The cypress trees are majestic, the smoke of gunpowder is not over, Yang Zhi made an impassioned speech to his army: "We have almost defeated all the famous generals of the Jin State, but we have not reversed the war situation between the Great Song Dynasty and the Jin State, why, because our overall strength is still very weak, relying on the current ability of our Dingbei Army, it is far from enough, so we must retain hope for the Great Song Dynasty, that is, in the case of victory, take the initiative to withdraw to Bianliang." Accumulate strength in Bianliang and strive to fight back as soon as possible. ”

Li Yanxian raised his arms and shouted: "Defend Bianliang, defend Bianliang." ”

Tens of thousands of arms were raised, and they shouted wildly behind him; Zhao Ding understood that Yang Zhi was trying to eliminate his subordinates' doubts about winning the retreat and gain a firm foothold in Huazhou, Yang Zhi did not become murderous, because Yang Zhi's current position was to stay in Tokyo, and Yang Zhi still knew where he should be. At this point, Yang Zhi is different from many generals in the Great Song Dynasty, knowing that communication is an extremely critical thing, so that his subordinates can know why, so that they can work together.

Zhao Ding sent people back to Bianliang early on the news of the great victory in Huazhou, and his heart was full of joy; what Zhao Ding didn't know was how entangled Li Gang was in Bianliang at this moment; after Yang Zhi recovered Huazhou, he sent people to Bianliang to urge grain and grass, Li Gang finally transferred a batch of grain and grass, but was robbed on the way, and none of the officers and soldiers who escorted the grain and grass were wounded, and all of them were intact, and as a result, Liang Xun's subordinate general Shao Xing did not hesitate at all to execute the two officers led by military law, which frightened those soldiers to tell the truth, and the two officers colluded with each other.

This incident made Liang Xun's attitude very resolute, and he directly raided the homes of two officers in the name of Jin Guo's spies, and his methods were so tough that it made people feel cold; Xu Jingheng, who was presiding over the grain transportation in the city, specially told Li Gang that the army would not fight without grain and grass, and once Yang Zhi's grain and grass were cut off, the greatest possibility for the Dingbei Army would be to withdraw the army, and then Li Gang would once again carry the black pot, Xu Jingheng meant that Li Gang could not hesitate any longer, and be a perfect person without a bottom line, and the last unlucky person must be himself.

Twenty-five miles west of Yongqiu County, the displaced people and the defeated soldiers all over the mountains surrounded a camp, the lights in the camp were bright, the cooking smoke drifted to the sky, from time to time there was an indulgent laughter and the screams of women, this is the Huaixi thief to make Kong Yanzhou's men and horses, no one knows how the Huaixi thief arrester will run to Yongqiu County in Kaifeng, and the officials of Yongqiu County will not run to do much.

When the Jin army attacked Dongping Mansion, Kong Yanzhou, like the prefect Liang Yangzu, led his subordinates to flee south, Kong Yanzhou's army continued to kill and plunder, and the Huaiyang army was harassed by Kong Yanzhou without a fight;

The prestige of the Dingbei Army Kong Yanzhou is not unknown, but Liang Yangzu's hint made Kong Yanzhou feel at ease, and if something happened, it was a big deal to flee to Chuzhou, even if Yang Zhi stayed in Tokyo, I am afraid that he would be beyond the reach of the whip. Kou Yi was dressed as a soldier of the Song Army, and looked at Kong Yanzhou coldly from a few hundred meters away, he was mixed into the army when Kong Yanzhou was expanding the army, and he had been locking the position of Kong Yanzhou himself, Kou Yi didn't know why Yang Zhi wanted to lock Kong Yanzhou, but now he understands everything, this old boy should be killed.

Kong Yanzhou led five thousand elites in Yongqiu County tonight, Kou Yi has already spread the news, as for whether the Dingbei Army can arrive, Kou Yi is not particularly worried, anyway, not this time, there will be another chance. If it weren't for Yang Zhi saying at the beginning that the purpose was to annihilate this army, Kou Yi would have taken Kong Yanzhou's dog life early in the night.

The cavalry of Chongbin and Liang Xing, together of 5,000 people, had already quietly approached the place where Kong Yanzhou had been stationed in the army, wrapped their horses' hooves, took off their bells, and quietly advanced. In the middle of the night, the moon was mostly obscured by dark clouds, Kong Yanzhou's military camp was like a beast, devouring the peace of Yongqiu County, the screams of the women in the camp continued, and the soldiers guarding the camp were drowsy, complaining that those big people were sleeping with Mei Jiaoniang in their arms, and they were still standing guard outside to suffer. Suddenly, I saw countless black shadows appear in front of me, and before I could call out, I had already been cut down by the long knife that came out.

Kong Yanzhou was about to flee secretly, when he suddenly saw a flash of sparks in front of him, and the opponent's cavalry directly surrounded him. Most of the soldiers in the camp were killed, and the rest of the defeated soldiers were all dumbfounded and obediently laid down their weapons.

In the end, there were only more than 500 people left under Kong Yanzhou's subordinates, and Chong Bin rescued more than 400 women and more than 700 young men who were coerced, and there were also a large number of grain, grass, gold and silver, especially surprising that Kong Yanzhou carried copper coins and silver ingots, even the boxes were affixed with the seals of Dongping Mansion, it seemed that he was not very panicked when he escaped, and there was still time to search the treasury. However, Chong Bin still followed what Liang Xun said, made a fortune in a muffled voice, transported all the seized things to Zhengzhou, and reported to Bianliang that he only said that he killed thieves and routs, and never mentioned Kong Yanzhou's name, and even Kong Yanzhou's body was burned.

In the morning of Bianliang, with the tranquility of spring, now is the time of war, there are not many pedestrians on the road to the north of Bianliang, the sound of hurried horses' hooves is particularly clear, two stagecoaches galloped through Chenqiaoyi, all the way into Chenqiaomen, and immediately the knight waved the flag of the Dingbei Army and shouted: "Huazhou victory, Huazhou victory." ”

The soldiers and the people at the gate of the city asked about the situation is a burst of cheers, the defenders cleared a road, and hurriedly let the two people into the city, the news then quickly spread throughout Bianliang City, Kaifeng Prefecture Push Officer Lu Qing read the official document in Liang Xun, immediately copied two copies, ran to Shangshu Province to report to Li Gang, Li Gang hurriedly asked: "Where is Yang Zhi?"

"Yang Zhi is in Huazhou and has begun to arrange for the army to enter the counties of Bianliang. Lu Qing handed over two copies of the official document and said: "Lord Li, the secret lies in the arrangement of the army, the Dingbei Army came from afar, and it is understandable that it needs to be repaired after winning a battle, but why did it enter the counties?"

Li Gang knew that Lu Qing was a famous old fritter and was the best at making knife and pen articles, otherwise Liang Xun would not have retained Lu Qing, Li Gang asked: "Could it be that Yang Zhi is covering up something?"

Lu Qing nodded and said: "My lord Mingjian, Yang Zhi is going to attack the rout soldiers and thieves, I also heard a news in the morning, General Liang Xing went out of the city with two thousand cavalry last night, because the city gate was sealed, most of the people only got the news in the morning." ”

Li Gang was suddenly shocked: "You mean, Liang Xun arranged an operation yesterday?"