Thirty-one. Eighteen rides in Yanyun

August, Jia Yin.

Zhao Ze immediately took up the post of Yangzhou Road, and was fully responsible for the war against Liaoning.

Wu Chen.

Xiao Hui, the general of Liao, led 30,000 troops to invade Haozhou and fought with the Song army at the foot of Zhongli Mountain. After more than 20,000 people were killed or injured, he retreated.

Ren Shen.

Yelu Zongzhen, the emperor of the Liao Dynasty, led more than 200,000 troops south on the middle road, and advanced both water and land. On September 7, he did not enter the boundary of Chuzhou and came to Yangzhou Road.

September, Ding Hai.

The army of 150,000 people on Liaoguo East Road arrived in Suzhou and immediately began to attack the city.

Geng Yin.

The army of Liaoguo West Road poured out, forcibly crossed the Huai River, and attacked the two prefectures of Guang and Shou. Zheng Xia, who joined the Gwangju judicial army, died in the battle, and Song Qi, the Zhizhou of Shouzhou, burned Bagong Mountain and broke through the Liao army.

Awu.

Hou Zhong, the commander of the Mabu army in Luzhou, led more than 10,000 people from the people's regiment north to Shouzhou to assist in the battle. He set up an ambush in Shiyuan Town on the east bank of the Feishui River and killed more than 3,000 soldiers from Jingzhou in Liaoguo.

Bing Shen.

The three armies of the Liao Dynasty launched an attack at the same time, igniting war in Yangzhou, Gwangju and Shouzhou, and the Jiangshan Society of the Song Dynasty reached the critical point of survival.

Xin Chou.

The imperial court issued an edict to grant amnesty to the world, and ordered to mobilize the people of all states and counties across the country to participate in the war to protect the country.

C. Wu.

People from all over the south of the Yangtze River began to respond to the call of the imperial court and spontaneously organized civil corps to help fight. As a result, many heroes from the grass-roots were born.

Among them, the Bailu Mountain Volunteer Army of Zhu Han, a native of Gwangju, is the most famous. These civil regiments from Baisha Town are famous for their bravery and ghosts. They often set up an ambush on the key roads around Bailu Mountain to attack the Liaoning army and horse team on the way south. They have repeatedly won, which scared the Liaoning people.

October 1, Ding Wei, Mid-Autumn Festival.

The defense of Yangzhou Road was carried out until the tenth day.

An exciting news came from the front line of the Baita River. Zhang Zai sent Jiao Yan and Jiao Zhenhua to lead 8,000 soldiers on the road overnight and secretly dug the newly opened lake. More than 30,000 people from the Southern Army were flooded in the Tongcheng area, which severely damaged the front of the Liao army.

The next day, Zhao Ze personally came to inspect the defense line of the Baita River in the northwest of Yangzhou, took more than a dozen cars of wine and meat, rewarded the meritorious soldiers, and encouraged everyone to drive the Liao soldiers out of the Song Dynasty, kill a piece of armor, and beat the yellow dragon in the next day, and drink with the gentlemen.

B.

Shi Wenyuan led more than 2,000 people from Gaoyouzhi County to set traps in Laohegou ten miles away from the north of the city, which was found by the Liao army. After a raging of incense, more than 5,000 people from Liao came and rushed down the hillside.

Shi Wenyuan immediately took people to escape and lured the iron horse of Liao to three trees.

These three trees are a densely forested hilly area. The terrain is high in the south and low in the north, sloping from west to east, and there are three roads in and out, which is relatively open.

Every time the Liao army attacks Yangzhou, a team of people will pass by here. It can be said that they know this area well. Not to mention that Xiao Youdan, a general of the Khitan Department, who often led the army, was not worried about the ambush of the Song army at all. He did not think about it, but led the army all the way.

Never thought that Yang Wenguang, Mu Yunhan and Di Qing really set up an ambush here this time, and arranged tens of thousands of horses in all around.

Just wait for Xiao Youdan, the general of the Khitan Department, to throw himself into the net, and a cannon sounded. The three sides were surrounded and tens of thousands of people were fired together.

The bloody battle that day began with the sound of the drums of the Song army. In an instant, the overwhelming rain of arrows came from the air. Xiao Youdan roared. The Khitan warriors around him quickly leaned closer to the core and raised hundreds of cowhide shields to protect Xiao Youdan.

