Song Jiu chose these people to be trained in Liaodong, and he had his own intention. He was not very old and could endure the cold and bitterness of Liaodong. He was the age of wanting to rise to power. Since these people could be called famous ministers of the Song Dynasty and would not have bad talent, he would have achieved success in Liaodong.

Moreover, he has a low qualification and will not feel wronged when he works in Liaodong.

With their talent and this resume, they will become more quickly in the future. After they become more familiar with Liaodong, they will probably maintain that the Song Dynasty's policies towards Liaodong will not make serious mistakes in the next thirty or forty years.

In fact, there are still candidates. If he is asked to choose, there will be at least thirty or forty officials who can come to Liaodong to serve as his assistant. However, they are all older, and Song Jiu will give up one after another.

This problem is not big. If Song Jiu did not feel wronged and he was in charge of Liaodong, there would be no major problems. Although Zhao Heng felt that these candidates were puzzled, he still agreed readily.

The edict was issued, and the five "dolls" were also puzzled after receiving the transfer order. Many civil officials went to the north, either served as officials from Yanyun prefectures. All of these officials were good officials carefully selected by Song Jiu and Kou Zhun, or accompanied by the emperor, and they were all big bosses.

Why should they come to the north?

Moreover, the edict was even more strange, and they were asked to go to Youzhou, but there was no mention of any official position.

Should I be with the emperor? How can I be so qualified?

Five young officials embarked on the journey with confusion and confusion.

The Song army completed the final deployment.

In general, everyone was in a relaxed mood. Under the leadership of Yelu Longqing, the Liao Kingdom gathered another 200,000 troops, claiming to be a 300,000 army. It may not be stopped, but it may not be enough. But this is probably also at the bottom line that the Liao Kingdom bears.

In terms of quantity, the Liao Kingdom is still not weak, and they are cavalry and territory. Two hundred thousand cavalry are enough to be the Song army that combines 400,000 infantry and cavalry.

In fact, there are very few people in this army who have gone through actual combat.

There are, even some prisoners of war released. Although they have experience, a few still maintain morale. Moreover, although they are released, they are recorded on the record. Are you not afraid that the Song army will defeat them and settle the score after the fall?

Maybe if you have personal force, the combat power is very suspicious, and there is not much practical experience, and the effect of integration and reorganization will be worse.

Let’s talk about generals, Liao Kingdom has generals and many generals who can fight. But what about the general? Liao Kingdom has fought many battles over the years, but the commander is nothing more than Yelu Xizhen, and then he uses Xiao Talin. Yelu Xizhen died, and Xiao Talin was beheaded by the Song Dynasty.

This handsome man is fatal, otherwise Song Jiu would not have been fucked by the words and asked Li Jilong to go to the northwest first to familiarize himself with the army, and then put Cao Wei in the northwest in advance for him to fight. Since then, he has cultivated his leadership and military talents.

Even if the ministers can take action, they will be killed or captured by the Song army.

However, I was afraid that if the Liao army would destroy the country if it was fought well, but if it was not fought well, the Song Dynasty would not destroy the country. However, if the Liao army survived, it would grow stronger again, and even affected Yan Yun's rule.

So Guang sent scouts to sneak into Liao territory to inspect.

The Song Dynasty was preparing for another attack step by step. There was also movement in the Liao Kingdom.

First, the powerful and powerful people in the four prefectures of Jingpingying once again with their wealth to evacuate to Zhongjing.

Then some Liao soldiers entered to increase the defense power of the four states, but Yelu Longqing did something that made Song Jiu laugh and cry. He sent someone to repair Yuguan. Did he also want to defend with the Great Wall?

You should know that the Great Wall is now too dilapidated. Even if you guard Yuguan, Yanshan has many roads for the army to travel to Liao territory. Even with large ships moored at the port, you can easily send the army to the long coastline of Liao Kingdom with boats.

But at this time, a disgusting person came.

