In February of the third year of the Great Song Shaosheng, after a short rest, the Song army finally began to launch again, in which Yang Huaiyu and the old general Guhe met in the middle and the west route army, left to integrate all the cavalry, after all, the cavalry is the main force on the grassland battlefield, and also concentrated a part of the firearms troops, and then this army immediately pounced on the newly established Western Liao on the grassland, and the remaining troops stayed near the Huanglong Mansion to deter the Jin State from acting rashly.

Originally, Yang Huaiyu wanted to be the commander of the attack on Xiliao, after all, Guhe was a little old, but Guhe didn't think so, because he felt that Yang Huaiyu was not familiar with the grassland, and he had never fought with nomads on the grassland, so Guhe was not at ease with him, worried that Yang Huaiyu would accidentally damage the prestige of the Yang family, so he insisted on serving as the commander himself. For example, Hu Yanqing and others were all arranged under Furukawa, hoping to reduce Furukawa's pressure.

Yeluchun has also been paying attention to the movements of the Great Song Dynasty, when the army of Guhe just entered the grassland, he immediately reacted, but instead of sending troops to meet the battle, he sent envoys to the Great Song Dynasty to sue for peace, showing that he did not have the heart of being an enemy of the Great Song Dynasty, and even in order to seek perfection, he was willing to give up the throne and only regard himself as the King of Liao, and he would pay tribute to the Great Song Dynasty every year.

However, after listening to Zhao Yan's analysis, Zhao Xu was already very wary of the grassland, and naturally he was unwilling to let Yeluchun accumulate strength on the grassland, so for Yeluchun's request for peace, the Great Song Dynasty refused without even thinking about it, and Guhe's army also kept marching in the direction of Western Liao.

In March, Furukawa's army finally reached the border of Western Liao. In the face of this situation, Yeluchun had no choice but to gather all his troops, nearly 80,000 troops to meet the battle, in order to boost morale, he even personally led the troops in front, but unfortunately the gap in strength could not be made up by him personally. The cavalry of the Western Liao and the army of the Great Song Dynasty were defeated three times and three times, the 80,000 Western Liao army was killed by Guhe and fled in all directions, and Yeluchun was almost captured alive by the army of Guhe, and for a time the newly established Western Liao fell into turmoil.

In the face of this extremely unfavorable situation, Yelu Chun even wanted to surrender to the Great Song Dynasty again, but Yelu Dashi persuaded him to surrender This kind of thing is indispensable, after all, the Great Song Dynasty is not stupid, and will never believe in the sincerity of a person who surrenders and rebels, so even if the Great Song Dynasty allows them to surrender. I'm afraid that in the end, they will also get very harsh treatment from the Great Song Dynasty, since this is the case, it is better to resist to the end, even if they can't beat them, they can escape, even if they end up becoming a group of horse thieves, it is much better than staying in the Great Song Dynasty and being controlled by others.

Yeluchun also felt that it made sense after hearing this, so after gathering the remnants of the Western Liao, he immediately retreated to the west. However, this time, the ancient general of Furukawa was really angry. Because Yeluchun attacked his grain and grass from behind before, not only did he lose a lot of men and supplies. It also ruined the entire plan to attack the Jin Kingdom, so he also hated Ye Luchun to the core, and this time he was determined to capture the other party to the Great Song Dynasty.

It is precisely because of this that Yeluchun fled all the way to the west, but the old general Furukawa led the Great Song cavalry to pursue behind, and the two armies continued to fight along the way. However, most of them ended in the fiasco of Ye Luchun, and in the end, in order to get rid of the pursuit of the Song army, he had to abandon a lot of heavy materials, and constantly sent suspicious soldiers to flee in other directions, so as to distract the Song army. However, the number of Song troops in the rear is relatively large, even if he can't tell which is the real enemy army, he can scatter the pursuit, and his strength is still above Yeluchun, which also forces him to speed up his escape.

After more than a month of pursuit, Yeluchun finally fled to the western end of the grassland, where because of soil erosion, there are large areas of desert and Gobi everywhere, some deserts are so large that even experienced caravans dare not enter easily, and after Yeluchun fled here, in order to get rid of the pursuers in the rear, he had no choice but to plunge into this desert and Gobi.

When the ancient general saw that Yeluchun had fled into the desert and the Gobi Desert, he couldn't help but hesitate, because he had been in the northwest for many years, and naturally knew that the desert and the Gobi Desert were terrible, the heat, the lack of water, etc. were still minor problems, and there was also a terrible black storm, this kind of black storm came and went without a trace, sometimes it would be launched without any warning at all, and when the black storm came, it was likely to be completely wiped out, and sometimes when a caravan encountered a black storm, it was likely to be completely wiped out, and even the body could not be found after death, although the combat effectiveness of the army was very strongBut it is absolutely impossible to compete with this power of heaven and earth.

It is precisely because of this that the ancient general led the army to hesitate on the edge of the desert for three days, and finally decided to retreat, after all, Yeluchun had escaped from the grassland, and the Western Liao that had just been established was also destroyed, and they didn't need to take this risk again, not to mention whether Yeluchun could get out of this desert alive, even if he was lucky enough to really go out, then he had already gone out of the grassland, but reached a broader Western Regions, although the Great Song Dynasty had a small influence on the Western Regions, But it was also impossible to send a large army to pursue the defeated army of Yeluchun.

Zhao Xu also agreed with the decision of the ancient general to withdraw from the army, the reason why he decided to do it to Yeluchun was mainly because he was worried that he would grow up with the help of the grassland, thus threatening the Great Song Dynasty, and now that the other party has fled, the grassland also belongs to the Great Song Dynasty in name, so the next step is to govern the grassland and completely eliminate the possible threat to the grassland, so a mere Yeluchun doesn't have to care at all.

At the same time that Xiliao was destroyed, Zhao Jia, who was far away in the Bohai region, also received a letter from Zhao Yan in the capital, but the content of the letter was very strange, it turned out to be that he must take Agnes back to Beijing, it is said that Agnes is only his concubine, and Yang Yan is his wife, so even if he wants to bring his wife, he must bring his wife back, why does his father have to let him bring Agnes back?

Although he couldn't figure it out in his heart, Zhao Jia didn't dare to delay, and soon explained the affairs of the general, and asked his boss for leave, and then rushed to Guangzhou as quickly as possible, because he was afraid that Yang Yan would think too much, so he took Yang Yan and Agnes with him, and then the family rushed back to the capital, and Zhao Yan immediately took him and Agnes into the palace after seeing them. (To be continued.) )