Song Jiu chose these people to work with him in Liaodong for his own reasons. They are not very old and can endure the hardships of Liaodong. They are just the age to want to rise to the top. Since these people can be called famous ministers in the Song Dynasty and their talents are not bad, they can make a difference in Liaodong. ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? out?????????????????????????????????????????OUT? With their talents and this experience, they will rise to power faster in the future. After they come to power one after another and become familiar with Liaodong, they will be able to maintain the Song Dynasty's policy towards Liaodong in the next thirty or forty years without making serious mistakes. In fact, there are still candidates. If he were asked to choose, there would be at least thirty or forty officials suitable to come to Liaodong to serve as his assistants. However, they are all old, so Song Jiu gave up one after another. This problem is not a big problem. If Song Jiu didn't feel aggrieved and he was in charge of Liaodong, there would be no big problem. Although Zhao Heng felt puzzled by these candidates, he readily agreed. The edict was issued, and the five "babys" were equally puzzled after receiving the order. Many civil servants went to the north, or they served as officials in Yanyun Prefectures. These officials were all carefully selected by the prime ministers such as Song Jiu and Kou Zhun. Good ministers, or those who accompany the emperor, are big bosses. Why did they come to the north? "And the edict was even weirder. It asked them to go to Youzhou, but it didn't say what official position they would hold. Do you want me to accompany the emperor? Do you have this qualification? Five young officials embarked on the journey with confusion and confusion. Song Jun completed the final deployment. Generally speaking, everyone is in a very relaxed mood. Under the leadership of Yelu Longqing, the Liao Kingdom has gathered another 200,000 troops, known as the 300,000 army. It may be more than that, it may not be enough. But this is estimated to have reached the bottom line of what the Liao Kingdom can bear. ??If we look at the numbers, the Liao Kingdom is still not weak. They are cavalry, and this is their territory. Two hundred thousand cavalry is enough to serve as the Song army of 400,000 infantry and cavalry combined. In fact, very few people in this army have experienced actual combat. ?????????????????????????????? Even some prisoners of war who were released back. Although they have experience, some of them still maintain their morale. Moreover, even though they were released back one by one, it was recorded. Aren't you afraid that the Song army will defeat them and settle the score later? It may be that the individual force is strong, but the combat effectiveness is very doubtful, and the actual combat experience is also not much, and the effect of integration and reorganization will be even worse. Besides, there are many generals who can fight. But what about handsome people? The Liao Kingdom has also fought many battles in recent years, but the coach is nothing more than Yelu Xiezhen, and then Xiao Talin. Yelu Xiezhen died, and Xiao Talin was beheaded by the Song Dynasty. This handsome talent is fatal, otherwise Song Jiu would not have been able to persuade Li Jilong to go to the northwest first to familiarize him with the army, and then send Cao Wei to the northwest in advance to let him fight. Since then, he has developed his leadership and military talents. Even the ministers who could take advantage of them were all killed or captured by the Song army. But I am also afraid that if this battle is fought well, the Liao army will destroy the country, but if the battle is not fought well, the Song Dynasty will not destroy the country, but the Liao Dynasty will survive and grow again, and even affect Yan Yun's rule. So Guang sent scouts to sneak into the Liao territory to inspect. The Song Dynasty prepared step by step for another attack. There was also movement in the Liao Kingdom. First, the powerful dignitaries from the four states of Jingping camp once again evacuated to Zhongjing with their wealth. Then some Liao soldiers stationed to increase the defense power of the four states, but Yelu Longqing did something that made Song Jiu dumbfounded. He sent people to repair Yuguan. Does he also want to defend with the