At dusk, the Liao army camp was in the middle of the military tent.

Fan Wuzheng reported the passage of his envoy to the Song army's garrison, and Yelu Dashi in front of him frowned slightly when he heard it, until he finished speaking, and then said: "Are you saying that you didn't see Tong Guan, but only met with a few generals, and at the same time they also agreed to the request for an armistice?" ”

"That's right, and it doesn't look like a fake." Fan Wu recalled the situation at that time, and said with a serious expression.

"It seems that the casualties of the Song army this time are also very large, and they dare not use troops against us again for the time being. Daishi, you said that if we take this opportunity to launch a surprise attack, can we break the enemy in one fell swoop? Jeruchonge immediately put forward his thoughts. The previous battle really made him feel uneasy, and he still wanted to win back a city.

Yelu Dashi hurriedly said to him: "The king can't, maybe this is in the hands of the Song people!" The Song people are good at defending, and once this is a strategy for them to show weakness and lead us to attack hastily, our damage will only be greater. ”

"Huh?" Yelu Xiongge was stunned, he really didn't think about it so deeply, but at the same time, he was also a little puzzled, Yelu Dashi didn't pay so much attention to Song Jun before, but now he looks more cautious, is it because of the previous setbacks that made him change?

Yelu Dashi glanced at him, and asked Fan Wu again: "Those Song generals only said that Tong Guan was sick and couldn't see guests, so they didn't mention anything else?" Also, when you mention the Song generals who led the troops into battle, as I said, how did they behave? ”

"No, they just say that they have full responsibility for the affairs of the army. As for the mention of the general, the others, though a little strange, did not see any excitement or anger, as if they didn't take it too seriously. ”

"Could it be that Lin Ya's plan has been seen through by them?" Ye Luchen asked curiously.

In the eyes of several people in the tent at the same time, Yelu Dashi sighed softly: "It should be like this, and if I expect it to be true, the consequences should be even more serious!" Let me ask you, who is in charge of the Song Army's tent today? Are they the two veterans of that caste? ”

"No, it's a general of about thirty, and although he sits at the bottom, many words are spoken by him, and everyone else is naturally acting according to his face." Fan Wuneng was sent as a messenger, and he still had this bit of eyesight.

That's it, the Song army really mutinied, and it was a complete success without bloodshed. If my guess is correct, the youngest general is the mastermind of the mutiny, that is, the Song general named Sun Tu! In the end, Yelu Dashi almost gritted his teeth and said Sun Tu's name.

Yelu Xiongge's brows were also tight, as a person who was close to Yelu Dashi, of course he had heard of Sun Tu's name from his mouth, and there were quite a few times: "Sun Tu?" Is this man really going to be our enemy, as you say? Also, I always feel that this matter is a little taken for granted, he is a young guy who doesn't have much foundation in the army, can he really pull Tong Guan off the horse so easily, and let himself replace him? ”

"That's where Sun Tu is terrible. To be honest, if I hadn't had these clues, I wouldn't have dared to make such an inference. But other than that, I really can't explain why Song Jun has these changes. King, you have also dealt with that Tong Guan for many years, how can you not know who he is, if he still has the power of the army, how can he let the events of the day before yesterday happen? Also, no matter in terms of age and temperament, the Song general that Fan Wu saw was seven or eight percent consistent with the Sun Tu I was familiar with, and from the previous secret reports, we can already confirm that he has come to the Song army camp. As for how he did all this, it does make people a little confused, but if there is anyone in the Song State who can seize military power among hundreds of thousands of troops now, in my opinion, he is the only one Sun Tu! ”

After Yelu Dashi's words came out, everyone in the tent was moved again. Because this statement can be regarded as holding Sun Tu to a very high position, which is a high opinion that Yelu Dashi has never had for anyone in the past, which is enough to make everyone fearful of Sun Tu.

"Lin Ya is because he feels that the person who is now in charge of the Song army has been replaced by Sun Tu, so he didn't let us send troops again?" Ye Luchen thought of the topic just now, and hurriedly asked.

"This is only one aspect, if it is just Tong Guan, of course we can seize this opportunity, but that Sun Tu, his person is the best at taking risks and scheming - over the years, I have been observing all kinds of actions in the Song Kingdom, and he has become more difficult than at the beginning - so I can't say that the problems presented by the Song army are all illusions, in order to lead us to take the initiative to attack.

"On the other hand, it's even more important that we can't afford to lose too many casualties. The chaos in the north is getting worse and worse, and if we make another mistake and lose our troops, we will have to ask the court for help, not to mention going back to save the court. ”

The next few sentences can be regarded as hitting the key point, and immediately extinguished everyone's desire to fight. Yes, now that Liao is worried about internal and external troubles, the situation will only be worse than that of the Song State, and they really can't afford to fail again. So even if there is an eighty percent chance of winning, as long as there is still a little variable, people dare not take risks.

