Chapter 149: Return to Heaven (Nine)

Hundreds of black flags were waving, and each flag was covered with smoke and blood. In a desperate battle with the Huanqing Army, almost all the Liao army, battalions and teams represented by each flag were put into the deadly battle.

Although Liu Yanqing was frightened to escape first, the Liao army finally succeeded in his desperate bet. However, the injuries of the Liao army were also amazing. The elite soldiers of several armies were either killed in battle or were robbed. The rest of the armies also consumed a lot. In the end, Xiao Gan even took a desperate bet and even pulled Yuanzanzi back to fight to the death of the village. This is also the reason why Yang Keshi and his friends came all the way and were unhindered.

The Liao army had 20,000 infantry and 20,000 cavalry, totaling only 40,000. The cavalry was the elite among the elite of the Liao army. They were light cavalry on the horses, and they could fight in the camps with dismounted horses and put on armor. Now the remaining ones can fight, but there are still more than 10,000. The infantry also lost four or five thousand.

Although the results of the battle were equally huge, the Huanqing Army crossed the river and the north were almost 40,000 soldiers and horses, nearly 20,000 injured, nearly half of which were drowned in the Gaoliang River. The remaining soldiers and horses, the Liao army had no room for captives, and they dispersed the matter. These Huanqing Army, which had lost its system and command, could no longer become a force that could fight. The Song army's baggage and equipment were burned and seized, and they were piled up like mountains, but they didn't even have time to count them.

For the Liao army, such a huge victory was only a short moment in their hearts. Seeing that the army that could fight in the Great Liao Empire had withered and almost everyone had scars, and everyone's heart fell to the bottom of their bones. Even if every battle was like this, how many times did they experience it?

Until he saw that Xiao Gan's banner was still flying, the Liao army had a glimmer of hope. Maybe King Xiao really came to take us out of this desperate situation! As long as he repelled the Song army, perhaps leaving Yanjing, there was still a chance to let the Liao Dynasty shine!

Xiao Gan used the remaining Liao soldiers very fiercely, fought so hard and won so hard, but he did not give them any breathing opportunity. He immediately gathered his troops and left the battlefield under the city of Yanjing, which had been devastated. He had no time to clean up the capture, so he turned east to face the three armies of Qin Fengxihe, Jingyuan.

Although the Liao army barely moved in a whole team, each army was flying with flags. However, no matter whether it was going on, the Liao soldiers were already falling, and most of them were asleep while marching. The servants of the people even fell behind, and Xiao Gan didn't care about them, just urged the army to go east.

Heavy snow fell and fell on Xiao Gan's cloak. After a while, snowflakes were covered with snowflakes on his shoulders. The cold wind blew over Xiao Gan's beard with ice ridges. But he opened his eyes full of bloodshot eyes and looked at the distance to the east.

After contacting the Song army's provocate, Xiao Gan issued a military order to speed up the movement. The Liao army soldiers, who were already extremely tired, even took out their strength to feed themselves and struggled to move forward in the heavy snow.

When the war broke out, the Liao army seemed to be unwilling to worry about the final result, and they just wanted to fall asleep in a place. Next to Xiao Gan, a war horse suddenly whined and fell to the ground. The general was dozing off there little by little, and the war horse fell down and fell out. He rolled up covered in snow, desperately trying to pull himself up. The war horse was sweating all over, and he was sniffing with weak snorting, and he couldn't stand up with his legs.

The general naturally knew that the war horse was completely exhausted. He glanced at Xiao Gan's figure, but Xiao Gan didn't look at him and walked straight forward. The general gritted his teeth, pulled out his sword and stabbed it hard, and heard the war horse wailing, lying in the snow without moving. The general gritted his teeth and put away the knife. The guards beside him quickly gave up a horse and let him ride on and chase Xiao Gan.

Beside Xiao Gan, his confidant Xi general couldn't help but approach him: "The king, the boys are gone, let them rest, otherwise the whole army will collapse! It's not that the boys don't work hard, but they are really powerless to come out... King!"

Xiao Gan turned his head to look at him, his tone was colder than the weather outside: "Even if we have all our troops, if we wait for the three armies of Qin Fengxihe in Jingyuan to come, can we defeat them like defeating Liu Yanqing? Now we are threatening to defeat Liu Yanqing's power, facing east to shock them, oppressing them and not daring to fight a decisive battle with a certain family, and they can only retreat to Gao Liang Hebei!"

