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    In August, Emperor Wanyan Aguda of the Jin Dynasty who was sent to Daliang set out from Shangjing in June to personally pursue Yelu Yanxi.

    On the fifth day of August, Daliang issued a letter of credence to Liao and Jin, requiring the Liao Kingdom to withdraw from You (Nanjing, Liao Kingdom), Ji and other nine states, and the Jin Kingdom to withdraw from the occupied Yun (Datong Prefecture, Xijing, Liao Kingdom) and Shuo.

    Yingzhou (Hejian Prefecture) and Mozhou in the sixteen states of Yanyun have been recovered by the Song Dynasty, while Zhuozhou has just been recovered by Daliang.  Yizhou is a state capital built later and is not among the sixteen states of Yanyun.

    Empress Dowager Xiao, Xiao Qian, Yelu Dashi and others of the Liao Kingdom discussed it, but still did not dare to go to war, so they submitted a surrender form to Daliang, willing to surrender and pay the money, and lease You and Ji Jiuzhou.

    As soon as the Liao envoy entered Hebei, Daliang rejected the lease proposal proposed by the Liao State.

    On August 10th, Chao Yong swore to the Northern Expedition and led Hua Rong and Zhang Qing's 20,000 troops to go north to Zhuozhou. When the army arrived, if the Liao Kingdom did not withdraw from You and Ji Jiuzhou, Daliang would send troops to seize it.  At the same time, soldiers and horses on Hedong Road and Ningxia Road near Xijing Road also gathered at the border to intimidate the Jin Kingdom.

    Although it was already August, we still encountered several autumn rains along the way. The army had traveled a full month for more than a thousand miles.

    There was more rain in the second year of Tianqi, and all summer grain harvests were good in various places. It was just because the world was about to settle down, many places were abandoned, and the Central Plains was still short of food.  However, due to Daliang's continuous measures to appease and appease the people, the planting of autumn grains has become much better. As soon as the autumn harvest has just begun, grain prices across the country have dropped.

    The price of rice in Tianqi¡¯s year was two thousand dollars per stone. When Chao Yong went north, the price of rice in Tokyo had dropped to one thousand dollars per stone.

    The Jin general who captured Datong Mansion in Xijing was Wanyan Xiyin. After receiving the credentials from Daliang, he sent someone to report to Emperor Wanyan Aguda.

    Wanyan Aguda is Zhengquixianye (Wanyan Gao, Aguda's sibling), Pujianu (Wanyan Yu, Aguda's uncle and brother), Woben (Wanyan Zongqian, Aguda's eldest son), Wanlibu (Wanyan Zongwang. Aguda's eldest son)  The second son), Nianhan (Wanyan Zonghan, the eldest son of Sa Gai, the first prime minister after the founding of Aguda), Puluhu (Wanyan Zongpan, the eldest son of Wu Qimai) and others pursued Yelu Yanxi.

    Yelu Yanxi gathered 50,000 troops on Xijing Road and was about to go to Nanjing to resist the Jin Kingdom.  Xiao Telie, the deputy commander of the army, learned that the Jin soldiers were pursuing him, so he encouraged his soldiers to fight to the death in Shi Nian Duo.  Yelu Yanxi was overjoyed to hear that there were still people who dared to fight, so he ordered his army to fight against the Jin soldiers. He led his concubines and disciples to the heights to watch.  As a result, the Jin soldiers saw the sun and moon flag and knew that Yelu Yanxi was under the flag, so they sent elite troops to attack Yelu Yanxi's location.  Yelu Yanxi saw that the Jin soldiers were unstoppable.  He fled again, causing the army to be defeated again, and the 50,000 soldiers and horses gathered dispersed.

    When Wanyan Aguda received the message from Wanyan Xiyin, the army had no news about Yelu Yanxi and was about to return to attack the only remaining Nanjing Road in the Liao Kingdom.

    I read Daliang Guoshu.  Wanyan Aguda summoned the generals in front of the army to discuss.

    Many savages arrived, and a stench suddenly filled the tent.

    After the Mid-Autumn Festival, the weather became a little cold, but for the savages who grew up in the ice and snow, the weather was still a bit hot. Everyone was bare-chested and exuded the smell of sweat.

