The northern song army besieged the northern Han dynasty and surrendered.

The northern song army besieged the northern Han dynasty and surrendered.

After Shu was pacified in the first year of Song Kaibao (968), the ruler of the Northern Han Dynasty just died, and people's hearts were uncertain. Zhao Kuangyin suddenly turned to attack the Northern Han Dynasty. In August, my ambassador Li Jixun, the guards and soldiers were ordered to enter the customs. Xuanwei Southern Courtyard made Cao Bin, Prefecture Defense Ambassador He, Huaizhou Defense Ambassador Kang and Jianwu Ambassador Zhao Zan attack Taiyuan from Lu (now Changzhi City, Shanxi Province) and Jin (now Linfen City, Shanxi Province) respectively.

In September, unrest broke out in Northern Han Dynasty. Hou Barong, an official, killed Xue Ji 'en, the new owner of the Northern Han Dynasty, and Sikongguo killed Hou Barong and welcomed Jiyuan, Liu Yin, Taiyuan, as king. When Liu Jiyuan saw that he had entered his territory, he quickly asked Liao for help. At the same time, Liu, Feng and other guards were ordered to defend Baigu (now southeast of Qixian County, Shanxi Province) from Song Jun, and soon defeated the northern Han army, which was comparable to Taiyuan at the gates.

In October, Song Taizu sent messengers to Taiyuan to surrender, but Liu Jiyuan refused to surrender to the Song Dynasty. 1 1 month, Tal, the commander-in-chief of the Liao army, led the army to rescue the Northern Han Dynasty, which matched Taiyuan. Li Jixun and others failed to attack Taiyuan for a long time, and the Liao army arrived again, so they led the troops back to the south. The Northern Han army took advantage of the situation to pursue and attack Jiang (now Jiangxian County, Shaanxi Province).

In February of the second year of Song Kaibao (969), Song Taizu ordered Cao Bin and Dangjin to lead the troops to Taiyuan and personally led the army to the Northern Han Dynasty. Liu and Feng of the Northern Han Dynasty learned that they had arrived in Luzhou and sent Li Jixun to lead the former army to Tuanbai Valley. Knowing that you are outnumbered, hurry back to Taiyuan.

In March, from Song Taizu to Taiyuan, tens of thousands of local migrant workers were recruited, long walls were built around Taiyuan, and long dikes were built to divert water to fill the city. Many attacks lasted for more than three months, and the city could not be broken. At that time, it was very hot, and many people in Song Jun suffered from abdominal pain. I heard the news that Liao army sent troops to rescue the Northern Han Dynasty. Song Jun hurried out. Liao and Northern Han allied forces pursued and fled in defeat, leaving a lot of military supplies for Northern Han.

In October of the eighth year of Song Kaibao (975), Nantang was razed, and Song Taizu revived the Northern Expedition to recover Yanyun. In August of the following year, Ma Jun, a bodyguard, was sent to direct one party to advance, and Xuanhui North Hospital ordered Pan Mei Fifth Route Army to share Taiyuan equally, fighting fiercely with the Northern Han Army and Liao Army who came to help. Unexpectedly, Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin died at this moment, and Song Taizong Zhao Guangyi succeeded to the throne. Due to national mourning, the Northern Expedition Division was recalled in December. At this point, Song Taizu's war of sending troops to crusade against the Northern Han Dynasty failed because of the assistance of Liao army.

After forcing Chen to "take the land" and wuyue to "return the land" in the third year of Taiping (978), he was determined to destroy the Northern Han Dynasty. In view of the lessons that all previous attacks on the Northern Han Dynasty failed because of Liao army's rescue, Song Taizong made a general plan to eliminate the periphery, first stopping Liao aid, and then taking Taiyuan. Then we stepped up the training and consolidation of the army, and ordered Jin, Lu (now Linfen and Changzhi in Shanxi), Xing, Zhen and Ji (now Xingtai, Zhengding and Jixian in Hebei) and other places adjacent to the Northern Han Dynasty to build weapons and siege equipment, transport grain and grass, and actively prepare for the attack.

