At this time, a meeting was going on in Youzhou City, and Yelu Shougu saw that he could not enter the city, so he thought of an idea and dug a tunnel outside the city, using his familiarity with the sewers in Youzhou to meet with the sewers and bring his men into the city. The entry of Yelu Shougu into the city brought news from outside the city and brought hope.

Soon he did the miraculous work again.

Arrived at the city of Youzhou, Zhao Kuangyi only knew that it was strong, the whole city wall was thirty-six miles long, the thickness reached nearly two zhang, and the city height was more than three zhang. It is the largest and strongest city among the five Khitan capitals.

In order to break through this city, Zhao Kuangyi tried his best, but he was still helpless.

In desperation, Zhao Kuangyi selected a 300 death squad to sneak into the city on a dark and windy night, but not long after entering the city, all of them were captured by Yelu Shougu.

What's worse is that Youzhou City is surrounded by plains, and it is difficult to get stones, and the tiger cannon is gradually unable to exert its power because of the lack of stone bullets.

At this time, Zhao Kuangyi saw Song Jiu's folding.

So he summoned the generals to take counsel.

Pan Mei also received a letter from Song Jiu.

If Song Jiu came a few days in advance, it was possible that Zhao Kuangyi would be angry.

What kind of people are in the city, a Han Derang who has power, and more than 10,000 Han soldiers, the arrival of the Song Dynasty officials and soldiers is to recover Youzhou, and since then the Han people in Youzhou do not have to be a second-class nation.

Then it doesn't matter what reinforcements are or not.

But I didn't expect the group of Han soldiers in the city to be so tenacious, obviously they would not be able to take Youzhou City for a while, so the Khitan reinforcements would arrive sooner or later.

In fact, it was not the soldiers who were not brave in this battle, and most of the current troops were veterans of the battlefield and had a lot of experience. It is very tenacious, and its combat effectiveness is no worse than that of the Khitans. Not to mention weapons.

It can't be said that there are no generals. Although Guo Jin is dead, Pan Mei. Li Hanqiong and others are also first-class generals. Once Zhao Kuangyi is lost, you can immediately see their role.

The main Zhao Kuangyi is not rewarded, coupled with his arrogance and dictatorship, these generals are not highly motivated, so they are too lazy to use their brains, anyway, the emperor will not listen, so let the emperor toss it.

However, it was late.

Before Jeruhügo arrived, Yelusha arrived in time with an army from Yunshuo, and then he saw the effect of Yelu's oblique reverse. The first is stationed at the Qingshui River, so that the Yerusha reinforcements can reach the Qingshui River from the victory pass unimpeded, and the second is the strength of preservation. The two armies met, and immediately became an army of 100,000.

At this time, it is obviously impossible to say anything about expulsion.

Then let's fight.

And Jerusha White Horse Mountain lost so badly in the first battle, what is there to fear. The two armies engaged in a battle at the Gaoliang River outside the Xizhimen Gate in Youzhou. Sure enough, because of his talents, Yerusha made a mistake in command and was defeated again. The Song army then pursued, but at this time, hundreds of thousands of Song troops were seriously overdrawn, and they could not run after only a dozen miles to the north.

In the evening of the same day. The Song army set up a large camp on the banks of the Gaoliang River to rest.

When night came, just as all the sergeants were sleeping soundly, suddenly the mountains were full of torches, illuminating the dark sky as bright as day.

Song Jiu's most worried demon Yelu Xiuge has arrived.

I heard that Yerusha sent troops to Youzhou. He knew what Jerusha was capable of, and he was worried that something would happen, so he drew 30,000 elite troops from the army. Take the trail instead, and kill around the clock. Came to the front of the Song army camp. Non-stop, straight to the camp.

It was only then that the other cunning fox showed its claws. Although the army of Jerod was absorbed by Jerusha. But he kept his army steady and wandered away from the battlefield, even if Jerushha's army was defeated.

Only now did he launch the three armies and cooperate with Yelu Hugo to pounce fiercely at the Song army.

At the same time, when Yelu Xuegu and Han Derang heard the news, they immediately opened the door and lined up, sounded drums on all sides, and demagogized people in the name of snatching the spoils of war, calling on the people in the city to go out of the city to cheer.

This is the Han people that Zhao Kuangyi is counting on.

In the face of interests, it doesn't matter whether the Han people or the Khitan people are cold, it is Song Jiu who is really chilling, and when he heard about it afterwards, he sighed secretly in his heart, it turned out that not holding together began to happen since the time of the ancestors.

However, even so, the Song army still did not rout. The reason for the real rout was something that Song Jiu didn't even think of when he was killed.

At this time, the Song army was very tired, but the Khitan side may not be much better, and Han De let the soldiers and civilians who went out of the city purely play soy sauce.

Although Yelu Sha's subordinates didn't know where to run, although Yelu was cunning, because he looked weak, the morale of his subordinates was also a little low, and as for Yelu Huge's subordinates, they were out of breath and their physical strength was even worse.

As long as the Song army is relieved, not only will it not be able to win, but it may also be defeated.

As he charged, he looked at the enemy camp on the other side, and suddenly saw something, that is, the yellow umbrella cover.

Up to now, Zhao Kuangyi's performance is not bad, and he often takes the lead.

This time, he took the lead and commanded in person.

So Yelu Hugo braved countless arrows and rushed towards the Huangluo umbrella.

A very familiar scene, yes, it is a copy of Chai Rong Gaoping's first battle. The soldiers behind Yelu Hugo fell one by one, but under Yelu Hugo's desperate sprint, they finally entered the Song army camp and approached Zhao Kuangyi like a whirlwind.

