no longer anxious about returning to the court... The officials had already approved the selection of officials. As soon as the Qing suppression was completed, the court officials
You can take up your posts one after another...
For you senior ministers, wherever the official family is, there is the imperial court.
“Is it possible to start with Khitan totem tattoos?”
This is indeed an idea. At least it can identify those Khitan nobles who died in vain in the melee...
Therefore, the Song Dynasty's suppression team added another task. After wiping out the enemy, the Khitan people would be stripped naked and report their military exploits based on their tattoos...
Xiao Ao was also in the depression of Zhulu Mountain at this time, with 30,000 Orudos from his own tribe.
At the moment when he was sure that His Majesty the Emperor of Liao had abandoned his soldiers and fled, Xiao Ao mobilized Oruduo from his own tribe to go north in the name of blocking the Northern Song Army.
It’s the same excuse as the Emperor of Daliao.
However, Xiao Huan was not in a hurry to leave the war zone, nor did he flee directly to the north like other leaders. Instead, when the Song Dynasty's northern army marched eastward and deployed to besiege Xijin Prefecture, he took a look at the Song Dynasty.
During the gap between the main army, they immediately crossed to the northwest and directly entered Zhulu Mountain.
The Song State has occupied Fenghua Prefecture and Guihua Prefecture, that is to say, the west of Zhulu Mountain is already the rear area in the Song State's view, and the passage from Yunzhou to Fenghua Prefecture has been connected.
As for the north beyond Yanshan, it was still the territory of Daliao. No one thought much about it, and he would lead his troops to the west...
Xiao Huan also happened to be heading west.
Because he knew that this battle of the Song Dynasty was not only to regain Yanyun, but even if he fled north to Zhongjing or Dading Mansion, he would not be able to escape the Song army's attack.
In the Battle of Nanjing Road, because His Majesty escaped first, Song had broken the backbone of Daliao. From then on, it was difficult for Daliao's cavalry to muster the courage to fight Song.
Moreover, as long as His Majesty the Emperor of Daliao dies, and the ranks of the royal family and descendants are not destroyed, the Song Dynasty will not give up.
Going north to join in the fun at this time is simply a way to die.
Therefore, when Xiao An decided to flee, he chose Zhulu Mountain.
At that time, the Northern Route Army of the Song Dynasty had already crossed Zhulu Mountain, and the entire Zhulu Mountain was guarded at fixed passes.
Xiao Huan was also very familiar with chasing deer and knew which paths could avoid the regular marching routes.
So, he hid in the depression of Zhulu Mountain, waiting for the Song army to relax.
Although Fenghua Prefecture and Guihua Prefecture had been occupied by the Song State, the Song State sent troops from the northwest and Yunzhou with the purpose of encircling Daliao on the Nanjing Road.
Xiao Ao also estimated that the Song State's rule over Fenghua Prefecture and Guihua Prefecture would definitely not be like the prefectures and counties in Daoxijin Prefecture in Nanjing. It would only be a nominal occupation, and there would be no time for governance.
thing.
At the same time, because the Song Dynasty's Northwest Army and Yunzhou Army marched eastward from Fenghua Prefecture and Guihua Prefecture, they fought all the way there. The Daliao troops along the way were basically wiped out.
Therefore, in the area of Fenghua Prefecture and Guihua Prefecture, the Song State will not leave too many troops behind. This is Xiao Gaobu's opportunity...
Xiao Ao also knew that the northwest Recruitment Department of Daliao was stationed in Kedun City. For the purpose of defending the northwest, ancestral regulations stipulated that there should be no less than 100,000 war horses and elite cavalry at any time.
Even the Northwestern Army of the Song Dynasty never touched the city of Kedun...because the Northwestern Army of the Song Dynasty went out with the strategic goal of encircling and suppressing the Liao army on Nanjing Road.
This also makes today's Kedun City the only remaining force in Daliao.
As long as he moves to Fenghua Prefecture and Guihua Prefecture to the north, Xiao Huan will be able to reach Kedun City and use Kedun City as a base point to summon all the forces of the Recruiting Division in the northwest of Liao Dynasty for the purpose of the funeral!
The Song Dynasty's purge campaign around Jijin Prefecture should have come to an end.
In this nearly month-long campaign, a total of about 57,000 Khitans with totem tattoos were wiped out. This means that in addition to the frontal battlefield, the Song Dynasty also annihilated nearly 60,000 Northern Liao's main cavalry.
The entire clearing operation has basically gone through the entire Nanjing Road. There should no longer be organized remnants of the Northern Liao Dynasty. As for those stragglers, it depends on whether the vast Nanjing Road people can be tempted under certain temptations.
The final cleanup has been completed.
At this time, the frontline court of the Song Dynasty began to plan the next attack target beyond Yanshan.
"Report·······"
It had been a long time since there had been such an urgent report, and the entire Chinese army palace tent became silent for a while.
"Report... Fenghua Prefecture garrison team urgently reported that yesterday, nearly 30,000 Northern Liao cavalry passed through Fenghua Prefecture and marched north. The Northern Liao cavalry were all equipped with one person and two cavalry, and they did not attack us in Fenghua
The state launched an attack."
"Considering the huge disparity in combat power between the enemy and ourselves, the Fenghua Prefecture garrison did not attack, but only defended Fenghua Prefecture City."
Not many people took what the messenger said seriously. The garrison left in Fenghua Prefecture was less than three thousand, which was just a declaration of sovereignty, and he was not required to undertake the task of intercepting and killing the remaining soldiers of the Northern Liao Dynasty.