The Xi general was still gritting his teeth and insisting, trying to convince Xiao Gan: "King, what if the Song army does not retreat? If we are tired, our troops will wither and fight with the Song army will inevitably fail. It is better to raise the team and collect the baggage. Even if the Song people's Jingyuan Qinfengxihe army does not retreat, we still have the strength to deal with the Song people!"

Xiao Gan looked at him coldly and shook his head slowly: "We have no strength to deal with the three armies of Qin Fengxihe, Jingyuan, Song Dynasty! Never!"

He raised his head and looked at the sky, watching the snowflakes rolling down from the blue-gray sky curtain: "Liu Yanqing is already in Gaoliang Henan, what I bet is that the old generations and the young generations dare not fight me when Liu Yanqing and Tong Guan are behind them. Anyone who dares to leave all of his Huanqing Army to escape, what else can't do with their three armies? Once we can't figure out our reality, they will never have the determination to stalemate with us in Gaoliang Hebei......They can only retreat! Now if we pause and rest, the old generations are old foxes on the battlefield, and he can smell the smell... Maybe they will take the risk to rob the Yanjing City... Do you understand?"

The general of the Xi man lowered his head and thought for a while, took a breath: "It's all a gambling life................. if the southerners react, we're only afraid..."

Xiao Gan smiled faintly, and his tense look also eased a little: "My life has always been very good...... I urged the entire army to speed up the itinerary, and forced the Song army to retreat, and let us rush to the sky and earth!"

The Xi general took the order loudly, and Xiao Gan's personal guards also responded in unison, and rode out separately to urge the entire Liao army in the heavy snow to speed up the journey, and the sound of drums and trumpets also doubled. The black torrent in the snow, with the cold murderous aura after defeating Liu Yanqing, swirled up to the east. Now the Liao army is relying on its belief in Xiao Gan to support the will of the entire army!

The central camp of Jingyuan Army is now brightly lit, and torches are burning, illuminating the surrounding camp. The soldiers of the Song army stood with swords on the village, and each of them was already wearing armor, as if they were facing a great enemy. The snowflakes fell on the iron armor and condensed soon, making the iron armor and the sharp blades in the hands of the soldiers appear to be more cold and cold.

Outside the central army camp, troops and horses were mobilizing one after another, and cavalry galloped around, conveying military orders. The auxiliary soldiers were thickening and widening in the trenches of the deer and forts. At every key point, there were Song army generals patrolling the sword.

Looking around from the Central Army camp, the endless Song army camps stretched out like fire dragons on a snowy night, all the way to the end of their sight. Every camp had murderous aura soared into the sky. Once the Central Army camp hangs a light on the watchtower, the camps all responded immediately. In the gates of each camp, there were armored soldiers forming a square formation and sitting on the ground to rest. The cooks and soldiers distributed the hot soup and rice to replenish some calories. These armored soldiers were ready to go out to the village to fight in the field at any time.

There is no other reason for being so vigilant. The three Western armies have already learned about the military information sent back from the front.

Liu Yanqing fled, and the entire Huanqing army collapsed and destroyed! The Liao brigade had already come east, making a stance that he would also crush the three armies of Qin and Fengxihe River in Jingyuan. The Liao people opened their far-blocking whistle and provoked the Song army's light cavalry back to the camp. Before entering dusk, they appeared again in the sight of the various camps of the Song army. From the mouths of the broken soldiers, the Song army already knew that the combat effectiveness of the Liao army led by Xiao Gan was far beyond their estimates. They could fight the elite troops of the camp from day to night, and they could raise fire to fight at night. One day and one night, they defeated the Huanqing army!

Without waiting for the order, the Jingyuan army, who was in the direction of the Liao army, immediately mobilized and guarded, and all the troops were ready to go and were ready to attack west. They tensed up and waited for the arrival of the Liao army. Although after nightfall, the Liao people's far-distance junctions were taken back one after another, the Song army's light cavalry could also extend west for a distance, and it was found that the Liao people were also setting up camps. However, the entire Jingyuan army was still not slacking off. Huanqing army failed, it was also a major center of the Western army. They had not even lasted for the reincarnation for two days. Who knew how powerful the Liao people were!