Seeing that this killing god was getting closer and closer, Zhao Kuangyi did something that made him regret half his life, he coaxed, and began to run away like the emperor of the Northern Han Dynasty.

Zhao Kuangyi fled, and the entire Song army was in chaos, and a rout was produced.

At that moment, Jeruhuko suddenly fell from his horse. His own soldiers hurriedly helped him up, it turned out that he had been hit by several arrows just now, and at this time he gradually lost his support, but just before he fell unconscious, he also issued a fatal order: "Don't spread the news of my injury, give orders for me, and pursue." ”

The other person also suffered a few arrows, and Zhao Kuangyi, chased by the Khitan army, was also shot several arrows, but fortunately it was not fatally wounded.

He endured the pain, dazed and didn't know where to flee, at this moment, a general came out, saw Zhao Kuangyi, turned over and dismounted, and said: "It's too late for the minister's rescue." ”

It turned out that Yang Ye was here.

After Song Jiu sent the song away, he was still uneasy in his heart. So he gave an order to Yang Ye, asking him to go to the front line immediately, don't do anything, you use the name of escorting grain and grass, wander away from the edge of the battlefield, once the army is unfavorable, immediately kill it, no matter what, protect the emperor.

Zhao Kuangyi can't die.

Maybe Zhao Dezhao will do better, or maybe he won't be as good as Zhao Kuangyi. However, as long as Zhao Kuangyi is dead and he has been branded with Zhao Kuangyi's trademark, then he will end up very sad.

As soon as Yang Ye arrived at the Gaoliang River, he saw the defeat of the Song army and immediately rushed towards Zhao Kuangyi's Huangluo umbrella. However, the army was defeated, blocking his way, and in his eagerness, he killed a bloody road, regardless of whether it was the Khitan or the Song army, the one who stood in my way died, and let me live, and only then did he follow.

"Yang Qing, why are you here?" Zhao Kuangyi said overjoyed.

"This ...... As soon as the minister escorted the grain and grass, he saw His Majesty and followed him. "Yang Ye is not stupid, it can't be said that it was Song Jiu's arrangement, that is not a good thing, so he told a small lie.

"Let's go." Zhao Kuangyi said. At this moment, another Khitan came to kill.

Yang Ye escorted Zhao Kuangyi to kill and retreat this small group of Khitan soldiers, retreated to Zhuozhou, at this time the sky was not yet dawn, Zhao Kuangyi did not know the details, did not dare to enter the city, and retreated to Jintaitun.

……

"Report!" The spy came galloping, and before the horse stopped, he turned over and dismounted, and said, "Song Gong, the big thing is not good. ”

Hearing the news ahead, Song Jiu immediately said, "Go." ”

Now I only know that there is a big defeat in front of the road, and what kind of defeat it is, Tanma doesn't know. But Song Jiu reacted, no matter what, Zhuozhou had to be stabilized first, and the army was defeated, and the heaviest casualties were not in wartime, but in the time of collapse. Unlike the Khitan, the Song army was mostly infantry, and the mortality rate was higher in the event of a rout.

Therefore, Zhuozhou has to be defended, as long as Zhuozhou is there, then the defeated troops in all directions will flee to Zhuozhou, and the sacrifices will be reduced.

If it's too late, let the Khitans take Zhuozhou, and then regret it.

Song Jiu divided the soldiers and horses into three routes, and led his cavalry to Zhuozhou first, and the rest of the infantry caught up later, and some people gave them weapons and let them stay at Qigou Pass.

At this time, it happened that Zhao Kuangyi fled to Jintaitun, one left and one right, not one place, and the two of them stumbled.

Song Jiu came to Zhuozhou and was surprised to find that it was even better than he imagined.

Yelu Hugo was in a coma, and the Khitans were also afraid, so they chased to Zhuozhou and retreated to Youzhou.

Zhao Kuangyi was gone, Pan Mei and other generals had no intention of fighting, but under their organization, most of the formation was maintained, and many defeated Chinese soldiers were collected along the way, and slowly retreated to Zhuozhou City.

The losses were heavy, but they were better than Song Jiu expected, at least most of the main force of the Song army was still there.

In terms of victory and defeat, although the Song army suffered heavy casualties in this battle, until now, the Song army has also killed many Khitan soldiers. The conquest was fruitless, and the economy of the Song Dynasty was traumatized, but Youzhou was also in ruins. In a battle of both defeats, it can only be said that the losses of the Song army were relatively greater.

This result had long been expected by Song Jiu.

Compared with the gloomy clouds in the city, Song Jiu saw that most of the forbidden troops were able to escape to Zhuozhou City safely, and his mood was a little better than that of the generals.

Zhuozhou is in his hands, and the loss is not as serious as he thought, so Song Jiu no longer pays attention, but pays attention to a person's whereabouts, which is more important.

Song Jiu asked, "What about Your Majesty?" ”

"I don't know what to do." Pan Mei replied with blank eyes.

"What about Yang Ye?"

"Yang Ye?"

"Liu Jiye."

"I know, isn't he escorting grain and grass?"

"Although he escorted grain and grass, he was also on the front line."

Pan Mei didn't quite understand, now even the emperor didn't know where Lu Dao was, and asked Yang Ye.

At this time, he couldn't explain clearly, and he didn't dare to explain, so Song Jiu asked Yang Ye's whereabouts again, Pan Mei pulled him aside and said in a low voice: "Don't toss, something big will happen in Zhuozhou soon." ”

"What's the matter?"

"Your Majesty doesn't know your whereabouts, and it is rumored in the army that Your Majesty was killed or captured, so Shi Shouxin, Liu Yu, and Shi Qi are ready to establish Dezhao as the king." (To be continued......)