Zhao Yan didn't expect to meet Xiao Dilie in the night market in the capital, the other party was Zhao Jia's friend and the first Liao general who was willing to submit to the Great Song Dynasty, so whether it was public or private, Zhao Yan wanted to do his best as a landlord, so he invited Xiao Dilie to his home very enthusiastically and set up a banquet to entertain him.

However, Xiao Dilie just learned the news that his father died on the battlefield, he was a person of filial piety, and he didn't know Zhao Yan's identity just now, so he endured his grief, although he had Zhao Yan's warm hospitality at this time, he was still in a low mood, even if the wine and food in Yue Wangfu were delicious, he didn't have the heart to taste them.

Zhao Yan also saw that Xiao Dilie's interest was not high, so he didn't have a room to persuade him to drink, and after chatting with him casually, he asked him to go down to rest, but the next day, he listened to the servant who served Xiao Dilie that after Xiao Dilie returned to the room last night, he asked the servant for some tools and wood, and carved the spiritual position for his father Xiao Yanshou with his own hands, and then cried to the spiritual position until dawn before falling asleep.

It is precisely because of this that Zhao Yan did not bother Xiao Dilie at first, and did not go to see him in person until the third day, after these three days of buffering, the grief in Xiao Dilie's heart was finally vented, but the whole person still looked very haggard, compared to three days ago, it was like a different person.

"Nephew Xiao Xian, you have also traveled for a long time in the Great Song Dynasty during this time, and you must have seen everything you should have seen, I don't know what your plans are for the future?" Zhao Yan took a sip of tea and then asked Xiao Dilie, who looked haggard in front of him, in fact, what he hoped most was that Xiao Dilie could join the Great Song Army, and then participate in the attack on the Liao State, so that they could use the fame of their father and son to hit the morale of the Liao army, but this kind of thing is best proposed by Xiao Dilie.

I saw that Xiao Dilie thought for a moment after hearing this, and immediately raised his head and stared at his bloodshot eyes and said in a deep voice: "His Royal Highness King Yue, my father died at the hands of Ah Guta. As a son of man, I have to avenge my father no matter what, and I also know that the Great Song Dynasty is likely to attack the Liao State, and I will fully cooperate with the actions of the Great Song Dynasty at that time, and I only hope that His Royal Highness can give me a promise. Give me a chance to get revenge in the future! ”

And so it was. Zhao Yan secretly said in his heart when he heard this, he knew that with Xiao Dilie's temperament, he would definitely want to avenge his father, which was consistent with the military goals of the Great Song Dynasty, thinking of this, Zhao Yan smiled and said: "Nephew Xiao Xian, I can understand your desire to avenge your father, and it is a coincidence to say that our Great Song Dynasty has always regarded the Jurchen as a great enemy of life and death." So you don't have to worry about the Jurchens, as long as I am here, the Jurchens will never be allowed to run rampant in the north! ”

"Really?" Xiao Dilie's eyes lit up when he heard this, he knew that the Great Song Dynasty had been fighting the Jurchens, but now the strength of the Jurchens had increased greatly, so he was very worried that the Great Song Dynasty would unite with the Jurchens to deal with the Liao State, if so, it would be difficult for him to take revenge with the strength of the Great Song Dynasty.

"Naturally, it's true, in fact, if it weren't for the fact that there is a Liao country between our Great Song Dynasty and the Jurchens. I'm afraid that we would have sent an army to directly wipe out the Jurchens, and now the Jurchens are rising rapidly. Even if the country has been established, although the Liao State seems to be powerful, I am afraid that under the blow of the Jurchens, it will soon fall, so we must seize more territory and population of the Liao State before the Liao State falls. thus indirectly weakening the strength of the Jurchens, and in this process, it will also be the beginning of the official duel between our Great Song Dynasty and the Jurchens! Zhao Yan said solemnly at this time.

Although Xiao Dilie had chatted with Zhao Jia before, some confidential information like Da Song was not revealed to him. So it was only now that he knew about the Great Song Dynasty's foreign battle plan, which also made him finally put his mind at ease, and he said with a boost of energy: "Thank you His Royal Highness King Yue for your trust, since this is the case, Xiao Mou will rest assured, if it is convenient for His Royal Highness, please arrange it on your behalf, Xiao Mou is willing to cooperate with Da Song to do anything!" ”

According to Xiao Dilie's thoughts, after he defected to the Great Song Dynasty, even if he still served in the Song army, it was at most nominal, and the possibility of really leading troops to fight was very small, at most he was used as a propaganda model by the Song army, so as to recruit some Liao troops to surrender, although Zhao Jia had made some guarantees before, but Zhao Jia was only the prince of the king and not the emperor of the Great Song Dynasty after all, so Xiao Dilie didn't believe it very much, and he was mentally prepared for this, so he said so.