When they heard that the Song Dynasty was victorious and the Liao Kingdom was in danger, Goryeo sent envoys to come, saying that it was their king Wang Suo that they heard that the Song army had won, and sent Kang Zhao, the general guarding the Gaoliao border north, to lead hundreds of thousands of troops to the west to cooperate with the Song Dynasty to defeat the Liao Kingdom.

At first, Zhao Heng hadn't remembered it yet, and expressed his appreciation in surprise.

Song Jiu asked: "So how to divide the land in Liaodong after the war?"

The envoy said shamelessly: "With the Liaohe River as the boundary, I, Goryeo, are willing to guard the gate for China."

"Where is the boundary of the Liaohe River..." The honest Bi Shi'an opened his mouth wide and had a big appetite. He swallowed 90% of Liaodong in an instant.

Kou Zhun shouted irritably: "When our dynasty attacked Liao Kingdom, we asked you Goryeo for help many times, but where is your army? Not only did we not have the help of the army, but instead, we used the Song and Liao War to annex the people of the Bohai Sea. This made Liao Kingdom angry and once destroyed you Goryeo. Now that we see that Liao Kingdom is about to perish, you are here to send troops, and you are making jokes."

There is a prerequisite for this. Under the leadership of Song Jiu, the Liao army also attached importance to pit mines and found a large number of open-pit coal mines and some iron mines. Some time ago, the scout went to secretly take the miners to inspect. It was still a high-quality large iron pit, which may be better than any iron pits discovered by the Song Dynasty. It was just south of Tokyo, not far from the estuary of the sea and the Liao River.

It was done intentionally by Song Jiu.

There are still some people who are not interested in Liaodong. They are too far away and are useless to get it. They have to station troops, dispatch officials, and govern. There will even be a lot of wars in the future. With Yanyun, the Central Plains of the Song Dynasty can be safe, so there is no need to spend so much cost and energy in Liaodong.

No matter where there is a governance basis.

So Song Jiu intended to let everyone see its benefits.

In fact, if Liaodong is managed well, gradually naturalizes and changes herds to farming, the greatest danger in the future of the Song Dynasty will be resolved. Or it is the Wugu side...

Besides, you can’t pick up fruits like this.

Song Jiu was speechless either.

There are two strangest areas around China, one is Goryeo, but we must admit that it is really a weird thing. There are so many powerful countries in the future, including the Jin Dynasty, the Yuan Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty, and the Qing Dynasty. However, their territory has not only not decreased, but has expanded, from the current southern foot of Changbai Mountain (the Taibai Mountains in North Korea), and then moved to the Tumen River. If we talk further up, we moved from the Han River to Pyongyang step by step, and from Pyongyang to Yalu River step by step.

Then he ate half of Tianchi and Baitoushan from Taizu. You should know how many volunteers died for them and took over the revolutionary successors.

Song Jiu couldn't figure it out.

Besides, you want the territory of Goguryeo, but your Goryeo is not a seed of Goguryeo, but a seed of Silla and Baekje. Is it related to Goguryeo?

Don’t weaken your IQ, Song Jiu interrupted everyone and said, “Your name is Xu Xilai, right?”

"The smallest one is exactly."

Song Jiu wanted to wipe his head. When Zhao Kuangyi was about to blow, the Liao Kingdom was miserable, and Goryeo began to make small moves in the east again. It happened that the Bashu uprising within the Song Dynasty was full of disasters and financial difficulties were tight. There was no time to take care of it, so Xiao Yanyan and Han Derang learned from Yelu Abaoji, first accommodating, and conquered Wubuxi, Wububushi, black carriages, Wei and Tatars, and won over the Uighurs. It happened that Yelu Abaoji's queen was Shulu and Uighurs. In addition, the conflict of interests was far away, so the environment of the entire northern Liao Kingdom became better, so he focused on dealing with the Central Plains.

