In the darkness of dawn, many Jurchen soldiers raised their heads to the sky and roared angrily, firing arrows at the two huge hot air balloons above their heads, but to no avail.

Qingwei, come without a shadow, go without a trace, treacherous like a ghost and as fast as the wind.

Suzaku held Wanyan Zonghan's head in his hand and looked at it calmly.

"Wanyan Zonghan, between you and me, there is finally an understanding." Suzaku said to himself lightly, "You killed my whole family and occupied me for several years. Have you ever thought that you would one day die at my hands? ”

Xuanwu and Gou Chen sat beside Suzaku left and right, both of them had some injuries and were treating and bandaging each other.

"How are you two injured?" Suzaku asked, turning around.

"I can't die." Xuanwu grinned, but the corners of his eyes twitched. He had at least seven wounds on his body, and two arrowheads were still in his body, and there were no tools to pull them out for the time being.

"I'm better than him." With his left hand and teeth, he bit down on a strip of cloth tied to his right arm, temporarily stopping the bleeding from a deep bone wound on his left arm.

"What about the others in the other balloon?"

"The back of the snake hall is more seriously injured. Many arrows were hit, and a lot of blood was lost, and his left arm was lost below the elbow. He is a person who uses fists, and it is estimated that he will be abolished in the future. "Xuanwu Dao," Liuhe was in charge of answering, and basically he was not injured. ”

Suzaku nodded slightly, "This is the biggest loss of Qingwei since it was formed. They all blame me for their own selfishness. ”

"Selfishness?" Xuanwu smiled, "If you want to say that, you will think too highly of yourself." ”

"Don't be so mean." Gou Chen also smiled, and threw a bag of wine to the two of them, "Suzaku, we have known each other since childhood, and we have been known for more than ten years, right?" Since childhood, we have all had a common wish, that is, to let Wanyan Zonghan die and we will be free. Now that wish has come true, we have made it happen together. Shouldn't we celebrate, you say? ”

"Where did you get this wine?"

"Of course, I got it from Wanyan Zonghan's tent!"

"It's all that time, are you still in the mood to steal wine?"

"All I know is that if there was no wine now, I would rather die in that tent!"

"Then drink !!"

Drinks, spilled all over the sky.

……

It's dawn.

Chu Tianya boarded the loach boat and prepared to take a look at the north shore. Today's battle was not as fierce as yesterday's, and after a day and a night of fierce fighting, the soldiers of the Song and Jin countries were obviously exhausted. Liu Ziyu had already ordered the whole army to retreat in rotation and rest and recuperate in a temporary camp. The loach boat travels back and forth between the two sides of the strait without sleep, treating the wounded and delivering supplies, like a lifeline of the army.

After Chu Tianya arrived on the north shore by boat, he directly found the location of Liu Ziyu's main camp.

"Lord, why are you here?" Seeing Chu Tianya's arrival, Liu Ziyu and the other generals were taken aback. It's the front line of fire, and it's messy and dangerous.

"Why can't I come?" Chu Tianya smiled and said, "Don't forget that I'm a bandit who got up and marched on a horse, and I'm no stranger to killing people and seeing blood—Yan Xiu, what's the situation?" ”

"The subordinates are about to report many things to the lord. Since the lord is here, the subordinates will present them one by one. Liu Ziyu hurriedly invited Chu Tianya to a relatively quiet tent, his expression became stern, and he said seriously, "Lord, Vermilion Bird has succeeded!" ”

Chu Tianya's heart was shocked, "What about people? ”

"Did the lord ask Zong Han, or Qingwei?"

"Don't talk nonsense, I want to know!"

"They're all here." Liu Ziyu strode to the side, and lifted the side curtain of the tent with one hand, revealing several people lying inside, as well as Suzaku and Liuhe sitting next to the beetle snake's bed.

Seeing this scene in front of him, Chu Tianya felt a sense - miserable.

Xuanwu, Gou Chen, and beetle snakes are obviously not lightly injured.

"Lord!" Seeing Chu Tianya coming, Qingwei and the others were overjoyed. Except for the comatose beetle, everyone else screamed.

Chu Tianya strode forward and raised his hand, "You don't have to salute - how are you?" ”

"We're all fine, it's just a beetle snake......" Suzaku, who was not wearing a mask, looked ashamed, "Lord, it's my fault." The people I took out did not bring back safely...... I want to be punished! ”

Chu Tianya walked to the edge of the couch and squatted down with his eyebrows tightened, and saw that the beetle snake's face was blue and gray, and his lips were tightly closed, as if he had no skills to return to the sky, and his life was on the verge of death. Xuanwu and Gou Chen, the two strongest assassins among the Qingwei, were lying on their left and right sides with wounds all over their bodies, wrapped in flesh and blood like browns.