    But Jin people are already used to this taste.  Everyone gathered in the big tent, laughing and joking, very happy.

    When Wanyan Aguda saw that all the wolf-like tribesmen had arrived, he said: "The Liang Kingdom in the Central Plains sent a letter of credence saying that both Xijing Road and Nanjing Road are Han people's land. Let us withdraw from Xijing Road and not attack Nanjing Road. What do you think?  ?¡±

    "Wow wow wow"

    "Wow wow wow"

    "Bang bang bang"

    As soon as he finished speaking, a commotion broke out in the big tent, and all the savages screamed in anger.  Others kept beating their chests like gorillas.

    Wanyan Aguda frowned and said, "Quiet. Quiet, tell me one by one."

    After the emperor spoke, these savages slowly stopped.

    Wanyan Gao (Xie Ye) said: "Last year Huelu went to the Central Plains and asked them to join us in attacking the Liao Kingdom, but they were unwilling to send troops. Now that we have captured Xijing, they are reaching out for us, thinking that we are easy to bully. According to me  Look, not only can we not give them Xijing Road, we will continue to attack Nanjing Road."

    The irritable Wanyan Zonghan also shouted: "Yes, we can't let the Han people bully us. I heard that the Central Plains is full of gold and silver beauties. They dare to ask us for Xijing. Let's just go to the Central Plains and steal his vote."  Let the Han people know how powerful we are.¡±

    Wanyan Zongpan and other ferocious savages also howled to attack the Central Plains.

    "Papa pa pa"

    Wanyan Agu slapped the table for a while before asking the savages to quiet down.

    Seeing that Wanyan Zongwang, his second son, Wanyan Zongwang, had not spoken, Wanyan Aguda pointed at him and said, "What do you think about whether Heli can't?"

    Wanyan Zongwang said: "There are still many cities on Zhongjing Road that have not been conquered.?There are also tribes in Tokyo that rebel from time to time. If there is a war with the Han people, I am afraid that the rear will be unstable.  "

    Wanyan Aguda nodded with satisfaction and said: "What Li Bu said is right. We haven't settled down yet. How can we keep fighting forward? Moreover, the Liang State and the Liao State are different. I heard that the Liang State has very powerful people.  Firearms can blow up iron armor, and there is also a ship that can fly in the sky. The Han people say that Prince Daliang is a god descended from heaven, so we should not start a war with them easily. "

    The savages in the Kingdom of Jin believed in ghosts and gods even more, and they were scared when they thought that they found out that the Han people did have spaceships.

    However, Wanyan Zonghan still grinned and said, "Then we can give them the Xijing Road?"

    Wanyan Gao also said with an unwilling face: "When we attacked Xijing, dozens of people from the tribe died."

    Wanyan Agu nodded and said: "Of course we can't give them Xijing in vain. Our Wanyan tribe only has a few tens of thousands of people in total. It will be very difficult to manage Shangjing Road, Tokyo Road, and Zhongjing Road. No matter how much land we need,  It¡¯s useless. Since the Han want Xijing Road, we can sell it to them. If they want Nanjing Road, let them fight for it.¡±

    Wanyan Gao said: "It's useless for us to want land, but we want slaves. There are hundreds of thousands of Han people in Xijing Road. If everyone shares a share, each family can get several thousand people, and the Han people can't leave it to them. We  Just sell the land to them.¡±

    "Yes, the Han people are white and clean. If they are captured and given birth to children on Nuan Kang, our Wanyan tribe can have a larger population. When the population increases, we will come to the Central Plains to rob the Han people."

    Seeing that Wanyan Aguda agreed to sell Xijing, he nodded and said: "Then we will lead our troops to Xijing and sell Xijing at a good price."

    On the tenth day of September, Chao Yong led his troops to Zhuozhou.

    Chao Yong has issued a general order in advance.  The soldiers on the front line do not have to go far to meet them.

    When he arrived outside the city, Lin Chong, Zhang Kai, Shi Xiu, Liu Tang, Suo Chao, Guo Yaoshi, Zhu Deng and others led the elders in the city to greet him.

