Long before Song Jiu left, Yang Ye and others were summoned to the capital.

Only two people did not succeed, one Yang Yanzhao went to Liaodong, and after the defeat of Qigou Pass, there was no longer a minister who was wordy about Song Jiu's funding of Liaodong.

It's worth it.

How many soldiers and people died in this battle, how much silk was spent, if this money and silk were placed in Liaodong, those backward Jurchens could become local tyrants one by one, but what was the result? But there is also a new theory, that is, when the economy eases up, the Song Dynasty can secretly support money or materials and weapons, and Yang Yanzhao and Shi Xian must be transferred back from Liaodong.

That is, it is not granted the handle of the Liao State.

There is another person, Shi Jue, who was not in good health, and then worked hard in the army, like Song Jiu, recuperating from his injuries in Xiongzhou, and finally suffered a series of injuries, and before Song Jiu left, Shi Jue died. Lao Shi died a glorious death, and for a while, the scholar doctor changed his tone, and almost molded him into the Zhou of the Great Song Dynasty.

The first to come back was Fu Zhaoshou.

He also has a mission to fulfill his promises.

first brought the letter to the Song family, at that time Pan Li'er had learned that her husband had escaped, so she should repay God, so she took out countless money and silk from the house, exchanged them for copper coins and cotton cloth, and secretly gave them to Fu Zhaoshou. After all, her husband is different from Fu Zhaoshou, and if she doesn't get it right, she will be suspected of buying the hearts of the military.

Fu Zhaoshou also understands this truth, so the banner he is carrying is his own.

However, where could he hide it from Zhao Kuangyi, so he called Fu Zhaoshou to ask, Fu Zhaoshou didn't dare to hide it, and told him what had happened.

Zhao Kuangyi finally figured out the ins and outs of the matter, but even Fu Zhaoshou didn't know the content of the article written by Song Jiu, and he didn't hear Fu Zhaoshou say that Song Jiu mentioned his strategic mistakes.

Zhao Kuangyi felt guilty on the side. While breathing a sigh of relief, he scolded: "That Diao woman thinks beautifully. Song Qing is only worth 10,000 taels of gold? ”

Fu Zhaoshou thought to himself, there is a prince behind him.

Zhao Kuangyi said again: "You and Song Qing are good friends. But if you don't learn and don't know how to do it, it's far inferior to your father, brother, and two sisters, so learn from him. ”

"Yes."

Today, Zhao Kuangyi held a banquet in the palace, and summoned more than 20 meritorious generals to the palace.

Seeing Yang Ye, Zhao Kuangyi said happily: "How can I be so long. ”

It used to be so fast, but now it has become so long.

Yang Ye was loyal to Zhao Kuangyi, but many ministers were speechless. Of course, people have rewarded you so much, a demoted general, only made some contributions, and in the blink of an eye, you were promoted to the number two person in the Hedong Military Region, for me, I will also desperately repay you.

Yang Ye knocked on the ground with his head and said sadly: "The minister dared to be a dragon, the three armies collapsed, and there were countless casualties. The Son of Heaven was humiliated, the wives of the people were separated, and the ministers deserved to die. ”

"Yang Qing, uncover the armor. Let me see your injuries. ”

Yang Ye uncovered his robe and armor, and said: "Your Majesty, we are all injured. It's not just a minister. ”

"Okay, uncover your robes. Let me see, let my close ministers see. ”

Two dozen generals took off their armor. Expose your upper body. In fact, all of these people had a chance to escape, but none of them escaped, and they all tried their best, so they all suffered many swords and arrows.

Zhao Kuangyi sighed and said: "Qing and others, they are all loyal ministers and pillars of the country." ”

I don't know if he is really emotional, or if he is putting on a show, anyway, these dozens of generals thank Ling Wei together.

Zhao Kuangyi asked again: "Yang Qing, Liu Qing, one of your two departments is moving forward and the other is in the Chinese army, how can Song Qing bring you together?" ”

In fact, Zhao Kuangyi almost guessed it at this time, although Fu Zhaoshou couldn't say it clearly. Yang Ye said sadly: "Your Majesty, General Cao has misled the country. ”

He told what had happened, and when he set off, Song Jiu felt bad, and then asked Yang Ye, Yang Ye also felt bad, first, the three roads were far away, and they were separated by Wanzhong Mountain, so it was inconvenient to contact, and second, Cao Bin's ability may be lacking. Then Song Jiu thought of grain and grass and asked Cao Bin, who used his old qualifications to prevaricate Song Jiu. When he arrived in Zhuozhou, Song Jiu was still not at ease, and when he looked everywhere, he only saw a small amount of food in the army, so he became anxious. Then regardless of Cao Bin's opinion, he overstepped his position and authorized Yang Ye to lead the troops to Gu'an to protect the grain, but the grain and grass were robbed by Yelu Hugh together.

