When Wang Qing heard that Tong Guan was coming to take the blame, he was so moved that he cried. The Grand Official Tong, who was struggling and rushing all night, was still crying secretly, but was not moved by his loyalty, but because he was afraid of death.

Of course, it was not his intention that he was so anxious to rush to Taiyuan. He learned that Tumen Pass was captured by Liao soldiers when he was in Linfen.

At that time, he knew that the Liao army was going to invade Hedong in large numbers, Taiyuan was in danger, and Yanmen was in danger!

However, in his opinion, the situation in Hedong was not uncontrollable. Because the Liao soldiers who invaded Jingxing were alone and attacked for a long distance, they could not carry siege equipment. If they really wanted to attack Taiyuan City, they had to spend some time building equipment. Even if there were no defenders in Taiyuan, they could still support it for ten days and half a month.

With these ten days and half a month, Tong Guan had a way to rescue Taiyuan. Although Tong Guan was alone, he had been in charge of the army in Shuofang for many years and was anxious to get some reinforcements from Shuofang.

In addition, the mercenary cavalry that Zhang Yuan promised to him was almost recruited. Now he is led by Hexi Army General Su Zhihuan and Fengmingshan, and advanced towards Hedong. These are 5,000 cavalry soldiers. They may not be very elite, but the momentum is always very large. As long as they can arrive in Hedong in time, they can definitely restrain the Liao army besieged Taiyuan Prefecture.

Finally, Tong Guan risked the charge of "secretly connecting to Youzhou" and sent his confidant to go to Tianjin to ask for help from Wu Haogu, asking Wu Haogu to send troops to Feihu.

Feihukou now belongs to the Weizhou of Liao Kingdom, and is the junction of Taihang Mountain, Yanshan Mountain and Hengshan Mountain. The strategic value is extremely important! Once it falls into the hands of Wu Haogu, it can threaten Datong Prefecture to the north, and it can go east through Lingqiu and Pingxing Pass to reinforce Daizhou (that is, Yanmen Pass).

Therefore, once Feihukou is attacked, Yelu Yanxi has to transfer the troops that oppress Yanmen Pass to Feihukou. In this way, the main force of the Hedong Army deployed on the Yanmen Pass can counterattack Taiyuan. Even if Taiyuan is broken, facing the main force of the Hedong Army retreated from Yanmen Pass, there is no chance of winning.

If the Wang Jing, who was guarding Taiyuan, could make serious defenses, most likely to persist until reinforcements gathered, then the city of Taiyuan will be the place where the Liao army invaded from Jingxing Pass will be destroyed.

The plan is very good, but the premise of realizing this plan is that Tong Guan himself cannot be trapped in Taiyuan City.

He had to set up a Xuanfu Division in a safer place to dispatch troops from all sides. If he, as the commander-in-chief, was surrounded by Taiyuan and had no news, how could he command? Nowadays, there were no radios or satellite communications. If he was surrounded, he would be a fool!

But for such a simple truth, the "Emperor Genghis" of Kaifeng Prefecture did not understand. As soon as he received the news that Tumen Pass was captured by the Liao army, he immediately issued several edicts urging Tong Guan to enter Taiyuan City. It seemed that a single Tong Guan could be a 100,000 elite soldier.

If Tong Guan was a civil servant who was born in a Jinshi, of course he didn't have to pay attention to the emperor's edict. But he was an eunuch without eggs! The ancestors of the Zhao family never said that they would not kill eunuchs! Zhao Ji wanted to kill him, and he didn't even have to go through the procedures of the Censorate and Dali Temple, and he could do it with a bowl of poison.

Although Zhao Ji is not a vicious emperor, Tong Guan cannot be so unconscious! The official edicts issued one after another, what else can he do? He can only pray that Wang Jian would abandon the city and leave, so that the Liao army would first enter Taiyuan, and travel day and night to Taiyuan.

This really cost Tong Guan's life. He obviously didn't want to enter the city, but he had to rush it. It was really the life path he chose, and he had to go to the end even if he cried!

...

Crossing the north bank of the water, the army commanded by Xiao Gan was heading west with high morale. After entering the jurisdiction of Hedong Road, the Liao soldiers who were deeply involved in the enemy's rear were like mice hitting into Mi Cang, and they all had a round stomach.

In contrast to the situation where Hebei is full of solid walls and clear fields and even the grass valley cannot be fought, it seems that there is no war in the Song and Liao dynasties. There is peace and ease everywhere, without solid walls, clear fields, and no regiment training. There is only a few panicked imperial guards, wing soldiers, and Xiao Gan’s army is only a panic wailing wherever he arrives.

Three cities with rich oil (according to the standards of the Liao Kingdom), including Pingding Military City, Shouyang County, and Yuci County, were either abandoned or destroyed with one blow. Therefore, Xiao Gan's subordinates were all full of energy. Walking on the road leading to Taiyuan Prefecture City, everyone was full of energy.

The next stop is Taiyuan Prefecture City! If it is the same as Pingding, Shouyang and Yuci, then you will be rich! Not only will you make a fortune, but you will also make unparalleled achievements!

In the eyes of these Xi soldiers, at least half of Hedong Road was returned to the Great Liao Kingdom after taking Taiyuan City. This military achievements were gone for a hundred years in the Great Liao Kingdom. Their commander Xiao Gan certainly made great achievements, and there was no problem of being a king. The King of the Six Xi tribes (this is an official position) must have been sent more than one, so you have to take one of the Privy Councils of the North and South Courts, right? The officers and soldiers below will definitely get a lot of benefits.

