The shouts of the Liao soldiers outside were extremely noisy.

Song Jiu and the nine generals wrinkled their eyebrows and pondered.

Song Jiu suddenly said: "No, you can't take Jintaitun Road, or take Baigou Road." ”

"Song Gong, that ......"

"General Shi, listen to me, I will immediately send a messenger to ask the rear to increase troops to Suicheng, even if there are no soldiers, we must bluff, and we must hold out here for at least three days. This is not only to give us life, but also to all the soldiers on the rear line, the soldiers who are fleeing, and the people. Otherwise, the Liao army took advantage of the victory and went south, and the entire border would be ruined. In these three days, at least the rear can achieve the goal of bluffing in Suicheng. Tomorrow morning, while we are defending, we will build a more solid flat defense line along the river along the Qigou Guancheng and the big camp, and then General Yang, you will lead 8,000 soldiers, with all the strong archers, the wounded and the weapons and the five or six days of military rations, and withdraw to Jintaitun, build a big village in Jintaitun, defend the Liao army, and then let the archers, strong men and the wounded in your rear, withdraw first. Four days later, you also withdrew immediately. ”

However, Song Jiu thought of Chen Jiagu, so he said again: "Try to focus on cavalry." ”

"Huh," Yang Ye replied loudly.

It may not be safer for him to go to Jintaitun, and the task is very heavy.

"Okay?" Liu Zhixin asked suspiciously.

It should be a good plan, especially to transfer the archers and strong men, they are not even as good as the township soldiers, after all, the township soldiers have been formally trained for a period of time, and once they retreat, nine times out of ten, as Yelu Xiuge and Xiao Yanyan said, they will be chaotic without a fight.

Of course. They're going to have a little bit of a role to do here, they can stand in the back and release arrows. Anyway, most of the weapons transferred back from Zhuozhou City were arranged by Song Jiu. It is still in the hands of the Song army, and there are also some weapons in the city of Qigou Pass. If you don't use these weapons, you will lose them to the Liao people in the future.

But it won't be that simple, and now everyone finally has to admit that Jeruxiugo is capable, and even many people are afraid of him.

Will the first Jeruxiu see through it?

The second is that Yelu Hugo did not know through it, so he attracted some soldiers and horses to go to Jintaitun Road, but the main army was still there, and these four-way roads had enough time for the Liao State to react. Moreover, the three-day defensive battle will produce a large number of wounded soldiers. They will inevitably slow down the speed of the march, that is, the speed of flight.

"There's no way, the opponent is Yelu Hugo, and the strength is far superior to ours, so we have to gamble!"

……

The next day, I thought that a bitter battle was about to take place, but the attack power of the Liao army was not strong.

There must be some kind of conspiracy in this.

But for the time being, Song Jiu breathed a sigh of relief and continued to let the soldiers take turns to rest. The harassment of the Liao army at night did not hurt much. However, it seriously affected the soldiers' sleep. Then a new fortification was dug in the rear.

All the grain bales in the city were moved out together.

These yellow and clear corn, white rice, are transported from the rear bit by bit, and the transportation cost alone is more than ten times its usual price. Now it's piled up like mud bags.

But no one cared anymore.

Even after some Liao troops broke through the first and second lines of defense, they moved back their baggage carts and grain and grass, which happened to be their rations. No one cares anymore.

At noon, Yang Ye selected 8,000 soldiers and horses. With the strong men and archers, they retreated to Jintaitun.

"General Yang, remember. After holding out for four days, no matter what was happening ahead, immediately retreat to Suicheng. ”

"Song Gong," Yang Ye knelt down.

"Get up," Song Jiu watched one group after another of people and horses step onto the pontoon bridge, his eyes were calm, no matter what the future holds, at least nearly 40,000 people, more than 16,000 strong men and archers, and more than 4,000 wounded people basically returned safely.

At this time, the rest of the Song Dynasty soldiers were in a trance, so Yelu Hugo decisively organized the main army and launched a fierce attack.

Song Jiu shouted, "General Yang, go." ”

Yang Ye turned his horse and left.

Song Jiu shouted again: "Order, give up the first and second lines of defense, and retreat to the third and fourth lines of defense." ”

After another bloody battle, the Song army finally withdrew to the fourth line of defense, and the forces were compressed together, and finally countless soldiers were sacrificed to repel the Liao army.

However, in this retreat, the front two lines of defense were all lost to the Liao army, the grain wagon wall was pushed to the rear of the army, and the trenches were bulldozed. The Song army was all compressed into this long flat area by the Juma River, so the Liao army would be even more successful in harassment.

The sun set and rose again, and by the next day, the Liao army's attack had slowed down again, but during the shift change, another fierce attack was launched, tearing the rearmost line of defense to pieces. Then, while having dinner, he suddenly launched another onslaught. Then, at night, a sudden and powerful night attack was launched.

This kind of unscheduled onslaught stirred the nerves of all the Song troops, and also weakened the morale bit by bit.

Fortunately, two good news came from the back, more than 39,000 people and thousands of wounded people successfully arrived in Xiongzhou City, and continued to evacuate to the rear. Yang Ye also arrived at Jintaitun, as Song Jiu expected, after a short handover with the Liao army, because of the tragic morale of the Song army and Yang Ye's bravery, the Liao army was repulsed. Yang Ye then succeeded in building a defensive front at Jintaitun, and the strong men and archers and the second group of wounded were safely transferred to Suicheng.

