On December 14, the emperor went to the martial arts talks to watch the crossbow exercises in person, preparing for the next year's large-scale expedition! Even the Khitans saw this very clearly. Yelu Hutu returned from the Great Song Dynasty and said to the Liao master Yelu Xian, "There are all countries that are usurped by the trumpets from all directions, but Hedong has not been sent to the east. Now the Song Dynasty talks about martial arts and wars, and the intention must be here. I should prepare for it first." However, Han Kuangsi, the left-behind Nanjing of the Great Liao Dynasty (the highest commander in the Youyan area), believed that it was absolutely unreasonable, so he did not use it.

In the first month of the fourth year of Taiping Xingguo (979), Zhao Guangyi asked Cao Bin a question like a chat, "Tell me, Zhou Shizong and our Emperor Taizu both personally conquered Taiyuan and failed. What is the reason? The city wall is too high and thick, so it is impossible to break it?" Cao Bin shook his head and discussed the matter. "During the time of Zhou Shizong, Shi Yanchao was defeated by Shiling Pass, and the army was afraid, so he could only retreat. Emperor Taizu chose to station troops in the licorice field. The soldiers were not accommodating the land and had diarrhea and could not retreat.

It's not about the city walls." Zhao Guangyi asked again, "I am raising troops now, why do you think?" Cao Bin was nervous in an instant, and suddenly understood how serious the matter was. So after thinking about it for a while, he said the following words that were scolded by later generations, "The elite national soldiers and armor are so beautiful. If you do a slap, it's like destroying the dead." Zhao Guangyi laughed and the emperor decided. But history can testify, Cao Bin really doesn't know what crazy plan he had in the heart of that big bitch.

All the prime ministers collectively opposed it. The chief assistant Xue Juzheng was the leader, and the quotation was widely cited and discussed that the Northern Han was invincible. First of all, Chai Rong's example, and argued that the Northern Han only needed to strengthen the walls and clear the fields, and the Khitan reinforcements were enough to be independent. Next is the example of Zhao Guangyi's brother. His words became subtle, but Zhao Guangyi's wisdom was enough to understand. Even Zhao Kuangyin, who was powerful and powerful, could not do anything in his personal expedition. Why did you say that Zhao Guangyi could say? Finally, Xue Juzheng said: The Northern Han has "not obtained enough to evade the land, and not enough to sacrifice" and the population was almost moved by the late emperor. What is the need to attack it? After hearing this, Zhao Guangyi asked coldly, "So have you ever thought about it? Why did the late emperor destroy the Khitan and move the population?" The prime ministers were stunned. The emperor's answer made them completely lower their heads. "It is for today" the discussion ended!

On January 7, Zhao Guangyi sent Zhang Shi and two people from Ju Zhongzheng to inform the Song general of the Northern Expedition. What was this? Did Goryeo at that time be strong enough to threaten the Song army? So before the war started, you should say hello first? No! Zhao Guangyi was knocking on the mountain and shocking tigers, and the real target was the Khitan. So when the Khitan heard the news from Goryeo, he really couldn't sit still. Yelu Xian sent an envoy to ask "what's name is to attack Han" and pay attention to it only asking rather than warning. It seems that they only dare to ask one reason. The days when Yelu Deguang shouted at the Central Plains king like that of Yelu Deguang back then had been too long. On the contrary, Zhao Guangyi's answer was extremely powerful and powerful, "Hedong was against his fate, so he should be punished. If the Northern Dynasties did not support him, the peace agreement would be the same. Otherwise, there would be only war."

