Outside the Waqiao Pass, Tong Guan's robe was full of dust, his face was full of vicissitudes, where was there still the high spirits when he went out of the customs, more disappointed, panicked, fearful, his lips trembled, looking at the people around him. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

The Seed Brothers, the Zhe Brothers, etc., as well as Yao Gu and other famous generals, although everyone came back with their arms and heads complete, the panic on their bodies was also obvious, everyone glanced at each other, and there was a trace of embarrassment and bitterness in each other's eyes. The army of 300,000 fell apart overnight, and he and the others didn't even know who the enemy was, so they were defeated. What a thing it is.

"Liu Yanqing, you come out of our house." Tong Guan suddenly thought of something, his face was gloomy, and he looked not far away, only to see Liu Yanqing's armor crooked, and he still looked injured, and a little annoyance in his heart disappeared.

"Concubine, the end will be guilty." Liu Yanqing saw clearly when he observed his words, he didn't know what he should do, he knelt on one knee without thinking about it, and said in a lost voice: "The last general is incompetent, where did I think that the Khitans would attack at this time, the sentry detectives were all killed by the other party, and they were negligent in their defenses, and they asked for forgiveness." ”

The generals turned slightly red after hearing this, not only Liu Yanqing thought so, but also the other generals thought so? Everyone didn't expect that the Khitans would be so bold, and when the Jin soldiers were approaching the city, they would dare to kill and attack the Song army.

"Who are you?" Tong Guan's old face was also rarely red, and he deliberately shifted his gaze to look around, and suddenly found something, his eyes lit up, and he came to a burly young general and asked.

This team of more than 100 people actually maintained the integrity of the organization, the morale was normal, and even the armor and weapons were not lost, and there was a big difference between them and the surrounding soldiers, and their eyes suddenly lit up, in the chaotic army, to be able to maintain this appearance, it was obviously a different reaction, and the leader of the army was probably a general.

"Villain Yue Fei." Yue Fei was overjoyed in his heart and said loudly.

"Yue Fei? You are Yue Fei? Tong Guan's eyes narrowed, looking at the young man in front of him, his mind suddenly recalled everything about Yue Fei, his face was cloudy, and finally patted Yue Fei's shoulder and said: "Although you are Li Jing's junior brother, our family believes that you are different from Li Jing, you can be loyal to the imperial court, and from today, you will follow our family." ”

"Thank you." Yue Fei was stunned when he heard this, and he was immediately overjoyed. Although he lost his military power by Tong Guan's side, he was on the rise, and he would definitely be promoted much faster in the future. Everyone around him also looked at Yue Fei with complicated eyes.

"Go, select three thousand elites, and from today onwards, it will be up to you." Tong Guan said with satisfaction.

Only then did everyone understand why Tong Guan would subordinate Yue Fei, not because of anything else, but because of Yue Fei's bravery, in this case, he could also ensure the integrity of his army, if he was placed by his side, he would definitely be a rare good guard.

Yue Fei didn't care, although he was a defeated soldier, he preferred to choose soldiers among the remnants, and he believed that he would definitely be able to select a group of elite soldiers.

"Let's go! Let's go inside! Straighten out the soldiers and horses, and gather the remnants. Tong Guan sighed, overnight, I don't know how many soldiers and horses I can gather, he was defeated in this battle, I don't know how much I can come back, and more importantly, after the first battle, his ambition has been hit hard, and he began to worry about his future fate.

Not only Tong Guan is like this, but also the same is true of Master Dao and others, the defeat is not Tong Guan alone, everyone else has been defeated, if you want to take responsibility, it is also everyone who bears it together, how the court will deal with yourself and others at that time, I am afraid that only later will know.

The remnants of the defeated generals entered the pass together, quietly and did not receive the attention of others, Tong Guan had already asked the general guarding the pass to block the news, and most of the army was in the camp outside the pass to gather soldiers and horses to collect the remnants.

Tong Guan rested in a big mansion in the pass, running around all night, plus panicked in his heart, as soon as Tong Guan entered the pass, he fell on the bed to rest, running all the way, he was always worried about whether he would be captured by the Khitans. Now that I have returned to the gate, it has quieted down.

It wasn't until the afternoon that Tong Guan woke up from his sleep, and after asking people to clean up for himself, he walked out of the room and saw Yue Fei standing there with a spear in his hand in the distance, and his face showed a hint of satisfaction.

"Pengju!" Tong Guan beckoned and let Yue Fei come over.

