However, the female soldiers who were still in high spirits and eager to try just now were all pale and bloodless. Some were on horseback, some were lying on the ground, and some were holding on to the tree and vomiting. Even Zhao Qianru muttered for a long time, if it wasn't for Yang Yan's support, I'm afraid I wouldn't even be able to stand steadily. In fact, they just followed Yang Yan to the battlefield for a turn, and those with outstanding martial arts such as Han Zhaojing and Zhang Wenzhu also made a move, killing one or two golden soldiers, and some didn't even move their hands, they just ran around with the team and didn't do anything. But looking at the scene of horizontal eyebrows all over the ground and rivers of blood. The eyes are full of human heads rolling around, severed limbs and stump arms; The choking blood rushed straight to the lungs, and these women could bear it.

But the worst thing is Zhao Yueru, after the battle, she almost closed her eyes, and only instinctively danced the coiling dragon stick. However, although her eyes were closed, the smell of blood did not go away, her war horse, body, and hands were splashed with blood, and finally the battle was not over, she finally couldn't help but run to the side, took off her furniture, and vomited while holding the saddle. Spit to the end of the belly to hollow out, as if even the five internal organs and six abdomen have to be spit out, but still can't stop, just retching out a mouthful of water.

At this time, Yu Gongliang, who had been following her, took out the kettle and handed it to Zhao Yueru, and said, "Princess, drink saliva." ”

Zhao Yueru took the kettle, poured a few mouthfuls of water, and then gasped. Yu Gongliang's heart was full of pity, and he patted her on the back and said, "Princess, are you better?" ”

Zhao Yueru shook her head, wiped the water stains on the side of her mouth again, and said, "Am I very useless, as soon as I go to the battlefield, I will become like this." ”

Yu Gongliang said: "Each of us is almost like this when we go to the battlefield for the first time, you have done a very good job with the scriptures, and it is good to get used to it slowly." I still remember the first time I went to battle, I just killed a golden soldier, and the blood splattered on my elbow, and I could barely hold a gun. ”

Zhao Yueru finally smiled without forcing it. It was the first time for Yu Gongliang to see her such a feminine expression, and he felt that it was indescribably moving, and he couldn't help but be stunned.

At this time, Zhao Yueru sat up straight, returned the kettle to Yu Gongliang, and said, "Thank you, I'm much better." I really found that the two seemed to be closer, and I couldn't help but blush. Yu Yuliang also felt that his actions were a little inappropriate, and he hurriedly stopped. Although they are fiancés who have made a marriage contract, the two have not known each other for a long time, and they have not spent much time together, and they have maintained an adapted distance from each other, so that they are not as close as Yang Yan and Zhao Qianru. But at this time, the two of them became a lot closer.

At this time, Xin Qiji reported to Yang Yan the losses of the Song army, and the Song army only lost 37 people and 51 wounded, and there were less than 100 people killed.

"Still." Xin Qiji paused and said, "There are nine soldiers who are seriously injured, and I am afraid that they will not be able to ride horses." ”

Yang Yan was stunned and said, "The injured person is there, take me to take a look." ”

Yang Yan and Xin Qiji came to the wounded soldiers, and sure enough, there were nine soldiers lying on the ground, all badly wounded, and the bandaged wounds were still oozing blood, and it seemed that not only could they not ride horses, but they couldn't even stand up. And Wang Shilong, Cao Xun, Gao Zhen, Chen Yichao, Liu Fuwu and others all came around.

Yang Yan said: "Immediately vacate a car, put the wounded in the car, we have to leave here immediately." ”

Wang Shilong said: "Yang is in charge, they are also turbulent through the wood, even if they are put in the car, they can only walk slowly." ”

Yang Yan's face changed, he knew that after attacking this grain transport team, the whereabouts of the expeditionary force had been exposed, and the Jin army would soon attack the expeditionary force, and now he should rush to Heiyang Mountain as quickly as possible to burn the grain and grass of the Jin army. But if you walk slowly with these few injuries, it will definitely be too late.

Wang Shilong said: "The only way to do this is to hide a few of them near the right side to recuperate, and the army immediately rushed to Heiyang Mountain to burn down the granary of the Jin army." Although he said that he hid these nine wounded soldiers nearby to recuperate, Yang Yan also understood that he was actually throwing away these nine wounded soldiers.

