The Song army attacked Yanjing's 6,000 elite cavalry, except for the 1,000 men and horses who were missing, only a few hundred of them withdrew from the city in the end, and all the rest were killed.

The Liao army captured 5,000 Song horses and more than 4,000 armor.

The snow-stepping black horse that Yang Keshi sat down on was confused because he couldn't find his owner, and ran wild on Yanjing Street alone.

After Yang Keshi and Guo Yaoshi led people out of the city, Xiao Gan and Yelu Dashi were busy commanding the Liao army to pack up the abandoned armor in the city, hunt and kill the remnants, and did not go out of the city to pursue.

Yang Keshi and Guo Yaoshi were thus able to escape.

In the evening, they came to the territory of Anci County, gathered the remnants of the defeated army, and received only about 400 men.

Pharmacist Guo asked, "Where are we going next?" Go to Liangxiang, or go to Xiongzhou? ”

Yang Keshi felt that Yanjing's battle was very poor, and he couldn't understand why Liu Yanqing and Liu Guangshi's father and son didn't send reinforcements, and then they didn't dare to see Liu Yanqing.

Pharmacist Guo's heart was full of sorrow!

This plan to attack Yanjing was proposed by Guo Yaoshi, and now that it has failed, can Liu Yanqing not let him be this scapegoat?

Therefore, Pharmacist Guo said to Yang Keshi: "Otherwise, the general will go to Zhuozhou with me to recuperate, and then we will take care of it slowly?" ”

was afraid that Liu Yanqing would harm him, and he really didn't have the face to see Tong Guan, and his body was poisonous and injured and needed a place to recuperate, so Yang Keshi thought about it for a while, and went to Zhuozhou with Guo Yaoshi.

Liu Yanqing didn't know anything about what was happening in Yanjing City.

In fact, Liu Yanqing had already sent Liu Guangshi to lead a large army to Yanjing to meet Yang Keshi and Guo Yaoshi.

Not only did Yang Keshi and Pharmacist Guo have no news back, but Liu Guangshi also has no news back.

Just when Liu Yanqing was wondering, he suddenly received a letter from Guo Yaoshi and Yang Keshi from Zhuozhou.

Only then did Liu Yanqing know that the Song army's sneak attack on Yanjing had failed, and only a few hundred remnants of the 6,000 men and horses were left and fled to Zhuozhou.

This shocked Liu Yanqing, and at the same time was puzzled!

"How can you lose? After the defeat, why didn't they come back and go to Zhuozhou? ”

"Where are my son's reinforcements? Is it also all gone? ”

Liu Yanqing is very worried about his son.

Liu Yanqing ordered: "All armies continue to dig trenches, the depth of the trenches is not less than four feet, and the width of the bottom is not less than two feet!" - Liu Yanqing intends to fight a positional defensive battle on the banks of the Lugou River.

A few days later, Liu Guangshi's entire army suddenly withdrew, and there was no shortage of soldiers.

Liu Guangshi said to Liu Yanqing: "We went all the way east, bypassing the defense line of the Lugou River of the Liao army, and then turned north after Anci, but because the route was not familiar, the route around was too long, and when we came to the eastern suburbs of Yanjing City, the banner of the Liao army was planted on the city tower, so I judged that the main force of the Liao army had returned to the city, so I did not dare to rashly launch an attack." Later, when I heard that the Song army had been wiped out in the city, I led the army back with a large army. ”

For the delay in reinforcing Yanjing, Liu Guangshi felt very remorseful.

But Liu Yanqing did not blame Liu Guangshi, but comforted Liu Guangshi and said: "It is not easy to retreat with the whole army, don't take this matter to heart." ”

Judging from Liu Yanqing's attitude towards Liu Guangshi, it is not difficult to see what a big mistake Zhao Ji made in choosing Liu Yanqing as the commander.

One afternoon a few days later, Xiao Gan personally led 800 elite soldiers to travel thirty miles west along the bank of the Lugou River, then quietly crossed the river, went around to the back of the Song army, and then ambushed on both sides of the road south of Liulihe Town.

Waiting for the Song army's grain guard, Wang Yuan led hundreds of cavalry to escort hundreds of carriages full of grain and grass from south to north along the post road slowly, Xiao Gan gave an order, and eight hundred Liao soldiers jumped out and rushed towards the Song army!

