The news of the defeat of the Mihe River and the Song army's cross-sea conquest of Liao was sent to Yonghe Town, where the imperial tent of the Emperor of Heaven of Daliao was located, by Ma Renwang and Xiao Temo, the prime minister of Beifu.

It turned out that on the ninth day of the ninth month of September, the messengers sent by Yelu Kongli Gu and Xiao Yaomai set out from Yutian, went to Sanhe, Shunzhou, and Changping, bypassing the Song army-controlled areas around Xijin Fucheng, and arrived at the Marenwang camp at Juyong Pass.

After learning of the two huge bad news, Ma Renwang immediately handed over the military power of the sixth battalion of the Nanjing Provincial Guard to Zhang Lin and his brother Ma Renjie, and then personally set off with the messenger to Xiangzhou, where Yelu Yanxi was located. As a result, at the mouth of the Bauhinia Ridge in the Yanshan Mountains, he met the commander of the horse who was leading the army from Xijing Road, Xiao Temo, the prime minister of Beifu.

Xiao Temo was Yelu Yanxi's uncle, and married Yelu Hongji's daughter Yelu Tri, so he was also noble. After Yelu Yanxi ascended the throne, he became the prime minister of Beifu, and this time he was ordered to command 30,000 reinforcements from Beiwangfu (10,000 soldiers in person) to rush to Xiangzhou in front of the army (originally to Dingzhou, but he got the order to rush to Xiangzhou halfway). So the two walked all the way, and finally on September 18, they informed Yelu Yanxi, who was worried about the military on the southern front, the bad news.

This is really worrying!

The reason that made Yelu Yanxi worried was, of course, the first handsome captain of the Great Song Dynasty! Gao Yu was not idle during this time, but was actively acting, sending thousands of soldiers from the first general of Lingzhou who followed from the northwest to cross the west channel of the Yellow River flowing north near Julu County, and then built a hard village in the narrow area between Continental Ze (a lake located near Julu County) and the west channel of the Yellow River, which seriously threatened Yelu Yanxi's back road.

Because the officers and soldiers of the first general of Lingzhou also learned the skills of "one night city", they quickly repaired the wall with sandbags, and also surrounded the camp with ready-made horses (built in the city of the Daimyo Mansion and transported to the mainland Zeda camp by gangship). Therefore, it only took one day to complete the preliminary construction of the camp. Therefore, the cavalry sent by Yelu Yanxi returned in vain and failed to prevent the Song army from establishing a fortress.

At the same time, the three cities of Liyang, Linhe, and Neihuang to the south of Yelu Yanxi's army also had a large number of new Song troops stationed. And the Xiangzhou group training, which failed not long ago, has also regained momentum in the past few days, and a large number of people and horses have gathered ants.

As for the Daimyo Mansion on the east bank of the Yellow River, there is also news of a large-scale group exercise!

For a while, Yelu Yanxi, who went deep into the Song Realm, was a little embattled.

At this time, Ma Renwang and Xiao Temo brought him even worse news.

"What? The battle of the Mihe River is gone, there are no more than 10,000 people!? The Song army also landed in Chenzhou......"

After listening to Ma Renwang's report, Yelu Yanxi's eyes turned black for a while, his throat was sweet for a while, and he almost vomited blood and fell into a coma.

This is a real disaster! The bad news comes twice at a time, and it is still at a level that can make people vomit blood. Yelu Yanxi is strong in the end, if he was his grandfather's age, he might have died directly.

"Your Majesty, quickly withdraw your troops!"

"Yes, withdraw to Xijin Mansion and fight to the death with the Song people!"

"Liaodong can't be left alone!"

"Yes, yes, you have to beware of the birth of a daughter, they just defeated the Koreans, and it is the time to be arrogant!"

In the imperial tent, a group of important ministers who accompanied the expedition were also anxious to speak. All put forward a proposal to withdraw from the army! In their opinion, this southern expedition has been lost. What matters now is to keep Xijin Province and Liaodong...... That's the lifeblood that can't be lost!

