First, nearly 20,000 horses, and then the cavalry of the police division entered Yanmen Pass in an orderly manner. When the team composed of the infantry of the Zhenwu Army slowly retreated towards Guancheng with the banner of Li Buqi, they saw the dust rising in the distance, and they didn't know how many people and horses were killed.

Yang Shiqing immediately commanded the Zhenwu army to change formations, set up battle formations, and slowly retreated to cover each other. After a while, a large group of Liao cavalry appeared in the field of vision, and it was impossible to see how many people there were at once. But when these Liao troops came to the city, they saw that the Zhenwu army calmly entered the city gate in a group, so they only sent some cavalry to shoot arrows in the distance to harass them, and watched all the Zhenwu troops retreat into Yanmen Pass. In the end, a big banner with the word "Li" also disappeared into the doorway, but soon fluttered again in the city.

From the top of the city, the Liao army has 40,000 or 50,000 people, like an ant colony. Some of the soldiers stationed at Yanmen Pass couldn't help but tremble in their legs.

However, just because there are more people and there is a bird, and without adequate preparation, the more people there are, the more impossible this battle will be. The grass in depth for dozens of miles was burned out, and the trees near the gate were cut down to only half-man-high stumps, and the Liao people could neither herd horses nor cut down trees to make siege equipment.

The commander of the Liao army was obviously aware of this, and after seeing that there was no opportunity, he retreated sensibly.

Ge Hua, the guard of Yanmen Pass, saw that the Liao army was retreating, so he said to Li Buqi: "The Liao people have retreated, and it is estimated that they will have to prepare grain and grass to make a comeback, and there will be nothing for the time being." The lower officials have already prepared thin wine to wash the dust for patrolling the border. ”

Li Buqi said: "This time we have made the Liao people suffer a big loss, and the Liao people may not give up." Therefore, General Cao should also be careful. This is not necessary. To tell the general, what I want most now is a bed. ”

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The thunderous sound of horses' hooves and the rain-like Luan bells rolled towards the Bianliang Chenqiao Gate, which immediately caused chickens and dogs to jump on the avenue. Whether it was a car, a burden, or an empty-handed pedestrian, they all hid on the side of the road on both sides, and the stalls placed on the side of the road also quickly moved to the outside of the official road, for fear of being hit by galloping horses. The soldiers guarding the city gate also hurried to clear the pedestrians inside the city gate and clear the city gate.

If it had been before, someone had been riding a horse on the official road like this, and he would definitely have been scolded by the common people. But now no one dared to do this, but whispered: "Oh, what is the emergency military situation today?" Listening to this voice, there were a lot of people, and something big must have happened, which is why so many people were sent to report the news. ”

"Could it be that Hebei lost the battle?"

"Well, nine times out of ten. Since the early years of the dynasty, there have been few victories against the Khitan. Alas, it's hard not to fight for decades, who knows......"

"Didn't it mean that Li Daguan personally led his troops to rob the grain of the Liao people. I heard that Mr. Storyteller told the story of the Three Kingdoms, and the Guandu battle between Cao Aman and Yuan Benchu, Aman won by robbing the grain. Li Daguan is good at using soldiers, is he not as good as Cao Aman's thief? ”

An old gentleman snorted coldly and said, "Hmph! Since ancient times, there have been those who have robbed the grain, and there are those who have not succeeded. Li Daguan only brought 5,000 soldiers, and after going deep into the Khitan army of hundreds of thousands, he was already in danger, and if he was not careful, he would ...... You didn't look at the notes given to the official by Li Daguan, that is to make it clear that if you don't succeed, you will become benevolent, and you are not completely sure. He shook his head and sighed again.

A hawker hurriedly asked: "So, isn't Li Daguan going to fall into the Liao Kingdom?" Like Yang Lao Linggong? ”

As he was saying this, a dozen horsemen had already galloped to the gate of the city. The people of Tokyo have seen the world, and just by looking at the flags on the backs of these cavalrymen, they know that it is indeed an eight-hundred-mile rush. But what everyone didn't expect was that when these people arrived at the gate of the city, they reined in their horses, and at the same time shouted loudly: "Hebei victory!" Hebei victory! Won the first level of more than 10,000! The Liao people fled! ”

They shouted three times in a row, and then they left a few people who had not yet come back to their senses and rode into the city and galloped away, shouting "Hebei victory!" along the way. Hebei victory! ”

It took a few breaths before the people inside and outside the city gate let out an earth-shattering cheer.

The peddler muttered, "Is this the win?" ”

The old gentleman said excitedly: "Beheading more than 10,000 people, this is a rare big victory!" In this way, it should be a victory. ”

One person was still uneasy and said, "It's not a presumption, right?" I've never heard of when an official or soldier has beheaded more than 10,000 people. ”

But the old gentleman spat him and said, "That's your loneliness!" When the first emperor was in the Guangxin Army, which was called the Weilu Army at that time, he had won more than 10,000 once. By the way, that time there was Yang Jialiulang in the Weilu Army. This time, Yang Shiqing of the Yang family went with Li Daguan to sneak attack the Liao grain road of the Weilu army. ”

Many people didn't know that the Great Song Dynasty had such a big victory over the Khitan, and they all begged the old gentleman to tell this story.

