Song Jiu stared at the Liao army and called out the guard Liu Quangui: "Take ten soldiers and ride horses to Xiongzhou immediately, and ask the Hanlin Commander An Zhong to collect defeated soldiers from Xiongzhou immediately to see if there are any generals who can fight to escape to Xiongzhou without fear of death, and lead them to Baigou to pick him up."

The people of An Zhong were in Xiongzhou and were in charge of the position of garrisoning troops in Xiongzhou.

It is not possible to escape safely by placing a floating bridge. Now the main forces of the Song army are all here. Although they are short of people and have a lot of troops, it will attract the Liao army. It doesn’t matter if the civilians are in danger, but they will also retreat. However, there are other roads from the Juma River that allow the Liao army to be blocked at any time.

Danger is not only in this future defensive battle, but also in retreat.

"Here."

Song Jiu thought for a while and said, "Let him divide his troops into the camps to prepare for the cavalry. If possible, transfer some food and grass weapons to the camps to prevent the Liao Kingdom from retaliating against the camps."

According to the map, the Juma River south of the Song army was Laishui at this time. Of course, it can also be said to be the Juma River. It is the mainstream of the Juma River and reaches Feihu Pass, but there is also a river in the south called Yishui. The defense line of the Song Dynasty was mainly south of Yishui, including Suicheng and Mancheng. However, due to several battles between Yishui and Laishui, it became a leisure field. However, the Song army was forced to fight against Qigou Pass, and the elite troops of the Song army were completely defeated. In addition, the Western Xia was independent and turned to attack and defense. Even because of the independence of Xixia, it gradually lost the important source of war horses. The cavalry was less and less in the army, and the defense line gradually retreated and retreated to the Heiludi area.

Now, there are a series of fortresses south of Yishui.

Song Jiu pointed to these forts.

Geographically, they are difficult to defend. However, the threat to the Liao Kingdom is also very great, and Song Jiu does not want to give up on them for the time being.

"Here."

Liu Quangui hurriedly stepped across the floating bridge and left.

Only then did Song Jiu look at the battlefield.

There is nothing to say, soldiers come to stop them, and water comes to earth and tide, fight.

Song Jiu ordered the distribution of weapons. When he fled south, Song Jiu deliberately ordered that Fu Zhaoshou and Liu Zhixin were carefully approaching Yang Ye's subordinates while protecting these weapons.

As for food and grass, don’t worry about it!

But Song Jiu was surprised.

Instead of attacking, the Liao army turned from behind countless guards of honor and several yellow Luo umbrellas. Several imperial carriages pushed out of the army. Countless Liao soldiers fell down and shouted: "Long live the Empress Dowager, long live Your Majesty."

Xiao Yanyan is here.

Song Jiu and several generals frowned. Of course, if he had the ability of Yelu Xiuge to approach the imperial carriage of Liao, Xiao Yanyan and the young emperor of Liao fled in panic, and there would be a great victory. However, this could only be thought about.

They arrived at the front line. The situation was very bad, and it would undoubtedly inspire the morale of the Liao army.

An eunuch came to the front and shouted, "Song Jiuke is here, Prime Minister of Song State."

This is about to shout, Song Jiu walked up to the front and said, "That's it."

With a curtain in front of me, a beautiful woman walked out, but there was a woman next to her.

Seeing this woman, Song Jiu suddenly felt excited.

Xiao Yanyan was also staring at him, but the guards on both sides raised shields and were fully armed with warnings. After all, at this time, the Song army showed many terrible long-range attack weapons.

Xiao Yanyan waved her hand and told the guards not to be nervous. She came to the front and said, "You are Song Jiu?"

"You are Xiao Chuo?"

"You're rude."

"You are not polite, either."

Xiao Yanyan sighed at him, Song Jiu, not talking about his husband, not talking about his husband, not talking about Yi'an, so Song Jiu also called her, Xiao Chuo, not talking about Yanyan, not talking about the queen mother.

Then Xiao Yanyan was not angry and pointed at Yuping and said slowly: "Have you forgotten her?"

"When two countries are at war, don't mention right or wrong. As a dignified empress dowager, why should you make things difficult for an ordinary civilian woman?"

"I am also a woman."

Song Jiu said nothing, thinking that you, a woman, can surpass millions of good men, that's different.

"Song Jiu, now you are trapped in the Jedi, I will give you a chance. If you surrender to my Daliao, I will grant you the King of Yan and the King of the Nanyuan as the Prime Minister."

"Thank you for your kindness, but I am Song Chen, I am Song Chen, and I am Song Gui, and I dare not bear it."

"Have you ever thought about her?"

"Empress Dowager, can I let my official say a few words to Yuping?"

