Although Yang Yan did not stay for a moment after receiving the report, he returned overnight, and he traveled day and night all the way to Yizhou, non-stop, and arrived in Yizhou in only three days, but he was still one step late, and the situation developed to the point of being out of control. It turned out that Cao Xun sent troops overnight to surround the city of Ulzhou, and then sent a letter to the city, demanding that the Mongol army surrender, and the Song army could guarantee the safety of the Mongol army before the two sides negotiated and negotiated the results.

However, the Mongols, who were accustomed to winning wars, obviously would not be captured, so Borhu naturally categorically rejected the Song army's request, and at the same time prepared in the city, intending to fight to the death with the Song army.

Therefore, the two sides started a big battle the next day. At this time, the strength of the Song army reached 50,000, and the number of the Mongol army was less than 8,000, so it was not the opponent of the Song army at all, and the two sides fought a big battle, the Mongol army was annihilated, and more than 4,000 people were killed by the Song army, and more than 3,000 people were captured by the Song army. Only a little over a hundred people fled. Moreover, the main general of the Mongol army, Borhu, was also killed in the chaos.

When Yang Yan arrived in Yizhou, he received the news that the Song army had taken Ulzhou by taking advantage of the victory, and Cao Xun, who came to ask him for his guilt. There is also the corpse of Borhu found in the battlefield.

Of course, Yang Yan didn't blame Cao Xun, because the incident happened, and it was useless to blame, and although Cao Xun's actions were a little impulsive, after all, it was the Mongolian army that made the first move, and also killed the general of the Song army, and Zhang Shiyan is also the first general of Yang Yanxian's lineage, second only to Cao Xun and Gao Zhen. If Song Jun hasn't reacted at all, it would be too much. Although Yang Yan has always avoided tearing his face with the Mongolian army, once the two sides turn against each other, Yang Yan is not afraid.

First of all, Yang Yan sent someone to tell Temujin about the incident, saying that he asked the Mongolian army to send someone over to negotiate a solution. However, this is just a gesture, Yang Yan knows very well in his heart that with Temujin as a person, if he does not touch a big nail, he will never negotiate with Song Jun's relatives again. If he must fight, then fight.

Therefore, Yang Yan assigned Gao Zhen to garrison Tongzhou. Cao Xun was stationed in Zhuozhou, preparing to meet the Mongol army. Once the Song and Mongolia fought, they attacked Xuande Prefecture, and ordered Meng Zongzheng to enter Yizhou and prepare to attack Hongzhou and Fengshengzhou. At the same time, Yang Yan ordered people to be optimistic about the captured Mongol soldiers, which was an important bargaining chip in future negotiations with the Mongols.

Then Yang Yan immediately wrote down the circumstances of this accident and his own support arrangements in detail, handed them to Zhao Yueru, and asked her to send them back to Jiankang Mansion. Yang Yan was not afraid of the Mongolian army, but those ministers in the heart were afraid of things, and they did not care about the battle situation on the front line, but took it for granted that they would take out some benevolence, righteousness and morality, and use the strategy of calming things down against the Mongolian army, which would be bad.

Because Yang Yan knows that whether it is the Khitan and Jurchen in the past, or the current Mongolia, for some nomads, it is useless to reason, as long as they retreat one foot, they will be forced into a zhang, and only after fighting them fiercely and letting them know that they are powerful, will they be honest.

But there must be someone who is familiar with the battle situation on the front line, the strength of both Song and Mongolia, and has the weight to return to Jiankang Mansion to explain to Zhao Chen and the imperial court. In the Song army, only Zhao Yueru was the most suitable candidate, so although Zhao Yueru wanted to stay and fight against the Mongol army, she could only accept this task and set off immediately to return to Jiankang Mansion.

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Sure enough, Zhao Yueru brought the news of the Songmeng break back to Jiankang Mansion, which immediately caused a big shock in the court.

In the previous stage, with the Song army winning one after another, most of the lost territory was regained, and officials who supported and opposed the Northern Expedition felt relieved that the Northern Expedition could finally come to an end. In fact, there are also some insightful ministers who can predict that after defeating the Jin State, sooner or later there will be a conflict between the Song and Mongolians, and sooner or later there will be a war between the two sides. Because after the Great Song Dynasty Lianjin destroyed Liao, Song Jin immediately turned against his purpose, and many people still remember it very clearly. It's just that everyone didn't expect that this day would come so quickly, and even the Jin Kingdom had not had time to completely wipe it out.

Therefore, Zhao Chen immediately summoned the ministers to discuss how to deal with this incident.

Sure enough, as Yang Yan expected, the imperial envoy Wang Xin immediately jumped out and said: "Your Majesty, this change is clearly Yang Yan's light provocation and starting the war, which is really insulting to the Great Song Dynasty, so please immediately remove Yang Yan's position and choose someone else." ”

Zhao Chen was a little displeased, and said: "It is clear that the Mongols provoked first, and killed my Great Song General, what does it have to do with Yang Qing?" What's more, I am not asking about accountability now, but how to deal with this incident? ”

Li Shizhong, the head of the Ministry of Rites, immediately came out and said: "Your Majesty, the ministers think that the Mongols are barbarians and do not know how to educate, so the court should still be tolerant, so as to show the great power of the Great Song Dynasty and the demeanor of the state of etiquette." ”

