Many years later, when people talked about the battle in Xiaoyeling, all they could say was that the general won the victory and Xiao beat Hu failed. There was no more saying in the history books. Even the most orthodox letter of the country only marked the sentence: the general fought against Ye Sheng!

The most realistic description of the sad songs of the Khitans, the poisonous saliva in the devil's mouth burned the mountain, the eagle with broken wings fell into the Flame Mountain, the ox, the inextinguishable flames burned the bones...

The fire there was so big that Hai Dongqing, which was hovering at a high altitude, had to escape from the violent airflow.≤,

After the fire burned more than 20,000 people to death, it also blocked the way for Yun Zheng's army to advance. Xiaoyeling is actually composed of small protruding hills. Behind it is a narrow valley area. This canyon is actually a wind duct corroded by the north wind for many years. When there is no wind on the plain, it is also a cold wind whistling here, let alone the cold wind is raging now.

The fire did not cause the fire to burn the camps. In addition, the offensive of the Song army was carried out against the wind, and the fire area was not large. Unfortunately, in order to protect the general Xiao Dahu, his deputy general issued a wrong military order and ordered everyone to gather at Xiaoyeling...

A total of 1,000 incendiary bombs were thrown into a small area. Each incendiary bomb contained ten kilograms of gasoline mixture, and the cruel white phosphorus, which finally resulted in an unprecedented record.

Lang Tan on Baideng Mountain, Li Dongchu on the Burning Mountain, and Cui Da from Xijing all saw Yanzhu who was high into the clouds. They all packed up their own formations and retreated back to the mountain. Chen Lin saw Yanzhu behind him and rushed over. Seeing Yun Zheng cooking millet porridge, he drank a bowl and was driven away by Yun Zheng. He said it was very rude. The battle was in full swing, so what did the eunuch come here to do?

Chen Lin was not angry and had no doubt about Yun Zheng's battlefield command. The only thing he wanted to know was whether Yun Zheng was safe. He heard that Yun Zheng's handsome flag once appeared at the front of the battlefield, which was not allowed. Now seeing that Yun Zheng was in good condition, he naturally returned to the rear army.

Yun Zheng was drinking millet porridge in small mouthfuls, but his eyes were extremely erratic. He only hoped that Xiao Dahu would not withdraw his troops easily. The 20,000 people were not considered a trauma for Xiao Dahu, who had an army of more than 300,000.

Therefore, he issued a new order to Wu Jie who crossed the Great Wall from outside the pass, ordering him to lurk on the spot and not be discovered by Xiao Dahu's detective cavalry.

However, Zhao Yan's cavalry team needed to speed up and rushed to Baideng Mountain. At least in the area between Baideng Mountain and Huoshao Mountain, he needed more cavalry.

The sky outside the tent was still clear and there was no sign of turning dark. At this time, the Song Dynasty really needed a heavy snow to hinder the pace of the Liao people, at least so that Xiao Dahu would not run too far.

The army entered between Baideng Mountain and Huoyang Mountain from the mouth of the wild fox, and began to build military camps there, trying to connect the two mountains together and maintain a fragile line of defense.

Xiao Dahu's army gave up its plan to surround these two mountains. Yun Zheng's plan was to make Xiao Dahu so brave that he wanted to encircle his central army. If that were the case, the field battle full of variables would turn into an annihilation war. Of course, on the surface, it seemed that the Song army was annihilated.

The army began to cut wood and burn charcoal in this area, showing off a long-term persistence, and focused its deployment on the direction of Xijing. This put Xiao Dahu in a certain amount of pressure, but did not make him want to leave.

Xijing is Datong. This is a place of residence of human beings with a long history.

During the Spring and Autumn Period, the Datong area was lived in by Beidi. Beidi refers to the nomadic tribe Lin Hu and Loufan who made a living by hunting. According to the "State of the Warring States. Interpretation": "Now north of Kelanzhou, Shanxi, the old Loufanhu land; Datong, the old Shuozhou, the old Lin Hu land."

From Datong to Hetao, Inner Mongolia, it was a place where Linhu was active in the Spring and Autumn Period. (Tang Dynasty) Emperor Yao appointed the son of Xihe as the elder of the Northern Yue, and his two sons and Shulai's house. In the "Shan Hai Jing", the ancient Datong was the ancient Ping Kingdom. Shang Tang conferred the surname Tong here and established the country on behalf of his son.

During the Warring States Period, it was Dai State and later merged into Zhao territory. According to "Records of the Grand Historian. The Family of Zhao", Zixi told Zhao Jianzi that the son of the lord would conquer the two countries in the north and all had the surname Zi. When Jianzi was killed, he was established without blood. He was Xiangzi, and went to Xia's house in the north and asked the priest to carry a copper wooden battle to kill the King of Dai, and then launched an army to pacify Dai land.

After Qin Shihuang unified China, he abolished the feudal system and established counties and counties. 36 counties were established across the country. Now Datong is the Yanmen County and the Dai County. At that time, the cities found in the records include: Pingcheng, Dai, Shanwu, Yanling, Pingshu, Wuzhou Sai, Xincheng, Banshi, Mayi, etc. Qin Shihuang sent general Meng Tian to lead a 300,000 army to attack the Huns in the north and gathered people to build the Great Wall. It was east of Zuoyun Gaoshan and west of Yungang to "build a city in Wuzhou Sai to prepare for the Hu.

