Emperor Song Yuanting was discussing state affairs with all the ministers and generals in the palace hall, and suddenly there was a report from the front of the guard palace that there was a battle report from the front line in Youzhou.

Song Yuting hurriedly ordered someone to pass the battle report, opened it and looked at it, and his heart was overjoyed.

It turned out that this battle report was sent back from Qinglong Gorge and Huang Songyu by Yang Changning and Han Kun, two commanders of soldiers and horses on the Youzhou front. The station newspaper said that the soldiers and horses of the two routes of the Great Hara Kingdom have now withdrawn from the Guanwai. Our army is following and chasing.

The reason why the Great Hara Kingdom withdrew at this time was because they heard about the defeat of the Great Xia State and knew that the Yongzhou soldiers would come to support later, and without the constraints of the Great Xia Kingdom in the west, the Great Song Kingdom could go all out against their side. Moreover, the purpose of their invasion has been achieved, and they have already robbed hundreds of thousands of people and food, so they will accept it when they see it, and there is no need to continue to fight against the army of the Great Song Kingdom. Therefore, it was decided to withdraw troops outside the border.

Song Yuanting handed the battle report to the ministers for circulation, and everyone was naturally very happy after reading it.

Since Dahara has taken the initiative to withdraw its troops, there is no need to send Yongzhou soldiers to Youzhou to support. Therefore, Song Yuanting decided to summon Tian Xiaoding to Beijing to receive the reward, and he planned to see Tian Xiaoding in person, and then decide how to seal the reward.

At this time, Tian Xiaoding didn't know that the emperor was going to reward him, he and his soldiers had been stationed in Luoshui Pass for half a month, and had been waiting for the instructions of the imperial court. Whether or not to continue to attack the Great Xia Kingdom needs to be decided by the imperial court.

Yongzhou is a long way from Kyoto Zhongzhou, so it will take at least ten days for the war reports and official documents to be sent through the post station.

Now that it has entered the wax moon, it looks like the New Year will be more than half a month away. In this era, the Spring Festival is a very important festival.

Of course, Xiao Ding hopes that the war will end soon, so that he can go home to reunite with his family and have a reunion together.

All the supplies in Luoshui Pass were transported from Dingbian City. Originally, when Li Daocheng was stationed in the city, there was a lack of grain and grass in this pass, and later when he broke through the pass, a lot of materials were burned by a fire. Therefore, when Gao Wanjun and the soldiers were stationed, Luoshui Pass was almost an empty city.

The township soldiers led by Lu Yang once again rhymed a batch of supplies from Yongzhou City to Dingbian. Hearing that he had captured Luoshui Pass, Lu Yang escorted another batch of supplies to Luoshui Pass.

Hearing that Luyang's escort team was coming, Xiao Ding deliberately went to find Zhao Laixi, Zhao Hu and others who were in Luyang's troops. Several people have not seen each other for many days, and they are very happy to meet each other.

Xiao Ding saw that Zhao Laixi had gone through more than a month of military life, and his originally thin body looked a lot stronger, and Zhao Hu and the others were also tanned a lot. Several people talked about their experiences and chatted happily. Fan Sanpang also followed Hehe and smirked on the side, but he had been following the big army, because he was the leader of the gang, so he didn't have to go to the front line to fight.

Father-in-law Ji of the supervising army also followed the grain transport team to Luoshui Pass in the past few days, as the supervisor of the whole army, he always has to go to the front line to take a look. Even if it's going through the motions, that's good.