Return to Xiongzhou to eat, and then wait for the rear to raise grain and grass, Zhao Kuangyi's edict arrived, Song Jiu was in favor of Zhao Kuangyi's edict, the new city is close to the border, it is convenient to transport grain and grass, and the two armies are one, and there is also a deterrent. Even if it is unfavorable, it is conducive to retreat.

However, Cao Bin's attitude was not resolute, and Cui Yanjin saw that Zhongxi Second Road had made meritorious contributions, and he was greedy for merit, and finally went to Qigou Pass from Baigou Road. Song Jiu felt bad, so he gathered several generals together, and what is Liu Zhixin, Fu Zhaoshou and Yang Ye, this does not need to be explained, everyone knows it.

But Yang Ye didn't say anything about Song Jiu raising funds to reward soldiers and assist soldiers to strengthen military discipline, but only said that they should strengthen military discipline just in case. Then retreat from Zhuozhou City to Qigou Pass. Song Jiu faintly felt that something was wrong, so he deliberately asked a few subordinates to disturb and take care of their weapons in case of accidents. Sure enough, the Liao army pounced, and the Song army had no way to escape, so they jumped into the Juma River while wearing armor together.

Song Jiu was helpless and began to work hard.

Everyone in front didn't know what to say, and the one in the back was almost a household name, but Yang Ye didn't say anything more.

But Yang Ye also didn't know about Song Jiu's twists and turns.

Everyone listened with righteous indignation.

It's not the emperor's fault, how wise the emperor is, the fault is Cao Bin, and Cao Bin must be severely punished.

This is a palace banquet, not a vegetable market, Zhao Kuangyi stopped everyone's crusade, and then looked back on the past, there was a sad side and a happy side. Looking forward to the future, he was full of emotion, wrote a poem, and circulated it to his ministers.

Li Fang is even more grateful.

It was the beginning, and now his mood is different. Song Qi went down, this time the Northern Expedition was sad, and he couldn't come up again. Song Jiu went down and wanted to come back, but he was seriously ill, and he didn't know when he would be able to govern. There is also a Wang Xian in Xifu, but Wang Xian is a soy sauce maker. Therefore, Li Fang is almost alone, and after tasting the taste of power, he doesn't want to give Zhao Pu a nest.

Therefore, he said: "Your Majesty is right to send troops this time, but the fault lies in the incompetence of the generals." ”

It is more explicit here than Zhao Pu, who said that it was wrong to even send troops. Then Zhao Kuangyi is still somewhat wrong, you are the emperor. What are the soft ears? Now even Zhao Kuangyi has no responsibility at all!

The ministers thought so deeply and echoed it.

Then let's formally interrogate Cao Bin.

Cao Guohua. Isn't that so?

Be.

It's your mistake.

Be.

You are the one who has harmed the country and the people.

Yes, the sinner deserves death......

Cao Bin was instigated, and several other generals also knew it, so they simply admitted their mistakes.

Jia Huangzhong then wrote a book, Cao Bin and Fu Qiangu violated the edict and lost discipline, and Shiduo died; Mi Xin, Cui Yanjin, Dong Yuan, and Zhang Shaoqing violated the deployment moderation and returned to the army. defeated by the enemy; Du Yangui did not allow the soldiers to eat, the formation was not organized, and the army was scattered; Cai Yu is cowardly and cowardly in the face of enemies, and he is easy to obey and escape; Chen Tingshan: The Battle of Zhuozhou was lost; Xue Jizhao planned to retreat before the battle, and the military situation was puzzled: the law should be killed.

"Slash ......?" Zhao Kuangyi muttered: "There is no need to behead, the generals have also made great contributions to my dynasty, I will spare him the death penalty, but the living sin is unforgivable." ”

Cao Bin was demoted to the general of the right Xiaowei, and Cui Yanjin was the general of the right Wuwei. Mi Xin is the general of the right tunwei, the two of them are the general of the right tunwei, and Fu Qian is the general of the right leading army, so he can retire. Du Yangui is the deputy envoy of the Guizhou delegation. Chen Yanshan was the deputy envoy of the Fuzhou regiment, and Cai Yu took the lead in escaping, which was the worst nature. Removed from the state control, Xue Jizhao dismissed Wen Si as an enshrined official.

And then the edict. If the county ministers are listed as colonels, there are those who are not in the army or are trapped. It is advisable to add a bereavement pension and record their children and grandchildren. If the people do not return the grain, they will be tax-exempt for two years, and the family will give them three fruits.

And then to the reward.

Yang Ye and other generals have been rewarded, Shi Qi even posthumously awarded the Duke of Baoguo, this is not unexpected, the Central Plains Dynasty system has always been sealed to death and not alive, like Song Jiu, if he did not make a major mistake, he could even posthumously give the king of the county after his death.

