This is the absolute truth! In this battle, 50,000 Liao troops were annihilated, from the commander Yeluming to the ordinary soldiers, and no one escaped.

Yeluming originally thought that if he attacked the city, he would be able to take Xiongzhou City, but what he didn't expect was that the converted army came from behind, and the Liao army became a self-throwing net, and when they entered Xiongzhou City, they got into a cage and had no chance to escape.

If the Liao army did not enter the city regardless of it, but outside the city, no matter how many thunderbolts the converted army had, it would not be possible to completely annihilate the Liao army, and tens of thousands of Liao troops would have fled.

"General Zhou, you have to hurry up and report to the officials." Zheng Tai hurriedly reminded: "Xiongzhou gave Liaogou an attack on the city, this news is unbearable for the official family." It is only right that the official family should know the news of the recovery of Xiongzhou as soon as possible. ”

The success in the ordinary world is just a joy and makes people happy. However, Xiongzhou is too important, and the good news of Xiongzhou's victory is extremely important, which is related to the strategic deployment of the Song Dynasty, and the sooner Song Shenzong knows, the better.

"That's right! Right! Right! Zhou Wei slapped his forehead and claimed: "I was so happy and confused that I almost forgot about such a big event." ”

For Zhou Wei, this period of time was an extremely painful torment for him. The Liao army invaded the city, and Xiongzhou was about to fall, which was his most painful moment. Now, the recovery of Xiongzhou is his happiest moment. This pain, a joy, is like the difference between clouds and mud, and the difference is too great.

"The most important thing is to send a letter to the surrounding cities and ask them to send troops to garrison Xiongzhou." Wu Ji looked at it very far-reachingly: "Although we won, we are also crippled, the Xiongzhou army can fight less than 3,000 people, and our 3,000 people are purely a miscellaneous army." What's more, there are less than 1,000 thunderbolts, and the Converts are dying. If the Liao State sends another army at this time, we will only have to wait for death. ”

This is definitely the most important thing, and everyone can't help but claim in unison: "It's still Commander Wu who can see it accurately!" This has to be done quickly! Hurry up! ”

Zhou Wei didn't talk nonsense, and immediately sent people to send a message to the surrounding cities, asking them to immediately send troops to garrison Xiongzhou.

When this was done, the people watched for a while the people who were scavenging for the booty, got some firewood, lit the fire, sat down together, and began to roast the jerky, simmer wine, and eat and drink.

In the past few days of reinforcement of Xiongzhou, Wu Ji has not eaten a mouthful of hot food, has not drunk a mouthful of hot water, and has not simmered on the fire.

The wine was simmered, the jerky was simmering hot, and everyone began to eat meat and drink wine, saying some funny things, jokes, and laughter constantly, laughing very happily, and being very happy.

"Brother Wu, didn't you say that there are 100,000 reinforcements? Where are the reinforcements? Zhou Wei's wine strength came up, he was already a little drunk, and he began to laugh.

"Bang! Bang! Bang! Before Wu Ji could speak, Mrs. Zheng patted her chest and shouted: "General Zhou, 3,000 reinforcements are worth 300,000 troops." One person tops a hundred, it's not a problem. ”

Mrs. Zheng has always been close to the people, low-key, rarely speaks big, and rarely brags. In front of him, he was boasting: "Three thousand returned to the faith army, killing tens of thousands of Liao dogs to lose their armor and abandon their armor, and they can't form an army, what a majesty this is!" Not to mention, even if the imperial court sends an army of 100,000, how much grain will it cost? Our return army, 3,000 people, how much food is needed, and the killing of the enemy is not less than 100,000 troops, General Zhou, you say, which is more cost-effective? ”

He boasted so much that his mouth was foaming, and the more he spoke, the louder his voice became, and it spread far away, attracting a chorus: "Of course it's a good deal for the Converts!" ”

"Haha!"

A burst of laughter rang out, and everyone ate meat and drank wine, and the bragging was louder.

I was so unhappy that I didn't rest until I was exhausted.

The next day I woke up, and the people who were overly excited cleared out the loot, and a staggering number came up. More than 37,000 war horses were captured, grain and grass were enough for 50,000 troops to use for a month, a total of one million taels of gold and silver, more than 9,000 tents, and tens of thousands of scimitars and armor.

Listening to the numbers coming up one after another, Wu Ji's mouth became bigger and bigger, and they couldn't close it at all. Among these trophies, what made Wu Ji most happy was that there were more than 37,000 war horses, which was the first time in the history of the Song Dynasty that so many war horses were captured. The Song Dynasty was seriously short of horses and could not form cavalry, which were all war horses, if they were used to form cavalry, then the Song Dynasty had a cavalry of tens of thousands, which played a very important role for the Song Dynasty.

However, these things have little to do with him, and he can't control them. One thing is clear, and that is that he will have no problem forming cavalry. He captured more than 3,000 horses on his conversion, and there was no problem in forming cavalry. He was not allowed to speak, Zhou Wei was very arrogant and gave him 5,000 excellent war horses, adding up, he had more than 8,000 war horses.

At the moment, Wu Ji doesn't need so many war horses, but Zhou Wei is very sure that after this battle, Wu Ji's promotion is inevitable, and there will be more troops under his command, and these war horses will be used in the future. Zheng Taitai is in favor of this, and it is a guarantee that Wu Ji will inevitably be promoted this time and will lead more soldiers and horses.

Although the Song army was corrupt, there were endless things to do about taking merit, not to mention taking merit and encroaching on merit, but Zhou Wei was not such a person, he reported it to Song Shenzong truthfully. Xiongzhou can be lost and regained, Wu Ji has made great contributions, and promotion is an ironclad matter.

