Chapter 211 Decisive Battle with Youyun (2)

Daliang, also known as Bianliang, was built here in the Wei Dynasty in the Warring States Period, Liang, Jin, Han, and Zhou during the Five Dynasties. In addition, King Xiao of Liang in the Western Han Dynasty also regarded Kaifeng as his capital - the capital of the Liang Kingdom. Daliang City was an important node in the trough transportation, and convenient water and land transportation provided the development impetus for Daliang City. However, due to decades of turmoil in the Central Plains, Daliang City, which had experienced wars, was at a distance from southern cities such as Guangzhou, Hangzhou, and Chengdu in the early days of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

After several years of hard work by Guo Wei and Chai Rong, Daliang City has become increasingly prosperous and merchants from all walks of life gathered. Compared with several major cities in the south, the gap has quickly narrowed.

In the fourth year of Xiande, due to the rapid population growth in Daliang City, houses were built very densely. Not only were fires frequent, but houses invaded the official roads, which seriously affected the traffic in the city. There were countless cemeteries in the city, occupying countless golden lands. Chai Rong issued an edict to force the demolition of all illegal buildings in the capital, and moved all the tombs in the city to be reburied outside the city, allowing the dead to make room for the living.

The move to the ancestors was like destroying the Buddhist practice back then, and it was greatly criticized.

Chai Rong fought against the opposition and forced this matter to continue. In less than two years, Daliang City changed. The street was centered on the palace city, and each had a wide imperial road as the transportation road to leave the city. The closed yard system in the Tang Dynasty was basically abolished. Instead, it was opened through streets and alleys to connect to houses. The commercial and residential areas were mixed throughout the city. Various shops were opened along the streets, and the shop doors were open to the streets, forming several prosperous commercial streets. There were five or six "walls" in the city, which were a comprehensive amusement place, often open all night, forming Xiaoshi and night markets.

As the saying goes: Big rivers are full of water and small rivers. When Daliang City prospers, the people in the city will be able to make all their livelihoods and their lives will gradually become richer. After the basic living needs are met, people will naturally pursue spiritual life. The Spring Festival, Lantern Festival, Filling the Warehouse Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, etc. will have a lively and festive holiday.

Shortly after the Lantern Festival, the Dragon Head Festival arrived as scheduled.

The second day of the second month is the traditional Dragon Head Festival, also known as the Qinglong Festival, commonly known as the "Dragon Raises Head". It is a festival for worshiping dragons, welcoming dragons, and worshiping dragons. Dragons are auspicious things that can breathe wind and rain. People long for dragons to raise their heads to control water and bring blessings to the world.

For the Great Zhou Dynasty, which put agriculture first, the dragon's head was raised as an important festival. Chai Rong led important officials such as Fan Zhi, Hou Dayong and the Imperial Guards to hold a "dragon attracting" ceremony in the suburbs. After the grand "dragon attracting" ceremony, everyone returned home and held various celebration ceremonies.

When he first arrived in the Great Zhou Dynasty, Hou Dayong ignored these festivals, but as time went by, Hou Dayong's body and mind were constantly integrated into this era. Especially after experiencing too many bloody storms, Hou Dayong gradually paid attention to these festivals. Every time on the festivals, he had to carefully follow the customs and celebrate these festivals well.

From the suburbs to "lead the dragon" home, the Hou's mansion soon became lively. Fried cakes floated in the yard and the fragrance of the concentric big cakes. The ladies in the mansion did not move needles and threads on this day. It is said that they were afraid of hurting Longmu. Fu Ying also let a large pot of soybeans beans beans. The name is "Golden Beans Blooming", symbolizing the sparkling of dragon scales. Several strong guards carried wooden barrels out of the city, digging ice into holes, picked up river water and returned to the mansion, and then burned incense to offer them. The name is "lead the field dragon", which indicates that welcoming the dragon, asking for rain, and good weather.

In addition to traditional festivals, the guards in the mansion were divided into four Cuju teams. The first "Supervision" competition was held. Although the "Supervision" competition in modern society was a joke in a sense, as a fan who was disappointed, Hou Dayong still named the Cuju League in the Hou Mansion "Supervision". Fu Ying, Feng Sha and the guards in the mansion were puzzled by this strange name. Although everyone felt that the name was inexplicable, Hou Dayong said a sentence of 10,000 in the mansion, and the league was still named "Supervision".