Especially this kind of large-scale team with an organized system.
Everyone is thinking about the origin of these elite cavalrymen from Northern Liao...
"There are still experts in Beiliao!"
Zhao Xi looked at the entire Nanjing Road sand table and admired it from the bottom of his heart. Indeed, with such a report, combined with the entire Nanjing Road sand table, it was not difficult for Zhao Xi to think of the whole story of the incident.
They were very smart and did not attack the garrison of the Song Dynasty at all. They simply passed by. This could reduce hostility to a certain extent and avoid the beacon smoke signals of the Song Dynasty, which would trigger a large number of Song troops to encircle and pursue them.
"At the beginning of the Hebei Road battlefield, people saw the right time to withdraw from the battlefield. When all our attention was focused on the Chinese army's melee and the recovery of Xijin Mansion, there was a gap in the various armies in the west...
Right here, Zhulu Mountain.”
"Just find a mountain col to hide and wait for our army to clear it... Clear thinking and clever timing!"
Zhao Xi was commenting, almost recreating Xiao Yuanbuye's escape process. However, this feeling made the entire Chinese army palace tent very unhappy.
The entire Hebei Road War was basically an encirclement of three and one missing. To put it bluntly, the Song Dynasty could not deploy troops in the northeast of Nanjing Road in Bei Liao, so it opened up the northeast way out.
This is also the direction in which the imperial court will continue to send troops.
But who would have thought that someone from the Northern Liao Dynasty would break out of the encirclement of the Song Dynasty, or be in the northwest direction of the three armies of the Northwest Army, Yunzhou Army, and Yuzhou Army.
"Guan family, the generals in the northwest have failed in their duties!"
It's not that I'm shirking responsibility, I'm just expressing my feelings. The entire encirclement has its own duties, and if something goes wrong on whose line of defense, it's naturally their responsibility.
"There is no dereliction of duty. At that time, the Chinese Army issued an order to form an encirclement on time. The Northwest Army and Yunzhou Army on the north road were focused on advancing to the northeast and clearing all obstacles to the north of Xijin Prefecture."
"At the beginning of the war, when the Northern Liao front was in chaos, the Northern Route Army needed to move all the way north to intercept the Northern Liao army fleeing north."
"At this time, the Northern Route Army no longer had the responsibility to defend the Western Front. This time there was a mistake, and the responsibility did not lie with the Northern Route Army."
Zhang Dun hated Wen Yanbo's way of holding people accountable for whatever happened. How should I put it? It should be a new generation of generals, or a new generation of civil servants, who are not used to this kind of taking the blame whenever something happens.
However, nearly 30,000 Northern Liao deserters passed through Fenghua Prefecture, and there was indeed a problem on the west route. Zhang Dun was not allowed to explain the whole process.
The saying behind it is: the responsibility lies with the frontline command.
Zhao Xi pressed his hand to stop Wen Yanbo's desire to continue the argument. Then he winked at Wang Zhongzheng and asked him to clear out the irrelevant personnel from the palace tent and ask the Imperial City Secretary to guard the palace tent.
surroundings.
"There is no responsibility for this, I did it intentionally!"
"Everyone, please think about it. After the entire encirclement of Bei Liao is formed, we only need to advance steadily to force all the forces in Bei Liao to flee northeast. Why should I move the Northern Route Army eastward after the encirclement is formed?
"
"Cut the Northern Liao army from escaping north? It is impossible for any army, especially a pure cavalry team, to intercept the dozens or even hundreds of thousands of Northern Liao cavalry fleeing for their lives."
"I will not let my soldiers die in vain."
"The reason why I transferred the Northern Route Army to get out of the way to the west, so that there was a gap, is because I intended to allow some of the Northern Liao troops to escape from the west."
"Now it is basically clear that the Emperor of Bei Liao had already left the battlefield before the encirclement and suppression war. At that time, the only escape route was to the northeast, that is, he could only escape to the Zhongjing Road of Bei Liao."
"The emperor of Bei Liao's behavior means that he has abandoned other forces in Bei Liao and abandoned the hundreds of thousands of cavalry in Bei Liao. Can no one have any resentment?"
"But with such grievances, as long as they finally escape to Zhongjing Road, with the Bei Liao royal family's 100,000 elite strength, those forces that fled to Zhongjing Road will have to accept the continued rule of the Bei Liao Emperor."
"But the difference in escaping to the west and choosing a different escape route from that of the Northern Liao Emperor means that he has lost confidence in the Northern Liao Emperor and intends to start a new one."
"Such a sprout, I, the Song Dynasty, should provide convenience for."
"Everyone, regarding the rule of the prairie, apart from the connection with the wool economy, it means using barbarians to control barbarians. The specific topography of the prairie determines the way the court governs the prairie."
"Let's not talk about the issue of completely wiping out the Northern Liao court. The Dangxiang, Tubo, Khitan, Menggu and other grassland tribes need to prepare as soon as possible for how to maintain the disputes and balance among them after wiping out the Northern Liao."
"The reason why I left such a fallback path when deploying the encirclement is to prevent the future of the grassland from being unified by the current imperial dynasty's fan cavalry, auxiliary fan cavalry and recruited fan cavalry."
"The next task of going deep into the grasslands to pursue the remaining soldiers of the Northern Liao Dynasty, and even attacking the exiled Northern Liao court, will be mainly completed by the Fanqi, assisting the Fanqi and even recruiting the Fanqi."
"Some hatred needs to be guided, and only hatred can build the future balance of the grassland. Only in this way can the Song Dynasty be at the level of a judge."