Gao Jianxun said: "Brother, don't say more, the Song army stole Qiu Dali City, there will not be many people, let's gather people quickly, and we will rush back tomorrow to recapture Dali City, it must be too late." Where is the fastest update for the first recommendation? Please be sure."

Gao Jineng also said: "Father, the second uncle is right, we should return to the army immediately, it's late tomorrow, we should return to the army overnight today." ”

The wives and children of the two of them are in Dali City, Gao Jianxun is currently the second person in the Gao family, and the family is also a group of wives and concubines, full of children and grandchildren, even Gao Jineng is young, married a four-room lady, and has a boy and a girl. Therefore, as soon as they heard that Dali City was taken by the Song army, both of them were worried about their families in Dali City, so they were anxious to return to the army to recapture Dali City.

At this time, Li Quancheng also said: "Master Gao, I think General Gao and Shaojun Hou are right, let's hurry up and lead the army back to recapture Dali City, and here will be handed over to our Jiaozhi Army to resist the Song Army." ”

But Gao Jianming was silent for a while, and finally shook his head and said, "No, we can't return to the army." ”

As soon as he said this, everyone present couldn't help but be a little stunned, Gao Jineng stood up suddenly, and said, "Father, what's wrong with you, why can't you return to the army." "His fourth lady has been married home for less than a year, charming and moving, the two are in a hot fight, as soon as he heard that the Song army occupied Dali City, he was on fire from the inside, and he couldn't wait to fly back to Dali City immediately to drive away the Song army and recapture his wife and children. Therefore, when he heard Gao Jianming say that he could not return to the army, he immediately ignored it.

Gao Jianming waved his hand at him, signaling him to be calm. Said: "Have you thought about it, we didn't bring many siege equipment with us this time, and Dali City has the strongest city wall in Dali, even if we go back to the army to save Dali City, I am afraid we will not be able to capture Dali City in the short term." Moreover, most of these soldiers' families are in Dali City, if the Song army is in the city and their families are in the city, who is willing to attack the city with their hearts. ”

In fact, Gao Jianming also has more than a dozen wives and concubines in Dali City, as well as three sons and six daughters, so why don't he miss them in his heart, as well as the property he has accumulated over the years. But Gao Jianming is also a bit heroic after all, and he knows that he must not be emotional at this time, otherwise he will definitely be defeated. After a pause, he said: "What's more, the Song army will never let us attack Dali City, even if His Royal Highness the Prince is here to confront the Song army, with Yang Yan's troops, we will definitely use the cavalry to attack us, once we can't attack Dali City for a long time, and then we are afraid that there will be a danger of annihilation if we are attacked by the Song army." ”

"But ......" Gao Jineng is not an ignorant person, he also understood when he heard his father say this, and knew that returning to Dali City now could only be a dead end, but he was always a little reluctant in his heart.

At this time, Gao Jianxun said: "Ji Neng, you don't need to say more, what my brother said is not wrong, we must not return to the army now, it's not that we don't go back to save them, but it is a dead end to return to the army, it is better to stay and avenge them in the future." Then he said to Gao Jianming: "Big brother, those who have achieved great things can't stick to small sections, stay in the green mountains, don't be afraid of no firewood, we must not return to Dali City, but what should we do next?" ”

Gao Jianming said slowly: "Now that the Song army is strong, Yang Yan is good at using soldiers, it is not easy for us to fight hard with the Song army, I think we will retreat to Jinghao to preserve our strength, if it is really not possible, we can also retreat to the toe to avoid for a while." The Song army came from afar, and it was impossible to stay in Dali without leaving, but once the Song army left Dali, we could still make a comeback. ”

The others also felt that what Gao Jianming said was reasonable, and then looked at Li Quancheng again, obviously waiting for him to make a statement, because it was not Gao Jianming who had the final say in withdrawing to Jiaozhi, but also whether Jiaozhi was willing to accept them.

Li Quancheng said: "That's fine, we have always had a good relationship with Gao Houye, and we welcome Gao Houye to Jiaozhi for a while."

Gao Jianming nodded and said: "Zhu Yi, now the news that Dali City is occupied by the Song army must not be announced, otherwise the army's morale will be in chaos, Zhu Er, don't hesitate, let's clean up and leave tomorrow." ”

The next day, Gao Jianming immediately called Chen Lan and Ding Changwen, two generals under his command, pretending that he was going to return to Dali City to recruit men and horses, and let them lead the men and horses to confront the Song army in Lishe River, and at most it would take ten days for him to bring reinforcements back. Of course, these two people didn't know that Dali City was captured by the Song army, and they believed it, although they felt that the matter of recruiting reinforcements should not be done by Gao Houye himself, but they didn't think much about it, they just acted with orders.

In the evening of the same day, Gao Jianming, Gao Jianxun, Gao Jineng, Li Quancheng of Jiaozhi and the generals left the camp overnight and fled in the direction of Jiaozhi.

