At that time, seeing that his son Liu Guangshi was ordered to come to the Pioneer Envoy's tent and meet with him as a military salute, Liu Yanqing stood up, got down from the commander's seat, and came to Liu Guangshi.
Liu Guangshi stood up quickly.
Liu Yanqing said: "Sit down! It's just us, father and son, so there's no need to be polite."
Liu Guangshi sat down again.
Liu Yanqing also sat down next to Liu Guangshi.
Liu Yanqing turned to Liu Guangshi and said: "My son, you know that although Medicine Master Guo is a Han, he was a general of the Liao Kingdom. He was highly regarded by the Holy Emperor because he offered sacrifices to Zhuozhou and Yizhou and led a victorious army to surrender. . In the future, after Youzhou City is captured, Pharmacist Guo will be the garrison of Yanshan Mansion; therefore, Pharmacist Guo is very active in attacking and regaining Youzhou. Just now, Pharmacist Guo made an agreement with his father to sneak into Youzhou City tomorrow and ask for help. My father sent another army to meet him. I feel that I have a good chance of reviving Yan this time. Therefore, I want to leave this opportunity to you to make a contribution."
Liu Guangshi saw this and asked, "How did Medicine Master Guo sneak into Youzhou City?"
"Tomorrow, in the battle, my father will lead his army to attack the Liao army deployed in Liangxiang by Xiao Qian, the prime minister of Liao, and Han Ao, the deputy defense envoy of Yanjing. By then, the two sides will definitely attack with all their strength, and there will also be troops and horses in Yanjing to support Liangxiang. We will also withdraw some of the remaining defeated troops into Yanjing. At that time, Pharmacist Guo will lead 5,000 victorious troops, sneak into Yanjing and cause chaos in the city. When the time comes, you will lead your troops to attack Yanjing again. Pharmacist Guo and you will cooperate internally and externally. Yanjing can be broken."
"The plan is good, but the general doesn't understand it very well. How can Master Guo ensure that he can sneak into the city? Yanjing is a strategic location and the only remaining capital of the Liao Kingdom. The Liao army will definitely defend it. What confidence does Master Guo have? Sneak into Yanjing."
"Pharmacist Guo was a general of the Liao Dynasty before. There are still some Khitan people in his victorious army. They understand the Khitan language and are familiar with the situation of the Khitan. Therefore, Pharmacist Gao is sure to sneak into Yanjing."
"This is of course the best. Commander-in-Chief Father, is he going to order his general to lead his troops to join Pharmacist Guo?"
"Exactly! My dear, retaking Yanjing is the court's biggest long-cherished wish! Since Taizu, the court has fought many wars with the Liao Kingdom for the sake of Yanyun's homeland. However, Zhenzong stopped at the Chanzhou Alliance. In recent years, the Northeast has risen. The Jurchens and the Khitan are tired of dealing with it. The Holy Master is taking advantage of the situation to regain Yanjing. The expectations are very high. If Yanjing can be regained this time, it will undoubtedly be a great achievement. You must not be sluggish and work bravely to create conditions for future development. "
"My son will obey his father's orders!"
"Okay! Very good!" Liu Yanqing was overjoyed and settled further: "Tomorrow, my father will lead the army to fight the Khitan in Liangxiang. You will lead 20,000 elite troops. Don't care about the battle in Liangxiang. Just go straight to Yanjing and attack Yanjing City. That’s it. If there are senior pharmacists in Yanjing city to support them, the Liao army in the city will definitely ignore the head and tail, and Yanjing can be defeated.”
Liu Guangshi was also overjoyed when he heard this. He bowed to Liu Yanqing and said loudly: "Thank you so much, Father, for your support!"
Liu Yanqing said: "You should go back to the army now. Just select the best soldiers and generals and make preparations overnight. Don't miss the big event tomorrow!"
Liu Guangshi replied loudly: "My general will obey the command of the commander!"
Immediately, Liu Guangshi said goodbye to his father Liu Yanqing and prepared to return to the army.
Early on the next morning, Liu Yanqing set out with his troops to attack the Liao army commanded by Xiao Qian and Han Ao in Liangxiang. Liu Guangshi led 20,000 elite troops and set out with Liu Yanqing. As soon as the Song and Liao armies came into contact, Liu Yanqing ordered the Song army to attack fiercely. Xiao Qian and Han Ao were also prepared and led the Liao army to fight with the Song army led by Liu Yanqing.
