Cha Ge hurried to the northwest, he did not dare to look back, he was afraid to see the desperate eyes of those soldiers who had been left behind, these people were the children of nobles, with the heavy responsibility of inheriting the family business, they could choose to die in battle, starve to death, or even be bitten to death by wild beasts, but they could not accept being abandoned by the prince who was worshiped as gods, and threw them as prisoners to the Song army. Since childhood, the children of the party have been ashamed of dying in bed and proud of dying in battle, but now they are prisoners, and even if they can go home in the future, they will not be able to raise their heads for the rest of their lives because of today's experience and become sinners of the family.

"Lord Wang, we have crossed the Tumao River, and there is the Bald Tail River in front of us, shall we cross the river overnight?" Brother Cha's guard asked cautiously.

"Send someone to look for the ferry, we crossed the river overnight, where did this bastard go, and there is no trace of him at this time" Cha Ge said through gritted teeth, and suddenly turned back to see that the rest of his own soldiers were standing far away, and they were not as close as before, his heart sank, what he had done had broken the hearts of these people, and they were already dissatisfied, and they could no longer stay by their side.

"Yes, Lord Wang!" The two pro-soldiers agreed weakly, and rode forward to find the field.

Brother Cha and his party didn't dare to stay, now it was not far enough from the Song army, if that kid suddenly repented, the fast horse could still catch up, he could only ignore fatigue, ignore hunger, and rush non-stop, trying to find his own people before dawn.

"Lord Wang, it's not good, I found reinforcements" Brother Cha, who was napping on his horse, was suddenly awakened by a shout.

"What bastard words. Isn't it good to see reinforcements? Brother Cha scolded angrily. But seeing that there were few people around, the raised horsewhip was lowered again.

"But they're all dead, we haven't seen a single living person, what should the prince do?" The pro-soldier who was exploring the path said in horror.

"Is the deputy commander also dead, have you seen his body?" Brother Cha is about to go crazy, how could his own reinforcements die in the middle of the way.

"I don't know the way, the dead bodies everywhere, stretching for miles, rivers of blood, we can't find it!" One of them fell to his knees with a limp. He began to cry, not knowing whether it was because of fear or sadness.

"Take me there!" Brother Cha patted him on the shoulder and whispered, but at this time he didn't know how to comfort his own soldiers.

Torches were lit and the group walked in the direction of the Bald Tail River. A few miles from the river, the smell of blood could be smelled from the cool, moist night breeze, and the smell became stronger the closer they got, and the chirping of the wind through the grass was like the wailing of countless ghosts, and the horses on which they sat seemed to be disturbed by this breath, and hesitated, snorting and snorting and snorting.

When they finally moved to the river beach, the scene in front of them was unbearable even for veterans like Chago, who had been rolling in blood and fire countless times. There is a long wall built with the corpses of Western Xia soldiers and war horses, five feet high, no less than a hundred steps long, and then there are corpses all over the ground, stretching to the extreme of the eye, under the miserable white moonlight, grinning teeth, intestines piercing the belly, and the hideous death of the body in a different place is even more terrifying

'Wow'

'Wow' The strong smell of corpses and the suffocating blood made their stomachs tumble and they couldn't help but vomit.

"Ah," said Chago, who fell from his horse and knelt on the blood-soaked riverbank, let out a long howl. Why is the Immortal Heaven doing this to me? He jumped up from time to time to accuse God of injustice, and cursed the Buddha for a while, of course, the most scolded was Zhao Ta, this kid not only defeated tens of thousands of troops in Western Xia and ruined his own reputation, but also shook the foundation of Western Xia.

'Boom' maybe Chago's 'prayer' worked. A string of explosions sounded in the air, and dark clouds obscured the moon. The earth fell into darkness, and the raindrops the size of beans began to fall, "Lord, let's cross the river, otherwise the river will swell after the rain, and we won't be able to cross the river!" The pro-soldiers were quite dutiful, pulling up the prince who had fallen into dementia after madness, and helping him to get on the horse. …,

Brother Cha chaotic under the escort of the soldiers on horseback, to the middle of the river rain heavily, in front of the eyes is just a vast area, from time to time under the feet of the floating corpses in the water, and so they difficult to step on the opposite bank, the flood roared down, in the cold rain watered, Brother Cha finally came to his senses, "The sky, the river as evidence, my Brother Cha will avenge the defeat of the western conscription!" He swore as he pointed to the opposite shore in the pouring rain.

"Lord Wang, are we going to Mingtang River?" The soldiers did not have such a lofty goal as the prince, they just wanted to know where their next stop would be, and whether they could have a hot meal and a few sips of wine.

"The Wuli army is defeated, Mingtangchuan must have been lost, Yulin County is difficult to protect, we turn south to Shizhou, I hope it is still there!" Brother Cha looked at the corpse that was taken away by the current and shook his head and said, although he doesn't know the life and death of Lu Dao Wuli now, but even if he is alive, now there are tens of thousands of dead and wounded, and half of the 20,000 people left to protect the flanks are broken, I am afraid it will be difficult to hold the line of Mingtang River

At dawn, the wind and rain stopped, and Brother Cha finally bypassed the Mingtang River, at this time he was even more haggard, there was no trace of blood on his face, and he was also awkward a lot, and he thought a lot about it this night. According to his original plan, after the reinforcements of Wuli broke through, he led the army into the desert, where there were thousands of miles of sand sea, the Song army has never dared to go deep, but there is the place where his ancestors made their fortune, he can use their old tactics, give full play to their strengths, and constantly send troops to attack the grain routes of the Song army, force them back, and at the same time mobilize troops to fight again. However, Brother Cha waited for a long time and did not see reinforcements, so he had no choice but to sign an 'unequal treaty' with Zhao Ta, and also pressed his own Shang Fang Ling hammer and abandoned his own guards.

