After completely occupying Yanjing, Cai still appointed Yue Fei as the commander of the Eastern Route Army and Han Shizhong as the commander of the Western Route Army, and ambushed them in the places where the Liao army must pass to return to the army.

After Yelu Dashi defeated the Song army, he triumphed with the Liao army under his jurisdiction.

Traveling to the northern area of Liangxiang, Yang Zaixing saw the opportunity to lead the Beiwei army to attack decisively.

There were 3,000 heavily armored cavalry in the Beiwei army.

The key is that the Beiwei army is waiting for work, and Yelu Dashi's military horses are exhausted from chasing and killing the Song army for a day and a night.

The results speak for themselves.

The Liao cavalry led by Yelu Dashi, in a hurry to meet the enemy, was instantly defeated by the Beiwei army, and then harvested their lives little by little.

Seeing this, Yelu Dashi really led the remnants of the defeated army to flee eastward.

But as soon as the remnants of Yelu Dashi's defeated army fled less than a mile, Yue Fei personally commanded an army of 20,000 to surround the remnants of the defeated generals.

Yelu Dashi was unwilling to be defeated, and personally led his troops to rush up, wanting to capture the thief and capture the king first and kill Yue Fei.

It's a pity that Yelu Dashi was too tired, so he was swept off the war horse by Yue Fei with one shot, and then captured alive.

Seeing that Yelu Dashi was captured alive by the Jinwu army, Yelu Dashi's general Xiao Hulira could only dismount and surrender with less than 2,000 remaining Liao army soldiers.

On the other side, Xiao Gan was also ambushed by Han Shizhong on the north bank of the Gaoliang River.

Xiao Gan's army was first broken through by the Tabai army, and then divided and harvested by the cavalry of each army.

Slightly better than Yelu Dashi, the terrain of the Gaoliang River could not completely annihilate the Liao army, Xiao Gan relied on the familiarity of the terrain, took advantage of the chaos and successfully escaped with nearly a thousand men and horses, and then rushed to Pingzhou Road.

After defeating the main forces of Xiao Gan and Yelu Dashi, he left some soldiers and horses to deal with the aftermath, and then Yue Fei led his army to attack Yizhou City, while Han Shizhong led the remaining soldiers and horses to attack Zhuozhou.

When the Song army was defeated, He Guan, who was originally stationed in Yizhou, chose to abandon the city for fear of being trapped in the north and becoming a lone army.

Therefore, Yue Fei recovered Yizhou almost without bloodshed.

The situation of Guo Yaoshi and Yang Keshi in Zhuozhou is also similar to He Guan.

Seeing that the Liao army was unstoppable, Guo Yaoshi and Yang Keshi evacuated Zhuozhou with Chang Sheng's army overnight, and then retreated to Xiongzhou.

When Han Shizhong arrived in Zhuozhou, Zhuozhou was almost empty.

Han Shizhong also recovered Zhuozhou almost without bloodshed.

Yue Fei and Han Shizhong reported to Cai still in Yanjing as soon as possible.

Along with the good news sent to Yanjing City by Yue Fei and Han Shizhong, there was also the good news sent by Guan Sheng and Zhang Qing - they fought inside and outside to recover the Bauhinia Pass.

In less than two days, Cai still recovered Juyongguan, Yanjing, Yizhou, and Zhuozhou in a row.

This is not without its glory.

Brilliant to the point that Cai still has some doubts about this result, Cai still feels that he may be dreaming.

Actually-

It's normal to get this result.

You must know that at present, Northern Liao is really weak to the extreme - there are only more than 20,000 men and horses that Northern Liao can use at present, including the Liao army guarding Juyong Pass and Bauhinia Pass.

And more than 20,000 horses were all taken by Xiao Gan and Yelu Dashi to fight the Song army.

In this case, Cai still led an army of seventy or eighty thousand to kill Yanshan, if he couldn't achieve such a result, then Cai still simply found a piece of tofu to kill him, and stopped asking questions about the shame of Ding Tianxia and saving Jingkang.

Defeated Xiao Gan and Yelu Dashi, Cai still personally armed:

First of all, Yue Fei and Han Shizhong led the army to push all the way to the Baigou River and Fan Village.