With such strong strength, why did Xiao Gan show weakness step by step? In any case, the three armies of Qin and Fengxi River in Jingyuan are now lined up with their backs, and there is no army that can support them. They are in the absolute dangerous place as mentioned in military tactics!

The tents of the Jingyuan Army's central camp were also brightly lit at this time. The Western generals summoned by Lao Zong to come together, almost filling the tent. Everyone's face was gloomy, and many people even showed a panic look.

I was ready to plan to pick up the cheap ones, but now I have encountered such a change. In a blink of an eye, the whole army was already in an unprecedented danger!

Lao Zong sat upright in the middle of the upper head. He seemed to be seven or eight years old. He closed his eyes and didn't know what to think about. He could only see his beard trembling slightly. Xiao Zong and Yao Gu sat on his left and right heads, looking at each other. No one spoke in the big tent. Only when the famous generals rushed here from various camps came in, there was a little sound in the big tent. Everyone felt extremely depressed, but they didn't know what to say.

Since the Northern Expedition, will the offensives that have devoted all their strength to the army have ended in a crushing defeat? Last time, Baigouhe, at least everyone still covered each other and basically retreated the main force. This time in Gaoliang Hebei, it was not as good as last time. Maybe when retreating over Gaolianghe, the entire army would have to leave behind a lot of troops. I don’t know if it can stand firm in Zhuozhou!

Although he had already separated from the Huanqing Army, after learning that the Huanqing Army was defeated, everyone was born in the Western Army at the same time, and everyone was in a miserable mood and had no mood to speak. Seeing that the atmosphere in this big tent was getting more and more depressing.

I don’t know how long I waited, but Lao Zong still didn’t open his eyes. Xiao Zong finally couldn’t help but slapped them hard. The loud sound alarmed everyone. Then he saw Xiao Zong lifting his beard and stood up, and said angrily: “Liu Yanqing is really worth dying! They are all from the Western Army, and those who survive in the battle arena, the Western Army has never had a general who abandoned the army and left first! If it weren’t for this guy, Huanqing’s army wouldn’t have collapsed so quickly. Liao Gou couldn’t chew them. Maybe we would have arrived and attacked them from the front and back. Where can Xiao Gan be arrogant? He put on his bullets and took Liu Yanqing’s head to comfort the heroic spirits of the Huanqing army!”

Yao Gu just learned to close his eyes as the old man, and then slowly opened his eyes and sneered: "Now this guy is safe and sound in Gaoliang Henan! I don't know what kind of ideas he will have with Xuan Shuai. He retreated to Henan. As long as we retreated to Henan, everyone will have a goal, so they can cover it up...... Zhiniang thief has never fought such a stuffy battle. He has to use nine points to prevent his family!"

A general under Yao Gu stood up: "Then we won't retreat! Let Xiao Gan decide the victory or defeat of life and death with Xiao Gan, let him see if the Western Army is copper or iron! Liu Yanqing is defeated, we repel Xiao Gan and take down Yanjing, look at the coach Xuan and Xiao Cai, what's the point of saying!"

The loud voice of the general immediately caused several people to respond, and the atmosphere in the tent seemed to loosen a lot. Several generals stood up and shouted and shouted to kill.

Yao Gu sneered: "Zhe Quanzhong, can you fight? We are alone in Hebei, Hebei! Xiao Gan is nothing scary, the person standing behind us is scary!"

Now the account is full of his own family, and the situation is so important. Yao Gu doesn't care about anything, and he always speaks out his name: "Tong Guan, a guy with no eggs, is already a grasshopper on the same rope as Liu Yanqing. He will use his life skills to cover up this defeat as much as possible! How to cover it up, it will make us lose with the same defeat. At that time, the board will fall on them, and it will naturally be much lighter. It's not that Tong Guan and Liu Yanqing are incompetent, but Xiao Gan and Yelu Dashi are too strong! These people are strangling our retreat in Gaoliang Henan, and all the transshipment envoys in Hebei are all from Tong Guan's sect. We can't dare to fight to the death in Hebei! If it is harmed by others, I don't know why!"

When Yao Gu scolded, the man named Zhe Quanzhong, who stood up first, sat down in disappointment. The Western Army broke the matter with Tong Guan and Liu Yanqing, and everyone had personally experienced it. It was because of them that this battle was so breathless from beginning to end. What Yao Gu said now is exactly what everyone is worried about. At that time, look forward to it, and in Xiao Gan's hands, he might lose another defeat!