In order to ensure the fairness of the game, Hou Dayong consciously did not play the game. Otherwise, as a striker, he probably wouldn't have the defender who dared to fly and tackle. All the league rules were formulated by Hou Dayong, and he had supreme authority, so it would be most appropriate to be a referee.

After the round-robin preliminary round, on the day the Dragon Rising Head, Liu Hei's first team and Luo Qingsong's third team entered the final. When Hou Dayong returned to Hou's mansion from the suburbs, the sound of gongs and drums sounded. Except for the two guards guarding the goal, everyone in the Hou's mansion came to the side of the football field. In order to make the league lively, Hou Dayong divided all the people in the mansion into four major groups, each group supported a team. The final champion's team and support group would enjoy the most sumptuous banquet, which was both a congratulation to victory and a festival feast.

Sports activities are of great significance to a force, a group, or even a nation and a country. Is it only one reason to exercise and improve physical fitness or two more important reasons:

First, enhance the sense of belonging to the group. Chinese culture has an important ideological core - group consciousness. It believes that people are first of all, and without a certain group, people cannot survive as humans. Therefore, everyone must rely on a certain group, so that they can have a "place to settle down". Participating in sports can enhance the sense of belonging to the group and enhance cohesion. Therefore, modern military attaches great importance to sports.

The second is to vent the extra energy of the personal guards. Most of the personal guards led by Hou Dayong are brave men carefully selected from the lion camp. They are all guys who are very good at eating and enjoying food. In the past, they were in the northwest and were sleeping on the training ground when they were not fighting. At this time, when they arrived at Daliang, they still had to participate in training every day, but due to the limitations of the conditions, the training in the city was much smaller than the training volume of the military camp. The male hormones in the sergeant's bodies rose rapidly without restraint. Hou Dayong held regular "Cuju" competitions in the mansion to effectively consume these excess male hormones, so as not to cause trouble to everyone when these male hormones accumulate a certain amount of energy.

Hou Dayong has been in the army all year round and deeply understands the three flavors. Therefore, a Cuju competition is arranged every few days, which is also to solve the problem in its infancy.

At the climax of the Cuju competition, a grain of sand was blown up by a strange wind. It was blown into Hou Dayong's eyes impartially. Hou Dayong felt a little uncomfortable at first, and rubbed it casually with the back of his hand, but felt the pain in his eyes, and soon burst into tears. Hou Dayong handed over the red flag used for the competition to Fengsha, standing on the side and constantly rolling his eyelids.

Xiaomei stood beside Fu Ying, her eyes followed Hou Dayong. When Hou Dayong came to rub his eyes, she wanted to get a wet towel immediately. But Fu Ying didn't say anything. Xiaomei stared at her toes and Hou Dayong for a while, and her heart was like an ant gnawing on her bones.

Finally, Fu Ying supported her waist with her hands and said, "Xiaomei. Go and get a wet towel." Xiaomei happily went to get the wet towel when she heard this. Xiaomei was Fu Ying's close-fitting girl, and the girls were divided into different levels. This close-fitting girl has a status in the mansion, and might turn herself into the master one day. Xiaomei is a ghost elf, how can she not understand the trick? Her life ideal is to be Hou Dayong's concubine, and to give birth to a child and half of her daughter for Hou Dayong like Qiu's wife.

Xiaomei is graceful and young. Hou Dayong is not Liu Xiahui, so her attitude towards her is certainly not bad. When she is not an outsider, she still has to tell Xiaomei a few jokes, but she never takes the last step. After all, Hou Dayong is not short of women, and she is over the age of rushing to roar. It not only requires physical collision, but also spiritual communication.

However, Hou Dayong was quite abnormal today. When the sand particles caught his eyes, he felt a little frustrated and felt even more upset. Xiaomei, who was treated coldly, returned to Fu Ying with tears in her eyes.

Hou Dayong rubbed his eyes and walked back into the room. Seeing that Hou Dayong's expression was wrong, Fu Ying hurriedly followed him in.

