"The reason why the golden thieves were able to avoid the power of our artillery, and why there was an artillery battalion of the Han army that could follow the cavalry, killed and wounded many of our warriors, was the guidance of this man. Hmph, the artillery was made by Xia Guo, and the gunners were trained by Xia Guo. In the artillery battalion, there are also 500 musketeers, which can replace bows and arrows. Fortunately, today's surprise attack by Yeluguan has destroyed most of the cannon fodder that the Jin soldiers can accompany the army, and the gunners and musketeers of the artillery battalion have also suffered heavy losses, and they cannot be recovered in the near future, so it is difficult to cause trouble for our army. ”

"Do you want to get rid of this person?" Yelu Tiege's eyes were slightly condensed, as if he remembered where he had heard of this name, but he couldn't remember it carefully. Yelu Dashi nodded and continued: "Originally, we despised the Han army too much, and we were almost ruined by these rats. This Zhao De is the captain of Xia Guo, and the protection around him is also very tight. If this person can be eliminated, it is best to get rid of him, and if he can't, then notify the 'partner' in the west and find a reason to get him away. ”

"West's 'buddies'?" Yelu Tiege was a little surprised and said, this "partner" in the west had asked Yelu Dashi, but Yelu Dashi never took the initiative to ask him to do anything. Yelu Tiege only hesitated for a moment, then nodded and said, "The minister obeys the order, I will inform him immediately." ”

Yelu Dashi nodded, he waved his hand, and the privy envoy of the Northern Court knew the opportunity to retreat. Yelu Dashi closed his eyes and took a deep breath of scorching air. In the past few years, the country has been thriving, and the Northern Expedition Jurchen has made so many arrangements, I thought that I would win, who would have thought that there were really heroes in this world.

The cheers of the Liao State camp continued almost all night, and the sound was heard for dozens of miles. In the Han military camp. Zhao Xingde listened carefully and said in a deep voice: "It seems that the Liao State has already learned the news of Wanyan Agu's death. He sighed, there was almost no news of the blockade at all, and it was not surprising that the Liao people knew about the things that the entire army knew. It's just that in this way, the morale of the Jin soldiers is even lower. The situation took a turn for the worse, which made Zhao Xingde quite a headache, his purpose was to make the Liao army and the Jin army lose both, but now it seems that he has to make some other preparations.

"If the Jin State retreats and returns to Huanglong Mansion, whether it is Suzhou or Kaizhou, it will directly face the threat of the Liao army." Xu Detai was worried that the Liao army might continue to attack Huanglongfu, or it might send a partial division to attack the Han army, and the dozen or so prefectures and counties that the Han army had just occupied had no possibility of holding out.

"What are you afraid of, Liao Dog wants to fight, I'll fight him later!" Gao Bolong patted his thigh and stood up.

"Can we retreat to the north and avoid the Liao army?" Xu Detai said.

"No matter how far I run, it's not like I'm going to fight with Liaogou, I've been hiding in Tibet all my life, I don't want to run anymore!" Gao Bolong's eyes showed a thick sadness, and he looked at Han Ningshuang. He is known as the first fierce general in Liaodong, but he has been hiding in the middle of the cottage for half his life, he would rather die when he is charging into battle, and he will no longer be chased and killed like a lost dog, and he will die like a lowly dog.

The tent was silent, and Han Ningshuang frowned. It is easy to die in battle, but it is not easy to protect hundreds of thousands of Han people under the attack of the Liao army. Wanyan Aguta died suddenly, the attitude of the Jin army magnates towards the Han army is unknown, and now when the two armies are facing each other, if the Han army retreats rashly, it is likely to be regarded as a hostile act by the Jin state. After deliberation, the generals decided to wait and see what happened while preparing to retreat.

After the military discussion, Han Ningshuang changed into a narrow sleeved short skirt, draped in a blue unicorn black cloak, and took Xu Detai and Gao Bolong to visit the injured soldiers together. In the daytime battle, the main casualties of the Han army came from the encounter between the artillery battalion and the Liao cavalry. In just half an hour, more than 800 spearmen were killed and more than 700 wounded. In order to rescue the artillery battalion, the cavalry also paid a lot of casualties. In addition, more than 300 people were killed and more than 100 wounded. After the battle, the wounded of the Han army and the Xia army were treated together, and the wounds were treated by Lang Zhong, who accompanied the army, for simple wound treatment and bandaging.

The area where the wounded are treated is a separate area made of lime powder. In the open space between the more than 30 tents were large cauldrons, and the bandages of fine linen were boiled in salted water, and some smaller iron pots were boiled for various purposes. Stepping into this place full of wounded, a look of compassion swelled between Han Ningshuang's eyebrows, she looked at each wounded person in turn, and when she saw those with unbearable pain, she stopped and comforted softly. Among the wounded of the Han army, those who were not too seriously injured struggled to stand up and saluted, and those who could only lie on the bed also followed the figure of the marshal with their eyes.

When he came to a tent, Xu Detai saw Du Chuijiao standing outside, so he went to inquire, and it turned out that Zhao Xingde was also visiting the injury. Han Ningshuang waved his hand, so that he didn't have to go through it first, and walked into the tent gently, only to see Zhao Xingde standing next to an injured firecracker. The man was stabbed in the thigh, his bandages soaked in blood, and he stood up on the sergeant's shoulder, and spoke with an excited expression. It turned out that Zhang Sickle thought his name was too rustic. He heard that this General Zhao was a man who was both civil and military, and was talented, so he asked the general to change his name to be elegant, so as not to make people laugh in the future.

