Cao Wei went to Beiping Village first and read out the decree. Shi Yanfu temporarily took charge of Beiping Village and took Tian Min and Zhang Ning to the Dingzhou camp. When they arrived at the Dingzhou camp, the decree was read out, and Wang Chao was replaced by Cao Wei as the head coach. Wang Chao immediately rushed to Hedong. Wang Chao looked depressed. Cao Wei patted him on the shoulder and said: "Song Gong also asked me to bring a message to General Wang. I can't blame you. The Liao Kingdom has too many troops. Besides, there is an order from the court to let you set up a formation in Dingzhou. Don't go there. Once you reach Hedong, you can no longer find reasons not to fight. There will be another battle waiting for you to make a contribution soon. " "In the battle of Hedong, does the imperial court want to regain Shanhou? But" "But the enemy is very powerful, right? It doesn't matter, just follow Wang Hanchao's command." Wang Chao had no choice but to say: "Regardless of right or wrong, please use my son, he is brave and good at fighting, far better than me." "Do you mean virtue? , Don¡¯t worry, I do things honestly, and you and I have no grudges.¡± Wang Chao left Dingzhou sadly. He didn¡¯t know what the court¡¯s specific arrangements were, but this transfer meant that his status in the army would decline. Cao Wei also breathed a sigh of relief. After all, Wang Chao was the coach of hundreds of thousands of Song troops and had served for more than three years. If he was dissatisfied, this demotion would cause Wang Chao to be dissatisfied and cause bad consequences. Then Cao Wei issued a series of orders, assigning Bai Shousu to temporarily take charge of the Weilu army, and transferred Wei Neng to the Dingzhou camp. Zhang Yanxi temporarily took charge of Baozhou and transferred Yang Liulang to the Dingzhou camp. He also passed an edict and appointed Shipu to take over all military defense responsibilities of Dingbao Xiongba Mozhou, Gaoyang Pass and Polu Army. Then he divided his troops into three groups, and with more than half of his troops, he led the main force and slowly marched south to Qizhou. Wei Neng led 10,000 light cavalry and rushed to Yingzhou, while Yang Liulang led 5,000 light cavalry and 20,000 infantry to Boye County. It formed a fan shape and headed toward Daming Mansion. At the same time, Lei Youzhong and the others also passed through Jingxing Pass in Taihang Mountain. Daoda Zhenzhou is undergoing rest and reorganization. But more troops from the south also arrived in the capital, and Li Jilong finally returned with all the powerful troops of the Song Dynasty. However, this army also separated. Yang Qiong first led tens of thousands of light cavalry, including part of the Xianping Army, across the Yellow River and rushed from Zezhou to Luzhou via a mountain road. After resting for a while, we drove across the Taihang Mountains to Fukouxing and rushed to Cizhou and Daming Mansion. Ma Zhijie and Qin Han led the second group of troops to cross the Yellow River. After resting for a period of time in Huaizhou, the troops were divided into two groups, one group facing each other. All the way to Liyang. Although there may be problems with such pocket coordination, there are several success factors. In the next ten days, there will be two commanders, Li Jilong and Cao Wei, and their military talents are enough to make up for this loophole. It was within the territory of the Song Dynasty again, and the weather, location, people, and people were all on the side of the Song Dynasty. The terrain is familiar, making it easy to contact and cooperate. ????????????????????? Once the pockets are tightened, the range will be smaller, so the coordination will not make mistakes as big as Yongxi¡¯s Northern Expedition. And Pan Lianzheng¡¯s possibly inconspicuous thousands of troops arrived in Chanzhou with the ship, and moved those mysterious goods into Chanzhou City. And at this time, the northern scouts passed through countless Liao army camps and actually handed the situation in the north to Zhao Heng. ¡ Song Jiu was not very clear about Zhao Heng¡¯s history. Historically, Zhao Heng was a bit sad. He was about to go on a personal expedition, but suddenly discovered something. All the powerful forces in the army were in the hands of Wang Chao, and the forbidden soldiers in the capital were all showmen. Therefore, Wang Chao was urgently summoned back to Beijing. Wang Chao didn't dare to attack anymore. How could he bring his troops back? Therefore, before leaving, Zhao Heng showed some timidity. But now that the troops were in place, Zhao Heng became bolder and decided to fight in person. Before leaving. Wang Dan, who was in charge of the important task of the capital, asked: "Your Majesty, if we are unable to win for ten days, what will I do?" The time Wang Dan mentioned here is only ten days. A battle lasts more than ten days, let alone such a big battle. But there is a practical situation, and that is the city wall of Chanzhou. This is the true inner region of the Song Dynasty, so although it is the most important gateway to the capital, the city walls of Chanzhou are not tall due to disrepair, including the walls of the Deqing army that had just been massacred. As long as there is no victory for ten days, Chanzhou City will be in danger, and Zhao