"But even if we are willing to stop the army, I'm afraid the Song army will not stop. Their purpose has always been clear, that is, to seize more than 10 important cities, including Nanjing, China's Great Liao. And we will never be able to give up these important cities, or we will ......," Jeluchonge said with a distressed look on his face.

Yelu Dashi also nodded thoughtfully: "Yes, we are indeed in an extremely difficult position right now, we can't enter or retreat." ”

"And it can't be delayed, I'm afraid our grain and grass won't be able to support it for too long, even if we count Nanjing's grain stockpiles, it's enough for two or three months, and the north can't count on it at all. Once the food is gone, the army will inevitably collapse......" Yeluchen mentioned this fatal problem even more worriedly.

The gloom in the tent has become more and more heavy, to be honest, since the rise of the Khitan clan, they have never encountered such a dilemma, and such a columbian situation.

"Then negotiate peace with the Song people first and see if you can get some benefits from it. For example, we can exchange food for the city and get through the current predicament first. After thinking about it, Yelu Dashi suddenly came up with such a strategy. And as soon as he said this, everyone immediately changed color again: "Lin Ya, you are crazy...... Let's not talk about whether the Song people will agree or not, it is impossible for the imperial court alone to let us do such a thing as destroying the Great Wall! ”

Whether it is the Song people or the Liao people, they are actually very aware of how great the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun are to the Central Plains Dynasty. These cities represent not only how many people and how many territories, but also the overall pattern of the forces in the north and south.

Why has the Great Song Dynasty been suppressed by the Liao State in the north for a hundred years, and has never been able to get a respite? It's not just because of the mistakes of their policy in the military, but also because they have lost this large buffer zone and a place where they can raise horses. And once they really return the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun to Song, no matter how much gold, silver and grain they use in exchange, the Great Song will earn it, because it won't be long before they can take advantage of this and use the army and the swords and guns in their hands to regain everything they have paid.

Looking at the panicked and discolored appearance of several people, Yelu Dashi laughed: "Of course I know the truth that the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun must not be returned to the Song people, this is just an expedient measure to delay. It would be even better if you could get some benefits from the Song people. ”

"Didn't you say that dragging it out would be a big disservice to us?" Fan Wu was a little confused.

"If we don't do anything, it's going to be a big disservice to us. But if we could bring in a surprise army during this period and launch a surprise attack on the Song army from the flank, the situation would be very different. So what I want is just to paralyze the Song army and drag it out until our strategy succeeds. ”

Yelu Dashi's words made people stunned again: "Strange soldiers? Do we still have any horses and soldiers available in the south? Even Jerodyoga was a little vague.

"Why, even the king has forgotten that in this hundreds of miles of radius, in addition to our Liao and Song armies, there is actually a third force?" As Yelu Dashi asked this sentence slowly, Yelu Xiongge and the others suddenly thought of something, and their faces became a little weird again.

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"The third force?" There was also some ambiguity about this question, and there was also a cadre of Song generals, when they heard such a statement from Sun Tu's mouth, many people were stunned on the spot, but the second elder of the seed family reacted quickly and immediately understood: "You mean the victorious army in the east?" ”

This made everyone come over suddenly, to be honest, they really completely ignored this way of soldiers and horses. Because for the Song and Liao sides, where hundreds of thousands of troops were fighting at every turn, a defeated army that was in the cracks, with only 20,000 or 30,000 people, was really inconspicuous, even if Tong Guan had really tried to solicit before, but with the outbreak of the war, they were left behind by everyone.

However, Sun Tu attached great importance to this force, not only because he had just mastered hundreds of thousands of troops, so he was interested in tens of thousands of remnants, but also because he had already tasted the threat of this third-party force. On that day, Xiao Yanping was able to suddenly appear behind the army and threaten the Song army's grain road, and nine times out of ten he took the road of the ever-victorious army. At this point, he got the news from Qin Dang and the others, and it seemed that there was a possibility of seven or eight points.

Because hundreds of miles outside the battlefield of the Song-Liao confrontation, there is also a city controlled by the Changsheng army, Zhuozhou City. Xiao Yanping and the others probably used it as a springboard, first broke into pieces, and then crossed the Great Song military camp and appeared in the rear.

It can be said that although the number of soldiers and horses on this road is small, because the position they occupy is just between the two armies and they are outside the battlefield, they have become the existence that can best influence this big war. And what Sun Tu thought of at the moment was to win this power for his own use.