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Yao Xing quickly returned to the battle with the Relief Army.

Under the command of Liu Qi, after the Xie Fu army rushed back and forth several times, the coalition army no longer became a formed army.

The rest is simple.

The encircled coalition forces were quickly crushed by the Yangsan army, and then slaughtered by the Yangshan army.

The coalition forces outside the encirclement tried to get close to the encirclement to rescue the coalition forces in the encirclement, but they couldn't pass the Tiefu Massacre at all, and they had to prevent being killed by the Tiefu Massacre.

The coalition forces in the encirclement soon died in patches, corpses were everywhere, and rivers of blood flowed all over the field.

Of course, the coalition forces in the encirclement have also organized several counteroffensives to break out of the encirclement.

Pity!

Their counterattacks were all broken up by the Liangshan army.

The massacre continues......

Liu Qi never gave the coalition army a chance to surrender, until the encircled coalition army was killed to less than 20,000 horses, and the 20,000 horses were still killed until they collapsed, Liu Qi ordered to stop and surrender.

Ruan Xiaoqi and the five hundred men appeared on the battlefield again, and then shouted one by one in Chinese, Khitan, Xi, Bohai, and Mongolian: "Kneel on the ground and don't kill!" "Kneel and don't kill!" "Kneel and don't kill!" "Kneel and don't kill!" "Kneel and don't kill!" ”……

Under the shroud of this atmosphere of massacre, there are too few people who do not surrender their courage, and even warriors such as Wu Yanguang, Aliqi, and Qiong Demon Nayan have been killed and kneeled to surrender.

And for those who refused to surrender, or were too frightened to react and surrender, the Liangshan army fulfilled them all and stabbed them to death one by one.

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As soon as they saw that the coalition army was defeated, the Qiyan tribe, which fought with the Bohai Navy and the Xi army, and the Liao army, which fought with the Khitan army, immediately fled the battlefield.

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The soldiers of the coalition forces outside the encirclement, who had been driven by Tiefu for a long time, saw that the general trend had gone, and they were also ready to retreat.

But at this moment, the various army and horse battalions that had been resting for a long time suddenly broke out under the leadership of Yue Fei, and immediately went to cover up the coalition forces outside the encirclement!

Seeing this, the coalition forces outside the encirclement immediately fled in the direction of the Tiande army.

But the coalition soldiers outside the encirclement and the war horses under their crotches were consumed too much physical strength by the Iron Floating Massacre!

However, the military and horse battalions have been recuperating for a long time.

Under the advantages of the other, the horse battalions of various armies bit behind the coalition forces outside the encirclement and killed all the way, causing great casualties to the coalition forces outside the encirclement.

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Emperor Tianzuo, his cronies and henchmen had already slipped out of the battlefield with the golden cicada's plan to get out of the shell.

Seeing from a distance that the coalition army was defeated by the Liangshan army, and more than half of the enemy was annihilated, Emperor Tianzuo was broken, and immediately extinguished the idea of looking for Li Yan to take revenge, and then decisively ordered: "Withdraw!" ”

Because of the decisive withdrawal, coupled with the fact that Emperor Tianzuo and the others were all one person with two horses or one person with multiple horses, the covering and killing of the various army and horse battalions did not affect Emperor Tianzuo at all.

In response to that sentence, those who are good at reason do not teach, those who are good teachers do not show, those who are good at Chen do not fight, those who are good at fighting are not defeated, and those who are good at defeat do not die.

Although Emperor Tianzuo can't fight, it is not easy to kill him or capture him.

Suddenly!

Directly in front of Emperor Tianzuo, there was the sound of thousands of horses galloping!

Emperor Tianzuo was shocked!

immediately made a decision, leaving half of the people behind, and then led the others to kill the desert.

Which army is coming?

It was the first battalion that was ready to use the Millennium Kill at the beginning of the war.

Speaking of which, the most aggrieved in this battle of the Liangshan Army was undoubtedly the first battalion.

At the beginning of the war, whether it was Li Yan, Liu Qi, or others, they all had great expectations for the first battalion, hoping that they could play a role in deciding the outcome of the war.