    There were still many people in the city who took the initiative to welcome him. After Zhuozhou was assigned to Daliang, all corv¨¦es and agricultural taxes were exempted, leaving only commercial taxes. Moreover, because many Khitan and Xi people fled north, a large amount of land was left behind.  Zhuozhou, like Ningxia Road, has become a place for frontier immigrants. Each person can be allocated twenty acres of land, and the people can be said to have benefited greatly.

    Chao Yong accepted a banquet at the government office from a group of civil servants and squires in the city.  Then he led the generals to the military camp.

    Chao Yong asked everyone to eat a bowl of hangover soup to dispel some of the drunkenness, and said: "Have you found out whether the Nanjing Road is true or not?"

    Lin Chong clasped his fists and said, "This matter is entirely due to General Guo's ever-victorious army. Let him report it to the prince."

    Pharmacist Guo brought Zhuo and Yi to Liang, and Chao Gai made him a general.  The other commanders of the Ever Victorious Army are school captains.

    After Lin Chong led his troops to the north, he was not in a hurry to let the Ever Victorious Army disarm and return to the fields. Instead, he asked Guo Yaoshi to continue to lead the Ever Victorious Army and be responsible for investigating the situation on the Nanjing Road.

    ??The Resentment Army was originally formed by Yelu Chun recruiting hungry people in Liaodong. It can be said that most of the Resentment Army came from Zhongjing Road. They also fought in Zhongjing Road in the early days, and were later transferred to Nanjing Road.  Therefore, the officers and soldiers of the Resentment Army were very familiar with the geography of Zhongjing Road and Nanjing Road.

    It can be said that Pharmacist Guo was so proud that he switched sides. Although his official position was similar, the troops he commanded were still the same as before.  But Daliang is about to wipe out the Liao Kingdom. In Daliang, one can make achievements, but in the Liao Kingdom, it is good to save one's life.

    Pharmacist Guo stood up and bowed his hands.  Said: "After our court rejected the lease of You and Ji Jiuzhou from the Liao Kingdom, the Empress Dowager Xiao of the Liao Kingdom appointed Xiao Qian as the capital commander. Yelu Dashi was the deputy capital commander and led 35,000 troops to station in Liangxiang, preparing to resist our country.  Among them, there are 25,000 Xi people and 10,000 Khitan soldiers. There are only 2,000 Khitan troops left in Nanjing, and the Han army has been transferred to the northern prefecture. "

    Chao Yong smiled and said: "There are smart people in the Liao Kingdom who know that the Han people will not fight for them."

    Pharmacist Guo said: "The prince is wise. I am afraid that the Xi people have separated from the Khitan people. The Xi people tribe in Zhongjing Road have paid money, and Xiao Qian is domineering. After the decline of the Liao Kingdom, they did not take the Khitan people seriously. Let's face each other.  At this time, as long as we use elite soldiers and good generals to attack the Xi people, Xiao Qian will be defeated and the remaining Khitan people will be unable to survive alone. "

    Chao Yong nodded and said: "General Guo is familiar with the affairs of the Liao Kingdom, so there must be nothing wrong with this proposal."

    After discussing for a while, everyone decided to set off in three days to attack Liangxiang.

    On September 13, Chao Yong went out with 60,000 troops, Hua Rong and Zhu Rong had 20,000 cavalry, and Zhang Qing, Shi Xiu, Liu Tang, and Suo Chao had 40,000 infantry.

    After receiving the documents from the imperial court to send troops, Kaifeng took the remaining 5,000 cavalry and moved the Hebei General Military Mansion directly to Zhuozhou.  However, this time when troops were dispatched, Zhang Kai stayed behind in Zhuozhou to avoid a surprise attack on the rear by Xiao Qian and others.Xiao Qian and Yelu Dashi did not prepare to defend Liangxiang, but wanted to intercept the Daliang soldiers and horses in the plain area south of Liangxiang.  Their 35,000 soldiers and horses are all cavalry, and they can exert their strongest combat power on the plains.

    There was a spaceship monitoring from the sky, and Chao Yong discovered the Liao soldiers and horses early. As soon as the Liao soldiers and horses moved, the Liang army opened up its formation.

    When Xiao Qian and Yelu Dashi led the cavalry to come with the dust, they were faced with the Daliang soldiers and horses who were waiting in full formation.

