At this moment, Li Jilong and Yelu Xianzhen fought again, and Li Jilong was also defeated.

It's not that Yelu is more able to fight than Li Jilong, but the main morale is different. Under the great victory of the Liao State, the morale was high, and the defeat of the Song army at Qigou Pass was reported to the back of the mountain, and the morale was low, and Yelu Xianzhen's own military talent was not weaker than Li Jilong.

Under the rise and fall, Li Jilong will still fail.

Li Jilong had no choice but to retreat to Shuozhou and join Pan Mei's army.

The three of them negotiated, and tragedy happened at this time in history. In fact, according to Pan Mei's meaning, it is to leave the people behind, without the people to drag them down, to retreat in time, to harass them, and to defend. In fact, you can run away lightly.

But he couldn't say it, after all, he violated the edict, and there were some suspicions of greed for life and fear of death, so he hoped that Yang Ye, Liu Wenyu, and Wang Yu would speak out.

However, Yang Ye suddenly said that the army could retreat to the Shijie Valley in the southwest of Shuozhou for repair, which was not far from the border of the Song Dynasty, with deep mountains and dense forests, close to the ancient Great Wall. Then send someone to tell the Yunshuo guards, wait for the army to leave Daizhou, let the people of Yunzhou go out first, and then our division will attack Yingzhou, the Khitan will send troops to refuse, you can make the Shuozhou officials go out of the city and go straight into the Shijie Valley with the people of Yunzhou, and we will send 3,000 strong crossbowmen to line up at the mouth of the valley, and use the knights to help the middle road, then the people of the three states can successfully withdraw to the east of the river.

It is still necessary to save the people, and it is still necessary to fight.

Originally, Wang Yu was very unhappy with him, so he said: "Aren't you invincible, you can't make it today, do you have his ambition?" ”

Then tragedy struck.

During this process, Pan Mei remained silent.

If Yang Ye's death is said, it is impossible for Pan Mei to have no responsibility at all. Take a look at how Cao Bin treats the deputy marshal Cui Yanjin and the popular eunuch Wang Jien. Speaking of which, Cao Bin and Zhao Kuangyi had some kinship, but his second son Cao Jue married Zhao Tingmei's daughter, so he sent Zhao Tingmei to Luoyang, so he was laid off from Xifu. Pan Mei is Zhao Kuangyi's real son and daughter.

Therefore, it is impossible for Wang Yu to restrain Pan Mei.

But Yang Ye's inflexibility made Pan Mei very annoyed, at this time it was August, and the border defense of Youzhou in Liaoguo was stable, and he could take the initiative at any time, and under the leadership of the crazy Yelu Xuan, he suppressed their lone army. From Ulju to Flying Fox Pass. And then to Huanshuo. And now, let Yelu chase Pan Meidu all the way to the point that Pan Meidu is about to burn her ass.

And the people are still disarmed.

So I watched this tragedy unfold.

So the cause is Wang Yu, Pan Mei is also partly responsible, and Yang Ye's own stubbornness is also partly the reason.

Now there is no Yang Ye. Li Jilong, that is a ruthless character. How ruthless it is. You'll see it in the next battle. As for the edict, he took the lead in disobeying it in the city.

Therefore, the four of them are combined, and Wang Yu dares to pit Yang Ye. But the big uncle who dared to pit the red seedlings quickly decided to come down. The Song army held on to the border mountains and forests, continued to harass, and withdrew a part of the people to the east of the river, and then successively increased troops to Daizhou, and suddenly withdrew after the last day.

This was the end of the entire Northern Expedition.

Even Song Jiu still couldn't figure out the real reason for Yang Ye's death and the role played by his father-in-law Pan Mei in another time and space.

After this battle, there was a lot of chicken feathers.

