At the beginning of June of the fifth year of Xuanhe of the Great Song Dynasty, the exhausted Western Army rushed to the Hebei battlefield within the specified time, stationed in Zhending, and Liu Tao, the commander of Zhending, personally went out to greet him, and saw the exhausted and depressed Western Army without a trace of fighting spirit, and did not seem to feel strange, but accepted such a Western Army very calmly, introduced the soldiers of the Western Army into the barracks prepared for them, and prepared hot meals for them, so that the Western Army, which had not eaten hot meals for more than a year, finally returned to their souls.

After the two cooperated to eat a sheep, Lin Chong and Luda both cried, this cry drove the senior generals of the Lin family army who drove the entire military tent to cry together, everyone was crying for the shame they were about to face, such a battle, even if it was won, it would be a huge shame, there was no sense of glory in it, and taking advantage of people's danger was never done by real soldiers.

But what can they do?

"Lin Shuai, we can't fight this battle, we can't fight!" A general cried and knelt down in front of Lin Chong, crying hoarsely, his actions attracted many followers, everyone howled and shouted together that this battle cannot be fought, this battle cannot be fought, the Western Army will be over, the military heart will be gone, Lin Chong and Luda don't know all this, Luda has red eyes, roared and poured a jar of wine on his neck, fell to the ground unconscious, he didn't care.

Lin Chong looked sadly at the generals who had no will to fight in front of him, and remembered that when he went out to conquer Western Xia more than a year ago, it was also like this, the generals under his command were angry, and everyone fought bravely to go to the battlefield first and the party people worked hard, in the first battle, the Lin family army only more than 20,000 people defeated the party's 50,000 troops, and beheaded its commander, the results were brilliant, everyone was so high-spirited, high-spirited, and when it came to breaking through Lingzhou and recovering the lost territory of a hundred years, everyone's fighting spirit reached its peak, although everyone was already very tired, But the great glory of destroying the party and seizing the Hetao prompted the Western Army to continue fighting.

A holy decree was issued, not a basin of cold water poured on a fire, but an iceberg pressed on the fire, each of the soldiers of the Western Army felt the cold and cold in their hearts, facing the Xingqing Mansion that was close at hand, Tong Guan sent people to negotiate peace with the Dangxiang Emperor, who knew that the cunning Dangxiang Emperor immediately gathered all the remaining military strength of 150,000, clamoring to fight to the death with the Western Army, Lin Chong really wanted to concentrate all his forces to kill the barbarian.

Cunning!

If Tong Guan still has a little time or courage, he will set up a military formation to confront the Dang Xiang people, the Dang Xiang Emperor is really just a little temptation, a little courage, if the Western Army can really open the battle formation, Tong Guan still has even a little bit of courage left, the strategic place east of Tiandu Mountain really belongs to the Great Song Dynasty, and the war for more than a year is not in vain, ensuring the minimum results, but Tong Guan retreated.

For more than 20 years, Tong Guan retreated when he faced the Dangxiang people for the first time, perhaps because of the oppression of Emperor Huizong, perhaps because it was too late, or because he didn't want the Western Army to suffer the losses of the last battle and save the last bit of physical strength, Tong Guan retreated, the spiritual pillar of the Western Army fell, the Dangxiang Emperor was ecstatic, and the entire Dangxiang people were immersed in the great joy of being in a desperate situation. was beaten violently by the cavalry of Yue Fei's department behind the palace, and ran away with his armor thrown away.

Yue Fei's heart also held a breath, held a breath of evil, the deeper and deeper the accumulation, the army he led was the closest to Xingqing Mansion, and he could see the panicked party members on the wall of Xingqing Mansion, and his heart was excited, thinking that he was about to become the first general of the Song army to enter the capital of Western Xia, so he became famous in history, and finally could compete with the excellent younger brother of Lianzhong Sanyuan, instead of always looking up at his younger brother, as a result, a truce order came, Yue Fei's heart sank to the bottom.

Yue Fei didn't remember how he gave the armistice order, nor did he remember how he led the army to leave the offensive position, he only remembered that when the party members sneakily followed him, he couldn't bear it, and under an order, five thousand cavalry roared up, beating the more than 30,000 troops followed by Xixia to the point that people were on their backs and collapsed.