When he arrived at the Balwei River, he realized that he had been tricked by that kid again, and the reinforcements had already been blocked by him, and he had finished a small siege to send reinforcements, "No wonder he was able to talk to himself all afternoon, it turned out that he had already calculated, but why did he let himself go in such a good situation, is it a trap?" "Brother Cha is puzzled, but now he can't think about it, the question in front of him is what to do next?

'Back to Jingshi to face the saint?' "No, Brother Cha quickly denied this idea, if he returns to Beijing, his fate may be miserable, and those civil officials who have long seen themselves as unpleasant will definitely take the opportunity to make trouble, pull themselves off the horse, and step on a few more feet, without military power, they are not as good as a chicken!"

'Go to the west of the river!' 'It has been operating for more than ten years, with a deep foundation, and is friendly with the prince of Tubo, and he did not draw troops from the Western Front in this Eastern Expedition, and the various departments are basically complete, so he can provide troops for his regrouping, and the Eastern Front is completely finished this time, and Xiazhou is lost, and the Shenyong Military Division and the Xiangyou Military Division are sealed before and after, and it is only a matter of time before and after the fall. Jingsai Military Division and Jianing Military Division have been made by themselves, if they can't get strong support, it is not guaranteed, think that Prince Yan of the Song Dynasty wants to recover the land of Hetao is not like empty talk, he must take Lingzhou, and to keep Lingzhou, it is inevitable to transfer troops from Xingqing Mansion and the military divisions of the right wing, as long as he controls the military divisions of the right wing, then he has the initiative, and no one in the court dares to do anything to himself.

"Lord Wang, there is a boxwood forest ahead, let's rest!" A guard interrupted Chago's musings and asked.

"Okay, let's get there and rest and make plans!" Chago looked in the direction pointed by the guards, and sure enough, a dense forest appeared there, which indicated that they were almost out of the desert, and soon reached the populated area, and the hard days were coming to an end.

Hearing that the prince agreed, the guards who had been running for three days became excited, and it can be said that people have been running non-stop for three days and three nights in the past few days, and they have long been sleepy and tired, and it is difficult to support, I am afraid that a strong wind can blow them away! …,

"I opened this road, I planted this tree, I want to pass by from here, and leave to buy road money!" When they had mustered up all their strength to go into the woods, find a source of water, take off their clothes, unsaddled their horses, and made a bonfire, and were ready to rest, suddenly a group of about 200 men rushed out from the depths of the woods, armed with bows and arrows, and carrying long knives, dressed in different clothes, but all masked, and dressed as party members, Uighurs, and even Han and Tibetans, shouting loudly and surrounding them.

"Horse bandits!" Everyone exclaimed in surprise and hurriedly picked up their swords and protected Brother Cha in the middle, if they really didn't take these horse bandits in their eyes in normal times, but now they are tired and gray grandsons, I really don't know if Lu Dao can stop these people!

Zhao Ta arrived in Yincheng on the fifteenth day of the seventh month, a day later than the large group, at this time there were 50,000 troops stationed around the small Yincheng County, and after several major battles, they followed the prince for a year and returned here. In the past two months, Zhao Ta led the army to fight in the two states of Hezhou, Fengzhou and Linfu, and ate the 90,000 troops of Western Xia in one bite.

"Lord Wang, this is an official document in recent days!" Zhao Ta had just finished washing, and the directors of the various divisions of the Economic Strategy Division who had arrived earlier were already waiting in the hall, and Li Jun, the supervisor of Jiyi Text, presented a stack of documents.

"Where is Cai You?" Zhao Ta took a sip of tea and asked as he flipped through the documents on the case.

"The envoy is still in Taiyuan City, accompanied by Senator He and Huang Daguan, and has lived for five or six days, urging the prince to return to the city quickly to receive the order, and the official said that the prince's whereabouts are uncertain, it is difficult to find, if you don't believe it, you can go to the front to find it!" Li Jun said with a smile.

"Hehe, that Cai You is a rabbit gall, I'm afraid I won't ask again!" Zhao Ta chuckled and said, "He won't use it this time, Shen Zhu Bo, you immediately draft a report of success, and select a team of sergeants with a loud voice to act as messengers, and let them shout along the street every time they pass through the state and county, 'The Hedong army has won a great victory, the soldiers have arrived in Xiazhou, tens of thousands of people have been beheaded, and the enemy chief Chage has fled alone'!" ”

"Okay, my subordinates will draft it immediately!" Shen Songyue said with a smile, "We have a big victory, and the people who negotiate with the peace will be useless, I'm afraid that we will have to go back to Beijing, and trouble them to run away in vain!" ”

"Alas, I'm afraid it's not so easy, Taiwei Tong sent a letter to ask the prince to come to Yinzhou for a while, he had already arrived in Yinzhou the day before yesterday to wait for the king!" Wang Jin, who joined the army, said at this time and sent a letter.

"What is he looking for me for? It's impossible for him to be ignorant of our victory, do you want to send troops together, or persuade me to stop? Zhao Ta hesitated and fell into deep thought, unable to think of what Tong Guan wanted to do