Heng's own life will not be protected. After Zhao Heng was silent for a long time, he said: "Establish the crown prince!" After knowing the situation of Chanzhou city defense, it was impossible not to go. Not only did Kou Zhun force him, but Kou Zhun also seduced Gao Qiong to force him. Song Jiu is also pressing, but without him, Zhao Heng's personal expedition will boost morale, and once the encirclement is encircled, Zhao Heng will be the biggest lure. After all these years of hard work and worry, his headaches have recurred. But even though he had a severe headache, he still couldn't talk to anyone.?Otherwise, everyone will think that he is cowardly. In the early morning of late November, Zhao Heng set out from the capital with countless officers and soldiers, as well as many important ministers, including Kou Zhun, Song Jiu and other ministers. The people on the left and right offered mink fur and woolen hats because of the cold weather, but Zhao Heng refused: "I am exposed to the cold and suffering, how can I use this alone?" So the army slowly left the capital and marched towards Chanzhou. At this time, Xiao Yanyan was even more worried. At first, Xiao Yanyan didn¡¯t know much about the news, but with the mobilization of the Song Army, all kinds of information came into her hands. There were still many Liao troops in front of Hebei, but they were quickly defeated by several Song troops. Moreover, Cao Wei moved south very quickly. He led a group of soldiers and horses quickly from Qizhou into Zhaozhou, joined Lei Youzhong's troops, and then strode forward to Xingzhou and Mingzhou. Tian Min led part of the Song army into Yizhou, joined the two Song armies of Yang and Wei, and quickly advanced towards Beizhou. Then he defeated the Liao army that was sniping in Linqing County, and then marched towards Shen County on the east side of Daming Mansion. At the same time, the troops of Qin Han, Ma Zhijie, and Yang Qiong also arrived in Liyang and Xiangzhou. In addition, the army brought by Zhao Heng personally pushed towards Chanzhou from the south bank of the Yellow River. Theoretically, the Song army was around Damingfu and Chanzhou. The pockets planted in the area were successfully formed, and the furthest range was only two hundred miles. If you rode quickly, the news would be sent to the generals of each army in two hours. Xiao Yanyan had to summon all the important generals for discussion. Xiao Taolin said: "Queen Mother, Your Majesty, don't worry. Please look at the map. In the northeast is the Song general Tian Min. He also has two brave generals Yang Yanzhao and Wei Neng. To the north is Cao Wei who is rushing towards Daming Mansion. This person Young, I heard that he had won a few small battles in Weizhou, but he also had many brave generals, and most of his soldiers came from Hedong, Hebei. This meant that they cut off our return route. Those coming from Shaanxi may not be as effective as those from the north, but if they are defeated, there will still be Taihang Mountains on the west side. "This is a big mistake. The strongest armies are actually in the west and south. But not many ministers of the Song Dynasty knew the truth. You can't blame Xiao Talin. "Queen Mother, this line of work has wasted too much time." That was wrong again. From Xiao Taolin's perspective, it was indeed wasting too much time. If Yingzhou had been abandoned and not attacked, it would have been too long to attack the city. The time to divide the troops was nearly a month. With this precious month, the Liao army might have already been drinking and having fun in Kaifeng City. However, there is such a good thing. If the Liao army is fast, these reinforcements will also be fast. Even Song Jiu still hopes that, after all, the harm to the people will be reduced invisibly. Maybe some of the reinforcements were a little tired from traveling, but in that case, wouldn't the Liao army be the same? Is it really possible to reach Chanzhou or even the capital without attacking any of the states and counties along the route? If that were the case, wouldn't the Song Dynasty send troops to stop and delay their advance? ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? off. The right time, right place, and right people, these three factors are the most important factors in a war. For example, if the famous general Xue Rengui starts a war in Ledu. Will it fail so miserably? In other words, if Xiao Yanyan cancels her ambition, no matter how Song Jiu arranges it, she will not be deceived, and then Song Jiu will have nothing to do. After all, doing this would cost countless dollars a year. As Kou Zhun calculated, an extra 120 million yuan was spent in four years, which is not an exaggeration. Even though Chen Shu devoted his life to managing finances, the finances have not produced more surplus so far. Yes, it was Song Jiucai who saw the surplus when he looked at the account books of the Third Division. But this surplus is precisely Song Jiu¡¯s financial trump card for launching this battle. Xiao Talin doesn't know the specific situation. He can't be compared with famous generals like Yelv Xiezhen and Yelv Xiuge, and he is even far inferior to Li Jiqian in history. So he made a mistake in his judgment and said: "Withdrawing troops under the current situation is definitely not a good strategy. Our