Sun Tu was naturally extremely concerned about this question, and he also asked some people in the army, including Qin Dang in front of him. But their answers were always vague, so that people could not fully understand what had happened, as if they had read the war report that had been sent to Tokyo.

The battle report seems to be written in detail, but if you read it carefully, it is nothing more than that the Liao army had already conspired to induce the Song army to advance lightly, which led to the battle situation from the previous momentum to the later difficulty of advancing an inch, and the loss of troops and generals, and even in the situation that even the city wall of Youzhou could not be seen, the Liao army of 100,000 people confronted it.

As for the details, what kind of conspiracy and calculation Song Jun fell into, and where the turning point was, at least the battle report that Sun Tu was able to access was vague, and Qin Dang and others also avoided the important and did not elaborate on the speeches of Qin Dang and others a few days ago.

But just looking at the appearance of these two people today, Sun Tu vaguely guessed that they were going to answer this series of questions for themselves, which made his expression more and more solemn, and made a gesture of please: "Then please ask the two of you to give advice, and listen to your ears in the next place." ”

Han Hao and Qin Dang glanced at each other again, and then the former continued: "Actually, at the beginning, the northward advance of my Great Song soldiers was quite smooth. The Liao people were already in a lot of internal troubles, and many of their elites were even transferred to the north to deal with the Jin invasion, resulting in a large area south of Youzhou being empty of garrisons. In addition, our army had already mastered the details of the Liao army's border defense early on, so the march was even more overwhelming, invincible, and in just two or three months, it had entered the Liao border for more than 300 miles and captured seven or eight cities. As he spoke, he smiled at Sun Tu again: "Of course, there is also the credit of Yuehou, and now everyone in the army knows that the Liao border defense map is the imperial court brought back by Yuehou a few years ago." ”

Sun Tu smiled humbly, but he was not busy talking, only filled a glass of wine for the other party. Han Hao was not polite, took a drink from the wine glass, and continued: "That was all before last summer, according to the situation at that time, even the lower officials were optimistic that we would be able to take Youzhou City before the New Year and make a hundred years of achievements." ”

Speaking of this, his face changed suddenly, and his tone became heavy: "But who expected, everything suddenly reversed in that June, and began with a strong attack on the Left Army Fort!" When he mentioned the name of Zuojunbao, Han Hao's cheeks twitched unconsciously, as if he had a trace of fear for it.

Qin Dang then said: "If you want to talk about this battle, the last general is also at his meeting, I thought that the defenders in the fort were only two or three thousand, and our army was full of 30,000, even if it was a strong attack, it was also possible, not to mention that the Liao army at that time had already been invincible, and it was difficult to improve."

"But the result is a big mistake, just when my whole army attacked, stormed for half a day, and wanted to break through this pass, the Liao army actually held the checkpoint to the death. What caught people off guard was that on the night of the same day, nearly 20,000 elite Liao troops who were waiting for the fort suddenly appeared...... In that battle, my Great Song soldiers were completely unprepared, but the battle was broken, if it weren't for the fact that many brothers stopped in front of the head, I was afraid that the last general would have died in the other. ”

It seemed that he was in a turbulent mood and urgently needed to calm down, Qin Dare finished speaking, and poured himself three glasses of wine in a row, which made him recover from some rapid breathing, but his eyes were still a little red, and the muscles on his cheeks were still beating suddenly. Obviously, the impact of this defeat on him is too great, even though more than half a year has passed, and when he mentions it again, it is still like yesterday, and he can remember many details that he does not want to remember.

Seeing this, Sun Tu didn't rush to say anything, and poured another glass of wine for him after Qin Dang toasted three times in a row. is also a general in the army, he can naturally understand the feeling that after the defeat, the soldiers under his command continue to die in battle, but he is powerless.

Seeing that Qin Dang was a little out of shape, Han Hao added: "In that battle, our army had no more than 15,000 casualties, but this is nothing compared to the subsequent battle situation. Yuehou, do you know that the commander of the Liao army is really insidious, it turns out that he has been defeated in battles before, and it is just a poisonous plan for them to lure our army into going deeper, and the left army fort that seems to be the easiest to attack is a trap laid by the Liao army for our army. Not only were the defenders there far superior to our expectations, but they also had ambushes ten miles away......

"When the Chinese army received the news of the defeat at the front and decisively sent reinforcements to meet it, it hit its calculations and was intercepted and attacked by the left and right halfway, resulting in heavy casualties. And the Liao army only then showed their fangs, with a much more ferocious offensive than before, in one breath to kill 100,000 people of our front army to a rout and retreat, almost into Tong Shuai's Chinese army. If it weren't for the rest of the soldiers fighting to the death, he was afraid that ......" thought of the worst possible outcome, and he didn't feel a sudden attack.

