Zhang Ying died.

On March 27, the fifth year of Xuanhe, under the aggressive momentum of the envoy eunuch sent by Emperor Huizong, under the premise that Tan Shu's bitter admonition was useless and kneeling and kowtowing had no effect, that night that should not have felt cold, the Song army camp blew a gust of ice wind that made people feel desperate, and the night whistled endlessly, and its sound was like a person crying in despair, and on March 28, everyone was stunned to find that Zhang Ying, the coach who usually would be on time, did not appear on the platform.

Tan Zhi personally led people to look for it, but found that there was no Zhang Ying in the commander's tent, only saw a piece of armor, which was the armor that had never left Zhang Ying's body since the expedition, Tan Zhi seemed to have expected something, and went crazy to the tent where Emperor Huizong held the Sword of the Son of Heaven, where everyone saw Zhang Ying wearing a blood-stained Confucian robe and fell to the ground, holding the Sword of Heaven in his hand.

Zhang Ying bathed and changed his clothes, burned incense and prayed in the desperate cold wind, and in this dark and heavy night when he couldn't see his fingers, he took the sword of Emperor Huizong and killed himself, leaving a piece of paper beside him, with four blood characters written on it - Lianliao Anti-Jin.

No one knows what kind of mood Zhang Ying had in that desperate night, and no one knows why Zhang Ying didn't say anything, so he killed himself as the commander of the first army, setting a precedent, although this is not a glorious precedent, the only thing I know is that in the hour after that, many things happened.

The Song army bombed the camp, the Liao army raided, the envoy and eunuch fled in embarrassment, Tan Zhi silently put away the sword of the Son of Heaven, put away Zhang Ying's blood book, bowed to Zhang Ying's corpse three times, and turned to leave.

On March 28, the fifth year of Xuanhe, the Song Northern Expeditionary Army 200,000 was defeated in dozens of miles north of Zhending Mansion, the Liao general Yelu Dashi personally led an army of 100,000 to raid the Song army camp, the Song army was already chaotic because of Zhang Ying's death, the prison army Tan Zhi could not find a figure, the messenger eunuch had already run away, the Song army had no commander, there was no will to fight at all, only knew a strong south to flee to Zhending Mansion and Hejian Mansion, the Liao army won a complete victory, and the Song army was more than 30,000.

Yelu Dashi took the opportunity to assault to Zhending Mansion, Zhending Marshal Liu Tao led the army to wait, Yelu Dashi saw that he had no way to start, and the Jin army of 200,000 was about to attack, so he hurriedly retreated back to Yanyun to defend, before leaving, he repaired a book, shot into the city with a bow and crossbow, and inspected the Song army camp on the way back to the division, and found Zhang Ying, who committed suicide in the big tent wearing a Confucian robe.

The envoy who sent the Song army camp was also in the army, recognized Zhang Ying, and judged that Zhang Ying died by suicide, Dashi then asked the Song army prisoner why this was, the captive cried and replied, Dashi sighed when he heard it, and said sadly: "If it weren't for your treachery, why should we be like this, we will lose both, the Jin people will reap the benefits of the fisherman, Yanyun and one place, the two countries and the country, which is more important?" How short-witted Emperor Song is! How shallow! Zhang Shuai's death is not worth it! ”

Dashi then ordered the soldiers of the Liao army to mourn Zhang Ying, found the coffin and put Zhang Ying's body inside, released more than 3,200 Song prisoners to escort Zhang Ying's coffin back to the Song Dynasty, and set up a monument in this place before leaving, with four blood-colored characters written on it - lips and teeth are cold.

The Liao army retreated, and the news of the defeat of the Song army's Northern Expedition soon reached the ears of Emperor Huizong in Kaifeng Mansion, Tokyo, and the envoy eunuch cried, making Emperor Huizong angry and scolding Zhang Ying, until Tan Zhi returned, holding the sword of the Son of Heaven stained with Zhang Ying's blood and the four-character blood book left by Zhang Ying, and angrily reprimanded the envoy eunuch in front of Emperor Huizong, completely ignoring Emperor Huizong's darker and darker face.

Tan Zhi also died, under the thunderous anger of Emperor Huizong, seeing that Zhang Ying used his life to win the opportunity to go down the drain, he couldn't help but be discouraged, thinking of the Jin people going south, the country was ruined, and he was even more heartbroken.

The two highest leaders of the Northern Expeditionary Army, the commander and the overseer, ended their human journey in a tragic and dramatic way.

The four-character blood book left by Zhang Ying was also burned, as if it had never existed.

Then their death did not seem to stop Emperor Huizong's determination to recapture Yanyun, looking around at the panicked courtiers, Emperor Huizong was greatly disappointed, Zhang Shuye learned of Zhang Yingzhi's death, fainted, a sickness, unable to go out, the Manchu Dynasty ministers and generals, could not find a person who could take charge of the army alone, in desperation, Emperor Huizong set his sights on the northwest.

