Since the Western Army rushed over, Tiefutu was no longer entangled with the Western Army, after all, after more than two hours of fighting, Tiefutu's physical strength was seriously overdrawn, and the war horse could not bear it. Before, it was still five thousand iron floats in rotation, otherwise it would have been exhausted.

Now in the face of the entanglement of 50,000 Western troops, Tiefutu, who is already at the end of the crossbow, chose to avoid, this is the biggest advantage of the cavalry, it can attack, it can retreat, basically advance and retreat freely, which the infantry can't do.

Tiefutu's avoidance, the Western Army did not chase after them, and they went all out to catch up with the commander and the division.

Tiefutu rested in the back, and the commander Wan Yan impeached himself that his mission had been completed, and the two hours of blocking was enough to ensure that the 40,000 troops of the Seed Master Dao were annihilated in front, and now the main task was to rest, and after the rest was completed, he would go to chase the fatal blow to the Western Army, and before that, he could only watch the cavalry duel against the Western Army.

More than 20,000 Jin cavalry finally collided with more than 53,000 Western troops, and the Western army was 60,000 when they set out, and finally killed more than 6,000 in two hours against Tiefutu, while Tiefutu suffered only 70 or 80 casualties.

In a fierce battle, the cavalry of the Jin Kingdom fell into a fierce battle after encountering the Western army.

When the seed master saw Jin Jun taking the initiative, he knew that the eldest brother had an accident, and at this time, he was not carried away by anger because of this, but was more calm.

The long-experienced seed master knew that if his more than 50,000 Western troops rushed up and tore apart the Jin army, they would definitely be defeated in the end. If you want to fight against the powerful cavalry, you can only set up a formation, and only by laying out a large formation can you minimize casualties.

Wanyan Zonghan did not immediately order an attack, but ordered the Jin army to rest in place and wait for the Western Army to set up a large formation. This is not how benevolent and righteous Yan Zonghan is, the key is that Tiefutu has not kept up, which means that Tiefutu has been seriously overdrawn, in this case, it is still necessary to rest.

The physical strength of the human body is restored quickly, and the physical strength of the war horse recovers very slowly, especially the iron float, the weight of the war horse is too large, and the recovery is even slower. In this battle, it would be difficult to achieve a complete victory if there was no Tiefutu to participate in the battle.

Wanyan Zonghan, who has always been radical, calmed down today, and when the Western Army was deploying, he ordered the cavalry to rest and recuperate.

Whether it is a formation or a rest, today is destined to be a vicious battle of life and death. In this battle, if the Jin army is defeated, then the crisis of Taiyuan City is resolved, and if the Jin army wins, then Taiyuan City is in danger, and I am afraid that the Western Army will never come to reinforcements again. After all, Liu Fa, the most famous in the Western Army, was killed in battle, and the Seed Army was defeated, in this case, who still has the courage to come to the rescue?

The planter is only in his early fifties, and his energy is quite abundant. It is really commendable to be able to keep a clear head in such a situation.

The 40,000 army in front of him seemed to be more than lucky, and the seed master believed that even if it was a fiasco, the eldest brother deliberately retreated, so he didn't think about it so much. What he laid out was the Nine Palace Bagua Array, which was to use his strength to entangle with the other party.

Winning is obviously unrealistic, and for the breeder, it would be good to be able to remain undefeated. After this battle, no matter what his exploits were, he would not go to the aid of Taiyuan Mansion.

The Nine Palaces Bagua Array is the most commonly used formation for infantry in all dynasties, and it can be said to be an almost perfect defensive formation, of course, it is also almost perfect, and it still has fatal flaws. Especially when the temporary formation is lacking, when there is a lack of chariots, antlers, horse rejection stakes, traps, thistles, arrow towers, tripwires and other tools, when blocking the cavalry, it cannot play a role in killing the enemy, at most it is self-preservation.

Self-preservation, for the seed division, self-preservation is already the biggest victory, so when facing the Jin State cavalry, he did not hesitate to use the Nine Palaces Bagua Array, not seeking to kill the enemy, but only to protect himself. As long as they can hold out until dark, and the war horses cannot fight when it is dark, then the chances of withdrawing the army are very high.

Unlike Wanyan Zongwang, who was born a military wizard, Wanyan Zonghan especially likes to study the Han people's military books and battle strategies, and also has an in-depth understanding of the formation, and even knows far more than the seed division, he soon found out that the other party laid out the Nine Palace Bagua Array, and of course he also knows how to deal with it.

If on weekdays, the Western Army laid out the Nine Palaces Bagua Array, Wanyan Zongwang really couldn't find a way to crack it, but today, there are 5,000 Tiefutu armed to the teeth, as long as they find the Shengmen, they can mess up the big array, and at that time, the cavalry took the opportunity to kill it, and the big array could be broken.

