The ambitions of the Jin people, the national destiny of the Jin Kingdom, and even the future of the Jurchen tribe were burned out in the blazing flames of Zhuozhou. However, the war located in the southern part of the Liao Kingdom is far from over. It can even be said that this battle related to the future of Liao and Song dynasties has just entered a critical moment.

At the end of June, when the battle between Lu Longsai and Zhuozhou came to an end, the large-scale offensive and defense, with the Sixteen Prefectures as the main battlefield, was launched quickly. The Song army, which had been prepared, had already spread out the entire line, and launched a raid on Yun, Ying, Shuo, Wei, Huan, Xin, Gui, Ru and other cities at the same time. By mid-July, all the cities in these sixteen Prefectures had fallen into the control of the Song army, and the Liao army was defeated on its entire line, and there was no chance of any more.

In addition to Sun Tu and the two types of people who can achieve such great victory in just a short period of time, another key reason is that the Liao Kingdom is indeed seriously injured and its military strength is that the Liao Kingdom is seriously insufficient. In recent years, the rise of the Jin people and the Northern Expedition of the Song army have almost drained all the troops that the Liao Kingdom can use, especially the previous series of defeats against the Jin people and the decisive battle with the Song people, which caused them to suffer heavy casualties. In the end, they could only transfer most of the garrisons in these prefectures and cities, leaving only a small number of troops to guard them.

In this way, when facing the attacks and siege of the city, the number of troops defending the city was naturally unstoppable. In just half a month, several cities were lost. In the end, only Jizhou was still under the control of the Liao people, and almost all of Youyun's sixteen states had returned to the control of the Song people. This Jizhou was also close to Lu Longsai, and Yelu Dashi led his army to garrison, so the Song army was not taken advantage of by the Song army. However, his troops were in a very dangerous situation, because with the fall of the surrounding cities, the Song army could mobilize more troops to gather in front of the last city. By the eighth day of the seventh month, even Sun Tu had personally led his troops to appear at the city of Jizhou.

Sun Tu's arrival also brought information to the Liao army in the city that made them even more heart-wrenching - Yelu Xiongge's troops who had tried to take the opportunity to raid back Youzhou City were completely wiped out in that siege battle. Even Xiongge himself was killed by Song General Zong Jing, who was guarding the city, and even his head was sent into Jizhou City.

It turned out that just like the Song army seized the opportunity to attack more than ten other prefectures and cities, the Liao people also had similar thoughts. In addition to sending a group of people to cooperate with the Song people to set up an ambush after Lu Longzhe, they also divided up an army, mainly Yelu Xiongge, and secretly went south to rob Youzhou, and planned to regain this key capital.

But as a result, the Song people had expected that Zhong Shidao had already led a group of troops to wait there. When the Liao army arrived, they were hit hard. Moreover, this time, the Song army not only had troops above the Liao people, but also had bombs, thunder arrows, landmines and other objects specifically targeted the Liao cavalry, but they were also unintentional. After several battles, they achieved complete suppression of the Liao people, and eventually defeated the Liao army and killed Yelu Xiongge, the commander of the Liao army.

With the victory of this battle, the Song army truly defended Youzhou City. Now, there is only the last Jizhou City left in the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun. The other cities were either destroyed or surrendered. The southern part of the Liao Kingdom has fallen, and it is impossible to return to its former appearance. Even the Liao army in Jizhou City has reached a dead end.

When they saw Sun Tu's military flag flying high in the Song army camp, even the most confident Liao people felt desperate. They had already suffered too much before, and they heard about the final outcome of the Jin people in Zhuozhou, so they naturally made the last tens of thousands of Liao troops almost lose their determination to defend to the end, because there was only one result in defending to the end, that is death.

Even Yelu Dashi was no longer as calm as before, his eyes were covered with bloodshots. The Song army, who looked at the city wall, had no countermeasures. Because he knew that this time he was defeated, he had completely lost, and he had no chance to turn the tables. His only hope was...

Just when he was thinking hard but had no choice, the Song army, who should have launched a fierce offensive against Jizhou, said: "My General Sun wants to see Dashi Linya, I wonder if you are willing to leave the city?"

"Lin Ya, this is the enemy who wants to lure you out of the city, so I can't agree to them." Some subordinates immediately spoke out and tried to dissuade them, but Yelu Dashi waved his hand and rejected them: "At this point, if the Song people really want to attack the city, we will never be able to defend them. Even if they don't attack but surround them, the food and grass stored in the city can only last less than a month. Now that things have come, it's better to talk to them and save everyone's lives." At this moment, he finally understood what is the most important.

After a while, a gap was opened in the city gate. Yelu Dashi rode out and rode alone towards the Song army. A moment later, when the Song army formation opened, Sun Tu was like him, riding one by one, slowly facing him. There was a faint smile on his face: "Dashi Linya, are you safe?"