    Suo Chao's tribe is the front army, Hua Rong and Zhu Tong's tribe are the left and right armies, Zhang Qing and Shi Xiu's tribe are the middle army, and Liu Tang's tribe is the rear army.

    When the two armies faced each other, Xiao Qian and Yelu Dashi did not dare to fight with Daliang generals again. They also saw the spaceship floating in the sky and knew that they could not attack Daliang soldiers and horses and had to fight head-on.

    Seeing the tight formation of Daliang soldiers and horses, Xiao Qian hesitated for a moment and said to Yelu Dashi: "I will lead my troops to attack the cavalry on both wings. You lead your troops to defeat the front army and attack the central army directly. I have defeated the cavalry on both wings.  We will attack the Chinese army. As long as we can capture Prince Daliang, this crisis will be resolved."

    Yelu Dashi also felt that the Han cavalry was easier to deal with than the infantry. The Han people's advantage lay in their strong bows and crossbows. Once they formed a tight formation, the Liao cavalry would not dare to rush into it.  Although the Han people had cavalry, they defeated Xixia in just one year. Their cavalry only lasted one year on horseback. How could they compare with the Khitans and Xi people who grew up on horseback.

    Although he knew that infantry was more difficult to deal with than cavalry, Xiao Qian was the commander-in-chief and it was not his turn to be picky.

    When both sides became impatient, a powerful horn finally sounded from the Liao camp, and 35,000 cavalry began to move.

    Chao Yong watched the Liao cavalry charge.  Then he also ordered the cavalry on both wings to meet them.

    Tens of thousands of cavalry galloped, and the entire battlefield was filled with dust. The sound of horse hooves gathered together and boomed like thunder, and the ground shook.

    The cavalry on both wings collided with each other first. Hua Rong fired arrows from his strong bow, and the people on the opposite side fell off their horses one after another.  When they got close, they put on their steel spears and stabbed or picked them up, dismounting each and every one of them.

    On the other side, Zhu Dian is also invincible with the big sword in his hand.  The knife saw blood.

    But overall, more Han people fell than Xi people.

    The Daliang cavalry has only been in force for more than a year. Those who have had contact with livestock before have only ridden donkeys or oxen at most, and few have actually ridden horses.  Xi Ren has grown up on horseback since he was a child.  Xi Jun under Xiao Qian is even more battle-hardened.

    The two armies collided. Although Daliang's equipment was better than that of Xi Jun, if he was hit by an arrow, Liang Jun could fight with dozens of sharp arrows. Because he was protected by armor, even if he was hit by an arrow, the sharp arrows would not be able to penetrate deep.  But fighting at close range.  Many Liang Jun were knocked off their horses by the Xi people.

    Suo Chao saw the Khitan soldiers rushing towards his front army, holding the ax tightly in his hand. He wanted to ride up like Hua Rong and Zhu Dian, but his troops were mainly infantry.  He could only rely on a tight formation to stop the cavalry, and he could only grit his teeth and watch the Khitan soldiers come.

    "shoot"

    As soon as the Khitan soldiers entered the shooting range, the sharp arrows covered the sky like locusts during a locust plague. The archers divided into three groups kept firing.  The sharp arrows in the sky are almost uninterrupted.

    One by one, the Khitan soldiers screamed and fell off their horses, and were trampled to pieces by their comrades who came after them.

    Nearly a thousand people were injured or killed.  Only then did the cavalry rush into the Daliang army formation.

    "throw"

    At the command, the fire thunder throwers in the front row threw out the ignited fire thunders.

    "Boom"

    "Boom"

    "Boom"

    Loud noises spread across the battlefield, and the cavalry who bore the brunt of the blast were killed or injured.

    Many of the horses behind were frightened and ran around. Very few horses dared to charge forward with constant loud noises.

    A few war horses rushed forward in a daze, and what awaited them was a forest of spears, which collided with the spears, and people and horses were strung together.

    Yelu Dashi did not expect that the Han infantry with firearms would be more difficult to deal with. Seeing that the cavalry who had finally dashed through the rain of arrows all fell to the firearms.  In a short time, the Khitan cavalry was defeated by two or three thousand, but the spears of Daliang's front army did not break away.

