"The current situation is no longer enough for us to think about it, and my opinion is to return to Ulju first." The one who said this was Zhao Weiji, who was now sitting in the middle of the big tent of the Chinese army.

When all the Song troops who were still alive returned to the barracks, they discovered a terrible fact, that is, Zhao Weiji, who had stood aside before, was actually the person with the highest military rank among all the officers now.

In addition, the Zhenzhou Army under his command is also the largest new force of the Middle Route Army, and they have also shown extremely strong combat effectiveness just now.

So now the Middle Route Army can naturally only be presided over by Zhao Weiji.

After cleaning up all the remnants, Zhao Weiji counted them, and together with the army brought by his Zhenzhou, there were still nearly 70,000 people with combat effectiveness, which was much better than he imagined.

But the biggest problem now is that the morale of the team has been greatly hit, although it has little impact on the main force of the Central Route Army in the next battle, its own Zhenzhou soldiers, but it is not a good thing after all.

So in the end, Zhao Weiji was ready to retreat to Ulzhou first, and then make follow-up actions after making adjustments.

At the beginning, it was miserable enough to run on people, but now people have turned over. Tian Chongjin, who was in the big tent, could only be a man with his tail between his legs now, and no one dared to raise any objections at all.

In fact, Zhao Weiji just made a show when he held a meeting, and when he saw Tian Chongjin's fart, he didn't dare to put a fart, and he was quite satisfied in his heart.

Since there is no objection, it is logical to return to Ulju.

Just as the Middle Route Army had just retreated to Ulzhou, the Khitan army led by Yelu Huge also arrived.

It turned out that it was Yelu Hugo who heard that the Khitan soldiers who had fled back described the new formation set up by Zhao Weiji's troops, and he had never heard of this method of spreading out the entire formation to deal with the cavalry. So Jeruxiu, who had a strong curiosity, wanted to meet for a while.

But what he didn't expect was that the Song army retreated so quickly.

So he chased the Song army all the way, but he was still one step slower, and the Song army had already retreated into the city of Ulzhou.

At this time, Yelu Huge began to worry, the Khitan army lacked effective siege methods, and Zhao Weiji was very shameless to set up eight bed crossbows on the city head as soon as he retreated into Ulzhou City.

The prestige of this bed crossbow, Yelu Hugo, has also heard Yelu Mo introduce it, and it is indeed a divine weapon used to defend the city.

Seeing Zhao Weiji, he directly put the bed crossbow at the head of the city, and Yelu Xiuge also understood that the Song army was planning to defend the city to the death.

Just when he was still thinking about whether to attack, he got a piece of news, it turned out that Cao Bin, the guy who didn't remember to fight, was back.

After waiting for this news, Yelu Xiuge immediately led his troops eastward and temporarily abandoned Ulzhou City on Zhao Weiji's side.

Zhao Weiji, who saw the Khitan soldiers retreating, of course did not think that the Khitan was afraid to attack the city, there must be something more important that forced Yelu Xiuge to leave with his troops.

Soon, Zhao Weiji's inference was confirmed.

The Central Route Army also got the news that Cao Bin was leading his troops from Xiongzhou here.

Sure enough, Cao Bin really couldn't stand the purging of his subordinates and came out again. It seems that I chose to kill Tian Shijin, which was the right choice. If this is not the case, it will inevitably be the same as in history, Cao Bin Su Ai Xi'an will be defeated, and then the Khitan army, which is completely free, will break all the other route armies one by one. After getting the news of Cao Bin's expedition here, the guilt in Zhao Weiji's heart has disappeared.

It turned out that the reason why Tian Chongjin had physical problems when he was single-handed, and then was directly stabbed to death by Yelu Xiuge, the mastermind behind the battlefield was Zhao Weiji.

When Zhao Weiji learned that Tian Chongjin had rheumatism, he began to brew this plan in his heart.

He first bought off Tian Chongjin's pro-soldiers, and brought the Caowu medicinal wine, which has a certain therapeutic effect on rheumatism, to Tian Chongjin.

Of course, Caowu medicinal wine can treat rheumatism, but the premise is that the dosage of Caowu is appropriate, once the dosage is too much, it will cause people to produce aconitine poisoning.

The symptoms of aconitine poisoning are nerve palsy and tachycardia. Tian Chongjin was on the battlefield because of the onset of symptoms of aconitine poisoning.

Of course, Zhao Weiji has been working very carefully on this matter, all the grass and black medicinal wine provided by Zhao Weiji, and the previous provision has always been an ordinary medicinal wine that controls the amount very well.

Because all fronts of the Song army have been advancing vigorously before, even if it coincides with history, Zhao Weiji can't conclude that the Liao State will definitely be able to turn the tables, and it is not impossible to win like this.

Therefore, Zhao Weiji has always been prepared with both hands, if he really keeps winning, then it will be over if he has been providing Tian Chongjin with normal medicine and wine, and it will be regarded as a reward for this hero.

But when he learned that Cao Bin's grain road had been robbed, he concluded that if he didn't do it, the battle would continue to move forward in the footsteps of history.

Because after Cao Bin retreated to Xiongzhou, with the mobility of the Khitan cavalry, he could quickly support him on the North China Plain.

