Cao Wei first arrived at Beiping Village and read the edict. Shi Yanfu temporarily led Beiping Village and took Tian Min and Zhang Ning to the Dingzhou camp.

When he arrived at the Daying of Dingzhou, he read the edict again, and Cao Wei replaced Wang Chao as the commander of the head of Wang Chao. Wang Chao immediately rushed to Hedong.

Wang Chao's face was depressed.

Cao Wei patted his shoulder and said, "Mr. Song asked me to bring a word to General Wang. You can't blame you. Liao Kingdom has too many troops, and there is also an order from the court to let you set up a formation in Dingzhou. If you can't go to Hedong, you can't find any reason not to fight. There will be a battle waiting for you to make contributions soon."

"Does the court want to recover the mountain in the Battle of Hedong? But..."

"But is the enemy very powerful? It doesn't matter, just follow Wang Hanchao's command."

Wang Chao had no choice but to say, "No matter whether it is right or wrong, please refer to General Cao as he is brave and good at fighting, far better than me."

"Do you mean virtue? I know, don't worry, I do things openly and honestly, and you and I have no complaints or grudges."

Wang Chao left Dingzhou sadly.

He didn't know what specific arrangements the court had, but this mobilization meant that his position in the army would decline. Cao Wei also breathed a sigh of relief. After all, Wang Chao was the commander of the Song army of more than 100,000 and had served for more than three years. If he was dissatisfied, this demotion would cause Wang Chao to be dissatisfied and cause bad consequences.

Then Cao Wei issued a series of orders to temporarily manage the Wei Lu Army and transfer Wei Neng to the Dingzhou Daying. Zhang Yanxi temporarily served as Baozhou and transferred Yang Liulang to the Dingzhou Daying.

He also passed an edict to appoint Shi Pu to take over all military defense responsibilities of Dingbaoxiong and dominate Mo's four prefectures, as well as Gaoyang Pass, and Polu Army.

Then he divided his troops into three groups, with more than half of his troops and horses, and led his main force to Qizhou slowly. Wei Neng rushed to Yingzhou with 10,000 light cavalry, and Yang Liulang led 5,000 light cavalry and 20,000 infantry to Boye County. He disturbed Daming Prefecture in a fan-shaped manner.

At the same time, Lei Youzhong and they also passed through Jingxing Pass of Taihang Mountain. Lowda Zhenzhou is resting and reorganizing.

But more troops in the south also arrived in the capital, and Li Jilong and all the powerful brigades of the Song Dynasty finally returned. However, the army was also separated. Yang Qiong led tens of thousands of light cavalry, including some Xianping troops across the Yellow River, and rushed from Zezhou to Luzhou from a mountain road. After a period of rest, he rushed through the Taihang Mountains, Fukou Xing and rushed to Cizhou, and towards Daming Prefecture.

Ma Zhijie and Qin Han led a second group of troops across the Yellow River. After resting in Huaizhou for a while, the troops were divided into two groups, one in Xiangzhou and one in Liyang.

Although this kind of pocket-tied cooperation may cause problems, there are several successful factors. In the next ten days, there will be two commanders, Li Jilong and Cao Wei. Their military talents are enough to make up for this loophole.

It was also within the Song Dynasty, with the right time, place and people, both on the side of the Song Dynasty. The terrain was familiar, making it easy to connect and cooperate.

Also, once the pockets are tightened and the range becomes smaller, then cooperation will not result in such a big mistake as Yongxi's Northern Expedition.

There were also thousands of troops that Pan Lianzheng, who might not be conspicuous, who arrived in Chanzhou with the ship and moved the mysterious cargo into Chanzhou city.

Moreover, at this time, the northern soldiers sent scouts through countless Liao army camps and actually handed the situation in the north to Zhao Heng.

...

Song Jiu is not very clear about Zhao Heng's dynamics in history.

Zhao Heng was a little sad in history. He was about to fight in person. Suddenly, he discovered something. All the powerful troops in the army were in Wang Chao's hands, and the forbidden soldiers in the capital were all illusions. Therefore, he urgently summoned Wang Chao back to Beijing. Wang Chao didn't dare to attack, so he could bring his troops back.

Therefore, before leaving, Zhao Heng showed some timidity. But now with the troops in place, Zhao Heng became brave and decided to fight in person. Before leaving, Wang Dan, who was carrying the heavy burden of the capital, asked: "Your Majesty, what should I do if I cannot win for ten days?"

The time Wang Dan said here is only ten days.

A battle lasts more than ten days, and such a big battle.

But there is one actual situation, that is, the city wall of Chanzhou. This is the real inner area of ​​the Song Dynasty. Therefore, although it is the most important gateway to the capital, due to disrepair, the city wall of Chanzhou is not tall, including the city wall of Deqing Army, which was just massacred.

