There are still many fast horses coming and going, going in and out, but Li Xingzhou is not that busy anymore.

When the army entered the territory of Liao, the news exchanges in the north became more than fifteen days on average. It was summer and the wind and rain were not frequent. When it was good, it could be within ten days. If the weather changed slightly, there would be no news for more than twenty days.

The emperor specially called him to the imperial study room and asked several times, but Li Xingzhou was helpless. Now he has no telephone number and telegrams. When he was able to receive the letter, it was basically more than twenty days since the incident.

In the initial stage of the war, the Privy Council could still make some references or accountability. After the army actually set off, the Privy Council would have to collect information.

The messenger who delivers a message takes about a month to travel, and it is completely impossible to interfere in the war, and it is absolutely impossible.

The so-called "willing to be disobedient to the king outside is this truth, based on the experience of objective facts.

If the monarch or the Privy Council who is far away in the capital is in command without any rules, then the situation will occur is that the front line executes the rear order, but the rear order is based on the situation more than a month ago, which is completely wrong and will lead to delays in fighter jets and other problems.

This situation has been many in history and has led to many tragedies.

The representative of this aspect is the Song Dynasty, especially Zhao Guangyi, who thought he was awesome than his brother. Maybe he felt that he was awesome after fighting so many battles with his brother. In addition, out of concern for the imperial guards, Zhao Guangyi liked to do the most was to command the command level, do people in the capital, and command the army remotely. Fortunately, he wrote the formation map in advance, and the army had to fight according to his orders.

As a result, Zhao Guangyi fought all the same battles, but he was defeated in a big battle. He lost to the Liao Kingdom twice in the northern expeditions, once in Jiaozhi (Vietnam), Sanchuankou, Haoshuichuan and Dingchuanzhai to Xixia one after another.

It caused a huge blow to the Northern Song Dynasty, which was originally managed by Zhao Kuangyin and had a strong military front.

There was indeed a saying of military formations in ancient China, but in fact, it was not so important before the Northern Song Dynasty. What the army needed to arrange formations was to adapt to local conditions and lead the generals to adapt to the situation, rather than to follow the formation diagram rigidly.

.........

After going down, Li Xingzhou took a map of the north and looked carefully, using a charcoal pen to raise all the information he had known.

Guo Yaoshi and others attacked Nanjing and temporarily controlled the capital.

To the north of Nanjing, Shanhaiguan was long controlled by the Jin people, and Yang Hongzhao's army was heading north and should have reached the city.

Further south, Qigou Pass, which Taizong's army defeated, was also controlled by Wei Chaoren, and to the south was Yizhou.

In fact, Yizhou City is not important. What is important is that this is Qigou Pass between Yizhou and Zhuozhou. Yang Hongzhao is still an old man, so he asked the elite troops of the Eastern Army to guard Qigou Pass, while the rest of them guard Yizhou.

The east side of Nanjing is the sea, and the northwest Jiayuguan was also blocked by the Jin people. The southwest of the southwest Yang Wenguang's army went north. Today, Nanjing City has been surrounded by the Jin and Jing Kingdoms and attacked from all sides. He could not see where the victory of the Liao Kingdom was. Even if he gave the Liao Kingdom another 50,000 army, it would be a death.

Even in the worst case, as long as Yang Hongzhao and Yang Wenguang work together to cut off the roads outside the city, Nanjing City will be trapped to death. After a long time, they will be defeated without fighting...

This is also something that made Li Xingzhou feel at ease. In his previous life, the Northern Song Dynasty also made a northern expedition when the Liao Kingdom was in a low state. As a result, he sent troops twice, hundreds of thousands of troops, and was defeated by the Liao Kingdom, which was surviving and defeated.

The rebellious country was obviously not the Northern Song Dynasty. Just say that there was no conflict between the commanders of the three armies, Wei Chaoren, Yang Hongzhao and Yang Wenguang. Yang Wenguang and Wei Chaoren were still in the same family friendship. In addition, the successive battles also showed the combat effectiveness of the Jing army.

The problem is still Yelu Dashi. He warned Yang Hongzhao to guard against this person, but how to guard against it? I don’t know...

The battlefield changed rapidly, thousands of miles away. He didn't even know where Yelu Dashi looked, what age, and what he was doing. He could only rely on Yang Hongzhao himself.

Li Xingzhou felt that this kind of worry was metaphysical, or was worried about it too much, but Yelu Dashi was indeed not an ordinary person, defeating the 100,000 Northern Song Dynasty army. Then hundreds of cavalry started their business, punching and kicking the Central Asian countries. Even the Turkic regime, the Pope and the Crusaders, were trembling with trembling, and he was beaten to the point of being the legendary "Prince King John".

The probability of such a character being able to shine is too high, but how do he plan to shine and where will he shine? Who knows...

"Are you still thinking about the north?" Shiyu brought him iced lotus seed porridge and placed it on the stone table in front of him.

