After traveling through time, I became Han Zhang’s grandson?

Yelu Hongji thought that with the army advancing from both the east and the west, he could put some psychological pressure on the current Song Dynasty and Gu Tingye's army.

However, the facts exceeded his and the entire Liao army's high-level expectations. They originally thought that the other side would soon send someone to negotiate or abandon the Baigouyi defense line and retreat.

The intelligence obtained showed that Gu Tingye's army remained motionless and maintained its existing defense line, ready to fight an offensive and defensive battle with the Liao Kingdom's eastern army in Nanjing Road at any time.

This made Yelu Hongji, Xiao Boyu and Yelu Liang fall into deep thought.

"Unless the Song State has retained a considerable force in the Yanmen Pass area, it would be impossible to explain the current indifference of Gu Tingye's army."

Xiao Boyu quickly analyzed the opponent's plan. Whether he should say it or not, these old hands who had been on the battlefield for many years could guess the trick at a glance.

"If we have enough troops, we can hold on, but we can't hold out for too long. I'm worried that the Song State might have a backup plan..."

Yelu Liang now looks ten steps back before taking a step, a level of caution that is unprecedented since he took office.

"It's easy to tell that under Han Ming's guidance, every move Song Guo makes will not be superfluous."

"Gu Tingye's army is holding firm, proving that Yanmen Pass is safe. Xiao Yi is unlikely to achieve any good results."

Yelu Hongji was able to guess this result. After all, Han's military flag with the word "Han" on it was flying in front of the Baigouyi stronghold opposite.

The opponent that he had tried so hard to eliminate was now sitting leisurely in the central military camp, drinking tea peacefully!

"Your Majesty..." Looking at Yelu Hongji who was pressing his temples tiredly, Yelu Liang stood up and poured him a cup of hot tea.

"The opportunity to fight is no longer in our hands... The Song army with or without Han Ming is completely two different levels of military."

"Furthermore, as time goes on, the soldiers' energy for winter combat and subsequent food and fodder maintenance will become a problem."

"The remnants of the rebel party, led by Chong Yuan, are still present in the country, and the crackdown is not yet complete."

"If the front line fails to open the road to the south, I am afraid these people will take advantage of the opportunity to cause trouble."

"When the time comes, with internal and external troubles, the Marquis of Anyang across the way won't be easy to deal with. He won't let go of such a godsend opportunity..."

Yelu Hongji's overall view can be regarded as a top figure of this era, and he roughly guessed part of Han Ming's psychology.

However, as a man who has embodied the foundation of Chinese civilization for five thousand years, Han Ming can still let you guess all of Yelu Hongji's ideas.

As the saying goes, "In every battle, the right tactics unite and the unconventional tactics prevail. The unconventional and the right complement each other and are inexhaustible."

Use unexpected strategic methods to break the enemy's tactics and catch them off guard.

The purpose is to confuse the enemy so that they can take advantage of the opportunity and achieve the goal in the way with the least resistance and the greatest benefit.

As a natural born "Old Six" holy body, if I don't give you something exciting to play, I will be sorry to God for feeding you this bowl of rice.

Just when Yelu Hongji thought he had seen through Han's plan, a piece of news detonated the Song and Liao armies on the front line.

Yanmen Pass was breached——!

That's not quite accurate. It should be said that the Song army, led by Wu Xun, the envoy of Hedong Road, held the pass for seven days with "tenacious determination" and then voluntarily abandoned the pass and retreated to the Wutai Mountain area in the rear.

This retreat directly gave up the Daizhou city in the rear. In an instant, the entire Daizhou gate was wide open, and nearly half of the territory was "given" to the Liao army.

This caught the Xijing Road army, which was marching south with all its might, off guard. Although Xiao Yi and others sensed something strange about it, they still remained confident when faced with the vast plain behind Daizhou City.

"No matter what, in such an open area, the Liao cavalry is invincible. No matter what the Song army plans, they can't shake us. The advantage is ours!"

"The entire army will withdraw and march south to Xinzhou!"

Xiao Yi gave a brief speech to boost morale, and then marched south in a mighty force.

When the news of the Liao army's rapid progress in the west was reported back to the army in the east, the expressions of Yelu Hongji and the other two were colorful and different.

But they all have one thing in common - it's ugly, very ugly, fucking ugly!

In short, they saw the situation at a glance. Didn’t Xiao Yi himself see it?

Of course he noticed it, but with his unlimited trust in the Liao cavalry and the poor performance of the Song army, Xiao Yi believed that even if it was an ambush, he could escape calmly.

Little did they know that with the daily advancement of military reform, the central imperial guards and local military forces of the Song Dynasty were changing with each passing day.