Therefore, with Xiao Paiwei's younger brothers Xiao Hengde and Yelu Xizhen, Yelu Amuli recruited 400,000 troops, which may be insufficient. There may be some. Anyway, half of them were temporary miscellaneous troops from the Liaodong expedition, in the name of an army of 800,000. However, Xiao Hengde and Yelu Xizhen died, and Yelu Amuli followed Xiao Yanyan to the south to fight, and was killed by anyone in the chaos. However, the Liao Kingdom showed its might.

At that time, it was not the current emperor, but Wang Zhi, who asked their Pu Liangrou to be the envoy of the superior army, Xu Xi, the Minister of the Inner History, and Cui Liang, the Minister of the Underworld, and led the three armies to fight. As a result, they were defeated by the Liao Kingdom and almost destroyed the country.

But considering that the Song Dynasty would take the opportunity to send troops. Wang Zhi just sent the Central Army envoy Xu Xilai to surrender, so Xiao Yanyan retreated. In order to win over Goryeo and make them be more honest in the future, he also gave him the Jurchens' old place east of the Yalu River. That is, the east of the Yalu River, and the flat area under the Changbai Mountains (Taibai Mountains). Otherwise, most of the Han River and Yalu River would be the territory of the Liao Kingdom.

I dare to make this old Comrade Xu want to get benefits again.

"Didn't you go to Liao Kingdom ten years ago and worship Liao as the official?"

Xu Xilai was speechless.

This is a fatal question. You regard the Liao Kingdom as the official, where will the Song Dynasty be established?

Since the Liao Kingdom is regarded as the truth, we should rescue the Liao Kingdom at this time, why do we put down the wrong things? Where is the righteousness?

"Go back and let your king retreat quickly. Your Majesty dislikes you the most about your behavior of going back on your word. If you want to get Liaodong, you are ready to decide the outcome with our court. Don't forget that the reason why the Tang Dynasty successfully conquered your small peninsula was to advance along the sea and land. Now our court's ship skills are far better than that of the Tang Dynasty. Also, you are not cold, but we have cotton coats and are no longer afraid of the cold."

"You don't want to be destroyed by our dynasty. Please send troops to Liaodong. But I still respect one sentence, and consider the fate of your people and your own. If you keep your own affairs, our dynasty will still follow your agreement with the Liao Kingdom. The land below Changbai Mountain and east of the Yalu River that originally belonged to the Central Plains dynasty. Since the Liao Kingdom has given it to you, our dynasty will still have this boundary, with the foot of Changbai Mountain and the Yalu River as the boundary. The southeast of Changbai Mountain and the lower part, and the east of the Yalu River, is the territory of your Goryeo. The rest is Chinese land. Even envoys will be sent to divide detailed boundaries with you and establish boundary monuments."

Song Jiu was disgusted by them, and he didn't want to use military force against this vulgar race. It was meaningless. It would be better if they could guard the gate for China one day in the future.

However, the Goryeo envoy was sent away in front, and Song Jiu later ordered Sun Quanzhao to take three thousand soldiers and horses to quickly go to the Yalu River. As for the Changbai Mountains east of the Yalu River, the Song Dynasty was not very interested, and Goryeo was probably not very interested. The vast mountains and wild mountain tribes were just a surviving area of ​​the Liao Dynasty. However, the estuary of the Yalu River could not be lost, otherwise the Goryeo would rub his nose and the army would enter directly. Moreover, the concept of territory is not so serious now, and it is so far from the Song Dynasty.

This is Sun Quanzhao's second time to go to the mouth of Yalu River, and he is more familiar with it.

This made Song Jiu very unhappy. No matter what, the Song Dynasty treats you well. Even though they admitted that the Liao Kingdom was the legitimate minister a few years ago, Emperor Taizong of Song did not care. On the contrary, he forgave their embarrassment.

However, when attacking Liao Kingdom, there was no help. Instead, we came to pick up fruits, which forced the Song Dynasty to divide its troops.

Things are too late, this is an extremely vulgar nation.

Maybe they would be able to send an envoy to inform the Liao Kingdom in a disappointment.

