The actual situation on the battlefield in the south was not difficult to hear, and under the deliberate investigation of the Liao scouts, it was quickly exposed to the world, and the news soon spread to the Liao army camp at the foot of Helan Mountain.

Although there have been all kinds of speculations, but when the news was really confirmed, Liao Xingzong Yelu Zong was really angry and almost spewed out old blood, the cunning and cunning of the Song people exceeded their imagination, although the Great Liao chose to join forces with the Song people to attack Xia is also ulterior motives, but the Liao State has always pursued the principle of 'being strict with others and lenient with oneself', and there are some things that can be done by oneself, and the Song State must not do it.

In the Golden Horde, Yelu Zongzhen convened the ministers to discuss countermeasures, the current situation is not optimistic, it was originally Song Liao attacking Xia, but now it has become Song and Xia joint resistance to Liao, two to one has become one to two, no matter how confident the Liao monarchs and ministers are, there is no guarantee of victory.

"Qi play the emperor, the Song people are treacherous, and the Xia State is complicit, the old minister thinks, this battle is no longer necessary to fight, now the wisest move is to quickly withdraw the army, although our army is a small loss, but the strength does not have much impact, for the defense of the Song and Xia countries should be more than enough." Zhang Jian said.

"Lord Zhang is right, it stands to reason that the combined military strength of the Song and Xia countries is not as strong as my Great Liao, but although my Great Liao has millions of soldiers, it cannot all be used to attack Xia, and it is still at a disadvantage to fight in the territory of Xia, so it is better to retreat and mobilize a large army of Chen soldiers in the Bazhou area to retaliate against the Song people; The Song people can help Xia, but the Xia people may not help the Song, because the ministers think carefully, the Song people must have seen through my Da Liao's strategy, and they don't want to lose the northwest barrier, so they have a hand in the hands of the Xia country, they are the weapons in the hands of the Song people, and the two sides are just using each other, what is the strong alliance at all? Nanya Shangshu Liuzi asked.

Yelu Zongzhen sighed and said: "What the two of you said makes sense, but I am really unwilling, I am so toyed with by the Song and Xia countries to applaud, and I will withdraw my troops before I get a piece of land, how can I swallow this evil breath." ”

"Brother Huang, since you can't swallow this breath, why do you want to withdraw from the army? It's a big deal to transfer another 200,000 troops into the summer for reinforcements, isn't it all the way through? Although the Song people are treacherous, they are only bad behind their backs, but they are not directly enemies of our Daliao on the surface, which shows that they are afraid, so we only fight with the hungry Xia Guo, we can do the opposite, they think that we will definitely return, so we will not withdraw but increase the troops, and catch them off guard. The emperor's younger brother Yelu Chongyuan said impassionedly.

Xingzong's eyes lit up, Yelu Chongyuan's words were not unreasonable, maybe a surprise move or a miracle effect, with superior forces to completely defeat the Xia army, the Song people will fall into an embarrassing situation, Da Liao can pretend not to know the tricks of the Song people, first do not turn the face directly with the Song people, and then settle the account with the Song people after defeating the Xia State.

"Xiao Aiqing, what do you think?" Although he is the general of the defeated army, Xiao Hui is still the most trusted person of Yelu Zongzhen, because this gentleman has just lost all his men and become the commander of the light pole, and he feels embarrassed, so he has been standing aside and not making a sound.

"Your Majesty, what Zhang Shangfu and His Royal Highness the Imperial Brother said have their own truths, and the risk of the Imperial Brother's suggestion is that if you want to transfer troops from the country to crush the Xia army secretly supported by the Song people, I am afraid it is not the 200,000 as Your Highness said."

"Hmph, 200,000 plus 170,000 here, nearly 400,000 troops can't destroy the Xia Kingdom? King Xiao was scared. Yelu Chongyuan said with disdain.

Xiao Hui patiently explained: "Although the army of the Xia State is only about 300,000, but at that time the Song people have not yet exposed their treacherous faces, with the support of the Song State, the shortage of weapons, food and other materials in the Xia State will be replenished, we all know that the party and all the people are soldiers, as long as there is enough armor, weapons and food, they may all become soldiers in front of the battle overnight, and then we will deal with not 300,000, maybe 500,000 or 800,000 or even 1 million, even if their combat power is not strong, but the consumption of this sea of people tactics, It's not something we can afford. ”

"What about a million? Will my 400,000 Great Liao elites be no match for a rabble? Isn't that what you often say? ”

