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"Bang!"
The chaos on the battlefield came to a halt as a warning shell fell into the Yu River, splashing huge water.
Immediately afterwards, the remaining Liao troops scattered to both sides like birds and beasts, and the Jurchens in the distance began to chase them.
The crowd came and went in a hurry, as if it were a farce.
The Song army on the border breathed a sigh of relief.
The Liao-Song border in the northeast region was divided by the Daling River, Yu River and other rivers, which was almost in the area from Lingyuan City to Chaoyang City in later generations.
The border line is more than two or three hundred miles from west to east. Although the Northern Imperial Guards are strong in combat, they cannot defend such a long border line.
If a large number of Liao and Jin defeated soldiers crossed the border and killed people indiscriminately, and they failed to arrive in time, they would be in trouble.
Now that the enemy has not crossed the Yu River, it is already the best outcome.
At this moment, the north bank was still in chaos. In addition to the Liao army soldiers, there were also many Khitan nobles in Dading Prefecture who were also fleeing in all directions.
Many of them chose to flee to the Song Dynasty border on the south bank. In addition to rivers, there were many mountains and rivers to cross the border, and the Song army was simply unable to guard such a long border line.
As a result, a large number of Khitan nobles and defeated soldiers fled into the border of the Song Dynasty, causing considerable chaos.
Fortunately, those Khitan nobles and the defeated soldiers were trying to escape, not to die. They also knew what the consequences would be if they caused trouble or even killed people in Song territory.
So when the villagers discovered them and immediately reported it to the nearby government, they all waited obediently for the Song people to come.
Compared to the Jurchens who killed them on sight, the Song people always gave them the impression of being reasonable and easy to deal with.
This is actually true.
After the Liao and Song dynasties changed their offensive and defensive strategies, the relationship between the two sides did not take a sharp turn for the worse.
The Song Dynasty also needed to trade with the Liao Kingdom for a long time and import a large amount of raw materials. Therefore, it adopted the principle of peaceful diplomacy, and both sides opened their borders to deepen trade cooperation.
The economic and trade exchanges between the two sides are very frequent, and there are also many exchanges among the people. As a result, although the official relationship seems ordinary, the people are still very warm.
This is a bit like the previous relationship between Song and Japan. There was not much official exchange, but there was a lot of overlap due to the prosperous private business.
What's more, the Song Dynasty's military power is now strong. If the Liao people run to the west, they will die, and if they run to the east, they will die even more. The north is the direction where the enemy is coming, and only by running to the south can they have a chance of survival.
The fact was just as the Liao people had guessed. Basically, the Liao people fled across the border, and the Song army did not drive them away. Instead, they gathered them together and detained them in local military camps in various states and counties, waiting for the court's decision.
Now the Constitutional Council is in charge of all military and political affairs in the country. This war not only concerns the fate of Liao and Jin, but also the diplomacy of the Song Dynasty. Therefore, how to deal with it has never been something that can be decided by the local authorities.
However, just after the first day of the Lunar New Year, that is, on the third day after the Liao Dynasty's Zhongjing Dading Prefecture was captured, a piece of news came from Shengji, located north of Ande, which cheered up the pacification envoy, transport envoy and others of Youyan Road.
After crossing the Daling River, Emperor Yelu Chongyuan of the Liao Dynasty and a group of his family members were in a panic as they were walking through a forest. They were met by the local garrison and were politely invited to the Shengji County government office.
The Youyan Road side originally planned to wait until Yelu Chongyuan's death before making a big fuss, finding reasons and excuses to go north and destroy the Jin Kingdom, so as to achieve a situation where the fishermen benefit.
But capturing the Liao emperor was another matter.
Although Liao and Song did not declare war, most of the wars between Liao and Song before were initiated by Liao.
If they could take the Liao Emperor to Bianliang and let the current emperor punish him, it would greatly enhance their reputation. Wouldn't that be a great achievement for the officials of Youyan Road?
The Youyan Road officials immediately reported the news.
Not long after, just a few days later, the court sent a receipt asking them to send Yelu Chongyuan to Bianliang.
Just after the New Year of the 14th year of the Qingli period of the Song Dynasty, a news item quietly appeared in the newspapers: "The Liao Kingdom was destroyed by internal rebellion, and Emperor Yelu Chongyuan surrendered to the Song Dynasty with his entire family."
Immediately afterwards, the Jinzouyuan propaganda machine, which was equivalent to the Propaganda Department of later generations, began to be fully activated, and newspapers of all sizes began to publish various news.
Some said that Yelu Chongyuan wanted to offer the northern territory of the Liao Kingdom to the Song Dynasty, while others began to argue that the Northeast had been the territory of the Han people since the Tang Dynasty, and that the Song Dynasty, as the successor of the Tang Dynasty, should also have the right to inherit the northern territory.
All kinds of gossip are flying around.
When Yelu Chongyuan arrived in Bianliang and accidentally heard the news, he could only sigh. When he was received by Emperor Zhao Zhen of the Song Dynasty, he knelt on the ground with his forehead touching the ground and offered the entire territory of the Liao Kingdom to the Song Dynasty.
Under normal circumstances, Yelu Chongyuan, as a king of a fallen country, had no country himself and had no qualifications to do so. Even if he did, the Song Dynasty would not be able to take over these territories.
But that refers to the situation where the power of the Jin Kingdom and the Song Dynasty is not much different. Now the Song Dynasty has everything ready, and it only lacks a righteous title, and Yelu Chongyuan gave it this title.
So the next thing is simple.
Zhao Zhen waved his hand, and the Privy Council and the Ministry of War took immediate action, sending three lieutenant generals to Youyan Road to lead troops and attack Huanglong Mansion directly.
Under the policy of strengthening the trunk and weakening the branches of the Song Dynasty, although there were more than one hundred major generals, each major general stationed abroad could only command five thousand people. In addition, the system was different and there was no dual leadership of the political commissar, so the procedures for mobilizing troops were very complicated.
In addition to the conventional troop mobilization methods of the Privy Council, the Ministry of War and the Emperor, the second troop mobilization method is one of the articles in the "Basic Law of Territorial Defense" promulgated by the Song Dynasty a few years ago.
That is to say, if there is an invasion by foreign enemies and the imperial court is unable to give timely instructions, local officials and generals can lead troops to resist the foreign enemies in accordance with this law.
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