Yelu Yanxi also ran out of ideas, and set his eyes on his eldest brother, the privy envoy of the Northern Court, and Xiao Fengxian, the commander of the imperial camp.

"Your Majesty, you can't retreat!"

It was Ma Renwang who made the suggestion.

"Can't retreat?" Yelu Yanxi looked at this loyal old minister. "Won't there be a loss in Xijin Mansion and Liaodong?"

"The minister doesn't dare to guarantee that Xijin Mansion and Liaodong will not be lost." The horse man looked at him, "But the old minister dares to guarantee that once Your Majesty withdraws the army, Xijin Mansion and Liaodong will inevitably be in chaos!" ”

"This ......" Yelu Yanxi still set his eyes on Xiao Fengxian.

"The centaur is reasonable...... Xiao Fengxian nodded, "Your Majesty retreats without gaining anything, you will lose to Zhao Ji!" ”

The horse man looked and said: "Your Majesty, the whole division of our army will go to the city of Xijin Fu, and it may not be able to destroy the camp between the rivers!" If His Majesty can't destroy the Hejian camp, then it will be another defeat...... Yandi Haojie, what will you think of Your Majesty when the time comes? ”

That's a bit ugly! But it's a piece of advice!

Now it is of course easy to withdraw troops from Xiangzhou, the Liao army is mainly cavalry and very mobile. Gao Yu had a maximum of 2,000 cavalry soldiers in his hands, and the number was too small to keep the Liao soldiers at all.

But what should the Liao soldiers do when they arrive at Xijin Mansion? Wu Haogu's soldiers not only built a large camp between the rivers, but built a series of fortresses around the city of Xijinfu, and also built forts along the Sanggan River and the Gaoliang River. Built the fortress all the way to the north bank of the Jiehe River!

In addition, Wu Haogu also had powerful shock cavalry and infantry with a spear formation as the core. If this army moved along the "fortress line", it would be impossible for the powerful cavalry group of the Liao State to strike an effective blow at them.

It is impossible to cut off supplies, let alone encircle, so you can only choose a decisive battle, and the other side may rely on the fortress to hold on when the situation is unfavorable.

Therefore, Yelu Yanxi led his troops to Xijin Mansion with no hope of winning at all, and could only be dragged into the quagmire by Wu Haogu.

And once the Great Liao Emperor is invincible in Xijin Mansion for a long time, the heroes of Yandi, the heroes of Liaodong, and the heroes of Mobei will not rise up?

When the time comes, the Great Liao Kingdom will be full of beacon fires!

"But if you don't go back to the Bing Xijin Mansion, where can you go?" Xiao Fengxian knew that what Ma Renwang said was true, but he also had no direction.

"To the north bank of the Yellow River, of course! It's already September, and it's a cold winter in a blink of an eye, once the Yellow River is frozen, the Great Liao Heavenly Soldiers will be able to come to Kaifeng Mansion City! The horseman paused and said, "For today's plan, the only thing Your Majesty can persecute is the court of the Song Kingdom!" ”

"Persecuting the Song court?"

"Yes," said the horseman, "didn't Your Majesty notice that the Song army encountered on the way south was far inferior to the Wu Hao Gu Division?" ”

Yelu Yanxi thought about it, as if something was going on.

Although Xiangzhou Tuanlian and Zhong Fu's new army were not weak, they were defeated by the Liao army after all. And the Song army, which attacked from Tianjin Mansion, is simply powerful! The Liao soldiers were scared several times, but they were all defeated and defeated!

Now instead of pinching the soft persimmon, but ramming it into Wu Haogu's spear and iron cavalry, how stupid is that? In case of a crushing defeat by Wu Haogu, then the Great Liao Kingdom is in danger of extinction!

