Song Jiu stared at the Liao army and called the guard Liu Quangui: "You take ten soldiers to Xiongzhou immediately, and let Hanlin Si envoy An Zhong immediately collect the defeated troops from Xiongzhou, and see if there are any generals who can fight and flee to Xiongzhou, and they will lead them to Baigou to respond." ”

An Zhongren is in Xiongzhou, and he is in charge of the post of a soldier in Xiongzhou.

It's not that the pontoon bridge is erected, and you can escape back safely, now the main force of the Song army is all here, although the men and horses are poor, and there are a lot of troops, which will attract the Liao army to death, and it doesn't matter if the people are about the people, but they themselves have to withdraw. However, there were other roads from the Juma River for the Liao army to intercept at any time.

The danger is not only in this future defensive battle, but also in retreat.

"Whoa."

Song Jiu thought for a while, and then said: "Let him divide his troops in Zhuqi again, in order to prepare for the rangers, and if possible, transfer some more grain and grass weapons to Zhuqi to prevent the Liao State from retaliating and attacking the fort." ”

According to the map chronicle, at this time, the Juma River in the south of the Song army is Laishui, of course, it can also be said to be the Juma River, it is the mainstream of the Juma River, up to the Feihu Pass, but there is a river in the south, called Yishui, the defensive front of the Song Dynasty is mainly in the south of Yishui, including Suicheng, Mancheng, but between Yishui and Laishui because of the Song Liao several battles, Shengsheng has become an idle field. It was only later that the Song army was forced to fight at Qigou Pass, and the elite army of the Song army was exhausted, coupled with the independence of Western Xia, it turned from offensive to defensive, and even because of the independence of Western Xia, it gradually lost an important source of war horses, and the cavalry became less and less in the army, and the defense line gradually retreated, until it retreated to the area of Heiludi.

Now in the south of Yishui, there are also a series of forts.

Song Jiu was referring to these forts.

Geographically, they are difficult to defend. However, the threat to the Liao State was also very great, and Song Jiu did not want to give up on them for the time being.

"Whoa."

Liu Quangui took ten horsemen. Hurriedly stepped across the pontoon bridge and left.

Only then did Song Jiu look at the battlefield.

There is nothing to say, the soldiers will come to block. The water comes to Tutun, let's fight.

Song Jiu ordered the distribution of weapons, and when he fled south, Song Jiu deliberately ordered that Fu Zhaoshou and Liu Zhixin carefully approach Yang Ye's subordinates while protecting these weapons.

As for the grain and grass, leave it alone!

But Song Jiu was surprised.

The Liao army did not attack, but transferred countless honor guards from behind, as well as a few Huangluo umbrellas. Several Luan drivers were pushed out of the army, and countless Liao troops ambushed, shouting: "Long live the Queen Mother, long live Your Majesty." ”

Xiao Yanyan is here.

Song Jiu and several generals all frowned, of course, if he had the skills of Yelu Huge, he would go straight to the Liao State Luan and let Xiao Yanyan and the little emperor of the Liao State flee in the wilderness, and there would be a great victory. However, this can only be thought of.

They went to the front. The situation is very bad, and it will undoubtedly boost the morale of the Liao army even more.

A eunuch came to the front and shouted, "Song Jiu, the prime minister of the Song Kingdom." ”

This was to shout, and Song Jiu walked to the front. said: "So-and-so." ”

As soon as the curtain was lifted in front of her, a beautiful woman walked out, but there was a woman with her beside her.

See this woman. Song Jiu's mind suddenly stirred.

Xiao Yanyan was also staring at him, but the guards on the left and right raised their shields in their hands. Heavily armed vigilance. After all, at this time, the Song army appeared with many terrifying long-range attack weapons.

Xiao Yanyan waved her hand, telling these guards not to be nervous. Slowly came to the front and said, "You are Song Jiu?" ”

"You're Xiao Xuan?"

"You're rude."

"You're not polite either."

Xiao Yanyan called him Song Jiu, not to say Xianggong, not to say Gong, not to say Yi'an, so Song Jiu also called her Xiao Xuan, not Yanyan, not to say the Queen Mother.

Then Xiao Yanyan was not angry, pointed at Yuping and said slowly, "Have you forgotten her?" ”

"The two countries are at war, don't mention right or wrong, as the queen mother of a dignified country, why should you make things difficult for an ordinary people's woman?"

"Hongu is also a woman."

Song Jiu was silent, thinking that you, a woman, are better than tens of thousands of good men, that is different.

"Song Jiu, now that you are in a Jedi, this palace will give you a chance, if you descend to my Great Liao, this palace will crown you as the king of Yan, and the king of the southern courtyard will also be the prime minister."

"Thank you for your kindness, but I am Song Chen, I was born as Song Chen, and I died as a Song ghost, so I dare not bear it."

