But in Youzhou, Zhao Liangsi fled back with people in embarrassment, Li Chuwen incident, Manmen was killed by Xiao Gan, and the plan to defraud Youzhou was in vain; and Yelu Dashi and Xiao Gan learned that they had changed opponents, gathered the elite to abandon the first line of Fancun, and did not manage the Song army in Guiyi County, and 9,000 Liao cavalry directly killed to the Baigou River, first defeated Wang Yuan, and then fought with Xin Xingzong for a day, and killed Zhao Ming, the vanguard of the Song army, in front of the army, the Song army was panicked, and the whole army was defeated and retreated.

Knowing that Xin Xingzong's army was defeated, Wang Yu in Guiyi County was ready to send troops to respond, Yang Weizhong hurriedly persuaded: "The general doesn't think that he can defeat Yelu Dashi, the other party has 9,000 cavalry, and we can defend the city, if we go out, once the army is defeated, Xiongzhou will be in danger." ”

Wang Yu looked left and right, asked the rest of the people to withdraw, and said, "If you don't save it, when you get to Xiongzhou, what should you blame Taiwei Tong?"

"Captain Tong blames?" Yang Weizhong nodded and said: "Captain Tong is reluctant to accept Xin Xingzong's Shengjie army, but he is in this position, and the Shengjie army can be rebuilt if it is lost." However, if the Northern Expedition fails, what will happen if he can't afford to take this responsibility?"

Wang Yu's face changed slightly, there is no need to guess what will happen to Tong Guan, the Shengjie army is defeated, as long as the city is still there, it can be a big thing and a small one, if the city is lost, it will find a scapegoat, and the most suitable scapegoat is himself and Yang Weizhong; Xin Xingzong and others fled to the south bank of the Baigou River, and immediately sent a fast horse back to Xiongzhou to report the news, and then withdrew the army. This news surprised Tong Guan and others. There are less than 6,000 left of the 25,000 army, and the problem is that as soon as Xin Xingzong withdraws, Yelu Dashi will kill Xiongzhou again, in case Guo Yaoshi turns against the water, and the Dao of the Seed Master is a lone army in Yizhou.

Tong Guan understands that he must not withdraw from the army at this moment, if he becomes the second Yang Ye among the seed divisions who occupy Yizhou, he will definitely be the second Pan Mei, and even worse than Pan Mei. Liu Yanqing didn't have a good idea for a while after Yang Keshi, who went to pick up Yang Keshi, was defeated again, and Cookie asked Jiao Anjie: "General Jiao, Yang Zhi is your eldest brother, you should at least be similar to him, right?"

Jiao Anjie said in his heart, Yang Zhi is my eldest brother, but Xin Xingzong is also equivalent to half of the son of Tong Taiwei, Tong Taiwei can't help it, what can I do, but on the surface, Jiao Anjie still said humbly: "How can I be as brave as Brother Yang, at present, more than half of the casualties of our army should be replenished." ”

Jiao Anjie told the truth, except for Zhao Ming's entire army, the remaining 25,000 people of the Western Route Army were in different places; the Eastern Route Army lost more than 10,000 troops when it was defeated in a row, and now Xin Xingzong has buried another 20,000 troops, in fact, there are only more than 30,000 people left in the hands of Tong Guan and Liu Yanqing in Xiongzhou.

The civet cat walked in from the outside, stepped forward to salute Tong Guan, and said, "The subordinates have found the hidden dragon, but the mission has failed." ”

Tong Guan stared at the civet and asked, "Could it be that Qianlong, like Yang Zhi, is also a top master?"

The civet shook his head and said: "Qianlong only knows a little about martial arts, but he and Yang Zhi are carefully planned, I came to Xiongzhou to determine his identity, but he is already on the way to Xuanfu Division with Du Wanche, and there are masters with him, I dare not provoke Du Wanche." The hidden dragon is Cai Xiang's grandson Cai Suitian. ”

"Cai Suitian. Even Cai You and Shi Mojie were full of surprise, Tong Guan was stunned for a moment, glanced at Cai You and said, "Cai Xiang is clever, it's really not what we can imagine." ”

While speaking, Du Wanche had already come in with Cai Suitian, and Cai Suitian saluted Tong Guan and said, "The last general has seen Lord Taiwei." ”

Cai You said unhappily: "Cai Suitian, now that Yang Zhi is gone, Xin Xingzong's army is defeated, do you have a good plan?"