But the first battalion first encountered the trapping horse pit formation, and then encountered the croton under the coalition army.

By the time the 1st Battalion changed its tactics and retreated to attack the right flank of the coalition forces, three or four hours had passed, and more than half of their horses could no longer fight because they had accidentally eaten Croton.

By the time the 1st Battalion found the enemy, the outcome of the main battlefield was decided.

The first battalion could only pick up a few strands of rout and kill.

This made the soldiers of the 1st Battalion, who thought highly of themselves, all hold back an evil fire and wanted to catch a big fish.

Finally, a large force of enemy troops was seen by the 1st Battalion.

The soldiers of the first battalion were all killed with blood-red eyes.

But this army's will to fight was extremely weak, and it was crushed at the first blow, not to mention, and turned around and fled into the desert.

Through interrogating the captives, Yang Zaixing and others learned that this army turned out to be Emperor Tianzuo's own army, and Emperor Tianzuo had fled into the desert.

Knowing this, the first battalion hurried into the desert.

The first battalion covered all the way, chased and killed Emperor Tianzuo for more than ten days, and finally Emperor Tianzuo only led less than 500 men and horses to escape from the desert.

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Post-war statistics:

In this battle, at least 60,000 people were killed and wounded on the coalition side, and more than 18,000 were captured.

The Liangshan army captured a total of nearly 30,000 good horses, 780,000 wounded and dead horses, countless armor, and hundreds of thousands of cattle and sheep.

And the Liangshan army's own casualties were only a little more than 10,000.

In other words, the Liangshan army achieved an unprecedented victory.

After that, whether it was the remnants of the Liao State, the Western Xia army, or the Mongolian tribes, when the Liangshan army was guarding the clouds, they did not dare to step into Yunxi again.

Moreover, the terror about the Liangshan Army has been spreading westward......

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The retreat was pursued by the Liao army on the third day of June, and Ma Kuo had already returned to Xiongzhou by that time, which he had returned to on May 30.

On 27 May, Ma Kuo and Wang Jieru, an envoy from the Northern Liao, left Yanjing and returned to Xiongzhou.

On the way, Xiao Gan sent Yelu Dashi to intercept Ma Kuo.

As soon as he saw Ma Kuo, Yelu Dashi asked: "Our two countries have been on good terms for more than a hundred years, why did your Song State raise troops to invade the land of our Liao State?" ”

Ma Kuo said: "A few years ago, the Jurchens sent people to our country from the sea many times, saying that they wanted to dedicate Yandi to our country, and our officials answered them with gentle words every time, perfunctory to them. Recently, our country has received a document from the Jurchens, saying that they have occupied Shangjing, Tokyo, and Zhongjing, and if our country does not want Yandi, they will take it by themselves. Our officials had no choice but to send troops to save the people of Yandi. ”

After hearing this, Yelu Dashi said angrily: "The Xia State has repeatedly sent a table to our country, asking our country to send troops to attack your Song State, and the country has sealed the book on the table every time and sent someone to send it to your Song State. ”

Ma Kuo said: "Although Xia Guo has spoken many times, how can he have plundered an inch of my country's land in the past few decades? The Jurchens are different, what the Jurchens said has been fulfilled, and the country's troops are not only to save the people of Yandi, but also to defend our borders. ”

Yelu Dashi looked at Ma Kuo, who was able to argue, for a while, and said: "Because the two countries have been reconciled, I am not difficult for you, you can go back after dinner, but you have to help me bring a message to Tong Guan: If you want peace, you will make peace, if you don't want peace, please send troops to see the battle." ”

It can be said that at that time, Yelu Dashi had actually moved the idea of a decisive battle with the Song army.

Ma Kuo never knew that Yang Keshi was ambushed by Yelu Dashi in Langoudian, that Seed Master Dao was attacked by Yelu Dashi in Baigou River, and that Xin Xingzong was attacked by Xiao Gan in Fan Village.

It wasn't until he returned to Xiongzhou that Ma Kuo heard about these things.