Waiting for time, both warring sides are waiting, the Western Army is waiting for time to set up the formation, the Jin Army is waiting for the arrival of Tiefutu, and both sides have handed over their fate to time, to be precise, to God as the master.

Wanyan Zonghan knew that the seed division was waiting for time, and tried in vain to take advantage of the darkness to break through, but in fact, he had already made a good deployment, and when it was dark, the casualties to the western army would be greater.

The long-awaited Tiefutu finally regained his strength, and the heavily armored cavalry, armed to the teeth, slowly walked towards the battlefield. The nightmare struck, and when the previous encounter with Tiefutu was encountered, the Western Army felt that it was a nightmare, and it was really a nightmare when it was encountered again. ‘

In the past, Tiefutu was just a blockade, but this time it was an attack, how much impact it would be, the soldiers of the Western Army did not dare to imagine, but they knew that the key to this vicious battle was Tiefutu, and whether they could withstand the domineering and barbaric impact of Tiefutu would determine the entire direction of the battlefield.

The appearance of the Tiefutu caused some panic among the soldiers of the Western Army, which was extremely rare in previous battles, which cast a shadow on this battle.

Under the shadow of war, the Western Army can be said to be full of mourning, and the haze of defeat is pressing on the hearts of the soldiers. Not only the soldiers, but even the seed divisions found that they were wrong, and the reason why the Jin army gave them the opportunity to set up the formation before was to wait for Tiefutu. As long as the Jin Army finds the Shengmen, then the Nine Palaces Bagua Array will be self-defeating, and there will be no threat at all.

Shengmen has become the last psychological comfort among the planters. But when he found that the cavalry of the Jin army was circling around the large array, he had an ominous premonition.

The outer gossip of the Nine Palaces Bagua Array is four strange and four positive, the birth gate is in the four strange, the birth gate and the death door are converted to each other, but under the weight of Tiefutu, the four strange doors are in chaos first, and the iron floating map is like a tiger descending from the Qi Sisheng Gate.

It's over, seeing Tiefutu coming in from Shengmen, the planters know that this battle will definitely be lost, and holding on will only increase casualties.

There is no such rigidity as his brother in the seed division, seeing that the life gate of the Nine Palaces Bagua Array was broken open by Tiefutu, he made a choice as soon as possible, gave up the car to protect the handsome, and broke his arm to survive, he gave up the last hope, it can be said that he gave up most of the Western Army and chose to break through.

The 50,000 Western Army killed from the four main gates, which was no longer self-preservation, but an attack to survive, and a few that could be killed were counted. The army came out from the main gate, and the only 3,000 cavalry of the seed army led by the seed division broke through from the Qier Gate, which was the escape route he had planned for himself before.

Among the planters, they have always sought defeat without seeking victory. Seeing that the Jin army was too strong, he was ready to flee when he set up the formation, but he didn't expect it to be so early.

He didn't expect it to be so early, and Wanyan Zonghan didn't expect it, he thought that the seed division would fight to the end like other famous generals of the Great Song Dynasty, but he didn't expect to start the war, and the commander of the seed army fled.

In the pursuit of the seed division, or between the total annihilation of the seed army, Wanyan Zonghan finally chose the latter, and let the seed division lead 3,000 cavalry to escape, of course, the pursuit may not be able to catch up.

In this way, almost all of the 100,000 family troops were wiped out, and only a few thousand fled back. So far, the farmer army that has been crisscrossing the northwest for hundreds of years has become a historical term and can no longer turn over.

In just two months, the western army was heavily damaged, the most powerful army was almost completely annihilated, and the second strongest Xihe Road army was wounded and killed. No longer has the courage of the Western Army to rescue Taiyuan, everyone is waiting for the King of Han to come out of the mountain, without the command of the King of Han, they would rather resist the order than go on the expedition. Taiyuan Mansion belongs to the imperial court, but the soldiers are their own.

The Western Army has always been semi-closed and controlled by the imperial court, but it has a lot of power in its own territory, and the foundation of these powers is the army.

Without an army, everything is lost. But glory and wealth are everyone's lifelong pursuit, how can they give up easily? After Liu Fa died, his eldest son Liu Zhengyan knew that the crisis was coming, and it was obvious that if he could not successfully take over his father's position, then Xihe Road would change hands. He is a military general, a rough man, he doesn't have so many fancy intestines, and it's okay to fight, but if he goes to the court to fight for his father's position, then obviously his head is not enough.