At this time, taking advantage of the melee between the two sides, Liu Guangshi led 20,000 elite troops, suddenly left the battlefield and headed towards Yanjing.
The Liao general who was fighting with Liu Guangshi suddenly withdrew his troops and left when he saw that Liu Guangshi was not defeated. He hurriedly sent his generals to follow him and spy on the situation. After a while, General Pi reported back, and the Song army went to Yanjing City.
The Liao general was shocked when he heard the report. He hurriedly came to the center of the Liao army and reported the situation to Xiao Qian and Han Ao.
Xiao Qian and Han We were shocked when they received the news. They then concluded that the Song army used its main force to contain the Liangxiang Liao army and sent additional troops to attack Yanjing.
There were few soldiers in Yanjing city, so it was difficult to resist the Song army that suddenly came to the city. Once Yanjing city was destroyed, the queen and ministers were captured by Song army, and the trouble would be big.
Yanjing was in crisis. After Xiao Qian and Han Yu discussed with each other, they decided to allocate 10,000 troops and horses, led by Liao general Yeluhu'er, to gallop their horses to intercept the Song army led by Liu Guangshi and prevent them from attacking Yanjing.
Yelu Hu'er received the order and hurriedly led 10,000 Liao troops to intercept the Song army who went to aid Guo Pharmacist on the road to Yanjing.
The Song army led by Liu Guangshi fought against the Liao army led by Yelu Hu'er.
Liu Guangshi was eager to make contributions and urged the Song army to attack forcefully.
Because the defense of Yanjing was of great importance, Yelu Hu'er did not dare to be careless in the slightest, so he led 10,000 Liao troops to desperately resist the 20,000 Song troops led by Liu Guangshi.
Liu Yanqing, on his side, learned that Liu Guangshi had been blocked and became anxious. He urged his troops to advance quickly, hoping to attract the Liao army and help Liu Guangshi open the road to Yanjing.
Liu Yanqing knew very well that if Liu Guangshi could not reach Yanjing City and could not coordinate with Pharmacist Guo inside and outside Yanjing City, his life would be over. If the emperor pursues the case, his son Liu Guangshi's life may not be saved.
Therefore, Liu Guangshi ordered his men to kill the Liao army led by Xiao Qian and Han Ao at all costs.
At this time, the Liao generals sent by Xiao Puxiannu to ask Xiao Qian to return to Yanjing also came to Liangxiang. In the chaos, they found Xiao Qian and Han Ao and reported: "Prime Minister, the Song army broke into Yanjing, and the Empress Dowager Ask the prime minister to speed up the troops to return reinforcements."
When Xiao Qian and Han We heard the report, they were so shocked that their bodies jumped.
Originally, Xiao Qian and Han We thought that the Song army was just dividing its troops to attack Yanjing, but they did not expect that the Song army had already broken into the Yanjing city. The Song army that left later was obviously to join the Song army in the city.
The situation is critical. Xiao Qian hurriedly discussed with Han Ao and decided that Xiao Qian would lead 10,000 troops back to Yanjing to aid Yanjing, and the remaining 30,000 troops would be commanded by Han Ao. They must withstand the attack of the Song army no matter what, and must not lose good soldiers. Township; otherwise, Yanjing will be doomed.
Han On also knew this situation very well. If he lost this battle to Liu Yanqing, Yanjing would be finished and Daliao would cease to exist. Therefore, after Xiao Qian led 10,000 soldiers and horses to rush to Yanjing in an emergency, Han Qu also led more than 30,000 Liao troops, desperately resisting Liu Yanqing's Song army, entangled with the Song army, and refused to retreat until death. .
The armies of Song and Liao fought for a whole morning without a clear winner. In the end, Liu Yanqing failed to repel the Liao army led by Han Ao. Liu Guangshi was also entangled by Yelu Hu'er and failed to attack Yanjing City.
In the city of Yanjing, Gao Yaoshi was isolated and helpless. The guards led by General Yelu Dashi, the Yanjing defense envoy of the Liao State, killed numerous victorious troops led by Gao Yaoshi. Fortunately, Yinzhi, Jia Shizhong and others rescued Gao Yaoshi. The pharmacist was able to lead more than ten victorious troops to break out of the city.
