"High-end, atmospheric, high-grade, the battle is beautiful! Ha Lu Ha ......" Zhao Ta hit the case with a big smile.

"Second master, why are you so happy?" Jianxi looked at the dancing emperor and asked in surprise, he hadn't seen the emperor so happy for a long time.

"There is news from the Western Expeditionary Army, they have defeated the Western Liao Army, conquered Beiting, and the north of the Tianshan Mountains is in the hands of my Great Song Dynasty!" Zhao Ta picked up the tea on the table and took a sip of it, and said with a smile.

"Second master, this is really good news...... "Jianxi looked at the tea in the emperor's hand, and then looked at the emperor and said absentmindedly, this tea has been cold for a while, and the emperor has a big temper these days, and the few small yellow doors that served him in the past were driven away because some tea was hot, cold, and the table was not cleaned, and other small things, even Wangfu also asked the emperor to 'distribute' to the inner garden to sweep the leaves. In the end, I had to see the veteran Xi go out in person, but fortunately nothing happened, but he dozed off just now and forgot to change the tea to let the emperor drink herbal tea, he didn't know what would happen to him?

"Well, Gao Zhong and Zhao Li fought well, and the matter was handled satisfactorily, Bai has worried me for so long!" Zhao Ta lowered his head and looked at the battle report of the Western Expeditionary Army, as if he didn't notice that the tea was cold.

"Second master, the two of them are too ignorant to make you worry!" Seeing that Xi was talking, he leaned over slightly and quickly replaced the herbal tea.

"Eh, I can't say that, I let them stay in Zhenzhou that day and delayed the trip, and failed to plan the gold army according to the plan. However, after defeating the Naiban people, they ventured over the Altai Mountains and took two months to reach Gaochang after many hardships! Zhao Tan shook his head and said.

"Then they should also send back the news as soon as possible to reassure the second master, wouldn't it be too much for a few months!" Jianxi was a little jealous. They can 'act arbitrarily', and they will be reprimanded by the emperor for some trivial things. It's so unfair.

"Alas, you also fought in the army. Some common sense should also be known! Zhao Ta patted him on the head and said, "The Western Regions are not as good as the Central Plains, and the people who are covered by heavy snow will get lost and freeze to death in the mountains if they don't pay attention, how to send messengers." And out of the mountains is the desert, and the desert that stretches for thousands of miles is difficult for even carrier pigeons to fly. This is still the caravan they encountered, and they sent it back through the intelligence station after passing through Western Xia, and it was too difficult on the way! ”

"It's really eccentric, I don't know who Lu Dao is angry and scolding these days, and now he is saying good things for them!" Miki muttered in a low voice.

"What are you muttering about?" Zhao Ta looked up suddenly, only to see Xi's mouth moving, but silent. Asked curiously.

"Second master, I mean, how can they be considered a big victory if they let go of the Western Liao Army!" Seeing that Xi glanced at the words on the letterhead, he hurriedly replied.

"You don't know the details, this show is very good...... Zhao Ta waved his hand and said, drawing a situation map on the long table with his hand dipped in tea and giving Jianxi a lesson, of course, adding his own analysis and guess.

First of all, after Zhao Li repelled the attack of the Western Liao army with artillery, he failed to persuade him to surrender again, so they charged the battle with cavalry, and relied on their own good bows to bully the Western Liao army. And this time, they have the experience of the last time, and they are no longer in a hurry. As long as the Liao army's formation is not chaotic, they will not rush to rush into the formation and shake a shot, and then go back to reorganize the team and come again, repeatedly raiding and harassing to find flaws.

But this time, the Western Liao Army wanted to protect such a large camp. However, the front army was lost again, and the troops were deeply insufficient, and they did not dare to expel them as heavily as before, and they were also worried that they would be lured into the range of artillery fire by the Song army and suffer losses. It can only constantly adjust the deployment of troops to make up for the gap, which will cause considerable casualties. And if the position is slightly immediate, there is a danger of being broken through, but they dare not retreat easily. It's a very bad fight.

When the Liao army was in a hurry in front, the two brigades of the Song army's infantry army in the south also began to attack in formation, they lined up in several horizontal formations and marched forward in a neat pace, while using wheels and locomotives as cover to prevent the enemy from attacking the two wings. The Liao army, which was still apprehensive about the failure of the attack just now, did not know how to deal with the Song army that came to the battle for a while, and the bullets that swept over their heads from time to time deepened their fear, and when they entered the range of the Lianzhu guns, when the Song army suddenly stopped and took aim, they could no longer bear it, turned around and rushed back to the camp.

The right flank collapsed, and the flank of the Western Liao Army was exposed to the attack of the Song army, so Xiao Hanli had to shrink the formation and slowly retreat to the high ground behind. The Song army they were worried about took the opportunity to charge into battle but it didn't happen, and the Song cavalry just kept cruising around it and watched it retreat back to the camp, which made Xiao Hanli blush very much, and he escaped with his life under the other party's 'mercy'.

"Second master, the Western Liao soldiers should definitely surrender this time, otherwise they will be too thick-skinned!" Jianxi was skeptical of the emperor's story, and felt that this battle was too easy.

"Hehe, how can it be so easy, the trapped beasts are still fighting, not to mention that they still have the strength to fight!" Zhao said.

