Song-Shu border, Pingyu County, Xushan Pass.

Here is only a line away from the Later Song Dynasty, and less than 50 miles away is the Tongzhou Pass of the former Shu.

After learning that the Northwest Army was about to attack Tongzhou Pass, Wei Song, the general of the Later Song Dynasty, also immediately walked out of Xushan Pass with 20,000 soldiers to Tongzhou Pass.

In fact, Wei Song brought troops over this time, and he still wanted a piece of the pie.

After all, now the situation between Qianshu and Ye is becoming clearer and clearer, with Qi announcing its withdrawal from the battlefield and sending envoys to Ye to apologize for this matter, the originally stagnant Qianshu mission has already arrived at Yueling, the capital of Ye State.

It's just that at the beginning, the former Shu envoy was stagnant and wanted to wait and see the situation, and now the Ye State side has not seen the former Shu envoy.

King Ye Zhao Kuan put it down with a word: "Since you came so slowly, it means that you Qianshu has no intention of peace talks at all, so just don't talk about peace at all, just fight." ”

In terms of the current situation, Ye Guo has occupied Pingfu County, and it is only a matter of time before he occupies the entire Eagle County.

At that time, Ye State occupied the two counties of Qianshu, even if it accepted the request for peace talks in Qianshu, how could the occupied land be spit out?

Eagle County and Pingfu County are bound to be occupied by the Ye Kingdom.

So Wei Song thought very well, send troops now, and be able to get a piece of the pie when the time comes, otherwise when Qianshu and Ye Guo make peace, it will have nothing to do with Housong.

At the beginning, one by one, he thought of his alliance and stood firmly on Ye Guo's side, and his words were also in vain.

After all, if they can't get some benefits, then why did they come out?

After leading 50,000 Song elite soldiers to the eastern border to see the scenery?

If you say it, you must not be laughed at to death.

It's just that they want to participate in the war at this time, how can the Northwest Army be willing?

Zhuang Jiade said on the spot: "If you fight a small Qianshu, you don't need allies, and the brothers of the Later Song Dynasty just stand and watch in the back." ”

Originally, Wei Song felt that Zhuang Jiade was holding on to the death, after all, they only had less than 60,000 people, and there were 50,000 defenders in the Tongzhou Pass, after all, more than three times the number of people could attack the city, and now the ratio of one to one, the other party still has the city wall to rely on, how can it be defeated?

Wei Song set up the tea table at the back and waited for Zhuang Jiade to come and find him.

But as soon as the war started, Wei Song was dumbfounded.

What is it that can throw a stone bigger than a basin into the city?

And what is it that can shoot the stump out and break through the wall?

He had never seen these strange things, and he didn't know where the Northwest Army got them.

At the beginning, the Longzhen Mansion held out for three hours, and Tongzhou Pass was blown up by the soldiers of the Hengdao Battalion with heavenly fire and thunder in less than two hours, and tens of thousands of Northwest Army swarmed in.

Without the city wall to rely on, the defenders in the city are nothing more than a group of infantry troops, the infantry army fights with the cavalry, and it fights with cavalry like the Northwest Army, so what else can it do except send them to death?

Surrender?

I'm sorry, but the Northwest Army never takes prisoners.

Inheriting the old tradition of the Northwest Army, slaughtering the city and pulling out the village, the entire Tongzhou Pass until late at night there were still screams coming from the city.

This was the first time Wei Song had seen the Northwest Army fighting with his own eyes, and with his status as a general, he had seen a lot of knowledge over the years, but he had never seen such an army.

Say that this army is barbaric?

It was really barbaric, barbaric like a beast, no matter how old or young men or women, even if the woman's appearance was good, they would not look at it more, as if for them, no matter what was a knife matter.

It stands to reason that such a wanton robbery and killing of an army without military discipline like a bandit could not have happened without raping ** women?

But this is the case with this Northwest Army, as if these people are not interested in women, they often kill people, and then plunder those gold, silver and jewels from them, and that's it.

In fact, this is the iron-blooded military order issued by Chu Qianwen at the beginning, no matter who dares to force women, whether it is a hostile relationship or not, as long as it is done, it is a capital crime.

"When you have money, it's not good to go back to your hometown and find an aunt?"

"Or go to the older Qinlou Chu Pavilion and find two singers to accompany you?"

"Your mother's money has been robbed, and you still want other people's bodies, do you think you should die?"

This is what Chu Qianwen used to scold a thousand commanders below.

That person has followed Chu Qianwen for many years, from the northeast of Ye to the northwest of Ye country, and he is not afraid of bloodshed or hardship.

But in the end, because he touched a barbarian woman, he was killed by Chu Qianwen's order when the whole army interceded for him.

Since then, no one in the army has dared to commit such a crime.

This matter has also become a taboo in the Northwest Army, and it has continued to this day.

It's okay to kill people, it's okay to slaughter cities, it's okay to grab money and treasures, but you have to have a bottom line to be a man, and you have to have a bottom line to be a man.

Born in the hostile camp, you can kill her with a knife, you can rob her of the gold and silver jewelry, but you must not insult her, this is the bottom line of the Northwest Army.

So in the end, Wei Song could only give this army one sentence evaluation, that is: "organized and disciplined bandits......"

After breaking through the Tongzhou Pass, the Northwest Army went to the county seat of Yingjun and Rongyang Mansion non-stop.

It was only after the soldiers and horses had just moved that Zhuang Jiade received an order from Chu Yujia to adopt a strategy of besieging Rongyang Mansion without attacking it, and as for when to attack the city, he waited for his order.

But before that, a small team can be sent to hunt the villages, towns and counties around Rongyang Mansion, after all, they are all in place, and they can't be idle.

And the reason why Chu Yujia ordered the army to stop advancing was mainly because he received a secret order from Zhao Kuan to return to the capital immediately.

In this regard, Chu Yujia also calmly returned to the capital, after all, Zhuang Jiade, Yang Renqi, Yan Tianrui, and Chu Haojie have been cultivated by him, and now they are all handsome talents who can take charge of one side on their own, plus Xu Gaoda's scout team to assist him, even if he can't make meritorious contributions, at least he won't make mistakes.

But after all, Pingfu County was far away from Yueling, and Chu Yujia only returned to the capital five days later.

At this time, in the royal palace, the ministers of the two sides were arguing over their own views on post-war issues.

Li Puyi narrowed his eyes and said: "Anyway, the meaning of our king this time is already very clear, cede the territory north of Pingfu County and Tongzhou Pass, and our army will return the land occupied by Hebei County, and then pay 20 million taels of silver to our Yeguo military expenses, otherwise there is no need to talk about it." ”

Fan Chengzhen said righteously: "This time it's just a misunderstanding, your country's Northwest Army is wreaking havoc on our country's territory and wantonly killing the people, which has caused a great loss to our country, and now your country has asked me to pay compensation for the land, where is there such a reason?"

"If my former Shu really ceded the land and paid compensation, then how will I deal with my former Shu in the future?"

Fan Chengzhen raised his head and said: "How can I get a foothold in front of the princes and countries in Qianshu, if this precedent is opened, won't all the vassal states be able to come over and bully our Qianshu?"

"What about bullying you?"

"A guy who has lost a battle, how can he be qualified to make a big deal out of my royal court?"

Without waiting for Li Puyi to speak, he saw Chu Yujia, dressed in a white robe, walking in from outside the hall.

Zhou Jili, who was following him, was full of joy at this time, he knew that as long as Chu Yujia came back, the envoys of the former Shu would not be arrogant.

Chu Yujia stopped and knelt on one knee facing Zhao Kuan: "Minister, Chu Yujia, knock on the king." ”