Li Xingzhou nodded and smiled wickedly: "Your husband, I've been busy all day today, so I'll be sore in my waist and back. Come and feed me." As he said that, he reached out and pulled her over.

Shiyu was about to break free, but when she saw that there was no one around, she saw that he was indeed tired, so she didn't make any effort.

"Just this time, don't be sluggish and be more greedy."

"I know, I have the longest memory." Li Xingzhou smiled.

Shiyu sighed and did not refute him, knowing that bickering was not his opponent. "Sister Yubai said that Yelu Dashi has no reputation. In terms of military merits and qualifications, he is not as good as Han Derang, Xiao Gan and other older generation figures in the Liao Kingdom. I think you are worried too much."

"I also hope that I think too much. This Northern Expedition is more than 90% stable. With Yanshan Prefecture, foreign enemies from the north dare not go south easily. The more I hope it will be successful, the more I fear it will be. Do you understand?" While speaking, eating the iced lotus seed porridge sent to your mouth with the poem comfortably. Summer is coming, and the weather is getting hotter and hotter day by day.

Since the royal family bought saltpeter and made saltpeter, making ice has become a small idea. Ice cream, smoothies, and popsicles have become high-end desserts in the royal family restaurant and are very popular.

Many people may not know that the cold drink industry has actually emerged in the east of this era. For example, in "Along the River During the Qingming Festival", there are several stalls selling cold drinks. In the winter of the Song Dynasty, people mixed water with brown sugar and put them in a basin, and then let it freeze naturally, store it in an ice cellar, and then cut it out and sell it in summer.

However, these drinks are naturally incomparable to those of the royal palace, because the royal palace can make ice directly. Under his guidance, the seasoning method is better. Ice cream once became the favorite dessert for girls in the yard.

For Li Xingzhou, natural things like lotus seed porridge are more rare.

.....

"When the army returns to triumph, you are in a situation that you are in. "Shiyu said while feeding him, she is smart and can always see farther.

"It doesn't matter, it's a good thing to win. Jingguo has no Yanshan Mansion, so he can't sleep peacefully."

Nanjing, Liao Kingdom, Yanshan Prefecture, named by the emperor, is the gateway to the north. It is Jiayuguan in the southwest, Shanhaiguan in the north, and Qigouguan in the south. It is an absolute strategic location. With such a place in hand, Jingguo will be much more stable.

In this way, he can also make a fortune with peace of mind and promote the development of the royal palace...

Just as he was thinking about this, he shamelessly reached out to Shiyu's buttocks. Shiyu's face turned red and he gently pressed his big hand, but he didn't use any force. At this moment...

"Oh, is the little girl disturbing you two Yaxing?" Suddenly, teasing came from the gate of the courtyard. Shiyu stood up in panic and almost pasted the remaining porridge in the bowl on his face.

Li Xingzhou knew who it was as soon as he heard the sound, Qi Fang...

He said helplessly: "If you know how to disturb you, you can't come later."

"I don't like to be pleasing, I like to be annoying. You said that's right, Sister Shiyu!" She was not a little ashamed.

Shiyu is thin-skinned and is caught and will not talk back to her.

"Okay, okay, what's the matter with me?" Li Xingzhou interrupted quickly, afraid that they would start arguing. Although Shiyu promised not to argue with her after Qi Fang came back, Shiyu was so thin-skinned that Qi Fang was too strong. As soon as the two met, they could start arguing in three or five sentences, and he was also helpless.

"This is the bill sold by glassware last month. You said you want to see it, so Yan Guanjun left a separate copy and asked me to bring it to you." She said and handed over a bill.

The first time I ate crabs, the royal palace naturally couldn't give them to others...

Qi Fang and his group secretly returned to the capital eight days ago, avoiding people all the way. After arriving in the capital, Li Xingzhou gave everyone a great reward. The emperor was very happy to visit the palace and met everyone in person.

But they were so excited that they couldn't speak easily. Apart from Fang Xin, no matter how excited he was, he was more incredible than admiration or love. Li Xingzhou thought he was a middle-aged man with a story.

The emperor then issued an edict to add their "Wen Linlang" official position, and then added Fang Xin as "Chaosan Dafu" alone, and Fang Fang as "Chaosan Dafu". All the Wensan Dafu added them, and they had no power, but only showed the royal favor. At the same time, they were all officials in the future and had a certain salary.

Especially Qi Fang, even the Wensan official, was the first woman in Jingguo to be promoted. She was so happy that she couldn't sleep that night and was drunk. She had been waiting for this day for a long time and made far more efforts for this day...

However, after waking up from the drunken state, she seemed unhappy again, shook her head and said to him: "I finally owed me so much, but the emperor helped you pay it back..."

Li Xingzhou heard it for no reason.

.........

"Our country of Heaven is a heroic warrior. He clearly ordered the king's army to go north. No one can defeat him wherever he goes, hahahaha..."

