Chapter 610: The Last Hour (3)

That night there was a heavy snowfall, the ground was covered with snow up to half a foot, and the heavy snow still showed no signs of stopping, Bailiyan sent troops to chase, because of the hasty preparations, the army only walked out of less than twenty miles, and was forced to stop marching because of the heavy snow.

On the third day, Bailiyan continued to pursue, the cooling effect was transmitted to Kelownas, and the plummeting temperature woke everyone up in the morning, Lu Gao wore a fur windbreaker and hurried to see Gongliangxiu, and it was difficult to hide his excitement:

"General Gongliang, the weather is cold, the weather is cold!"

"General Lu also thinks that Yan Gongzi's plan has been accomplished?"

"Otherwise, why the weather is suddenly cold, it must be the general's plan."

Lu Gao affirmed that Gongliangxiu's attitude was still cautious, and he was still waiting for news from Bailiyan, and it would be this afternoon at the earliest. Putting on a fur coat, Koryo continued:

"General Lu, don't be impatient, if the plan is successful, Gongzi Yan will definitely have news back."

"Then I will immediately go to reorganize the troops, and as soon as the news arrives, I will immediately send troops!"

"I'm not busy, I have to ask the general for something, I don't know if the general can give advice."

"Don't dare, General Gongliang, please speak."

"When Yan Gongzi went west last year, he discussed with Mr. Su about the settlement of the people of the Central Plains after returning to the north. At present, the victory of our army is in sight, and there may be more than one million people returning to the Central Plains in the north, and the general can know how Yan Gongzi is going to distribute it. ”

"This ...... I don't know. Lu Gao was cautious, Bai Liyan reminded him many times to be careful of public and good cultivation, and suddenly asked about the affairs of the Central Plains people, but Lu Gao did not dare to be careless.

Seeing Lu Gao's conservative attitude, Gongliangxiu continued:

"How does the general think King Xian will settle the people of the Central Plains?"

"The king has decided that we dare not make a judgment, but the "Law on Granting Land" promulgated by our Xianguo regards the dependent people as their own people, but as long as they farm the land, pay taxes and serve in labor, they will be treated the same as the people of Xianguo."

"Oh, I see......"

The overall situation has been decided, and Gongliang Xiu began to plan how to distribute the benefits in the future. He believed that Bailiyan would not honestly hand over more treasures, and only in the distribution of the people of the Central Plains, the Gongliang clan had a huge advantage.

Most of the new attached troops under the command of Su Fangyi and Gongliangwen are from Posong Province, thanks to the brutal purge of the Jinxuedi people, most of the Central Plains people in Posong Province are young and middle-aged men and women, and the Central Plains people of Songdia are both young and old. In terms of future resettlement costs and economic transformation potential, young and middle-aged people have less expenditure, sufficient productivity, and in terms of population alone, Gongliangwen can get more labor and output value than Bailiyan.

What we see in war is blood and death, but what we can't see is a contest of national strength and economy.

At dusk that day, a troop of cavalry sent the news to Kelownas, and Lu Gao swept south with 30,000 new annexed troops on the second day.

Heavy snowfall fell for four consecutive days, and the heavy snowfall spread to a radius of more than 200 miles, and there was significant snowfall, precipitation, and cooling within 200 to 500 miles.

Bailiyan led his army out of Ablia for thirty miles, and was the first to find the campfires and burning ashes left behind by the camp. In order to keep warm, the Jin Xuedi people burned all the rations and forage, and killed 10,000 unicorns to keep warm, which can be regarded as exhausting their brains.

Even so, more than 20,000 frozen corpses were left in the camp, and thousands of frozen corpses were scattered all over the field during the pursuit all the way south.

The army pursued to the east of Sabrato, where smoke rose from the swamp on the west side, and soon found that the Yabuk ambush had frozen to death.

"Lord Qiqi, according to preliminary estimates, there are probably as many as 30,000 or 40,000 people who froze to death west of the swamp, and according to the captives, they ambushed 100,000 people here, and in the first two days of snowfall, they froze to death more than 20,000 people." Jiang Jie said quickly, his face no longer devoid of the original joy.

"How many live mouths have you caught?" Bailiyan asked.

"There are more than 2,000 people, but I am afraid they will not live long, and most of them are wounded and abandoned after frostbite on their limbs."

"Do your best to help...... Order the armies to slow down, gather their men, and don't be taken advantage of by the enemy! ”

"Yes!"

While the two were talking, Tian Peng rode a horse and galloped over:

"General, the Jinxuedi people sent a bird messenger, to see or not to see?"

"See, the future will be brought!"

After Tian Peng left, Jiang Jie said:

"My lord, they reversed course and suffered defeat, and this time they are trying to use tricks to delay time."

Bai Liyan sneered:

"Hehe, the battle is decided, this time it's up to them!"

When he was young, Tian Peng escorted the messenger to him, but it was not the original person, and most of them froze to death on the road.

Seeing that his face was like a white paper, Baili Yan's toes were arrogant and he was riding on a horse with his head held high, with a domineering look:

"Your state has gone back on its word, in the name of armistice and peace talks, but in fact, it is secretly planning a poisonous plan to ambush our army, what do you want to do this time!" Bai Liyan asked, her tone was tough.

came to make his expression flustered, and said carefully in a Xu Guo accent that was not fluent:

"I am instructed by Commander Yabuke to ask your army for peace, this is a letter written by Commander Yabuuk, please take your look."

"Why, your Legion Commander Mooney!"

"Captain he...... He ......"