Then, Zhai Jin led the Jinwu rear army to guard Juyong Pass, Zhang Qing led the Jinwu left army to guard Zijing Pass, Guan Sheng led the Jinwu right army to defend the Baigou River, and the Jinwu army led by Niu Gao to deploy in the area of Fancun.

At this point, all the achievements of the Song army before were gone, and Cai still became the new owner of Yan Land, and from now on Yan Yun's surname was Cai.

Of course, it will still take some time for Cai to completely take Yandi into his pocket.

After all, there are seven states in Yandi, that is, Yan, Yi, Zhuo, Shun, Jing, Tan, and Ji.

Now, Cai still only gets a small half, and this small half has not completely become Cai Yi's.

In addition, there are three states of Pingluanying, where the terrain is dangerous, and there are many passes in Guanshan, which is an important passage from the northeast to the south of North China, and it is also a place where soldiers must fight.

Only by recovering the three states of Pingluanying can Cai still completely lock the Hu people out of the customs and then sit back and relax......

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The more than 500,000 troops of the Great Song Dynasty were routed by the Liao army, and nearly half of them were killed or wounded.

The Liao army, which defeated the Song army, was easily annihilated by the Jin Wu army.

The series of achievements achieved by the Great Song Dynasty before this became Cai Ying's in an instant, and even Yanjing City became Cai Zhen's.

The Great Song Dynasty's strategy of locking Cai still in the clouds and preventing Cai from coming out has now completely failed.

Not only that, Cai Ying, who has many generals and is ambitious, has also completely become the Linbang of the Great Song Dynasty.

Things seem to be developing in the direction that is most unfavorable to Zhao Song.

After knowing all this, Zhao Ji aged a lot overnight, and he no longer had the same romance as before.

Liu Yanqing was discredited because of this, and Zhao Ji didn't care if he died.

What made Zhao Ji worried was that after this battle, the truth about the low combat effectiveness of the Song army was completely leaked.

This made him Zhao Ji and the Great Song lose face for the time being, the key is what will he Zhao Ji use to defend the vast and rich territory of the Great Song Dynasty in the future?

What's more, what did he Zhao Ji do to stifle Cai Ying's ambition?

Zhao Ji called Wang Hao, Li Bangyan and others overnight to discuss countermeasures.

In fact, Wang Hao, Li Bangyan and others had long known that the Song army was defeated, and Zhuo, Yi and other prefectures and counties were first occupied by the Liao army, and then taken by the Jin Wu army, and Cai still replaced the Liao State as their new Linbang of the Great Song Dynasty.

For these emergencies, Wang Hao, Li Bangyan and others were actually a little caught off guard and didn't know how to deal with them.

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Vertical vault in the hall.

Zhao Ji walked around and said: "Tong Guan and Liu Yanqing performed very well and bravely when they quelled the civil strife and suppressed Fang La, but when they faced the Liao army in Hebei this time, why were they so weak and incompetent? ”

Wang Hao was also puzzled, he said: "Yes, it is indeed incomprehensible, Tong Xuanfu, Deputy Cai Xuanfu, and Liu Yanqing, why did they suddenly withdraw their troops?" Isn't this muddle? ”

Li Bangyan said leisurely: "Weichen has already said that this expedition to the Northern Expedition is a risky move, we should not send troops, and now Tong Guan, Cai You and Liu Yanqing have lost their teachers and humiliated the country, and they must be punished heavily!" ”

"How to deal with Tong Guan, Cai You and Liu Yanqing?"

"What's next?"

"Da Song won't die because of this, right?"

“……”

Zhao Ji is really confused!

Zhao Ji was not willing to be taken away by Cai Yandi, but also worried that Cai would still calm down Yandi and then fight their idea of the Great Song Dynasty!

Zhao Ji was really disappointed with Tong Guan, so he wrote a codex to Tong Guan, reproaching: "From now on, I won't believe in you!" ”

Liang Shicheng volunteered to go to Xiongzhou to personally hand over the codex to Tong Guan.

Hearing that Liang Shicheng had come to Xiongzhou in person, Tong Guan hurriedly went out with Cai You to greet him.

As soon as they met, Liang Shicheng lowered his voice and said, "Tong Xuanfu, you can get into trouble this time." ”

Tong Guan's heart froze, and he vaguely guessed that it should be Liu Yanqing's defeat.

