Soon, under the guidance of Xiao Qi, the Song army found the Yeluhu Ancient Headquarters that had not completely retreated and was still wandering away from the battlefield.

Although the rainy season has not yet passed, because there is no longer a heavy cavalry in the Yeluhu Ancient Headquarters, coupled with Xiao Qi's hard work, the Song army can always catch all the weaknesses of the Yeluhu Ancient Division.

In every battle, Yelu Hugu was basically defeated, and the remaining soldiers and the troops that were later reinforced from Xijing were basically exhausted in these few battles.

Yeluhugu, who had already lost several battles in a row, sat in the big tent and fell into endless troubles that day, and such a battle was really too embarrassing. Not only did he not have the strength to fight back, but he was also stuck in his weakness all the time, as a general, he could basically despair when the battle was like this.

"Hey......" The sorrowful Yelu Hugu sat in the center of the big tent, looking at the subordinates who were also heartless, and really didn't know what to say.

"General, I don't understand, although since the start of this war, we have basically not won against the Song people, but we have never been beaten like this. How did this Song people seem to know our weaknesses overnight, and every time they fight, they are ruthless and accurate. ”

"Isn't it?" The general just started the conversation and was soon picked up by another general, and like him, the general who answered the call was also sullen and couldn't vent. "There is only one feeling after the battle in the past few days, that is, we are like no clothes in front of the Song people, and there are a few hairs on our bodies as if they have been looked at. It's so aggrieved. ”

As the two of them spoke out about their grievances, the entire battle meeting became a complaint meeting of the generals, and these generals who crisscrossed the battlefield were now completely transformed into a group of resentful women who gathered together to complain about their husbands when they had nothing to do. It's not fun, and the grudge gets heavier and heavier.

Yelu Hugu was also helpless about the meeting below evolving into this way, he was also full of resentment, if it wasn't for his own identity, he would want to go down and vent it together.

But at this moment, suddenly a voice overwhelmed the others. It's not too loud of a sound. But when the voice said a word, the audience suddenly fell silent.

"Did Xiao Qi go to the Song people? Otherwise, how could our weaknesses be completely known to the Song people? ”

Since the last mutiny, Xiao Qi has always been a taboo in this army. Originally, Yeluhugu was reluctant to mention him. In addition, Xiao Qi was actually rescued by his cronies on the night of the mutiny, which made Yelu Hugu even more embarrassed, and the army of tens of thousands of people couldn't stand more than a dozen people.

But after Xiao Qi fled, Yelu Hugu did not search for him. Instead, it was sent to the Great Liao Imperial Court with the above letter. said that Xiao Qi's improper command in Wei County led to the defeat of the Liao army, and after the new defeat of the Liao army, he also absconded in fear of crime, hoping that the imperial court could give the punishment he deserved.

It's just that Yelu Hugu didn't expect that after this letter was handed over, although the court gave him a receipt, asking him to continue to lead the army to fight, but did not give Xiao Qi a punishment.

The explanation for this court is that Xiao Qi has not returned to the court so far, so he cannot be punished for the time being.

This made the entire army very puzzled. Where did this Xiao Qi go? Some people think that he ran away to the Bohai Kingdom. Some of them are the Dongdan Kingdom, or he has actually returned to his tribe on the grassland. It's just that the tribe has hidden his whereabouts from the imperial court.

In short, there is a lot of speculation about his whereabouts, but no one speculates that he surrendered to the Great Song.

The reason why this is so is not because the Khitans are stupid, but because since the founding of the Khitan, no general has surrendered to the other side when the two countries are at war.

This act of surrendering to the enemy can be described as a great shame in the eyes of the Khitans. It's just that they didn't think that the insult Xiao Qi suffered on them would have long surpassed the shame of surrendering to the Great Song Dynasty.

However, as the Liao army was hit one after another, some people finally began to think about that aspect, because if they didn't think like this, there was no way to explain why all the weaknesses on their side were perceived by the Song army.

"I'm afraid it's unlikely." After a moment of silence that the other generals had fallen into after being shocked by the statement, one broke the silence.

"Impossible? If that's not the case, then how do you explain what happened to us for so many days? ”

As the silence was broken, the generals in the audience began to speak loudly again, only this time not complaining about a certain issue, but arguing fiercely.

The generals who quarreled were roughly divided into two factions, one faction believed that Xiao Qi should not be able to do such a treason and defect to the enemy, because the Khitans had no tradition of defecting to the enemy. The other faction categorically believes that Xiao Qi is still rebellious, otherwise there is no way to explain what happened before.

The opinions of the two factions can be described as-for-tat, but they also have their own merits. Just when the two factions were about to make a move, the scout suddenly broke into the big tent, saying that he had caught a lone Song soldier, and he came to ask the marshal how to deal with it.

