[Write asleep, sorry for those friends who are waiting for the third shift.] I will make up for it during the day today, and I apologize. 】

"Shiling Pass and Chitang Pass have both given up?"

"Yes."

"The soldiers and horses of the Zhe family broke through Shenwu [now Ningwu, Shaanxi] County?"

"Yes."

"So you gave up Xinkouzhai?"

“…… Yes. ”

Listening to Zhang Xiaojie's report, Yelu Yixin's face became more and more ugly. No wonder the prime minister of Nanfu rushed all the way back. Such a decision does not need to be reported with the most sincere attitude, and when the account is settled after the autumn, Yelu Yixin will not be spared.

Zhang Xiaojie came to Yizhou from Daizhou via Feihu in only five days. Crumbling, fortunately, his physique is not lost to the generals of the Southern Dynasty, and he can still support it more or less.

Looking at the disgraced faces of his cronies, Yelu Yixin sighed in his heart, he couldn't blame him for this, and he also had a lot of responsibility.

But the situation in Hedong collapsed faster than expected, and it was even more sudden, which made Yelu Yixin's mood more and more heavy.

Since Han Gang arrived in Hedong and began to preside over military affairs along the way, the situation in Hedong has changed abruptly. Xiao Shisan's decision to retreat to Shiling, Chitang and Baijingzhai was also posthumously recognized.

I thought that as long as there were Daizhou and Xinzhou in hand, the six states of Xiping, which were exchanged with the Song people, would restore the alliance of Lanyuan, and add another 350,000 yuan to stop the war.

It's a pity that the idea of fighting before has now become delusional.

The Linfu army did not go to Tianmen Pass to support Taiyuan, but directly crossed the border and captured Shenwu County! I plan to take a shortcut from Shenwu County to rescue Daizhou.

"Xinkou Village is almost lost at this time, right?"

In Zhang Xiaojie's silent nod, Yelu Yixin recalled the geography of Xijing and Hedong in his memory.

In order to be able to understand the geography of the mountains and rivers in the country more intuitively, Yelu Yixin has been imitating the Song people in the past few years, building hundreds of sand tables, and every time the bowl is moved, dozens of carts must be used to drag it. Therefore, Yelu Yixin has an understanding of the general geography of the Liao-Song border. To the south of Datong, he can know the passes of Dai, Xin, and [Taiyuan] states.

lost Xinkou Village, until Daizhou, there is no longer anything to defend. If it is a plain area, it is just a trivial matter, but in the east of the river, there are only a few roads left for Yelu Yixin.

The terrain east of the river is so helpless that it is not suitable for the cavalry to give full play to its own characteristics, and even fall into a situation of lack of food and grass because of the large number of horses. If you are on the plains, a village can find food and grass for a thousand-strong army to feed for three to five months. But in the east of the river, surrounded by mountains, it is simply impossible.

Reality defeated Yelu Yixin's previous wishful thinking, and in the current situation, he had to give up more land and concentrate his forces to keep the last bit of hole cards, "It's really not good, it's okay to retreat to Daizhou City." ”

As long as Yanmen Pass and Daizhou are in hand, the six states of Xiping, which are like chicken ribs, can still be exchanged back. For the Song people, Yanmen Pass and Daizhou were far more important than Xingling at the foot of Helan Mountain.

Zhang Xiaojie bowed down, he and Xiao Shisan wanted to get Yelu Yixin's approval of this matter.

Xiao Delit was in high spirits, "Although it is a retreat, it is also a plan for the arrogant soldiers, the Song army knows the taste of the marrow after Shiling Pass and Xinkou Village, and most of them will catch up, and when the time comes, under the city of Daizhou, let the Song army see what the Great Liao Iron Cavalry is!" ”

Dreaming?

Yelu Yixin gave Xiao Derit a cold look.

Judging from Han Gang's previous performance, Yelu Yixin didn't dare to daydream like this—even though Xiao Shisan and Zhang Xiaojie still had some fantasies, but Yelu Yixin didn't—the new privy deputy envoy who was worshipped by the people below as gods and Buddhas in the Great Liao Kingdom would be a nightmare for the next few decades of the Great Liao. He has a great reputation in Hedong, even if the generals below are greedy, don't expect them to dare to disobey Han Gang.

"Go find Xiao Nianjing!" Yelu Yixin shouted outside in a hurry.

Moments later, a young military general arrived. He was the youngest son of Xiao 13, and he was under the tent of Yelu Yixin.

At this time, Yelu Yixin had already written a secret letter, signed it, drew it, and put it in an envelope and sealed it. When Xiao Nianjing arrived, he handed him the letter.

Glancing at Zhang Xiaojie again, Yelu Yixin instructed: "Among your followers, pick a few people who are in good spirits and go with him...... Let's go now. ”

"Xiaguan understands!"

This is a necessary means to win trust, so that Xiao Shisan does not have to worry about punishment afterwards, and wholeheartedly confronts the enemy, and it is the safest way to let his son go back.

Xiao Nianjing took the letter and set off immediately, and Zhang Xiaojie also went out to arrange for people to follow.

As several people left, Yelu Yixin's gloomy face made Xiao Delite shudder.

But Yelu Yixin did not be gloomy for too long, but quickly sighed.

This battle was fought inexplicably, and it was not Yelu Yixin's original intention to go to war. Before the war, he never imagined that normal negotiations would turn into war on the thousand-mile border.