"Alang." Fu Ying put his hand on Hou Dayong's shoulder and shouted softly to show comfort.

"For some reason, I felt so depressed. Could something be going on?" Hou Dayong had never encountered such a situation. He was not a fatalist, but the sudden boredom made him feel quite uneasy.

On the gate, there is a gourd painted with snakes, centipedes, spiders and other poisonous insects, which are called "repelling hundreds of insects", which is also a content of the Dragon Head Festival.

The Cuju venue was still going on fiercely. On the field, the audience was full of liveliness. An eunuch hurriedly walked into the Hou’s mansion. Hou Dayong’s eyes twitched: Sure enough, something big happened!

The Privy Councilor Wang Pu's brother-in-law, Wang Pu's face was gray, his beard and head were quite messy, his breathing was rapid and slow, sometimes heavy and sometimes light, and his body was hot and sometimes cold. He did not open his eyes because His Majesty stood in front of the bed.

Several imperial physicians took turns to take their pulse. Their faces were as gray as Wang Pu. Wang Pu's illness was very similar to the third princess's illness. However, they used the prescription prescribed by Master Intelligent to grab the medicine. Since there was no Master Intelligent to be acupuncture, Wang Pu's condition did not improve at all.

Since Wang Pu wrote "Ping Border Strategy", Wang Pu has participated in all major decisions in the Great Zhou Empire, including the conquest of the Southern Tang Dynasty, the transfer of Hou Dayong back to Daliang, and the division of the imperial guards. He has become an extremely important adviser to Chai Rong.

The Northern Expedition was about to come, but Wang Pu was suddenly sick, which made Chai Rong extremely irritable. He walked around Wang Pu's bed and scolded several imperial physicians fiercely: "You useless things are usually called miracle doctors, but when they are critical, you will be helpless. If you cannot save Wang Shumi, you should not live."

Chai Rong was preparing to kick the imperial physician several times. Every time he was about to step out, Chai Rong restrainedly touched a simple jade pendant hanging on his waist. This jade pendant was the relics of the deceased Queen Fu. Chai Rong had been leading troops to fight before he became emperor, and the generals led the troops were very angry. After becoming emperor, Queen Fu gave Chai Rong a jade pendant to Chai Rong. There were two words "Conduct Anger". After Chai Rong got this jade, he naturally understood Queen Fu's intentions. Therefore, whenever he was about to get angry, he would touch the ancient jade to calm his anger.

When the imperial physician Liu Ci heard this, his face turned pale. He said boldly: "In my foolish opinion, the Privy Councilor seems to be poisoned."

When the third princess was sick, Li Ci thought it was "poisoned". However, in the palace, the "poisoning" incident was quite sensitive. It was possible that countless people would fall to the ground when they said it. Therefore, Li Ci would rather be scolded as useless than say these two words easily. His Majesty is now angry. Since this is the case, Li Ci took the initiative and said what he was thinking.

All the ministers present changed their faces.

When the third princess was sick, Chai Rong was also by the bedside. As Li Ci reminded him, Chai Rong immediately realized that the symptoms of the third princess and Wang Pu were almost the same, and Liu Ci's words were most likely true.

Chai Rong's face changed a lot, and he suddenly became furious, "Li Ci was confused and confused, take it down for me."

Liu Ci was like a chicken, lifted into the air by several wolf-like imperial guards. His jaw was quickly removed. He could no longer say anything. Seeing this, the other imperial doctors knelt on the ground with trembling all over.

Chai Rong said to an imperial guard standing beside an imperial guard, "Liu Ci was confused and beheaded." The imperial guard looked calm. Although he was a military general, he was quite elegant and had a very capable manner. After receiving the order, he led the imperial guard out of the house. After a while, the imperial guard walked in with Liu Ci's head, and blood dripped on the ground on the head.

The head of the vocational official kept dripping blood, and a bloody smell and stinking smell came to his nose. A gray-haired imperial physician was frightened by Liu Ci's head and incontinence.

The head of Liu Ci was tested. The imperial guards took the head out, while the entourage officer stood beside him with his chest and checked the head. It was originally a military rule. Chai Rong moved the rules of the military to the court.