Great Wall? You must know that the Great Wall is already in dilapidated condition, even if you keep Chongqing Pass. There are also many roads in Yanshan for the army to march to the Liao territory, and even with large ships moored at the port, the army can be easily sent to the long coastline of the Liao Kingdom by ship. But then a disgusting person came. Hearing about the great victory of the Song Dynasty and the critical situation of the Liao Kingdom, Goryeo sent an envoy, saying that their king Wang Yi heard about the great victory of the Song army and sent General Kang Zhao who was guarding the border of Gaoliao in the north to lead hundreds of thousands of Goryeo troops to the west to cooperate with the Song Dynasty to defeat the Liao Dynasty. country. At first, Zhao Heng didn¡¯t remember it, and was very surprised and expressed his appreciation. Song Jiu asked: "So how will the land in Liaodong be divided after the war?" The envoy said boldly: "With the Liao River as the boundary, I, Korea, are willing to guard the gate for China." "The Liao River is the boundary" The honest Bi Shi'an opened his mouth wide, so big With an appetite, he swallowed 90% of Liaodong in one go. Kou Zhun shouted angrily: "When we attacked the Liao Kingdom, we asked you, Goryeo, for help many times, but where are your troops? Not only did you not have the army to help, but you used the Song-Liao War to annex the people of the Bohai Sea. This made the Liao Kingdom angry. Once upon a time, your country was destroyed.The Liao Kingdom is about to be destroyed, and you come to send troops. It¡¯s a joke. " This has a premise. Led by Song Jiu, the Liao army also paid attention to pit mines and actually found a large number of open-pit coal mines and some iron ores. Some time ago, scouts went to secretly take the miners to inspect, and it was still a large, high-quality iron pit. , may be better than any iron pit discovered by the Song Dynasty. It is just south of Tokyo City, not far from the seaport and the Liaohe River. It was deliberately designed by Song Jiu. There are still some people who are not interested in Liaodong. It is too far. It is of no use, and troops, officials, and governance will need to be stationed, and there will even be a lot of wars in the future. With Yan Yun, the Central Plains of the Song Dynasty can be safe, so there is no need to spend so much money and energy in Liaodong. There is no basis for governance. So Song Jiu deliberately let everyone see its benefits. In fact, if Liaodong is managed well and gradually converted from pastoralism to farming, the biggest danger in the future of the Song Dynasty will be resolved. Over there in ancient times Besides, you can¡¯t pick up fruits like this. Song Jiu was speechless. There are two strangest areas around China. One is Korea, but I have to admit that it is really weird. How many more will there be in the future. Powerful countries, the Jin Kingdom, the Yuan and Meng Dynasties, the Ming Dynasty, and the Qing Dynasty, however, their territories not only did not decrease, but also expanded, from the current southern foot of Changbai Mountain (the Taibai Mountains in North Korea), and then moved to the Tumen River. Going up, they moved step by step from the Han River to Pyongyang, and then they took half of Tianchi and Paektu Mountain from the hands of Taizu. You know how many volunteers died and took advantage of the revolution. Successor. Song Jiu can't figure it out. Besides, you want the territory of Goguryeo, but you are not a descendant of Goguryeo, but a descendant of Silla and Baekje. Don't you want to weaken your IQ? , Song Jiu interrupted everyone and said: "Your name is Xu Xilai, right? " "The small one is just right. " Song Jiu wanted to wipe his forehead. The wind blew during Zhao Kuangyi's time. The Liao Kingdom was miserable, and Goryeo started to make small moves in the east again. It happened that there was a great uprising of Bashu in the Song Dynasty, there were many disasters, and the finances were tight. There was no time for him to take care of it, so Xiao Yanyan and Han Derang then learned from Yelu Abaoji and settled down their affairs first. Before rising, they conquered Wubuxi, Linbu, Heichezishiwei and the Tatars, and won over the Uighurs. It happened that the queen of Yelu Abaoji was from the Shulu clan and was a Uighur. Coupled with the fact that there is no conflict of interest due to being