On the 10th, Zhao Guangyi ordered Pan Mei, the most brave general of the Northern Song Dynasty, to lead Cui Yanjin, Li Hanqiong, Cao Han and Liu Yu to attack Taiyuan City. According to the distribution, Cui Yan attacked Dongcheng, Liu Yu attacked Xicheng, Li Hanqiong attacked Nancheng, and the remaining northern city belonged to Cao Han. Because the Taiyuan Palace was in Xicheng, the defense system of Xicheng was the strongest. Liu Yu was afraid that it would be difficult to take the major task, so he proposed to change the task with Cao Han. But Cao Han was unhappy at this time because the emperor despised himself. What's more, the other three were the governors, and only he was the Guizhou Observer who was a lower-ranking official. Why did he face the strongest enemy and serve as cannon fodder for others? Cao Han insisted on refusing, and Liu Yu insisted on changing it. In the end, Zhao Guangyi came forward and gave Cao Han a high hat of "unparalleled wisdom and courage" and said that Xicheng could not be the master, so Cao Han reluctantly agreed.

On the 11th, Guo Jin was ordered to enter Shiling Pass quickly in order to block the Khitan cavalry who would inevitably go south to rescue him.

On the 15th, the emperor gave Pan Mei's army farewell at Changchun Hall. During the meal, Liu Yu, Qian Chu, Chen Hongjin and other surrendered kings from all over the world. Liu Yu's bitch made another shameless performance.

Zhao Guangyi repeatedly considered two choices in Kaifeng City.

1. Learn from his brother and wait. In fact, this is also the best, most normal and reasonable choice. He sent out now all his brother's capable subordinates back then, and he can still believe in their combat effectiveness. But the big bitch is as delicate as the slightest mind, and he is sober that he cannot do this. Because he is in charge of the country and waits for victory, not every monarch is qualified to enjoy. The reason why his brother can do that is because he was brave enough to the three armies before, throwing his first half of his life into the army and being invincible, and he has obtained the power to command the army remotely. Zhao Guangyi knew that he had never been on the battlefield before and had no military merits. Generals could obey him for the threat of military pay and hostages, but that was in normal times. When he went to the battlefield? Zhao Guangyi would never allow anything to escape from his control. What's more, in his heart, there was the great plan that he had never told anyone...

So he could only choose 2 emperors to personally fight. The reason for this was quite sufficient. The Northern Han people were so difficult to deal with, and the entire Song Dynasty knew that even the wise Emperor Taizu had to personally fight, let alone others?

On February 7, Prime Minister Shen Yilun was appointed as the left-behind Tokyo. On the 15th, Zhao Guangyi personally led a large army to set off from Kaifeng. Zhao Dezhao, Zhao Defang and Zhao Tingmei, the three most important royal members at that time, did not leave behind, and Zhao Guangyi brought them all into the army. Therefore, no one knew the great and almost crazy plan in the emperor's heart... Is that the long-term expectation of a race, or the dream of just one person?

At the same time, in order to protect the Northern Han Dynasty, Yelu Xian sent the Prime Minister Yelu Sha of the Southern Court as the commander, and the reinforcements of King Yelu Dilie of King Ji, followed by the commander of King Yelu Xizhen of the Southern Court, and the famous general of the Southern Court, and then ordered Han Zhi and Yelu Shan to lead the army to support the south. Three large armies rescued each other layer by layer, for fear of failure. He also ordered King Yelu Xidi of the Northern Court and King Sahe of the Yishi led his troops to defend Youzhou. The scale of this time was far greater than the Liao army that prevented Zhao Kuangyin from personally exploring the Northern Han Dynasty. Why did the Khitans pay so much attention? Be careful? This was already a strong sense of fear. Looking from the perspective of others, the Northern Han was the nail in the north of the Song Dynasty and was an obstacle to preventing the Han people from regaining the 16 states of Yanyun. For the Khitans, the Northern Han was the first line of defense to prevent the Song army from attacking the Northern Han, and there was no way to lose it!

On March 1, Zhao Guangyi's army was stationed in Zhenzhou. On the 8th, he received a report from the front. Guo Jin had defeated the Xilongmen Village of the Northern Han Dynasty, captured more than a thousand prisoners alive, and sent them to the emperor. The morale of the entire army was greatly boosted. Guo Jin continued to advance to the northeast. On the 16th, he met Yelusha's army at Baimaling!