Based on these three battles, the subordinates of the Xuanfu Division deduced that the strength of the Liao army was still very strong and difficult to attack, so they retreated.

Ma Kuo is very sorry!

If these defeats had not occurred, Northern Liao would likely have become a vassal of their Great Song Dynasty.

Nowadays, this can only be wishful thinking.

Really!

The Xuanfu Division no longer mentioned that Northern Liao was a vassal, and then brought humiliation on himself.

Liu Ju, Jia Ping, Wang Lin, Li Zongzhen and other officials of the Xuanfu Department came to the post house to visit Wang Jieru and others with gold and jade tea sets, accompanied by Ma Kuo.

Liu Ju said to Wang Jieru: "The Xuanfu Division has reported the situation to the imperial court, and hopes that the relationship between the two countries will remain the same as before, but it has not yet been approved by the imperial court. ”

Wang Jieru's attitude also changed, and he never mentioned the matter of claiming the domain, but said a little toughly: "If your country really wants to send troops to attack Yanjing, our army will definitely fight to the death, and in that case, the people of the two places will suffer." ”

Wang Jieru's deputy, Wang Zhongsun, said: "We have such a proverb in Yanjing: one horse does not have two saddles, and one daughter does not marry two husbands. Being a minister can't be a second master, how can the scholars and doctors in Yanjing not have such a concept? ”

Ma Kuo smiled and said: "In this way, the Yan people marry the Khitan first, and I am afraid that they will have to remarry the Jurchen in the future." ”

Wang Jieru and Wang Zhongsun were speechless.

Two days later, Wang Jieru and Wang Zhongsun greeted Tong Guan as a guest.

Wang Jieru said to Tong Guan: "The Jurchen's betrayal of the country not only endangers the country's regime, but also harms the Great Song Dynasty. Now, it would be unwise for your country to abandon the good fortune of a hundred years in order to seek temporary gains, and to bury the calamities of others in order to make new neighbors, and still think that you have a plan. Disaster relief and compassion for neighbors, ancient and modern, I hope your country can think about it! ”

Tong Guan was silent.

On June 6, Tong Guan received Zhao Ji's codex, ordering him to write a reply to Yeluchun in the name of Xuanfu Si, and to let Wang Jieru and others return to China.

After Tong Guan wrote the reply, he ordered Ma Kuo to lead the cavalry to escort Wang Jieru and others to the border river between the two countries.

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The news of the defeat of the Song army in Baigou and Li Yan's defeat of the Liao, Western Xia, and Mongol coalition forces had already spread in the city of Tokyo.

Wang Hao really didn't expect that their Great Song army would be so vulnerable, let alone Li Yan would be so powerful!

"Tong Guan and Seed Master Dao are both battle-hardened commanders and generals, how could they be defeated by the Liao army at their doorstep?"

"Isn't Yandi Hanmin looking for the Central Plains?"

"How can Yeluchun have such a strong military force?"

"It's the same Han army, why is Li Yan invincible and invincible, and the army of the Great Song Dynasty is so vulnerable?"

"You must not let Li Yan leave the cloud land, otherwise I will be in danger!"

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Just when Wang Ji was thinking about how to deal with these two changes and how to explain to Zhao Ji, Zhao Ji called Wang Huang away.

Although he was nervous, Wang Huang still went to see Zhao Ji as soon as possible.

As soon as he entered the palace gate, Wang Hao saw Zhao Ji angrily slamming a piece of music to the ground.

Liang Shicheng, the waiter, hurriedly squatted down and picked it up.

Zhao Ji questioned Wang Hao: "Do you know that our 100,000 army of the Great Song Dynasty was defeated by 30,000 Liao troops at the Baigou River, and was killed and wounded?" But Li Yan was able to defeat the Liao, Western Xia, and Mongol coalition forces with the same force! I spend tens of millions of dollars every year to raise an army, and I don't want to raise only these wastes, not even a gang of robbers! ”

Zhao Ji's face was gloomy, and his voice changed tone, not at all as soft as usual.

Wang Hao's heart chuckled, and then he hurriedly said, "The official family is angry...... It can't be dead and wounded, right? Whose recital is this so exaggerated? ”

Liang Shicheng handed the piece to Wang Hao.