far away, the environment of the entire northern Liao Kingdom has become better, and then they can concentrate on dealing with the Central Plains. Therefore, it may not be enough to recruit 400,000 troops with Xiao Pai's younger brother Xiao Hengde, Yelu Xiezhen and Yelu Abili. , maybe, anyway, half of them were temporary miscellaneous troops from Liaodong, marching to Goryeo in the name of an 800,000-strong army. However, Xiao Hengde and Yelu Xiezhen died, and Yelu Abili followed Xiao Yanyan on the southern expedition, and was not known in the chaos. Who was killed? However, in that battle, the Liao Kingdom was not the current emperor, but Wang Zhi, who appointed their Pu Liangrou as the military envoy, the internal history minister Xu Xi as the middle army envoy, and the subordinate minister Cui. Liang served as the military envoy and led the three armies to fight, but was defeated by the Liao State and almost destroyed the country. However, considering that the Song Dynasty would take the opportunity to send troops, Wang Zhi sent Xu Xilai, the envoy of the Chinese Army, to surrender, so Xiao Yanyan retreated, even to win over. Goryeo, let them be more honest in the future, and also give them the Jurchen's hometown east of the Yalu River, that is, the flat area of ??several hundred miles below the Changbai Mountains (Taibai Mountains), otherwise the Han River and the Yalu River will still be the territory of the Liao Kingdom. . How dare this old Comrade Xu come to reap benefits again? "Didn't you go to Liao as an envoy ten years ago and serve as Zhengshuo? "Xu Xilai was at a loss for words. This is a fatal question. You regard the Liao State as Zhengshuo, where do you place the Song Dynasty? Since you regard the Liao State as Zhengshuo, and you should rescue the Liao State at this time, why do you add insult to injury? Where is your righteousness? "You Go back quickly and ask your king to withdraw his troops quickly. Your Majesty is most disgusted with your renegade behavior. If you want to get Liaodong, prepare to fight with our dynasty. Don't forget that the success of the Tang Dynasty's conquest of your small peninsula was due to the simultaneous advancement of land and sea. Now our dynasty's ship technology is far superior to that of the Tang Dynasty. Also, it's cold where you are, but we have cotton-padded clothes and are no longer afraid of the cold. " "If you don't want to be destroyed by our country, please send troops to Liaodong. But I still say this: consider the fate of your people and yourself. If you keep to yourself, our court will still abide by your agreement with the Liao Kingdom. The land below the 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 court will still have the same boundary. The foothills of Changbai Mountain are bounded by the Yalu River. Southeast of the foothills of Changbai Mountain, and below, east of the Yalu River??is the territory that belongs to you, Korea. The rest is Chinese land. We will even send envoys to delineate detailed boundaries with you and erect boundary markers. "Song Jiu was disgusted by them, and he didn't want to use troops against this wretched race. It was pointless. Why not, one day in the future, they could guard the gate for China. But after sending the Korean envoy away, Song Jiu would The order was given to Sun Quanzhao to take a boat with three thousand soldiers and horses to quickly go to the Yalu River. As for the Changbai Mountains to the east of the Yalu River, the Song Dynasty was not very interested, and it is estimated that Goryeo was not very interested in the vast mountains and the wild mountain tribes. It just belongs to the jurisdiction of the Liao State. However, the mouth of the Yalu River cannot be lost, otherwise the Koreans will get in trouble and the army will invade. Moreover, the concept of territory is not that serious now, and it is so far away from the Song Dynasty. The second time I went to the Yalu River Estuary, I was familiar with it. This matter made Song Jiu very unhappy. Anyway, the Song Dynasty treated you well. Even though they recognized the Liao Kingdom as Zhengshuo a few years ago, Song Taizong didn't care. On the contrary, he was pregnant. However, they did not get any help when they attacked the Liao Kingdom, and the Song Dynasty had to divide its troops. This was an extremely insignificant nation, and they might have been disappointed. An envoy could be sent to