The sharp arrow shot and killed a large number of Khitan warriors in the blink of an eye. Nearly a thousand people fell from the horse, and the arrows were inserted all over the earth.

Almost at the same time, more than 3,000 Chedan warriors who were still alive suddenly dispersed, ran away, and launched a fierce attack on the surrounding forest. He held his shield high to protect his head. With the arrow rain of the Song army, he rushed forward desperately to cover Xiao Youdan, the general of the Khitan.

Besides, Xiao Youdan, the general of the Khitan Department, fell in the three trees. At the time of the melee, he killed a bloody road and fled eastward.

After rushing for half a miles, he came to a dirt slope and faintly found that there was murderous air in the left and right forests. Just as he was about to remind his guards to pay attention, a ringing arrow put on the sky and burst into the sky, bursting out thousands of golden light.

Then, a man and a horse came out from behind the slope, led by the tough general Di Qing.

At the same time, the long gunmen lying in ambush all sides gushed out together and surrounded Xiao Youdan's group of people. The Liao army guards were shocked, hurriedly opened their bows and arrows, aimed around, and confronted the Song army on the road.

A moment later, Di Qing rushed to the front, waved the phoenix-mouthed knife in his palm, and shouted, "Liao is about to die and get off the horse quickly. Wait for when."

Xiao Youdan, the general of Khitan, suddenly looked up to the sky and smiled, and slowly untied the red cloak on his shoulders. His top was covered with blood and dust.

Di Qing stared angrily and finally asked, "Xiao Youdan, you can't run away this time. If you surrender, you may still have a chance to live. I advise you to think twice!"

Xiao Youdan sneered and asked, "Mr. Song, the opposite, if it were you, would you surrender?"

"I understand," Di Qing nodded slightly, "In that case, let me fulfill you."

After saying that, the horse jumped out and waved a knife to take Xiao Youdan.

October 18, Jiazi.

The Liao army attacked the Yangzhou war zone again in three ways. They fought fiercely with the defenders for three months, with more than 100,000 casualties. Most of the royal tent's own army was killed and injured in Xinghua County alone, and more than 100 commanders were killed by Zhao Ze's Huanzhou musket team.

In November, Jiashen, the beginning of winter.

Shangguan Mei gave birth to a son in Ryukyu, and the flying pigeon sent a letter to Yangzhou and asked Zhao Ze to name him.

Half a month later, Shangguan Mei received a reply. Zhao Ze named his son Yuner, a baby!

Wuxu, Xiaoxue.

Yang Wenguang, Mu Yunhan and Di Qing were ordered to start the winter battle. They led 30,000 Huanzhou musketeers to attack, crossed the border and drove the Liao army out of Chuzhou.

Ren Yin.

Wang Ze, who was robbed of the territory by the Liao army, was exiled to Qingzhou. In order to avenge the destruction of the country, he risked his life to sneak into the Yidu granary, set fire to a large number of winter grain and grass in the Liao army, and then disappeared.

December is ugly, and it snows heavily.

Due to the shortage of food and fodder in the front of the Liao army, it began to retreat one after another, shrinking the front to Xuzhou.

Since the second year of Jingkang, the Liao army has attacked Song many times in the south, all of which failed. The farthest time was to Hengzhou, Jinghu Road, but not long after, he was repulsed by Zhang Kang, a famous general of the Song army.

In the third year of Jingkang, Prince Zhao Yu was six years old and Empress Cao was thirty-three years old. Qiantang Weapon Workshop in Hangzhou was renamed Beijing Weapon Manufacturing Institute. Shen Zhou, the first dean, returned from Ryukyu and established the Beijing Weapon Research Institute in Qiantang.

In the fourth year of Jingkang, Chao Hammer's grandson was eight years old and named Chao Gai. Su Su took him to Qiantang to live for a month. In March of the same year, people began to sow a large area of corn in the south of the Yangtze River, and a bumper harvest was harvested in August.

In September, Fan Zhongyan promoted Wang Anshi, a magistrate of Yin County, Yuezhou, to Beijing to preside overagriculture production.

In October, Wang Anshi wrote a letter requesting the court to sow a large range of high-yielding crops such as corn, potatoes and sweet potatoes.