For more than a year, Yue Fei, who had personally killed no less than 800 party members, cried so much that after this battle.

The Western Army withdrew in a daze, went to Hebei in a daze, ate, slept and drank in a daze, arrived at the destination in a daze, and prepared to fight in a daze, Tong Guan lost the authority and self-confidence to command the army, he shrunk in the house and did not come out anyway, handed over the command to the old qualified generals, and hid in the house by himself, and saw no one.

The seed master looked up to the sky and sighed, in the face of the aggressive eunuchs sent by Emperor Huizong, he wanted to cry without tears, he also wanted to retreat, he had fought for so many years, he thought of retreating for the first time in every battle, retreating to the point of not having to bear any responsibility, but looking around, except for him, there was really no one more qualified to command the whole army, Yao Gu said that he couldn't afford to be sick, Lin Chong Luda was scarred, and the seed master didn't come directly, except for him, who else is qualified to command the Western Army?

He opened the map, began to check the situation of the war, began to understand the goal that Emperor Huizong wanted to achieve, began to understand the whole situation at present, and then, he smiled bitterly, should this battle really be fought? Maybe the real target should be the Liao? Zhending Marshal Liu Tao told him on the side that Zhang Ying, the commander of the Northern Expedition of the first Northern Expedition, wrote four big characters in blood before he died-Lianliao Anti-Jin.

Zhang Ying committed suicide, undoubtedly suicide, Zhang Ying committed suicide, before the war, he committed suicide in the barracks, because he opposed the war, but as a Song minister and commander, he had an unshirkable responsibility, and responsibility and loyalty did not allow him to betray the emperor, so he chose the second way, the only remaining second way - suicide.

He hoped to exchange his death for the emperor's promise to cancel the Northern Expedition, but the next day the Liao army attacked and directly defeated the Song army in chaos, Emperor Huizong was furious, and the responsibility for the defeat was counted on Zhang Ying and the supervisor Tan Zhi, canceled Zhang Ying's title, and canceled his father's nickname, exiled Zhang Ying's three clans to Leizhou in the south, and did not allow Zhang Ying to be buried in the cemetery of his hometown, but could only be buried in Leizhou as a punishment.

Even if you die, you are not allowed to return to your roots, and Emperor Huizong's ruthlessness can be seen.

Liu Tao secretly warned the planters, no matter how much they don't want to fight, they must not follow Zhang Ying's old path, the emperor has lost his normal judgment ability and state of mind, once he suffers a blow, it is estimated that he will do something more out of line, he must fight, and he must win, at least some land and results must be obtained, so that Emperor Huizong's seriously unbalanced mentality can change somewhat, and slowly persuade him.

"This is not the time to investigate whether this battle is an unjust war, whether it is an unjust war or not, this war, we must fight, don't care about the Liao and Jin people anymore, we must fight, we must fight, we must fight no matter what, we must win, I will assist from the side, Shuai, please!" Liu Tao bowed deeply.

The seed master sighed in the sky, paused, and stretched out his hand to help Liu Tao: "Liu Shuai's words are serious, regardless of the merits for the time being, the old man already knows how to do this battle, but the only thing the old man is worried about is that under the front and back attacks, the Liao people will inevitably collapse, and once the Liao people collapse, the Jurchens will definitely enter the Yongguan Pass and enter the sixteen states of Yanyun, at that time, how should we choose?" What would the Jurchens do? Is it really reliable for us to make a covenant with the Jurchens? Will the Jurchens give up the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun? ”

Liu Tao frowned and analyzed: "Since the covenant has been made, they should abide by it, although the aliens are cunning, they will still abide by the covenant, such as ......" Liu Tao's face changed slightly, and he didn't say any more, the corners of the planter's mouth moved, and he said with a little self-deprecation: "The old man understands, the old man understands." ”

Lifting the curtain of the military tent, it was the most beautiful moment of dusk outside, and the planter slowly left, leading the Western Army into this beautiful dusk......