notify the Liao State immediately. So the Song Army launched a general offensive in mid-May. Brothers Shipu and Yang Yanzhao, who were familiar with Liaodong, and other generals who had stayed in Liaodong before, arrived by boat with 20,000 troops. Yaozhou, also known as Yingkou in later generations, would also build an important port here in the Song-Jiu plan, which was a domestic port, but there was no municipal shipping department. The water and soil of the Liaohe River are not bad now. If it is dredged a little, the Liaohe River will be much worse. All major tributaries are navigable, even to the northeastern area of ??Yinzhou (Tieling) in the Liao Kingdom, and this area is mostly plains with dense rivers and is suitable for planting. Once developed, it will effectively make up for the food problem in the north. Thanks to Xiao Yanyan, under her management, the preliminary foundation has been laid. This time Shipu led the army upstream from the Liao River to cut off the connection between Liaodong and the two capitals. As the Song army entered the north of Yuguan, After reaching Zhongjing City, Shipu and Sun Quanzhao combined their forces as much as possible and marched alone to capture Liaodong. The second line of cavalry, led by Cao Wei, would cross the Yanshan Trail from Tanzhou and attack Xinghua and Guihua of the Liao Kingdom. , the army arrived in Beijing, but this time the remaining main force was divided again. Li Jilong marched towards Jingzhou, while Ma Zhijie and Qin Han led the army to attack Shicheng and Luanzhou from the flanks, and the two armies met in Pingzhou. , troops came to Yingzhou and rushed to Yuguan. Zhao Heng led his ministers, as well as generals such as Shi Baoji and Gao Qiong. The war started again and it was not going well, both in Luanzhou and Jingzhou. The Liao army fought back tenaciously, but fortunately, the walls of the two cities were not very high. After more than ten days, they were all captured. Then the two armies reunited, crossed the Luan River, and soon reached Pingzhou. However, Song Jiu did something controversial and killed local tycoons. Some powerful people in the three states of the city 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 men to be killed. Then they divided their fields and houses among the common people to buy people's hearts and equalize their wealth. Later, Li Zicheng did what he did. "However, it worked very well. He got houses and fields, and civilians in several states were quickly bought over. Yingzhou became Changli later. Due to the invasion of nomads, place names in the entire north were confused. In ancient times, Changli referred to Yingzhou in the Tang Dynasty, which means Chaoyang. But I didn¡¯t know it turned into this Yingzhou. This is a small state city established in the Liao Kingdom. It was originally just a small county in the Tang Dynasty and was not large in scale. Therefore, after hearing that the three prefectures in front were lost one after another, the Liao army in Yingzhou quickly escaped from Yuguan. However, when he arrived in Yingzhou, Zhao Heng suddenly burst into tears. "It's no wonder that in order to obtain this portal, I personally went into battle. As a result, I was shot by an arrow from the Liao people, and died of an arrow wound in his later years. Now this portal can be said to truly belong to the Song Dynasty. But it can¡¯t be called the end yet, at least Lushan is still early. Not only Lu Mountain, even if it is still early to form a gateway, the real gateway is the Yanshan Mountains, which extends to the north of Qianzhou City in the Liao Kingdom, and also captures Runzhou (Qinhuangdao) and Qianzhou (Shanhaiguan City) in the Liao Kingdom. In this way, the northern gateway can be formed. The Liao army surrendered Runzhou City and concentrated its troops in Qianzhou to resist. After attacking for three days without being captured, Qin Han offered his advice and led Pan Weizheng andThousands of soldiers climbed up several peaks on the west side of Yanshan Qianzhou, mounted their artillery and fired volleys. Gao Qiong then led the soldiers to take a small boat and detour to the rear of Qianzhou. They attacked from three directions. After a bloody battle for a day, Qianzhou was captured. After cleaning the battlefield, Zhao Heng led the army out of Qianzhou slowly. He breathed a long sigh of relief and said a meaningful sentence: "This is outside the customs."