"Brother, I'm very happy! Very imposing. I've said a long time ago that Yang Dianshui is in charge, and the remnants of Liao Kingdom are not worth mentioning! This time, the successive battles will be won, and in my opinion, the overall situation will be decided!"

"That's more, the emperor has issued an order to change Nanjing, Liao Kingdom, into Yanshan Prefecture, and set up Yanyun Road. The emperor will naturally not be confused in the face of such a major event. Since all of it has been decided, it must be a great achievement!"

"Ha ha ha ha......"

There was another burst of happy laughter, and many scholars sat around, far away from them, and there were four or five rich ladies who covered their mouths and smiled together. Now that the battles in the north have won consecutive battles, it has become the favorite topic of conversation among people across the country.

"I think this time it was not just the achievements of Yang Dian. The Eastern Army of Wei Chaoren, Lord Wei, broke the Yizhou Pioneer Army besieged Yizhou City, captured Qigou Pass, and opened the way for the central army. Although the Changsheng Army finally surrendered and Yizhou opened the city to surrender, without Lord Wei surrounding Yizhou, the Changsheng Army could not surrender so easily." Someone said.

"This young master's words are reasonable. I also think so. Although Lord Wei is not a central army, he has made great contributions." A rich lady interrupted.

“Yes, yes, I think so too…”

"There are also Western Route Army. Although General Yang of the West Route Army did not fight any war, he could cut off the retreat of the Changsheng Army and left him helpless, so he had to surrender. This is also..."

“…”

......

Listening to the fierce discussion downstairs, the prince sat comfortably on the chair, slowly shaking the folding fan in his hand.

"Congratulations to Your Highness, congratulations to Your Highness!" Cheng Jin beside him bowed: "This time the army will be triumphant, your Highness will definitely gain power!"

The prince narrowed his eyes, "Tong Guan is back this time, I will make every effort to protect him as the commander in front of the palace. No matter how biased his father is, he cannot refuse! And Yang Hongzhao can be promoted to Privy Councilor and overwhelm Li Xingzhou's evil seed! Then I see how he fights me!"

"Your Highness is really far-sighted. You can't think about ordinary people, but you must not dare to do it for ordinary people. Before the army has returned, just think about what will happen half a year later. It's clear that in this way, all military power will fall into your hands." Cheng Jin praised.

"Hahahaha!" The prince was very happy: "They thought I didn't know, and I didn't understand, especially those with the surname Fang, but actually ran away! I just... just let go of my head quickly. When I came to my refreshment, I thought farther than him and thought more thoughtfully than him! Even if it was just me, I learned a lot and made a lot of progress."

"Yes, yes, your highness is very talented. As long as you learn, you can understand all kinds of things!" Cheng Jin continued to say good things. He didn't know who the prince's surname was. However, he heard that he seemed to be an aide to the prince's family and later left, and the prince was very angry and cared about the matter.

......

The elite cavalry led by Yelu Dashi chased and killed them all the way, from morning to night.

The unexpectedly guarded Yang Hongzhao's army was defeated and the army chased out of Zhuozhou. After passing Qigou Pass, Wei Chaoren's defenders responded to him and repelled the Liao army's pursuit.

Along the way, the army threw away their armor and fled everywhere. In the end, less than 2,000 people passed by Qigou Pass. Many of the remaining troops were separated by the pursuit of the Liao army, and many others died at the hands of the Liao army.

Fortunately, in ancient times, it was difficult to fight an annihilation war with limited communication technology. Almost 20% of the annihilation of the enemy were great victories, and more soldiers fled and separated.

The reason why Zhao Kuo was so famous for his eternal reasons was that under his command, Qin State fought an annihilation battle in just two months.

The annihilation war in the cold weapon era can be said to be rare, not to mention that such a large-scale annihilation war is insignificant compared to the lives of 400,000 Zhao soldiers.

This time, the Central Army of Jingguo was defeated. Although Yelu Dashi won a great victory, it was still not an annihilation battle. After the Jing army fled everywhere, the Liao army had limited killing and injury.

Two days later, Yang Hongzhao, who was still in shock, sent people north to gather the remaining troops everywhere, recalled deserters, and slowly gathered an army of more than 30,000 people south of Qigou Pass, and the number continued to increase.

Finally, it is roughly counted that under the surprise attack of Yelu Dashi, more than 1,500 people died and more than 3,000 people injured! But it still does not affect the overall situation.

Without time to consider anything else, Yang Hongzhao discussed with Wei Chaoren and decided to concentrate his troops south of Qigou Pass and fight back again.

They believed that Yelu Dashi also understood that although the Liao army won one game, it was not a victory in the overall situation and could only delay time.

After that, Yelu Dashi would retreat to Nanjing City. Because of this lesson, Jing Jun would definitely be more careful and he would never have the chance to attack.
To be continued...