The Song army was defenseless, with all the dead and wounded, and those who were alive fled in all directions.

Wang Yuan hid behind a carriage and tried to escape, but was captured alive.

Xiao Gan ordered a fire to be lit and all the grain trucks were burned.

In a short time, hundreds of grain carts were all set on fire, and the flames rose into the air, and the flames soared into the sky, as if they were day.

Liu Yanqing was shocked when he heard that the grain cart was set on fire by the Liao army, and convened a meeting of the generals overnight, saying: "This place is far away from the Great Song Dynasty, the grain road is not easy to protect, if you live for a long time, I am afraid that there will be changes in the army, I want to apply to the Xuanfu Division to withdraw the army, what do you think?" ”

The generals nodded yes, indicating their obedience to Liu Dutong's decision, and only one general named "Qu Duan" suddenly stood up and said: "I don't agree to withdraw the troops, what are we doing with hundreds of thousands of troops going north?" Isn't it just to recover Yanjing? Now that the army has arrived at the foot of Yanjing City, instead of attacking Yanjing City, I will retreat, I really can't obey such an order! Retreat at this time, are we worthy of Your Majesty and the country? ”

Liu Yanqing's face turned blue with anger, and he stood up suddenly, and then scolded loudly: "What do you know? Come on, push this madman out to Ben Shuai! ”

Several guards outside the door heard the sound and immediately sent Qu Duan out.

After Xiao Gan captured Wang Yuan, he ordered someone to take Wang Yuan and another captive outside his tent, and then removed the sentry outside the camp tent, deliberately giving them a chance to escape.

At night, Xiao Gan deliberately said to a Liao army general: "Liu Yanqing, this stupid pig, I don't know yet, the injury of the champion Hou has been healed, our Da Liao has surrendered the champion Hou, just wait for tomorrow, the champion Hou will personally raise 300,000 troops to fight the Song army, and then we will raise fire to cross the river on the left and right wings, and attack the Song army with elite soldiers. ”

Actually-

Xiao Gan still doesn't know that Cai Yan's "injury" has healed, this is his strategy.

As a result, Xiao Gan's words, Wang Yuan heard them clearly outside the tent.

In the second half of the night, Wang Yuan quietly untied the rope that bound his hands, and then tiptoed to the door of the tent.

Seeing that there was no one outside, Wang Yuan bent down and quietly slipped away along the side of the tent.

Wang Yuan braved the cold wind to swim across the Lugou River, climbed to the south bank, and then ran towards the Song army camp.

At this time, Liu Yanqing, who had something in his heart, had not yet fallen asleep.

Suddenly!

Wang Yuan, who didn't know where to go, rushed into Liu Yanqing's big tent, and then said loudly: "Dashuai, the big thing is not good, Cai is still injured, the Liao State has surrendered to Cai Zhen, and tomorrow Cai will personally raise an army of 300,000 to fight a decisive battle with us!" ”

For a while, Liu Yanqing didn't hear much what Wang Yuan was shouting.

As soon as he saw Wang Yuan, Liu Yanqing was angry, if it weren't for Wang Yuan's loss of grain and grass, he wouldn't have been so passive.

Therefore, seeing Wang Yuan yelling there, Liu Yanqing scolded: "Throw away my grain and grass, break into my big account, good, you are really bad for my knife?" Come on, push Wang Yuan out and cut it down! ”

Wang Yuan cried: "It's not a pity for the young general to die, but I beg the big marshal to let the young general say a few words!" ”

Liu Yanqing said: "What else do you have to say?" ”

Wang Yuan said: "The reason why the young general fled back at the risk of death is to report to you that Cai is still injured, the Liao State has been united with Cai Zhen, and the two sides have formed an army of 300,000, and they will cross the river tomorrow to fight with us, and the commander must think of a countermeasure as soon as possible!" ”

This time, Liu Yanqing heard clearly what Wang Yuan was saying, he grabbed Wang Yuan's collar and asked, "What did you say?" Say it again! ”

Wang Yuan hurriedly said it again.

Liu Yanqing was a little nervous when he heard this, and he said in his heart: "Is this true? Or is Xiao Gan using a trick? It is said that Xiao Gan is a scheming person......"