In addition, with the rear-line coordination of the "Border Military Emergency Management Department", the Song army could completely make the Liao army doubt their lives in the defensive battle.

Yes, you read that right, it’s a defensive battle!

The Song Dynasty was originally famous for its defensive battles, and most of the high victory rates in wars throughout the Song Dynasty came from defensive battles.

Mr. Han knew that the Song Dynasty had this foundation, so why not use it? Whether the attack was successful or not is another matter. The current situation between the Song and Liao dynasties was that Liao was strong and Song was weak.

Therefore, Han requested that the first task of the Song army be to increase the intensity of defensive battles. Whether it was a fixed direction in a city or a sudden encounter in a field battle, the Song army must be able to defend against the Liao army first.

This has been particularly evident in the past few months. The upgrading of Song army equipment and the improvement of defensive thinking have accelerated the strengthening of Song Dynasty's border defense.

According to his inherent thinking, Xiao Yi felt that it was "reasonable" to capture Yanmen Pass in seven days. However, for Yelu Hongji, Xiao Boyu and others, who had witnessed the attack and defense of Juma River, how could they not know the current combat effectiveness and defense level of the Song army?

"Xiao Yi fell into a trap! He couldn't even see that it was such an obvious way to lure the enemy deeper?!"

Xiao Boyu was really speechless about this elder brother who was from the same clan.

"It's not that he couldn't see it, but he automatically ignored it."

"Frankly speaking, if I hadn't fought the Song army several times in the past two years, I wouldn't have known that the Song army's combat power and defense had improved so much."

"In the past, the Song Dynasty's border defenses were like clay to the Liao cavalry, but now they are completely covered with thorns."

"If this continues, it's not an exaggeration to say that it will become impregnable. The Liao Dynasty will indeed lose the opportunity to move south..."

Yelu Hongji raised his head and sighed, frowning deeply, and immediately realized that now was not the time to say these things.

"Immediately order Xiao Yi to lead the entire army to retreat and not to advance further into Song territory."

"If my predictions are correct, an ambush has already been set up in the Wutai Mountain area. With deliberate planning, no matter how strong the Liao army is, they will suffer a heavy blow!"

Yelu Hongji was also a man of great courage. Since he had missed the opportunity to move south, he would not sacrifice the lives of the Liao soldiers.

Preserving our manpower and seeking the next strategic decisive battle with the Song Dynasty is also a good strategy.

Yelu Liang nodded, bowed, and hurriedly left to pass on the message.

"Aqi, immediately arrange for personnel to guard the defense lines on both sides of the Juma River and build more floating bridges in preparation."

Yelu Hongji turned to look at Xiao Boyu who was thinking and gave an order.

"Your Majesty, have you made your decision?"

Xiao Boyu was well aware of Yelu Hongji's desire to withdraw his troops, but he still wanted to ask in case his Majesty gave the order in a hurry and regretted it later.

"It's decided. We have no chance of winning against the Song army now. Forcing a breakthrough south will only damage our forces."

"As long as I hold the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun in my hands, the Song Dynasty will have to be on guard against the north at all times. It will be a foolish dream to think of rising again!"

Yelu Hongji also calmed down a little from the idea of ​​competing with Han Ming. As long as they guarded the Yanyun area for one day, the Song Dynasty would have a hard time.

Even if the strength and defense of the Song army were enhanced, the natural pressure of the terrain would not be eliminated so easily.

"Your Majesty is right. As long as the Song Dynasty does not recover the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, they will never live in peace!" Xiao Boyu nodded in agreement.

"But don't be anxious. Even if we want to withdraw our troops, we can't let the Song people have an easy time."

"Order the Liao troops harassing the border to speed up their advance. Leave no civilians or food behind and take them all back to the Liao!"

Yelu Hongji saw that he could not gain any benefits from the Song Dynasty and was ready to raid the valley.

"The troops in the Weizhou (Liao) area rushed to defeat the enemy troops in the Zhendingfu (Song) area, and then opened up the passage between the Pingxingzhai (Song) and the Baoxingjunzhai (Song)."

"If the Song army really has a backup plan to stop Xiao Yi, then evacuating from Yanmen Pass is probably a dead end. The only chance is to break through Taixi Mountain from the northeast and enter Yuzhou."

Yelu Hongji quickly analyzed the evacuation of the Western Route Army. Xiao Boyu followed him and looked at the marching route on the military map, and couldn't help but nodded slowly.

"I wasn't prepared this time. Next time, I will defeat you fairly—!"

Yelu Hongji looked towards Baigouyi in the south with gloomy eyes...