    But behind is Nanjing, the only remaining capital among the five capitals of the Liao Kingdom. Yelv Dashi has no way out and can only use the last Khitan cavalry to confront this hedgehog full of thorns.

    Xiao Qian led the Xi army and Hua Rong's cavalry collided with each other, and was almost knocked off his horse by Hua Rong's arrow from a distance. However, his martial arts was not bad, and he narrowly avoided Hua Rong's arrow, and then disappeared behind him.  What kind of opponent did you encounter?

    Soon Xiao Qian led the Xi army through Hua Rong's cavalry and came to the flank of the Chinese army. He was also greeted by a forest of guns.

    Although Xiao QianI could hear constant loud noises from the front army, but I also wanted to try the Daliang military formation, so I immediately dispatched a thousand cavalry to attack the flank of the Daliang central army.

    After a burst of arrows, there were not many thousand cavalry left, and then there were firearms. Of the one thousand cavalry, less than ten people rushed to the forest of spears. Naturally, none of these ten people could break through the forest of spears.

    Seeing how powerful the Daliang army formation was, Xiao Qian did not dare to charge the central army again, so he led the cavalry and fought with Hua Rong's troops again.

    Xi Ren did not run away. The first person who couldn't stand it was Yelu Dashi. More than half of his cavalrymen suffered casualties and failed to break through the forest of guns of the front army. The continuous fire and thunder made many horses that had rushed through the rain of arrows not dare to go straight into the forest of guns.  The spearmen were able to calmly deal with several cavalrymen who rushed forward.

    "Retreat."

    Yelu Dashi gritted his teeth and gave an order to the herald beside him.

    "Woo woo woo"

    The powerful horn sound sounded, and the Khitan cavalry turned their horses and retreated.

    Xiao Qian was still leading his troops to annihilate the cavalry in Daliang. Hearing that Yelu Dashi was the first to retreat, he couldn't help but cursed: "Damn Khitan people, we won't fight anymore and retreat."

    Hearing this, the herald beside him immediately blew his trumpet.

    In Xiao Qian¡¯s opinion, as long as the cavalry of Daliang is annihilated, Daliang¡¯s military formation will be torn apart sooner or later.  Once the military formation is broken, the power of archers and firearms will be reduced, especially firearms. Once a melee breaks out, firearms for mass destruction will no longer be able to be used.

    When the fighting Xi troops heard the sound of the horn, they all turned their horses and fled.

    When Xi Ren was about to flee, the Daliang cavalry seized the opportunity. If they couldn't defeat Xi Ren, they could still entangle Xi Ren.

    Chao Yong saw that the Liao soldiers and horses were defeated and fled, and immediately ordered the cavalry of all armies to pursue them.

    Although Zhang Qing and other troops were mainly infantry, they were also equipped with a thousand horse troops.

    The place where the two armies were fighting was still more than 20 miles away from Liangxiang. Xiao Qian led his horse army to escape from the battlefield and did not dare to enter Liangxiang. He led his troops directly to Nanjing.

    Yelu Dashi fled back to Liangxiang with his troops and horses. He sent someone to order the troops and horses. He found that there were only more than 3,000 Khitan cavalry left out of 10,000, and some of them must have escaped.

    Yelu Dashi was still waiting for Xiao Qian to return with his troops and defend Liangxiang. He heard that Xiao Qian had already led his troops around Liangxiang and retreated. The Daliang cavalry was pursuing them again, so he had to lead his troops to escape from the city through the north gate.

    Chao Yong easily captured Liangxiang. Seeing that it was getting dark, he stopped his troops.

    In this battle, only a few spearmen of the infantry were shot to death, and there were basically no casualties.  However, Hua Rong and Zhu Dian's cavalry army suffered more than 3,000 casualties, leaving only the corpses of more than 1,000 Xi people. It was worse than the former army leaving more than 5,000 Khitan soldiers' corpses.

    That night, Xiao Qian led his troops back to Nanjing, suddenly launched an army to plunder the palace, and then led the Xi troops to retreat to the place where the Xi people lived in Zhongjing Road.  Yelu Dashi arrived later and could only snatch the Queen Mother Xiao, and took the Queen Mother Xiao to Xijing Road to look for Yelu Yanxi.
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