So the Song army launched a general attack in mid-May.

The Shi Pu, Yang Yanzhao brothers who were familiar with Liaodong, and other generals who had been in Liaodong, arrived in Yaozhou by boat with 20,000 troops, which is Yingkou in later generations. An important port will be built in the Song Jiu plan, which belongs to the domestic port, but there is no Maritime Bureau. The soil and soil of the Liao River are not bad now. If it is dredged, the Liao River and its major tributaries can be navigated, and even to the northeastern region of Yinzhou (Tieling) of the Liao Kingdom. Moreover, this area is mostly plain areas, with dense rivers and suitable for planting. Once developed, it will effectively make up for the food problems in the north. And I also want to thank Xiao Yanyan, who has laid a preliminary foundation under her management.

This time, Shi Pu led his army upstream from the Liao River to cut off the connection between Liaodong and the two capitals. As the Song army entered north of Yuguan and attacked the city of Zhongjing, Shi Pu and Sun Quanzhao tried their best to meet, marched alone, and captured Liaodong.

Cao Wei led the cavalry from Tanzhou to cross the Yanshan Trail and headed straight to Xinghua, Liao Kingdom, and naturalized, and the troops arrived at Zhongjing.

But this movie will start a little later.

The remaining main forces divided the troops again. Li Jilong's troops were heading to Jingzhou, Ma Zhijie and Qin Han led the troops from the flank to attack Shicheng and Luanzhou. The two armies met in Pingzhou, and the troops were heading to Yingzhou and rushed to Yuguan.

Zhao Heng led all the ministers, as well as the rear guards of generals such as Shi Baoji and Gao Qiong.

The war started again.

It was not very smooth at the beginning. Whether in Luanzhou or Jingzhou, it was stubbornly attacked by the Liao army.

Fortunately, the walls of these two cities are not very tall.

After more than ten days, they were all captured.

Then the two armies met, crossed the Luan River, and arrived in Pingzhou.

Pingzhou was captured soon, but Song Jiu did a controversial thing, killing the local tyrants. Some powerful people in the three states still did not withdraw, and led the people to cooperate with the Liao army to resist.

This angered Song Jiu and ordered all these powerful people to be killed. Then they would divide their land and houses to the common people to win people's hearts and average wealth.

Later, Li Zicheng did something.

However, it worked very well, and it obtained houses and fields, and the common people in several states were quickly bought.

Yingzhou was later Changli. The place names in the entire north were in chaos due to the invasion of nomadic peoples. In ancient times, Changli referred to Yingzhou in the Tang Dynasty, which was Chaoyang. But I don’t know that it became this Yingzhou.

This is a small prefecture city established by the Liao Kingdom. It turned out that it was only a small county in the Tang Dynasty and was not large in scale.

Therefore, hearing that the three prefectures ahead were gradually lost, the Liao army in Yingzhou quickly fled from Yuguan.

However, when we arrived in Yingzhou, Zhao Heng suddenly burst into tears.

No wonder, in order to get this portal, he personally went on the battle, but was shot by the Liao people and died of an arrow injury in his later years. Now this portal can be said to be truly part of the Song Dynasty.

But it cannot be called the end, at least Lushan is still early.

Not only Lushan, but it was still early to form a portal. The real portal is the Yanshan Mountains. This stretches along the north of Qianzhou City of Liao, and it also takes over Runzhou (Qinhuangdao) and Qianzhou (Shanhaiguan City) of Liao.

This way the northern portal can be formed.

The Liao army gave up Runzhou City and concentrated its troops to Qianzhou to resist stubbornly.

After three days of attack, Qin Han offered advice and took Pan Weizheng and thousands of soldiers to climb several peaks on the west side of Qianzhou, Yanshan Mountain, and fired artillery on a volley. Gao Qiong led the soldiers on a small boat and detoured the rear of Qianzhou, attacked three groups in three directions. After a day of bloody battle, Qianzhou was captured.
Chapter completed!