Not having enough heads doesn't mean giving up, Liu Zhengyan found his second brother Liu Zhengqi and said: "Second brother, now that my father has been killed, and the Xihe Road Army has broken my bones, if my brother and I can't take my father's place, our Liu family will be completely finished." ”

"Big brother, have you thought about a question, even if you inherit your father's position, what are you going to do in the war on the Western Front, after losing 50,000 elites, there are less than 30,000 left in the Liu family's army, self-protection is a problem, how to attack. The situation in the northwest is too complicated, the Western Liao army, the Jin army, the Western Xia army, and the power of the Han king, which one of them we can't afford to provoke, how can you keep the position of the Liu family on Xihe Road? ”

Liu Zhengqi said very easily, but Liu Zhengyan's head was not enough, and he asked puzzledly: "Against the Western Xia, Western Liao, or the Jin Army, that is the unified arrangement of the imperial court, and we don't need to worry about it." As for the King of Han, that is my father's brother-in-law, and he is our little uncle, he is the King of Han in the imperial court, how can he obstruct us from controlling Xihe Road? ”

Liu Zhengqi shook his head and said: "The imperial court, hehe, the current imperial court itself is difficult to protect, where can I still have the energy to take care of the affairs of the northwest." If there are only 30,000 troops on Xihe Road, it will be difficult to protect oneself at most, or even self-protection. You must know that Xihe Road has always been very barren, and if there is no funding from the imperial court, life will be difficult. Western Liao needed to find a foothold in the northwest, and the Jin State wanted to destroy the Great Song Dynasty. As for the Western Xia, it can be said that under the control of the Han King, it is easy to expand to the Xihe Road, and we can't deal with it. King Han is the king of Han in the Great Song Dynasty, but the Great Song Dynasty is not necessarily the country of the Zhao family. ”

"You, what do you mean, you mean that the King of Han will rebel?"

"It's not a rebellion, it's a yellow robe. The grandfather of the year could do this, why couldn't the King of Han? I have researched that the total strength of the Han King is close to 300,000, and he is a good general, enough to compete with the Jin army, and indirectly controls the Western Xia. The ultimate fate is either to be dressed in a yellow robe, or to be forced to death by the imperial court. After all, this is the lesson of the tragic death of countless famous generals in history, and the King of Han will definitely not take that step, so it is only a matter of time before he is crowned. ”

When he heard his younger brother say that King Han would be in a yellow robe, Liu Zhengyan was dumbfounded, if he really got to that point, even if he inherited his father's position and served as the envoy of Xihe Road, what was the point?

After being silent for a long time, Liu Zhengyan said: "Second brother, you read a lot, you can show the eldest brother and the Liu family a clear way." ”

"It depends on whether you are loyal to the court, eldest brother, or to the King of Han."

"Is there a big difference?"

"The difference is very big, if it is finally the imperial court, then as long as you spend money to take care of the group of ministers in the political affairs hall, you should be able to serve as the envoy of Xihe Road." Speaking of which. Liu Zhengqi paused for a long time and then said, "In that case, you will lead the Liu family to a place of no return. In order to maintain his position in the northwest, the King of Han will definitely instigate the Western Xia army to invade the Xihe Road, and the imperial court has no time to take care of the Western Front, so what is the fate, it is clear at a glance, the father is gone, the 50,000 elites are gone, you serve as the envoy of the Xihe Road, how much significance does it have, weigh it yourself. ”

Liu Zhengyan scratched his head and said: "The Western Army, they have never been loyal to the Zhao family at all, they are just loyal to this country, whoever is the emperor is loyal to whom, as long as they can keep the status of the Liu family on Xihe Road, as for who is the emperor, doesn't someone need someone to guard the northwest?" Besides, King Han is our uncle, and of course I am willing to be loyal to him. ”

"Since the eldest brother said so, then the younger brother will go for you and help you solve the problem." Liu Zhengqi knew that it was definitely not appropriate to go to the capital to see the King of Han now, so he went to Jingzhao Mansion to meet Pan Yun, the princess of Han. In this matter, under normal circumstances, Princess Han should be able to call the shots.

The question of the princess of Han is very funny on some occasions, originally when the king of Han was still the prince of Qin, in order to marry the emperor, he finally chose to divorce his wife, or to dispel the jealousy of the official family. But on the second day after Liu Zhenglong became the king of Han, he directly remarried, and built a huge Han palace in Jingzhao Mansion, and at the same time made it clear that Pan Yun was the princess of Zheng, and the emperor Zhao Fujin and others were the side princesses. However, he did not set up a son, because he had an agreement with the Pan family at the beginning, and the mother of the son could only be surnamed Pan.

Now that the Han princess Pan Yun is sitting in the Han Palace, it can be said that the center of power of the Han King is not in the capital, but in the Jingzhao Mansion. For Liu Zhengqi, finding Princess Han seems to be more problematic.