However, Zhao Yan smiled when he heard this: "General Xiao underestimated my Great Song Dynasty's temperament, when the Tang Dynasty was in the past, Tang Taizong was also bold in appointing foreign generals who surrendered, and I still have this kind of temperament when I ask myself, so don't worry about anything, as long as you get to the army, you will definitely be assigned a suitable position, as long as you have the ability, it is not impossible to even be promoted to the position of the chief general in the future." ”

Zhao Yan's words are almost exactly the same as Zhao Jia's words at the beginning, but the identities of the two are completely different, after all, Zhao Yan is not Zhao Jia, but has a pivotal position in the Great Song Dynasty, and his words almost represent the attitude of the Great Song Dynasty, which made Xiao Dilie also stand up excitedly, and immediately clasped his fists and saluted: "Thank you, Your Highness, if Xiao can really lead the army again, he will definitely destroy the Jurchen enemy for the Great Song Dynasty in the future, and at the same time avenge my father!" ”

"Haha~, I believe that Xiao Xian's nephew you can definitely do it!" Zhao Yan also laughed at this time, but there are many talents in the Great Song Army, and it is not easy for Xiao Dilie to get ahead in the army, especially this attack on Liao is the largest battle in the Great Song Dynasty in the past hundred years, and it will concentrate all the elite soldiers of the entire Great Song Dynasty.

Since Xiao Dilie agreed, Zhao Yan took him into the palace to see Zhao Xu on the same day, after all, this matter still needs Zhao Xu to arrange, Zhao Xu was obviously very surprised by Xiao Dilie's arrival, but he was also more interested in Xiao Dilie, and asked a lot about him in Liao, especially information related to the Jurchens, after all, compared to the information collected by the Great Song Dynasty, it is still not as good as Xiao Dilie, a person who has fought with the Jurchens for many years.

For Zhao Xu's inquiry, Xiao Dilie naturally did not dare to hide anything, and told in detail about his experience of fighting with the Jurchens in the past few years, as well as his understanding of the Jurchens, as a result, the more Zhao Xu listened, the more solemn his face became, because he found that the Jurchens were fierce and tenacious far beyond his expectations, and if the small Jin Kingdom that had just risen was not contained, after they destroyed the Liao State, I am afraid that the Great Song Dynasty would likely become the second Liao State.

It was precisely because of Xiao Dilie's words that Zhao Xu was more determined to destroy the Jurchens. As for Xiao Dilie, after staying in the capital for a few days, he received a formal appointment from the Great Song Dynasty, and his position at the beginning was neither high nor low, but he was just a military commander of the Hebei Army, with 2,500 soldiers under his command, which was a standard middle and high-level general, and this Hebei Army was about to be transferred to the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun to stand by, and it could attack the Liao State at any time.

After receiving the appointment, Xiao Dilie said goodbye to Zhao Yan and immediately flew to take office, he wanted to make meritorious contributions in the attack on Liao, he must be familiar with the army in his hands, so he hoped to arrive early, and after running in with the army, he could give full play to the strength of the army, in addition, after he arrived, he had to lead the army to Yanyun and wait for the dispatch of the general Yang Huaiyu, with his special identity, there must be a specific task to be handed over to him, so his time is also very tight.

At the same time that Xiao Dilie rushed to Hebei to take office, the Liao Emperor Yelu Jun gathered an army of 100,000 in order to avenge the Jurchens' hatred of seizing the Huanglong Mansion again, and drove the Huanglong Mansion in person, and the newly established Jin State also gathered all the troops in the country, nearly 20,000 cavalry rushed to the Huanglong Mansion, and then waited under the leadership of the Jin Emperor A Guta.

In February of the first year of Shaosheng of the Great Song Dynasty, the cold wind in the north was slowly weakening, and the weather began to warm up slowly, but in the middle of this month, the 100,000 Liao army led by Yelujun finally rushed to meet in the Hubu Dagang area, fifty miles south of Huanglong Mansion, and the war that determined the future national fortunes of the two countries finally kicked off! (To be continued.) )

PS: It's too cold today, the old fish has not been heated here, the air conditioner is broken again, only the refrigeration can not be heated, the frozen hands in the house can't be stretched out, the number of words in this chapter is a few hundred words less, I hope you can understand.