The news of the defeat of the defenders of the Hukou defense line again reached the Jiangfang Governor's Palace, and the whole was shocked!

Although they knew that they had fallen for the Yan army's plan, they still did not expect to be defeated so miserably, almost all of the more than 400,000 horses were killed, and the men and horses who could be sent to defend the country during the national war were the elite men and horses of the Great Song Dynasty! They were defeated so badly and so quickly!

"Xu Laiping died in battle..."Wu Qunlie, who was holding the battle report, looked up to the sky and sighed, and then sat down on the chair behind the case, "It's my fault, it's my fault!"

He knew that the evacuation order passed to Liao and Xu here was still too late, otherwise it would be impossible to defeat so badly.

The enemy's men and horses are limited, and even if they break through with all their might, it is impossible to kill so many people.

This is the determination to defend the Hukou defense line and live and die with the Hukou defense line, so that such a tragic situation will occur.

He can imagine the tragic scene of the Hukou soldiers fighting to the end, behind them is his own country, is his own homeland, and the Hukou soldiers swear to stop the enemy army to the death!

"It's my fault!" Wu Qunlie muttered, his eyes glistening with tears.

This was obviously carefully planned by the enemy, and they started immediately after robbing the grain, and waited for the news here, and then sent the news back, and in the middle of the interval, the defenders of the Hukou defense line were still carrying out the order to hold the Hukou defense line at any cost.

The enemy fought this time difference, and he was under the control of the enemy every step, and he forced the men and horses below to drill into the trap of the enemy.

As soon as Luo Zhao heard the situation, he knew that it was difficult to hold on to this side, and he was obviously still slow to react, if he reacted quickly, and then made a decisive decision to evacuate the people, how could the 400,000 elite men and horses be annihilated?

He can't blame the above, nor can he blame the below, since he is the governor of Jiangfang and has the command of the battle, as the commander of one side, he should withstand the pressure.

For example, Meng Shanming was able to resist the pressure of the Yan court and insisted on attacking the Song Dynasty, for example, Luo Zhao was able to resist the pressure of the Song court and insisted on taking Yanjing.

As a soldier to resolutely implement the military order, as the commander in chief but have to be assertive, the situation on the battlefield is changing rapidly, the above can not immediately understand the situation of the war, the commander can not be a submissive echo worm, the battlefield has the right to make decisions on the spot, but must bear the consequences of their decisions, that is, will not be subject to the orders of the monarch outside.

So Wu Qunlie repented and blamed himself for being too conservative and not fully fulfilling his responsibilities as a coach.

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On the way, there was silence in the main hall of the post station, and Luo Zhao stood in front of the map, staring at the map silently.

A group of people stared at Luo Zhao quietly in the back, and the news of the fiasco of the Hukou defense line came again, and the 400,000 elites of the Song Kingdom were gone, and everyone was in a heavy mood.

First, the Hukou defense line was broken by the Yan army's surprise attack, and then the Yan army surrendered the Hukou defense line to the Song army, and finally the Yan army attacked the Hukou defense line again, giving the Song army a heavy blow.

The Yan army only made a fuss about a Hukou defense line, and the Song army lost 600,000 elite men and horses, which was more than the Yan soldiers and horses that the Song army destroyed in the territory of Yan State, how can people not feel heavy?

Luo Zhao, who received the news of the fiasco, didn't say a word, didn't blame anyone, didn't blame anyone, just stood quietly in front of the map.

After a long time, Luo Zhao let out a deep breath and said in a calm tone: "Wu Qunlie still has almost 1.4 million horses in his hands, and Meng Shanming has at least more than 2.5 million men and horses in his hands, so it is not appropriate to touch them again." Send an order to Wu Qunlie, give up the hard touch, and the Jiangfang people will fully turn into harassment and entanglement, consuming the Yan army!"

Before the Hukou defense line was breached, he made concessions and ordered Wu Qunlie to give up the defense line, annihilate the people who crossed the river in advance with an absolute advantage, and then entangled if it didn't work. When the news of the loss of 400,000 elites came, he realized that it was difficult for Wu Qunlie to be Meng Shanming's opponent, and he had lost so many men and horses, so he decisively made concessions again, and directly asked Wu Qunlie to give up the attack and directly adopt the strategy of consuming the Yan army.

He couldn't grasp the battle situation in real time, and considering the confrontation strength of Wu Qunlie and Meng Shanming, he could only choose the most secure strategy.

After a pause, Wen You reminded: "Governor, this strategy of non-resistance will be regarded as weakness, and it will be greatly criticized by the court. ”

Luo Zhao faced the map with an unusually calm expression, "It can be seen from this battle that Meng Shanming is worthy of a generation of famous generals, and he has played all kinds of tricks by him only one Hukou defense line." It is conceivable that in a head-to-head confrontation, Wu Qunlie and they are not Meng Shanming's opponents at all. It's a pity that I can't return to Jiangfang immediately by flying birds, if I go, the court will hear the Hukou fiasco, and the army will inevitably retreat under anxiety, I will go, no one here can withstand the pressure of the court. So I'd rather be safe, as long as I can win in the end, as long as the final victory belongs to the Great Song Dynasty, I should pay some price!"

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Yanjing, although the news of the Yan army's breakthrough of the Song defense line had spread in the capital, there was no happy atmosphere.

The paper can't hold the fire, the Song army is getting closer and closer to Yanjing, and the news can't be hidden.

What if the Yan army broke through the defense line of the Song army? The capital of the Yan State was about to be lost, and Shang Chaozong ignored the interests of the Great Yan for his own interests.

Under the spread and provocation of well-intentioned people, the attitude of the people in the capital has changed, almost all of them are cursing Shang Chaozong and Meng Shanming, almost scolding the two as national thieves, and they can't wait to crush the two thieves and scatter ashes!

