Xin Xingzong's fiasco was accidental but inevitable, Tong Guan after the fiasco in Dafangshan, he had realized the serious consequences, he did not return to Yi County at all, but fled directly back to Baozhou, throwing a mess to Xin Xingzong.

When Yelu Dashi led 20,000 troops to the city, Xin Xingzong knew that Tong Guan's 50,000 army had been wiped out, and Tong Guan fled back to Baozhou obviously wanted to put the responsibility on himself, Xin Xingzong was panicked and angry, at this time not only him, the 70,000 Song troops in the city had been slaughtered by the Liao army several times frightened, for a time the people were panicked, the army's heart was floating, Xin Xingzong had to close the city gate, hang up the free battle card, on the other hand, he sent people to Zhuozhou to ask for help.

However, the roots of Xin Xingzong's defeat had been planted when he captured Yizhou, Tong Guan ordered the killing of more than 10,000 Khitan men in the city, and countless young Khitan women were forced to become camp prostitutes, and the atrocities of the Song army aroused the incomparable resentment of the Han people in the city.

The Liao State has occupied the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun for more than 100 years, although in the first few Northern Expeditions of the Great Song Dynasty, the Yandi Hanmin did have their hearts towards the Great Song Dynasty, but with the failure of the Song army's Northern Expedition again and again, the Yandi Hanmin gradually died of coldness.

With the passage of more than a hundred years, the first batch of Han people who initially identified with the Song Dynasty have long since died, and later the Han people gradually married and merged with the Khitans, and the sense of identity with the Great Song Dynasty has become weaker and weaker, and today, most of the Han people have a sense of identity with the Liao State, they consider themselves to be the subjects of the Liao State, and the Northern Expedition of the Song Army is completely an invasion of their own country, plus Tong Guan ordered the massacre of the Khitans, in the eyes of most Han people in the city, the Song Army is slaughtering their relatives and compatriots, and hatred is planted in their hearts.

On the night when Yelu Dashi led 20,000 troops to Yi County, tens of thousands of people in Yi County rioted, they set fire to the military camp, looted and opened the city gates, and Yelu Dashi led the army into the city.

Under the oppression of extreme panic, the Song army collapsed on the whole line, and the 70,000 army scrambled to escape from the county seat, and fled for their lives to the south, but was pursued and killed by the cavalry of Yelu Dashi all the way, and the corpses were all over the field, and the blood flowed like a river, and the Song army on the west road was miserable, and almost the whole army was annihilated.

However, Yelu Dashi did not pursue Baozhou, and he also received an urgent order from Empress Dowager Xiao, ordering him to immediately return to the army to support Xiao Gan.

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The army of the Seed Master Dao arrived in Liangxiang County, but he did not continue to go north, but continued to be stationed in Liangxiang County, and Tong Guan's fiasco made the Seed Master Dao have to be cautious and cautious.

In the big tent, several high-level generals sat at the table with stern eyes, and the seed master said to everyone: "I just got the news that Yelu Dashi's army has crossed Laishui, that is, it has entered the boundary of Zhuozhou, and is currently stationed in the west of Xincheng, about sixty miles away from Fanyang County. ”

"It's strange, why didn't he just seize Bazhou City and force us to withdraw by encircling Wei and saving Zhao?" Uncle Zhang asked a little puzzled.

Seed Master Dao pondered and said: "If he captures Bazhou, it can have the effect of encircling Wei and saving Zhao, but his own risk is great, and it is very likely that he will be suppressed by us in Zhuozhou and annihilated, Yelu Dashi will not take this risk, he will not lead to it in Fanyang County, and he has already restrained us, once we turn south, he will immediately retreat to Yizhou, it can be seen that this person is indeed very clever." ”

"Marshal, how many troops does Yelu Dashi currently have?" Li Yanqing asked.

"According to the most accurate information, the regular army in Yelu Dashi's hands is still 20,000, but I heard that he has recruited another 20,000 new troops in Yixian, and now it should be in training, once we attack Yizhou, then we will face 40,000 troops."

Zong Ze, who had not spoken, said slowly: "If we want to attack Xijin Mansion, Yelu Dashi must cross this pass, I suggest that the army turn around and attack Yizhou, attack Yixian, and must destroy the Yelu Dashi army head-on." ”

Zong Ze's suggestion was supported by the seed master, "Zong Dutong is right, Yelu Dashi and Xiao Gan are holding us back at both ends, we must eat one of them, I also suggest ignoring Xiao Gan for the first time and concentrating forces to deal with Yelu Dashi." ”

Seed Master Dao was a little hesitant, he was worried that the imperial court would not give him so much time, Seed Master Dao couldn't help but look at Li Yanqing again, and saw that Li Yanqing was silent in thought, so he asked him: "What about Li Tong's opinion?" ”

Li Yanqing pondered for a long time and said: "I'm thinking, whether it is attacking Xiao Gan or turning around and destroying Yelu Dashi, in fact, they are all led by the nose, I think our goal should still be staring at Yanjing City, now Xiao Gan's army is stationed on the front line of Wanping, Yanjing City's army is empty, if we can surprise our troops to capture Yanjing City, Xiao Gan's army will inevitably give up Wanping and return to the capital, our main force can pursue Xiao Gan from behind, and annihilate Xiao Gan's army under Yanjing City, at this time, Yelu Dashi will cut off our back road There is no point, He either returned to Yanjing City to help, or led his army to seek refuge in Yelu Yanxi. ”