Even if Zhao Weiji doesn't make a move, Tian Chongjin will still be defeated, although others will not die, but the troops will have a crushing defeat, and the advance of the middle route army will also stop.

Once the advance of the Central Route Army was stopped, the pressure on the Khitan battlefield around Nanjing would be much less instantaneous. When Cao Bin came out again, what awaited him was the ambush circle established by the entire Khitan army.

After the destruction of Cao Bin's troops, Mi Xin will also not have a good result.

When the army in the east is almost finished, will the army on the west still be better?

So Zhao Weiji decided to make a move on Tian Chongjin, he wanted Tian Chongjin to die directly on the battlefield, and then he could get the command of the Middle Route Army.

Only after gaining command of the Central Route Army can this war be uncertain.

So on the day that Tian Chong entered and left the expedition, Zhao Weiji provided an excessive amount of medicinal wine. He knew very well that Tian Chongjin would definitely go to Yelu Hugo to fight alone. He also calculated that Tian Shigejin would drink the poisonous medicinal wine before going head-to-head, because the weather would cause rheumatism to attack.

Everything was in his calculations, and there was even an unexpected effect that Yuan Jizhong actually disappeared directly on the battlefield, which was even more convenient.

Zhao Weiji, who successfully obtained the command of the Central Route Army, is about to start implementing his plan.

First of all, he went to Zhao Guangyi, and it was clear that Tian Chongjin had sacrificed his life for the country, and Yuan Jizhong had disappeared on the battlefield. The Middle Route Army also suffered certain losses, but the losses were still within an acceptable range, and I hope that Your Majesty can let the Middle Route Army continue the Northern Expedition after repairs.

After receiving the setback, Zhao Guangyi also knew that the Central Route Army could not retreat now, and once it retreated, the Eastern and Western Route Armies would lose their strategy, so he could only order Zhao Weiji to preside over the affairs of the Central Route Army and continue the Northern Expedition.

Now Zhao Weiji is completely justified.

Immediately afterward, he began to order the living forces in Ulju City to repair as soon as possible, because he would soon set off to save Cao Bin.

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There is now a stalemate on both sides of the battlefield on the west road, and due to the stubborn defense of the Khitan soldiers in Yingzhou City, Pan Mei Yangye's troops did not quickly take Yingzhou.

In this way, the Khitan defenders on the western road can finally breathe.

In order to fight Zhao Weiji again, Yelu Mo went to the West Road as Yelu's staff officer, but after arriving, he found out that Zhao Weiji was not in the West Route Army, but was assigned to the Middle Route Army.

Although he didn't meet Zhao Weiji, now Yelumo began to think about the next stage of the war.

At this time, the balance of the battlefield situation had begun to tilt to the Khitan side. Since Cao Bin's grain route was intercepted, the initiative on the battlefield has been in the hands of Liao.

Immediately afterwards, Tian Chongjin, the main general of the Middle Route Army, was directly killed, and the Western Route Army was also tied to the city of Yingzhou.

It was already time to start to tighten the noose around the neck of the Song Dynasty's big horse, but Yelu Mo got the news that Zhao Weiji had become the leader of the Middle Route Army.

In all the previous battles, Zhao Weiji can be said to have not even released a fart, and the whole person was as if he was invisible.

But just as Tian Chongjin died, Zhao Weiji and his Zhenzhou soldiers began to emerge, and the reality directly blocked the Khitan pursuers and preserved most of the strength of the Middle Route Army.

Then he directly became the leader of the Middle Route Army.

This situation made Yelu Mo a little stunned, all the measures taken to deal with Zhao Weiji in the early stage were useless, and now these measures are no longer enough.

Although Zhao Weiji may become a variable in this war, but now Yelu Mo can't control so much.

"It's time." Jerumo said to Jerumor.

"Okay, pass the order down, let the brothers in Yingzhou hold it for a while. It's almost time for us to fight back. ”

After issuing the order, Yelu Xianzhen immediately sent a letter to the Empress Dowager Xiao, who was stationed at Huoluokou, asking to start a counterattack.

It turned out that Empress Dowager Xiao had been holding an elite soldier in her hand just for this time, once the war was directed in a direction favorable to the Liao State, then this elite soldier would become the biggest blow to the Song Dynasty army.

After Yelu's letter reached the Empress Dowager Xiao, Empress Dowager Xiao was now faced with a choice, whether this army should be given to Yelu Xiuge or Yelu Xuan.

After much deliberation, she sent this force to the western battlefield led by Yelu Xuan.

Because, the first Hugh brother did not need to increase the number of troops at this time, and the morale of the troops under his command was strong at this time. The second is that the troops led by Pan Mei Yang Ye in the west are relatively stronger. The oblique has also been suppressed, and now it will be even more effective if this force is sent to the west.

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In this way, when Zhao Weiji decided to increase the number of troops in the east, Empress Dowager Xiao made a contrary judgment to him. No one knows what the effect of such a decision will be now, and history at this time has begun to come to a fork in the road because of Zhao Weiji's strength.

Zhao Weiji's historical knowledge is no longer useful at least this time, and the next thing is to look at his judgment ability on the battlefield.

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