"Look." Yue Fei's face was overjoyed, and he stepped forward and saluted.

"I have seen people's hearts for a long time, you are also a disciple of Zhou Dong, you are much better than Li Jing." Tong Guan thought of Li Jing, who was far away in Taiyuan or even Yunzhou, his face suddenly became a little unsightly, and he snorted coldly: "I also hope that you can keep it up and not live up to the high expectations of the official family." Although you made a contribution last time and were vetoed by the officials, it was also influenced by Li Jing, and it turned out that you are a loyal minister. ”

"The last general is willing to die for the Great Song Dynasty." Yue Fei was very moved and said: "Sooner or later, one day, the last general will definitely kill Li Jing's head and dedicate it to the prime minister." ”

"Very good, very good, it's good if you have this mind, hey! But it is not a simple matter to kill Li Jing and take his head. Tong Guan looked into the distance and sighed: "If there is no defeat this time, after we capture Youzhou, we will take advantage of the situation to solve Li Jing, seize Yunzhou and Taiyuan, and now that the army is defeated, I am afraid that Li Jing will lead the army to Youzhou, and we have no way to stop it." Tong Guan clenched his fists, in fact, Li Jing occupied Yunzhou, and half of the victory was already in his hands, so Tong Guan had to face a fact.

"Actually, we don't have a chance." Yue Fei thought for a while, lowered his head and said.

"Oh, don't you have any good plans that you can't do?" Tong Guan said with a smile.

"Attack Youzhou again." Yue Fei said with great confidence: "Prime minister, although we were defeated this time, we were caught off guard, the enemy actually did not have many soldiers and horses, and they only defeated us, and the casualties of the soldiers were actually not large." We reorganized our troops and horses and continued to go north, and the Khitans could sneak attack for the first time, and they absolutely could not sneak attack for the second time, and they did not dare to sneak attack, they could only trap in Youzhou City and resist the attack of us and the Jin people, so that the Khitans would be defeated. ”

"Attack Youzhou again?" Tong Guan's eyes widened, his eyes flickered, and he suddenly showed a hint of thought. He was not a stupid person, otherwise, he would not have led the Western Army for decades, nor would he have benefited from the war with Western Xia, nor would he have made the generals of the Western Army obey his orders, and he quickly guessed Yue Fei's strategy from Yue Fei's words.

"Yes, it is to attack Youzhou again, the Khitans would never have thought that after our first defeat, we would attack Youzhou again, and we must be defenseless." Yue Fei said excitedly. He felt that Tong Guan actually had something in his heart, and suddenly knew that his opportunity had come.

"Yes, what Pengju said is very true." Tong Guan nodded, no matter what, he couldn't let Li Jing come, even if he couldn't capture Youzhou, he had to find a way to capture Youzhou, and this prince could only be his own.

Tong Guan is to do what he said, ordered the three armies, continue to reorganize the army, waited for three days at Waqiao Pass, collected the remnants of the defeated 230,000 people, and lost a lot of troops, but Tong Guan did not care, after a short rest, urged the rear to send grain and grass, and then carried out the Northern Expedition.

Sure enough, as Yue Fei guessed, Yelu Dashi was not properly prepared for Tong Guan's arrival again, and waited until the army appeared under the city, and Xiao Yixue and others had not yet discussed a result, so in the end they could only stand in the city and wait for news from Li Jing. But Tong Guan led the army to attack day and night, so as to capture Youzhou as soon as possible.

In Yunzhou City, thousands of miles away, Li Jing lived in the Liang Palace, Pu Suwan, Badama and Yelu Nanxian all lived together, all three of them were pregnant, and all three of them had their own thoughts, fortunately, they were all pregnant with children, and they got along relatively well, at least in front of Li Jing.

"Tong Guan attacked Youzhou, but he couldn't attack it repeatedly, and the soldiers all said that the imperial army was incompetent, when would the general lead the army to Youzhou?" In the side hall, Li Jing, Gongsun Sheng, Xiao Rang, Li Qiao, Boyan, Xiao Wei and others all gathered together, and Gongsun Sheng said with a smile.