After wiping out the victorious army that invaded the city, Xiao Qian and Yelu Hu'er gathered together with 20,000 soldiers and horses. Xiao Qian didn't bother to meet Xiao Pu Xiannu, so he led the 20,000 soldiers and horses gathered to chase out of Youzhou City to chase and annihilate the Song army.
When Xiao Qian and Yelu Hu'er led 20,000 soldiers and horses to pursue Liangxiang, Liu Yanqing was unable to occupy Han Wan, so he led his troops to retreat to Baigou.
After Xiao Qian, Yelu Hu'er and Han Gu met, they informed each other of the battle situation.
When Xiao Qian learned that Liu Yanqing's troops had retreated to Baigou, he hurriedly said to Han Wen and Yeluhu'er: "With twenty thousand generals, the Song army will be defeated and will be demoralized and panicked. This is a great opportunity to completely defeat the Song army." , don’t miss it. Now, it’s better to take advantage of the victory and pursue it, don’t let up.”
Han O and Yelu Hu'er replied in unison: "What the prime minister said is absolutely true. Please prime minister to be the commander, and we will be the vanguard officers to pursue the Song army."
"Okay!" Xiao Qian said loudly: "Take Yelu Hu'er as the front army, commanding 20,000 troops and horses, to pursue the Song army; I and Commander Han will command more than 30,000 troops and horses, and then follow up. The front and rear armies echo each other. , attack Baigou."
Han O and Yelu Hu'er replied loudly: "Your Majesty, the last general!"
Immediately, Yelu Hu'er commanded 20,000 troops and pursued them in the direction of Baigou.
Yeluhu'er's front army was followed by more than 30,000 troops and horses from the rear led by Xiao Qian and Han Ao.
In the front army, Yelu Hu'er took the lead and galloped. Yelu's fox-eared horses were followed by thousands of horse troops, shouting loudly and charging towards Baigou.
When the Song army learned that the Liao army was pursuing them, they hurriedly reported to the vanguard envoy Liu Yanqing. When Liu Yanqing heard the report, he was greatly alarmed and ordered urgently: "The Liao army is so powerful that it cannot be resisted. Burn the camp quickly and retreat, and look for another opportunity to fight again."
After receiving the order, his subordinates hurriedly issued accounts and ordered the camp to be burned down.
Liu Yanqing, Gao Yaoshi and others led more than 100,000 troops and retreated towards Xiongzhou in panic.
When Yelu Hu'er led the front army of the Liao army to pursue Baigou, he saw that the Song camp was on fire and the Song army had withdrawn to the south, so he stopped and waited for the arrival of the rear army led by Xiao Qian and Han Ao.
Not long after, the rear army led by Xiao Qian and Han Ao arrived. Yelu Hu'er hurriedly reported the situation to Xiao Qian.
When Xiao Qian heard the report, he ordered Yelu Hu'er to say: "The Song army has been defeated. Just pursue them as far as possible."
Yelu Hu'er received the order and led the front army to chase south.
Seeing that the Liao army was pursuing them, the Song army panicked even more. Regardless, they routed southward and retreated to the northern suburbs of Xiongzhou.
The news of Liu Yanqing's defeat was informed by Tong Guan who was stationed in Xiongzhou City, so he sent troops and horses to respond. When Yelu Hu'er saw the Song army's troops arriving, he stopped pursuing them.
At this point, the military operation to conquer the Liao Dynasty for the second time and recover the lost territory of Yanyun came to an end because it failed to achieve its strategic purpose.
This situation was immediately reported to Emperor Huizong Zhao Ji. Although the Second Northern Expedition failed to achieve its strategic goal, the Song army invaded Youzhou City and almost recovered Youzhou. Emperor Huizong Zhao Ji was basically satisfied; especially for Guo Yaoshi who had invaded Youzhou City. Emperor Huizong admired it very much. Zhao Ji was very dissatisfied with Tong Guan and scolded Tong Guan in a letter for messing up things, saying, "I will no longer trust him from now on."
Tong Guan was very panicked.
So, who reported the situation on the Baigou front line to Emperor Huizong?
