Xixia, Xingzhou, Taiweifu, these days Li Chongyi felt frightened, when he went to the court, he was in a trance, after the dispersal of the dynasty today, the snow on the street was falling urgently, Li Chongyi returned home, he drank wine by the charcoal fire to keep warm; when he was drowsy, he was suddenly awakened by a rush of footsteps, the door curtain was lifted, and Yun Langhuan in the waiter had already come in in a panic. Yun Langhuan is a frequent visitor to Taiwei Mansion, and he doesn't need to be told when he enters and exits, and he also knows Li Chongyi's living habits.

Yun Langhuan saw Li Chongyi and said, "Taiwei, Western Xia is in danger!"

Li Chongyi was taken aback, stood up from the tiger skin chair, and asked, "What nonsense?"

"Taiwei, the 150,000-strong army of Gyeongju was defeated, and the 100,000 horses were defeated; Suizhou and other places were attacked by the Western Xia army, and Ren Dejing and others had no time to meet the battle...... Sooner or later, they will fall into the hands of thieves. Yun Langhuan handed over the battle report and said: "The only fortunate thing is that the hot Gongji listened to Wu'er Siqi's words on the battlefield, and is currently returning to Wuyuan County with an army of 100,000, otherwise even if the Dingbei army in Shaanxi is wiped out, the army on the Taiyuan side will drive straight in. ”

The situation is so bad, but it is only a few hundred miles away, why was there no battle report at all? Li Chongyi's voice couldn't help but raise a lot in fright: "The 150,000 cavalry was defeated, how many people did Yang Zhi have? What happened to Suizhou, could it be that several states were attacked at the same time?"

"Gyeongju City decided that the Northern Army had a total of 50,000 cavalry and 80,000 infantry troops. Yun Langhuan said with a serious face: "Hot Gongji said that the Dingbei Army has a weapon that flies in the sky, and it smashes thunderbolts from the air, and our army's morale collapses in one breath, and it is defeated by the other side in one fell swoop; the Dingbei Army announced that more than 40,000 people of our army were killed and captured, and more than 10,000 deserters are missing. And Suizhou and other places, there are each other's meticulous work, and the five states really do it in one day, just because the reaction of our army guards is different, and the difference of time is lost by one day. ”

If Ren Dejing reported the war situation, it was possible to falsify, but there was no problem with the hot and honest people, he said that if he had this kind of weapon, he would definitely have it; and the five states started in one day, and all of them were conquered, how much preparation did the Dingbei Army make, and what kind of determination did it make. Li Chongyi was stunned for a long time, asked Yun Langhuan to sit down by the fire, and said: "The weapon flying in the air, if it is replaced by me, the first thought is to escape, Raida Gongji and the others now have an army of 100,000 people, I am afraid they have also lost the courage to fight a decisive battle, what do other people think?"

Yun Lang said happily: "Taiwei didn't know, the ministers of Zhongshu Province asked for details, and they were already panicked, and no one spoke." ”

Li Chongyi frowned and said, "Doesn't the Privy Council have any ideas?"

Yun Lang Huan said gloomily: "If you want to fight, you have to transfer the army, and the Privy Council has no army to adjust now, so you can only urge Ren Dejing and Hot Gongji to recapture Suizhou and other places." Si Tianjian said that it would be snowing heavily in the next few days, and it was not possible to move troops and horses from Ganzhou and other places in a short time. ”

"What does the King of Jin say?" Li Chongyi knows his position in the minds of these courtiers, Yun Langhuan has already looked for Brother Li Cha nine times out of ten, and he just needs someone to talk to in the court; Yun Langhuan has no heart to hide it: "King Jin said that Ren Dejing and others rashly advanced the enemy and suffered this defeat, which is the most serious crisis in the past hundred years of our Western Xia, if the army is lost, the land of Henan will not be protected; so when Ren Dejing and others fight, the imperial court should consider keeping the army of 100,000 people. ”

"I understand!" Li Chongyi said hatefully, "Ren Dejing's husband is really wrong, but when the army is fighting, Ren Dejing and the others are not defeated and retreat, we can't ask them to retreat; if that's the case, don't say that the emperor is unhappy, the spittle of the government and the opposition can drown you and me." ”

Yun Lang sighed and said: "Taiwei don't have to be angry, the King of Jin specially wrote a letter to let all the troops of Hengshan take Wuyuan County and retreat to Youzhou; ”

"Uh......" Li Chongyi was shocked by Yun Langhuan's news, he could imagine Xia Renzong's annoyance with Brother Richard's recital now, which emperor didn't want his important ministers and famous generals to stand up in times of danger and stage a good scene of reversal, Brother Richard behaved so badly, it was strange that Xia Renzong could be happy. Li Chongyi muttered: "Does King Jing think that Suizhou and other places can no longer be taken back, what do you have to say?" ”

Yun Langhuan turned his head to look outside the door and said in a low voice: "King Jin thinks that in the land of Henan, only Lingzhou and Xiazhou can survive, and Youzhou will definitely not be able to defend it." ”

Even Youzhou can't hold it, so naturally he has to withdraw all the troops that can be withdrawn before Youzhou is lost, Li Chongyi said awe-inspiringly: "Why don't you take a look and talk about it?"

Yun Lang replied calmly: "The King of Jin believes that Yang Zhi is waiting for the next decisive battle of Gyeongju, once the city east of Wuyuan County and Youzhou is lost, the Hengshan army will not even have a way to retreat; besides, most of the Hengshan army is an infantry army, and it cannot be transferred hundreds of miles a day like the cavalry, so it is best to reach Wuyuan County before the loss of Wuyuan County." ”

That would be equivalent to giving up counterattacking Hongzhou and other places, Li Chongyi understood the seriousness of it, and his face changed greatly: "But what do I say in the court, the emperor can kill me in a hurry." ”

Yun Lang hurriedly persuaded: "Taiwei don't be anxious, the king of Jin said, the short is five days, the fast is ten days, the battle situation will be clear, and everyone will shut up at that time; so giving up Hengshan and withdrawing the army from Hengshan is the most important thing, you can first send a letter to Hot Gongji and Ren Dejing, first mobilize the army in the west of Hengshan to Wuyuan County to assist in the defense, and the army in the eastern part of Hengshan will counterattack Hongzhou, and even attack Yanzhou." ”

The meaning of Brother Richard and Yun Langhuan was obvious, and then the troops retreated in two ways, and once the battle in Wuyuan County and Hongzhou failed, the Hengshan army could retreat all the way to Youzhou; as for the army attacking Yanzhou, it could not come back 100 percent, and could only consume the men and horses of the Song army. Li Chongyi snorted coldly, his face changed again and again, and finally sighed and said: "That's it, I'll go and tell the emperor, I can't care if he listens or not." ”

Yun Langhuan said with a sad face: "Tai Lieutenant, this matter must be managed, Hengshan still has 30,000 troops and more than 20,000 Qiang people, and the population exceeds our Daxia Prefecture by one state." ”

Li Chongyi said angrily: "I know, otherwise you will say it." ”

Yun Langhuan had no choice but to stand aside and say yes, not daring to answer; Li Chongyi changed into court clothes and entered the palace again to make a report, but Xia Renzong and Li Renxiao ignored him, insisting on waiting for the hot Gongji and Ren Dejing's battle report to make a decision, and did not even agree to the plan for the transfer of the Hengshan army, so that Li Chongyi left the palace in disgrace.