Yelu Xiuge went to Liaodong.

He brought not many soldiers and horses, not as Song Jiu imagined. The Khitan would gather more than 100,000 troops, so it would have to pacify Wu Xuanming next year.

But this time, Yelu Xiuge's victory and defeat are difficult to determine. Compared with Zhao Kuangyi's carelessness, Song Jiu never underestimated the Khitan from the beginning to the end. People who underestimated the Khitan, Xiao Yanyan, Han Derang, Yelu Xiuge, Yelu Xizhen... Therefore, the plan he formulated was extremely conservative.

After taking over Tokyo City, Wu Xuanming quickly withdrew his troops as arranged by Song Jiu to strengthen the defense of Tongzhou City and Xianzhou City, and build the rear. This rear does not refer to the rear of Tongzhou, but includes Huanglong Mansion, which is all waiting for it. The real construction is the Wuracheng area.

From Xianzhou to Huanglong Mansion, there are mostly plains, and Khitans are also familiar with it. However, many cities have been built here, forming a tight line of defense.

Even if the Khitan took it down, it was sparsely populated and lacked supply. Going eastward, there were dense forests and many mountainous areas appeared one after another, so it would be difficult for the Khitans to conquer Wura City. In history, the Khitans had to conquer Wura City after almost ten years. It is even more difficult to conquer Wura City now.

Even if you have the ability to conquer, the Khitan will be full of scars.

But compared to the difficulty of this new Bohai Sea, the number one enemy of the Khitan was still the Song Dynasty.

In the past two years, Liao Jingzong has stayed in Youzhou for many years.

In August, Emperor Jingzong of Liao came from Youzhou to Datong, Xijing.

In just a few days, after returning from hunting from Xianggushan, Emperor Jingzong of Liao got sick. Soon the doctor was ineffective in his treatment and died.

Xiao Yanyan was stunned when she lay in front of the hospital bed.

The situation in the Khitan at this time was very bad, and the Liao Kingdom failed in the three southward invasions one after another.

Even in the Song Dynasty, if the war was often defeated, the loyalty of the soldiers would also decrease, and it was a coalition of various ethnic groups in the Liao Kingdom.

Wu Xuanming lifted the banner in the northeast. When Goryeo saw the benefits, it was ready to move, and it was also a hindrance.

Song Jiu wanted to use economic differentiation to stop divination because he said the sheepskin trade route. So he called out the term. In fact, earlier, there were some commercial connections. That is, dairy products, not only stop divination, but also set up several points in the northwest ethnic groups. However, it has many limitations. First, ice cellars and simple processing points. Secondly, it must be transported to the capital in winter, and then refrigerated in various ice cellars. However, how difficult will it be to transport in the northwest in winter?

In addition, the sales of dairy products themselves were limited. The Song Dynasty was not as rich as every household to make milk powder and eat butter bread every day. Moreover, they are so expensive now.

The skin is not good either. If you want to skin, you must slaughter sheep and cattle, but that method is to kill chickens and get eggs. Or wait until the cattle and sheep die to obtain leather.

This is even more true for cattle and sheep. Moreover, it is not easy to transport cattle and sheep from the northwest to the capital, and the cost is high. With the promotion of farms like Song Jiu, many small and medium-sized captivity appeared in the Song Dynasty, and the price of meat fell slightly. This also reduced the profit margin of selling cattle and sheep.

However, the hair is different.

As long as you keep sheep desperately and then shear your hair, the sheep will not have to kill it. The wool is expensive, convenient to transport, and it will not be bound by the season. It will bring a lot of income to the people of Shubu. Of course, Shubu will gradually be tied to the chariot of the Song Dynasty.

The actual wool trade route can not only be used in divination, but also in Hehuang, the northwest, and even the Uighurs.

But now some merchants have started to acquire them in the past, and the effect is not visible for the time being.

However, there was no dairy products or wool. The Shubu people also saw several failures in history, and because the war increased taxes, they began to rebel.

The rebellion is now larger, but unlike the Northeast, they resist taxes. When they expel the troops, they are fighting on their own, and they are relatively scattered.

Under such circumstances, Xiao Yanyan's mood is imaginable when Emperor Jingzong of Liao is gone.

Xiao Yanyan sat in front of the minister for the first time, looking at everyone with great sadness and helplessness and said, "My mother and widow are weak, all races are powerful, and the border cannot be stable. What should I do?"

At this time, two people stood up, one was Yelu Xizhen, who was still staying in Yanyun. He was Xiao Yanyan's brother-in-law and the other was Han Derang. It is said that they were childhood sweethearts since childhood. The truth is unknown, but the relationship must have been very ambiguous later.

Moreover, Xiao Yanyan was barely thirty years old at this time, which was the most beautiful moment in a woman's life. She was as beautiful as a flower. Han Derang was talented and beautiful, and what happened. With the opening of the Khitans, it is understandable.