"please."

Song Jiu looked at Yuping, and Yuping's eyes drooped and sobbed, "Official, I have disappointed you."

"You can't blame you. I only have one biological father. I would have done this. Are you okay now?"

"I'm fine, you're injured," Yuping asked worriedly as she looked at Song Jiulu's veil outside.

"A little injury."

"Officials, don't mislead state affairs by slaves."

Song Jiu's heart was as if he was shattered, but he still nodded heavily. He was very concerned about Yuping, but he could not ignore the tens of thousands of soldiers behind him, countless Hebei people behind him, and his family in the capital because of Yuping.

Xiao Yanyan interrupted them and said, "If you insist on not surrendering, don't blame me for being ruthless."

"Empress Xiao, she is my family. I miss you very much. It was just because you visited your biological father, but you shamelessly held it down. If you want to be unfavorable to her, just do it. Then, this hatred will be baptized by hundreds of thousands of Khitan people." Song Jiu was not saying intimidation.

As long as this battle, most of the Song army could be brought back, although the losses were heavy, but because of themselves, their morale would not be too low, and more elite soldiers were saved. However, relatively speaking, the losses in the Liao Kingdom this time must be heavier than in history.

In terms of national strength, due to the changes brought about by materialism and the absence of Western Xia, the Song Dynasty will only become stronger and stronger in the past few decades unless there will be a foolish monarch like Song Huizong in the future.

I believe that Song Jiu's status will not weaken after he returns, so if he continues to develop, Song Jiu may have the resources and strength to wipe out the Khitan people.

Xiao Yanyan was very disappointed when she saw that the persuasion was fruitless, so she asked the soldiers to escort Yu Ping to the back and gave an order: "Those who capture Song Jiu alive will reward the king's title, ten thousand taels of gold, those who kill Song Jiu will reward the duke and ten thousand sheep."

Zhao Kuangyi and Xiao Yanyan both value talents, but compared to Xiao Yanyan, Zhao Kuangyi has more suspicion, so many people cannot display their talents well.

If we talk about the importance of Song Jiu, Xiao Yanyan was probably the person who valued Song Jiu the most in this era, so she offered a sky-high reward.

The Liao army began to attack...

Song Jiu was also issuing an order, and also issued an order: "Continue to take turns to rest, and some soldiers will be transferred to Qigou Pass to rest."

Qigou Pass City was originally stationed with many troops, stocking up a large amount of supplies and food. Cao Bin saw that there were too many supplies, so in order to arrive in Zhuozhou in time, a military camp was built outside. At the beginning of the war, many civilians fled to Guancheng. Many civilians jumped into Gaoliang River, some swam over, some drowned, and some escaped blindly and aimlessly. That was also a little bit of danger.

Therefore, Song Jiu asked half of the soldiers of the Fourth Army to enter the city and the camp to rest in order to quickly recover their physical strength. The soldiers were too tired.

The tragic battle continues to begin.

After coming over overnight, the civil servant heard that Song Jiu asked them to go back first. Thanks, he not only built the floating bridge and repaired three simple fortifications.

But this fortification is very weak after all.

The Liao army also had mixed infantry and cavalry, with cavalry attacking gambles, infantry hitting the baggage chariots and low walls, and even covered with confiscated Song Dynasty shields. They directly pushed the baggage chariots and dirt into the trenches. Soon three lines of defense were torn open one gap after another, and the cavalry launched wave after wave of impact on the Song army from these gaps.

"Damn Youzhou soldiers!" Yang Ye cursed.

More than 90% of these infantrymen who tore open the gap were Han soldiers from Youzhou.

Yang Ye can be said to be the biggest old and angry young man of this era.

In fact, when Song Jiu heard about Zhang Pu, he was also angry. He even wondered why Wang Meng, who was more successful, was not as famous as Zhuge Liang, because he helped the Hu people. If it were not for Zhang Pu, would Li Jiqian rise in another time and space? Without Zhang Yuan and Wu Hao, would Li Yuanhao become the emperor, without Yao Shu, Hao Jing, Liu Bingzhong, and Kublai Khan successfully ascended the throne and took over the Southern Song Dynasty, without Hong Chengchou and Wu Sangui, would the Qing people successfully enter the pass, and without Wang Jingwei, would the Anti-Japanese War be easier?

However, the performance of the Wang family in Fengzhou in the Northwest Battle gradually sublimated Song Jiu's thoughts.

For example, Mi Xin is very shameful at the moment, but in the battle to attack Xincheng, he was also a Xi person, but he was very brave in the face of the Xi person's old husband He Si.

Nationality is part of the problem. The key is whether a country is strong. If it is strong, it will have enough cohesion.