As long as you cannot win for ten days, Chanzhou City will inevitably be in danger, so Zhao Heng’s life will not be guaranteed.

Zhao Heng was silent for a long time before saying, "Appoint a prince!"

After knowing the situation of the city defense in Chanzhou, it would be impossible not to go. Not only Kou Zhun forced him, Kou Zhun also seduced Gao Qiong to force him. Song Jiu was also forced. It was nothing else. Zhao Heng would personally fight and would arouse morale. Once he surrounded him, Zhao Heng would be the biggest lure.

After all the hard work and worries during this period, his headaches broke out again.

However, even if he has a severe headache, he cannot talk to others, otherwise everyone will think that he is cowardly.

In late November, early in the morning, Zhao Heng led countless officers and soldiers, as well as many important officials, including Kou Zhun and Song Jiu, and other ministers, to set off from the capital. The weather left and right was cold and presented with sable fur and catkins. Zhao Heng refused: "My ministers were exposed to the suffering of coldness, how can I use this?"

So the army slowly left the capital and marched towards Chanzhou.

At this time, Xiao Yanyan was even more worried.

Xiao Yanyan was not very clear about the news at the beginning, but with the mobilization of the Song army, all kinds of information also came to her hands.

There were many Liao troops in front of Hebei, but they were quickly defeated by several Song troops. Moreover, Cao Wei moved south very quickly. He quickly entered Zhaozhou from Qizhou with a team of troops, gathered with Lei Youzhong's troops, and then advanced to Xingzhou and Mingzhou.

Tian Min brought a part of the Song army into Yizhou, joined the two Song army of Yang and Wei, and quickly advanced towards Beizhou. Then he defeated the Liao army that was sniping in Linqing County, and marched again towards Shen County on the east side of Daming Prefecture.

At the same time, Qin Han and Ma Zhijie and Yang Qiong's troops also reached Liyang and Xiangzhou. In addition, Zhao Heng personally brought a large army from the south bank of the Yellow River to Chenzhou. Theoretically, the pockets that the Song army had built in the surrounding areas of Daming Prefecture and Chanzhou were successfully formed, and the farthest range was only about 200 miles. If they were fast to ride, the news would be delivered to the head generals of each army in two hours.

Xiao Yanyan had to summon all the generals to discuss.

Xiao Talin said, "Empress Dowager, Your Majesty, don't worry. Please look at the map. The northeast is the Song general Tian Min's army. He also has two brave generals under his tent. Yang Yanzhao and Wei Neng. In the north is Cao Wei's army rushing to Daming Mansion. This man is young and I heard that he has won several small victories in Weizhou. However, his subordinates also have many brave generals, and most of his soldiers are from Hedong, Hebei. The combat power cannot be ignored. This is equivalent to cutting off our way back. There are two Song troops in the east. They came from Shaanxi and may not be as good as the two routes in the north. However, if they defeated them, there is Taihang Mountain on the west."

This is a big mistake.

The most powerful armies are in the west and south.

However, not even the ministers of the Song Dynasty knew the truth. So we can’t blame Xiao Talin.

"Empress Dowager, this job has been delayed too much."

I was wrong again. If I looked at it from Xiao Talin's attitude, it would have been too much time. If I gave up Yingzhou and did not attack, the time to attack the city and divide the troops would have been nearly a month.

With this precious month, maybe the Liao army had already been drinking and having fun in Kaifeng City.

However, there is such a good thing. If the Liao army is fast, these reinforcements will be faster. Even Song Jiu hopes that, after all, the harm of the people will be reduced invisibly. Perhaps several reinforcements are exhausted due to the journey, but wouldn’t the Liao army be the same? If only one of the prefectures and counties along the way can successfully arrive in Chanzhou or even the capital? If that is true, the Song Dynasty would not send troops to stop and delay their advancement?

Only when the actual difference between the two armies is not very different, it can fall into Song Jiu's plan from the beginning and drive the army to Daming Mansion, which is doomed to the end. The right time, place and people are the most important factors in the war. For example, if Xue Rengui, a famous general, started a war in Ledu, would he be defeated so miserably?

Or if Xiao Yanyan canceled her ambitions, no matter how Song Jiu arranged it, she would not be bewitched, and Song Jiu would be fine. After all, doing this would cost countless money a year. As Kou Zhun calculated, it was not exaggerated to spend 120 million yuan in four years. Even if Chen Shu used his life to manage the finances, the finances did not generate more surplus so far. Yet, it was Song Jiu's surplus when he read the three accounts.

But this surplus is exactly the financial trump card for Song Jiu to launch this battle.