Yang Yan smiled bitterly, encountering this kind of difficult thing to decide again. Before he could speak, Chen Yichao said loudly: "Command, this is absolutely impossible, they ...... They are our own brethren. ”

Wang Shilong glared at Chen Yichao, thinking in his heart why this kid jumped out against him, and said: "If you take them all the way, you will only die faster, it is better to leave them here, maybe there is still a glimmer of life." ”

Chen Yichao ignored Wang Shilong, came straight to Yang Yan, and said loudly: "Yang is in charge, for the generals, they should be based on benevolence and righteousness, if you leave a few of them here, then what will the other soldiers think, you have already made a mistake in dealing with those few hunters yesterday, and you can't be wrong again and again today." ”

At this time, four or five soldiers also rushed out and knelt in front of Yang Yan, begging: "Yang Tong, you must not leave them behind. "These soldiers had a good relationship with those wounded soldiers, and they didn't dare to come forward, but when they heard Chen Yichao say this, they also had the courage to come out and plead.

At this time, Yu Gongliang said sharply: "Chen Yichao, Yang has his own arrangements for this matter, and it is not your turn to say more, and he will not retreat." He had been listening to it for a long time, and he had not been silent, but seeing Chen Yichao's words, he also encouraged a few soldiers to come out, and he was afraid that more soldiers would come out, and he would not be accustomed to picking up the mutiny, so he hurriedly spoke out to stop it.

Chen Yichao saw that it was Yu Gongliang, and his heart was even more uneven. He originally looked down on the children of families like Yu Gongliang and Yang Yan, thinking that they never cared about the lives of soldiers, but now he has strengthened his thoughts: The children of this wealthy family are simply ruthless and unrighteous people. couldn't help but say loudly: "Yu Commander, is there a mistake in the end?" If these wounded brothers were left alone, would they not be unkind and unjust? ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone present was taken aback, this was a crime of insulting the superiors. Liu Fuwu was afraid that Chen Yichao was saying something out of the ordinary, so he immediately said: "Yichao, you have to cry when you speak, don't lose your proportion." ”

At this time, Dong Shao's soldiers had already surrounded him, and the Xuanfeng army, which originally belonged to Yang Yan, was better, and the expressions on the faces of the other soldiers were a little unnatural. However, Wang Shilong, Cao Xun, Gao Zhen and others all glared at Chen Yichao, and the atmosphere was quite tense.

Yu Gongliang's face also changed greatly, Chen Yichao was originally his subordinate, which made him very embarrassed, he held the handle of the knife in his hand, and said sharply: "Chen Yichao, you ......"

At this time, Yang Yan suddenly said: "Shut up." The sound didn't sound loud, but it made everyone's ears "buzz". When everyone saw him open, they didn't say anything, but just watched how Yang Yan dealt with it.

Yang Yan looked at Chen Yichao and the five thousand soldiers who knelt down to plead for mercy, and said slowly: "I can understand your feelings, if possible, I don't want to leave the injured brothers behind, but" He turned his head to look at everyone, "This expedition is related to the emperor's life and safety and the success or failure of this Northern Expedition, no matter what, I must complete it, even if it is to sacrifice everything, I will not hesitate to do it." ”

Chen Yichao said coldly: "The meaning of the system is to sacrifice the nine of them. ”

Yang Yan said lightly: "If necessary, even if it is necessary, it is okay to sacrifice me." ”

Chen Yichao snorted and was noncommittal.

Yang Yan said: "Then do you think that no matter what, you can't ignore these brothers?" ”

Chen Yichao looked at the five people who were still kneeling on the ground and said, "Yes." ”

Yang Yan said again: "Even if you will die because of this, you will not hesitate." ”

Chen Yichao said: "Yes." ”

Yang Yan said: "In this case, the six of you will also stay together to protect these nine injured brothers and return to the Great Song Dynasty." ”

As soon as he said this, Yu Gongliang, Wang Shilong, Cao Xun, Gao Zhen and others all agreed with Yang Yan in dealing with Gao Ming, because they were stopped by Yang Yan first, and now these six people can't refuse. However, they knew that it was no less difficult to escort a seriously injured person back to the Great Song Dynasty than to attack Heiyang Mountain, so they couldn't help but laugh secretly.

Sure enough, Chen Yichao glared at Yang Yan, his eyes were almost on fire, Yang Yan looked at him without fear and said: "Our expedition is originally a life of nine deaths, and even if we join the army, we must be ready to die at any time." If you are afraid of death, don't join the army. I will write to the Governor's Office of Suzhou to explain that I ordered you to escort the wounded soldiers back. ”

Then Yang Yan ordered that they be left with a cart, ten horses, fifteen pieces of people's clothes and ten days of food. Then he ordered the whole army to set off at once and march towards Heiyang Mountain.

Jin, Nanjing (i.e. Bianliang), temporary palace.

"Now Li Xianzhong has been surrounded by me, and it is about to be broken, and the Shao Hongyuan Department of the Song Army's West Road has been defeated in Fugou, and now he is retreating to Yancheng. There is no movement of Wei Sheng's army on the east road at present, but I have ordered someone to closely monitor Wei Shengjun. ”

Wan Yan Changzhi closed the good news, and he made a special trip back to Nanjing to report the current battle situation to Wan Yan Yong.