So when she heard that Zhang Pu was captured, Song Jiu's initial idea was to order Zhang Pu's five horses to be dismembered, but in the end she just ordered the city to be abandoned and executed.

Yang Ye said again: "Duke Song, let me lead a cavalry to attack the Liao army from the side."

"It's not appropriate. Our soldiers have not had a good rest and are still tired. The enemy is waiting for their hard work. The commander of famous generals. The empress dowager and the young emperor are in charge. They are very arrogant and will not make contributions to the side attack. On the contrary, they will only sacrifice themselves. And the cavalry... need them even more when retreating."

The sun gradually droops westward.

Both sides slowly withdrew their troops to rest.

Xiao Yanyan was very angry and prepared to send someone to kill Yuping.

Yelu Longxu begged for mercy by the side, and Xiao Yanyan let Yuping go and then looked at Yelu Xiuge.

In fact, Yelu Xiu Ge was a little disdainful, and he would beat him if he could, and what would he do if he was a concubine? But he would not express his opinion and said, "Report to the Empress Dowager, now the Song army is fighting against the enemy and the upper and lower levels are united. Even if we forcefully break through, our army will suffer heavy losses. Therefore, in the opinion of the minister, it is better to send people to harass him constantly so that he will not be able to rest. Sooner or later, they will withdraw. Once they withdraw, the border is in sight and the upper and lower levels are relaxed, that is the time to wipe out the enemy completely."

"Then it depends on Yue's opinion."

The Song army was also discussing. Just as it was over, Song Jiu ordered the injured to heal immediately and take a rotation to rest. Rest became the most important task for the Song army at this time.

But as soon as the order was issued, a group of cavalry rushed over from the Liao army camp and kept harassing.

They were not very harmful, but it would gradually disappear from the morale that the Song army had just gathered, just like the Song army did when they were from Baigou to Qigou Pass.

Fan Yanzhao frowned and said, "Mr. Song, it's still very bad."

"It's not good anymore. What else can I do if it's not good?" Song Jiu said withstood pain.

"Or let's retreat immediately." Tian Shaobin said.

He was not afraid of death, and those who could stay were not afraid of death. Now the Song army has sufficient food and grass and enough weapons. Although the troops are not as strong as the opponent, they are also considerable, so it is time to retreat.

"General Tian, ​​where to retreat? Do you think the rear is safe now?"

Facing Song Jiu's question, Tian Shaobin was also silent.

There were two roads to withdraw troops, one was to retreat from Baigou to Xiongzhou, which was the route for the civil servants to retreat at dawn. If there were no other factors, the military discipline was neat and the road was advanced lightly, they arrived in Xiongzhou in two days. However, this road took Cao Bin for more than 20 days. Although it was brought with it a lot of supplies, the main reason was that this road was wide and allowed Yelu Xiuge to attack and harass him at any time. There was no doubt that this road could not be chosen.

Then there is the second road, retreating to Jintaitun, crossing the Yishui River to Suicheng, then crossing the Xushui River, Tang River, and reaching Dingzhou. This road reaches more than seven routes, and is mostly mountain roads. But it is conducive to the battle of the Song army, so Zhao Kuangyi fled from Gaoliang River to Jintaitun, and Cao Bin and others also fled to Jintaitun when they escaped.

There is no doubt that Song Jiu must also retreat from this road to the rear.

But if you think about it carefully, why did Song Jiu let the civil servants retreat from Baigou Road to Xiongzhou in a swagger?

The Liao Kingdom had pursued soldiers to Henan, and they were pursuing Cao Bin and the others. On the Jintaitun Road, if the Liao Kingdom wanted to deal with these civilians, they had to divide their troops to cross the river again. But now the civilians had Song Jiu's weapons in their hands. It might not be useful to divide them too much. If they divided them too much, what would be the benefit of killing these civilians? The Song people were not from Liao, and everyone was a soldier. These civilians were adults. Without training, they could not be converted into soldiers except for hard labor. Even if they were converted, they had to undergo years of training. However, if so, were there few people in the Song Dynasty? Even because they had too many soldiers, it might be Song Jiu's intentional arrangement that they regarded them as abandoned children, so that they could break through the Jintaitun himself.

Until now, I have never heard of the evil that Fu Zhaoshou has come to Baigou Tun. If I don’t care about the hard work and rush to Xiongzhou in a few more hours, I will reach Xiongzhou. But it has also verified Song Jiu’s speculation that there are pursuers in the Liao Kingdom on the Jintai Tun Road. If Yelu Xiuge split a force to join, no matter how beneficial the mountain road is to the Song army, it will be blocked here alive.
Chapter completed!