To make the words unclear, Bailiyan hurriedly said:

"General Ben didn't find Mooney's body in the corpse, it can't be sick!"

He was silent and did not answer, and his face was heavy, most likely because of the invasion of cold evil under the anger of Mooney, and he was in a coma of sudden illness, and he was unable to deal with military affairs.

Thinking of this, Bai Liyan opened Yabuk's letter, and the content was nothing new, but a little more sincere. However, the letter mentioned the armistice of Mt. Chitake and promised that this armistice would guarantee the safety of the coalition forces.

Quan Xin seems to be shouting wolf, deceiving and dishonesty again and again, and the sincerity of Jin Xuedi people can no longer win the trust of others. After reading the letter, Bai Liyan said disdainfully:

"Your state has repeatedly reversed itself, and now it is difficult to win the trust of people if it is calculated that our army will not succeed, and it will be difficult to win the trust of others if it has suffered defeat and come to seek peace. You go back and tell Yabuk that you will give your country three chances, but you have repeatedly broken your trust in me, and there is no need to talk about the truce from now on. But if you don't give it, our army has its own hand, thank you! ”

Tian Peng dragged him like a chicken to leave, and the man struggled and shouted:

"You can't do this, this is an armistice and peace negotiation between our Majesty and you, you don't have the right to do this......"

Bailiyan said in a deep voice:

"Hmph, right, you know right, too. Let me tell you clearly, starting today, General Ben will tell you what power is, and drag me down and drive it away! ”

"Okay!"

Grabbing the white hair of the visitor, Tian Peng rode the horse and dragged the scene in the future.

When I was young, Jiang Jie said:

"My lord, is the truce in the south mentioned in the letter false?"

"Most of it is true, the Jinxuedi people have been fighting for six years, with many casualties and huge consumption of national strength, even if their logistics and transportation do not need to consume manpower, they can't withstand the consumption of more than two million troops."

"Then since there has been a truce in the south, why do you refuse to negotiate peace?"

"Call you smart, sometimes you're stupid enough. The battle here has been defeated, and the gold and silver treasures are close at hand, so there is no reason to miss such a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Even if they are sincere, you don't want to think about how much rations and transportation capacity our army needs to drag 1 or more people to their families and mouths, and how much grain, grass and transportation capacity will be raised when the barbarian king in the south returns to the south.

Do you think that the people of Jin Xuedi can easily let me wait for me to return to the north? Their treasury is already empty, and they can't afford the baggage required for a round trip of more than 2 million people, and if we don't rely on robbery, we will starve to death here. ”

"My subordinates understood."

This time he lobbied for a truce again, if Mooney proposed a truce and was sincere, Bailiyan might still consider it.

After all, there were still 60,000 or 70,000 enemy soldiers who fled back to the Manibasa pontoon bridge, plus the defenders on both sides of the pontoon bridge, and the 30,000 elite cavalry that pinned down Sikong Nan, there were 167,000 people in the local area, which was enough to continue to contain more than 200,000 people of the coalition army.

But now that Mooney is sick and unconscious, unable to continue to command the legions, and having lost this stumbling block, Yabuk has nothing to worry about, not enough to see, and a sweep of Sondia is just around the corner. At this time, the truce will be in vain.

You have to have bargaining chips in negotiations, Yabuk has no qualifications, and there are no bargaining chips, the situation is absolutely favorable to the coalition forces, Bailiyan categorically did not stop the pace of war, and abolished his martial arts.

The army repaired at Sabrato for one day, continued its pursuit south the next day, and three days later joined up with Lugao at Armando and continued southward.

Yabuk received a reply refusing an armistice, and was informed that the coalition forces were only 130,000 men, and that he was determined to fight the coalition forces on the east bank of Manibasa.

However, the tactical change of artillery, a new type of weapon, was overlooked, because all the artillery was located on the east bank. After suffering heavy setbacks and shaking morale, the army rashly engaged the allied forces on the east bank of Manibasa, and was finally defeated by Baili and retreated to the east bank.

In January, the front returned to the Norlanton River, only this time there was no chance of an equaliser.

In late May, the navy returned to Kelownas, bringing back more than 70,000 old and weak women and children, and Gongliangxiu led the navy back to Derangi the next day. On the twenty-ninth day of May, Bailiyan designed to transfer away the barbarian army facing Casgat and killed more than 17,000 enemies in three battles and three victories.

On the seventh day of June, he conquered Casgat and slaughtered the city.

On June 11, Sikong Nan captured Sone, and Bai He attacked Churta on the same day, and three days later he went down to two more cities, and the flames of Sundia became irreparable.

Mooney woke up on the ninth day of June and vomited blood on the spot after hearing the news of the defeat, and his condition worsened. Yabuk had no choice but to send him back to Po Song Province overnight. The war resumed in Sundia, and Temir, Gongliangwen, and Su Fangyi did not follow, and the war stopped from time to time.

By the beginning of July, the ship had returned to Kelonas, carrying nearly 90,000 old and infirm women and children. At the same time, the situation in Sundia has deteriorated across the board, with millions of people fleeing and panic spreading.

The consul of Songdia Province, Kahoun, quickly asked for help from the imperial capital of Guannei, and at the same time, Bailiyan ordered Sikong Nan's department to lead all the cavalry of his headquarters to the west of Songdia City to block the retreat route to Guannai.

On the 13th of July, Cahorn asked for help from the defenders of Guannai, and sent messengers to Sikong Nan and Bai He to sue for peace, but Sikong Nan and Bai He ignored them and sent people to the Norlanton River to find Bailiyan.