A burst of rapid horse hooves came. This was the cavalry that was spreading the news, and most of the good news brought by them! I don’t know if it was the vanguard troops who broke the fortress and the city gates or how many weak soldiers of the Song people had broken?

"Report to the Taishi! The flags on the top of the Taiyuan city are full of soldiers and armor, and the guards are tightly guarded!"

This time it was bad news!

The defenses on Taiyuan City are tightly arranged, and it is probably not easy to conquer!

But it is normal to think about it. Taiyuan has been a Xiongcheng since ancient times and the central city of Hedong Road. Whether it is the Transportation Command or the Xuanfu Command, they are all placed in Taiyuan. How could such a place be without heavy troops to deploy defense?

"Have you ever fought?" Xiao Gan asked.

"Reporting to the Grand Master, the Song people just couldn't stand it, so they did not fight."

"Not going out?" Xiao Gan was stunned, "No roar could find a long way to stop the horse?"

"No, the Song people are all cowards. No one dares to go out of the city to fight if the warriors of our Great Liao Dynasty shout and scold outside the city."

Coward? Xiao Gan glared at the smug guy. He was a coward, so why did Yanjing lose it? It doesn’t matter if Yanjing lost it. Even Yelu Eliduo, who stayed in Nanjing, was so scared that he saw through the world. He is still knocking wooden fish in the temple in Shangjing every day!

"Taishi, Taiyuan City should be an empty city, and the Song people must be bluffing." Xiao Gan's deputy, Xiangwen Xiao Bodhisattva Nu, the Xi Wangfu Xiangwen, whispered beside him, "It's better to attack the city with all your strength and take down Taiyuan City in one fell swoop!"

Xiao Gan frowned, thought for a moment, shook his head and said, "Now we have only caught the Song people off guard. Although we are entering a no-man, there is no basis, and we rely on mobile operations to lead the Song people's nose. Once the troops are strong under the city and will last for a long time, there will be danger of being trapped in a heavy siege."

"Tai Shi, then we will bypass Taiyuan and go north to Xinzhou. As long as we occupy Xinzhou, we can attack Daizhou with Your Majesty's army. Once Daizhou is obtained, hundreds of thousands of heavenly soldiers from our Great Liao can attack Hedong. It will not be difficult to seize Taiyuan at that time."

Xiao Gan nodded. This method was safe, but letting Taiyuan go is too cheap.

He thought for a while: "The Song people have always collected two taxes, one in summer and the other in autumn. Now it is the season from spring to summer, and the summer taxes in Hedong should have not been transported into Taiyuan. In addition, His Majesty has been stationed in Daibei for some time, and most of the reserves in Taiyuan City may have been transported north. We might as well leave thousands of cavalry around Taiyuan to drive away the people around Taiyuan into the city and give the Song people another hundreds of thousands of mouths to eat. As long as you can eat all the food in Taiyuan, it will not be difficult for Your Majesty to break the city."

"The Taishi's master's trick, so let's lead troops around Taiyuan."

"Okay! Bodhisattva slave, be careful. If the Song soldiers approach, go north to Xinzhou immediately."

...

"Supervisor Xuan, there are Liao people who are far away from blocking horses around Taiyuan!"

"Where is Taiyuan City?" Tong Guan, who was exhausted all the way, had already arrived at Qingyuan County, south of Taiyuan City, located on the west bank of the Fen River. He did not continue to go north, but sent his knights to inquire about the situation.

If Taiyuan City had been occupied by the Liao people, thank goodness. Tong Guan would immediately transfer to Datongjian, southwest of Qingyuan County, where the headquarters of Xuanfu Department was established.

Datong Supervisor is an iron supervisor, and the iron tools produced supply the entire Hedong Road. Most of the weapons used by the Hedong Army were also produced in Datong Supervisor.

So Tong Guan wanted to control Datongjian as soon as possible and use the weapons there to arm some regiments and train militias.

"Report to Mr. Xuan, Taiyuan city is filled with flags of our Song Dynasty!"

When Tong Guan heard the report from his subordinates, he felt cold.

"Can you still enter the city?" Tong Guan's confidant Lu Qian knew his master's thoughts and quickly asked.

"Yes!" The knight was honest. "The Liao people don't have too many horses to stop, nor are they very powerful. As long as I wait for my armor, I can protect Xuan Shuai into the city."

The 300 knights who followed Tong Guan north to Taiyuan were all the confidants brought out by Tong Guan from the Shuofang Army. They were also taught the manor, prepared horses, and equipped the Qing Tang wart armor. They also learned from the Hexi knights and Lingzhou knights to train the formation to attack. It is still possible to protect Tong Guan into the city.

"What are you talking nonsense..." Lu Qian's face was stern, as if he was about to curse. Tong Guan waved his hand, "Enter the city! After entering the city, it is pure. Only when the city is not lost, our family will not lose its favor. If we stay outside the city, if Taiyuan is lost, our family's head will be gone."

Tong Guan was right. If Taiyuan City was lost before he arrived, Zhao Ji would not blame him. He was already working very hard to rush.

But if he could enter the city without entering and watch Taiyuan Xiongcheng be captured by the Khitan, no matter how easy Zhao Ji could speak, he would not forgive him.

As for hiding the world and other things, can it be hidden? Tong Guan has a horse sent by Zhao Ji around him. Moreover, as long as Taiyuan is not lost, Wang Ying can send someone to sneak out of the castle and travel westward across the Fen River in the night to report the news to the court of Kaifeng Prefecture.

How will Tong Guan explain then? If someone can come out, you can’t go in?

This is hard to take the blame, but you can't escape! Who made him not Wu Haogu, who has his own troops, and can make a semi-independent move to avoid the blame?

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