They stood up and said, "Trust us and keep it safe."

So Xiao Yanyan, Yelu Xizhen and Han Derang participated in the major policy together, and waited for Yelu Xiuge to return from Liaodong, and he was responsible for the affairs of the south.

This is the future three troops of the Liao Kingdom, and it has nothing to do with the twelve-year-old Yelu Longxu. Even the reason why the future Liao Shengzong was called a saint is actually all due to the contribution of these three troops.

If there were no Song Jiu, the Liao Kingdom began to be reborn from the ashes and entered its most glorious period of rule.

But it is hard to say now. It is different from whether Song Jiu can come up with the right method, whether Zhao Kuangyi will obey, and whether Zhao Pu can successfully do it...

...

This is a war without black and white right and wrong.

The Khitan got Yanyun, which was given to them by Shi Jingtang. From that moment on, from the perspective of the Khitan, Yanyun had nothing to do with the Central Plains dynasty.

The Song Dynasty wanted to take back Yan Yun, but for the sake of the portal, Yan Yun was mostly Han people, and Shi Jingtang was not the emperor of the Song Dynasty.

There are reasons to attack each other.

Li Jiqian did nothing wrong. As soon as Zhao Kuangyin ascended the throne, Li Yixing sent envoys to pay tribute, and to avoid Zhao Kuangyin's father's name, he changed his name to Li Yixing. Then, he sent envoys to pay tribute from time to time and assisted the Song Dynasty in sending troops to the Northern Han Dynasty.

Why should I take back everything now? At least that's what Li Jiqian thought.

The Song Dynasty did nothing wrong. Li Tang had half Hu and half Han blood, so he moved the entire northwest to resettle the Turks, Tiel people, Uighurs, Shatu people, Tuyuhun people, Dangxiang people... Only the Tubo people were not. They took advantage of the weakening of the Tang Dynasty to send troops to the northwest, and then split into pieces, leaving many Tubo people to stay here. In fact, it was difficult for the Tubo people at this time to say that they were Tubo people, and they were probably bleeding from most of the Han people and Tuyuhun people.

But the Song Dynasty was not a half-Han and half-Hu Dynasty, and it turned out that most of it was the territory of the Han people!

Besides, what Zhao Kuangyi did was not to eliminate the Tuoba tribe, but to meet the requirements of joint governance.

Strategically, the Song Dynasty also had to take the northwest into its cap. Even if it was a ban, this kind of ban was not just a tribute, but at least some officials and soldiers were dispatched. Otherwise, what would be the difference between that and the Uighurs in the west?

Therefore, Li Jiqian is not wrong, nor is the Song Dynasty.

The mistake was that the later Western Xia Dynasty was given a lot of annual monies. So let’s learn from the Khitan and live in peace. However, the annual monies were given and the invasion was still necessary. In the end, the Song Dynasty was dragged into the water, and the Western Xia did not perish. However, the Yuan Meng came in the end, not perished, but exterminated the clan! And they also caused the most clear and economic dynasty in the history of China to weaken and perish.

The shameful thing is not Li Jiqian, even Li Yuanhao is not that shameful. The real shameful thing is a Han woman, Empress Dowager Liang.

This is a very important year, but unfortunately Song Jiu didn't know this detailed history. Otherwise, the arrangement of several years in advance may result in greater results.

...

Under the city of Xianzhou.

The two armies fought each other on the city and the other under the city.

Yelu Xiuge is a god of war, but not a real god, and he can do everything.

Now that the city wall of Xianzhou has been repaired, the city wall is tall. Wu Xuanming has obtained a large number of weapons provided by the Song Dynasty, and a lot of food and grass were prepared in the city.

In addition, the Liao army was not good at siegeing the city, Yelu Xiuge fought very cowardly in this battle.

Even here he was attacking Xianzhou, and there were many Bohai people there who kept surrendering to Wu Xuanming. This was the wonderful use of Song Jiu's original strategy. Don't call the country a country Wushe or An Ding country, it should be called Bohai again.

At this time, some of the remnants of the Bohai Kingdom had good appeal. And because of the excessive wars and increased taxes, Wu Xuanming once captured the Tokyo City of Liao Kingdom, and countless surrounding tribes came to surrender.

Yelu Xiu Ge couldn't stop him.

At this time, Xiao Yanyan gave an order to exchange him with Yelu Xizhen.

Song Jiu did not underestimate Yelu Xiuge, but still underestimated Yelu Xizhen.

Although he may not be as good as Yelu Xiuge in military terms, he is far better than Yelu Xiuge in political terms.

When Emperor Jingzong of Liao died, he was highly valued by Xiao Yanyan. He was grateful for his kindness, so he thought carefully that compared with Yelu Xiuge, he did not have a considerable victory in fighting the Song army. There were evil sores in Liaodong, which were very painful, but it would not be fatal for the time being.

Yanyun is different. If it is not done well, it will become one of the most deadly poisons in the Liao Kingdom.