"Have you ever thought about her?"

"Queen Mother, can you let this official say a few words to Yuping."

"Please."

Song Jiu looked at Yuping, Yuping's eyes were tearful, and she sobbed: "Official, the slave has disappointed you. ”

"I can't blame you, there is only one biological father, and I would do the same. Are you okay now? ”

"It's okay slave, you're injured," Yuping asked worriedly, looking at Song Jiu's exposed gauze outside.

"A little bit of a wound."

"Officials, don't use slaves and maids to miss state affairs."

Song Jiu's heart was like a knife, but he still nodded heavily. He misses Yuping very much, but he can't ignore the tens of thousands of soldiers behind him, countless Hebei people behind him, and his family in the capital because of Yuping.

Xiao Yanyan interrupted them and said, "If you insist on not surrendering, don't blame this palace for being ruthless. ”

"Empress Dowager Xiao, she is my family, I miss it very much, just because I visited my biological father, but I was shamelessly detained by you, if you want to be unfavorable to her, just do it, then this hatred, this official will use hundreds of thousands of Khitan people to launder the report." Song Jiu didn't say threatening words.

As long as this battle can bring back most of the Song army, although the losses are very heavy, but because of themselves, the morale will not be too low, and more elite soldiers will be preserved, but relatively speaking, the losses on the Liao side this time will definitely be heavier than in history.

In terms of national strength, because of the changes brought about by the study of physical character, and the disappearance of the Western Xia, at least in these decades, the Song Dynasty will only become stronger and stronger. Unless there is a faint monarch like Song Huizong in the future.

I believe that Song Jiu's status will not weaken after he goes back, so if he continues to develop, Song Jiu may have the resources to bloodied the Khitan people.

Xiao Yanyan was very disappointed when she saw that the persuasion was fruitless, so she asked the soldiers to retreat behind with Yuping, and gave an order: "Those who capture Song Jiu alive will be rewarded with the prince and ten thousand taels of gold, and those who kill Song Jiu will be rewarded with the duke." Reward 10,000 sheep. ”

Zhao Kuangyi and Xiao Yanyan both attach importance to talents, but compared to Xiao Yanyan. Zhao Kuangyi had more suspicions, so that many people could not give full play to their talents.

If you talk about the importance of Song Jiu. Xiao Yanyan is probably the person who attaches the most importance to Song Jiu in this era, so she offers sky-high rewards.

The Liao army began to attack......

Song Jiu was also issuing an order, and also issued an order: "Continue to take turns to rest, and some soldiers will move to Qigou Pass City to rest." ”

Qigou Guancheng originally had many troops stationed in Qigou Guancheng, hoarding a large number of materials and grain and grass, and Cao Bin saw that there were too many materials, so in order to rush to Zhuozhou in time, there was also a military camp outside. At the beginning of the war, many people fled to Sekijo. There are also many people who jumped into the Gaoliang River, some swam over, some drowned, and some fled blindly in all directions.

Therefore, Song Jiu asked half of the soldiers of the Fourth Army to enter the Guancheng and the camp to rest, so that his strength could recover quickly. The soldiers were too tired.

The fierce battle continued.

After coming overnight, the people heard that Song Jiu asked them to go back first, and thanks to them, they not only built a pontoon bridge. Three simple fortifications were also repaired.

But the fortifications were weak after all.

The Liao army also rode on foot, with cavalry charging and guerrilla, infantry ramming heavy chariots and low walls, and even covering with captured Song Dynasty shields. Push the wagons and dirt directly into the trench. Soon the three lines of defense were torn open one after another, and the cavalry launched wave after wave of attacks on the Song army from these gaps.

"Damn Youzhou soldiers!" Yang Ye scolded.

More than ninety percent of these foot soldiers who tore open the gap were Han soldiers from Youzhou.

Yang Ye can be said to be the biggest old angry young man in this era.

In fact, after Song Jiu heard about Zhang Pu at first, he was also resentful. Even Wang Meng, who was thinking about what to do for him, was not as famous as Zhuge Liang, because he was helping the Hu people. If there was no Zhang Pu, would Li Jiqian rise in another time and space. Without Zhang Yuan and Wu Hao, would Li Yuanhao be the emperor, without Yao Shu, Hao Jing, and Liu Bingzhong, would Kublai Khan succeed in ascending to the throne of Khan and taking the Southern Song Dynasty, without Hong Chengchou and Wu Sangui, would the Qing people be able to successfully enter the customs, and without Wang Jingwei, would the War of Resistance against Japan be easier?

However, the performance of the Fengzhou royal family in the Northwest Campaign gradually sublimated Song Jiu's thoughts.