Although Song Jiu was very tenacious, it was not what Song Jiu thought at all after actually fighting to the top, and when he was in a tragic counterattack, he wanted to buy time to let more soldiers and civilians evacuate to Henan to flee for their lives. Then he borrowed a lot of people, and quickly retreated when it was critical, and as for the behind, it didn't matter where he hit.

In fact, if Fan Yan had not been summoned, something might have happened, with more pontoon bridges erected and more people drowning.

Later, it got to the point where it was done, and there was no way.

In this battle, the casualties of the Song army and civilians amounted to more than 100,000 people and 220,000 soldiers, a loss of two-fifths.

From the time Song Jiu attacked until he escaped from the Black Pine Forest, more than 20,000 forbidden soldiers were sacrificed. However, after Song Jiu withdrew to Xiongzhou, he did several things with a cool head, the first was to send someone to urgently send the information of the tragic battle of Qigou Pass to the capital and to the mountain, and even inform the troops of the two families of Zhewang in Fengzhou, Liao State. The second thing was to quickly send people across the sea to inform Gao Qiong to retreat from Pingzhou (now Yingzhou) in Liao, and secondly, when the northeast of Liao was empty, let Yang Yanzhao lead a strong army to cross the sea from the Liaodong Peninsula and forcibly enter the northeast.

But it's not for nothing.

These nearly ten days of tragic battles made Song Jiu physically and mentally exhausted, and after issuing two orders, people began to fall seriously ill.

Zhao Kuangyi is also good, let people transfer Song Jiu to Dingzhou to recuperate, and let people push his jade chariot to Dingzhou, and let Song Jiu go to the capital in the jade chariot. Song Jiu couldn't be stupid, at this time and that time, if he really sits, it's really not like that.

Therefore, he tactfully asked people to send the jade chariot back, and asked his subordinates to carry him to the capital with their shoulders.

But because of his desperate efforts, the casualties were certainly a little smaller than in history, and the important thing is that although the deaths were heavy, it also made the Liao people uncomfortable, and it did not make the morale drop to the freezing point.

Xiao Yanyan also reached her goal, won several big games, and kept Yanyun.

But not so.

The various tragic battles when Song Jiu retreated, especially the self-explosion of those seriously wounded, somewhat chilled the Liao soldiers. Moreover, their counterattack also killed and injured many Liao soldiers, how many, the battlefield command has always been in the hands of the Liao State, and the Liao State will not publicize it, so it can only be known. But I believe that this number will not be low either.

Although Pan Mei suffered a series of small defeats at the hands of Yelu, she also somewhat covered up the people of the four states behind the mountain, and made more than 10,000 households evacuate to Hedong safely. As for the people who will have time to retreat in the future, and the soldiers who will have time to retreat in the future, they have to be sad.

When Zhe Yuqing and Wang Chengmei migrated the people in Fengzhou, they were also resisted by some people, so that the progress was not very large, and even planned to let them reach the Dezhou region of Liao, but the actual process was still far from Dezhou. However, it also caused them to move more than 4,000 families. After receiving the information sent by Song Jiu, he decisively withdrew to Fengzhou, Fuzhou.

That is, from the east of Jiashan in the Liao State to important state capitals such as Yunshuo Huanying Weiyou, they were severely traumatized under the attack of the Song army.

And there's more.

Yanyun was in an emergency, and Xiao Yanyan ignored Liaodong. Even drew warriors from the Jurchen Department who defected to the Liao State in Liaodong to support the front line. After receiving Song Jiu's order, Shi Xian bewitched Wu Xuanming to take the opportunity to counterattack.

At one time, it took Huanglongfu and Changchun Prefecture and other cities, and then marched into Tongzhou. At this time, Yang Yanzhao arrived in Tongzhou, and according to Song Jiu's order, he asked Wu Xuanming to quickly withdraw to Huanglong Mansion, and swept away the nearby tribes, once almost crippled Tie Li and other large tribes, and some small tribes were directly wiped out. Originally, the strength was not as good as Wu Xuanming. Moreover, some warriors were sent to Youzhou.