"Good news!"

There was a weak sound outside the imperial study, and a eunuch knew the current atmosphere, so he didn't dare to say the word "good news" loudly, and carefully came in with the good news.

Tong Mo, Shang Yongzhong, and Gao Jiancheng's eyes all fell on Shang Jianxiong, who checked the good news after the case.

Several disciples of the three major factions who were in charge of monitoring in the imperial study watched coldly, since Shang Jianxiong mobilized the northern people without authorization, the three major factions treated them like this.

Shang Jianxiong was expressionless about the content on the good news, and passed it to Tong Mo and the three of them to check.

The three of them looked at the rear and knew that the army attacking the Song Dynasty had annihilated nearly 400,000 elite men and horses of the other party.

It stands to reason that this is a great victory to be congratulated, but none of the people in the imperial study are happy.

Shang Yongzhong snorted coldly, "It's just a pile of human lives, when crossing the river and attacking, forcing the court to take the lead, his heart can be punished!"

At this moment, the figure of Meng Xuan, the head of Lingjian Mountain, appeared outside the door, uninvited.

After standing still in the imperial study, Meng Xuan's cold eyes swept over everyone, and his gaze finally fell on Shang Jianxiong's body, "Your Majesty, the army of the Song Dynasty fought to the death, and meritorious service should be rewarded, why hasn't the will of the two meritorious heroes to be crowned marquis has been given yet?"

Shang Jianxiong said in a deep voice: "Fighting to the death? Pushing the people and horses of the court forward to die, only crossing a river, and losing 200,000 horses of the court in an instant, but the princes and horses are hiding behind to preserve their strength! It is the people of the court who die, and the lives of the soldiers of the court are used, but it is the people of the princes who are rewarded for their meritorious service, is there such a reason in the world?"

Meng Xuan's face was expressionless, "Your Majesty is impulsive, what kind of people and horses of the imperial court, the people and horses of the princes, in the final analysis, are all the soldiers of Dayan, and the soldiers in front are fighting bloodily, so give encouragement and give an order!"

The other party was holding his breath in his heart, he couldn't explain it, he didn't bother to talk nonsense, he forced it directly, Gong Lince was on the front line, but he made a promise in public, and he would give a reply within three days, if he Meng Xuan was sitting in the rear, if he couldn't even handle this little thing, wouldn't he be demolishing the palace Lince's platform? Now is the time to work together.

was forced to be helpless, and the will of the marquis, Shang Jianxiong finally gave it.

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Wind and Thunder Hall, the military aircraft of Qi State are heavy, and idle people are not allowed to trespass.

General Huyan stood in front of a map with his hands in his hands, sometimes staring at the map and pondering, sometimes wandering in front of the map.

What he was staring at was the map of the Dongyu River separated by Yan and Song, and he had been here almost all the time recently, waiting for news of the war over there at any time.

Knowing that he was paying close attention to this battle, and after getting a new battle situation, he hurried into the house and presented a report: "General, the Song army of the Hukou defense line was defeated, and the military rations sent to the Hukou defenders were robbed by the Yan army's ambush, and the defenders were attacked by the Yan army inside and outside, and 400,000 horses were annihilated!"

Huyan took the battle report in his hand, and after checking it in detail, he shook his head with a sigh and said: "This is a battle to the death and will not retreat, but it's a pity, the enemy is underestimated." Fu raised his head again and asked, "Have you figured out how the sneak attack men and horses of the Yan army crossed the river before crossing the river?"

The general replied, "I don't know yet, but sooner or later we will know." ”

Huyan Wuxian waved his hand, signaling him to stand back, and then stood in front of the map again.

He has been thinking about this recently, the Song army's defense line has been broken a little, the whole line has been loosened, and the Hukou defenders have suffered such a fiasco, he is not very surprised, but it is the group of men and horses who have lurked in the past before crossing the river that makes him very interested, the Song army is so careful in its defensive posture, how did the Yan army lurk such a large number of men and horses?

Everyone in the world says: Yan Shanming, Qi has no hatred!

But he didn't understand how Meng Shanming did it, according to the intelligence, the Song army is still confused, and it is still defeated.

The two of them are famous all over the world, and they can't understand Meng Shanming's tactics, so he can't even sleep well, and he has been thinking about it over and over again.

As a generation of famous generals, he didn't understand the tactics of other generals, and he couldn't even understand it afterwards, even when Emperor Qi Haoyuntu asked about it, he couldn't tell one, two, three, how could he feel at ease?

Thinking of Hao Yuntu's strange eyes looking at him, and the way he wanted to say something, he could guess what the other party wanted to say, but he was embarrassed to say it considering his face, which made him feel very uncomfortable.

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As soon as the curtain was lifted, Luo Da'an and a monk came out of the tent.

A group of people were waiting at the door, and Zhang Hu couldn't help but ask, "Da'an, how is Meng Shuai?"

Luo Da'an bowed: "Meng Shuai is awake, please come in." ”

When entering the account, Gong Lince asked the disciple who had just come out, "How are the people?"

The disciple replied: "It's no big deal, I just took the elixir that replenishes qi and blood." ”

Gong Lince nodded slightly and entered the tent.

Xu Jingyue stopped beside Luo Da'an and asked, "Are you Luo An's eldest son?" He also heard Zhang Hu say not long ago.

"Yes!" Luo Da'an owed, "I've seen General Xu." ”

Xu Jingyue turned around and beckoned, and as soon as he came over to present a sword, Xu Jingyue received it and handed it to Luo Da'an, "I am an old friend of your father, this sword is not bad, you can stay by your side and use it for self-defense." ”