"Of the 50,000 troops, only 16,000 have returned. Soldiers, armor, horses, and other things are discarded. How does the old man explain to the official family? The more Tong Guan thought about it, the more angry he became.

The last time he attacked Liao, Tong Guan took the opportunity to bring down the seed master who hindered his mastery of the Western Army, and the court ordered the seed master to be the general of the right guard, and he recommended Liu Yanqing to the court to take refuge in him. Liu Yanqing is also a fierce general who can fight in the Western Army, and he originally hoped that he could replace the seed master, lead the army to the north, and defeat Yanjing, but who knew that it was a complete defeat, even worse than last time.

And the reason why Liu Yanqing still has nothing to fear after the defeat is precisely because Liu Yanqing knows very well that the side newspaper is issued every day, and the matter of Liu Yanqing's invasion of Yanjing a few days ago has been reported to the imperial court, which is already a great achievement, and now that he is defeated, even if it is reported to the imperial court, the imperial court will only deeply comfort and refuse to be harsh.

"I must degrade this old dog before I vent my anger!" Tong Guan said angrily.

He Si hurriedly persuaded: "No, Taishi." This person is too deeply implicated in the Taishi, and he has both glory and loss, so he can't act rashly. ”

Tong Guan was even more annoyed and said, "I have my own way to drive him away." ”

He Si hurriedly said: "The villain didn't say that the Taishi couldn't move him, but there was another reason. First, a few days ago, the Taishi had sent a border report to the imperial court, and the army had already invaded Yanjing City; Now that Liu Yanqing is suddenly demoted, it will only make people feel that Taishi's war against Liao has been defeated, and it will make the officials and ministers say that Taishi is frivolous and useless. Second, according to Liu Yanqing, at this time, there were less than 10,000 soldiers, and it should be the time for the Taishi to forge ahead, and he should not retreat easily. Third, Liu Yanqing only said that he sent Wang Yuan to lead nearly 20,000 soldiers and horses to defend the Lugou River camp, and there is no news yet. Fourth, the Taishi should not forget the Yang system. ”

This He Si was also a figure in the army in his early years, with a flexible mind, and was discovered by Tong Guan and often brought with him, but later he simply became Tong Guan's confidant and no longer should be on an errand in the army. Therefore, when analyzed, it was considered comprehensively and without omission.

The others are average, but when it comes to Yang Keshi, Tong Guan's heart moved, and he had a plan in his heart, so He Si immediately sent spies to the vicinity of Yanjing to inquire about the news, and at the same time collect the remnants.

Rectification, the nearly 50,000 troops that Liu Yanqing took away this time, in addition to the 18,000 infantry troops left in the Lugouhe camp, the 6,000 cavalry troops that Liu Yanqing took the first to escape, only 4,000 people remained; The 10,000 or so infantry of the right army of Jiao'an Festival had no loss because of the help of Zhuozhou City; The 2,000 cavalry of Jiao'an Festival were safe because they avoided the interception of the soldiers and horses of the three routes.

This time Liu Yanqing went north, but the soldiers did not lose anything, but the ordnance and armor were lost and abandoned too much. These soldiers who came back, whether they were infantry soldiers or horse soldiers, all of them "lost their armor and abandoned their armor", and at least more than 16,000 sets of armor and weapons were robbed by the Fanren, if you add the 20,000 horses and horses in the Lugouhe camp, as well as those spare equipment and armor in the camp, it is more than 40,000 sets of armor and weapons! You must know that the imperial court's annual output of armor is only 30,000 pairs, and it also includes gold-spine iron armor, plain armor, muddy copper armor, leather armor, horse harness, etc., if the same kind of armor accumulates enough 40,000 pieces, and does not produce others, it will take several years to save enough.

There are also war horses, these war horses are all bought from Hexi, and not all the horses bought back can be used as war horses, training and eliminating a batch, and some of them are transported dead on the way, and almost half of the horses can be used. I didn't expect to be defeated by Liu Yanqing all of a sudden!

Tong Guan spent a few days in depression, but the spies sent did not arrive, and Wang Yuan, who stayed in the Lugou River camp, returned with 20,000 soldiers and horses.

It's just that these people, like the soldiers and horses of Liu Yanqing and others, also came back by "throwing away their armor and abandoning their armor" - except for the 1,000 cavalry under Wang Yuan, the armor and war horses are all there, and they have not been lost.

Tong Guan was surprised when he heard about it, and hurriedly called Wang Yuan to inquire. Wang Yuan told Tong Guan about what happened to him in the past few days.

It turned out that Wang Yuan was guarding the camp, and saw that the two armies of Yelu Dashi and Xiao Gan were running in the direction of Yanjing in the north, Wang Yuan didn't know what happened, there were only 1,000 cavalry in the camp, and he didn't dare to let them out to investigate, but he was afraid that he would encounter the army and lose his men and horses in vain. There was not much grain and grass in the camp, but after Liu Yanqing, Jiao Anjie and others fled with people, it was enough for the remaining 20,000 people to eat for a few days, and they were not in a hurry.

So Wang Yuan just guarded the camp with peace of mind, the next morning, the soldiers on the watchtower sounded the trumpet to warn, Wang Yuan looked out at the camp, only to see a large group of soldiers rushing towards their own camp originally, this large group of soldiers, but the clothes are messy, there are Fan soldier armor, there are also Song army soldier armor, it is like a hodgepodge, but there are a large number of people, overwhelmingly rushing to their own camp here.

Wang Yuan hurriedly ordered the drums to be beaten, and asked his soldiers to line up and prepare to meet the enemy. It's just that looking at more and more cavalry, Wang Yuan himself has no bottom in his heart, let's fight, I just hope to delay until the soldiers have no patience to leave.

Northwest of Yanjing City, in Yongguan.

This Juyong Pass, which was built in the era of Emperor Wu, was built on the pass of Jundu Mountain, and together with Yuguan, Lu Longsai, Niangzi Pass, etc., it is called the five dangerous passes of Taihang Mountain, and Juyong Pass is the most dangerous place in these five passes. Juyong Pass is north-south and is built in the middle of the two mountain passes. On the east side of Seki Castle, there is a small stream that flows from north to south along the roots of the mountain, and has now been frozen into a belt of ice. The eastern mountain above the stream, with its towering peaks, is in the same direction as the stream, and the Great Wall built on the ridge overlooks the pass, and all the trees that block the view and obstruct the bow and crossbow are cut down. On the west side of Guancheng, the mountain is steeper than the east mountain. The Great Wall here is east-west, and more than 1,000 stone steps lead directly to the west peak. There are several arrow towers built in the middle, locking the chaotic mountains outside the Great Wall.

The city tower of Guancheng is three storeys high, the bottom city gate is locked to pass the avenue, on the urn city behind the city gate, there is a Guandi temple built, Guan Gong of the bronze tire color sculpture has a red face and red hair, holds the green dragon glaive knife, stares at the ancient road outside the pass.

The eunuch who is waiting here is Gao Liu, and he is also the person who supports Yeluchun, this time Yanjing City was captured, he only found out after a few days, he smiled and said to the visitor: "The mountain you said is called Eagle Beak Peak, with cliffs on all sides, and no one has ever gone up. The Great Wall on the opposite side of it is a little lower. But my lord, you look at it again, on the peak of the Great Wall opposite the eagle's beak peak, there are a total of three arrow towers to defend the city, supporting the soldiers defending the city, once the enemy appears on the hillside outside the city, the three arrow towers have a total of 300 crossbows, and they are launched at the same time, and the enemy who is attacking the city there has entered the Juyong Pass, but I am afraid that they have all walked on the Huangquan Road in a daze.

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