The soldiers and soldiers sacrificed their pensions, but some soldiers were sad, most of the soldiers had comrades who survived, and later asked Song Jiu to send people through their mouths to record the names and origins of the victims one by one, and report to the imperial court after arriving in Xiongzhou. However, at that time, the three armies were chaotic, including more than half of Yang Ye and Fu Liu's subordinates fled, and it was difficult to distinguish, especially the various departments that took the initiative to rush up to participate in the battle, and even many soldiers were out of formation, and these soldiers could not be screened, so they had to enjoy the treatment of ordinary soldiers.

and the rewards of the soldiers, the brave, the strong, and the archers. After this battle, the vitality of the forbidden soldiers was greatly damaged, because these militiamen, or township soldiers, performed well in this battle, especially the township soldiers, after ten days of continuous bloody battles, they were incorporated into the forbidden soldiers together.

If you don't agree to join the forbidden army, you will be rewarded with a generous additional reward.

The officials of the three divisions are full of worries, so where does the treasury have so much money?

But no one said anything, from Xiao Yanyan's point of view, the cost of gnawing Song Jiu's army and the upcoming reinforcements in Xiongzhou was too great, and it was necessary to prevent Pan Mei's army from rushing to Youzhou, so he issued an edict to withdraw the army. But from the perspective of the Song Dynasty, if it weren't for Song Jiu leading these tens of thousands of soldiers and horses to drag the Liao army to the death, at that time the entire Hebei army was empty, and the Liao army waved the flag south, at least the whole Hebei would be a mess.

There is not only the credit of Song Jiu, but also the credit of these fierce generals.

Appreciate Tian Chongjin again, Tian Chongjin is wise, run that fast, and even if there is a pawn who arrives, Tian Chongjin will be killed, or Yuan Jizhong will stop it, and he will not kill it because of the ominous killing. Therefore, he withdrew from Ulzhou in great strides, almost all the main forces were saved, and even some of the people were taken away, and many of the Ulzhou Flying Foxes were demoted to generals.

Therefore, it is mentioned that the horse infantry army is waiting.

It is the law enforcement officer of the horse infantry, which was originally held by Zhang Lingduo, and later Zhang Lingduo was reappointed, and this official position has not been awarded to others for twenty-five years.

But Tian Chongjin retreated, and Pan Mei suffered.

Defeated repeatedly by the hands of Yelu Oblique, if Tian Chongjin does not retreat, his subordinates have Yuan Jizhong, Jing Si and other brave generals, the two roads are one, although the army is inferior to Yelu Xuan, but the difference will not be too big, will the most Lu defeat the fierce fox of Liao? Or the two join forces, just like Cao Bin and Cui Yanjin, you are not convinced of me, I am not convinced, not only does it not produce the effect of one plus one equals two, but it is weaker in internal friction, and thus defeated?

It's always a mystery. Compared with Tian Chongjin, Pan Mei failed several times, although the main force was also retained, and because Zhao Kuangyi's immigration policy was not well implemented, the Yelu Xian army was copied to Shuozhou, intercepted the people together, and killed a small number of garrisons and officials in various states, so there was no reward or punishment. However, Li Jilong replaced Yang Ye's position, attacked the city and fortified the city in the previous battles, performed well, and was transferred to Hebei. Yang Ye is still in the capital to recuperate for the time being, this is someone I appreciate, let you see how loyal he is!

Face engineering is a must.

But the worst thing is the economy.

The treasury was empty, and there was not a dime left in the treasury.

So what to do? I had to raise taxes!

Song Jiu is about to arrive in the capital.

Zhao Kuangyi is very grateful, Song Jiu saved the fate of the Song Dynasty, and did things very carefully, even the letter of the fold, so far there is no second person to know the Tao, which makes Zhao Kuangyi very satisfied. Therefore, the second son Yuanyou and the third son Yuanxiu were ceremoniously asked to go to Huazhou to meet Song Jiu.

Although the treatment is grand, it is also deserved.

If Song Jiu hadn't worked hard, no one dared to imagine what the north would be like now.

When the army was first raised, Zhao Kuangyi only summoned the Privy Council to deliberate, and even six summons a day, the book was not heard, if he won, of course no one spoke, what did Zhao Kuangyi do when he summoned the number of ministers of the Western Mansion, that is to fill in the omissions, and the main plan is to plan the four prime ministers of the Western Mansion Who dares to change it?

But if you lose, the topic will come out, the emperor came up with a good strategy, which was supposed to be a big victory, but there were mistakes in various details, you can't blame the emperor, does the emperor have to take care of everything? This military administration is the responsibility of the Western Government.

The generals on the front line did not do well, and Xifu was even more derelict in their duties. (To be continued......)