When the two armies met, Guo Jin suddenly stopped. He had rushed a hundred miles before, and the wind stormed the clouds. At this time, his troops were stationed on the south bank of Dajian, and the Khitan cavalry gathered more and more on the north bank. The Khitans on the other side were not used to waiting, which was not their tradition. Especially their supervisor Yelu Dilie. The Han military supervisor often curbed the combat effectiveness of the soldiers, but Yelu Dilie's desire to fight was stronger than the commander Yelu Sha. He ordered an attack immediately and personally acted as a vanguard.

The military supervisor represented the emperor, and the commander Yelu Sha could only obey the orders. So the Khitan cavalry rode his horse into the mountain stream and rushed towards the Song army on the other side. They thought the Song army would retreat like the Han army in the past, but they never expected that the Song army on the other side would also jump into the water like them, and rushed over.

Bloody battle broke out in the mountain stream! The Song army fought bravely above the Liao army. Yelu Dilie, his son of Yelu Sha, Yelu Deli, and two other generals died on the spot. The Khitans were defeated and fled back to the north bank. Guo Jin led his army to chase and took advantage of the situation to land. The commander Yelu Sha could only escape north by the defeated soldiers. At this moment, Yelu Xizhen arrived. A generation of famous generals instantly interpreted the situation on the battlefield and made a wise choice: the entire army would conquer Yelu Sha's defeated soldiers. Then thousands of arrows were fired at once to contain the Song army's offensive!

In the Battle of Baimaling, the Song army won a great victory. It was called blocking, but it was actually a field battle. The Khitan reinforcements became deserters and fled northward until they retreated to Youzhou... Liu Jiyuan of the Northern Han Dynasty could only ask for more blessings...

On April 14, Zhao Guangyi's army set off from Zhenzhou. On the 22nd, it seemed to be a little slower. However, the news of good news spread all the way. Zhao Guangyi was at the peak of his destiny every day. When the imperial camp finally appeared at the city of Taiyuan, the so-called Northern Han, except for Fenzhou, which was further north, was only an isolated capital. But no matter what, it was Taiyuan City. Even if it lost the Khitan reinforcements, the Northern Han people at least had the world-famous city that made Chai Rong and Zhao Kuangyin crazy. What's more, Pan Mei made a big mistake at the beginning, and did not move fast enough. Before the siege, she let a man lead his troops into the city first: Liu Jiye!

It was him again! It wasn't because he was afraid of him, but because he was too difficult to deal with. As expected, he attacked the city for three consecutive months, and it was almost like the last time that the Fen River was dug and opened to flood the city. But the Taiyuan city wall stood there with a desperate savage, and it would not fall anyway. Until everyone welcomed the emperor with shameless face.

On the 23rd, Zhao Guangyi came to the west of Taiyuan City to comfort the generals and inspect the siege equipment. He also wrote a Taoist edict to Liu Jiyuan, as long as you surrender, everything is easy to say. However, the edict was sent to the city, but the Northern Han people on the city neither refused nor teleported. The mockery was finished...

On the 24th, Zhao Guangyi went to the battlefield personally. The Song army began to attack the city without considering life and death. Jing Si was the first to rush up to the city wall and chopped down several Northern Han soldiers in a row. The price was also quite high. He was hit by many arrows on his feet, and the guys in his hand were cut to pieces. According to historical records, Zhao Guangyi saw everything below, and he immediately ordered Jing Si to withdraw and give him a brocade robe and silver belt to commend him.

