The fierce battle of Zhuozhou was still going on, and the Eastern Route Army of the Great Song Dynasty paid an extremely heavy price, with more than 200 trebuchets accompanying the north all destroyed, and 100 flint cannons scrapped, in exchange for tens of thousands of casualties of the Liao army.

The entire battlefield was completely like hell, with stumps and broken arms, corpses piled up, broken weapons and armor everywhere, large swathes of the land stained dark red with blood, and as time passed, a large number of corpses began to rot and become foul-smelling.

In order to avoid the outbreak of the plague, whenever the Liao State reorganized its troops and horses, he asked the soldiers to clean up the frontier battlefield, throw the nearby corpses into the distance, and then burn them, each time the fire lasted for nearly half an hour, and the Liao people were forced to suspend the attack.

What is surprising is that the desperate Song soldiers broke out with unimaginable fighting spirit, the second layer of defense outside Zhuozhou City was enough to block the Liao State for nine days, no one dared to believe that the potential of the Great Song army in a desperate situation was so terrifying, and this also increased the confidence of the soldiers to hold Zhuozhou.

The generals in the army were amazed by Zhao Bufan's decision-making, and when they withdrew to Zhuozhou earlier, most of the generals thought that they should hold on to the city and reduce casualties, but Zhao Bufan resolutely objected, thinking that trapping the lonely city from the beginning would make Zhuozhou's city defense bear a huge impact, and it also brought greater psychological pressure to the soldiers' hearts, so they took advantage of the Liao people to complete the siege and build two solid perimeter defenses before the soldiers arrived.

This is also the experience that Zhao Bufan accumulated when he was trapped in Bazhou.

He deeply understands that if the soldiers are stationed in the outer defense line, the pressure in their hearts will be relatively soothing, and subconsciously always feel that there are soldiers and horses in the rear city that will be reinforced, and there is still a place to retreat if they can't stop it, there are three layers of solid defense line, one is lost, and another is the possibility of victory.

Although they intellectually know that it is a desperate situation, there is still a sense of expectation, and what the soldiers in the desperate situation need is a little hope, even if it is only a little, even if it is purely a fantasy from a rational point of view, but this is enough, for this fantasy, they will insistence madly.

Where there is hope, there is a miracle!

More importantly, such a defensive line consumed a large number of heavy siege equipment such as trebuchets of the Liao State, and the fighting spirit and morale would be affected, and the intensity of the offensive would inevitably continue to decline, and the soldiers of the Song army could also feel this change personally, and they would accumulate confidence and form inertial thoughts.

Since our outer defense line has been blocked for ten days, inflicting huge casualties on the Liao army, shouldn't the second layer of defense hold on for a longer period of time and make the Liao army pay a greater price? Not to mention the strong cities in the rear?

This small psychological factor may seem inconspicuous, but it is one of the fatal elements in war, and the core of the defeat is nothing more than the explosion of the accumulation of psychological factors, and the accumulation of confidence in victory will make the army more and more tenacious.

The correct strategy stimulated the huge potential of the officers and men of the Eastern Route Army, and withstood the attack of the Liao State that lasted for more than half a month, and the offensive of the Liao people quickly showed fatigue, and the proportion of casualties became larger and larger, and gradually reached the point that Yelu Dashi could not tolerate it.

In desperation, he temporarily stopped the offensive and ordered the whole army to withdraw to various large camps for repairs.

The scouts in charge of observing the enemy's situation soon brought back the good news, and the Great Song soldiers cheered, and all the people in and out of the city were celebrating, and many people were crying with joy, and some were even crying.

Zhao Bufan also showed a knowing smile, feeling that the mountain pressing on his chest seemed to be less heavy for the time being, and when the emotions of many generals gradually calmed down, he immediately ordered the soldiers to use the debris scattered on the battlefield to strengthen the broken defense facilities and reorganize the defense line.

Now the soldiers of all departments have felt the significance of his deployment, knowing that the more stable the defense line, the more secure everyone's lives will be, and it will also cause greater damage to the Liao State.

That night, Zhao Bufan also made an exception to allow each soldier to drink a bowl of wine and add meat dishes to relieve everyone's tense nerves as much as possible, and he also accompanied the soldiers to celebrate until late at night, and then returned to Zhuozhou Mansion to rest.

These days, he is either observing the situation on the battlefield at the head of the city, or encouraging the soldiers outside the city, and when he is sleepy, he will find a random place to squint for a while, and he really can't bear it, he just wants to sleep well.

Yelu Yu Liyan has been under house arrest in the government office, and he didn't know what the war situation was, so he was sitting in a daze in the room, and suddenly saw him come back, and the whole person froze in shock, and when he came back to his senses, he got up violently and said excitedly: "You have won the war? How is this possible?"

At this time, Zhao Bufan had already taken off his armor, freshened up, and was in good spirits, glanced at her lightly, and walked to the bed to lie down.

"Yelu Dashi has temporarily withdrawn his troops, and he should launch an attack after repairing, but I don't know exactly when. ”

Yelu Yu Li breathed a long sigh of relief, picked up the water glass on the table and took a sip, his expression gradually slowed down.

Those deep eyes looked at Zhao Bufan for a long time, and suddenly persuaded: "Zhao Bufan, you might as well surrender! As long as you are willing to surrender to our Liao State, you will definitely be able to get favors, whether you want beauty, wealth, or land, you will definitely get it!"

At this, a blush flashed across her cheeks, but her tone was very firm.

"I will also serve you willingly, and I will listen to you in the future, you can do whatever you want, okay?"

"I'm not interested!" Zhao Bufan coldly spat out three words.

"You ......"

Yelu Yu Liyan got up angrily, stared at him for a long time, but sat back on the stool in a dejected manner, and said leisurely: "If you don't surrender, when Zhuozhou City is breached, you will definitely be cut by a thousand knives by the clansmen!"

