The shouts of the Liao soldiers outside were extremely noisy.

Song Jiu and the nine generals frowned and thought hard.

Song Jiu suddenly said, "No, you can't walk on the Jintaitun Road, or on the Baigou Road."

"Song Duke, then..."

"General Shi, I heard from me that I will immediately send a messenger to ask for the rear to increase troops to Suicheng. Even if there is no soldiers, we must bluff. We must stay here for at least three days. This not only gives us chance, but also gives us all the soldiers on the defense line behind, the soldiers who are running away, and the people. Otherwise, the Liao army will take advantage of the victory and go south, and the entire border will suffer. Only in these three days can we achieve the goal of bluffing in Suicheng at least after the goal of bluffing in Suicheng.

.Tomorrow morning, we will defend ourselves, along the city and camp of Qigou Pass, and build a stronger flat line of defense along the river. Then General Yang, you will lead 8,000 soldiers, with all the strong men and archers, wounded men and weapons, and five or six days of military rations, retreat to Jintaitun, build a big village in Jintaitun, defend the Liao army, and then let the archers, strong men and wounded men and wards beside you, first withdraw first. Four days later, you will also withdraw immediately."

However, Song Jiu thought of Chen Jiagu, so he said again: "Try to focus on cavalry."

"Here," Yang Ye replied loudly.

It may not be safer for him to go to Jintaitun, and the task is very heavy.

"Is it OK?" Liu Zhixin asked suspiciously.

It should be a good plan, especially to transfer archers and tyrants. They are not even as good as rural soldiers. After all, after a period of formal training, once they retreat, the tenth national team will be in chaos as Yelu Xiuge and Xiao Yanyan said.

Of course, they will play a role here now, and can stand behind and shoot arrows. Anyway, most of the weapons transferred from Zhuozhou City are still in the hands of the Song army under the arrangement of Song Jiu, and there are also some weapons in Qigou Pass City. These weapons are not used and will be thrown to the Liao people in the future.

But it won't be that simple. Now everyone finally has to admit that Yelu Xiu Ge's ability is, and many people even fear him.

Will the first Yelu Xiu Ge know his clothes?

The second is that Yelu Xiuge was unaware of the situation and attracted some troops to go to Jintaitun Road. However, the main force was still there, and there was enough time for the Liao Kingdom to react. Moreover, the three-day defense battle would produce a large number of wounded soldiers. They would inevitably drag down the speed of the march, that is, the speed of escape.

"There is no other way. The opponent is Yelu Xiu Ge, and his troops are far better than us, so I have to bet!"

...

The next day, I thought a tough battle was about to happen, but the Liao army was not strong in attack.

There must be some conspiracy here.

But Song Jiu was relieved for the time being and continued to let the soldiers take turns to rest. Although the harassment of the Liao army at night was not very harmful, it seriously affected the soldiers' sleep. Then he dug a new fortification behind.

All the grain bags in Guancheng were moved out together.

These yellow corn and white rice are transported bit by bit from the rear, and the transportation cost is just more than ten times the usual price. Now they are stacked as mud bags.

However, no one cares.

Some Liao army even moved the baggage truck and food back after breaking through the first and second line of defense, which happened to be their food. No one cared about it.

At noon, Yang Ye selected eight thousand soldiers and horses, and withdrew to Jintaitun with his strong men and archers.

"General Yang, remember. After four days of persistence, no matter what happened ahead, retreat to Suicheng immediately."

"Duke Song," Yang Ye knelt down.

"Get up," Song Jiu watched teams of people stepping onto the floating bridge, his eyes calm. No matter what the future is, at least nearly 40,000 civilians, more than 16,000 strong men and archers, and more than 4,000 wounded people, basically returned safely.

At this time, the remaining soldiers of the Song Dynasty were a little confused, so Yelu Xiuge decisively organized the main army and launched a fierce attack.

Song Jiu shouted: "General Yang, go."

Yang Ye took the horse away.

Song Jiu shouted again: "Send the order, give up the first and second line of defense, and retreat to the third and fourth line of defense."

After another bloody battle, the Song army finally retreated to the fourth line of defense, and the troops were compressed together, and finally sacrificed countless soldiers to repel the Liao army.

However, in this retreat, the two front lines of defense were all thrown to the Liao army, and the grain truck wall was pushed to the rear of the army, and the trenches were flattened. The Song army was compressed into the flat-length area by the Juma River, so the Liao army would be even more rewarding in harassment.

The sun set and rose again. On the next day, the Liao army's attack power slowed down again. However, it launched another fierce attack during shift changes, tearing the last line of defense to pieces. Then, while having supper, it suddenly launched another fierce attack. Then at night, it suddenly launched another strong night attack.

This irregular fierce attack stirred the nerves of all the Song army and weakened morale bit by bit.

Fortunately, two good news came out later. More than 39,000 civilians and thousands of wounded men successfully arrived in Xiongzhou City and continued to evacuate to the rear. Yang Ye also arrived in Jintaitun. As Song Jiu expected, after a close handover with the Liao army, the Song army was defeated by the tragic morale of the Song army and Yang Ye's bravery. Then Yang Ye successfully built a defensive front in Jintaitun, and the archers and the second group of wounded men moved safely to Suicheng.

