But this order was rejected by the Western Army! Headed by Zhong Shidao, the generals of the Western Army collectively opposed it! The reason was not an illusory sense of honor, but a crisis of annihilation. Reason told them: In this situation, you must never retreat! As long as you retreat, the tragedy 16 years ago will repeat!

Tong Guan may have forgotten that the professional generals such as Zhong Shidao clearly remembered the Northern Expedition of Yongxi 16 years ago! Cao Bin, the first general of the Northern Song Dynasty, was chased by Yelu Xiuge on the way to retreat. Hundreds of thousands of troops were wiped out, and the Song Dynasty lost all its money. This is the law! No matter how many years pass, as long as the Song and Liao countries fight, the Song army dares to retreat in this area, the ending will be the same! Because this is the Great Plain, and the Liao army rides a horse. Even if the Song Dynasty infantry runs for two or three days, the Liao army can easily catch up, and then the infantry and cavalry fight in a melee, and there is no danger to defend. The Song army is dead!

The reason was reported, but Tong Guan didn't care. He ordered the war to retreat immediately! He did not take up the battle at this time. As long as he acted quickly, the Liao army could not catch up? Where did he get so many concerns!

The Western Army began to retreat at a very fast speed. Although the Liao army quickly pursued them, they still arrived at the pre-determined location - Xiongzhou City. It was safe. In front of them was the important northern town, Waqiao Pass that Chai Rong recovered that year! This high wall is much stronger than the military fort in the northwest. With the combat effectiveness of the Western Army of the Song Dynasty, as long as they move in, even if there are three or four times the enemy, they will not be able to attack!

But at the critical moment, Tong Guan's order came again: the Western Army was not allowed to enter the city, and the Liao army was fighting on the edge of the city, and eating up the enemy troops who dared to penetrate the Song territory!

So the soldiers of the Western Army could only watch the city gate that was close to the corner, turned around, dragged their exhausted bodies toward the Liao cavalry... Putting aside the Xiongzhou city gate, is this different from being caught up by the Liao army on the Great Plain? Even that damn city gate is not as good as not! With it, the soldiers always couldn't help looking back and looking at it for a few moments, always feeling that there was still a way out, and they couldn't fight to the death like they were in a desperate situation on the Great Plain!

This was an unfair decisive battle. The Western Army was not only disabled by its leaders, but even plotted by God! It was neither too early nor too late, just as the two armies were connected and began to fight hand-to-hand, suddenly the sky was gloomy, the north wind suddenly rose, and a big hail fell... But this was June of the lunar calendar in 11 years, right? The land of Hebei, which was supposed to be a big summer, actually had hail of this scale, blowing a strong north wind! Is there any reason? The half-tired Western Army soldiers were going to fight against the north wind, hail, and raised their faces to fight against the cavalry. If the war was undefeated, these Western Army troops in the Song Dynasty should indeed go abroad and even fight out of Asia to conquer the earth!

Does it be known in history that "from the south of Xiongzhou, north of Mozhou, between Tangbo, and west of Xiongzhou, Zhending area, the dead body pillow, the invincible record"? Many Western Army soldiers died were just something on the surface. What is really interesting is a series of place names: south of Xiongzhou, north of Mozhou, between Tangbo, between Xiongzhou, Baozhou, west of Xiongzhou... so many cities, so many city walls, so many city gates! The Western Army fled all the way, passing so many places to hide, but no city gate was opened for them! These cities watched their country's army die outside, and they all refused to save them!

Is this due to Tong Guan's order? Or are the defenders of all cities rotting and timid? We are no longer aware of this thousand years later! What can be confirmed is that the Western Army of the Song Dynasty finally lost its reputation! But Tong Guan's reputation is still strong!

This is a routine. In the past decade, Tong Guan's reputation has soared. From an eunuch apprentice to a leader of the Western Army to a national military commander, he has gone smoothly. The surface reason is that the Western Army wins, but the real inside story is that the blame is replaced...

In order to raise the banner of Tong Guan, other banners in the Western Army fell down one by one. For example, Wang Hou and Zhong Shidao... As long as you lose a battle, the responsibility will always be from others, and always from the front-line commander! As the commander-in-chief, Tong Guan will always be bright and new, and even has a halo of tragic: disobedient subordinates and incompetent subordinates will really kill people!

Seeing this, I wonder if everyone is a little disappointed? The armed eunuch has always been bold and humane, and is a very shiny positive image. How can he be so degenerate? Sorry! This is the truth, otherwise he would not be called Tong Guan... Back to reality, after the failure of the first Northern Expedition, the senior leaders of the Western Army in the Song Dynasty were in great turmoil, and famous generals were laid off collectively!

Master Zhong said that "he is naturally good at killing and helping thieves to make plans" and "not obeying the control of the situation", Hou Yi said that he "reported untruely and asked to promote his troops"... He went to the rear to reflect on his words!

