(I have something to go out today, and I don't know what the road will be congested, so tonight's update may be a little later, friends, please forgive me.) ）

Almost on the same day, Puzhou, Jeju and Xuzhou suffered the most fierce attack of the Song army since the beginning of the war, the total strength of the Song army was nearly 120,000 people towards the 20,000 soldiers of the second army of the Tiandao Army in the three states launched a tidal attack, the battle lasted from day to night, and from the night to the day, day and night did not stop, both sides were red-eyed, all kinds of siege and defense methods were used, all over the city were piled up corpses, the Song army suffered heavy casualties, and the losses of the Tiandao army were not light,

Two days later, the reorganized 30,000 Song troops on the East Hebei Road, nearly 40,000 Song troops on the East Jingdong Road, and more than 10,000 Song troops on the reorganized Daimyo Mansion also launched attacks on Yanggu, Gaotang, Qizhou, Yanzhou and other places, and the entire Jingdong and West Road once again fell into a four-sided battle!

Soon, one after another the latest battle situation and military information were sent to Gao Yu's face, but unlike the bad news in the past few days, the latest battle situation finally had some good news, such as in the Yanzhou battlefield, the Song army on Jingdong East Road, which had no achievements, suddenly made a big move, won a big victory, and defeated the enemy army in several counties, and pushed the battle line to the hinterland of Yanzhou for nearly 100 miles! For example, the Hebei army re-crossed the Yellow River, and once again surrounded the city of Qizhou, forcing the Liangshan bandits back into the city. Even the New Western Route Army, which was composed of more than 10,000 forbidden troops of the defeated Daimyo Mansion, also achieved results in several counties. On the main battlefield of the southern front, the thieves in Puzhou, Jeju, and Xuzhou have also begun to show signs of the end of the road, they have shot all the arrows, they will be stranded, and there are signs that their food and grass have also reached the point where they are about to run out, and may even be exhausted. As for the summer grain in various places, although it was collected by the thieves in advance, it was also burned by the imperial army as planned, which greatly undermined the confidence of the thieves.

Gao Yu's anxious heart finally relaxed a little, and he was secretly proud in his heart, that's right, how could my dignified Song regular army be no match for a group of rabble thieves? It seems that the successive defeats some time ago were either because these soldiers were too light on the enemy or because they didn't show all their strength, and as a result, as soon as the official forces them now, won't he force out their true strength?

Next, as Gao Yu expected and expected, three days later, the 40,000 Song army finally conquered Puzhou after paying 15,000 lives.

Three days later, Xuzhou was conquered by the Song army again, and it was a pity that the Liangshan bandit Li Tianyan and four or five thousand thieves also ran away.

Three days later, Jeju also fell into the hands of the Song army, and it was also a pity that the Liangshan bandits Deng Yuanjue, Wang Yin and more than 4,000 thieves also escaped from the Song army's encirclement and fled to the hinterland of Jingxi Road.

At this point, most of Puzhou, Jeju and Xuzhou in the southern battlefield have basically returned to the hands of the Great Song Dynasty. Of course, the results of the war with the imperial court were exaggerated several times or even dozens of times. And the 30,000 or 40,000 Song troops who died in this battle are not the point, there will always be deaths in the war, Gao Yu is not afraid of the dead, but he is afraid that he will not be able to win the battle.

The only regret is that I didn't catch a few Liangshan bandits, especially Na Lin Chong, and I didn't be able to wipe out all the bandits, but it's not a big deal, where can these bandits go? Just let them survive for a few days.

Gao Yu immediately sent scout spies to infiltrate the hinterland of Jingxi Road to investigate the enemy's situation, and at the same time ordered the Eastern Expeditionary Army to rest for a few days, and then continue to advance to the hinterland of Jingxi Road after recovering its combat effectiveness, striving to take Yunzhou, the center of Liangshan bandits, and wipe out the bandits!

But then many bad things came to Gao Yu's ears, that is, the Song army actually looted in Puzhou and other three places, harming the people, causing the people in the three places to complain and suffer, which has led to several small-scale civil unrest.

But Gao Yu didn't take this very seriously, the soldiers worked hard to capture the city, and they always had to be rewarded, but what to reward them? The official didn't have that much money anyway, and the court couldn't get a reward for a short time, so they could only let them do it themselves. As for those who are causing chaos, they are just the remnants of Liangshan, just kill them.