The third day, the most important day begins...

...

Kaifeng still doesn’t know the deterioration of the front line.

Pan Mei sent some generals and elders from Yingzhou and Shuozhou to the capital.

Zhao Kuangyi summoned him.

One of the elders said: "I have been trapped in the border for a long time. I cannot eat grains and have children. I do not expect to see the sun and the moon again after the rest of my life."

Zhao Kuangyi was filled with emotion and gave him a clothes, crown and belt.

In fact, these surrendered Han people had some misleading effects on Zhao Kuangyi.

When the two countries went to war, the people on the border suffered the most, not only the people on the border of Liao. Some Han people also wanted to defect to the Song Dynasty, but not the majority.

If the Han people in Yanyun yearn for the Song Dynasty, it is the most correct thing that Song Jiu said in the palace. First, the Song Dynasty must work hard to govern internally, make the people rich and live and work in peace. The second is to attack severely and destroy the entire Yanyun area. Then the Han people will think that the Liao Kingdom cannot protect them, and in turn they yearn for the Song Dynasty.

Both are indispensable.

The military was strong and internal governance could not be achieved, and the Han people in Yanyun could not be restored to their hearts. After all, with the assistance of Han Delang, the Liao Kingdom attached more and more importance to the survival of Han people in Youzhou.

The internal governance is strong and the military is weak, because the Han people in Yanyun believe that the Song Dynasty cannot protect them and are a weak country and will not recognize it.

If you listen to these old men flatter, the consequences will be very terrible.

However, Zhao Kuangyi was still very happy, but he suddenly thought of Song Jiu's long song, and another shadow was cast on his heart.

As soon as these people were sent out of the palace, Wang Jien took Liu Quangui into the palace.

"Your Majesty, defeated, defeated."

When the Northern Expedition of Yongxi began, Wang Ji'en went to Yizhou to allocate grain and grass. It was not in Yizhou, but Yizhou was close to the front line. Staying in Yizhou, you can observe the battlefield situation as quickly as possible, and then issue a food and grass transfer order based on the situation.

But in the early Song Dynasty, Zhao Da and Zhao Er were very strict in their guard against eunuchs, and Cao Mi and Cui were so old that Wang Ji'en stayed in Yizhou and became an air man.

Cao Bin Qigou Pass was defeated, and Wang Jien quickly fled to Xiongzhou and happened to meet Liu Quangui, so he took him to the capital. The situation was serious, and there was still some reason. Cao Bin asked Wang Jien to disappear, which also made Wang Jien dissatisfied, so he came to the capital to report the news ahead.

The two of them rushed to the capital day and night almost without stopping.

"Defeated..."

Liu Quangui suddenly howled: "Your Majesty, save Mr. Song."

He was the first group to evacuate, but not to evacuate, but ordered the rear to deploy defenses. He didn't know what happened later, but he saw that more and more Liao troops were coming, and even the little emperor was coming. It was too late. The Song army now had a lot of troops, but the three armies were defeated, and their morale was low, and they were far away from the rear. The retreating path of more than a hundred miles would undoubtedly become a road to death.

"Tell me what happened."

"Guo Er is dead, Wang Zheng is dead, Da Hei is dead, many people are dead, and Jumahe is blocked by the corpses. The battlefield is full of dead bodies. Mr. Song is injured, Mr. Song kills people, kills three enemy soldiers..." Liu Quangui cried again after saying that.

It wouldn't be surprising if Pan Mei and Cao Bin killed three people.

But what kind of sensation would it cause if Zhao Kuangyi, Zhao Pu, Wang Anshi and Sima Guang killed three enemies with their own hands on the battlefield?

But no one wants this sensation.

Wang Jien said: "Your Majesty, let me tell you. He is from Hezhongfang. Because of his brave nature, he asked Mr. Song to be his disciple and guard. He once accompanied Mr. Song to Liaodong. This time he accompanied Mr. Song to the front line and stayed with Mr. Song and knew the situation on the front line well."

Then, based on the news he heard from Liu Quangui along the way, he reported it one by one after processing.

It may be slightly different from the facts, but it was said about it.

"Your Majesty, save Mr. Song."

Zhao Kuangyi couldn't answer.

Military is his weakness, but he is also a high IQ person. After listening to Wang Ji'en's report, he quickly judged Song Jiu's intention. This is to use his life to win a life for the soldiers and civilians in the rear. Although he still doesn't know how Song Jiu organized more than 10,000 soldiers to form and launch a charge under that situation. It seems that Shi Gui, Yang Ye, Fu Zhaoshou and Liu Zhixin were not together.

Of course, Zhao Kuangyi wanted to save him, not only Song Jiu, but also tens of thousands of militias, but more than 50,000 imperial soldiers. That was the most elite imperial soldiers, but how to save him? Wang and Liu came back from the front line and then sent the imperial edict to the front line. At this time, the daylily had already been cold. Besides, it was too late. What was the situation on the front line? How many soldiers and horses escaped, and what generals escaped, and those people were available. It is unknown now, how to issue an imperial edict?
Chapter completed!