For example, at the moment, Mi Xin is very humiliated, but in the battle of Xincheng, he is also a Xi person, but in the face of Xi people's old minister, Hes, he is very heroic.

Nationality is part of the issue, and the key is whether a country is strong, and if it is strong, it will have enough cohesion.

Therefore, when he heard that Zhang Pu was captured, Song Jiu's initial idea was to order Zhang Pu's five horses to be divided, but in the end, he only ordered the city to be abandoned and executed.

Yang Ye said again: "Duke Song, let me lead a cavalry to attack the Liao army from the side." ”

"No, the officers and men of our army are not well rested, they are still sleepy, the enemy is waiting for work, and there are famous generals in command, the queen mother and the little emperor are in charge, and the ten spirits are high, and the flank attack will not be successful, on the contrary, it will only be empty and sacrificed. And the cavalry ...... They are needed even more when retreating. ”

The sun is setting in the west.

Both sides slowly gathered their troops to rest.

Xiao Yanyan was very angry and prepared to send someone to kill Yuping.

Yelu Longxu pleaded the side, Xiao Yanyan let Yuping go, and then looked at Yelu Huge.

In fact, Brother Yelu Hugh is also a little disdainful, he will beat him, what is he doing with a concubine? However, he would not express his position, and said: "Empress Dowager Qiqi, now that the Song army is fighting against the water, and the top and bottom are united, even if it is forcibly broken, our army will suffer heavy losses." Therefore, in the opinion of the ministers, it is better to send people to harass them incessantly, so that they cannot rest. Sooner or later they will withdraw, and once they withdraw, the border is in sight, and the upper and lower levels are relaxed, and that is the moment when the enemy will be completely annihilated. ”

"Then let's rely on Yue's opinion."

The Song army was also discussing, and as soon as it was over, Song Jiu ordered the wounded soldiers to heal immediately, and take turns to rest, and rest became the most important task of the Song army at this time.

But as soon as the order was issued, a group of rangers rushed over from the Liao army camp and kept harassing them.

They are not very harmful, but they will gradually disappear the morale that the Song army has just gathered, just like the Song army did on this section of the road from Baigou to Qigou Pass.

Fan Yanzhao frowned and said, "Gong Song, it's still very bad." ”

"It's not good, what can it be if it's not good?" Song Jiu endured the pain and said.

"Either we'll retreat immediately." Tian Shaobin said.

He is not afraid of death, those who can stay are not afraid of death, and now the Song army has enough food and grass in his hands for the time being, and there are enough weapons, although the number of troops is not as large as that of the other party, but it is also considerable, so it is time to retreat.

"General Tian, where to retreat, do you think the rear is safe now?"

In the face of Song Jiu's question, Tian Shaobin was also silent.

There were two ways to withdraw troops, one was from Baigou to Xiongzhou, that is, the route for Minfu to retreat at dawn. Sicheng Road, Avenue, if there are no other factors, the military discipline is neat, advance lightly, and arrive in Xiongzhou in two days. However, this road made Cao Bin walk for more than 20 days. Of course, because he carried a lot of supplies, but the main reason was that the road was open, so that Jeruhugo could attack and harass at any time. There is no doubt that this path is not an option.

Then there is the second road, retreat to Jintaitun, from Jintaitun across Yishui to Suicheng, then across Xushui, Tang River, to Dingzhou. The road is more than seven miles long, and most of them are mountain roads. But it was conducive to the Song army's battle, so Zhao Kuangyi fled from the Gaoliang River to Jintaitun, and Cao Bin also fled to Jintaitun when they fled.

There is no doubt that Song Jiu must also retreat from this road to the rear.

But if you think about it, why did Song Jiu let the people swagger and retreat from Baigou Road to Xiongzhou?

Liao has chasing soldiers to Henan, that is to pursue Cao Bin them, on the Jintai Tun Road, if the Liao country wants to deal with this group of people, it must be divided to cross the river again, but now the people have Song Jiufa's weapons in their hands, and it may not work if they divide less, and if they divide more, they will shoot these people, what is the benefit, the Song people are not Liao, everyone is a soldier, these people are adults, untrained, in addition to hard labor, they cannot be converted into soldiers, that is, they must be trained for many years, but if so, the people of the Song Dynasty are still few? Even because there were too many troops, it may have been Song Jiu's deliberate arrangement, treating them as outcasts, so that he could break through along Jintaitun by himself.

So far, I haven't heard Fu Zhaoshou from the bad night, I think I will arrive at Baigoutun soon, if I don't care about the hard work, I will arrive in Xiongzhou in a few hours. But it also verified Song Jiu's guess, the Liao State has a chasing army in Jintaitun Road, if Yelu Huge divides a force to meet, then no matter how beneficial the mountain road is to the Song army, it will be blocked alive here.

Still a dead end! (To be continued......)