"Really? They all retreated to the high ground, wouldn't they be surrounded on all sides, and it would be difficult for them to run, and we would only need to set up a cannon and bombard them to wipe them out! "Miki said with great interest.

"You're half right!" Zhao Ta smiled and said, "Zhao Li forced the Western Liao army to the high ground step by step, think about the top of the mountain, although it is flat, how big it may be, 20,000 soldiers, tens of thousands of horses and livestock, it is not like a radish next to each other." If it is covered by artillery fire, even if you close your eyes, I am afraid that it will not fail. But Zhao Li didn't bombard the battalion with artillery, but just hit the cliff once, and the explosion caused the landslide to crack, and the rubble flew everywhere, claiming that if it didn't fall tomorrow, he would open artillery to attack......"

"The Western Liao Army has just tasted the power of our firearms, and it must be scared, so it won't surrender immediately!" See the joy and joke.

"Although it is not as mysterious as you say, it can be almost the same, of course Xiao Hanli is unwilling, but after dark, the Western Liao army generals secretly went down the mountain to ask for surrender, and nearly 20,000 Liao troops ran six or seven out of ten overnight, and Zhao Li's tight relaxation broke the fighting spirit of the enemy army." Zhao Ta said with relief.

"Then Xiao Hanli still refuses to surrender?" He asked as if he was happy, but in fact, he had no interest in military affairs, so he was just trying to make the emperor happy.

"Eh, Xiao Hanli is the king of the Six Academies of Western Liao, equivalent to our privy council envoy, wouldn't it be too faceless to surrender down the mountain, even if you want to surrender, you have to find a step down!" Zhao Ta was very dissatisfied with Jianxi's lack of enlightenment, and said with hatred.

"Second master, Zhao Li won't go up the mountain to persuade Xiao Hanli to surrender, right?" Seeing that the emperor was enthusiastically teaching himself, a chamberlain who was not familiar with military affairs, he felt sorry for the emperor in his heart.

This year, the Great Song Dynasty aided Goryeo in the north and Gaochang in the west, and the water and land were all tossed and turned, but all these emperors could only look at these dry battle reports, compare the map and discuss the war with the ministers, guess everything that happened on the battlefield, and analyze the situation of the enemy and us. It can be seen that Xi believed that the emperor's calm face must have been full of passion, and he longed to return to the barracks of the military revolution and iron horse, hoping to lead the army to gallop across the battlefield to kill the enemy, instead of listening to the endless arguments of the courtiers in the palace every day, dealing with every trivial matter that happened in the country, reviewing countless songs, and living this kind of life that seemed tasteless to him.

Now the emperor often gets angry, anxious, and restless in sleep and food for no reason, and the imperial doctor can't find anything wrong after several consultations, so he can only prescribe some medicine to soothe the liver and invigorate qi. And Jianxi understood that the emperor was not sick at all, he was purely suffocating in the palace. Life in the palace is still too lonely for the emperor, the brothers in the past are all leading the troops outside, those ministers are respectful when they see them, no matter what the emperor says, the answer is 'Shengming' and 'long live', no fun, he doesn't even have a person who can speak, and he can only sprinkle his anger on these wooden servants who are always around......

"This time you are right, Zhao Li went to the mountain to negotiate single-handedly, and Xiao Hanli was moved to lead the army down the mountain, but it was not his surrender!" Zhao Ta said with a smile.

"Could it be that Zhao Li also sent him out of the country?" Seeing that Xi asked with a deflated face, as if he was ruthless.

"It's even more perfect than this, he only negotiated with him and said that he didn't want to make enemies with Xiliao, but wanted to destroy Jin together, and didn't mention surrender. Then not only did he release all the people of the Western Liao Army, but also returned all the captured weapons and armor, not even a single wounded soldier or dead corpse was left, and then withdrew and let them go! Zhao Tan patted the table and said.

"That's okay, if the Western Liao army refuses to leave, or sneak attacks our army, won't it suffer a big loss. Besides, even if he is willing to quit the army, then Yelu Dashi will not let him go, we are not busy in vain! Seeing the joy exclaimed.

"Hmph, you should be as shameless as you. Xiao Hanli is also a veteran of the battlefield, and he will not understand the mystery, we only used a miscellaneous team composed of baggage teams and various subordinate armies to beat them to the point that they have no power to fight back, and they have only sent more than 100,000 troops to the country, and continuing to be an enemy with us is just self-destruction. As for Yelu Dashi, we have repeatedly forbearance and reluctance to engage with him, and then unconditionally released his defeated army, he should feel our sincerity, and besides, the battle has been fought like this, does he still have the face to continue to use troops against us? Isn't that the truth, Xi Ye! Zhao said with a smile.

"Second master, you can't call it that, otherwise the little one will be hit headlong and killed!" A sound of joy frightened Jianxi, turned over and knelt down and said.

"Alas, you are the partner who has accompanied me since I was a child to this day has become like this, what is the interest of this emperor, get up!" Zhao Ta raised his hand to make him happy, and said with a sigh.

"Second master, the villain understands that you are a person who misses the old, but now you are the Ninety-Five, and you want to control the ministers, wouldn't it be chaotic if you don't have respect and humility!" Seeing that the emperor looked gloomy, he kowtowed and persuaded.

"I'm hungry, go to the dining room and see what's there!" Zhao Ta didn't have the interest to say any more, waved his hand and said...... (To be continued......)