Tong Guan eunuch captured Lingzhou, broke the party army of 200,000, and finally beat the Xixia down, the Western army marched all the way, and there was a momentum of recovering the five states of Lingxia that had been lost since the time of Taizong, the party people repeatedly sent envoys to admit it, Tong Guan eunuch repeatedly refused, and continued to march into the army, the party people saw that Tong Guan's eunuch did not stop, so he died the heart of peace, and prepared for the Patriotic War wholeheartedly, just when the Song army pointed directly at the party and the country, Yue Fei and Zhang Xian led the iron cavalry all the way to rush, Emperor Huizong's edict arrived at the Tong Guan military camp.

Stop the attack, negotiate peace with the party, return to the country as soon as possible, arrive at the land of Hebei, and prepare for the northern expedition to Yanyun, with a deadline of two months.

Tong Guan was dumbfounded on the spot, the generals of the Western Army were dumbfounded, Lin Chong and Luda, who had just annihilated 10,000 elite iron harriers of the party and made great contributions to the recovery of Lingzhou, which had been lost for more than a hundred years, broke into the handsome tent regardless of their injured bodies, to confirm whether the emperor really gave the order to retreat, they couldn't believe it anyway, at this juncture when Xia was about to be destroyed, it was unimaginable that the official family would issue such an order!

Seeing that the destruction of Xia is imminent, do you have to give up the war harvest of more than a year, give up the good situation that tens of thousands of Western Army comrades have exchanged for their blood and lives, go to the completely unfamiliar Hebei battlefield, and compete with the Liao people for the sixteen states of Yanyun? There was a strong resistance to this order within the Western Army, what did the millions of forbidden troops eat? With so much military salary, the 200,000 army was defeated like a mountain, are they men? Are there any eggs?!

Yao Gu, who had just come down from the battlefield with a fiery temper, glared at the herald eunuch and grabbed the eunuch, and the eunuch was directly scared and fainted by the blood and gas, Tong Guan shouted angrily "presumptuous", Yao Gu was afraid of Tong Guan's majesty, so he stopped moving.

"Marshal, do we really want to retire? Are you really going to Hebei to fight the Liao? Not to mention the good situation, in two months, we will definitely be able to break through Xingqing Mansion and destroy the party mongrel! Kill this bastard once and for all, and wipe out the Western Regions! Restore the glory of the Han and Tang Dynasties! Although the Liao people are not a good thing, but the alliance of the Yuanyuan has never been violated, we waited for the Northern Expedition to Yanyun and provoked a war, which is already an unrighteous act, taking advantage of the danger of people, it is a villain's business, what is the Jurchen? ! Yao Gu didn't dare to agree with this kind of behavior! Yao Gu stared at his bloodshot eyes, and his face trembled with flesh.

The commander-in-chief of the top three super-powerful Xihe Army in the Western Army made it clear that he refused to withdraw his troops.

The white-haired planter Dao and the planter were among the ranks, and the planter said angrily: "Take the lead in breaking the covenant and treacherously, this is an unrighteous act, although we are martial artists and rough people, but we also know the righteousness, such unrighteous acts, you can't do it!" The war of injustice is not feasible! Dashuai, think twice! ”

The seed master hugged his fists and said: "Dashuai, at this moment, it is reasonable to be reasonable, the army is like a rainbow, seeing that the hundred-year-old stubborn enemy is about to be destroyed, everyone's heart is agitated, morale is booming, and the morale of the party is declining, the report shows that after the 200,000 army of the party is annihilated, they are ready to give up Xingqing Mansion and escape into the desert to survive, as long as we conquer Xingqing Mansion, we can immediately beat the party people back to the ugly state of Ru Mao drinking blood!" At this moment, how can we withdraw our troops? How can the army be persuaded? How does the handsome man explain to the world?! ”

Tong Guan's face was pale, his expression was cramped and uneasy, and he held the edict of Emperor Huizong tightly with one hand, and his heart was entangled......

Lin Chong stood up, Tong Guan saw that his beloved general stood up, and knew that Lin Chong was also against the withdrawal, the top three most powerful in the Western Army, the Lin Family Army, the Chongjia Army and the Yao Family Army all expressed their attitudes against the withdrawal, how could this make him good?

"The marshal, the last general still remembers how the marshal entered the army at the beginning, when the army was in the summer, the official family wanted to make the army retreat because the palace was on fire, the army marched to most of the time, the holy decree arrived, the army was cramped and uneasy, worried that this was the official family asked to withdraw the army, the marshal read the holy decree, just said that the official family expected us to win a big victory, the army was at ease, so it won a complete victory.

After the war, the army celebrated, and the marshal took out the official edict, and the army knew that it was the marshal who kept the official will secret to promote the victory of the war, and planned to bear it if he was defeated. Marshal, the three armies are eager for victory, and the three armies are eager to destroy the summer! What is more important, a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity or an unjust war? Is it important to leave a name in history? Think twice! ”

Lin Chong was sincere.