Therefore, actively request exchange.

However, Yelu Xizhen will not go to the Northeast for the time being, and it will soon be deep in autumn, and it is not a good time to attack Wu Xuanming. The emperor passed away and the orphan and widowed mother had many major issues to be dealt with. He had to wait until Yelu Xiuge came to Youzhou to discuss before he could go to the Northeast. He would use troops next spring depending on the situation.

When Yelu Xiuge heard this, he had to prepare to withdraw his troops unhappily.

However, he ignored the inspiration and called his subordinates to let them out the news, saying that Emperor Jingzong of Liao was dead and Yelu Xiu Ge was about to run away in a hurry.

A few days later, he really fled to the south with his army in a hurry, and even left many baggage because of his anxiety.

But it worked.

After hearing this, a dispute broke out in the city.

Under Song Jiu's instructions, Wu Xuanming also reigned the scout. Yelu Xiuge came. According to Song Jiu's suggestion, whether Yelu Xiuge or Yelu Xizhen came, he would not hang a battle card and defend the city. After fighting, they would take the initiative to withdraw their troops.

So before Yelu Xiu Ge arrived, the three armies retreated into the city together, and some people retreated to the rear, and even took the opportunity to retreat to Hukhan River (the plain at the junction of Mudanjiang and Songhua River) to increase the strength of the base camp.

This was right at the beginning, and it almost made Yelu Xiuge return in vain.

But now the errors are starting to happen.

Although no matter what the reason, Yelu Xiu Ge retreated and achieved his goal. The rise of the new Bohai Sea was too fast and the internal development and integration had not yet been well developed and integrated. What we need to do now is to consolidate it. With the current Khitan politics and Wu Xuanming's ability, it is impossible for a great Jin Kingdom to appear in the northeast.

However, the previous several great victories made some Jurchen generals proud, and they were more good at fighting immediately. This frustrating city defense war was also very uncomfortable. Therefore, when Yelu Xiu Ge spread half-true and half-fake news, he saw Yelu Xiu Ge deliberately created a illusion of running away in a panic, trying to go out of the city to pursue and defeat the Liao army.

The brothers Shi Pu and Yang Yanzhao both participated or indirectly participated in the Battle of Gaoliang River. They knew that Yelu Xiu Ge was so bad. They immediately stopped him.

However, they are not Song Jiu. Although they have some prestige, their prestige is far less than Song Jiu.

In addition, now that the troops are strong and the population is increasing, a lot of wealth is captured. Many people come to join us, and when they are powerful, they don’t care about the little help from the Song Dynasty. Therefore, the Yang brothers did not persuade them, and Wu Xuanming followed them with his troops.

Yelu Xiuge escaped faster, the faster he escaped. The faster he chased after him. Seeing the Yinzhou, which was close to Liao's silver, the Fu Army suddenly came out and drove Wu Xuanming's army in half. Yelu Xiuge took the lead, turned the army around and killed him.

This battle was very tragic. Although Yelu Xiu Ge's victory was great, the Jurchen soldiers were too powerful in combat, and his subordinates sacrificed too heavily. However, Wu Xuanming was even more defeated. Only nearly 5,000 people escaped back. Most of them were lost here. Yelu Xiu Ge then pursued Wu Xuanming tightly and chased to the city of Xianzhou.

The troops in the city were empty, and Wu Xuanming had to abandon Xianzhou City and flee to Tongzhou City. Yelu Xiu Ge took Xianzhou City, and the weather became colder. He also wanted to rush back to Youzhou. Therefore, he did not attack Tongzhou again. Shi Pu knew that this battle was not good and did not allow the soldiers of the Song Dynasty to participate. However, this crushing defeat caused many bad consequences, and the Liaodong tribes re-aware of the power of the Liao Kingdom. Wu Xuanming's subordinates became depressed. Even some tribes in the rear who were not convinced had their thoughts again.

But after losing Xianzhou, Tongzhou, with a more sinister terrain, was still in the hands of Wu Xuanming. The situation was not that bad, it was the next year. If Yelu Xizhen did well next year, Yelu Xiuge would lay a solid foundation for him. If he didn't do well, the Bohai Kingdom would still become a poisonous sore on the chest of the Liao Kingdom.

...

There are low and sparse weeds growing on the Gobi Desert near the Gobi Desert, and war horses are chewing these grasses with difficulty. The autumn wind blows in the distance, and yellow sand is swelling.

This is Di Jinze.

Song Jiu asked the soldiers stationed in the northwest to send scouts to inquire about Tuoba, and said the three words Li Jiqian by name.

This person is the son of Li Guangyan, the defensive censor of Yinzhou. His great-grandfather was Tuoba Sizhong, who was Tuoba Sigong's younger brother. He was brave and good at fighting, but when he fought with Zhu Wen, he died at the edge of Dongwei Bridge.
To be continued...