When Yang Jinhua, Zhi Weizheng and Zhang Yaozuo rushed to the place of battle with their guards, they were about to catch a glimpse of the Empress Dowager of Liao, but they saw Di Qing scolding the Quartet.

Di Qing saw Yang Jinhua and his entourage coming, and hurriedly packed up his mood and ran to a few people to salute: "The last general will see the concubine Niangniang, and I have seen two adults!" ”

Yang Jinhua: "The general is exempt!" This palace just heard you scolding the street here, what's going on? ”

Di Qing: "If you go back to Niangniang, the last general will be incompetent and let the Queen Mother of Liao run away." ”

"Run?" Yang Jinhua looked left and right, pointed to Xiao Yunjin's car not far away and asked, "Isn't it there?" ”

Di Qing: "Guifei Niangniang, there is a crooked person sitting there, deliberately to attract our attention, the main owner has already run away from those cavalry." ”

Yang Jinhua: "I'll go!" The Liao people are also playing with flowers! But now that those Liao troops have run away, it's really hard to chase! In this way, send our cavalry out to pursue thirty miles, and try your luck while destroying the remnants of the enemy. What do you think? ”

"That's all there is to it!" Zhi Weizheng said helplessly.

Subsequently, the cavalry units of the Green Dragon Cavalry Army and the Qilin Guard were divided into several groups and pursued the defeated Liao army separately. Although in the process of this pursuit, many Liao troops were killed, wounded and captured, but no trace of Xiao Yunjin was found.

However, although Xiao Yunjin successfully escaped from the encirclement, her life was not easy. A pampered woman, for the first time, fled so embarrassed on a horse, and by the time they reached a safe place, she had already been rectified, she could not die, but half her life was gone. After some statistics, the 200,000 army she led this time, excluding the left army that did not know the situation, now there are less than 20,000 cavalry left around her. Seeing this result, Xiao Yunjin aged a lot overnight, and after a short period of depression, she seemed to have made up her mind again, and rushed to Shangjing with the remnants......

The battle between Song and Liao has almost come to an end, and although the battle has ended, the Song army is still busy. Clean up the battlefield, take prisoners, treat the wounded, bury comrades, and count the merits of battle...... and so on, and a series of tedious things, it took almost half a month to figure them all out. At this time, Yang Jinhua took his Shenji battalion, the logistics units of various armies and the honorary representatives to escort some of the captives back to the dynasty, while most of the other captives arranged labor on the spot and waited for Zhao Zhen to fall.

Before the imperial court issued a new order, Zhi Weizheng could not leave the third pass, so this opportunity to show his face could only be given to Yang Jinhua. He really doesn't care about this grievance, although he wants to be beautiful, but he also has to consider the consequences of the scenery, he doesn't want to make himself a bird in the eyes of the ministers of the DPRK and China, and it is better to leave this job to someone like Yang Jinhua who is harder in the background.

Yang Jinhua pulled a large group of people here, and the speed of the march could not be faster, according to their speed, they would not be able to return to the capital for more than half a month, but the good news from the border pass had already flown to the Beijing division......

At the beginning of the first month of the first year of Xinghua, in the Daqing Hall of the capital of the Great Song Dynasty, Zhao Zhen was holding an enlarged meeting, and some officials who rarely had the opportunity to go to the court also stood in the palace. Zhao Zhen made such a big posture for nothing else, but it was just the New Year, and everyone came to report to him this year's achievements according to the convention. Zhao Zhen has been on the throne for so many years, and the court officials have gradually become familiar with his style, and the year-end summary has become more and more beautiful.

All in all, the theme of this court meeting is to sing praises of virtue, even if occasionally a few people come out to accuse, Zhao Zhen also expressed humility to accept, in order to have a good year, the atmosphere of the monarch and the minister is still very harmonious!

While the ministers of various ministries were boasting about the fruitful achievements of their departments, the border war report also rushed back to add icing on the cake......

A squad of cavalry, with a command flag on their backs, appeared at the east gate of the capital. Seeing their attire, the defenders did not dare to stop them, and hurriedly evacuated the crowd and let them ride into the city.