Hou Dayong's heart was shiny: The imperial physician Liu Ci exposed the truth in public, which caused a disaster for his own life. If Liu Ci was not killed, Chai Rong would be unable to fight the tiger, and he would inevitably pursue the poisoning. The Northern Expedition is imminent, so he must not start a large-scale murder in the base camp. Doing so will shake the morale of the army. Therefore, Liu Ci will die.

After punishing the Imperial Doctor Li Ci, Chai Rong became calm again. He said to Hou Dayong: "When he heard that Wang Lang was seriously ill, he was confused for a moment, and actually forgot the intelligent master with superb medical skills. Hou Lang quickly ordered someone to invite the master over."

"After the Intelligent Master cured the Third Princess, he traveled eastward and now he doesn't know where he is." After parting with the Intelligent Master that day, the Intelligent Master walked eastward. Hou Dayong did not find his confidence. Speaking of this, Hou Dayong's heart suddenly jumped. "If the Intelligent Master can cure the Third Princess, he naturally knows that the Third Princess was poisoned. Chai Rong was extremely smart and must have figured out this joint."

Chai Rong did not continue to hold the imperial physicians accountable, and said to Hou Dayong: "Hou Xiang is familiar with the intelligent master, so you can find the intelligent master." He also offered the official with the head in hand: "Zhao Kuangyi, you bring a hundred elite cavalry and obey Hou Xiang's command at any time."

It turned out that the worshiper was Zhao Kuangyi. Hou Dayong couldn't help but take a hard look and said to himself: "I really didn't expect that this calm young man was Song Taizong, another world-wide.

The two brothers Zhao Kuangyin and Zhao Kuangyi are very famous in Chinese history. One is Song Taizu and the other is Song Taizong. Zhao Kuangyin had met in the Battle of Gaoping several years ago, while Zhao Kuangyi had never met by chance. After Hou Dayong returned to Daliang, Zhao Kuangyi, an intermediate-level imperial guard officer, has been defending the Northern Han Dynasty in Zezhou. Today is the first time that Hou Dayong and Zhao Kuangyi meet.

Zhao Kuangyi's transfer from Zezhou to Daliang was ordered by the Privy Council. After the establishment of the new imperial guards, the transfer of middle and lower-level officers of the imperial guards was the responsibility of the Privy Council and did not need to report to the ministers of the Central Secretariat. Therefore, Hou Dayong, as the prime minister, did not know that Zhao Kuangyi returned from Zezhou to Daliang.

Since the Liang, Tang, Jin and Han dynasties, Privy Councilors have been fighting for power with the prime minister. Privy Councilors directly exercised their power through "Xuan" and "head". The ministry of the Central Secretariat used "ici" and "posts" to exercise their power. The "Xuan" and "head" in the Privy Councilors were very powerful. During the reign of Emperor Mingzong of Tang, Privy Councilor An Chonghui used "Xuan" to drive away the Jiedushi in Hezhong, and served as the Pingzhang serving Wang Congke. During the reign of Emperor Yin of the Later Han Dynasty, the Privy Councilor Guo Wei ordered the Jiedushi to be Baoyi, and served as the "head" and Bai Wenke serving Bai Wenke as the "righteous general and prime minister".

After Chai Rong became emperor, the "Xuan" of the Privy Council, the "Teacher" and the "Imperial" of the Secretary of the Central Secretariat, and the "Tang" of each perform their own ways, with division of labor and conflicts. The power of both sides has their own emphasis, and neither can completely overwhelm the other.

The six imperial guards such as Hu Jie were the essence of the Central Army of the Great Zhou Dynasty. In order to effectively control the six armies, Zhao Kuangyin and other six generals all had the name of Deputy Privy Councilors. The transfer of intermediate officials of the imperial guards must pass through the Privy Council, while the transfer of the main and deputy generals of the Six Army must pass through the Privy Council and the subordinates of the Central Secretariat.

Zhao Kuangyi was an intermediate officer of the Imperial Army, so the Privy Council directly used "xuan" to mobilize him.

Hou Dayong specially arranged for Feiying Hall to collect stories about the Zhao brothers, and he also knew about the two of them. When he met Zhao Kuangyi, whom he had never met today, it was even more confirmed with the views he had obtained before.