Wan Yanyong nodded and said, "You see how long Li Xianzhong's department can hold out, and we can arrest Zhao Tuan." ”

"Your Majesty, now the Song army is well defended, and the wall is not out." We attacked day and night, and we could only advance a few miles a day, and sometimes we could not advance a mile, and there was no way to defeat the Song army in a short time. ”

Wan Yanyong smiled: "Then trap them, just cut off their food and see how long they can hold on." Wasn't Shao Hongyuan defeated by our army? I think it's time to start recovering the places that were taken by the Song army. ordered Bai Yanjing to attack Dengzhou. ”

At this moment, a guard hurriedly ran into the main hall: "Your Majesty, something is wrong." ”

Wan Yan Yongyi frowned and said, "What's the alarm?" ”

Waiting for Wei said: "Someone came to report just now that a grain transport team of our army was attacked by a Song army in the Fengqiu area, and all the grain and grass were burned. ”

Wan Yan Yong and Wan Yan Changzhi were taken aback when they heard this, and Wan Yan Yong asked, "When did it happen, do you know where the Song army is now." ”

Waiting for Wei Dao: "The grain robbery was about two hours ago, and it is not clear where the Song army is now, but some people saw them go northwest after burning the grain. ”

Wan Yan Yong and Wan Yan Changzhi glanced at each other, and they didn't need to look at the map, they also knew that the northwest of Fengqiu was Heiyang Mountain. How did the Song army know that our grain storage land was in Heiyang Mountain? Can't you think that there are still generals in the Song army who can lead the army hundreds of miles deep to attack Heiyang Mountain? If the granary of Heiyang Mountain was burned down by the Song army, the Jin army's army would have to be dispersed because of the lack of replenishment. Then this time, the plan to lure the enemy into depth will be a complete failure.

At this time, Wan Yan Changzhi regretted it greatly, if he was not subject to the great temptation of capturing Zhao Tuan alive, and endured until the Song army marched to Chenliu before launching an attack on the Song army, he would definitely be able to cross Li Xianzhong's troops in one fell swoop with a thunderous force. And in order to capture Zhao Tuan alive, he launched a counterattack against the Song army in advance without waiting for the Song army to completely enter the encirclement. However, due to the haste of the attack, although the result was also a great defeat of the Song army and the encirclement of the Song army, it did not completely defeat the Song army, but gave the Song army a chance to live, so that the Song army could defend according to the danger, so that it had the opportunity to wait until now to attack the granary of the Jin army in Heiyang Mountain.

Wanyan Changzhi was thinking about getting out of his mind, and Wanyan Yongzhi called him a few times before he came back to his senses and said busily: "What does the emperor command?" ”

Wan Yan Yong said: "Now there are tens of thousands of horses in Nanjing, I can not return to Chenliu for the time being, first take a group of men and horses to guard the granary of Heiyang Mountain, and then return to Chenliu after the Song army is eliminated, what do you think?" ”

Wan Yan Changzhi shook his head again and again and said, "Your Majesty, it's too late now." Fengqiu is less than a hundred miles away from Heiyang Mountain, and the Song army can reach Heiyang Mountain in three or four hours at most, but now that Jiyi has passed two hours, he can't catch up. ”

Wan Yan Yongyi frowned and said: "Even so, you have to give it a try, maybe there is a glimmer of opportunity." You can't just sit here and wait for Song Jun to burn down the granary of Heiyang Mountain! What's more, there are still guards in Heiyang Mountain, and the Song army may not be able to attack it for a while. And there are so many grains and grasses, even if they are burned, they can't be burned all at once, and maybe some grain and grass can be rescued. ”

"Your Majesty, it's too late to save Heiyang Mountain now, or you should think about how to deal with the aftermath first." If the granary of Heiyang Mountain is burned, then our army will inevitably withdraw, and the siege of Qixian will be lifted. Therefore, the top priority should be to mobilize men and horses to recover Shandong, Central Plains and other places occupied by the Song army, so that even if the siege of Qixian is lifted, Li Xianzhong's troops will be lonely and withdraw their troops automatically. ”

After all, Wan Yan Yong is also an emperor who is familiar with the art of war, and after hearing Yan Changzhi's words, he finally calmed down, nodded and said, "Changzhi, you are right!" In this way, you quickly return to Chenliu, transfer Chenliu's army to recapture Shandong, and I will issue an order to Wanyan Chenghui to help Bai Yanjing recover Zhongyuan. As for Bayang Mountain, I will send someone else to lead the army to the rescue. ”

Wan Yan Changzhi wanted to persuade the emperor not to take care of Heiyang Mountain, but after thinking about it, he still didn't say it, and just said goodbye to Wan Yan Yong and returned to Chen Liu.