At this time, Yelu Hugu, who had a headache because of the dispute between the two generals, was overjoyed when he heard that he had actually captured a Song soldier. Because the two factions arguing in the account are nothing more than unable to prove that the other party is wrong, and now that this answer is in the mouth of this Song Bing, it is natural that the truth will be brought over for interrogation.

So Yelu Hugu immediately ordered the captured Song soldier to be escorted over.

The generals who were divided into two factions and had their own opinions immediately came over as soon as they saw the answer, and naturally stopped arguing, because the merits were about to be revealed, and there was no need to quarrel.

Soon, the captured Song soldier was escorted into the tent. From the look in his eyes, it could be seen that being caught by the Khitans was a terrifying thing for him.

That Song soldier basically walked into the big tent tremblingly, and as soon as he walked under the ancient seat of Yeluhu, his legs weakened and he knelt on the ground.

"Why did you get caught?"

Regarding Yelu Hugu's words, Song Bing didn't know if he didn't hear it because it was too terrifying, and he still didn't want to answer. After Yelu Hugu finished speaking, the Song soldiers didn't react at all.

Seeing that Song Bing didn't react to the marshal's question at all, the Khitan soldier who escorted him in was angry, so he kicked him in the back and directly kicked him to the ground: "Are you deaf? The handsome man asks you! ”

At this time, this Song soldier reacted, and hurriedly apologized to Yelu Hugu: "I'm sorry Dashuai, I was a little scared just now." Can you say your question again? ”

"Why did you get caught?" Yelu Hugu didn't care too much about Song Bing's performance, and he repeated the question just now.

"That's right." Song Bing, who finally heard the question clearly, began to tell his situation one by one: "I am a deserter, I originally wanted to escape back to the Central Plains, but after leaving the camp, I got lost, and unfortunately was captured by the commander's men. ”

Although this Song soldier was very sincere when he said this, Yelu Hugu still didn't believe it, after all, now that the morale of the Song army is booming, how could there be deserters?

Yelu Hugu's confusion was easily captured by his lieutenant, and the lieutenant who sensed the commander's intentions asked Song Bing instead of Yelu Hugu: "You don't lie to us, now that you Song people are in good spirits, how can there be deserters." Say! Are you a fine work sent by the Song people? ”

The adjutant general's questioning tone was very harsh, and Song Bing, who was kneeling on the ground, was suddenly frightened to the point that he was a little out of his mind, only to see Song Bing reply in a trembling voice with a crying voice: "That...... Although we Song people ...... morale is booming...... But I'm a timid man by nature, I'm a strong man who was captured, and I didn't want to be a soldier. Some time ago, I was watching too closely, so I never been able to escape. There have been a few big wins over there in the past few days, and everyone has been a little slack, so I was able to get out. ”

Song Bing's remarks seemed to others to be flawless, after all, people are always timid, and no matter how strong their morale is, they can't avoid the appearance of cowards in the army.

His rhetoric, combined with his cowardly look, is very convincing. Basically, no Khitan general still doubts the authenticity of his words.

After making sure that what this man should say was true, Yelu Hugu asked the question he wanted to ask: "Tell me honestly, have any Khitans come to defect in your Song military camp recently, and if so, what is that person's name, or what he looks like, do you know?" ”

Regarding Yelu Hugu's question, this Song soldier did not answer him directly, but showed a very embarrassed look, and refused to speak.

Seeing Song Bing's performance like this, Yelu Hugu thought that he was afraid that he would kill his mouth directly after asking something from his side, so he hurriedly added: "It's okay, as long as you answer the questions I asked you, not only will I not harm you, but I will also let you go back to your hometown, and even give you a lot of money for the journey." ”

As soon as he heard that he could return to his hometown and that there was still a sum of money, Song Bing suddenly felt less afraid, and said boldly: "It seems that some time ago, there was such a Khitan general who came to defect to Yang Dashuai, and he probably brought more than a dozen people, not long after the end of the Battle of Weixian.

I only know that his name seems to be Xiao Qi, and I haven't seen what he looks like, but his figure seems to be tall and strong, a bit like this general. Saying that, Song Bing also pointed to the Liao general who was standing aside.

When these words came out of Song Bing's mouth, the generals who were still insisting that Xiao Qi could not rebel suddenly wilted.

Because the Xiao Qi in Song Bing's mouth is their former coach Xiao Qi, from the time of voting to Song, the number of people, and the description of that figure are basically Xiao Qi is right.

At the same time as the faction was discouraged, in fact, the rebel faction was also uncomfortable, because after it was confirmed that the person was Xiao Qi, whether this war could be won or not, everyone's hearts were basically desperate. (To be continued......)