Wang Hao took it and looked down, it turned out to be Shen Jizhong of Zhizhen Dingfu.

Wang Hao's face immediately smiled, and said: "Shen Jizhong has always been a good person who is good at showmanship and exaggeration, and the official family doesn't have to believe it. ”

Shen Jizhong was a member of the household department, and Wang Huang promoted him to Zhending Mansion, and wanted him to go to Hebei to investigate the internal movements of the Liao State and contribute to the Northern Expedition to recover Yanyun, but who knew that he repeatedly called for "Liao cannot be destroyed, and Jin cannot be neighbored", echoing the ministers who opposed the Northern Expedition in the court, causing Tong Guan to be strongly disgusted.

Wang Hao was also very tired of Shen Jizhong, and he had long wanted to find a suitable position to transfer him away.

Wang Hao said again: "The minister estimates that Master Tong's recital should also be coming soon, and let's see what he says." ——Wang Hao felt that although their Great Song Dynasty lost, the results could not be as serious as Shen Jizhong said.

Soon, the Yintai Division really presented Tong Guan's recital.

Tong Guan's recital has a total of three chapters, all of which are impeachments - one impeachment of the seed master, saying that the seed master said: "The heavenly posture is easy to kill, and the battle is shoulder-to-shoulder, helping the thief to seek a plan, and frustrating the holy will." ", an impeachment and reprimand, saying and reprimanding: "Not from moderation." The third article impeached Hou Yi, the pacification envoy of Gaoyang Guanlu and the governor of Hejian Prefecture, saying that he said: "The report is not true. ”

Wang Hao quickly understood Tong Guan's intentions, "It is indeed the best result to let the seed master Dao and He Shu bear the responsibility for this defeat. ”

Wang Hao immediately agreed with Tong Guan and said: "Official, Taishi made it very clear in the recital that it was because the two of them, Dao and Hexu, did not lead the army well, so they suffered this defeat. If they could follow the plan of the officials and conscientiously implement the three policies for patrolling the borders, the situation would never have come to this. For the sake of military justice, the minister suggested that the two be exiled to Lingnan. ”

Zhao Ji was very disappointed with the performance of the seed master in Hebei, no, it should be said that he was very disappointed!

But Zhao Ji thought again: "The Dao of Seed Masters may be too old and no longer suitable for commanding troops." ”

Thinking of this, Zhao Ji asked Wang Hao: "Seed Master Dao is over seventy this year, right?" ”

Liang Shicheng hurriedly replied, "It's already seventy-two." ”

Zhao Ji sighed lightly and said: "Life is seventy years old, he is seventy-two, don't be exiled, demote him." ”

Wang Hao asked, "What about He Shu and Hou Yi?" ”

Zhao Ji said: "He Shu is not the main general, and he cannot be held responsible for the military defeat, but as the deputy commander and governor of Xiongzhou, he cannot be disconnected, and he will be transferred from Xiongzhou for demotion, and Hou Yi will also be demoted." ”

On June 12, the imperial court issued an edict to Xiongzhou, ordering him to be escorted to the Privy Council of the Beijing Division, where he was punished, and He Xu was transferred to the deputy envoy of the Bozhou regiment and placed in Yunzhou, and Hou Yi was transferred to the governor of Haozhou.

I have to say that although Zhao Ji is mediocre, he is not a harsh person, otherwise he would never let go of the defeated Seed Master Dao and others so easily.

Wang Hao said again: "As for the 100,000 coalition troops defeated by Li Yan, it should be just a group of rabble, the official family, you think, they are united by a number of people, not under each other, and there may be a lot of filth in the middle, how can they work together, so it is normal for Li Yan to pick up a bargain." ”

Zhao Ji felt that what Wang Hao said was very reasonable, and his vigilance against Li Yan was slightly lowered.