Then the various ethnic groups were transferred to the depths of Liaodong such as Wujak City. Let the vicinity of Huanglong Mansion be almost deserted except for a few cities, and then destroy the city and retreat. There are no people, no houses. It's so far away. The Liao Kingdom wants to conquer this place in the future. It's going to be a headache.

A crippled tumor was reborn.

The year before last, the Liao State fought against divination and killed its chieftain Tart Ragan, after the Song Liao war. The Liao State also had a heavy burden, and the taxes were heavier, preventing the rebellion of the various ministries. But even Song Jiu didn't expect them to achieve great things, the main population was small, and all parts were scattered, and sooner or later they would be defeated, but this would weaken the strength of the Liao State bit by bit and increase the burden of the Liao State.

……

Qigou Pass is ruined, and there are more than twice as many bones as there are orphans and widows, after all, more than half of the bones of the Liao State may not be found.

Countless people wept bitterly.

But when someone cries, someone laughs.

Zhao Pu finally saw the benefits, fortunately I came down, otherwise I would have made a mistake.

So he wrote three letters and handed them to Zhao Kuangyi.

The first theme is that those Khitans were not our opponents in the Central Plains, and because they often migrated, they were difficult to manage, so the ancient emperors were left to fend for themselves. Your Majesty, how wise you are, why do you take Khitan as a thing. It is speculated that His Majesty must have listened to the villain's demagoguery, so that he had an inappropriate move. I strongly demand that these villains be punished, lest they deceive the king and bring harm to the country. Faithful words are contrary to the ear, and it is easy to be punished, no matter whether Your Majesty kills or kills, I do not regret today's remarks.

He retreated, thinking that this time there would be no comeback, so he didn't know the situation clearly.

So when the first letter arrived in the capital, Zhao Kuangyi was very depressed.

Severely punish the mastermind, the mastermind is me.

Song Qi was also depressed, Zhao Gong, we are good to you, why do you want to fall into the well for me?

Zhao Pu's second letter came again, in order to cooperate with the Northern Expedition, how much military expenditure did we allocate in Nanyang, and how the people suffered, it can be seen that even if you capture Youzhou, the war will continue, then the country will be more turbulent, so you must not send troops.

Zhao Kuangyi: The people are so miserable, then I will never send troops again......

Afterwards, Song Jiu learned about it, and thought very depressedly, why is this scene so familiar, could it be that Zhao Pu was crossed over by a certain big guy in his previous life? Internally, it has to be managed, but externally, peace is precious, and protest is the mainstream, isn't it just a slap in the face, whether it is a big country or a small country, I just put up with it.

However, the so-called weak Song Dynasty should be much better than in his previous life, at least dare to fight. And without the containment of Western Xia, although Song Jiu was sad and angry, he still had confidence in his heart.

Soon, Zhao Pu's third letter arrived, and the traitor instigated His Majesty to go on an expedition, and the prime minister and the officials could not stop it, so they were all guilty, if they were not punished, how could they warn future generations?

Zhao Kuangyi finally realized that there was nothing wrong with the Northern Expedition, but the fault of the prime minister, the ministers, and the generals on the front line.

Therefore, on the way back to Beijing, Song Jiu heard some rumors, saying that he heard that Cao Bin had withdrawn his troops, and Zhao Kuangyi expected that the big thing was not good, and said in the palace, how could there be an enemy in front, but the army came to the aid of Su, why did he make such a mistake? So he sent an envoy to Cao Bin to Xincheng to meet Mi Xin. Cao Bin did not listen, which finally led to the failure of the Northern Expedition.

Song Jiu was a little dizzy.

He was on the front line, Cao Bin returned to Xiongzhou to eat, and also wrote an edict, and arrived in Xiongzhou for several days before receiving the edict. Moreover, there were several days of delays on the road.