Ma Renwang looked at Yelu Yanxi's face, knowing that his lobbying was about to succeed, so he continued to flicker: "As long as Your Majesty is still advancing south, the attention of the heroes of the world will not turn to Xijin Mansion and Liaodong, maybe Your Majesty will still have a chance to conquer Kaifeng Mansion and enter the Central Plains!" At this time, who will abandon His Majesty?

But if His Majesty returns north, the heroes of the world will all look at the camp between the rivers...... If Your Majesty can't quickly conquer the Hejian camp, then the people's hearts will be unpredictable! ”

Yelu Yanxi nodded, "Thanks to Ma Qing, I almost made a big mistake. But there is still some time before the Yellow River freezes, and there will be no loss in Xijin Fucheng and Liaodong, right? ”

"The city of Xijin is fine for the time being." The horse man looked and said, "The gains and losses of Xijin Mansion are not in the field siege, but in the hearts of the people!" As long as His Majesty is still likely to defeat Zhao Ji, the Lord of Song, Yandi Haojie will continue to wait and see. ”

"This ...... It's true! Yelu Yanxi suddenly stared at the horse man, "Ma Qing, are you a Yandi hero?" ”

The atmosphere was a little tense. The Ma family is one of the four Yan families! Will the Ma family also wait and see?

"Your Majesty," the horse man smiled, "do you think that the Doctor Witch Lu Mountain can be regarded as Yan Land?" ”

Yiwu Lu Mountain is the town mountain of Youzhou, and in a broad sense, it certainly belongs to Yandi. But now the Yan land that Song Liao is fighting for is a concept in a narrow sense, and it is impossible to include Yiwu Lu Mountain. Yiwu Lushan is the territory of the Feng Xianjun in Tokyo Province, and no matter how powerful Wu Haogu is, it is impossible to really occupy Tokyo Province. He is now attacking Chenzhou across the sea, but he is just harassing and containing the forces of Liao. It is simply impossible to develop into the hinterland of Tokyo Province.

How complicated is the situation in Tokyo Province, Yelu Yanxi has a headache when he thinks about it, how much capital does Wu Haogu dare to throw into it?

"Yiwu Lushan is considered Liaodi," Yelu Yanxi said with a smile, "Your family should be Liao, not Yan!" ”

Ma Renwang bowed to Yelu Yanxi, and said in a high voice in Khitan dialect: "My emperor, the minister is willing to lead the tribe to recover Chenzhou for His Majesty and expel Song Kou!" ”

"Are you serious? Chenzhou City is not easy to fight! ”

Yelu Yanxi didn't think much about the conspiracy and tricks in the horse man's stomach, he just thought that Wu Haogu's soldiers and horses were very powerful, and he was afraid that it would not be easy to expel them!

Although it is impossible for Wu Haogu to develop in the hinterland of eastern Liaodong, it is still a trivial matter to occupy a piece of territory along the coast of Liaodong as a nail household.

Put a few thousand people, and then build the city as solid as gold, what can the Great Liao Heavenly Soldiers do? Die 20,000 or 30,000 people to gnaw a stone town? What if you gnaw it off? When the time comes, he will change places and land again, and build a city, and you will still gnaw on it? How many Khitans can fill it in?

"There's a way!" The centaur looked.

"What's the solution?"

"The ministers will dig a long trench, lock Chenzhou, protracted, and deal with the enemy!"

In fact, Ma Zhi had already agreed with Wu Haogu that as soon as the soldiers of the Ma family arrived, Song Kou would immediately board the ship and run away...... Run to Suzhou to recover the army and occupy another territory!

"Good!" Yelu Yanxi is also an honest child, how could he have expected that a loyal minister like Ma Renwang would also have such bad intentions, "I ordered you to stay in Tokyo for Tongzhi, Chenzhou Fengguo Army Festival Envoy, Liaodong Road Commander Military Envoy!" You are allowed to recruit strong men in Xianzhou, Jinzhou, Liaoxi, Chenzhou and other places! ”

Ma Renwang is another big salute, "The old minister must do his best to live up to the grace of the king!" ”