At the end of September, the Liao army entered the Song territory, and its first target was Baozhou. One night, the vanguard of the Song army, Shi Pu, and the magistrate of Baozhou, launched a night attack, but the Khitans were prepared. In a fierce battle, Shi and Yang gradually lost their support. However, there was also the vanguard of the Song army, Tian Shaobin, who led his troops to respond and attacked with all his strength. The result of the battle was that the Liao army retreated, and the Song army was driven back to the country in the first battle!

But the Liao army was back soon. On October 24, they turned to the second target - the Weilu Army Suicheng in the northeast of Baozhou. This city is located at a critical point, but the city is very small. To put it bluntly, it is a huge logistics support station. But to the Liao army's expectations, this small Suicheng could not stand no matter how strong they attacked! After they continued to fight, they suddenly realized that the commander of this city was actually Yang Yanzhao!

While Yang Yanzhao asked for help from the front-line general Fu Qian, he tried his best to defend the city and drag the enemy firmly to him. Let’s take a look at the amazing comparison of numbers: Yang Yanzhao’s total number of troops in the city is only 3,000. Under the city are all the main forces of the Liao army, the emperor and the queen mother themselves supervised the battle... But Yang Yanzhao didn’t even look forward to a single reinforcement... Where is Fu Qian?

One night in late October of the lunar calendar, a cold current hit. Yang Yanzhao took this opportunity and immediately gathered all the old and young people in the city, and poured water on the city. The next morning, the Liao army saw that the walls of Suicheng were dazzling, full of thick layers of ice... The Khitans sighed at the ice that the city could no longer climb.

This is Yang Liulang, the second generation of the Yang family general, as loyal and brave as his father, but like his father, he fought alone and was abandoned by his comrades... After the battle in Suicheng, Yang Yanzhao's reputation was resounding throughout the Song and Liao dynasties. It was not that he ranked sixth in his family, but that the Khitans believed that the sixth of the Big Dipper's main star in the north of Youyan was their nemesis, and Yang Yanzhao was the human incarnation of that star.

So at the top of the city covered with ice and snow, Yang Yanzhao proudly watched the Liao army retreat, but suddenly he was shocked! Because of the direction of the Liao army retreating... As a general of the border guard of the Song Dynasty, he knew very well what that meant!

The Liao army suddenly penetrated into the deep area of ​​the Song Dynasty... to the point! This is the most fatal weakness in the Song Dynasty's defense system - the cities scattered on the border are just strongholds with scattered power, with huge gaps in the middle. They are not continuous Great Walls. As long as the enemy dares to intersperse, they will easily break into the Song Dynasty!

Now that things have come to this point, there is only one way! The field troops of the Song Dynasty! Where is Fu Qian? Where is his more than 80,000 field troops?

Not to mention Yang Yanzhao, even Emperor Zhenzong of Song didn't know the answer! Fu Qian disappeared out of thin air, and the battle situation on Hebei Road deteriorated sharply. And at this time the weather had already turned into ice. Can Yang Yanzhao freeze Suicheng, and can't the Liao army freeze the Yellow River? Once the Yellow River's natural danger is broken, the capital of the Song Dynasty, Kaifeng City, will be directly exposed to the swords and guns of foreign races!

In great danger, Wang Jiying, the manager of the Privy Council, found the emperor and proposed the last move to save the safety of the empire - Your Majesty, there is no other way, please let the emperor personally fight!

Immediately afterwards, the official who called Liu Kai also wrote a letter to suggest that the new emperor follow his three predecessors, Chai Rong, Zhao Kuangyin, and Zhao Guangyi. Each of them had personally visited the front line to fight the invasion of the enemy country!

Perhaps this is the fate of the emperors in the early Song Dynasty... Zhao Heng had no choice. On November 16, he issued an order to personally attack the front line the next month!

On the 30th, Prime Minister Li Han was appointed as the one who stayed in Tokyo. On December 2nd, Zhang Yongde, the oldest former general, was appointed to be responsible for the security of the capital. On the 5th, the emperor led 200,000 imperial guards from the capital and led the imperial army to the forthcoming in person!

On the 15th, the army arrived at Daming Mansion. At this time, there was finally news about Fu Qian, which made Zhao Heng's face turn blue, and the soldiers of the army were in an uproar. It was impossible to believe that the vanguard officer of the first Northern Expedition in the Zhao Guangyi era, the famous general who won the field battle with the Khitans, became so cowardly and shameless!

He led an elite army of 80,000 and stationed safely in Dingzhou City without any loss. He watched his compatriots outside the city be killed by the Khitans, but no matter who came to ask for a fight, he would scold him and drove him away after he was scolded. Just like how shameless and shameful it was for him to go to war as a soldier!