"What does it mean to be unable to attack repeatedly, it is clearly a defeat, this is the news that the secret guard just sent, Yelu Dashi led 30,000 horses to attack Tong Guan's camp at night, Tong Guan fled in embarrassment, and the 300,000 troops returned to Waqiao Pass with only 210,000 people, which was simply a loss of face for the imperial court." Li Jing raised the information in his hand and said with a smile: "It's only been a long time, the dignified forbidden army and the Western army, after returning from the conquest of Fang La, have become like this, and even the Khitans can't deal with it." ”

"One soldier bears, one bear. These people can only bully the rebels in the Central Plains, and they don't understand how to deal with the grassland people. Brother Xiao Wei couldn't help but say: "The current Youzhou is completely different from the Youzhou back then, although Dashi Linya led an army of 30,000 to attack Tong Guan, he must have armed the Han people in Youzhou, otherwise, he would not have the courage to do so." ”

"Wang Shi has forgotten the Han people in Youzhou for more than 100 years, where do these Han people remember what Wang Shi? Only those scholars in the Central Plains still think that the Han people in Youzhou are still looking forward to Wang Shi? Li Jing said disdainfully: "Dashi Linya is still very good in this regard, if I am unexpected, I will suffer if I am unprepared." ”

"General, I don't know when we will go to Youzhou?" Li Qiao couldn't wait to say: "Emperor Shenzong had a holy decree back then, whoever could seize the sixteen states of Youyun would be crowned king, and now the general has captured Yunzhou, and Youzhou is also under the vein, once you capture Youzhou, the imperial court will definitely crown the general as the king." ”

"Why, is this prince really that important to me?" Li Jing said nonchalantly. His voice was very calm, full of confidence in his calmness, and he said with a smile: "Look, Tong Guan's 300,000 army was actually killed by Yelu Dashi's 30,000 army on his back, if it weren't for Yue Fei's reminder, I'm afraid that the 300,000 army would be destroyed in one fell swoop, such a court, such an army, do I Li Jing still need to be afraid?" Still need his lordship? ”

This is the first time Li Jing has exposed his ambitions, and this is also because the defeat of the imperial court in other places has made his ambitions much higher, so he will despise the imperial court and not take the imperial court in his eyes.

After hearing this, the generals also nodded again and again, Gongsun Sheng touched his beard and said: "Now that Hebei is empty, if the general is willing, he can directly lead the army south and sweep the entire Hebei." ”

"Lord, what Gongsun Daochang said is very true, the imperial court at this time the soldiers and horses are gathered in Youzhou, the general goes south, can directly capture Bianjing, we can respectfully ask the Lord to be the Son of Heaven." Boyan's eyes lit up and he couldn't wait to say.

"It is naturally possible to seize the world, but it is difficult to defend the world, at this time, I attack Bianjing, the world will resist us, the people's hearts are not on my side, if you want to seize the world, I am afraid it will take two years, and our real enemy has appeared, and in the future, the land of Hebei will be the place where we and the Jin people will fight." Li Jing thought about it, but resisted the temptation and shook his head, and said: "The most important thing at this time is to be strong and continue to be strong, so that you can win the world overnight in the future." "Li Jing didn't see the weakness of the Song family, and he couldn't wait to take over the world now, but if he made a move now, he could only cheapen the Jin people in the end, and according to the shamelessness of the Song family, he would join forces with the Jin people to deal with him if he didn't get it.

Now the brutality of the Jin people has not yet been reflected, the prestige of the imperial court has fallen to the extreme, the Han people in the Central Plains, especially the scholars, have not been disappointed in the imperial court, once Li Jing raises troops, in a short period of time, he may be taken by Li Jing's soldiers, and he does not dare to do anything, but when Li Jing and the imperial court and the Jin people hold each other, it is when these people make trouble, it will definitely make Li Jing miserable.

Li Jing is waiting, waiting for the difficulty of Jingkang, at that time, the Song Dynasty crossed to the south, the Central Plains was vast, the people were not living, and the iron horses of the Jin people were crisscrossing the Central Plains, and that was the best time for Li Jing to send troops, and he was able to achieve great righteousness and help Li Jing seize a large area of land and stabilize the world in a very short time. This time is only a year or two, and Li Jing still has this patience.

"Even so, General, Youzhou can't help but go." Gongsun Sheng thought for a while and said. Although he didn't know why Li Jing was so conservative, he was right about one thing, the people's hearts were in Song, and sending troops at this time was obviously a wrong choice. In the eyes of the people of the world, the imperial court is recovering Youzhou and washing away the shame of the Han people for more than 100 years.

"It's definitely going to go. However, we are not going to seize Youzhou, but to empty all the Han people and treasury in Youzhou, leaving a tattered and empty Youzhou to the imperial court. Li Jing chin said: "I believe that this prince's court will not give it to me, since this is the case, I want a practical benefit, Tong Guan can be famous." ”