During the Five Dynasties, its land was occupied by the Later Tang Dynasty, and there was no major change in the division. Yunzhong County was under Yunzhou and belonged to Hedong Road.

Li Keyong and Khitan Yelu Abaoji met in the east city of Yunzhou. Yipaoma became brothers. Because he took the righteousness of "loving a benevolent man", he changed his name to Huairen County;

In the second year of Tongguang of Emperor Zhuangzong of Later Tang, Guangling County was analyzed in the second year of Tongguang of Emperor Zhuangzong of Later Tang. In the third year of Tongguang of Emperor Zhuangzong of Later Tang, Yunzhou was appointed as the governor of the Datong Army.

In the third year of Qing Tai, Shi Jingtang, the governor of He Jie, appointed the Khitan master Yelu Deguang as his father. He used Khitan troops to destroy the Later Tang Dynasty and proclaimed himself emperor and named the country Jin.

With the help of the Khitan, the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun were ceded to the Khitan. The judge of Yunzhong, Wu Luan, "retained the door and did not receive the Khitan's order", repaired the equipment, guarded the city day and night, and persisted for half a year. "Luan asked for help from Jin, and the Jin emperor summoned Luan to return south", and Yunzhou fell. At this point, Datong was ruled by the Khitan for a long time, causing the Han ruler of the Central Plains to lose the northern Pingfan from then on.

This is a fertile land, with rivers everywhere, and it can be regarded as lush water and grass. Unfortunately, since the Tang Dynasty, the Han people's rule here can almost ignore it. The large number of Han people here has been depleted by war after the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms. The fertile fields that were reclaimed a long time ago have now been occupied by weeds and have become places for the Liao people to graz. Looking around, besides Xijing City, there are only four or five small, almost neglectable small castles, and military fortresses like beacon towers can be seen everywhere.

After arriving in the Song Dynasty, except for Yang Wudi who briefly captured Xijing for three months, the Song Dynasty army never arrived in this land again.

The geographical environment of Datong is located in the intersection of the four major mountains in the north of Yinshan Mountain, the Yanshan Mountains from the east, the Luliang Mountains, and the Taihang Mountains. It is the migration channel of the central birds led by geese.

In the northwest, there are also large and small mountains such as Huoshao Mountain, Baideng Mountain, Shuangshan, Erlang Mountain, Yunmen Mountain, Cailiang Mountain, etc., which are the places that military strategists must fight for.

Barriers are generally relative. The reason why the Han people said that if they lose Yunzhong, there would be no northern barrier. That is a saying when the enemy is strong and we are weak. Once the Song Dynasty becomes a powerful side, Yunzhong is also an important southern barrier for the Liao Kingdom. The steep landform here can help the Liao people resist the threat from the Song Kingdom.

The emergence of gunpowder made the city walls fragile and could not become their own protective shells, especially when gunpowder was only under the control of one side of the attack, the city had long been no obstacle for the attacking party.

Yun Zheng now only hopes that the people of Liao can continue their old thinking and enter Xijing! Then they are trapped and died of death in Xijing.

With a small city and a large population, such a city is destined to be unable to be defended. When Yun Zheng thought of the three wide tunnels that Cui Da and his friends dug under the city wall, he sincerely hoped that Xiao Dahu could take his army back to Xijing under the current situation.

"Xiao Dahu must be injured!"

Yun Zheng put down the millet porridge that had not yet been finished and said to Su Xun.

Su Xun put down the porridge bowl and wiped his mouth gracefully with a handkerchief and said, "You are confused? You usually don't put your hope on guessing in the past!"

"The battle against Liao has been going on for half a year since early autumn and has consumed countless money and food, but the people in China have not seen the results of the war until now. If there is no exciting news to repay them, the people of the Song Dynasty will question the necessity of war."

Su Xun looked at Yun Zheng strangely and said, "You can take down Xijing now, let Chen Lin write a good news, and then the cavalry will blow the news all over the world."

Yun Zheng licked his lips and thought for a while and shook his head firmly, "No, Xijing is the mouse cage I have prepared for five years. If there are no mice inside, I will just take the mouse cage back. If that is the case, I am very sorry for my efforts."

Su Xun said: "I remember that the reason you made such arrangements was that was to capture Xijing with lightning speed so that the Liao people could be shocked?"

"It's different from the past. There is a guy with the name Xiao Dahu and I'm so angry that I can't bear to put away this cage. This cage should give me a greater reward!"

Su Xun nodded, picked up the porridge bowl again and said, "There is news from Cui Da. He has emptied the Liao people's grain warehouse and hidden the grain in Cailiang Mountain. The location has been told to us that it will be done as long as you go to excavate.

Just this morning, Cui Da went to Xiao Dahu's army with 200,000 kilograms of grain, preparing to find out if Xiao Dahu is dead, because those who issued orders to Xijing City these days were Xiao Dahu's deputy general Han Zhou!"

Yun Zheng nodded to express his awareness and said regretfully: "It's a pity that the Liao people's food and grass do not rely entirely on the food in the city. If we have a way to kill the flock of sheep in Xiao Dahu's hands, we don't need to kill people, the wasteland can kill half of Xiao Dahu's army."

"You can't expect Choi Da to give you a bigger surprise!"

Yun Zheng drank the remaining porridge in one sip and placed the rice bowl on the table and said, "You are wrong, Cui Da deserves more trust from you!" (To be continued...)
Chapter completed!