In the first month of the fourth year of Taiping and Xingguo (979), Song Taizong decided to March into the Northern Han Dynasty again and adopted the operational policy of attacking the city and blocking aid. Its deployment is: ordered Xuanhui South Hospital to make Pan Mei surrender for the North Road, and ordered Cui, Li, Cao Han and others to lead the troops to attack Taiyuan; The observation of Yunzhou made Guo Jin make arrangements, taking Shilingguan in the north of Taiyuan (now in the south of Xinxian County, Shanxi Province) as the stronghold to prevent the Liao army from reinforcing from the north; Tian Renlang and Liu Xu were appointed to be responsible for reconnaissance of the moat around Taiyuan City and inspection of various siege equipment; Meng Xuanpu was ordered to be in charge of the army, stationed in Bozhou, and stopped the Liao army reinforcements from the east;

He ordered Hebei transshipment to make Hou Dou and Shaanxi North Road transshipment to make Hong Xiang in charge of Taiyuan East-West two-way transshipment, and Liu Baoxun as the north transshipment ambassador; Zhao Guangyi and Song Taizong led the main force out of Zhou Zhen (now Zhengding, Hebei Province) to contain the Liao army in Youzhou, and marched westward or southward.

On February 15th, four years of Taiping and Xingguo, Song Taizong led an army from Tokyo (now Kaifeng, Henan Province) and arrived in Zhou Zhen in March, and divided his troops to attack the peripheral counties such as Yuxian (now northeast Yuxian, Shanxi Province), Qinzhou (now Qinyuan, Shanxi Province), Fenzhou (now Fenyang, Shanxi Province) and Lanzhou (now Lanxian, Shanxi Province), in order to contain the reinforcements of the Northern Han Army in these areas to Taiyuan. At this point, Guo Jinjun has entered the Ten Mausoleums Pass.

Liu Jiyuan, a master of the Northern Han Dynasty, heard that Song Bing was besieged and sent messengers to Liao for help. Liao appointed Prime Minister Yelusha as the commander-in-chief, and the enemy of the King of Qi as the supervisor. Lead troops to rescue the Northern Han Dynasty. On March 16, Yelushi led his troops to Baimaling (now northeast of Yuxian County, Shaanxi Province) day and night to meet the resistance forces in Guo Jin. The two armies confronted each other across a big river.

Yelusha intends to wait until the follow-up troops arrive before fighting. The enemy soldiers and others thought it was advantageous to attack immediately, so they crossed the stream to attack Song Jun first. Guo Jinjun took a half-crossing, suddenly attacked, cut the enemy and other five generals, annihilated more than 10 thousand people, and the rest of the Liao army fled in haste. Wang Yelv of the North Yard led his troops in an oblique direction, and when all the arrows were exhausted, Song Jun retreated. Northern Han sent someone to Liao for help again, but the messenger was caught by Guo Jinjun and killed at the gates of Taiyuan. Northern Han moved to attack, but was defeated by Song Jun, so he saved the city.

Song Jun won with strong help and attacked on all fronts. In mid-April, after Song Jun captured Yuxian, Longzhou and Lanzhou, Song Taizong led the army to Taiyuan and besieged the city with hundreds of thousands of troops. On April 23, the general visited the city to comfort him and wrote a letter to surrender to Liu Jiyuan, the Lord of the Northern Han Dynasty, which was rejected. On the evening of 24th, Song Taizong went to the west of the city to attack the city, but failed.

On the first day of May, Duzhu will attack the southwest corner of the city in a hurry, and it will be trapped in Mayang City. The national emblem of the Northern Han Dynasty enabled Fan to surpass surrender. On the third day, from the northwest corner of the city, the "ma bu" or horse stance just look army of the Northern Han Dynasty ordered Guo and others to surrender successively. On the fourth day, Song Taizong marched south of the city again and invaded the city at the same time. Wei Zhenjun, the son-in-law of the Northern Han Dynasty in Daizhou (now Daixian County, Shanxi Province), was in an emergency to the Liao Emperor. Ye was unable to send reinforcements because the Liao army was recently defeated by Baimaling.

At this time, Song Taizong ordered Fenshui to fill the city, making Taiyuan Wang Yang. On the sixth day of May, Liu Jiyuan went out of the city to surrender without reinforcements outside and fighting spirit inside. Song Taizong ordered Liu Baoxun to preside over Taiyuan's government affairs, and named Liu Jiyuan as the upper right general and Pengcheng County Duke.