Zhao Kuangyi's personality and temperament are completely different from Zhao Kuangyin.

Zhao Kuangyin has not liked studying since he was a child, but he is bold, meticulous and adventurous. He has extraordinary skills in riding and shooting. He is not a problem with any kind of fierce horse. Once, when he was training a horse, the horse man ran wildly on the slanting road of the city tower. He threw Zhao Kuangyin away with a slight touch. Zhao Kuangyin first hit the lintel of the city tower and then fell heavily to the ground. The people watching were all distracted and thought that Zhao Kuangyin must have his head shattered. He was sad for the eldest son of the Zhao family. Unexpectedly, Zhao Kuangyin stood up without any damage, touched his head, but was more arrogant. He tried his best to catch up with the fierce horse, jumped up, and finally subdued the fierce horse.

The mother of the Zhao brothers, Du, was very worried about the wild Zhao Kuangyin, so she decided to marry him and start a family as soon as possible. This was the ancient way to tie wild horses. In the early years of the Kaiyun period of the Later Jin Dynasty (944 AD), the 16-year-old daughter of Zhao Kuangyin's father, Zhao Hongyin, in the sacred camp, was the 16-year-old daughter of He Jingen, a colleague of the 17-year-old camp, was a wife.

When Zhao Kuangyin got married, his third brother Zhao Kuangyi was less than six years old, and he was just the age of enlightenment. Although Zhao Kuangyi was young, his temperament had begun to appear. Whether it was his hobbies or personality, this child was very different from his brother. Zhao Kuangyin was good at martial arts, good at riding and shooting, and had an open-minded temperament. He was able to make friends, and he had a good habit of making friends. Zhao Kuangyi was fond of studying. When he played with children of the same age, other children would be unknowingly afraid of him and dare not drink to him. Zhao Hongyin, a native of the army, was very happy that he could have a son who could study. Two sons, one martial arts and one literary. It was also a good thing. When Zhao Hongyin went out to fight, he did not take any gold, silver and treasures, and focused on searching for various ancient rare books to bring to Zhao Kuangyi. Under the strict supervision and care of his parents, Zhao Kuangyi was knowledgeable, versatile, and very wise.

At this time, the envoy Zhao Kuangyi didn't speak much. After ceremonials, he followed Hou Dayong respectfully. Zhao Kuangyi's military posture was excellent, but he could not leave a good impression on Hou Dayong: in Hou Dayong's memory, Zhao Kuangyi repeatedly defeated the war against Liao, and finally feared Liao like a tiger, laying the root of the disaster for four hundred years of passive beating. This idea has been rooted in the heart of Hou Dayong.

When Hou Dayong was in another world, the National Defense University specially opened a course to study famous ancient battles. The Battle of Gaoping, which was mainly studied in the Battle of Dazhou, and the important battle in the early Northern Song Dynasty was the Battle of Gaoliang River.

The battle of Gaolianghe was a key battle for the rise and fall of the Song and Liao: Zhao Kuangyi, who was so heroic in front of him, inherited the throne of his brother Zhao Kuangyin in the shadow of the candlelight and axe. After ascending the throne, he launched a large-scale northern expedition, pouring out troops across the country, and destroyed the Northern Han after hard battles. In June 979 AD, the main force of the Song army set out from Taiyuan, and within a few days, it conquered Yi, Zhuo, Shun and other states. The momentum was as strong as bamboo, and it was unstoppable. On the 23rd, the troops had already arrived at the city of Youzhou. I thought I could achieve it overnight and break the city and drive the enemy in one go. How could the Song army endure the hard battle after destroying the Han, but it had not yet recovered. I had been exhausted after many days of hard struggle. In addition, the thick walls of Youzhou City were strong, and the Liao army defended it with this, which made the Song army sigh and dream about the city.

When the Liao Kingdom heard that Youzhou was in danger, it sent a famous general Yelu Xiuge to lead elite troops from the Five Courts, and Yelu Xizhen led a large army from the Six Courts to rescue. The Song army also defeated Liao Yelusha and chased Gaoliang River (now northwest outside Xizhimen in Beijing, the place name is still there) to form a confrontation with the Liao army. However, at night, he was surrounded by Yelu Xiuge, Yelu Xizhen, Yelu Sha, Yelu Xuegu in the city, and Han Deer surrounded the four armies. The Song army was unclear at night, and was deafening at night. The torch of the ground was frightened. The ground was in chaos and the army was defeated. Taizong was also seriously injured and rushed to Zhuozhou in a donkey cart before he dared to stop.