"Great victory at the border! Victory at the border! Border Victory......"

Shouting slogans, the cavalry ran through the crowded streets towards the palace.

The brief message made the people of the capital ecstatic, while taking the initiative to get out of the way, while running to tell each other, even with the restaurants in the capital are also on fire, many people invite friends to rub a big meal, in order to celebrate the victory of the border pass.

Of course, they are so happy not entirely because of patriotism, but more because of the release of anxiety during this time. After all, since they knew that the imperial court was going to fight to the death with the Liao State, everyone's hearts were still trembling, and for most ordinary people, they were still skeptical about whether their army could defeat the Liao army.

After a burst of hurried footsteps, the door of the Daqing Hall was slowly pushed open, interrupting Yan Shu, who was making a summary speech, and all the ministers looked back at the door in surprise, only to see ten soldiers standing in a straight row with dust and red eyes outside the door.

When the gate was fully opened, the squad leader shouted, "Lizheng!" Salute! ”

Whew......

The ten of them gathered their feet together, raised their heads, straightened their chests, raised their hands, and used the military salute taught to them by Zhao Zhen to express the highest respect in their hearts.

In a few moments, ten people walked into the court with neat steps, knelt neatly in front of the hall, and shouted loudly: "The commander-in-chief of the Northern Expedition has sent orders to the soldiers, long live my emperor, long live, long live!" ”

Although Zhao Zhen had already known the outcome of the war through secret channels, he was still very excited to see these people kneeling in front of him: "Everyone, you are exempt from courtesy!" ”

"Emperor Xie!" Ten people shouted in unison.

Then, their squad leader took a step forward, took out a fold from his arms, raised his hands above his head, and shouted loudly: "Qi Song Shengshang, in the winter month of the first year of Xinghua, the Empress Dowager of the Liao State raised 200,000 troops to invade my Great Song Sanguan. Our Blue Dragon Legion and the White Tiger Legion were ordered to block the attack, and the battle lasted half a month, and the first battle was won. According to preliminary statistics, more than 90,000 Liao troops were annihilated in this battle, nearly 60,000 Liao troops were captured, Xiao Xunbu, the king of the Northern Court of Liao, and several senior generals were killed, and more than 50,000 war horses, other weapons and equipment, and a number of grain and grass were captured. The Empress Dowager of Liao and Xiao Xiao, the king of the Southern Courtyard, fled in a hurry, and the remnants were estimated to be less than 50,000 horses. And our army suffered very little losses, 3,319 killed and 8,571 wounded. For a detailed battle report, please check it out! ”

Listening to the brief overview of the herald, all the ministers of the court fell into deep thought. Due to the idea of emphasizing literature over military force, the vast majority of officials in the Great Song Dynasty actually did not understand the military level of their own country, or they were not so optimistic. Even some of the officials trained by Zhao Zhen himself never had the luxury of hoping to achieve such an unprecedented victory, after all, killing a thousand enemies and losing eight hundred self-losses is the normal state of war in the era of cold weapons.

When Yan Shu heard the news, the first thing he thought of was to stand up and accuse Zhi Weizheng of lying about the military situation, and by the way, suppressing Zhang Yaozuo, a two-faced guy, was not good for supervising the army. However, he quickly thought of another problem, that is, the concubine of the dynasty was also on the frontier, and he had also reasoned with the emperor about this matter, and his memory was still fresh, if he accused him now, then he was undoubtedly slapping the emperor in the face.

So, Yan Shu had no choice but to knock on the side and say: "Your Majesty, it is really commendable that our army can inflict such a small casualty on the 200,000 troops of the Liao army!" It seems that the Liao Kingdom is also a straw bag, so I can't help fighting, according to what the minister saw, just send troops to recover Yanyun! ”

"Hahaha!" Zhao Zhen pretended not to understand the sound of others, and laughed: "Yan Xiang, you think too much!" Don't look at them playing so beautifully this time, this doesn't mean that the Liao Kingdom is a straw bag, if it is not relying on the city wall and crossbow arrows this time, the outcome is unpredictable! You don't know yet, in just half a month, they have used up a full five million crossbow arrows, in other words, this victory is due to this massive pile of crossbow arrows! ”

Speaking of which, the hearts of the ministers are much more balanced, as long as they don't attribute all the credit to those Qiu Ba!