In November, government governments across the south of the Yangtze River began to send people to choose seeds and prepare to sow a large range of high-yielding crops such as corn in the coming year for civilian and military consumption.

In the fifth year of Jingkang, Empress Cao ordered Zhao Ze to send troops north to recover the lost land. After the spring bloomed in May of the same year, Zhao Ze sent Yang Wenguang, Mu Yunhan and Di Qing to the north and recovered Haizhou after a month of fierce battle.

Liao then mobilized 50,000 troops to go south to Yanzhou, blocking the Song army in Mengshan, Yizhou. The two armies of Song and Liao fought for three months without winning or losing. The main force of Liao was still the imperial army. The Song Dynasty was the Huanzhou Musketeers Team, and the casualties on both sides were more than 10,000.

In September, Zhao Ze wrote to the court requesting the manufacture of artillery ships.

In October, Empress Cao issued a decree to ask Ryukyu to help make artillery for warships, and agreed to exchange the landless people in the south of the Yangtze River for mining rights around Fujian Road.

In November, three sea boats from Liaoning appeared in the sea area of Tongzhou, and Di Zunli, the county magistrate of Haimen, quickly reported this matter to the state capital.

In Bingwu, Zhao Ze received an official letter from Tongzhou, mentioning that there was a Liaoning sea ship nearby.

December, Jiazi.

Su Su drove an airship to search north along the Hangzhou coastline. After three days of reconnaissance, he found the shipyard of Liaoning in the bay at the junction of Laizhou and Mizhou.

Xin Wei, heavy snow.

Su Su sent three airships to approach the coast of Laizhou under the cover of heavy snow. Then, 3,000 Ryukyu troops began to land, raiding the Liao army dock in the bay with lightning, killing more than 500 defenders, and robbing three completed six-maze warships. When withdrawing, a fire burned the dock.

In January of the sixth year of Jingkang, Zhao Ze married Guo Mishan's daughter and his third sister as his wife, and then promoted Guo Mishan as the governor of Chuzhou and Zhang Hai as the defense envoy of Chuzhou.

In March, Xia Yan died suddenly while arguing with Fan Zhongyan about the government.

In April, Fan Chunyou was seriously ill and returned to Qiantang. After several months of medical treatment, his condition finally improved. Cao Sanyuan, a famous doctor in Luzhou, was treated for him. In order to repay Cao Sanyuan's life-saving kindness, Fan Zhongyan recommended Cao Sanyuan as a royal doctor, but was rejected.

A few months later, Cao Sanyuan opened a medical center in Qiantang to treat the sick and save people, and received a wide range of disciples.

On July 1, Ryukyu handed over 100 cannons of the manufactured warships to the court. On the recommendation of Zhao Ze, Zhang Dong, who was demoted by the former judge of the Lianshui Army, was promoted to the commander of the Qiantang Division.

In the middle of the same year, Zhang Dong, who had experienced the vicissitudes of life, returned to Beijing. Before taking office, he took his adopted son Hansheng to Yangzhou to thank Zhao Ze, and also brought Zhao Ze a Guangzhou specialty golden orange and a precious thrush.

In August, Ning Lingge, the former prince of Xixia, was taken into custody by the government in a fight with people in Qiantang. Lang Lie, Tuoba and Lei Bo spent a large amount of money to release Ning Lingge on bail.

In September, Zhao Ying, the eldest princess of the State of Wei, was seriously ill, and Zhang Pingfu, the inner servant, broke into the palace door by mistake and was hit on the 20th board by the inner servant.

On the same day, Xu Xi, the imperial doctor, was ordered to come to Zhao Ying's mansion, the eldest princess of Wei, to see the princess.

Zhao Ying kept saying the name of Renzong in a coma, and then suddenly shouted, Zhao Ze, you bastard.

The next day, Xu Xi informed Empress Cao about this matter.

Empress Cao's answer was: "Doctor Xu, you just know it alone. You can't let the third person know!"

Of course, Xu Xi understood what Empress Cao was hinting at and quickly vowed to hide this matter in his stomach forever.

October Ding Chou, Double Ninth Festival. Zhe Xiaolan tested Yang Wenguang's intention and asked him when it would be convenient for him to marry her. He didn't get a clear answer. Yang Wenguang told her, "If you don't defeat Liaogou, you won't get married!"