During the Battle of Gaoliang River, Song not only failed to recover the northern barrier - the land of Youyan as he wished, but also greatly damaged the vitality of the Chai Rong, who had been well-trained and well-equipped imperial guards. What was even more fatal was that the invincible imperial guards since the founding of the army was defeated and their self-confidence was severely hit. However, the Liao people have been despised since then and then went south to invade. The war between Song and Liao has not been over for a hundred years, and Song no longer had the ambition to recover the land of Youyun.

Losing the Yanyou land, the Central Plains was directly exposed to the subway cavalry of the northern nomadic peoples. Without the strategic barriers to attack and defend on the Great Wall, the Song Dynasty also lost the possibility of Han and Tang controlling the desert in the north, and it was even more impossible for the four barbarians to bow to. From then on, the Song Dynasty, under the years of invasion of the northern ethnic groups, the national strength declined and the people were depressed. It was finally destroyed by Mongolia that soared into the air on the northern grasslands. The northern ethnic groups entered the Central Plains for the first time, which had a huge impact on Chinese history.

In this sense, the Battle of Gaoliang River is an important turning point in China's historical development, and Zhao Kuangyi must bear full responsibility for the Battle of Gaoliang River.

Why should Zhao Kuangyi be responsible for the failure of the war? Strategically speaking:

First, it easily destroyed the peaceful situation left by Zhao Kuangyin. The Khitans were originally nomadic peoples, and all men were soldiers all over the country. Men over fifteen to under fifty years old had to serve in the military. They also brought their own horse armor. The Khitans had extremely low cost of fighting and had very strong combat power. They were definitely strong enemies in the Central Plains. When Zhao Kuangyin succeeded to the throne, the territory and sphere of influence of the Liao people were greater than the territory of the Song Dynasty. Zhao Kuangyin had been through war for a long time and had a clear and profound understanding of this. Therefore, in the end of Zhao Kuangyin's life, he did not dare to start a war with the Liao people, but only sent heavy troops to guard the border, leaving the Northern Han, a vassal state of the Great Liao, as a buffer zone. During the twenty years of Zhao Kuangyin's reign, the borders of the two countries were basically in peace. After Zhao Kuangyi succeeded to the throne, he rashly started the war with insufficient preparations in the country. From then on, the Song and Liao fought for a hundred years.

Second, Zhao Kuangyi underestimated the enemy and advanced rashly. Although the imperial guards of the Song Dynasty were taxed, they had just ended their hard battle with the Northern Expedition. Ma Wushi was exhausted and went into the Northern Expedition without any rest. Moreover, after the soldiers destroyed the Northern Han Dynasty, Zhao Kuangyi broke his promise and did not give the soldiers the rewards they deserved, and the soldiers also had complaints.

The Song army fought a battle to bet on the national fortunes at the wrong time and at the wrong place without sufficient preparation.

From a tactical point of view:

First, the Song army did not seize the dangerous passes such as Gubeikou in the north of Youzhou City, nor did they arrange enough troops to block Liao reinforcements. As a result, the Liao reinforcements easily encircled the Song army with the defenders of Youzhou City;

Second, the key to the battle in Youzhou was that after the Song army defeated Yelu Xizhen and Yelu Sha one after another. Yelu Xiuge's troops arrived and attacked the Song army that was pursuing. The Song army had the advantage. However, they did not dare to attack, so they set up formations on the Gaoliang River. At night, they were attacked by Yelu Sha and Yelu Xiuge. At this time, the Liao army also rushed out of the city and collapsed. This "dare not to advance" was commanded by Zhao Kuangyi. However, after the Yelu Xiuge's reinforcements arrived, the Liao army would not have other reinforcements in a short time. Compared with the main force of the Song army, all the Liao army present were not opponents. However, the Liao army took advantage of the darkness and surrounded by four sides to fight psychological warfare. Zhao Kuangyi thought that the entire army was wiped out, so he fled first in a donkey cart. But in fact, Yelu Xiuge was also injured by arrows, and the Liao army only went to Zhuozhou to pursue the army, and the Song army actually had the power to fight again.

