The number one spendthrift woman in the capital actually brings glory to her entire family?

In the fierce battle, countless Liao soldiers fell. Without their leader's command and with the attack coming so suddenly and swiftly, they had no power to fight back. In less than two hours, the Liao soldiers were routed.

The fierce battle continued until dawn. Sikong Jin's troops captured Tata City of the Liao Dynasty with lightning speed, killing more than 5,000 Liao soldiers and capturing nearly 7,000.

After Sikong Jin's troops stormed into Tata City, they immediately closed the city gates, trapping the entire Liao garrison inside and leaving no one behind. By dawn, the entire Tata City had fallen into Sikong Jin's hands.

After capturing Tata City, Sikong Jin immediately issued a street ban, forbidding all civilians from leaving their homes for three days, under penalty of death. He ordered his soldiers to clear the battlefield as quickly as possible, and some soldiers donned the uniforms of the Liao garrison to stand guard at the city gates. The Liao military flags on the city walls continued to flutter freely in the wind. Sikong Jin also ordered that no one be allowed to leave the city, and that all birds flying over Tata City be shot down.

Having done all this, Lord Sikong also secretly instructed his deputy to organize soldiers to set up an ambush at the east gate.

At first, the soldiers did not understand the Minister of Works' original intention. It wasn't until the second night that they heard the sound of horses' hooves outside the city gate. When they climbed up the city gate, they found that it was a Liao cavalry force with a number of nearly 20,000 men.

Lord Sikong ordered the city gates opened and the troops allowed to enter. However, once half the army had entered, Sikong Jin's forces, who had been lying in ambush, launched their attack. The city gates were immediately closed, cutting the entire Liao army in two. One group was trapped inside and killed by those lying in ambush, while the other group was trapped outside, where they were met with boiling water and rolling stones cascading down from the city walls, as well as a dense barrage of arrows…

In just three days, Sikong Jin swiftly took control of Tata City with an iron fist, subduing more than 30,000 of its garrison, killing more than 10,000 and capturing nearly 20,000.

This was almost the most impressive achievement in the year-long battle between the Da Yong and Liao armies! And the army that participated in this great victory was only 20,000 troops from the Four Banners!

Immediately afterwards, the Minister of Works selected 6,000 men from the 20,000 Liao prisoners to form two special action groups. Led by the soldiers of the Four Banners Army, they built two small ice forts at two designated locations nearly 200 miles east of Tata City. They also searched for and rescued the surrounding refugees and dispatched patrol teams to patrol the border and crush bandit forces that attempted to plunder nearby villages.

In just over a month, with ample relief grain, the famine in Tata City and large areas of Yisu Mountain was brought under control. The uprising forces in this area began to move northeast, with Talan City as the center and Dakou Town and Zhoujiazhuang as the main strongholds, cutting off Chongzhou's external connections with Dayong, isolating Chongzhou City, and continuing to resist the Dayong court. However, with the transportation blocked, the situation in Chongzhou became increasingly critical.

News of the situation in the Northwest quickly reached the capital of the Great Yong Dynasty. Sikong Jin led the Four Banners Army to capture Tata City and dealt a heavy blow to the Liao army. This achievement shocked the court and the public. No one could have imagined that the rogue and scoundrel-like boy would have such abilities!

What shocked them even more was that Sikong Jin was not satisfied with such achievements. At this point, Sikong Jin began to display her cruelty and ruthlessness—

After a brief rest, she led her nearly 30,000 cavalrymen westward into the territory of the Liao Dynasty. With lightning speed, they swept through several poorly defended nearby cities. Once inside, the army plundered food and wealth indiscriminately. Of course, the officials and wealthy merchants within the cities suffered the most; ordinary people, as long as they stayed indoors, were largely unharmed. Those officials and soldiers who resisted were mostly killed outright.

After they finished, the army didn't send anyone to attack or guard these cities. Instead, they hurriedly left with their loot, showing no interest in fighting. They were practically a group of bandits who plundered everywhere.

The granaries and treasuries of Tata City were accumulating more and more grain and money. Sikong Jin was very generous to his subordinates, distributing half of the looted wealth equally among the soldiers, and using the other half to help the famine-stricken people.

At the same time, everyone witnessed the young commander's ruthlessness and brutality.

After the army enters the city, if anyone disobeys orders and oppresses the people who have submitted to their Four Banners Army, they will be subjected to the most severe torture by the Minister of Works. However, anyone who puts up the slightest resistance, regardless of age, gender, or age, will be slaughtered.

Such a clear-cut attitude of reward and punishment, an iron fist, and strict military discipline greatly increased Sikong Jin's prestige in the Four Banners Army, and the soldiers' enthusiasm was unprecedentedly high. As long as Lord Sikong gave the order, they would rush forward like madmen. The people on the border secretly called Sikong Jin's army the Beast Legion, and Sikong Jin himself was called the Beast King in human skin.

However, they did not know that this was only the beginning of Sikong Jin's iron-fisted approach.

Yes, this is just the beginning!

Two months passed in the blink of an eye. The situation on the northwestern border was very strange. In the area of ​​Yisu Mountain-Tata City, the famine and riots had been well resolved, and spring had arrived. With the help of the soldiers of the Four Banners Army, the affected people began to cheer up and start a new life.

Meanwhile, Chongzhou remained mired in misery, and Sikong Jin seemed to have no intention of rescuing Chongzhou from its crisis. Instead, he spent his days shuttling along the borders of the Liao Dynasty, searching for his next target.

This move undoubtedly greatly provoked the long-suppressed anger of the Liao Dynasty. As early as when Tata City was captured, the Liao Dynasty was already full of anger, but because it was winter and the weather conditions were harsh and the supply of food was tight, they did not dare to send troops rashly for the time being. Of course, the hundreds of thousands of troops stationed at Hangu Pass also put some pressure on them.

However, Sikong Jin's repeated provocations, which seemed to defy all reason, had pushed them to their breaking point. The Emperor of Liao was furious and slammed his fist on the table, issuing an edict to send Crown Prince Xifenglie with an army of 100,000 to the east to punish Sikong Jin after the Qingming rainy season.

Of course, while Sikong Jin was causing chaos in the northwest region, Hangu Pass also gained more than half a year to recuperate. Originally, Hangu Pass was expected to resume its battle after the spring, but it remains peaceful.