Don't say that the generals below are stunned, even Du Wanche can't get used to it, Cai Suitian saluted Cai You and said: "Lord Hui, our last strategy in Youzhou has been exhausted, and it is not surprising that Yelu Dashi will withdraw his troops within two days and return to Youzhou to be relieved of his military power." ”

Liu Tao was shocked and asked, "What did you do?"

Cai Suitian looked at the lobby and didn't say anything, Tong Guan motioned for the others to leave, leaving only himself, Cai You, Du Wanche, Liu Tao, Cai Suitian said that Yang Zhi asked Zhu Wu to imitate a letter from Yuan Di to Yelu Dashi in advance, saying that Yelu Chun would be punished by heaven for usurping the throne, and he would not live long, Yelu Yanxi did not have the blessing of the emperor, and was bent on fighting a decisive battle with the Jin people, for the sake of the Great Liao, Yelu Dashi should go to those places in the Northwest and Western Regions, and throw Youzhou to the Great Song Dynasty, if Youzhou was in the hands of the Song Dynasty, it could rely on Hebei to confront the Jin State, but in the hands of the Khitan, the Liao army had to transfer troops from the northwest and Datong again and again to reinforce and be broken by the Jin soldiers.

However, Yang Zhi knew that Yelu Dashi would not surrender, and according to Yuan Di's tone, he provided Yelu Dashi with three strategies, the best strategy was to flee to Heishui City, wait for the opportunity, once the Liao State really lost Datong, he would establish Western Liao, form an alliance with the Great Song Dynasty, and continue to fight against the Jin State; the middle strategy was that Yelu Chun would establish himself as the king after his death, and see if he could block the attack of Song and Jin; the next strategy was to go to Yelu Yanxi with Ye Lu Chun's widow, which was a dead end.

Yang Zhi did not covet this credit, but asked Cai Suitian to arrange for someone to stuff the letter into the mansion of Yelu Asa's son, Qiao Yan mixed into Youzhou, and put the letter on the table in Yelu Asa's study; Yuan Di had already gone to the northwest, and Ye Lu Chun had no way to verify it except by looking at the handwriting; the problem was that now Ye Lu Chun was seriously ill in bed, and Ye Lu Chun's queen Xiao Pu Xiannu and Ye Lu Asa never dared to give Yelu Dashi this opportunity, so they had to solve the military power first.

Tong Guan was stunned again: "Yeluchun is seriously ill in bed, can you confirm it." ”

"Of course. Cai Suitian said: "I came to see Taiwei because I wanted Taiwei to arrange for people to publicize this matter in states other than Youzhou, saying that Yeluchun usurped the throne and was punished by heaven, so that the news could be spread to Youzhou through various channels to dissipate the morale of Youzhou's army." ”

Tong Guan and Liu Tao could not assess the situation in Youzhou, but understanding the lethality of Cai Suitian's idea, Liu Tao suggested the release of the hundreds of prisoners, which not only showed the benevolence of the Great Song Dynasty, but also transmitted the news back. Tong Guan sent a fast horse to tell Xin Xingzong, stationed on the spot, not allowed to return to Xiongzhou, Xin Xingzong was helpless, while camping and sending scouts to inquire, the Liao army did not cross the Baigou River, after a day, Yelu Dashi retreated, and after a few days, I learned that most of the prisoners who were released back were killed, Yelu Dashi was relieved of military power and Yelu Chun was seriously ill The news spread again.

Liang Fangping's 5,000 men and horses and Wang Huan's 10,000 troops arrived, Tong Guan and others rose in confidence again, wrote to the imperial court, and ordered Liu Yanqing to fight again for the capital to control the whole army. Cai Suitian rejected Cai You and Tong Guan's invitation, saying that he and Yang Zhi cooperated tacitly and took Qiao Yan and Sun An to Taiyuan; Shi Mojie looked at Cai Suitian's back and said to Liu Tao: "We found Qianlong, in fact, the answer is often in front of us, how could Cai Xiang allow his grandson to do business, but we never doubted." ”

Liu Tao smiled and said: "Cai Suitian is very smart, only King Yun may be able to appreciate him, and whatever happens to the Cai family in the future has nothing to do with him." ”

There is a ballad in Bianliang "If you hit the bucket and splash the vegetables, it is a good world in the world." The bucket alludes to Tong Guan, the dish is Cai Jing, and the people's grievances are so, Liu Tao doesn't think that the Cai family will have any good end.

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