Xiao Talin didn't know the specific situation, and he could not compare with famous generals like Yelu Xizhen and Yelu Xiuge, and he was even far inferior to Li Jiqian in history.

So he made a mistake in his judgment and said, "The current situation is definitely not a good strategy. Our army concentrated its advantages and could definitely break through a certain route, but the losses will be heavy. I heard that the Song Dynasty asked Shi Pu to lead the army again, and he would definitely attack heavily. There were pursuers behind him. Coupled with the previous losses, it would be a heavy return. Our country would be in danger. Now there is only one strategy. The Queen Mother, Your Majesty asked the rear map. The Song Dynasty arranged four armies north of the Yellow River, and there were only one continent on the south. It seemed that the Song Dynasty emperor

The emperor also had to fight in person. This was a weak emperor. He wanted to negotiate peace with our court since he ascended the throne. Moreover, the soldiers were not like the four soldiers in the north. Although there were a few strong soldiers who were garrisoned, most of them were new soldiers and had poor combat effectiveness. The city of Chanzhou was small. If our army crossed the Yellow River, the Emperor of Song Dynasty was in the wilderness and took it down in one fell swoop, and the Song Dynasty would be destroyed. No matter where the Song Dynasty dispatched reinforcements from, the royal family and the emperor were captured by our army, the Song Dynasty would be destroyed or divided. This trip was a great victory."

Of course, the losses are still heavy, but if you get Kaifeng, you will get a lot of wealth to make up for this loss. In that case, there will be no unified dynasty in the southern Central Plains, and the Liao Kingdom will do whatever it wants.

If it is based on the superficial phenomenon alone, Xiao Talin's statement makes sense.

Xiao Yanyan and the generals agreed.

He even did something even more shameless, sending the army to Chanzhou, while continuing to let the foolish Wang Jizhong write a letter to Zhao Heng, and the two countries negotiate peace.

To discuss a ghost peace, even if there were no Li Jilong in history, it would be impossible to form a peace talk!

Xiao Talin was right. Chanzhou was too small, so the capital sent reinforcements and had to station outside the city.

Field battles, Liao Kingdom likes it.

However, what they didn't know was that Li Jilong was activated and, as the most important commander, came to the city of Chanzhou in advance.

In the future decisive battle, there will be two commanders, the south route is the center of gravity, the head coach is Li Jilong, and the north route is Cao Wei. However, the pockets are not completely tight yet, so it seems that they have changed from seventh routes to fiveth routes.

Under the city of Chanzhou, Xiao Talin vs. Li Jilong.

Xiao Talin's troops had more than 200,000, most of them were cavalry.

Li Jilong had less than 50,000 soldiers, most of them were infantry, and his deputy generals were Shi Baoji, Ge Ba, Sun Quanzhao who came from Daming Mansion, and Zhang Min and others.

Shi Baoji is OK, Sun Quanzhao is even better, but apart from them, the rest can be said to be like soy sauce.

The troops were not as good as the Liao Kingdom, and the generals were not as good as the Liao Kingdom. Li Jilong even came to Chanzhou for not long and did not know much about the soldiers and generals in the army.

In this case, the first shot of the Battle of Chanzhou was fired.

Moreover, Li Jilong had to win but not lose in this battle, otherwise his pocket would not be really tightened at this time, and the careful plan for several years would fail. In order to continue to confuse the enemy, he could not use the real powerhouse, nor could he use the weapon that Pan Weizheng transported to Chanzhou...

Faced with this pressure, Li Jilong quickly used his prestige in military affairs and superb wisdom to integrate the three armies, then gathered all the baggage trucks, removed one wheel, connected them together, and formed a circle of baggage trucks.

Xiao Talin came. He had never read Liu Yu's biography, nor had he even faced the role of a baggage truck placed on the battlefield.

Aren’t it just cars? Isn’t it harder to fight than a city wall?

So an attack was launched.

However, within a short while, his hundreds of thousands of troops were lost in the baggage chariot formation and could not drive themselves. As the baggage chariot delayed the speed of the cavalry, the crossbows in the Song army gradually took effect. Li Jilong even sent a group of soldiers to break the cavalry, three people, spear shooting, axes, guns, and horse legs, and hook moon guns and hooks heads. This combination is even more evil than the Modao of the Tang Dynasty.

Hundreds of thousands of Liao troops were struggling in this mud pit, and Shi Baoji took the opportunity to take all the cavalry to snatch the back road.

The Liao army was defeated and was always suppressed by tens of thousands of infantry soldiers, the number of which was only one-quarter of the Liao army. After pursuing nearly ten miles, it was only to use the speed of the cavalry to get rid of the Song army's attack.

It's a good time to open the door.
Chapter completed!