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The officials and citizens of Tokyo Bianliang did not notice the tension at all. There were singing and dancing everywhere. Cai You also asked Zhao Ji to abolish the two armies of Ansu and Baoxin and restore them to Liangmen and Suicheng counties.

The two armies of Ansu and Baoxin were built during the reign of Emperor Taizong of Song Dynasty, Zhao Kuangyi. They formed a staggering force with Baozhou and Yizhou, which was mutually restrained and controlled the road to Shanxi. They were the most important part of the northern border of the Song Dynasty. During the Battle of Chanyuan in Song and Liao, these two places were known as "Tongliangmen and Tiesui City".

Cai You reported: "Once upon the time, our ancestors built Ansu and Baoxin in two counties, which was to surround the Yizhou area. Now that Yanshan Mountain is obtained and Jingji is an external vassal, Ansu Baoxin is in the mainland and has no use, so it should be abolished and a county."

As the head of the state military, Cai You thought that these military facilities were useless on the eve of the war, which was really a strange story in the world.

Zhao Ji believed that what Cai You made up was reasonable, so he agreed to abolish the two armies of Ansu and Baoxin.

After the two armies of Ansu and Baoxin were abolished, news suddenly came from the north that the Jin army had launched a large-scale invasion.

This immediately made Zhao Ji, Cai You and others stunned.

In fact, at this time, the situation in Yandi was already very critical.

Yan is an easy-to-defense and difficult-to-attack place. There is Zijing Pass in the northwest of Yizhou, Juyong Pass in the west of Changping, Gubeikou in the north of Shunzhou, Songting Pass in the northeast of Jingzhou, and Yu Pass in the east of Pingzhou.

If the State of Song could recover all the land of Yan and then occupy all these barriers, the land of Yan might be safe.

However, the three prefectures of Ping, Ying and Luan in Yuguan were occupied by Yelu Abaoji, the Taizu of Liao, since the Later Tang Dynasty. Then the Liao Kingdom changed Pingzhou to Liaoxing Prefecture, which was under the jurisdiction of Yingluan Prefecture, and was named Pingzhou Road. By the time of Shi Jingtang, Emperor Taizong of Liao obtained Tan, Shun, Jing, Ji, Zhuo, Yizhou of Yanshan, and built Yanshan into Yanjing, and governed Tan, Shun, and Jing, which was named Yanshan Road, which became two parallel roads with Pingzhou Road.

When Song was negotiating and handing over land with Jin, Zhao Ji was not aware of the political geography of the Liao Kingdom and mistakenly thought that Yanjing and the city under his jurisdiction had already included all the land within the pass, and did not know that Ping, Ying and Luanzhou were not within the jurisdiction of Yanjing.

This mistake made Zhao Ji very regretful, so he repeatedly ordered Zhao Liangsi to strive for the three prefectures of Ping, Ying and Luan during the negotiations.

However, the Jin people were not stupid. They clearly saw the strategic values ​​of the Ping, Ying and Luan areas, so they rejected the request of Song many times.

Later, the Jin people not only wanted to keep this place, but also stationed heavily here, and sent Jin general Wanyan Zongwang to garrison, with the purpose of leaving a passage for themselves to go south.

In order to take back this place, Zhao Ji took the risk of resuming Zhang Jue, the governor of Nanjing, the traitor of the Jin Kingdom.

The Zhang Jue incident was one of the most fatal mistakes Zhao Ji made in the process of recapturing Yanjing, and gave the Jin army a very good excuse to invade Song State.

The Jin army divided into two groups to attack the Song Dynasty, and Wanyan Zongwang led the Eastern Army to send troops first.

At the end of November of the seventh year of Xuanhe, the Jin army occupied Tanzhou and a few days later, Jizhou.

It was not until this time that Yanshan Prefecture confirmed that the Jin army had launched a large-scale invasion.

But it was already a little late at this time, because soon the Jin army came to the city of Yanjing.

As early as twenty days ago, Guo Yaoshi had already assembled the ever-winning army and stationed in the eastern suburbs of Yanjing. This was the most fully prepared army in the Song Dynasty.

Seeing that the Jin army was invading, Guo Yaoshi sent people into the city to ask Cai Jing for troops to meet the enemy.

Cai Jing's younger brother Xu Cai strongly suggested to Cai Jing: "If you want Guo Gong to be in charge, you can send Zhang Linghui and Liu Shunren to respond to the enemy with a partial army. If Guo Gong goes, if you win, you will become more arrogant and cannot be controlled. If you don't win, you will be defeated and Yanshan will fall into dangerous places. In addition, Gubeikou and Juyongguan must also defend and do not take a single bet."

Cai Jing refused to listen and took out a lot of gold and silk from the national treasury and rewarded the ever-victorious army with great fanfare.

Afterwards, Guo Yaoshi personally led a large army to set off.

The Changsheng Army advanced all the way east and one day later arrived at the west bank of Baihe River in Sanhe County.

At this time, Wanyan Zongwang had already led his troops to the east bank of the Baihe River.

However, Wanyan Zongwang was very afraid of the Changsheng Army, so he did not dare to launch an attack first.

The next morning, before dawn, Guo Yaoshi led the Changsheng Army across the Baihe River and then launched an attack on the Jin army.

Wanyan Zongwang ordered a counterattack.

After more than 30 miles of fierce battle between the two sides, Guo Yaoshi once won a chance of victory.

But for some reason, Zhang Linghui suddenly fled with his subordinates!

Seeing that Zhang Linghui had escaped, Liu Shunren also led his troops to escape back, leaving only Guo Yaoshi himself to support him.