"I don't blame you." Chu Tianya's voice was very low, "If you want to assassinate in this situation, there is not much chance of success. Don't think about the assassination, Wanyan Zonghan will have the retribution he deserves. Come with me back to the North Shore to heal your wounds! ”

Zhongqingwei looked at each other, and Suzaku lifted a wooden box from the side, "Lord, Zong Han's head is already here!" ”

Chu Tianya came back to his senses in a daze, "What? ”

"Lord, please look!"

Suzaku opened the box, and it was indeed filled with Zong Han's head!

"This is Wanyan Zonghan......" Although they have fought many times, Chu Tianya is really the first time to see Zong Han with his own eyes. Unexpectedly, it was a person who left the neck!

"It's him." Suzaku said lightly, "Turning into ashes, I also recognize it." ”

Chu Tianya took a deep breath, but he didn't reveal much, and the look of surprise that Suzaku and the others expected just said lightly, "Success, of course it's the best." What's more, you'll be able to get back to me—go now, and take a boat back to the North Shore. There are imperial doctors brought by the official family there, and I tell them to heal your injuries at any cost! ”

"Lord, the beetle snake is no good!" Liuhe said suddenly.

Everyone hurriedly gathered around the beetle snake.

The beetle snake had already opened its eyes, with a smile on its face, and its eyes were actually shining, obviously returning to the light.

"Beetle snake!" Chu Tianya screamed and went over to hold his hand.

The beetle snake's eyes widened, and its pupils continued to dilate, staring at Chu Tianya. She opened her mouth and wanted to speak, but she couldn't squeeze out her voice.

Chu Tianya had no choice but to put his ear to his mouth, and finally heard some fragmentary words.

"Lord...... Qingwei lived up to his mission and brought back Zong Han's head! ”

"Snake, die without regrets!"

"If there is an afterlife...... Again, again, follow ...... Lord! ”

The last "lord" is directly spewed from the throat of the beetle snake. And this last breath spurted out, and a stream of black blood in his throat.

Then the beetle snake fell straight on the couch, motionless.

No one screamed, no one cried, everyone looked at the beetle snake quietly, sadness and regret were quietly revealed from their eyes.

"Lord, he's gone." Suzaku said softly, "He walked quietly and contentedly. ”

"Thick burial. After you go back, arrange it with the old man. Chu Tianya put the hand of the beetle snake into the quilt and said, "People die like lights go out, and he hasn't followed me for a few days to live a good life, so he can't take anything with him, and he can't stay." The beetle snake had a family in his early years, with a son and a mother-in-law, but he was separated. Let's find a way to find them, if they can take care of them, they will all be taken to Luoyang to take care of them. ”

"Yes......"

Later, Chu Tianya called Tang Ang and asked him to arrange some people to send Suzaku and the others to the north shore first. Then he himself stayed behind to learn more about the fighting on the North Shore.

It is not difficult to imagine that the death of Wanyan Zonghan will inevitably lead to a huge panic in the Jurchen army. Originally, before this, the Allah camp was already facing collapse here, and Liu Ziyu ordered two generals, Wang Xun and Ma Kuo, to lead more than 100,000 infantry soldiers to divide and kill the Jurchens on the main battlefield for dozens of miles, and it was very successful.

By now, the large-scale battles were almost impossible to see, and the defeated Jurchens began to flee in all directions, turning into scattered stragglers scattered nearly a hundred miles on the north shore. Wang Xun and Ma Kuo are organizing men and horses to pursue and suppress with all their might, and consciously use dragnet search and cleaning methods to move the battle line to the side of Gushen and Zonghan.

In other words, Liu Ziyu was about to solve the battle on the main battlefield and was about to go to support the Xixia people and Yue Fei.

This is much faster than Liu Ziyu himself expected.

"Having lost the main camp's lair, Wanyan Zonghan and the army under the Grain God are already lost dogs, and sooner or later they will be exterminated. Suzaku and the others unexpectedly brought back Zong Han's head, and his subordinates thought that the battlefield on the Western Xia side would be the first to end. Liu Ziyu said to Chu Tianya, "My lord, my subordinate Jian Yì dispatched a part of his men and horses to attack and kill the back of Zong Han's department, and formed an encirclement with the Western Xia people, so as to pursue and win a battle while he was victorious. ”

"Okay, do whatever comes to mind, don't ask my opinion." Chu Tianya said, "I'm just here to visit and understand the situation, and I won't have any involvement in your tactical arrangements." ”

Liu Ziyu smiled awkwardly, "That subordinate...... Can you arrange it? ”

"Go ahead!"

"Yes!"