As the cavalry flew all the way, the people cheered thunderously along the way. Zhao Zhen was sitting in the Chongzheng Hall discussing with the ministers, but suddenly heard a neat shout faintly in the distance. This kind of voice can only be made by the army, and the emperor, who has always had an instinctive fear of mutiny, stood up in fright and asked loudly: "What happened?" ”

An inner court worshipper standing outside the door came in and reported: "Your Majesty, it seems that the duty of the guard Ouchi is chanting the word 'Wansheng'. ”

Oh, you're shouting "Wan Sheng". Then nine times out of ten it is not a mutiny. But the emperor was still not at ease, and immediately ordered: "Find out what happened quickly." ”

"Yes." As soon as the enshrinement officer said yes, as soon as he walked out, Li Shunju trotted in all the way: "Congratulations to Your Majesty, congratulations to Your Majesty!" ”

Zhao Zhen hurriedly asked: "Where does the joy come from?" ”

"The little one just heard someone shouting 'Hebei Dajie' outside, it seems to be Hebei Rush Express Lubu Feijie."

At this time, not only Zhao Zhen, Wen Yanbo and others suddenly widened their eyes. The emperor hurriedly said, "Immediately announce the messenger to come in." ”

"Yes!" Li Shunju replied and trotted all the way away. At this time, no one cared about his misconduct.

In a short time, the messenger was ushered into the Chongzheng Temple. Zhao Zhen waited patiently for the messenger to finish his visit, and hurriedly asked: "But there is news about the war in Hebei?" ”

The messenger hurriedly replied, "Congratulations, Your Majesty." Lai His Majesty Tianwei, the royal capital deployed to fight with the Liao army in Wangdu, defeated the Liao army, beheaded more than 10,000, and the Liao army was defeated. It has now been found that the Liao people are short of food, and the official army is pursuing the Liao army to recover the lost territory. ”

As he spoke, the messenger presented the battle report with both hands.

Zhao Zhen took the battle report from the eunuch and read it several times before he was sure that he had really won. In the end, his eyes stayed on a few words - "The Liao army is short of food, and it is known that Zhuozhou and Yizhou were burned, and the officials and troops plundered, so that the army's heart was shaken, and the soldiers thought of returning, and they had no heart to fight."

The Liao army ran out of food, Zhuozhou was burned, and the officials and troops plundered? The emperor was sure that Li Buqi must have done these things.

At this time, he couldn't help but think that now Li Buqi didn't know what was going on, and hurriedly asked: "Is there any news that Li Buqi has an army?" ”

The messenger said: "There is a Khitan saying that a few days after Li Xunbian cut off the grain route of the Liao army at the mouth of the Great Wall, the Liao army found out and sent troops to attack, and Li Junjian led the army into the territory of the Liao State to plunder, so the Liao lord mobilized a large army to chase after him. It's just that now where Li Xunbian is, but no one can say clearly. ”

Li Buqi's life and death were uncertain, which cast a slight shadow on Zhao Zhen's sunny mood just now. But after all, Hebei won a big victory, and the Liao people retreated, so it is estimated that there is no need to cede the land and pay compensation, which is better than when his father was born, and it is also the glory of his emperor to have such a loyal minister who has the courage to die like Li Buqi. Thus he commanded the reward of the messenger with great propriety, and sent for Lubu Feijie.

Li Shunju suggested: "Your Majesty, it is very convenient for the Qingyuan Printing Workshop to print newspapers and advertisements. The small one thought that he could print tens of thousands of good news from Qingyuan Academy and spread it to people in various states and counties, so that everyone in the world could know about Hebei's great victory. ”

The Emperor immediately nodded in agreement. The emperor said that Yin Jiebao paid from the inner treasury, so the ministers were happy to publicize this great victory to the whole world—after all, they agreed, and they could also share some of the credit as ministers and privy councillors.

Li Shun went down to explain the Yin Jiebao, and Wen Yanbo, Pang Ji and others praised the emperor one by one for his mighty sky, so that Hebei could achieve a great victory. However, these words reminded Zhao Zhen that most of the arrangements in Hebei were arranged by Li Buqi, so he was worried about breaking a pillar. He sighed and said, "It's a pity that Li Buqi has no news yet......"

Before the words fell, a eunuch hurriedly came in and reported: "Official, Li Qian, a privy councillor, has an urgent military situation to ask for. ”

The emperor hurriedly said: "Xuan! ”

After a while, Li Qian entered the hall, and immediately reported after paying homage: "Your Majesty, Li Zhongzheng has news." Just after receiving an urgent report from Bingzhou, Li Zhongzheng led more than 4,000 troops into Yanmen Pass. ”

"Yanmen Pass?" Rao is Wen Yanbo and Pang are so good at cultivating their qi that they can't help but be shocked, and ask in unison: "Nothing wrong?" ”