The combined forces of Jiaozhi and Gao sent a total of more than 70,000 men and horses, although they fought a defeated battle a few days ago, although the elephant army suffered heavy casualties, but there were not many losses in men and horses. However, Gao Jianming knew that although he had a lot of people, most of them were new soldiers, and this time he should bring as few people as possible when he fled to Jiaozhi, and he could not leave fewer people here, which aroused the suspicion of the Song army. Therefore, only 15,000 elite descendants were selected, along with 15,000 horses in Jiaozhi, and more than 200 elephants left in She, and they all set out on the road.

However, Gao Jianming did not dare to be careless, and was cautious along the way, and at the same time kept the soldiers vigilant in case of an attack by the Song army. Sure enough, after walking less than fifteen miles, suddenly there was a sound of killing behind him, and the flames were soaring, and the Song army killed him from behind. I saw that under the firelight, Yang Yan was wearing full armor and commanding the Song army to chase and kill.

However, because they had always been vigilant, Gao Jianming and Li Quancheng were not panicked, and immediately ordered the non-commissioned soldiers to face the battle. I only heard the sound of arrows breaking through the air, and the Song army started the arrows with the scriptures. The soldiers of the Jiaozhi and Gao coalition armies were also prepared, and as soon as they saw the Song army release arrows, they immediately erected shields to block the arrows. In addition to being shot dead dozens of people at the beginning, it did not bring much damage to the combined forces of Jiaozhi and Gao.

As soon as the Song army saw that the bow and arrow did not work, they immediately rushed up, and the combined forces of Jiaozhi and Gao also lowered their shields and attacked them, and in the dark, the two armies became entangled with each other and killed each other. It was also inseparable for a while.

Seeing that Zisi's army successfully resisted the Song army, Gao Jianming breathed a sigh of relief, it seems that this time he will not be defeated by the Song army again. However, the soldiers of the Jiaozhi and Gao coalition armies were not as brave as the Song army, and the two sides fought for a while, and immediately became a little unsupportable. Especially when the armor cavalry of the Song army began to attack, they were defeated and retreated.

However, Gao Jianming was also prepared for this, and when he retreated, he divided the elephant army into five teams and scattered them in the ranks to prevent the Song army's armored cavalry. And because he was afraid that the Song army would use the "fire dragon water tank" to deal with the elephant army, Gao Jianming did not send war elephants as soon as he opened it, but now that the two armies are fighting together, there is no need to be afraid, so as soon as he saw that the Song army sent a cavalry army, Gao Jianming immediately ordered the two teams of elephant armies around him to fight.

The huge war elephant rushed into the warband with heavy steps, and immediately changed the tide of battle. The Song army's armored cavalry could not withstand the onslaught of war elephants, and were killed and retreated. However, Gao Jianming did not dare to pursue too much, and as soon as he saw the Song army retreating, he immediately withdrew his men and horses, and also fought and retreated. Until the dawn of the day, the Song army saw that it was easy to occupy anything, so it withdrew.

When Gao Jianming saw the Song army withdrawing, he breathed a sigh of relief. However, he did not dare to be careless, and ordered the soldiers to remain vigilant and continue to advance.

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Seeing that the combined forces of Jiaozhi and the Gao clan were gradually moving away, Liu Ren first urged the horse to come to Yang Yan's side and said, "Lord Yang, will you just let them go?" ”

Yang Yan smiled slightly and said, "Of course not, although Gao Jianming is a lot smarter, I have my own arrangements, and I won't let him go easily." But now let's go back first, and we can ask Your Majesty to go back to Dali City. ”

Three days later, when Dali City was captured by the Song army, the news also spread to the camp of the Gao army, Chen Lan and Ding Changwen realized that they were fooled, it turned out that Gao Houye regarded himself and these tens of thousands of horses as abandoned sons, and most of the soldiers' families were in Dali City, plus Gao Jianming's withdrawal of Shi Xia took away a large amount of food, and the grain and grass in the camp were also insufficient, and the army was suddenly in chaos. Chen Lan and Ding Changwen are not generals who can take charge alone, and they are at a loss and panicked.

Yang Yan immediately asked Liu Jianhe to write a letter to Chen Lan and Ding Changwen, persuading them to surrender and promising not to pursue the crime of rebelling with Gao Jianming. After Chen Lan and Ding Changwen saw the letter, they discussed it for a while, and felt that there was no other way to go except surrender, so they ordered the whole army to lay down their arms and surrender to the Song army. In this way, the Song army surrendered nearly 40,000 horses without bloodshed.

At this time, Zhixing also took the accompanying ministers from Shicheng County to the Lishe River, and Yang Yan immediately ordered to pull out the camp and go to Dali City.

When they arrived in Dali City, Zhang Shiyan and Duan Zhixian went out of the city together to greet them, Duan Zhixing never thought that he would be able to return to Dali City so soon, and he couldn't help crying with joy. The other ministers of Dali were also excited. However, in addition to being excited, they also thanked Yang Yan one after another. If it weren't for Yang Yan, the monarchs and ministers of Dali would not know the Year of the Monkey before they could return to Dali City.