"If it really comes to that time, I will all die, and I am afraid that they will be cut by a thousand knives? Okay, I don't have the spirit to tell you more, allow you to go around the yard casually, I have already greeted Hao Siwen and them, go out and take a breath!"

The words fell, and Zhao Bufan gradually fell asleep.

Yelu Yu Liyan looked at his sleeping face with a complicated expression, and was silent for a long time.

............

The camp of the Chinese army of the Liao State.

Ye Luchun, who was sitting in the handsome position, had a pale face and a haggard face, and he couldn't see the former tiger power at all.

His gaze swept over the civil and military ministers in the tent, and his voice was full of thick anxiety: "The Jurchens have broken through the Dading Mansion in Zhongjing, and the Great Khan led the rest of the northern army to flee without a fight, and went to Fengshengzhou Mandarin Duck for refuge, the Jurchens are in pursuit, and the Great Liao is in danger, and we are fighting with the Song people, what should we do now? Is it true that my Great Liao has come to the end of the country?"

At this time, there were not only the original Liao generals in the big tent, but also many important ministers of the Liao State who fled from Zhongjing, all of whom had depressed faces and fearful eyes, obviously being scared by the Jin State, only Yelu Dashi was still calm.

When he heard the dejection in Ye Luchun's voice, his expression changed rapidly, and then he looked at the other civil and military forces, and suddenly stood up and said hurriedly: "The Great Khan led more than 200,000 Khitan elites in the north to flee without a fight, and the news will spread in a few days, which will inevitably shake the foundation of our Great Liao, and these hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses in our south are in danger of being scattered."

In my opinion, at present, we should quickly promote the king of Qin and Jin, who has won the hearts of the people, as the new Great Khan, revitalize the banner, and then submit a table to the Jin State, and be willing to be a vassal of the Jin State, and win a chance to breathe, and wait for us to keep the foundation of the Liao State, and repel the Song people with peace of mind, and then we can work hard, recuperate, and wait until the strength is strong, and then find an opportunity to recover the homeland and restore the glory of the Great Liao!"

At this time, Yelu Dashi was obviously out of the way, and was determined to carry the banner at this time of danger and fight with the Jin State and the Song people to the end.

It's a pity that there was silence in the tent, no one dared to say anything, even Ye Luchun, the king of Qin and Jin, lowered his head.

Yelu Dashi looked anxious, and reprimanded sadly: "The Great Khan indulged in lust, indulged in safari, and connived at Xiao Fengxian and other incompetent traitors to harm the country, not to mention, this time he fled without a fight, and it is reasonable that the law should abdicate and make way for the virtuous, why are you still looking ahead and backward? Do you have to wait for the Jin State to kill us before you can wake up?"

Everyone was provoked by his painful voice, and they looked at each other for a long time, and finally had an idea.

Yeluchun sighed deeply and was about to say something, but suddenly there was a sound of hurried footsteps outside the tent, which directly made him swallow all his words back.

"Xijing Datong Mansion Urgent Report !!"

Yelu Chun faintly had an ominous premonition, and frowned: "Come in and talk!"

The person who came then rushed into the tent and hurriedly said: "Xijing Datong Mansion fell, the front-line army that was fighting with Zongze in Shuozhou heard the news, the army's heart was shaken, a large number of Han soldiers mutinied, my Khitan warriors killed some people in order to prevent them from defecting, and also put the Han commander Sultan and his son Su Baoheng under house arrest, did not want to break out a large-scale conflict, the Song army took this opportunity to launch a full-scale attack, our army was defeated on all fronts, and fled east in a hurry, and the Sultan and Su Baoheng were also killed by our Khitan warriors in the chaos. ”

Yeluchun glared angrily and listened to these words, only to feel that his eyes were black, and he fainted directly.

Yelu Dashi, who was closest to him, hurriedly stepped forward to breathe for him, and hurriedly tossed for a long time, which made Yelu Chun wake up again, at this time he was already very weak, his face was so pale that there was no trace of blood, and he pointed to the messenger who was kneeling on the ground and said urgently: "Who, who moved the sultan, who shook the military heart?"

The Liao soldier who reported the news shook his head: "My subordinates don't know, the situation was too chaotic at that time, and I can only confirm that it was done by a certain unit of my Khitan tribe!"

Ye Luchun sighed and asked bitterly: "Where did the soldiers and horses that attacked Datong Mansion come from? How could it be that they arrived in Datong Mansion and were not discovered by my Daliao soldiers and horses? Whose fault is it?"

The Liao soldiers who reported the news shook their heads again: "No one knows, they suddenly appeared outside Xijing City that night, and launched an attack in the middle of the night with a hook ladder, we didn't have any preparation at all, many soldiers were still asleep, and the city was broken by them, only knowing that the people who led the army were called Zhi Yanzhi and Han Shizhong." ”

"Orihiko?"

Yelu Dashi, whose face was full of sadness, chattered about the name, suddenly understood, and let out a bitter sigh.

"Zhao Bufan took advantage of the opportunity of requisitioning Tian Hu to conceal the sky and cross the sea, and then traveled thousands of miles to raid, day and night, trekking through mountains and rivers, such a surprise soldier from the sky, who can find out, I am not as good as Zhao Bufan, I am not as good as Zhao Bufan!!"

At this moment, there was a dense sound of footsteps outside the tent, and before everyone could recover their strength, the sound of panic had already entered the tent.

"The Pinghai division of the Song people broke through Pingzhou, and Hu Yanqing led his troops to the city of Jizhou!!"

"Poof!!"

Yeluchun spurted blood from his mouth, his eyes suddenly widened, and he collapsed straight on the handsome chair......

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