On the third day, the most important day begins......

……

Kaifeng is not aware of the deterioration of the front line.

Pan Mei sent some generals and elders from Yingzhou and Shuozhou to the capital.

Zhao Kuangyi summoned.

One of the elders said: "I have been trapped in the border for a long time, I can't eat millet, I can't keep my children, and I don't want to see the sun and the moon again for the rest of my life." ”

Zhao Kuangyi was full of emotion and gave him a crown and belt of clothes.

In fact, these obedient Han people had some misleading effect on Zhao Kuangyi.

When the two countries went to war, the people on the border suffered the most, not only the people on the border of Liao. There were also some Han Chinese who wanted to defect to the Song Dynasty, but not the majority.

If you want the Yanyun Han people to yearn for the Song Dynasty, or what Song Jiu said in the palace is the most correct, the first Song Dynasty should work hard to govern internally, so that the people can be rich and live and work in peace and contentment, and the second is to strike hard and make the entire Yanyun region ruined, then the Han people will think that the Liao State cannot protect them, and in turn yearn for the Song Dynasty.

Both are indispensable.

The military is strong, the internal governance is not good, and the Yanyun Han people cannot be brought to their hearts, after all, with the assistance of Han Derang, the Liao State has paid more and more attention to the survival of the Han people in Youzhou.

It is also not good to have a strong internal rule and a weak military, because the Yanyun Han people think that the Song Dynasty cannot protect them and is a weak and small country, and will not recognize it.

If you listen to these old people's sycophants, the consequences will be very miserable.

However, Zhao Kuangyi was still very happy, but he suddenly thought of Song Jiu's long letter, and a shadow was cast on his heart.

As soon as these people were sent out of the palace, Wang Jien took Liu Quangui into the palace.

"Your Majesty, defeated, defeated."

At the beginning of the Yongxi Northern Expedition, Wang Jien went to Yizhou to allocate grain and grass, not that the grain and grass were in Yizhou, but that Yizhou was close to the front line, and staying in Yizhou could observe the battlefield situation as quickly as possible, and then issue the grain and grass transfer order according to the situation.

But at the beginning of the Song Dynasty, Zhao Da and Zhao Er were very strict with eunuchs, and how old Cao Micui's qualifications were, so Wang Jien stayed in Yizhou and became an air man.

Cao Bin Qigou Pass was defeated, Wang Jien quickly fled to Xiongzhou, happened to meet Liu Quangui, so he took him to the capital, the situation was serious, and part of the reason, Cao Bin let Wang Jien disappear, but also made Wang Jien dissatisfied, so he rushed to the capital to report the news ahead.

The two rushed to the capital almost non-stop, day and night.

"Defeated......?"

Liu Quangui suddenly howled: "Your Majesty, save Song Gong." ”

He was the first to evacuate, but instead of evacuating, he ordered the rear to be armed. He didn't know what happened later, but seeing more and more Liao troops, even the little emperor came, the queen mother came, and the Song army now has a lot of soldiers and horses, but the three armies were defeated, morale was low, and it was far away from the rear, and the road of retreat of more than 100 miles would undoubtedly become a road of death.

"Tell me what's going on."

"Guo Er is dead, Wang Zhen is dead, Da Hei is dead, many people have died, the Juma River was once blocked by dead bodies, the battlefield is full of dead bodies, Song Gong is injured, Song Gong has killed people, killed three enemy soldiers......" Liu Quangui couldn't cry again after speaking.

It would not be unusual if Pan Mei and Cao Bin killed three people.

But if Zhao Kuangyi, Zhao Pu, Wang Anshi and Sima Guang killed three enemies on the battlefield with their own hands, what kind of sensation would it cause?

But no one wants this sensation.

Wang Jien said: "Your Majesty, let's let the slave and maid come to it." He is a native of Hezhongfang, because of his bravery, he let Song Xianggong be selected to be a doorman guard, he once accompanied Song Xianggong to Liaodong, and this time he accompanied Song Xianggong to the front line, and he has been staying by Song Xianggong's side, and he has a better understanding of the situation on the front line. ”

Then he reported them one by one according to the news he heard from Liu Quangui along the way.

It may be a slight deviation from the facts, but about what happened was said.

"Your Majesty, save Song Gong."

Zhao Kuangyi couldn't answer.

Militarily is his shortcoming, but he is also a high-IQ figure, and after listening to Wang Jien's report, he quickly judged Song Jiu's intentions. This is to use his life to win a life for the soldiers and people in the rear, although he still doesn't know how Song Jiu organized more than 10,000 soldiers to form and launch a charge under that situation. It seems that Shi Qi, Yang Ye, Fu Zhaoshou and Liu Zhixin are not together.

Of course Zhao Kuangyi wanted to save, not only Song Jiu, tens of thousands of militiamen, but also more than 50,000 forbidden soldiers, that was the most elite forbidden soldiers, but how to save them? Wang and Liu came back from the front line, and then the edict was sent to the front line, and at this time, the daylily was already cold. Besides, it's just in time, what is the situation on the front line, how many soldiers and horses have escaped, what generals have escaped, and who are available, it is not known now, how to issue an edict?

Suddenly, his body was shaky, and Wang Jien hurriedly held him up: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty ......" (to be continued......)