In order to save this group of generals of the An army, Xiao Guanyin did not hesitate to enter the enemy camp as a hostage, which naturally made the soldiers of the An Dynasty very moved, and at the same time felt very guilty.

Cao Xiang sat on the top of the mountain in a daze, and his whole person seemed to have lost his life.

It wasn't until later that Yang Hong, Liang Zheng, and the three-way army of Chong Ge finally arrived here, and then joined Cao Xiang and them.

Hearing that Xiao Guanyin used herself as a hostage in exchange for the safety of this group of soldiers, Yang Hong was so anxious that he shouted, and he immediately led people to chase in the direction where the Liao army left, but where is there still the shadow of the Liao army?

"What now?" Even the planters, who have always been assertive, have no idea.

After thinking about it, Liang Zheng said: "Now that the army of the West Road has been broken, I can only go south to Bazhou and fight with the army of Lord Li!" ”

Cao Xiang also came back to his senses at this time, and then he looked at the generals and said ashamedly: "Just do what General Liang said, but ...... This time, the princess sacrificed herself to save us, which shows the princess's righteousness, and ...... As the commander-in-chief, the general made a command error, resulting in a big defeat, so he naturally returned to Beijing to ask the emperor for his guilt! ”

This is inevitable, the first war wiped out 100,000 soldiers, even if Cao Xiang did not personally go to the capital to confess, Zhao Quan would also be investigated.

Along the way, the morale of the army on the west road of the An Dynasty was very low, and on the other side, the army of the east road attacking Nanjing also encountered unprecedented resistance.

Zhang Yuanzhi can be said to be Li Zhun's old opponent, although the An army has artillery in charge this time, Zhang Yuanzhi is not a fuel-efficient lamp, and ...... seems to be a natural relationship, and when Zhang Yuanzhi faces Li Zhun, he often has endless tricks.

For example, this time, Zhang Yuanzhi actually asked the soldiers to build a large camp ten miles outside Nanjing.

This is simply meat sent to the mouth, how can Li Zhun not laugh at it?

So Li Zhun ordered the soldiers to attack, and the two armies were close to each other, and the battle was inseparable, so Li Zhun withdrew his troops, and then ordered He Ding to bombard the Liao camp with artillery.

An artillery shot the Liao camp into ruins, but after the artillery, the Liao army killed again.

Li Zhun was dumbfounded, why aren't these Liao troops afraid of artillery? Don't......

Are they all incorruptible Vajra?

Obviously, where is there any Vajra that is not bad?

It turned out that Zhang Yuanzhi had already asked people to dig a tunnel under the camp, and as soon as the artillery of the An army fired, the Liao army hid in the tunnel, so naturally they could not cause any damage.

The Liao army killed again, this time Li Zhun looked at He Ding again, but He Ding shook his head and said: "The enemy army is too close, I am afraid that there will be accidental injuries!" ”

So Li Zhun had to grit his teeth and let Wei Pingzhang lead the soldiers to meet the enemy, the two armies were opposite, and the Liao army was very brave and seriously injured Wei Pingzhang, and then the An army was defeated and retreated to Bazhou!

As soon as Zhang Yuanzhi returned, he defeated the An army, and before Zhang Yuanzhi killed Xiao Hui's troops in Beijing, he lost his armor and abandoned his armor, and the morale of the Liao army swelled rapidly for a while, and Zhang Yuanzhi's reputation was unparalleled for a while.

didn't expect a good situation, so he was buried like this, fortunately, the loss on Li Zhun's side was not very large, but after losing the battle, Li Zhun's face naturally became gloomy.

After returning to Bazhou, Di Qing heard that Li Zhun was defeated, so he hurriedly led his soldiers to converge.

saw Zhao Guanying, and then saw Cao Xiang and others, and then Cao Xiang told Li Zhun about the defeat of the army on the West Road and the almost annihilation of the whole army, Li Zhun listened to it, and almost spurted out a mouthful of old blood!

This mouthful of old blood was finally stuffed in Li Zhun's stomach, but Li Zhun was also a little weak because of his anger, so he fell seriously ill.

The news spread to the capital, so one stone stirred up a thousand waves, and the people in the capital began to panic, and even the ministers were anxious.

Outside the door of the imperial study, Ji Ping, who came in a hurry, saw the privy envoy Cao Gang from a distance, so he shouted: "Lord Cao, my Lord Cao, this ...... What's going on, why is it suddenly a mountain of defeat? ”

Cao Gang cried and said, "Who knows? Alas...... It is said that Cao Xiang, the marshal of the West Road, personally returned to Beijing to ask for his guilt, and now the emperor is losing his temper in the imperial study, and no one dares to go in to admonish! ”

Ji Ping said: "The emperor lost his temper? How's that good? ”

In the past, Zhao Quan lost his temper, and there were always Yun Xue and Zhao Yao around him, or Zhao He would take care of them, but now these people, Zhao He was transferred to Fujian, and the two princesses, Yun Xue and Zhao Yao, were fighting with the emperor.

So Ji Ping was worried, and after a while, the eunuch came out and said: "The emperor has a decree, Ji Aiqing and Cao Aiqing discuss how to deal with the matter of Cao Xiang, the marshal of the West Road, and the court must come up with the disposal method tomorrow morning!" ”

Ji Ping and Cao Gang listened, and the two had to accept this errand with a bitter face.

One of them is the first assistant, and the other is the minister of military affairs, who will deal with this matter if it is not for them to deal with it?

But...... Cao Xiang is Xiao Mo's favorite general, how should he be blamed?

Both of them looked sad, in the official room, you sighed, I sighed, and then I heard the news that Shi Zhongyuan and Zhou Chang were also here, and the four of them discussed it and finally decided...... Whatever, let's fool around first.

So the next day, Zhao Quan asked for a way to deal with Cao Xiang, and then Ji Ping and Cao Gang glanced at each other, Ji Ping took a step forward and saluted Zhao Quan: "Your Majesty, this matter has been discussed with Lord Cao for a long time and cannot find a way to deal with it......"

"What?" Zhao Quan's face was very ugly.

Cao Gang hurriedly stood up and said: "Your Majesty, according to the law, to investigate and deal with the general, there must be evidence, now that General Cao has arrived in the capital, please also ask the emperor to announce General Cao to the palace Chen Yin, so that his subordinates and others can enforce the law impartially!" ”

"Accurate!" A word burst out from between Zhao Quan's teeth.

Then Cao Xiang was announced to the court, Cao Xiang only wore a cloth shirt, his shoulders were exposed, the swelling of his arms was visible, and there were thorns tied on his back, after seeing Zhao Quan, Cao Xiang bowed down and said: "Guilty minister, long live my emperor!" ”

Zhao Quan asked coldly: "Cao Xiang, why was the 100,000 army destroyed in one fell swoop?" ”

Cao Xiang said: "Back to the emperor, the ministers went out of Shengzhou, while sending his generals to attack the Great Wall, while leading the army to approach Nanjing, wanting to fight with Lord Li's East Road army before and after, but ...... Unexpectedly, the division of troops made a taboo, and then it was broken by the Liao army! ”

After hearing this, everyone felt that Cao Xiang's division of troops was reasonable, after all, when the Shi'an army was strong, and the Liao army was demoralized, except for Meng Gongzuo's department, there was almost no resistance.

Moreover, capturing the Great Wall is equivalent to capturing most of Yanzhou, and Nanjing is besieged, and all the defensive forces of the Liao army are in Nanjing.