Zhao Guangyi toured the four cities. Wherever he walked, the northern Han people on the city were scared to death. Hundreds of warriors in front of Zhao Guangyi threw the swords they carried with him into the air, and saw swords flying with their hands. These people jumped up, taking over the left and right, and making all their tricks. The murderous weapons were just toys on these people. The emperor personally came to the front line of the battle, and some people advised him to pay attention to safety. The emperor replied, "The soldiers fought for their lives to serve Feng Di, how could I bear to sit and watch?" The morale of the Song army greatly boosted "A hundred people are brave, and they all risked their lives to climb first." The military strength accumulated by Zhao Kuangyin throughout his life fully exerted its power. At that time, the Song army controlled the strings to reach hundreds of thousands, and the arrows sent to them each time were as many as millions. They ordered them to "exhaust to be done in an instant". In this way, the archers lined up in front of Zhao Guangyi's horse and "squatted armor and shot" in front of Zhao Guangyi's horse. The effect was reached in Taiyuan. "The city was full of no end, and the arrows gathered like hedgehogs."

But despite this, Taiyuan City stood tall under the crazy attack of hundreds of thousands of Song troops, leaving Zhao Guangyi helpless.

On the 25th, Guo Jin hanged himself in Shilingguan because he could not bear the insult of Tian Qinzuo. However, Tian Qinzuo died of a stroke. Everyone knew that his injustice was not dared to speak out.

On May 1, Zhao Guangyi came to the southwest corner of Taiyuan City at night and gathered heavy troops to attack. When dawn was almost dawn, Yangma City, the outer city of Taiyuan City, finally fell. The Song army was about to rush into the inner city with one might, but found that the city gate suddenly opened and a group of northern Han people rushed out. The Song army, who had red eyes, killed without hesitation, killed all the Northern Han people who dared to go out of the city to fight, and cut off all the Northern Han people who dared to go out of the city to ask for credit. But at this moment, something that made them puzzled happened. A lot of heads suddenly dropped from the heads of Taiyuan City. When they picked it up, they saw that it was Fan Chao, the Xuanhui envoy from the Northern Han, who rushed out of the city, who was here to surrender! But the timing and the timing were not grasped. Not only was he killed by the Song army, but his family was also cut off by Liu Jiyuan for public display...

On the 3rd, the Song army attacked the northwest corner of Taiyuan City. This time, the Northern Han people learned their lessons, and the commander of the Ma Jian Army Guo Wanchao surrendered successfully. On the 4th, Zhao Guangyi issued a declaration of victory - at noon tomorrow at Dragon Boat Festival, we will go to Taiyuan City for dinner!

On May 5, 979, the end point of everything came! Hundreds of thousands of Song troops gathered in the south of Taiyuan City. They went crazy, it was this damn Taiyuan City, and how many people died at its feet! It was time to end the "soldiers were angry and fought for the city, unstoppable", which shocked Zhao Guangyi, who was most eager for victory, so that he ordered to retreat immediately. Because he was afraid that his soldiers would slaughter the city after rushing into the city...

Zuo Pushe Ma Feng of the Northern Han Dynasty was retired and ill in bed. He ordered his family to carry him to see Liu Jiyuan and persuade him with tears. Seeing that the situation was over, Liu Jiyuan had to agree to surrender. That night, Li Xun sent to submit a letter to collect the money. Zhao Guangyi was overjoyed and ordered Xue Wenbao to enter the city to comfort him.

In the early morning of the 6th, Liu Jiyuan opened Taiyuan City and surrendered to Emperor Taizong of Song. The 10 prefectures and 1 army in the Northern Han Dynasty, a total of 35,230 households in 41 counties were merged into the Song Dynasty. On the 11th, Liu Jiyuan was named Duke of Pengcheng County.

The second emperor of the Song Dynasty, 40-year-old Zhao Guangyi, used the national military power, took nearly 4 months to finally create history and end history. Since the Huang Chao Uprising at the end of the Tang Dynasty, the land of China, which has been constantly split and evolved, has finally reorganized...

The cheers of hundreds of thousands of people that day must have shook the past and present, and resounded throughout the night. But it was obvious that most of them only felt relieved. The battle was finally over and they could go home... But they did not pay attention to the expression of His Majesty the Emperor who was receiving the cheers. The expression was somewhat satisfied, and the more ambitious...
Chapter completed!