Now the military supervisor Qin Han and Dingzhou chief Fan Tingzhao are here. But it's useless. Fu Qian still beat him to death and won't go out to fight. Fan Tingzhao was so angry that he cursed in the commander's tent, "Fu Qian, you are so timid, you are just a foaler." But Fu Qian still said: I didn't hear anything, let's break up... Fan Tingzhao and Qin Han had nothing to say, so they could only walk with their legs. Finally, the deputy commander Zhang Zhaoyun couldn't sit still. He was the deputy commander, and in the end, it was not Fu Qian alone to hold on. He had to be responsible (later, so he came to ask why Fu Qian was. Then Fu Qian smiled and said, "The enemy is too rampant. When we go out to compete, our spirit will be damaged..." fainted! If this Song army still had spirit, he would have been damaged by himself long ago?

In the end, Fu Qian gave in amid the request for battle by all the soldiers of the army. He allowed Fan Tingzhao to bring 8,000 cavalry and 2,000 infantry to fight, and promised to respond. In this way, the Song army finally began to fight back...

On January 4, 1000, the third year of Xianping (1000), Fan Tingzhao led his army to Pei Village, southwest of Yingzhou City, the center of the Liao army. But he knew that his 10,000 people could not fight the Liao army at all. For this reason, he asked Kang Baoyi, the governor of Gaoyang Pass, for help. The two agreed to join forces the next morning and challenge the Liao army together...

There are differences here in historical records. One theory: Late at night on the 4th, Fan Tingzhao suddenly withdrew quietly for some purpose (Biography of Kang Baoyi). Another theory: On the evening of the 4th, Fan Tingzhao's troops were tightly entangled by the Liao army, so they failed to appear on the agreed time the next day (real record). But the final result was early on the 5th, Kang Baoyi and his incomplete army suddenly found themselves isolated and were surrounded by the Liao army...

On the front line of life and death, his subordinates advised Kang Baoyi to change his clothes and escape. Kang replied sternly, "Don't be spared when I am in trouble, this is the day when I die." He rushed back and forth for dozens of rounds. In the end, the Song army's arrows were all shot, and Kang Baoyi and his subordinates were all drowned in the Liao army... No one supported them.

All this made the emperor stationed in Daming Mansion very angry. He ordered Gao Qiong to replace Fu Qian as the commander-in-chief of the front line and ordered Fu Qian to go to the imperial camp to pay his respects immediately. As early as December 27 last year, many officials submitted memorials saying that Fu Qian was killed! But on the 7th, the verdict was beyond everyone's expectations: the head coach Fu Qian and the deputy head Zhang Zhaoyun were pardoned for death, removed from his official position, and his home was confiscated and exiled, one was exiled to Fangzhou and the other was exiled to Tongzhou.

The Song army gathered again and prepared to launch a general attack. However, they found that the enemy was gone. The Liao army suddenly retreated and walked on the way back to Youzhou with a large amount of stolen materials...

There was no time to consider the reason for the Liao army's withdrawal. Zhao Heng sent **** to lead 5,000 elite cavalry to pursue it quickly. But **** was as timid as Fu Qian, but he didn't dare to pursue it after the Liao army that was following the crossing of the river... But don't forget that there was Fan Tingzhao!

Fan Tingzhao suddenly started and led his troops to attack the enemy army that was more than ten times more than they had. Finally, he caught up with the Liao soldiers in Mozhou. At this time, Fan Tingzhao's troops were only 10,000, but his achievements were to kill more than 10,000 Liao troops, and regain the captured people and countless horse weapons...

On the 12th, Fan Ting summoned an envoy to report the victory. Zhao Hengyu wrote the "Xijie Poem" and rewarded the meritorious soldiers. However, Li Chonggui, deputy general of Kang Baoyi, sighed, "The general was killed and our plan was done, what is the face of it?"

The reason for the withdrawal of the Liao army has become a mystery. The answer will not be revealed more than four years later, but this war ended like this...

On the 16th, Zhao Heng took off from Daming Mansion and returned to the court. He arrived at the Deqing Army that day. The emperor received a shocking news: Just when he was in charge of the army, Shuchuan rebelled again. And this time the danger coefficient suddenly grew. Because it was no longer the hungry people riots of Wang Xiaobo, Li Shun and others, the Song Dynasty regular army stationed in Chengdu suddenly changed.

Not to mention Zhang Yong, the most capable local official has been transferred to Hangzhou. At that time, the governor of Yizhou was named Niu Mian. In the words of Zhang Yong when he was about to leave, he explained that this person was "mian not to appease all talents". In contrast, the military supervisor at that time was a son of a high-ranking official. Fu Zhaoshou, the son of the famous Fu Yanqing.

Jinguan City in Chengdu became a large runway for Master Fu to show his unique beauty. He was fascinated by Shu Jin... A general who ignored military affairs and searched for brocade weaving workers with superb skills all day long, gathered them together, and gave him different textiles. As for the raw materials, he carried forward the glorious tradition of the Song Dynasty soldiers in Chengdu and never paid for it...