After Zhao Kuangyi fled, some people in the army agreed to make Zhao Defang, the son of Zhao Kuangyin. From then on, Zhao Kuangyi no longer trusted the imperial guards, which was the wedge of losing streaks in succession.

Hou Dayong was ordered to prepare for the Northern Expedition. He recalled the pros and cons of the Song and Liao in another world over and over again, and often sighed for the Battle of Gaoliang River: For the northern nations, it is difficult for the northern nations to enter the Central Plains without the base of Youyun Sixteen Prefectures. If the Battle of Gaoliang River is another result, the Song army recaptured the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun, even if they could not enter the desert like Han and Tang, they could still defend the Great Wall line with the steep mountains like the Ming Dynasty. In addition, the Song area was very rich in finance and could compete with Liao and Jin.

This period of history is the history of Hou Dayong not returning to this era. At this moment, Hou Dayong returned to this era inexplicably. Hou Dayong's fate and the fate of the Great Zhou Dynasty all changed differently in another world.

In the fourth year of Xiande, the main force of the Black Eagle Army fought in Hetao and the Liao army stationed in Xijing south of Hetao, and wiped out tens of thousands of elite cavalry of the famous Khitan general Yelu Daguang. Although the results of this battle were deliberately reduced by Hou Dayong, they still attracted Chai Rong's attention. Chai Rong therefore made up his mind to transfer Hou Dayong back to the Daliang Dynasty to serve as prime minister.

This battle is absolutely not available in the history of another world.

After this battle, the Heiyu Army, the Richi Army, the Dangxiang Fang of Helan Mountain and the Pochao Army have actually cut off the western land of the Liao Kingdom in half. Compared with the strategic situations of the Great Zhou and Liao, the strategic situations of the Song and Liao areas in another world are already very different, and they obviously occupy a more favorable position. Therefore, Hou Dayong is still confident in defeating the Khitan Army and recapturing the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun.

While walking, Hou Dayong was thinking about his thoughts and left Wang Pu's family. Hou Dayong stopped suddenly. Zhao Kuangyi followed Hou Dayong, but he didn't expect that he would suddenly stop and almost hit Hou Dayong's back. Hou Dayong looked at Zhao Kuangyi, who was gentle and well-proportioned, and asked thoughtfully: "General Zhao, Master Zhi is an expert, and his whereabouts are uncertain. I don't know how to find him?"

Zhao Kuangyi faced the prime minister of the Great Zhou Dynasty with a very respectful expression and bowed: "I will obey the orders of the marquis and prime ministers, but if I have some entrustment, I will never refuse."

Hou Dayong said bluntly: "Don't talk about anything else, I'll ask you what good ideas do you have?"

Although Zhao Kuangyi had a low official position, his brother was the famous Zhao Kuangyin. As the saying goes, he did not look at monks and Buddhas. Most of the important officials in the court were quite polite to him. This was the first time Zhao Kuangyi saw the prime minister Hou Dayong, who was so powerful in the northwest. Zhao Kuangyi did not dare to act rashly in front of Hou Dayong, and he kept serving him carefully. He vaguely felt that Hou Dayong's eyes looked at him were a little strange, which made him feel a little strange: What does the prime minister's eyes mean?

At this time, I heard Hou Dayong's tone a little impatient and said quickly: "Since the Intelligent Master is heading east, I can send the imperial guards to Chanzhou, Caozhou, Songzhou, Huazhou, Jeju, Chenzhou and other places to inform the local governments and strive to find the Intelligent Master. If it is within the scope of these states, it will definitely be found. If it is out of the scope of these states, because the distance is too far, it will probably not be of much use even if it is found."

Zhao Kuangyi analyzed it very thoroughly, and Hou Dayong also secretly praised it. He nodded, "Just follow this method and find the intelligent master to report me at any time, go."

Zhao Kuangyi straightened his chest, finished his rituals, and walked slowly towards the imperial guards barracks.
Chapter completed!