After hesitating for a while, Liu Yanqing asked his son Liu Guangshi to be called to discuss.

After Liu Guangshi heard it, he said in disbelief: "Cai is still so seriously injured, is this okay?" Moreover, if you want to surrender, the Liao State has already surrendered, how can you wait until now? Moreover, the Liao State is to surrender, and the first choice is also our Great Song Dynasty, how can it be Cai Ying, how can Cai still be virtuous, and he is also worthy of the Liao State to surrender to him? ”

Wang Yuan argued: "This is what I heard with my own ears, every sentence is true, if there is half a lie, I am willing to be hit by five thunders from the sky!" ”

Liu Yanqing walked back and forth in the big tent for a while, then stopped and said, "Whether it's true or not, you can't stay here any longer." ”

As early as daytime, Liu Yanqing sent someone to send Tong Guan a report requesting retreat.

Coincidentally, Tong Guan and Cai You's reply to Liu Yanqing arrived.

The reply letter is not an official document, but a note written on a very fine piece of bamboo paper.

The note reads: "Look up to the situation, if you can do that, you can measure that time, regardless of whether there is a mistake in the military." "That time" is the spoken language of the Song Dynasty, which means the withdrawal of troops.

Tong Guan and Cai You roughly meant that Liu Yanqing should decide whether to withdraw the army according to the actual situation, but not delay the military.

Tong Guan and Cai You were far away in Xiongzhou at the moment, and they didn't know much about the battlefield situation ahead, so it should be said that it made sense for them to let Liu Yanqing deal with it as appropriate.

There are two main reasons why Liu Yanqing is in a hurry to withdraw his troops:

First, since Guo Yaoshi and Yang Keshi's army defeated Yanjing, Liu Yanqing has been very nervous, because he knows that the army he leads will not be able to fight a big battle at all, and if he meets the Liao army, it will be defeated, and it will be too late to withdraw at that time.

Second, Liu Yanqing has always advocated that the Jin army should use the strength of the Jin army to attack Yanjing, according to the Song-Jin covenant, the Jin army should attack Yanjing from the north to the south, but the Jin army is still holding its troops, so their Song army should also withdraw and choose the opportunity to move. Moreover, Liu Yanqing knew that Ma Kuo had already gone to Bei'an Prefecture to negotiate with the Jin people, and he thought that after the negotiations had a result, it would not be too late to send troops north according to the situation.

That night, Liu Yanqing wanted to order a retreat, but Liu Guangshi resolutely opposed it - Liu Guangshi believed that it was the middle of the night, and the men and horses were already asleep, and if he suddenly ordered the withdrawal of the army, it would definitely cause chaos, and then give the enemy an opportunity to take advantage of, so even if he retreated, he would wait until dawn before giving the order.

This night, Liu Yanqing was worried and had no sleep.

At dawn, Liu Yanqing fell asleep in a daze.

But as soon as Liu Yanqing fell asleep, Wang Yuan ran into the big tent and reported: "Dashuai, the big thing is not good, the north bank is on fire, and the Liao army is likely to attack!" ”

Liu Yanqing was taken aback, and hurriedly ran out of the camp with his sons Liu Guangguo and Liu Guangshi, and then came to the river bank to observe, and sure enough, he saw fires burning everywhere on the other side of the river.

Liu Yanqing hurriedly returned to the big tent of the Chinese army, and immediately ordered: burn the camp and baggage, and the whole army retreated in the direction of Baigou.

After the order was given, Liu Yanqing immediately rode a big white horse and ran south under the protection of a large group of personal soldiers.

The armies received orders to immediately burn the tents and destroy the baggage.

I saw that people shouted, horses barked, and there was chaos.

Liu Guangshi saw that the team was so chaotic that he was so anxious that he stomped his feet!

Liu Guangshi hurriedly ordered more than 20,000 people from his battalions to assemble in Python Village in the left front.

Liu Guangshi had a premonition that his father might make an extremely serious mistake this time: "At this time, if the Liao army takes the opportunity to cross the river to pursue, what will it do?" ”

Therefore, Liu Guangshi decided to lead his team to break off and cover the retreat of the army......

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