This has to talk about the special foot delivery of the Song Dynasty, that is, the fastest fast horse communication.

The Song Dynasty used it to create an ancient miracle of speed that brought news to the capital in five days from Guangzhou. Hebei is especially close to the country's roots, and the road is smoother and faster. Therefore, Wang Jien and Liu Quangui rushed for more than two days and two nights before arriving in the capital. Yin Jilun ran 2,000 light horsemen to Xiongzhou in four days.

If Zhao Kuangyi had some foresight, long before Cao Bin arrived in Xiongzhou, the edict arrived in the army, and the quarrel came at that time?

Besides, I made it so clear in my letter.

I didn't say it completely, but I still said it.

However, where is Zhao Kuangyi's reaction?

Understand, Cao Bin, you also made a serious mistake, so let's take care of it.

Zhao Kuangyi had already come to his senses, so he replied to Zhao Pu with a letter, it is my great ambition to recover Yanyun, and I am also to save the border people and restore the old frontier. In fact, it was only the master who did not listen to my deployment, which led to the failure of the Northern Expedition. Now that the border is prepared, if the enemy dares to invade, they will not return. You are a loyal minister of the society, and I am grateful and ashamed to receive your letter.

Zhao Pu replied, I didn't know the truth a few days ago, and I talked nonsense, but now I understand that Your Majesty's decision is right, and everything is wrong with the commander. Since the border is worry-free, I don't have to worry about it. But I still think it's better not to fight. Your Majesty knows that I have never had any ambitions, and I am old, and I have not made any contributions, only to repay Your Majesty with loyalty.

I want to repay you, but how can I repay you in this country?

Understood.

Zhao Pu handed over the golden ladder, didn't Zhao Kuangyi know what to do?

Circulated Zhao Pu's four letters to the minister, Zhao Pu is so loyal. The big guy understands that Zhao Pu is a good person, and we must learn from him.

For the time being, Zhao Pu has not been used.

In fact, Zhao Kuangyi still feels ashamed of someone...... But if Song Jiu is not wise, it is a good thing now, but it may not be a good thing in the future.

So he mentioned Xin Zhongfu in the imperial history as the governor of the matter, he was a close confidant of Zhao Pu, and Song Jiu also recommended it, but he was indeed a good official.

Zhao Changyan, the famous mansion of the Zhizhi system, wrote in Shanghai, please defeat the general Cao Bin and others, His Majesty made such a good strategy, Cao Bin was incompetent, and he was defeated so badly that not killing was not enough to punish.

It is a loyal word, Zhao Kuangyi immediately promoted Zhao Changyan to be the middle of the imperial history, and soon he was assigned to participate in the governor's affairs.

Don't you understand that?

In the book together, it was Cao Bin's mistake that led to the fiasco of the three armies. Cao Bin, Cui Yanjin, Mi Xin, Du Yangui, Zhang Shaoqing, Dong Yuan, and Ma Bu, the supervisors of the camp, commanded Fu Qian, deployed Chen Tingshan, arranged Cai Yu, and Xue Jizhao, the supervisor of the vanguard, summoned to the capital.

In fact, Cai Yu, Chen Tingshan and Xue Jizhao are important bigwigs, but who let them escape first on the banks of the Juma River?

As for Zhang Dong and the others, they were a little sad, it was originally Guo Shouwen's, but Guo Shouwen withdrew a little late and was involved in the tragic battle in the Song Ninth Army, and his meritorious service had already made up for his crimes, so although the two were the capital eunuchs in the Mi Xin Army, they also asked for guilt. Although Cui Yanjin later made up for his crimes, he did not send troops to Xiongzhou, and later gathered more and more troops, but Xiao Yanyan took the initiative to withdraw and did not stand up, so there was only a crime.

The ten of them were sent to Shangshu Province together to start questioning their crimes, and when Song Jiu was about to arrive in the capital, the imperial court was investigating their crimes. (To be continued......)