"It was this battle that made our army turn from victory to defeat, and we could only retreat again and again, from only fifty miles away from Youzhou to retreat for 100 miles, so that we were able to stop the decline. And the casualty figures are even more staggering, the Forbidden Army and the Northern Army have been wounded and broken, which can be called a fiasco. ”

After Sun Tu heard this, his brows furrowed deeply. He thought that the previous war and the setbacks of the Song army were only a small defeat. It is no wonder that after a year, they only dare to wander here in the Baigou River, but they do not dare to go further north, obviously they are afraid after suffering a big loss.

Thinking about the current situation of the three northern kingdoms, Sun Tu is becoming more and more cold and anxious. It is said that the Song army can't even beat the Liao army, which has been decayed to the extreme at this time, but such a Liao army is always beaten all over the ground when it encounters the rising Jin army, and the cities are lost one after another. Therefore, later, after the Liao was destroyed, the Jin army went all the way into the Central Plains, and it was reasonable to easily destroy the Northern Song Dynasty.

I'm not afraid of not knowing the goods, I'm afraid of comparing the goods, compared with such an opponent, what is the weakness of Song Jun now, it's really unbearable, and I don't dare to think about it.

At this time, Han Hao's voice rose again: "Yue Hou knows, in fact, our army would not have been defeated so badly in this battle, even if the Liao army came out with all its might, even if we were caught off guard, but my Great Song army was several times the enemy's army, how could it be so unbeatable?" ”

Sun Tu quickly calmed down, raised his eyebrows slightly, he knew that the real drama was coming. Sure enough, I only heard the other party's hateful voice: "We have this defeat, only because the Western Army suddenly did not save it at that critical moment, which caused our Chinese soldiers and horses to be unable to recover their breath, and they could only fight desperately to lose their troops and fight bloody battles with the Liao Army in three ways." And the final result is that although the Liao army finally retreated, our army was also greatly damaged. On the contrary, the Western Army only suffered a small defeat and did not hurt its bones. What is even more unbearable is that some people take advantage of this incident to want to oppose the guest and seek to seize the power of the coach. If it weren't for Tong Shuai, he would have won the support of soldiers from all walks of life, but I am afraid that now these hundreds of thousands of troops have changed their surnames! ”

"Oh? Is there such a thing? Sun Tu said with surprise on his face, he really couldn't believe that the brothers of the seed family would do such a thing that could not be saved.

Qin Dang snorted and said, "At that time, the general was in front of him, and he had the most to say. Indeed, from the beginning of the war to the third day, we did not see a single soldier sent by the Western Army to rescue us, which led to our Chinese army fighting alone and suffering heavy casualties. Afterwards, Tong Shuai was unable to hold the Western Army accountable because of his many scruples, and even because of this, he was so jealous of them, and he had to make compromises...... I'm really ashamed to wait for my subordinates to look at this! ”

These two said that they were seven emotions, which made Sun Tu believe a little more. But he still had doubts in his heart: "How can this be? is also my Great Song Border Army, and Tong Shuai used to be the commander of the Western Army, how could he be so estranged from them? ”

"Then we have to ask what kind of hearts the two breeders have. Yuehou, you have been a general for many years, you should have known how my Great Song Dynasty has always suppressed military generals, right? Han Hao suddenly changed the topic and said. Seeing Sun Tu nodding, he said again: "But after a hundred years, some things have changed after all. The soldiers and horses elsewhere were better, but because the Western army had to be on guard against the invasion of the Western Xia, the situation was different from that of the general garrison, and the horses and generals there had not been replaced for many years. Even, there are many generals like the seed family who have guarded the western border for generations, and the one who shows it is the other kind of family.

"Over time, they have become increasingly powerful in the army, and even reached the point where the officers and soldiers in the army only know two kinds but do not know that there is a court. I've only heard about this before, and I didn't know it until today. And with the increasing power in their hands, the two generals are not as respectful to the court as their ancestors, even if Tong Shuai is on top, they still have two ambitions, just to preserve their own strength, as for the victory or defeat of the court, but it is not in their calculations.

In this battle with the Liao army, they exposed this point clearly. Seeing that the Liao army was strong, in order not to damage their own troops, they did not hesitate to die without saving them, and saw that our army fell into a bitter battle without sending a single soldier. It wasn't until the Liao army retreated in the end that they pretended to come to the rescue, which was really cold! ”

Such an accusation is really a bloody cry, even Sun Tu is not affected by them, and his perception of the two is much worse. Because in his opinion, such things must not be faked even if they have already happened, even if they exaggerate, it is always a fact that the Western army did not save the whole army and led to the rout.

This is obviously the most difficult thing for Sun Tu to accept. After all, no matter how contradictory the two sides are, they must always be unanimous in the face of a real strong enemy.

"Today, the two of us are not saying these words to slander the two family fathers, but they have always been like bones in their throats, and we must let Yuehou know who they are and not be deceived by their appearance." Han Hao said even more seriously.