However, Gao Yu also has loyal and good staff around him, these people can't bear to see that the people of the three places have just escaped from the clutches of thieves, and finally returned to the arms of the Great Song Dynasty but have to suffer this difficulty, several people immediately advised Gao Yu, saying, "My lord, you can't leave it alone, you are the commander of the Eastern Expeditionary Army, and you have a lot of credit, but if you are punished, you will also bear the brunt." Officers and soldiers plague all over the country, first, it will ruin your reputation, and second, when the suppression of bandits is over, once this matter is known by some ill-intentioned imperial historians in the court, it is indispensable to go to the Holy Lord to complain, now you have a great merit in suppressing bandits, and the Holy Lord is so kind to you, you are naturally not afraid, but what about the future? After a few years of peace in the world, the imperial court may only remember that you connived at the officers and soldiers to harm the people, and forget the hard work of leading the army to suppress the bandits at this moment. Instead of increasing the troubles in the future, it is better to restrain the armies now, not only to win the good voice of the people for the adults, but also not to fall into the hands of others. ”

Gao Yu didn't listen to anything else, but he heard very clearly the unintentional words of these staff speakers, "ill-intentioned", which suddenly made Gao Yu have a feeling of "the listener is intentional", he thought about it, and his heart was suddenly shocked, and secretly said that he was really carried away by the victory, and he forgot a very important thing, that thing was nothing else, it was Liu Fa's surrender!

Although Liu Fa was forced to surrender was done by the Hebei Army, it was also the Hebei Army that King Jia took the initiative to ask him to transfer Liu Fa to, and this matter had nothing to do with him, but everything had to be prepared for the worst, for example, would King Jia's faction be ...... in anger Misunderstanding is also a part of this? After all, he is the commander of the Eastern Expeditionary Army, and his generals have defected, and as the commander, there must be an inseparable relationship. And if that were the case, they might have to take revenge on themselves, so they must not have the slightest leverage in their hands now, or they would be used by them in the future.

Gao Yu thought about it, and immediately issued a military order, strictly ordering the Song troops everywhere to abide by the law and discipline, and not to harass the people again, otherwise the military law will deal with it!

As soon as this order came out, the lives of the people everywhere were better.

Immediately afterwards, the scout spies sent out also brought back the information of the Yunzhou bandits, and the original defeated Liangshan bandits fled back to Yunzhou, but Zheng Linfeng, the leader of the Liangshan bandits, was angry that they lost the city, and a large number of big thieves such as Deng Yuanjue, Lin Chong, and Wang Yin were arrested, and they were angry all day long. At this time, there were about 60,000 Liangshan thieves in Yunzhou, plus 30,000 Western troops who had just surrendered, a total of 90,000. The rest of the thieves were all distributed on the front from west to south to east, and they were dragged down by the army of the three-way court!

Gao Yu was even more overjoyed when he heard it, it was obvious that the thieves were already in chaos, and at the same time, Gao Yu couldn't help but light up in his eyes when he heard that the 30,000 Western troops who had just surrendered were also in Yunzhou, and his heart was happy, why? These 30,000 western troops are thieves who were forced to surrender, if they can get in touch with them, as long as they promise them that they will not be guilty of the past, they will surely change their minds, and as long as they can agree, they can immediately get three benefits, one is that with these 30,000 western troops as an internal response, Yunzhou City will not be attacked. The second is to regain 30,000 troops. The third is to prove his innocence to the Jiawang faction. As for the prince's side, he had to do this for the sake of the overall situation and for the success of the entire plan to suppress bandits, and when he reported the detailed military situation to the imperial court after the battle, he would also truthfully report this brief rebellion of the Western Army, and deliberately downplay the role of the Hebei Army in this matter, so as to show goodwill to the prince. In this way, both sides are given face, and a disaster can be avoided.

A few days later, the spy brought back a handwritten letter from Liu Zhengyan, the son of Liu Fa, the commander of the Western Army, Liu Zhengyan said in the letter that the Western Army was only forced to surrender to the thieves, and their hearts still belonged to the Great Song Dynasty, and his father Liu Fa was at the moment pretending to go back to the northwest to settle his family and had left Jingdong West Road, but in fact he went to Tokyo to find a way to redress his grievances. Of course, they are willing to return to the Great Song Dynasty and the Eastern Expeditionary Army, kill the enemy to serve the country, and make meritorious contributions!

After reading the letter, Gao Yu breathed a long sigh of relief, the pride in his heart could not be described in words, smooth, it was so smooth! Everything is going according to his original plan, he is really like a god, a plan, and a god!

Now, the complete recovery of Jingxi Road is only a snap of his fingers, after this battle, he is a great achievement, not only to win the emperor's award, but also to leave a name in history. And just yesterday, he just got the news from the southeast, and what surprised him was that Tong Guan, who had presided over the military affairs of the northwest for more than ten years and had incomparably rich experience in military affairs, had actually suffered several defeats in the southeast, not only failed to recover the lost territory in the southeast, but also lost several states and counties! Comparing him with Tong Guanyi, it is clear which is stronger and which is inferior, he is simply the reincarnation of Zhuge Kongming, and this feeling makes him flutter lightly .......

Gao Yu immediately replied to Liu Zhengyan, and agreed with him on the code and time of the internal and external cooperation, and as soon as the secret agent left, Gao Yu immediately ordered the army to cheer up and prepare for war!

He stood on the towering walls of Jeju City and looked in the direction of Yunju in the north, his face full of the pleasure of revenge.

"Brother, child, wait, and I will soon be able to avenge you!"