Liu Ziyu issued a military order and arranged for his generals to carry out these battlefield tasks. Not long after the arrangements were made, there was a scout report immediately, saying that the battlefield on the Western Xia side had changed suddenly. Originally, this morning, the Jurchen army suddenly fell into chaos and panic, and the Tanguts took advantage of the situation to kill the generals and win a complete victory, and the Jurchen army was overwhelmed and could only barely parry resistance, with heavy casualties. The army of Western Xia took advantage of the victory to pursue and poured out, and beat the Jurchen army, which had been inseparable from it for these days, to the point that it lost its armor and abandoned its armor.

Seeing that the Jurchen army was about to collapse and it was difficult to form an army, the rear of the Western Xia army suddenly stopped the pursuit and retracted the offensive. And just now, the Tanguts evacuated the battlefield in a very hurry, and they didn't even ask for camps and baggage, and the whole army only brought rations and went into battle lightly and galloped back.

The remaining group of Jurchens who had been beaten stupid were stunned, and many of them knelt on the ground and thanked the gods for their protection.

"This is strange, what kind of wind do the Tangut people smoke?" Liu Ziyu and others were puzzled.

Chu Tianya pondered in his heart, and had a guess in his heart: what could make the fat meat that the main force of Western Xia, Iron Harrier, could give up and withdraw in a hurry, it must be something big in the country, and it was Li Qianshun, the lord of Western Xia, who issued a death order to transfer back his elite relatives to save Western Xia.

What else could it be? - Of course, it was the Western Liao anti-water, and Yelu Dashi suddenly made a swoop against his good ally Xixia Kingdom!

"Report - General Yang Zaixing is leading his troops to stop and kill the Jurchen Tiefutu who has fled, and the number of opponents is too large and extremely scattered, and it is difficult to kill them comprehensively. General Yang asked Marshal Liu for support! ”

Immediately another scout came to report—

"Newspaper - a large number of Jurchen Iron Floating Slaughter is trying to flock to the northeast camp and join the army of Ceres!"

Hearing these letters, all the generals were enthusiastic and eager to come to the battle, and went with Yang Zaixing to snipe these fleeing Jurchen Tiefutu.

These soldiers and horses were all the elite divisions of Wanyan Zonghan's personal commanders, symbolizing the strongest combat power of the Jurchens. In the past, he showed off his might in front of the Song people, and also committed many crimes. Now that they have all become lost dogs, it is reasonable for everyone to want to vent their hatred and kill them.

Liu Ziyu was very calm, and after thinking for a moment, he raised his hand, "No." Ordered, let Yang Zaixing come back. No one is allowed to attack and stop them, just let these iron floats go to join the god of grains. ”

"What?!" The generals were stunned.

"My order has been issued and cannot be changed." Liu Ziyu was extremely firm, and said in a deep voice, "Execute it immediately!" ”

"Yes......" the generals had to promise. But it is clear that they do not understand and are not convinced.

Chu Tianya smiled on the side and said nothing, full of appreciation for Liu Ziyu in his heart.

went to the army to strategize, and Liu Ziyu's mastery is here. If he really ordered the whole army to raid and kill these fish that slipped through the net, he would really disappoint Chu Tianya.

There is a saying that the poor are not chasing. The rat is in a hurry and bites, not to mention the elite Tiefutu? forced them to be in a hurry, no matter how they failed to form an army, they could bite to death a piece of soldiers of the Great Song Dynasty.

On the other hand, if this group of lost dogs is let go and let them go to the god of grains, the benefits outweigh the disadvantages. First, they will bring the news of the loss of the main camp and the death of Zong Han, which will greatly hit the morale of the Jurchens; Second, Ceres's side is just a sub-camp, how much food, grass and medicine can he take in these fleeing soldiers?

It can be expected that once this group of defeated soldiers joins Ceres's camp, not only will it not bring him much power due to the increase in troops, but on the contrary, their morale will plummet, and the supply and distribution of grain and grass will be in a serious crisis. Although Gushen is also a general of the Zonghan lineage, he also has a lot of prestige in the Western Imperial Court. But he may not be able to really suppress everyone, especially the descendants who directly belonged to Zong Han in the past. At that time, it is still unknown whether there will be civil strife.

Liu Ziyu's order is a strategic plan; Most of the generals are still stuck in the battle between tactics and blood. The two are contrasted, and the judgment is made.

The former, handsome; The latter can only be a general.

Although this military order has been conveyed and implemented, many generals in the tent still have confusion and gloom on their faces. It was difficult for them to understand Liu Ziyu's military orders. If it weren't for the military order in the mountains and the presence of Chu Tianya, it is estimated that many people would fight with him on the spot.