"The name of the scythe is good, killing the enemy is like cutting grass, and it is very murderous." Zhao Xingde smiled slightly, he saw the disappointment on Zhang Sickle's face, and said, "The sickle, the scythe, will be called Zhang Jie in the future, it still means the same thing." ”

"Thank you, General!" Zhang Li was overjoyed, and the soldiers next to him also showed envy.

At this time, Zhao Xingde saw Han Ningshuang who walked in and nodded to her. Han Ningshuang smiled slightly, Zhao Xingde was able to visit the injured after the battle, and his behavior was natural, not as contrived as Wu Qi sucking, which made her feel good. This battalion was filled with both the soldiers of the fire battalion and the spearmen of the Han army. After Zhao Xingde and her looked at her one by one, they walked out of the camp together.

The night breeze was cool, and the air was filled with the smell of herbs and blood. Compared with the noise coming from the opposite side, the Han army camp seemed very quiet, and the sound of autumn insects chirping was sometimes strong and sometimes weak. Han Ningshuang and Zhao Xingde discussed how to deal with the predicament in front of them, and Xu Detai, Du Fujiao and others followed not far behind.

"What does Mr. Zhao claim?"

"Don't leave anything to chance, immediately expand your armaments." Zhao Xingde said in a deep voice, "Whether it is Kaizhou or Suzhou, the walls are clear, all the victorious men are recruited to expand the army, and the old, weak, women and children are ready to evacuate at any time. ”

Han Ningshuang looked around, Xu Detai and the others were three or four steps away, and asked in a low voice: "The Liao army is mostly cavalry, coming and going like the wind. The people dragged their families with them, and no matter where they retreated, the Liao soldiers could chase them over and slaughter them. Now the islands in the open sea can only be used as temporary shelters, and now that hundreds of thousands of people are sheltered in each village, they have just settled down, where can they go? ”

"A few months ago, Captain Li surveyed the area of the Gongmen River north of the Yalu River, which was once the homeland of the Bohai Kingdom. The Bohai Sea has the soybean of the gate, the cloth of Xianzhou, the cotton of Wozhou, the scarcity of Longzhou, the iron of the city, and the rice of Lucheng. In addition, "Wei Shu Beji Biography" also mentioned that its country and even farming, the soil is full of millet, wheat, stalks, and sunflowers. It should be able to grow food. Moreover, the mountains and forests over there are dense, and the river and coast are close to the sea, so many people can be fed just by fishing and hunting. ”

Zhao Xingde said slowly, although the winter in the extreme north is bitter, it is better than staying in the south and waiting for people to be swordsmen and fish and meat. The more north of Liaodong, the more sparsely populated, the hundreds of thousands of troops of the Liao State are still acceptable in the south, to conquer the land of the far north, the supply of baggage is also a problem, it is difficult to last, if it is used tactically and then delayed for a period of time, the Liao army and horses in the Northern Expedition are more, then the food will be exhausted and retreat, and the Liao army and horses will be less, and the Han and Jin coalition forces may be defeated. In the past, Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty and Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty attacked a corner of the world, but they still couldn't destroy Goguryeo, which is for this reason. The Liao State could not get rid of the maggots on the tarsal bones behind it, which was extremely beneficial to the Xia and Song states in the south.

"The retreat of the people to the north can temporarily avoid their front and stretch the supply lines of the Liao army, and we can sneak attack their supply lines. In addition," Zhao Xingde said in a deep voice, "I will go to the General's Mansion to try to persuade the Protectorate Mansion that Anton and Anbei Military Division will send troops to attack the Xijing Road of the Liao State, threaten Shangjing, and force Yelu Dashi to retreat." ”

Han Ningshuang's eyes moved slightly, if Zhao Xingde could really persuade the Protectorate to send troops, the chances of the Han army surviving would be much greater. Liaodong is densely forested and sparsely populated, if the Liao army wants to be completely cleared, it has to maintain the scale of hundreds of thousands of troops, so that Shangjing, Xijing, and Nanjing will inevitably be empty, as long as the Xia State and the Song State send troops, Yelu Dashi will inevitably return to the division, and the pressure on Liaodong will be relieved. The Jin State was originally composed of a tribal alliance, and once it was defeated by the Liao State, it would inevitably be weak, and when the time came, the Han army might be able to oppose the guest in Liaodong.

Countless calculations flashed in her mind, looked left and right, and muttered: "There is Captain Lao Zhao, in the upper book, the Han army is on the Bing and the two mansions, if Guanzhong can send troops to surround Wei to save Zhao, the Han army is hundreds of thousands, and I am willing to follow the old example of Shu and Dali, and respect the Xia State as Zhengshuo." As long as they get through the immediate difficulties, the Han army has a firm foothold in Liaodong. In the future, Wang Shidong sent a letter to Guguan, and the two governments issued an edict, and the Han army obeyed the order to go south, hit the back of the Liao and Song dynasties, and help Wang Shi dominate the world. ”

Xu Detai and Gao Bolong glanced at each other, although these words may not count, but people do not believe in it, even if it is only verbal restraint, the more they owe, the longer they will grow, they can also form a righteous name. Xu Detai sighed secretly, the situation is like this, those thoughts of fighting against the court and competing for the Central Plains may only be put down. Dunhuang Chang'an is so far away from Liaodong, if it can be like Shu and Dali, respect Zhengshuo and become a country of its own, I am afraid it will also be a good ending for the Han army.