The power of the repeater is unquestionable in the era of cold weapons, but its consumption is also staggering. Moreover, the two legions of the Blue Dragon and the White Tiger were fighting for the first time, and the soldiers had no time to take care of the shooting rhythm and accuracy while being nervous, which led to a serious excess of the consumption of arrows, which consumed almost one-third of Zhao Zhen's inventory over the years.

Of course, these troubles can only be felt by a few people such as Zhao Zhen. The general public and low-level officials do not know the details, or they do not care about the details, as long as they know that their country has won a great victory.

When the news spread from the palace, every household hung up the couplets and lanterns preparing for the New Year in advance, and the gongs, drums and firecrackers were lively and how to come, and the whole capital soon fell into a boiling state, and the Spring Festival mode was opened in advance.

Zhao Zhen also feasted the ministers in the palace and shared the joy of victory, after a period of staggering, after a full meal and wine, Zhao Zhen stood up and said to the ministers: "Ladies and gentlemen, with your joint efforts, under the courageous struggle of the border soldiers, my Great Song Dynasty soldiers have achieved an unprecedented victory, and it is a great joy to eliminate a large number of elite forces of the Liao State!" I propose, let's take a cup at this time, and pay tribute to the front-line soldiers who are still fighting at the border at this moment, do it! ”

"!" All the ministers, stimulated by alcohol, also responded to the emperor's call with great interest.

Zhao Zhen finished drinking, put down the wine glass, and continued: "Now, the New Year is approaching, coinciding with a big victory, I would like to reward the border soldiers, first, to reward them for their courage to kill the enemy, and second, to let them have a good year!" Therefore, the Ministry of Rites immediately arranged condolences to the border soldiers, sent good wine and meat to the border soldiers, and did a good job of welcoming the triumphant soldiers. ”

"Obey the order!" Sun Fu stood up with a slightly red face and answered.

Zhao Zhen then shouted: "Li Di, the secretary of the military department, listens to the order!" ”

Li Di got up and bowed in response: "The minister is here!" ”

Zhao Zhen: "I order your department to seize the time to implement the military merits of all soldiers, especially the soldiers who died in battle, must make a record, store it in the file, and distribute all the pensions to their families before the year, if there is a mistake, I will not spare it!" ”

Li Di: "Obey the order!" ”

Zhao Zhen: "On this happy day, I will announce another happy thing, of course, some of you may not regard it as a happy thing. However, whether you are happy or not, I have to say it now. I want to build a nine-storey tower on the central square of the new capital, named 'Great Song Dynasty Patriotic Heroes Tower', to enshrine those who have made great contributions to our Great Song Dynasty, regardless of status and rank, regardless of high and low, and enjoy the admiration and worship of the people of our Great Song Dynasty forever! ”

"Imperial ......" Yan Shu was about to stand up and ask.

However, Zhao Zhen had no intention of listening to the suggestion, and directly interrupted: "Yan Xiang don't say anything!" I can tell you very clearly that the first worshippers of this tower are none other than those who have performed well among the fallen soldiers of Song Liao in this battle. According to his specific performance during his lifetime, I will choose the corresponding tower floor to place the tablet, so that the people of the Great Song Dynasty can always remember their contributions to my Great Song Dynasty.

Of course, contributing to the country does not have to go to the battlefield, all of you here can also use your own ability to contribute to the prosperity of our Great Song Dynasty, and those who perform well also have the opportunity to leave a name in the 'Hero Tower' after their death, and they will be remembered forever. For this reason, I deliberately divided the 'Hero Tower' into two halves, one for literature and one for martial arts. If you have this intention, come on! ”

"Imperial ......" Yan Shu was going to ask again.

Zhao Zhen motioned for him to shut up again, resolutely not allowing him to interrupt his speech aura, and then continued: "If you Aiqing have any opinions or suggestions, you can boldly play them. However, I can't guarantee that I will see it! (To be continued.) )