After Xiao Gan defeated Liu Yanqing, he rushed his troops eastward without any stop. Such a momentum also shocked the Western Army. Although the Huanqing Army suffered a crushing defeat, it was because of various factors. Among them, Liu Yanqing was incompetent and timid, accounting for at least half. However, the Liao army's quick and fierce movements and Xiao Gan's command and dispatch were still admirable. Now he was approaching without breathing, making it even more difficult to understand his strength. This decision to fight him in Hebei is even more difficult to make.

After eating Yao Gu, he said a few words so coldly, and the tent became quiet again.

After a while, someone finally stumbled: "Or......we'll leave? Huanqing's army was defeated first, and we took on the responsibility of flanking support. Huanqing's army collapsed in two days, and we couldn't support it with our strength, and this responsibility could not be pushed down on us... Then we will retreat to Gaoliang and Henan to sue. Huanqing's army is gone, and we will all be all three armies. As long as the official wants Yanyun's land, we can't do anything to us. Maybe when we launch a new army, we will be the head coach...... Stay here, I'm afraid that Liu Yanqing and Tong Xuanshuai will use their life to defeat us......"

After saying this, many people in the tent were relieved, and someone immediately echoed: "I have not been entangled with Liao Gou yet. We have covered each other and retreated... Our retreat is also complete. A soldier, a grain of grain will not be thrown to Liao Gou!"

"……………………………I will keep me here to cut off the rear. Liaogou is about to come up, so I will fight with them. If Liaogou gets impulsive, I will chop my head!"

"We don't want to fight well, nor are we afraid of Xiao Gan, the thief. But there are those two live treasures behind us. We can't use three points to get out. It's better to go and rest! At that time, we will drive away the two live treasures. The old master will be the commander and move north again. Could it be that Xiao Gan is full of iron? He will also step on him!"

The voices of echoing were getting louder and higher. Yao Gu stroking his beard and nodded slowly there. Xiaozhong also sat down slowly, with a peaceful temperament. Only Laozhong was still there closing his eyes and silent.

Amid the discussion, a cold voice heard: "The Song Dynasty has raised us for a hundred years. At this moment, why don't we come and surrender to Xiao Xuanzan! If you go back, do you have the shame to say it?"

As soon as this sentence was released, everyone looked at each other sideways. They saw a tall man standing in the tent with a tight face. It was Yang Keshi.

He slowly glanced at everyone, sneered, saluted at the old generation who was sitting in the middle, and spoke loudly: "Old generation, our Western Army has been almost destroyed for a hundred years. When we retreat, we and Liu Yanqing will only have fifty steps and one hundred steps to laugh! Only when the Song Dynasty is there can we have the power of our Western Army for a hundred years. If the Song Dynasty is not there, what's the use of keeping the Western Army? The Liao Gou is so weak that we are all defeated so embarrassing. When the Jurchen Tartars march south in a large scale, would only be Xiao Xuanzan dare to go north to resist? They are all seven feet tall, and they are shameful!"

Yang Keshi could no longer suppress his emotions, and went out, strode to the middle of the military tent, and said proudly: "The power of our generals and sects for many generations has been piled up by millions of border soldiers over the past century. We have been killed and followed by another generation, so that we have today's power! This reputation and status are all made! Thinking about intrigue with others all day long, this is not our ability, we can't beat those people in this way! That husband is so much better than Tong Guan and his generation? Now it's just a use of us. It's useless at that time, and we are not much different from Liu Yanqing. If we get used to it, we will never be able to cheer up again!"

The big tent was quiet and he heard Yang Keshi's voice buzzing. Yao Gu looked angry, but he refused to make an attack. Xiaozhong looked calm, but he couldn't help looking at Laozhong.

Some of the generals under the tent were excited, some were excited, but more did not agree with it.

"Xiao Xuanzan, who came to his current status, will die for him, whether it is the Baiye Army or the Shengjie Army. If he disobeyed, the whole army would follow him and go north. If he hadn't covered our flanks and kept the Jurchen Tartars who were pretending to be invisible, we could fight peacefully here? Compared to Xiao Xuanzan, we would be simply no one! We are not the materials for fighting in the court. Just do our duty well, defeat Xiao Gan and defeat Yanjing, and you would have no desire? At that time, there will be more people to beg for you to share this great contribution!"