Chu Tianya himself was also a person who had led soldiers, so he couldn't understand the expressions of these people. He stood up and walked to Liu Ziyu's side, and said, "Marshal Liu, should you also give Yue Fei an order, asking him to withdraw to Taiyuan for the time being, and don't let the Jurchens choose a way to escape?" ”

"This! ......" Liu Ziyu was pleasantly surprised at first, of course he wanted to do it too much, and at the same time he was a little embarrassed, "General Yue is not my subordinate general, how dare his subordinates give him orders?" ”

Chu Tianya nodded with a smile, "Yes, he is the commander of my pro-honor unit, the Tiger Army, then I will give the order!" ”

"Thank you, lord!" Liu Ziyu was overjoyed, and knelt down on one knee on the spot to give Chu Tianya a big gift.

The generals are all confused: the lord and Liu Ziyu, which one is this playing? If you play well, why don't you fight?!

"There will be no need to guess and doubt." Chu Tianya said lightly while writing the handwriting himself, "Later, you will understand the cleverness of Marshal Liu's strategy. ”

The generals looked at each other and were skeptical, but since the lord said so, they naturally didn't dare to question it loudly, and most of them wanted to "wait and see".

Not long after, Chu Tianya's order was issued and sent to Yue Fei on the battlefield in the distance. After a while, Yang Zaixing, who was on the front line, retreated, and rushed straight to the main camp in a rage, wanting to come to Liu Ziyu Xingshi to ask for guilt.

Chu Tianya and Liu Ziyu were sitting in the tent drinking tea and talking about military affairs, and heard Yang Zaixing roaring like thunder outside the tent-

"Let me in, I want to see Marshal Liu! - I have to ask clearly, why did I fight well, and when I was about to win a big victory, I ordered me to withdraw? ”

"Could it be that Marshal Liu is afraid that my merit is too high?"

"Yang only wants to kill the enemy for the country, and he has never been greedy for merit! originally thought that only the rabble like the previous Great Song Dynasty officials and Cao Cheng would be jealous of the virtuous! ”

"I didn't expect that in the army under the command of King Luoyang, it would be like this!"

"I'm so disappointed! - Get out, don't stop me, I want to ask these words clearly in front of Liu Ziyu! ”

"Today, I just don't want this head, and I will definitely seek justice for my brother who was born and died! Why let us suddenly withdraw our troops when we are victorious!! ”

……

Hearing Yang Zaixing's roars, Chu Tianya and Liu Ziyu couldn't help laughing.

"Yang Xianfeng is an upright and fierce person, a natural warrior born for war." Liu Ziyu said with a smile, "If there was no him in this battle, our army would definitely not be able to fight so smoothly." At the time of the first impact, he beheaded the second prince Wanyan Zongwang. It's just that until now, he himself didn't know it! ”

Chu Tianya smiled dumbly, "Call him in, don't let him quarrel outside." ”

As soon as the words fell, Yang Zaixing had already thrown off the many guards in front of the tent and rushed directly into the tent, roaring like thunder, "Liu Ziyu, I want to ask for a ...... today"

Before the word "justice" was spoken, Yang Zaixing suddenly froze as if he had fallen into magic.

"Uh...... Lord? ”

"Well, it's me." Chu Tianya looked at him with a smile, "Yang Zaixing, you don't hesitate to break the military law and break into the handsome account, what kind of justice do you want to beg?" ”

"Uh......" Yang Zaixing looked at Chu Tianya and Liu Ziyu left and right, swallowed a mouthful of saliva, as if swallowing back all the words that came to his mouth, and stammered, "The end ...... The last general, I forgot about it again! ”

Chu Tianya and Liu Ziyu laughed loudly at the same time.

Yang Zaixing was so embarrassed that he almost wanted to dig a hole in the ground and get into it. He was not stupid, when he saw Chu Tianya for the first time, he already knew in his heart that he must be wrong. With the lord here, where would Liu Ziyu do the "jealous and jealous" thing?

"The last general knows that he is wrong, please receive the punishment!" Yang Zaixing knew that something was wrong, so he sold a good man first, and immediately knelt down on one knee to admit his mistake first.

"Don't look at me. Liu Ziyu is the commander of the three armies, and he has the final say. Chu Tianya said with a smile.

Liu Ziyu stood up with a smile and said, "Yang Zaixing, you broke into the handsome tent and injured the guards, and you should be punished for violating military law; But when the army is properly employed, you, the vanguard, cannot be punished, so I will remember it for you first, and you will be allowed to make meritorious contributions! ——If you dare to commit it again in the future, you will be punished for both crimes, and you will not be merciful! ”

"Marshal Xie Liu, Lord Xie!" Yang Zaixing was relieved.