In the end, Pharmacist Guo had to retreat.

In fact, in the Battle of Baihe, the Changsheng Army and the Jin army were equally matched. Wanyan Zongwang even thought he had won in the end. If Zhang Linghui and Liu Shunren had not escaped with their subordinates, the Changsheng Army would have probably won this battle.

After Guo Yaoshi, Zhang Linghui and Liu Shunren fled back, they accused each other, but Zhang Linghui refused to admit that they were defeated because of him.

Zhang Linghui and Pharmacist Guo have deep conflicts and have a long history.

When Zhang Linghui and Guo Yaoshi were officials in Liao Kingdom, Zhang Linghui's official position was once above Guo Yaoshi.

After surrendering to the State of Song, Guo Yaoshi not only had an official position above Zhang Linghui, but was also favored by Zhao Ji, and was appreciated by Tong Guan and Cai You. It can be said that he had reached the top.

This made Zhang Linghui very jealous.

Wang Anzhong was aware of this when he was in office. He recommended Zhang Linghui to Zhao Ji, and the court appointed Zhang Linghui as the governor.

But Zhang Linghui is still under Guo Yaoshi, so he has always been very unbalanced.

This may be one of the reasons why Zhang Linghui was the first to escape.

Seeing that Guo Yaoshi, Zhang Linghui and Liu Shunren were all defeated and retreated, Cai Jing felt that the situation was not good, so he convened the Yanshan Prefecture Supervisory Office to hold a meeting.

Transportation Commander Lu Yihao suggested that a suicide squad of 2,000 people should be formed immediately, and then the city gate will be opened and the important personnel will be escorted to retreat south.

The escort officer Shen Guan, Cai Jing's aides Xu Cai and Cai Songnian did not agree to open the city gate and escape.

After weighing the pros and cons, Cai Jing finally listened to the suggestions of Shen Guan and others, and prepared to protect Yanjing City to death.

Lu Yihao and Lian Fang sent Liang Jing to the surface without saying anything, but soon brought their family to the south gate of the city and prepared to leave the city.

In addition, there were about one or two hundred officials from the grain bureau, who also smashed the gate at the south gate of the city, and they also wanted to escape from the south gate of the city.

Cai Jing sent someone to stop Lu Yihao and others back.

Cai Jing placed all his hopes on the Changsheng Army, hoping that the Changsheng Army could defend Yanjing.

But what Cai Jing didn't know was that last night, Huang Ben, the governor who guarded the northeast gate of Yanjing City, had secretly sent someone to contact the Jin army, saying that he could open the city gate to serve as an internal support for the Jin army, and also asked the second prince Zong Wang: "I wonder if the prince wants to live Guo Yaoshi or Guo Yaoshi to die?"

Guo Yaoshi, who had many eyes and ears, had already learned about this, and he also knew that the mastermind behind Huang Ben was Zhang Linghui and Liu Shunren.

If Zhang Linghui and Liu Shunren rebelled, the city of Yanjing would undoubtedly be destroyed. In order to protect himself, Guo Yaoshi ordered Rulin Lang and Wang Shu to draft a surrender to the Jin army.

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"When the time moves, the movement and stillness are not known in their normal state; those who follow the heavens will survive, and those who survive and die must not be ignored..."

Soon, Guo Yaoshi sent someone to invite Cai Jing, Lv Yihao, Li, Quan Chenguan and other major officials of Yanshan Prefecture to come to their homes to discuss matters.

Cai Jing and others came together and they did not know that Guo Yaoshi had decided to surrender to the Jin people and set up an ambush at home.

As soon as Cai Jing entered the door, Guo Yaoshi said to him: "Zhang Linghui had no intention of fighting with the Jin people at the beginning. He stole the seals of the army and had submitted a surrender to the Jin people. Although I have sent someone to chase them back, the situation is very critical now. The Jin army is coming every now and there is no need to do anything. What if we surrender?"

When Cai Jing heard that Guo Yaoshi was about to surrender, he said angrily: "Jing swears to serve the country to the death. What's wrong with this? Is your grandfather wanting to let the emperor down? Jing repays the emperor with his death, how can he surrender!"

As he said that, Cai Jing took off his sword and was about to commit suicide.

Pharmacist Guo suddenly hugged Cai Jing, and then the general under Guo Pharmacist Guo stepped forward to snatch Cai Jing's sword.

Lu Yihao turned around and wanted to escape, but was stopped by the officers under Guo Yaoshi.

Guo Yaoshi sat with Cai Jing and others and explained: "The pharmacist was really forced to do so and could not be the meaning of the princesses in the beginning and the beginning."

As he said that, Pharmacist Guo covered his face and cried in a hypocritical manner.

From then on, Cai Jing and others were detained at the pharmacist's home.

A few days later, Wanyan Zongwang led a large army to the outskirts of the city.

Yaoshi Guo then quickly led the officers out of the city to greet him.

Later, Guo Yaoshi went home and said to Cai Jing and others: "The prince has an order, but the Southern Dynasties officials did not kill him, and ordered him to surrender."

Cai Jing said: "We have been detained, why should we surrender again? What kind of etiquette should we use when we see each other? If there is little humiliation, I will die. If I die, I will die, and my family will be hanged to death and buried in a pit."

Cai Jing also urged his son Cai Songnian to be brave and unyielding.

Everyone asked Guo Yaoshi, "Don't see the prince."

Pharmacist Guo said: "We must meet."

The next day, the Jin army officially entered Yanjing City and inserted the Jin flag on the walls of Yanjing.

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