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The seed master returned to the Privy Council and wrote a thank-you note:

The minister is out of discipline, and he should be punished for misleading the country. The year of grace and generosity, the grace of the dethronement. It belongs to the division of Xing June, and it is known that Yan Ran's can be captured. And when the ministers are wise and obedient, they are not adaptable, and after the exhaustion and decay, the wisdom is in a daze, and the capital is not martial, which is the responsibility of reckless merit, not to mention the defeat of state affairs, and the cover is defiled by the ancestors. Thinking deeply about life, great loss today! The minister swore to himself with a bare heart, and raised his gray hair to count his sorrows. The graphics of the Smoke Pavilion have been obedient to Su Wang, and the Baling Hunting will be completed for the rest of his life......

After that, the planter Dao silently left Tokyo, and then came to the foot of Zhongnan Mountain in Shaanxi, where he lived in seclusion in the leopard forest valley and lived a peaceful life, thinking that he would die here for the rest of his life.

However, things are always so unpredictable......

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The planter is gone.

Everyone understands in their hearts that the Dao of the Seed Master cannot be said to be right, but the main responsibility is not the Dao of the Seed Master, he is just taking the blame for Tong Guan and others, and he is being a scapegoat for Tong Guan and others.

That night, Liu Tao, a staff officer of the marching army, lost his words after drinking, and he said to a subordinate officer named Kang Sui of the Seed Master Dao: "The old general, after Guan Shaanxi Mingxian, has been in the army for decades, and he has raised troops to what he wants, so why not fight?" Why can't the city go down? Today's white ditch is ashamed, it's a pity, it's a pity! ”

Kang Sui said: "This time when the troops were sent to the Northern Expedition, when planning, the generals were not allowed to participate, and when the troops were raised, they suddenly ordered the appointment of the generals as the commanders of the capital, and the military power was restricted, and they could not command independently, so they suffered this defeat, can he be held responsible?" If Tong Xuanfu could believe in the general like the Metropolitan Governor believed in Liu Qi, would we be able to have this defeat? ”

Liu Tao said: "The generals under the Metropolitan Governor are all from our Western Army, like Liu Qi, Han Shizhong, and Wu Jue, so ah, it's not that the soldiers of our Western Army are not excellent, but the official family and the Xuanfu envoy are too ......."

Speaking of this, Liu Tao suddenly realized that he had lost his words, so he quickly shut up.

Kang Sui didn't want to continue this sensitive topic, so he changed the topic and said, "Is it okay for Childe to be over there?" ”

Liu Tao said with a smile: "That kid has now achieved the position of the prefect of Yingzhou, and he is better than me." ”

Kang Sui said with emotion: "The governor of the capital really dares to use people!" Of course, Childe does have his talents. I only heard that the generals on the side of the Metropolitan Governor are generally very young, and there is a man named Yue Fei, who is not yet 20 years old, and he has achieved the position of commander, so I feel this way. ”

Liu Tao thought that he was almost fifty-five, and he could only be a staff officer for Tong Guan, so he couldn't help but say: "It's the sunrise over there, and it's the sunset here." ”

Kang Sui thought about it, the seed master was seventy-two, Tong Guan was sixty-nine, and Liu Qi was less than thirty, and Li Yan was only thirty-one, it was indeed the sunset and the rising sun, and then he couldn't help but sigh with emotion!

After a while, Kang Sui reminded Liu Tao and said: "The matter of Ling Gongzi, the public should say less, now that the dark tide is surging on both sides, it is difficult to ensure that the official family and the Xuan Xiang do not let the public go to rebel against Ling Gongzi, and if you are in a dilemma, you should teach your son to be in a dilemma." ”

I don't want to, Kang Sui said it.

The conversation between Liu Tao and Kang Sui was overheard, and then quietly reported to Tong Guan.

From then on, Tong Guan no longer trusted Liu Tao, gradually coldly alienated Liu Tao, and planned to find an opportunity to transfer Liu Tao from the Xuanfu Division.

At the same time, Kang Sui's words also reminded Tong Guan that many of Li Yan's ministers under the humerus were dug up from their Great Song Dynasty, and if some of them were dug back, it would be best if they could bring a few more soldiers and horses back, then wouldn't the crisis of their Great Song Dynasty be solved?

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