"Your Highness, I didn't say that I can't fight, what I'm saying is that I can't afford to lose, after winning the battle, it's not that the world is peaceful, we still have a bigger opponent who hasn't consumed the slightest, and we are fighting with the Xia people with all our might, after experiencing huge consumption, we are still not the opponents of the Song people, this is the key; Your Majesty, we can't mess up the overall situation because of the small unbearable in front of us, the minister's opinion is inclined to Zhang Shangfu's suggestion, pull out the village and return to the country immediately. ”

Yelu Zong said: "But even if we withdraw from the army, Song Xia is already an alliance, and there will be a big trouble in the future, how to deal with it?" ”

Xiao Hui thought for a while and said, "If the emperor is anxious to get rid of the situation of being isolated, the minister suggested that he could send someone to reconcile with Xia Guoye Lishi, and said that my Da Liao was bewitched by the Song people to make an attack, and promised not to attack Xia again, and give them some benefits and sweetness; Chen thinks that Xia Guo has a good impression of my Da Liao is definitely more than the Song people, as long as we stretch out our hand, Xia Guo will definitely throw himself into Yu Da Liao, even if we can't form an alliance, as long as we make Xia Guo believe that they will no longer attack them, their army will be re-armed, the south of Xia Guo is now in an undefended state, we withdraw our troops, I don't know if the Song people can resist the temptation and retreat, if they can't bear the temptation, they will become a direct enemy of Xia Guo, and then there will be a good show. ”

Everyone nodded, thinking that Xiao Hui's analysis was very reasonable, but Yelu Chongyuan said: "What if the Song people also withdraw their troops immediately?" Didn't you let the Song people play us for nothing? ”

Xiao Hui said: "The Song people are not completely without consumption, this time they sent 200,000 troops, and secretly assisted the bottomless pit of the Xia Kingdom, and the loss was definitely not small, but they actually didn't get anything, on the contrary, they raised tigers to make the Xia people benefit from it; If they take the opportunity to capture the capital in the south of the Xia State, in addition to becoming a direct enemy with the Xia people, our Great Liao can immediately ally with the Xia State, this time it becomes a joint attack on the Song Dynasty by Liaoxia, and the situation will immediately be promising. ”

Yelu Zongzhen smiled and said: "It makes sense, it makes sense, when you say this, I hope that they can capture several state capitals in the Xia Kingdom, and it seems that they still have to endure for a while and wait and see how the situation changes." ”

Zhang Jian said: "The commander of the Song army is the Su Jin, the pacification envoy of the Northwest Fourth Road, this person is cunning and changeable, do you remember the incident of Xiao Temo's envoy to the Song State that year?" At that time, this Su Jin was still a hairy boy, and he had already let Xiao Temo return with a feather, and he was blind because of it, so Lao Chen suggested not to hope that Song Jun would follow the routine we imagined, but to think more about it. ”

Everyone nodded in agreement, Su Jin's name has been circulated in Liao for a long time, and the Liao people's impression of Su Jin is that he is a cunning man with a sharp beak and a roe deer, and his methods are extremely old and spicy, and he is both contemptuous and a little jealous, counting on Su Jin to be directly the enemy of the Xia people, it seems that there is no need to think about it.

The plan has been decided, the withdrawal of the army is almost a foregone conclusion, Yelu Zongzhen and the ministers discussed the plan after the withdrawal, how to retaliate against the Song State and other matters, when the discussion was hot, the chamberlain hurriedly walked into the big tent, leaned into Yelu Zongzhen's ear and said, "The military pigeon has passed on the emergency military situation in the south!" ”

"Quick, bring it up." Yeluzong was really busy, thinking about what kind of military situation there would be in the south.

A soldier walked in quickly with a bamboo cage, and when he saw that the knock was over, he took out a silver-gray carrier pigeon from the bamboo cage, took off the bamboo tube tied to the pigeon's legs, and brought it up with both hands; The red and white color of the bamboo tube paint is a sign of the most urgent military situation, Yelu Zongzhen pulled out the wooden stopper, poured out the parchment scroll inside, looked at it quickly, and stood up.

The ministers were startled, they didn't know what was written on this parchment, which surprised the emperor, and when they looked at each other, they heard Yelu Zongzhen burst into laughter, stretched out his hand and flicked the parchment and said loudly: "God help me, God bless me Daliao, the Song people can't resist the temptation after all, we have a lot to do." ”

The parchment paper circulated in the hands of the ministers, and there were few words on the small piece of paper, but it made the great Liao monarchs and ministers all smile, and the paper read: The Song Army's East Route Army captured Youzhou on the evening of November 17, and is currently advancing north to approach the area of Longzhou and Xiazhou, which seems to have the intention of taking Longzhou and Xiazhou.

Song Jun did it! This Su Jin was clever but was mistaken by cleverness, and just when the Great Liao monarch couldn't find a chance, he stretched his neck over.