Seed Master Dao nodded slowly, "This idea is very good, but how to capture Yanjing City by surprise, I think this is the key, Yanjing City has defenders, and it is not so easy to take it." ”

After a pause, the seed master said with a smile: "Actually, you can try it, if you fail to capture the city, you can also turn around and attack the back of Xiao Gan's army, so that Xiao Gan's belly and back will be subjected to the enemy." ”

At this time, everyone understood that the marshal was supporting Li Yanqing's plan, and Zong Ze was not dissatisfied, he nodded and smiled: "Yanqing's plan is good, better than mine, success is of course the best, even if it is not successful, it can be flanked back and forth to eliminate Xiao Gan's army, once Xiao Gan is destroyed, Yelu Dashi must go north to defend the capital, it is really meaningless to cut off our back road, I also support Yanqing's plan." ”

Seed Master Dao asked the others again, and everyone expressed their support for Li Yanqing's plan, and the seed master Dao immediately said to Li Yanqing: "The plan is proposed by you, then you will lead the right army to attack Yanjing City, and I will order Wang Yuan to lead 10,000 troops to support you, and the other armies will follow me north to Wanping." ”

Li Yanqing and Wang Yuan stood up together and saluted: "Obey the order!" ”

Everyone left the big tent and left, but the Seed Master Dao stopped Uncle Zhang, and the Seed Master Dao asked with a wry smile: "Does Zhang Gong know why I agreed to Li Yanqing's plan?" ”

Zhang Shuye smiled slightly: "I know that I have a kind of handsome and cautious style, but I actually accepted Li Yanqing's risky plan, there must be a special reason for this." ”

Seed Master Dao nodded, "This morning, the son of Ma Zheng came from Pingzhou overnight to bring me an urgent information, yesterday Pingzhou guard general Zhang Jue surrendered to the Jin general Wanyan Zongbi, I was worried that the Jin general would raid Yanjing City, so I decided to adopt Li Yanqing's plan to seize Yanjing City first." ”

"But according to the treaty of the Song-Jin Alliance, it should be us who take Yanjing City, and the Jin State should not interfere, why did the Jin soldiers suddenly go south at a critical moment?"

The seed master snorted coldly, "Listen to what Ma Kuo has to say!" ”

He instructed his own soldiers to bring people, and after a while, a young general walked quickly into the big tent, this person is called Ma Kuo, the son of Ma Zheng, the soldier and horse envoy of Dengzhou, Ma Zheng reached a maritime alliance on behalf of the Song Dynasty and the Jin State, in order to implement the covenant between the two sides, Ma Kuo and his father stayed in Dading Mansion in Liaodong.

He walked into the big tent, bowed down and saluted: "See the big handsome!" ”

Seed Master Dao pointed at Uncle Zhang, "This is Deputy Commander Zhang, who is currently also the squire of the Imperial Court Military Department and the governor of the Daimyo Mansion, you can tell him the latest situation!" ”

Ma Kuo bowed to Uncle Zhang and saluted: "The humble post followed my father to supervise the Song and Jin Covenant in the Dading Mansion in Liaodong, this time the Song army went north, and the Jin State also divided the troops into two ways to the south, one is Wanyan Zongwang led 50,000 troops to live in Yongguan, and the other way is Wanyan Zongbi led 30,000 troops to Lulongsai, and the lowly post also followed Wanyan Zongbi in Lulongsai, according to the previous agreement between the envoy of the Jin State and the imperial court, if we can't take the Yanjing Mansion, the Jin State will seize it for us, they propose to ask for the population wealth, and the land and city belong to us, Therefore, there is nothing wrong with the two golden soldiers eyeing Yanjing Mansion.

But just the night before yesterday, Tong Guan sent someone to send a letter to Wanyan Zongbi, asking Jin Guo to send troops to seize Yanjing, and asked Wanyan Zongbi to hand over Yanjing to him according to the agreement after capturing Yanjing, so Wanyan Zongbi sent troops to Pingzhou yesterday morning. ”

Uncle Zhang was stunned, it was Tong Guan who asked the Jin people to send troops, this is simply unbelievable!

The seed master said angrily: "I'm not surprised at all, Tong Guansheng was afraid that I would seize Yanjing Mansion and snatch away the prince he dreamed of, so he ignored the fact that the Eastern Route Army was still fighting fiercely with the Liao Army, and privately asked the Jin people for troops, which is simply a traitor!" ”

Uncle Zhang was also extremely angry in his heart, Tong Guan not only lost 100,000 troops on the West Road, but also betrayed the interests of the Great Song Dynasty for his own selfish interests, which was an out-and-out traitor.

Uncle Zhang calmed down a little, and asked again: "But Pingzhou is still guarded by the Liao army, how can the envoy of Tong Guan get by?" ”

"Zhang Jue, the chief general of Pingzhou, has already secretly surrendered to the Jin State, but the Jin people are treacherous and did not disclose this secret, and they were caught off guard if they wanted to hit the Liao State, and I only learned this secret yesterday."

The seed master said to Zhang Shuye again: "I just considered that although Li Yanqing is a civil official, his status in the court is not high, and I am afraid it will be difficult to control the overall situation of Liao, so I want Zhang Gong and Wang Yuan to lead reinforcements to the north together, and Zhang Gong will be responsible for controlling the overall situation of Yanjing City." ”

Uncle Zhang nodded, "I understand!" ”

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