The Liao Kingdom soon sent a post-war official document. Yelu Chun recalled more than 100 years of friendship and said that what the Song Dynasty should do now is to help old friends in difficulties "rescue disaster relief and sympathize with neighbors, and communicate with ancient and modern times, but only a great country is aimed at it." The Liao Kingdom finally submissively submissively, and knew that the Song Dynasty was the country of ****? This is very good! But let's forget about disaster relief and sympathy. After decades of fighting between the old and new parties, the Song Dynasty officialdom had long lost the grace of a gentleman. Everyone believed in fighting for the moment, as long as they were happy in front of themselves!

On June 1st, on the same day when Tong Guan failed in the Northern Expedition, Wanyan Agudaliu's fourth brother, Anbanbo, Wanyan Wu Qimai, and himself from Shangjing Huining Prefecture to attack Liao.

In June, 60-year-old Yelu Chun was already ill, but he heard a news: Emperor Tianzuo, who had escaped into the primitive jungle of Jiashan, Yelu Yanxi, who sent a letter to Tiande, Yunnei, Shuo, Wu, Ying, Wei and other states in Xijing Road, and gathered 50,000 foreign soldiers to attack his Northern Liao in August. Yelu Chun was shocked and summoned all officials to discuss. Li Chuwen, Xiao Gan and others proposed a funny solution: We welcome the King of Qin Yelu Ding, and reject Emperor Tianzuo Yelu Yanxi.

As a result, everyone agreed that only the camps in the south were deployed, Yelu Ning felt that this was really a big deal in the world. "If Emperor Tianzuo could destroy our Northern Liao with remnants, then his destiny was not over. How could we refuse it? Otherwise, King Yelu of Qin was the fifth son of Emperor Tianzuo. If he wanted to refuse, he would refuse together. There was no reason in the world to welcome his son and reject his father." Li Chuwen and others wanted to kill him for the crime of disrupting the morale of the army. Yelu Chun on the bed sighed, "This is a loyal minister, and he cannot be killed! If Emperor Tianzuo comes, I will only die and meet him without a face."

Sure enough, after saying this, Yelu Chun died. This old man was Emperor Tianxi of Northern Liao for only a month, and he had no enjoyment. He simply fought with the Song Dynasty. It can be said that he had only responsibilities, no power, and only busy and no rest during his tenure. Judging from the situation at this time, death is really a good choice. He was determined to make King Yelu Ding the Qin Dynasty the emperor. But the problem is that Yelu Ding was following his father Yelu Yanxi in the deep mountains and forests of Jiashan. He was almost degenerating into a primitive man and could not come to Youzhou to ascend the throne... What should I do? Don't be afraid! Khitan women are all comparable to belle girls!

Yelu Chun's wife Concubine Xiao De, she became the new generation of Empress Dowager Xiao, and was temporarily regent! Yelu Ding Yaosheng was the second emperor of the Northern Liao Empire...

Immediately afterwards, civil strife broke out in the Northern Liao Empire. Concubine Xiao De chopped off the whole family of the Han Prime Minister Li Chuwen. The charge was that the Song Dynasty in Nantong and Jin in Beitong, and the buyer asked for honor! He summoned Li Chuwen to ask for punishment. Li also emphasized that he had the merit of supporting Yelu Chun. Concubine Xiao De was furious, "Those who misled my husband are all your father and son, so why did he have the merits?" Then the Li family destroyed the clan and confiscated the house. What made people obeyed was Prime Minister Li Chuwen's ability to make money in the national crisis. He actually hid 70,000 guan in just this short month!

After that, the Northern Liao Dynasty was in chaos, and everyone in the Han, Xi and Bohai tribes were in danger. The officials of the Yelu faction were also very uneasy, which directly led to the Xiao tribe even more uneasy... For safety, Xiao Gan, the most powerful boss in the Xiao family, led his four-tribe coalition army back to Youzhou and became the commander of the city defense and served as the police chief. Outside Youzhou, the control of the Liao army dropped to the lowest point in history.

So Tong Guan decided to implement the last of the emperor's three requirements - to raise troops to patrol the border! He felt that the civil strife in the Northern Liao Dynasty and the Song Dynasty had many opportunities, and waiting might lead to a turnaround!

In the same month, Mogeshi sent troops to support Liao, but was defeated by the Jin army in Honghuishui, and his son Tuogu was captured.

Xixia also sent Li Liangfu to lead ten thousand troops to rescue Liao, but was defeated by the Jurchen war god Wanyan Loushi in Yishui. On July 5, Xia envoy came to ask about Emperor Tianzuo's daily life.

On the 6th, the Song Dynasty learned that Yelu Chun was dead and the Northern Liao Dynasty was in civil turmoil, so he ordered Tong Guan and Cai You to prepare for a second Northern Expedition. Liu Yanqing, the governor of the Three Cities of Heyang, was the commander-in-chief.

Cai You, the son of Cai Jing. This brother is very impressive. He is the top second generation in the empire. With his father Cai Jing, he can be happy and happy without doing anything. But he doesn’t! Not only did he start his own business, he directly established a good relationship with Zhao Ji, but he even pointed the gun at his father! He was determined to get Cai Jing off the stage and replace him himself!