Wu Ji did not hesitate to accept all these war horses.

Xiongzhou City was in ruins, there were not many houses in the city, and the tents were of great use, all of which were distributed to the soldiers and civilians, and the accounts were set up in the city, and the soldiers and civilians of Xiongzhou finally had a place to live. The rest of the houses were handed over to the wounded, sick, old and weak, including Zhou Wei, who lived in the tent.

As for the seized gold and silver, Zhou Wei gave 300,000 taels to Wu Ji, and asked Wu Ji to distribute it to the converted soldiers and civilians who came to reinforce him. In this matter, Zhou Wei was very sorry, he said that with the merits of the Returned Army, it was not a problem for the Returned Army to give all the millions of taels of gold and silver. It's just that Xiongzhou is dilapidated and urgently needs money, so I repeatedly ask Wu Ji for understanding.

Xiongzhou has been almost destroyed, and it is the season of ice and snow, if there is no money, it is not easy to survive the winter, Wu Ji understands very well. 300,000 taels of gold and silver were divided equally among the converting army, one hundred taels per person, and the converting army was all happy.

The reason why it was divided equally was because it was captured, it was additional, and it was a reward for 3,000 converted soldiers and civilians to carry out reinforcements without hesitation. As for rewarding according to merit, it will have to wait for the reward of the imperial court. Come to think of it, Song Shenzong will not be stingy.

As for the jerky, the converts did not divide it except for eating and drinking. Although the conversion was also badly damaged, it was still much better than that of Xiongzhou. If it weren't for the fact that there was so much grain and grass, the soldiers and civilians of Xiongzhou would be hungry right now, and Wu Ji didn't need to pick food from their mouths. Besides, the grain, grass, and dried meat captured by the Converts were enough to be used for a long time.

For this, Zhou Wei repeatedly thanked the soldiers and civilians for their righteousness.

After settling down a little, he began to clean up the corpses and abandoned garbage in the city of Xiongzhou, and prepared to rebuild Xiongzhou. Xiongzhou must be rebuilt, without this Xiongcheng, it is impossible to stop the southward advance of the Liao army. This is the top priority, the first priority, although the conversion also needs to be rebuilt, Wu Ji and Zheng Tai, Huangfu Song, Qi Dabao they discussed, decided to stay, help.

There was no complaint from the converts on this point. They knew very well that if Xiongzhou could not be rebuilt, no matter how well the conversion was built, it would be destroyed by war. Only when Xiongzhou is rebuilt can the conversion be preserved.

As a result, the Conversion Army, under the leadership of Wu Ji, threw itself into the reconstruction of Xiongzhou.

xxxxxxxxx Youzhou, the capital of the Marshal's Mansion.

Marshal Xiao Lu stood up straight and looked at Yelu Hongji.

Behind him, there stood many civil and military ministers, all with smiles on their faces and boundless joy, looking at Yelu Hongji with reverence.

Yelu Hongji put on a high-quality fox coat and stood in front of the huge military map, his tiger eyes flashing with fine light, and he couldn't stop looking at the map. This map is the map of the Central Plains, and the geographical mountains, cities, and roads of the Central Plains are all marked on it.

The ministers knew very well that Yelu Hongji was preparing to attack the Central Plains when he studied the map of the Central Plains. The Liao army has already invaded the city of Xiongzhou, and it is a matter of time to take Xiongzhou, as long as Xiongzhou is taken, the road blocking the Liao army from entering the Central Plains will be opened, and the Liao army can drive straight into the Central Plains.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I have seen this map countless times! The first emperor has seen it countless times! Yelu Hongji's gaze moved away from the map, turned around, and looked at the ministers, his face was shining with a unique brilliance, his eyes were particularly bright, and he was blazing: "I, the first emperor, have a dream, that is, to enter the Central Plains and turn the Central Plains into the pastures of Daliao!" ”

"Haha!" The ministers burst into cheerful laughter, which was the best answer.

"Since the founding of Taizu, Da Liao has wanted to enter the Central Plains, since Emperor Taizong entered the Central Plains, proclaimed himself emperor in Bianjing, and established Da Liao, Da Liao has never entered the Central Plains again." Yelu Hongji continued: "It's not that the warriors of Da Liao don't need to die, it's because Xiongzhou is blocking it. Xiongzhou, originally a part of Waqiao Pass, Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures, was taken away by Chai Rong, and became a moat on the way south of the Great Song Dynasty, for more than 100 years, Da Liao has always wanted to recapture Waqiao Pass, but it was unsuccessful. However, I succeeded! ”

"Long live the emperor!"

"Long live the emperor!"

The ministers were excited, waving their arms, and shouting loudly, excited, and looking at Yeluhonki as if a believer had seen a god.

Xiongzhou has always been the focus of the 100-year Song-Liao War, for Xiongzhou, the Song and Liao countries do not know how many troops were invested, and the two armies that died under the city of Xiongzhou did not have a million, but also hundreds of thousands, which shows the fierceness of the competition.

Although the Liao State pressed the Song Dynasty to fight, there was the alliance of the Yuanyuan, and there was the pride of increasing the currency of Chongxi, but it did not recapture Xiongzhou, making it impossible for the Liao State to enter the Central Plains.

However, this century-old dream has finally succeeded, and who can not be excited?

"I order you to mobilize all your armies and enter the Central Plains! Capture Zhao Ji alive! Yelu Hongji was full of spirit, and waved his big hand to the south, with a majestic momentum, as if commanding thousands of troops.

However, at this moment, I only heard a panicked voice coming: "Your Majesty, the Southern Dynasty recovered Xiongzhou, Yeluming was captured alive by the Southern Dynasty, and the 50,000 Great Liao warriors were wiped out!" ”

(To be continued)