After Zhe Xiaolan lost her temper, she left Haizhou and came to Suzhou to complain to her brother Zhe Jimin. After comforted her a few words, Zhe Jimin told her, "You know Wen Guang's heart. This is all for your own good. Think about it!"

In November, Jihai.

Xu Jin returned from Ryukyu and returned to Yangzhou. After meeting his parents, he came to Zhao Zejun with a big bag of gifts. A few days later, Zhao Ze recommended Xu Jin to work as a sailor in Hangzhou. At the beginning, Xu Jin was still very angry. He didn't understand why Zhao Ze transferred him to the rear sailor to eat. It was not until half a year later, when the Song Liao naval battle broke out, that Xu Jin understood that he used it. The land of Wu is at sea.

December, winter solstice.

Zhao Shu, Emperor Yingzong, announced his abdication on the grounds that he was weak and sickly and could not withstand the pressure of the government.

Jingkang seven years, January.

Ten-year-old Zhao Yu ascended the throne, and the temple was named Shenzong, which was changed to Yuan Xining.

From now on, it will be the first year of Xining.

New Year's Day only passed in January.

Gao Taotao came to Yangzhou with his family and made a scene with Zhao Ze, because when Zhao Ze married Guo Mishan's daughter, he didn't tell her.

The next day, after a night of cloud and rain, his anger subsided and he said that he would stay with Zhao Ze in Yangzhou for a period of time.

This stay lasted for half a year, and Zhao Ze served this goblin almost every night.

After unremitting efforts, Gao Taotao became pregnant with a child on August 15.

In March, Tang Xuan, a big merchant in Luzhou, managed to do business in Qiantang. Under the care of Su Su, he opened a power plant and a cotton textile factory. The equipment used was produced by Ryukyu. Half a year later, the first batch of power plant workers and textile workers who had completed their training in Ryukyu successfully returned to Qiantang and began to work.

In October, electricity was used in the Qiantang Palace. Since then, Hangzhou has become the second city that does not sleep in the Song Dynasty.

In the second year of Xining, the State of Liao sent messengers to Qiantang to threaten the Song Dynasty, saying that the State of Liao had been resting for many years and had the strength to destroy the Song Dynasty.

The second government headed by Fan Zhongyan warned the Liao envoy, "The cannons of our dynasty are not vegetarian. If the Liao Kingdom dares to attack, he will definitely die!"

Liao returned indignantly and told the Liao emperor Yelu Zongzhen.

In May, Liao sent ten warships along the coast to attack Hangzhou.

Hangzhou Marine Division immediately attacked. Commander Zhang Dong personally led eight artillery ships to fight. He met the warship led by Prince Yelu Dehua of Liao on the sea outside Hangzhou Bay. The battle then began.

The rumble of gunfire lasted for nearly two hours, and the two sides fired more than 300 shells from each other.

Five warships of the Liao army were injured and three were sunk. Only one of the Song army sank, and the other seven were moderately damaged.

Manjianghong

Looking at the Central Plains, outside the barren smoke, many cities.

Think about those years, flowers cover willow protection, phoenix tower and dragon pavilion.

Long live the pearls in front of the mountain, and the songs are written in the Penghu Hall.

Now, the iron hooves are all over the suburbs, and the wind is dusty.

The soldiers are safe, and the front is sharp. The people are safe, filling the gully.

The country is the same as before, and there are thousands of villages.

When will you invite Tirui Brigade to cross Qingheluo with a whip.

But he came back, continued the Hanyang tour, and rode the yellow crane!

Time flies, and the sun and the moon fly.

Seven years later, Zhao Ze led the 18-way soldiers and the Liao army to fight in the 16 states of Yanyun, and surrounded Yelu Dehua and the last 5,000 imperial tents in Wanping Mansion. The foundation of the Liao Dynasty for more than a hundred years, the invincible force, and the prestige of more than ten generations of the Yelü family have finally reached the end of the road.

On that day, the wind was light and clouds were light, and it was a good weather that was not seen in a hundred years. Zhao Zece stood on the hillside and looked at Wanping City, which was surrounded by 100,000 Song troops, the last elite army of the Yelu family in the city. Zhao Ze raised his long sword and pointed to the edge of the sky. He turned back to his eighteen generals and said, "Guys, after today, everyone will be famous in history. Well, may His Majesty Renzong's spirit in heaven bless you!"