There is a classic joke about them, father and son. It is said that Cai Jing once was chatting with a friend in the living room in his later years. Suddenly the curtains swayed, and Cai You walked in with someone quickly. After coming in without saying a word, he grabbed his father's wrist. After a moment, he said, "My pulsation is slow, so he is not very comfortable." Before Cai Jing answered, he immediately stood up and said something was wrong in the palace. He left...

During this period, Cai Jing was very calm and the guests were surprised. He really didn't understand what the father and son were doing. Cai Jing sighed, "Old friend, don't you know what's going on?" This kid is cursing me to get sick so that the emperor can get rid of my official position." Sure enough, Cai Jing retired in a few days...

This incident is recorded in the biography of Cai You, the official history. Xiao Cai's energy and courage can be seen. At this time, he sat in Kaifeng City, stretched his tentacles outside the country's gate, and knew everything about what happened in the Northern Liao Dynasty! According to his analysis, this civil strife, Youyan was in turmoil, and the Western Army fought again, which would definitely be successful!

So Cai You took the initiative to go to the front line. Even if the military post is not missing, he can give him a military supervisor! As for the military supervisors since ancient times, most of them were eunuchs, and this time they were eunuchs who were eunuchs. They were simply eunuchs among eunuchs? These are nothing important...

Cai You went to the battle and Zhao Ji saw him off in person. In the grand and passionate scene, the most ridiculous scene in the history of the empire was born. The emperor was high above and there were many beauties around him. Cai You suddenly pointed to two of them and said, "If you win, you will be in court. Give these two beauties to me."

Irregular and unruly! This scene actually happened in the Song Dynasty when feudal etiquette reached its peak, which really shocked the chin of the future master of Neo-Confucianism! Jun Rufu, then Jun’s woman is her mother, and Cai You actually dared to tease her two mothers in public!

The historical books do not record the reactions of the ministers present at that time, so they cannot be talked about. What is worthy of fun is Zhao Ji's reaction. Faced with unprecedented rudeness, he just smiled and lost the following... and he actually laughed out loud?

Afterwards, Cai You rushed to the border to grab Tong Guan's military achievements. But after arriving, he found that there were many people who wanted to grab them. Even those who were always calm and sophisticated and motionless could not help but stretch out their hands!

Liu Guangshi's father Liu Yanqing! This senior official of the Dangxiang clan was the second-ranked figure of the Western Army at that time, and his power was only under Tong Guan. All along, he had done was to sit upright in the tent of the central army in the rear, communicate with the front line through correspondents, and do high-end technology of remote control command. But it was no longer possible. Seeing that the Northern Liao Dynasty was about to fall, fame and fortune were close to him, and he was indifferent anymore. How could he deserve his conscience? He asked to rush to the forefront and lead his troops into Yanjing City!

On August, Wanyan Aguda came to Yuanyangpo. He heard that Yelu Yanxi was hiding in Dayupo, so he immediately ordered Wanyan Zongwang to lead more than a thousand light cavalry to act as a vanguard day and night, and he led more than 10,000 elite troops to capture Yelu Yanxi. On the 1st, at Shinianyi, the Jin army vanguard chased Emperor Tianzuo. At this time, there were 5,000 Liao troops. Yelu Yuxi said, "Our army has few soldiers and is extremely tired. Now we cannot fight." Wanyan Zongwang said, "If we don't fight tonight, Yelu Yanxi will escape tomorrow."

The two armies fought, and the Jin army was indeed surrounded by the Liao army. Xiao Temo inspired the Liao army to fight to the death with the righteousness of the king and his ministers. It was a good situation, but Emperor Tianzuo insisted on causing trouble. He had not seen the Liao army defeating the Jin army for a long time, so he led his concubines to the top to watch the battle. This time, he was recognized by his brother-in-law Yelu Yuxi. So Yuxi, Zong Wang and others rushed to capture him personally. Yelu Yanxi was shocked and flew away... This time, he was temporarily safe, but his army was tragic...

Then, Wanyan Aguda's army came to "the people have not escaped yet, so continue to chase." On the 15th, Wanyan Zongwang caught up with Yelu Yanxi in Huanta Xinchala. Yanxi burned his baggage again and fled...

On September 9, the second phase of the maritime alliance began. The Jin envoy Gao Qingyi submitted a letter of state in Chongzheng Hall, asking Zhao Ji: Why didn’t Tong Guan tell the Jin Kingdom in advance? Zhao Liangsi replied, “Your Majesty heard that your country conquered Zhongjing in the first month of this year and Kexijing in April. Your country did not inform you of your march schedule. And we learned that your country sent troops and asked Tong Guan to fight in the north to meet the original proposal of attack.”

On the 18th, Zhao Liangsi was appointed as the chief envoy, and Ma Zheng's son Ma Kuo was appointed as the deputy envoy, and he joined the Jin envoy Gao Qingyi to go to the Jin Kingdom. He then discussed the contract...
Chapter completed!