As soon as he said this, it immediately aroused the support of many people, and they all said: "Yes! Oh, yes! ”

Li Shizhong then said: "Although it was the Mongols who provoked first, the minister thought that Yang Yan had also mishandled it. Therefore, in the opinion of the ministers, Yang Yan's position should still be removed and someone else should be elected. In this way, the Mongols have nothing to say, and then the imperial court will send people to comfort them, and naturally there will be nothing to do. Many people nodded frequently about this work. Zhao Chen sneered: "Then what about the dead and wounded soldiers of my Great Song Dynasty?" ”

Li Shizhong hadn't heard the taste yet, and said: "Since ancient times, the war has its own casualties, and it only needs to be compensated according to the rules." ”

Zhao Chen nodded and said, "Li Qing, if I order you as an envoy to appease the Mongols, is it feasible?" ”

Li Shizhong's face immediately turned pale with fright, because it has always been rumored in the Great Song Dynasty that the Mongols are more barbaric and murderous than the Jurchens, and if he is sent to Mongolia, isn't it asking for his own life? Busy said: "It's not that the minister is disobedient, but the minister doesn't know anything about Mongolian affairs, and he rashly goes to Mongolia, I'm afraid that he will miss the major affairs of the imperial court." ”

Zhao Chen snorted coldly and said, "Since you don't know anything about Mongolia, why did Fang Cai say such words?" This side incident, it is clear that the Mongols provoked first, captured the people of the Great Song Dynasty, injured the soldiers of the Great Song Dynasty, and in turn asked my Great Song Dynasty to appease them, and dismissed the meritorious ministers because of this, what is the reason? ”

Li Shizhong was so frightened that he knelt on the ground and didn't dare to say a word.

Since Zhao Chen ascended the throne, the Great Song Dynasty has never lost the war with foreign countries, and now not only has it defeated the Jin State and recovered the lost territory, but even the land of Yanyun Nineteen Prefectures that was lost in the past has also recovered most of it, so Zhao Chen's confidence now is also a lot, and there are quite a few Han people who "offended the power of my strong man, although it is far away, it will be punished". After knowing the news again, Zhao Chen's first reaction was: The Mongols actually dared to be enemies of the Great Song Dynasty, and they must be taught a good lesson.

Moreover, after Zhao Yueru returned to Beijing, she entered the palace that night and explained to Zhao Chen in detail the comparison of Yang Yan's strength between the Song and Mongolian sides, as well as the plans and arrangements for possible battles.

Although Zhao Chen is not the emperor who will win the world immediately, but since he succeeded to the throne, he has experienced a lot of wars, so he is no stranger to the war arrangement, and he is full of confidence in Yang Yan's ability. Today, the ministers of the court gathered to discuss but to unify the opinions of the imperial court.

After listening to Zhao Chen's reprimand for Li Shizhong, the ministers didn't know what the emperor was thinking, so they were all silent.

At this time, Zhao Ruyu came out and said: "What Your Majesty just said is extremely true, but at present, the financial resources of my Great Song Dynasty are exhausted, the national strength is almost exhausted, and even Your Majesty's inner treasury is almost spent, and the fact of war cannot continue, so please bear with it for a while and do not conflict with the Mongols." Wait until the national strength of our Great Song Dynasty recovers, and then go to the conquest. ”

Zhao Chen nodded, although Zhao Ruyu also objected, but from the perspective of reality, he did not blindly retreat, so he was not angry, and said: "What Zhao Qing said is not unreasonable. But Zhao Qing, you only know one thing, but you don't know the other, you only know yourself but you don't know the other, so you have to say this. ”

Zhao Ruyu couldn't help but be a little puzzled, and said, "I don't know why Your Majesty said this?" ”

Zhao Chen said confidently: "Although my Great Song Dynasty is unsustainable, Mongolia is no better?" The Mongols were originally nomadic fishing and hunting people, with no fixed place to live, no fixed property, although there were more than 100,000 troops, but they were all maintained by looting, and I was afraid that it would be more difficult to support than my Great Song Dynasty. What's more, the Mongol army was unfavorable in attacking Jin, and successively went through the Battle of Xingzhongfu and the Battle of Xiaolinghe, but they did nothing, their morale fell, and their military strength was exhausted. Since the recovery of Yanzhou, our Great Song army has been suspended for more than a month, and the morale of the army has been restored, and it may not be impossible to fight. Therefore, we only need to hold on to the city first, consume the morale of the Mongol army, and then fight, and within a month, we will definitely succeed in the first battle. Then they fought with the Mongol army, causing them to withdraw from the land of the Nineteen Prefectures of Yanyun. If there is an accident, it will only be delayed for two months at most. Although the national strength of my Great Song Dynasty is almost exhausted, it is still possible to maintain it for another two months! ”

Zhao Ruyu listened to it and felt that it was very reasonable, and now the national strength of the Great Song Dynasty can be maintained for two months. If a decisive victory is achieved in these two months and the Mongol army is forced to withdraw from the land of the Nineteen Prefectures of Yanyun, it will be a good end, but can the war go on as the emperor said? Zhao Ruyu didn't have a bottom in his heart, so he asked again: "Your Majesty, if after two months, we still can't defeat the Mongol army, then what?" ”

Zhao Chen also smiled slightly, and said: "It will last for two months, if there is still no progress after two months, I will immediately issue an order to stop the army and stop fighting." ”

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