Even when he mobilized troops and horses to go south, he was mostly afraid of it, and at the same time, he also had the intention of catching a few big fish from the country that were never reconciled. The final result was something that Yelu Yixin himself did not expect.

So now as soon as the fight starts, the scene is miserable. The strategy and plan are completely full of loopholes, but fortunately, the Song people are the same. This led to a series of victories in the east direction of the river, until Han Gang appeared.

And here in Hebei, there has been no war for seventy or eighty years, and the Hebei army of the Southern Dynasty is actually far less elite than the past, and it can perform, mainly relying on the popularized iron armor and hard crossbows. However, correspondingly, Daliao has no experience in crisscrossing Hebei.

As a result of decades of continuous fighting with countless barbarians in the grasslands and mountains and forests, it is no longer possible to find the vision and ability to fight on a large scale with an opponent of equal strength.

At that time, the order was not consciously given, but in hindsight, Yelu Yixin recalled that there were many places where he had made the wrong choice. Otherwise, when the war first began, he had tens of thousands of elite soldiers in the palace tent, and he would never be blocked by Guo Kui on the border line, and a stalemate situation was formed at the end of the day - if there was no breakthrough on the Hedong side, he would have lost all his face - until Guo Kui sent troops north to Yizhou to try to break the deadlock, he found a flaw that could be used.

However, now Yelu Yixin no longer intends to continue the war, and there are still some looting harvests in Hedong, and Hebei is simply sitting on empty mountains here. Although he won under the city of Yizhou, he could not break through the defense line of the Song people, and he could not use the wealth of the Song people to supplement the consumption of the war, so it was equivalent to defeat.

Rather than consuming any more, it is better to take advantage of the good situation in Hebei and force the Song people to reach a peace agreement as soon as possible. Zhongjing Road has begun to be unstable, although Hui Li is not with the support of Yelu Yixin to sit in the position of the king of Xi Liubu, but he is a waste at all, and the cause of death of the old Xi King Xie Jianu is strange, which makes there are many dissenting voices in the clan. Now that the army is fighting abroad, there may be people who want to take advantage of the opportunity to cause chaos.

In any case, it is the right way to accept it when you see it.

……………………

Hebei was defeated.

But Han Gang was not worried about Li Xin, and learned from the letter that Li Xin had only received minor injuries, which made him completely relieved.

As for the punishment after defeat, generally speaking, the imperial court was more lenient for the defeated generals with higher status. At most, he was only degraded for a while, and as for when it will be reactivated, it depends on whether the backer behind him is reliable.

What's more, even if he doesn't care about the identity of the prince's teacher and the reputation of the disciple of the medicine king, just look at the current situation in Hedong that is changing to the good side, his own Hedong system can be regarded as a great contribution, as long as he can stabilize the results of the battle in the future, his position in the Privy Council will be as stable as Mount Tai.

In such a situation, no matter how badly Li Xin was defeated, as long as there was a cousin like Han Gang, no one would dare to bully him. Guo Kuiren is old and refined, and he will definitely not be confused.

Of course, the premise of all this is that Hebei can maintain the current situation. Otherwise, Guo Kui and Li Xin will inevitably be severely punished.

However, even though Han Gang and Guo Kui were able to deliver news in a hurry, the latest military information he got was seven or eight days ago. During this time, whether the Liao army will break through the border defense line, even if the possibility is getting smaller and smaller as the weather gets hotter, but no one can guarantee it.

However, Han Gang didn't have time to worry about Guo Kui, and the situation Hedong was facing now was not idle enough for him to worry about the Hebei Army, which had more abundant troops and more complete military equipment. And Guo Kui is not such a reassuring commander.

Hebei, Hedong, Shaanxi, and the north were all engaged in war with the Liao. Regardless of Shaanxi, where the war has ended, the generals of Hebei and Hedong are secretly more energetic, especially when the war situation in Hebei is corrupt and the situation in Hedong is improving, the generals in Hedong want to behave better.

It's just that among the civil and military officials under Han Gang's command now, the greatest credit is not Zhang Qi who led the army to force Xiao Shisan back, nor Zhizhou He Zifang who kept Xinzhou, or Zhe Keren and Qin Wan who got the Liao army to give up the passes everywhere, let alone the king who guarded Taiyuan. Kechen, but the Zhe Kexing who has not yet reported to Han Gang.

"Ling Zun has made a great contribution this time." Han Gang folded in half, but praised his father.

"But the great family has been strictly grateful for the praise of the privy." Zhe Keda hurriedly thanked him, he couldn't be humble for his father, he could only thank Han Gang for his compliment.

Han Gang smiled: "The Liao thieves retreated to Daizhou City, and Ling Zun and the Linfu army made the most contributions. The seizure of Shenwu can be described as a stroke of genius. ”

Seeing that he was about to thank him again, he stretched out his hand to stop it.

"If you don't take Shenwu, if you want to rush from Fuzhou to Daizhou, it is the fastest way to go north through Taiyuan in Tianmen Village. But then I don't know how much time it will take. Therefore, "he looked left and right," Zhefu Prefecture's decision was amazing. ”

Zhang Qi, Huang Sheng and others nodded yes one after another, if this is not the case, they are still working hard outside Shiling Pass to attack the city. Where could it be that even Xinkou Village was taken away?