Liang Shicheng didn't talk nonsense, he directly handed over Zhao Ji's codex to Tong Guan.

Tong Guan opened it and looked at it, and then his body shook!

"From now on, I will not believe in you."

These short eight words are tantamount to a bolt from the blue for Tong Guan!

Tong Guan has followed Zhao Ji for more than 20 years, and it is the first time he has received a codex written by Zhao Ji in such a stern tone.

Looking at this familiar handwriting, Tong Guan can also understand Zhao Ji's anger and disappointment when he wrote this codex.

And what does it mean for a eunuch to be trusted by the emperor and be clearly informed?

It means falling out of favor, it means it's all over!

Tong Guan was terrified, and a layer of cold sweat unconsciously broke out on his forehead!

Cai You didn't see the contents of the codex, but from Tong Guan's face, he almost guessed that it must have been Zhao Ji who knew about the defeat caused by the rout of the army, so he was furious.

In this regard, Cai You is not afraid, he has a tacit understanding with Zhao Ji, knowing that Zhao Ji will not blame him for this, he came here just to see Tong Guan, not to fight, so he is not worried.

Tong Guan hurriedly asked Liang Shicheng for help: "Taifu, you have to help me, you are the person who knows the official family best, in your opinion, what does the official family mean?" ”

Liang Shicheng beckoned to Tong Guan, and Tong Guan hurriedly came to Liang Shicheng to listen.

Liang Shicheng lowered his voice and said, "Now you only have one way to go. ”

Tong Guan hurriedly asked: "Which way?" Please also ask the master to teach. ”

Liang Shicheng said: "Completely solve the disaster of Cai Ying, and then recover Yanjing." ”

Tong Guan listened to it and smiled bitterly, if he had this ability, how could the situation come to this point?

After Liang Shicheng left, Tong Guan handed Zhao Ji's codex to Cai You and said, "Look at it, the official family is really angry this time, we must find a way to get rid of Cai Yi, and then recover Yanjing, otherwise, we will all be impeached." I'm old, it's a big deal, but you're still young, and you still have a long political life, and if you can't resolve this matter satisfactorily, it may affect your future career. ”

Cai You smiled disapprovingly, and then said: "The official family should be angry, more than 500,000 troops were defeated by more than 20,000 Liao troops, then Liu Yanqing is really a stupid pig, extremely incompetent." In my opinion, it is better to wait for Ma Kuo to come back from Bei'an Prefecture and then study how to eliminate Cai Yi and how to recover Yanjing. ”

Tong Guan nodded in agreement on the surface, but secretly smiled bitterly in his heart: "We can't even defeat the Liao army, how can we defeat the Jin Wu army that has defeated the Jin army and the Liao army?" ”

Tong Guan had a hunch that his reputation would be ruined in the recovery of Yanjing.

Tong Guan's mood was so heavy that he didn't want to eat.

Seeing this, Wang Huan, a staff member of the Xuanfu Division, said to Tong Guan: "This rout is caused by Liu Yanqing's incompetence in command, you can't blame Xuanxiang for this, you have served the official family for many years and made many military achievements, and the official family should not blame you." ”

Wang Huan is the son of Wang Shizhong, the governor of Dengzhou, who once followed Zhao Liangsi across the sea to the northeast as a deputy envoy, signed a maritime alliance with the Jurchens, and later became Tong Guan's staff.

Tong Guan sighed and said, "You are still young, and you don't understand the heat and cold." ”

Wang Huan thought for a while, and then offered a plan to Tong Guan and said: "Xuanxiang, I think we might as well send someone to Bei'an Prefecture directly, and then ask the Emperor of Jin to abide by the covenant, send troops into the pass, and attack Yanjing with us in the north and south, so that we may be able to defeat Cai Yi, and then recover Yanjing in one fell swoop." ”

Cai You, who was on the side, listened to it and said: "I think this method is okay, and now only by fighting the Jurchens in the north and south can it be possible to defeat Cai Yi." ”

Tong Guan pondered for a while, and then said to Wang Huan: "You have been to the Jin Kingdom, and you have also met the Emperor of the Jin Kingdom, then you will work hard again, go to Bei'an Prefecture, and then on behalf of me Tong Guan, ask the Emperor of the Jin Kingdom to choose a date, send troops south, and attack Yanjing with my Great Song Dynasty......"

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