army will definitely be able to break through a certain way by concentrating its advantages. However, the losses will be heavy. When the north hears that the Song Dynasty has asked Shipu to take the lead again, he will definitely snipe heavily. , there are chasing troops behind, plus the previous losses, it will be a heavy loss to go back, our country will be in danger. Now there is only one strategy, Queen Mother, your majesty asked for the map, the Song Dynasty deployed four armies north of the Yellow River, There is only one mainland on the southern route. It seems that the emperor of the Song Dynasty wants to conquer it himself. This is a weak emperor who wants to negotiate peace with our court since he ascends the throne. Moreover, the soldiers are not like the soldiers of the four northern routes. Although there are a few strong soldiers who guard the army in rotation, most of them are. The new soldiers have poor combat effectiveness. The city of Chanzhou is small. After taking Chanzhou, our army crossed the Yellow River. The emperor of the Song Dynasty happened to be in the field and captured it in one fell swoop. With the force, the Song Dynasty would be defeated no matter what happened. The local government mobilized reinforcements, the clan and the emperor were captured by our army, and the Song Dynasty would be destroyed or divided." "This is a great victory.??, the losses are still heavy, but with Kaifeng, how much wealth will be gained is enough to make up for this loss. In that case, there will no longer be a unified dynasty in the southern Central Plains, and the Liao Kingdom can do whatever they want. If we only rely on superficial phenomena, what Xiao Talin said makes sense. Xiao Yanyan and the generals all agreed. He even did something even more shameless. While sending the army to Chanzhou, he continued to ask the stupid Wang Jizhong to write to Zhao Heng to negotiate peace between the two countries. Talking about a ghost peace, even if there was no Li Jilong in history, it would not be possible to negotiate a peace! Xiao Talin was right, Chanzhou was too small, so the capital sent reinforcements and had to be stationed outside the city. The Liao Kingdom likes field battles. However, what they didn¡¯t know was that Li Jilong was appointed as the most important commander-in-chief and came to Chanzhou City in advance. In the future decisive battle, there will be two commanders. The south road is the center of gravity, the coach is Li Jilong, and the north road is Cao Wei. However, the pockets have not been completely tightened yet, so it looks like it has changed from seven-way soldiers and horses to five-way soldiers and horses. Under Chanzhou City, Xiao Talin VS Li Jilong. Xiao Talin had more than 200,000 troops, mostly cavalry. Li Jilong had less than 50,000 troops, mostly infantry, and his lieutenants were Shi Baoji, Ge Ba, Sun Quanzhao who came from Daming Mansion, and Zhang Min and others. Shi Baoji is okay, Sun Quanzhao is even better, but apart from them, the rest can be said to be soy sauce. The troops are not as good as the Liao State, and the generals are not as good as the Liao State. Even Li Jilong has only been in Chanzhou for a short time, and he doesn't know much about the soldiers and generals in the army. It was under this circumstance that the first shot of the Battle of Chanzhou was fired. And Li Jilong can only win this battle but not lose, otherwise his pockets are not really tightened at this time, and the plan that has been carefully planned for several years will fail. Even in order to continue to confuse the enemy, he could not use real powerful forces or the weapons that Pan Weizheng transported to Chanzhou Faced with this pressure, Li Jilong quickly used his military prestige and superb wisdom to integrate the three armies. Then gather all the baggage cars together, remove one wheel, and link them together to form a circle of baggage cars. When Xiao Talin came, he had never read the biography of Liu Yu, and he had never even faced the role of a baggage train on the battlefield. Isn¡¯t it just a car? Is it more difficult to defeat than a city wall? So he launched an attack. However, after a while, his hundreds of thousands of troops were lost in the train of baggage trains and could not move themselves. As the baggage vehicles slowed down the cavalry, the crossbows in the hands of the Song army gradually took effect. Li Jilong even mobilized some soldiers to break the cavalry. They worked in groups of three to shoot with spears, cut the horse's legs with axes, spears and knives, and hooked the moon with spears and hooks. Head, this combination is even more evil than the Tang Dynasty's Mo Dao. Hundreds of thousands of Liao troops were struggling in this mud pit. Shi Baoji took the opportunity to lead all the cavalry to cut off the retreat. The Liao army was severely defeated. It was suppressed by tens of thousands of Song troops, mainly infantry, only a quarter of the Liao army. They pursued for nearly ten miles before using the speed of the cavalry to get rid of the Song army's attack. Good luck opening the door. "But when Li Jilong reported his victory, he did something that made Song Jiu laugh and cry. He deliberately said in the memorial that Qiuguai, Chengmen Lane, North Chanzhou, hoped to stay in Nancheng.