All the generals were patiently waiting for the imperial court to issue instructions, and on this day, the long-awaited decree finally arrived. It was a little eunuch who came to Luoshui Pass to announce the decree, and he looked like he was in a hurry for days, and after entering the Guancheng, he didn't drink a sip of water, so he took out the holy decree and read it:

"Fengtian carrier, the emperor edict said, this time to expel the Great Xia Kingdom Hulu battle, the generals have made great contributions. Huang Wenlong, the commander of the soldiers and horses of the northern battalion of the Yongzhou Xiang Army, was the general of Pingyu, commanding all the soldiers and horses of the Yongzhou Xiang Army, garrisoning Luoshui Pass, Gaoguan and other important passes of the Yongzhou border pass, and guarding the frontier. Because our Great Song State has reached an agreement with the Great Xia Kingdom, we will stop the army and make a truce. Therefore, the generals did not have to continue to march into the Great Xia Kingdom. The supervising army Ji Gonggong and Gao Wanjun led the army to retreat from the enemy, and ordered the two to return to Beijing with the forbidden army to receive the reward; Dutong Tian Xiaoding made outstanding achievements in this battle, and he could also go to Beijing with the army to receive rewards. Fei Wen, the commander of the soldiers and horses of the southern battalion of the former Yongzhou Xiang Army, repeatedly escaped from the battle, put our army to death, harmed our generals, damaged the prestige of our army, stripped him of his position as commander of the soldiers and horses, and demoted him to the command of Yongzhou soldiers and horses. Chin this! ”

When the decree is received, the congregation will stand up. Xiao Ding's heart was cold, and he said, do you want to go to Beijing to receive the reward? If you go like this, you won't be able to go home for the reunion year.

Also cold-hearted is Fei Wen, who originally commanded the southern camp of the Xiang Army and was on an equal footing with Huang Wenlong, but the emperor cut it off with a word. Now it has suddenly become an ordinary metropolitan system, and it has been reduced from an official position at the state level to the county level. How could his heart not be cold.

Just when Fei Wen felt sad, suddenly a hand next to him held his hand, Fei Wen turned his head and saw that it was Yu Hou Bian Hongtai. Fei Wen shook his hand and said, "Why are you here again?" ”

During this time, Fei Wen always felt that Bian Hongtai was approaching him intentionally or unintentionally, although the two were good friends who ate, drank, prostituted and gambled together, but Bian Hongtai was not like now, always idle and sticking to himself, and approaching him intentionally or unintentionally, and sometimes even holding his hand and not letting go. His speech became more and more subtle, and sometimes he could smell a fragrance on his body, I don't know if he was greased or powdered.

"Hey, Master Fei, I just want to be close to you, but I'm just demoted to an official position, with your brother here, are you still worried that your official position can't be restored?" Bian Hongtai said in a weird manner, and wanted to come forward again.

Fei Wen hurriedly dodged away, looked at Bian Hongtai's miserable white face and vermilion lips, and couldn't help but feel faintly disgusted in his heart.

When Gonggong Ji heard that he would be able to lead the army back to Beijing on the same day, he was so happy that he couldn't stop talking. How comfortable it is to return to Beijing and be at ease in the palace, how can you suffer like at the border. There is something in the palace, and he is under one person in front of the emperor, and he is admired by ten thousand people. At the border, there is a lack of food and clothing, there is nothing, and it is a luxury to eat a snack.

When Luo Simao heard that Gao Wanjun was about to return to Beijing with his troops, he was also happy. After returning to Beijing, did he have the opportunity to propose to Gao Wanjun again? He secretly glanced at Gao Wanjun on the other side, secretly thinking in his heart.

After Huang Wenlong heard the holy decree, he was a little surprised, he didn't expect that the emperor would hand over the important task of guarding the border to him and give him the position of general. Being able to become a general is the dream of every person who is in the army! Huang Wenlong has been in the army for more than 20 years, but he didn't expect to finally become a general.

Everyone welcomed the little eunuch who announced the decree and a dozen or so entourages into the hall of the Shuaifu. The little eunuch greeted Gonggong Ji and then sat down. The attendant brought tea, and the little eunuch drank a few sips of tea, and then he breathed a sigh of relief, and the long journey for several days in a row was really hard for him.

Not long after everyone sat down, suddenly there was a report from outside again, saying that an official document from the governor of Yongzhou had arrived.