Zhao Guangyi's holy decree finally passed to Wang Jien's hands, Wang Jien took the holy decree and read it again, and then read it aloud: "I heard that Zhong Aiqing has recovered the sixteen states of Yanyun, and my heart is very happy, and I look forward to meeting Zhong Aiqing as soon as possible, and I have a long talk." Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 infoOn the day of the arrival of the holy decree, presumably the Liao State counteroffensive has begun, if the Great Song Dynasty can block this counteroffensive, the Liao State will definitely give up retaking the sixteen states of Yanyun, and you Aiqing can Kaifeng and I can get together. ”

“……。”

"Mi Dechao was greedy and reckless, almost killed Zhuozhou Guhou, and then lost Yunzhou and Huanzhou, it is really an unforgivable crime, I will punish you for three years in Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures as a punishment."

“……。”

"The rest of you Aiqing are all meritorious ministers, and you will be rewarded after returning to Kaifeng."

The Holy Decree is considered to be finished here, and it can be summed up in two meanings.

First, Zhao Guangyi felt that Cao Bin and the others were too dangerous to hold a large army, so let them hurry back to Kaifeng after the battle to hand over the military order, don't let him worry.

Second, Mi Dechao is his confidant, although Zhao Gu almost died, and lost Yunzhou and Huanzhou, but Zhao Guangyi still wanted to keep him, so let him guard the frontier for three years, which is a small punishment and a big commandment.

Everyone listened to the holy decree and bowed with their fists in a bow, indicating that they knew, but only God knows what kind of reaction everyone had in their hearts.

But Yi Dechao's expression could be seen by anyone, and he was very happy.

Looking at the merits and demerits since the Northern Expedition of Yi Dechao, he first did not march according to Zhao Gu's initial plan, was greedy for merit, and almost killed Zhao Gu, not to mention, he also involved 1,000 soldiers and 30,000 people, and even more almost harmed the city of Shuozhou. The Northern Expedition plan was in vain, and the army returned in vain.

And the Shuozhou, Yunzhou, and Huanzhou that he nominally captured, Shuozhou was almost lost, Yunzhou and Huanzhou were taken away by the Liao State, and the 10,000 soldiers who were killed died tragically, and Yingzhou was also saved because of the joint army with Cao Bin.

As for the four states he captured later, anyone can take them, and there is no difficulty at all.

It stands to reason that when you say that he came here to make soy sauce this time, you are all promoting him, he is simply a-stirring stick, not to mention that he can't help, and he makes trouble for everyone.

Because of his wrong decision, it caused trouble to the Northern Expedition, and more than 10,000 soldiers died inexplicably because of him, and his sins added up, cutting off his head ten times is considered light.

After all, the relationship between the Northern Expedition is too great, and the 200,000 troops will return in vain, and the country will be shaken, but Zhao Guangyi only punished him for three years, so it's no wonder that he is unhappy!

But who called him Zhao Guangyi's henchman, otherwise, with his ability, how could he be qualified to be on a par with Cao Bin and Pan Mei and lead the army alone, Zhao Gu and the others didn't say anything, and directly prepared to return to Kaifeng.

Everyone can see the current situation, the Liao State is unable to fight again, coupled with the heavy snowfall, it is still a question whether the people of the Liao State can survive until this spring, and the Emperor of the Liao State and the Empress Dowager Xiao will definitely focus on disaster relief, that is to say, it is meaningless for Zhao Gu and others to stay in the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun any longer.

After the promulgation of the holy decree, Zhao Gu and the others turned around and began to pack their things, since Zhao Guangyi was worried that they would have the intention of rebelling with heavy troops, everyone naturally wanted to go back early, so that Zhao Guangyi could take his heart back into his stomach.

The day after the decree was delivered, Zhao Gu, Cao Bin, Pan Mei, Hu Yanzan, and Yang Yanzhao set off with Wang Jien, and the army was temporarily under the full control of Yi Dechao.

Afterwards, the imperial court will definitely send someone to divide his power, and it is impossible for him to lead an army of more than 100,000 alone, after all, even if you are reliable, you will still be wary in the eyes of the emperor.

Zhao Gu and the others each took one or two entourages, and the light car was simple from the extreme, and they walked south after leaving Yunzhou City, and were expected to arrive in Kaifeng within seven days.

However, just after everyone had been on the road for two days, less than twenty miles away from Shuozhou City, an ambush that had been waiting for a long time encircled everyone.

Zhao Gu and the others each rode on their horses, and the road was originally calm, but Cao Bin and Pan Mei suddenly stopped their horses, and their ears showed serious expressions.

Soon, Yang Yanzhao also discovered the problem and said, "There is an ambush." ”

Cao Bin and Pan Mei nodded and said, "There is an army of 100 people coming towards this side, it should be the Liao army, it is estimated that it is the stragglers who have not had time to withdraw to the Liao State after being dispersed by us." ”

"What should we do?" Huyanzan frowned and asked.

Pan Mei thought for a while: "I'm afraid it's too late to escape now, and it will attract attention, but fortunately, we are all wearing regular clothes, maybe we can pretend to be ordinary people to get by." ”

Cao Bin nodded: "It can only be like this, if this group of Liao soldiers has bad intentions, we will retreat separately and run in the direction of Shuozhou City, Zhang Mao, the temporary guard of Shuozhou City, is still very talented, he should be outside the city to plant eyeliner to beware of the Liao army's large-scale attack, as long as we contact these people, immediately ask Zhang Mao to send troops to exterminate this group of stragglers." ”

Everyone nodded, and Zhao Gu nodded from the sidelines, these three people deserved to be battle-hardened veterans, and they finished analyzing the action plan in a few words.

After a while, sure enough, a group of Liao soldiers came from the front, they looked very embarrassed, with yellow faces and thin muscles, and it seemed that they had not eaten for several days.

As soon as they saw Zhao Gu and the others, the eyes of the hundred Liao troops immediately lit up, and they rushed up to grab food.

Zhao Gu and the others gave them all the food, and a group of Liao soldiers coaxed the food and ate it in a big gulp, and some people rolled their eyes because they ate too fast.

After eating, the hundred Liao army once again stared at Zhao Gu and his party, with a thick murderous intent in their eyes.

"Cao Bin, Pan Mei, Hu Yanzan, Zhao Gu, Yang Yanzhao, Wang Jien, very good, very good, it seems that our hundred people are going to make a great contribution, as long as we bring your heads back, the emperor will definitely reward us heavily." The Liao soldier in the lead said suddenly.

Zhao Gu and the others suddenly realized that something was wrong, and these people had already known the identities of themselves and the others.

At the moment, everyone couldn't care about anything, and with Cao Bin's bursting of cheers, everyone began to run away.

One hundred Liao soldiers smiled and patted their horses to follow.

Seeing the Liao soldiers chasing, Cao Bin and his entourage deliberately slowed down by half a beat, falling behind a few people, Yang Yanzhao was half a beat slower than everyone else, and kept slashing the Liao soldiers who caught up with his golden knife.

But for the Liao soldiers who were far superior to everyone in numbers, the few people killed by Yang Yanzhao were not trivial at all, and a hundred Liao soldiers were scattered, and they were faintly about to surround Zhao Gu and the others.

At this time, Zhao Gu keenly noticed that a trace of remorse seemed to flash in Wang Jien's eyes, and he seemed to curse something in a low voice.

Could it be that he was cursing these Liao soldiers?