"Sun Tu, you and I have reached this point, so there is no need to be so hypocritical anymore. Say, what do you want to say to me?" Yelu Dashi had no intention of saying anything nonsense to him at this time, and replied directly.

"Dashi is still so fast and people speak quickly, so I will no longer go around any circle. You know the current situation. Only tens of thousands of soldiers and horses can the Liao army in an isolated city be unable to defend this Jizhou city. So in my opinion, your best choice is to open the city and withdraw troops to avoid raising another war."

"Hmph, you really have a good plan. You want to take down my Jizhou City without bloodshed. No, it's not Jizhou. You want to take back all the sixteen Youyun states at the lowest price. It's such a big appetite!"

Speaking of this, Yelu Dashi's eyes revealed deep hatred again: "I hated you. If I had known that Sun Tu was so sinister and cunning, he would have sneaked into my southern states while the Liao Dynasty sent troops to deal with the Jin people. I would not have agreed to cooperate with you before..."

"Dashi's words are something that Sun cannot agree with. When did I promise you not to take down these prefectures? We cooperate with each other, but the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun that should be taken down will always be taken down." Sun Tu looked innocent and said, "If I remember well, when I talked to you about joining forces with you that day, I mentioned that the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun is the key point that my Song Dynasty must have won. If you blame me, you can only blame the Liao Kingdom for not being able to defend these cities."

"You!" Yelu Dashi was suddenly angry, but facing Sun Tu's peaceful appearance, he didn't know what to say. Sun Tu's words followed made him speechless: "What's more, on the battlefield, the soldiers are never tired of cheating. As long as they can achieve the final victory, who will care about what strategy they used in the middle? Anyway, the current situation is that your Liao army has been besieged here by my soldiers. If I really give the order, this city will become the burial place for you and tens of thousands of soldiers under your command.

"But I think that God has the virtue of life, and I, the Song people, have never been a bloodthirsty army, so I want to give you a chance. As long as you lead the army to retreat within three days, I promise not to send troops to attack you and let you retreat to the north. This is your last chance. How about it? But I want to remind you that now the northern part of the Liao Kingdom is full of war and the situation is broken. If you go back one day later, there will be more people who die. Since you are an important official of the Liao Kingdom, what do you have to do, right?"

These few words did hold Yelu Dashi's life gate, causing his face to change quickly, but he said, "You will be so kind, and you can easily let go of my tens of thousands of troops."

"I said, my purpose is to regain the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun, not to kill many Liao people. After all, you are different from the Jin people." Sun Tu said with a smile.

"I'm afraid that's not only that reason? You are willing to let me go, but also for your own safety considerations, because you know very well that you have first mutiny and seize power, and then make unparalleled achievements. You have long been jealous of the Song Dynasty court. If there is no foreign enemy, I, I am afraid that the day of success will be the time when you, Sun Tu's death, isn't it?" Yelu Dashi sneered and mercilessly exposed Sun Tu's true intentions.

Faced with this direct remark, Sun Tu didn't see any strangeness on his face, and he still smiled as if he was: "You said that, but this still cannot solve the desperate situation in which your troops are in. I think you will never bet on this move with the lives of tens of thousands of troops of subordinates, right?

"What's more, this bargaining chip is not only the lives of you and tens of thousands of soldiers, but also the destiny of the entire Liao Kingdom. The Jin people swept everything in the north before, and they have almost killed you and the civil and military officials of the Liao Kingdom. If you lose you and these tens of thousands of elite soldiers again, I am afraid that even without our Song army's northern expedition, there will be chaos in the Liao Kingdom again, then..."

Sun Tu's last meaningful laughter immediately made Yelu Dashi's body tremble. Because he knew very well that what the other party said was not alarmist. Now that the Liao Kingdom is at a time of dying struggle, if he really killed himself and tens of thousands of troops here, he would not even have the last chance to cheer up again.

It can be said that Sun Tu may be affected, but the one who can't afford to bet is Yelu Dashi. After some weighing the matter, Yelu Dashi's face turned pale, but he sighed and made a wise choice, and compromised: "Sun Tu, you are really powerful. You have calculated everything. It's not unfair to defeat you. Forget it, now, no matter whether you have any evil intentions, I can only give it to you in Jizhou. Within three days, our army will retreat north, and I hope you don't want to go back on your word."

"Don't worry, I, Sun Tu, will definitely keep my word this time." Sun Tu also breathed a sigh of relief in his heart. Finally, he no longer had to attack the city, allowing more soldiers to use their blood and lives to regain the last city.

On the tenth day of the seventh month of the seventh year of Xuanhe in the Song Dynasty, the Liao army retreated north and the Song army entered Jizhou.

On that day, after a hundred years, the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun finally returned to the hands of the Han people. As the leader of all this, Sun Tu saved this disaster with his hand.

A hundred years of humiliation is wiped out once, and the world's achievements are achieved with only one hand!
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