Mr. Fu has two Du Yuhou: Dong Fu and Wang Jun are in charge of the army. Dong Fu is very strict in leading troops. At least on the surface, his military discipline is strict and his behavior is standard. Wang Jun is different. He is a type of person who has no airs and is in harmony with his subordinates, so it is inevitable that people feel that the military discipline is dispersed...

Mr. Fu, who focuses on beauty, decided to give them a level. He gave Dong Fu's army a benefit, especially his armor, and became more beautiful and energetic. As for Wang Jun's ruffian soldiers...

On the same day that Zhao Heng personally arrived at Daming Mansion, on December 15, 999, a military exercise was also held in Chengdu City. The people were crowded with people watching the fun. One of the two corpses was full of excitement and the other was covered in dust... Not afraid of everyone being poor, but fearing the wealth and poverty... The military exercise that day ended with a angrily scolding from Wang Jun's subordinates. But Fu Zhaoshou, Niu Mian and others didn't care at all. They were thinking about how to celebrate the 1,000th Spring Festival...

On the day of the New Year of the Thousand Years, a small soldier named Zhao Yanshun, called Zhao Yanshun, gathered to rebel, suddenly killed Fu Zhaoshou, and then rushed into the arsenal, fully armed, and killed all the high officials who were drinking in the yamen at this time... Niu Mian and Zhang Shi, instantly fled... Only Liu Shaorong was organizing the suppression. The rebel soldiers, led by Zhao Yanshun, wanted to elect Liu as their leader, but were rejected by Liu Yanci... At this time, the military supervisor Wang Duo was also present. History proved that this person was the most critical figure who turned the soldier into shape. He shouted at Wang Jun, "Your soldiers are rebelling! You can settle it."

Wang Jun had no choice but to clean up the mess. As a result, as soon as the two sides contacted each other, Zhao Yanshun immediately proposed that General Wang be our leader, and we support you! The Wang Jun mutiny happened like this...

On the 3rd, Hanzhou was trapped, Niu Mian and others fled to Dongchuan... Next, Wang Jun attacked Mianzhou but failed, so he personally led his people to kill Shuchuan's throat, Jianmen Pass...

The above is the news that Zhao Heng received in the Deqing army on his way back to the court. He quickly appointed Lei Youzhong as the commander of quelling the rebellion, Li Hui, Shi Pu and Li Shoulun as generals, and led 8,000 imperial guards into Shu to quell the rebellion. He also sent Shangguan Zheng, Li Jichang, Gao Jixun, and Wang Ruan to cooperate.

He has good intentions. First of all, Lei You is the civil servant. This is the first time in the history of the Song Dynasty. This is the creativity that kills two birds with one stone. First, it avoids the crisis of closing the door to become emperor when entering Shuchuan. Second, it can also take advantage of the opportunity to suppress the rebellion in the country to see the achievements of civil servants in war...

Wang Jun was confronting Li Shiheng, the commander of Jianmen Pass. On the 18th, before the reinforcements of the Song Dynasty arrived, Yang Huaizhong, the governor of Shuzhou, wanted to make a contribution first while Wang Jun was away. He was preparing to attack Chengdu and take down the rebels' lair. But he probably forgot that the Chengdu garrison was the most elite in Shu, and he actually dared to fight at the door? Wang Jun's subordinates lined up directly out of the city, and fought hard all day long in Jiangdu Temple outside the city. The victory and defeat were determined, and how did Lord Yang come and go back...

On the 22nd, Zhao Heng returned to Kaifeng. On the 27th, Wang Jun returned to Chengdu.

In February, Zhang Sijun recovered Hanzhou and joined forces with Lei You to officially start to quell the rebellion.

On the 15th, Privy Councilor Wang Xian was dismissed for covering up Fu Qian. Zhou Ying and Wang Jiying took over.

On the 19th, the four gates of Chengdu City were wide open, and there were people inside. Li Jichang said that the city was not allowed to enter, and it was obviously an empty city plan. But Lei Youzhong, Shangguan Zheng, Shi Pu and others were disdainful. So the army entered the city, and the old problems broke out after entering the city. The army scattered and attacked from all directions, with the target of every luxury store in Chengdu and the beautiful Sichuan girl... Suddenly the city gate was closed, and Wang Jun's rebels appeared. Li Hui was killed on the spot. Lei Youzhong and others walked down the rope from the top of the city, so they barely saved their lives and retreated to Hanzhou. Wang Jun captured the people who escaped from Chengdu, and in the street, they broke their whole family and all their clans on the street, in order to scare everyone. Then they concentrated all the young and middle-aged people in the city to serve as soldiers. To ensure loyalty, he first tattooed them on their hands, then cut off their hair, and tattooed them on their faces...

On April 3, Zhao Heng's great benefactor, former prime minister Lu Duan, passed away.

On the 9th, Wang Jun attacked the official army once, but was finally defeated by Lei You. Wang Jun fled back to Chengdu alone.
Chapter completed!