Yang Keshi took a few steps forward and almost stood in front of the old breeder. Under his tall figure, the old breeder seemed to be twice as old as he was.

"……… Xiao Gan is not strong! I have touched his chasing cavalry, too tired, and can't stand a single rush! The thief's bird's strength has been used up, and now it's just to scare us! The three armies of Qin Fengxihe in Jingyuan, totaling 60,000 yuan, I am willing to be the vanguard, not win, and I am willing to take the head to the entire army!"

The old man slowly opened his eyes.

After Yang Keshi finished speaking, he still stood there, his chest undulating. In his eyes, it seemed that Mars could be spewed out.

Xiaozhong looked at Laozhong with his eyes open and asked in a low voice: "Brother, what do you think?"

The old bird said lightly: "I want to fight, what do you think?"

When Yang Keshi heard Lao Zhong's words that were not very angry, he raised his eyebrows and looked happy. Just as he was about to salute, he saw Xiao Zhong stand up and said to his brother in a firm tone that he had never seen before: "Brother, don't fight!"

The tent suddenly became silent again. The generals who were in charge of the battle just now were about to jump up. When Chi Xiaozhong drank this, they were frozen in place. If they wanted to yell, they would be stuffed into their throats and almost choked.

The old man had the deepest fatigue in his expression. He asked in a low voice: "Why?"

Xiaozhong looked solemn and saluted deeply: "Brother, your order has always been ordered to be cautious. But the relationship between the Western Army is too important, not our family! If there were no Liu Yanqing, Tong Guan, and these thieves who could only pull their legs and shoot horizontal cannons were there. Even if Xiao Gan is ten times stronger than now, I will just follow my brother to fight bloody battles! Even if he dies in battle, what if he is? The family man of the Zong family rarely dies on the bed!

……………But there are hundreds of generations of military generals who followed us, and tens of thousands of men who followed us from Shaanxi to fight thousands of miles away. We cannot ruin them in this high-grave Hebei for our reputation! The Liao people have become extremely weak. Even if we defeat the Huanqing army, it will be a return. As long as our entire army is here, we will fight back and capture Yanjing, it is just a matter of Gujian! We are hanging our army outside, our family is thousands of miles away, and there are internal enemies behind us. All the decisions we make can only be cautious first, and we cannot easily ruin our Western army!

………Brother, you can make sure that once we are stalemate with Xiao Gan, will Liu Yanqing and Tong Guan not do our tampering? They wish that our three armies would be buried in this Hebei like Huanqing Army! If my brother was going to do his own thing, I could only lead Qin Feng’s army to retreat first, leaving some seeds for our Western Army!”

As Xiaozhong finished speaking, Yao Gu also stood up and bowed to Laozhong: "Old Zhong, please think twice!"

Driven by Xiaozhong and Yao Gu, their Qin Feng army and the Xihe army generals stood up and saluted deeply to the old Zong. Even the Xihe army directly led by the old Zong had many generals stood up and saluted the old Zong.

Yang Keshi stayed in the local area, his hands and feet were cold. His heart was floating, and he didn't know where he was. At this time, it was better to follow Xiao Yan north at the beginning. Even if he was just a small man in front of him, he would be more embarrassed and angry than today's situation!

He looked around these generals who saluted the old generals and forced the palace to the palace and shouted suddenly: "What's the difference between us like this? Compared with Liu Yanqing? Is the Western Army that cannot fight or the Western Army? The Western Army is over, and the Western Army is over!"

The roar was buzzing in the tent. Before the lingering sound fell, Yang Keshi had already gritted his teeth and turned around and rushed out. Several people wanted to hold him, but did not reach out their hands.

The old clan watched Yang Keshi rush out of the tent, but did not get up and drink him. He just whispered to himself: "Is the Western Army finished? Is the Western Army finished?"

Lao Zong could not understand the decision of Xiaozhong Yao Gu and others. If it weren't for this Northern Expedition, Jihui Xiao Yan would undoubtedly have the same decision as Xiaozhong Yao Gu and others.

This is a fact that the Western Army was the only field group that could fight in the Song Dynasty. After a century of development, the Western Army was also a collection of interests of some generals and sects of life for generations. Everything they did was naturally to protect the interests of these generals and sects of life for generations.

When the Western Xia invaded the border, the Western Army was undoubtedly fighting to the end and defending their homeland. However, when the imperial court was transferred out, it was seen that the interests of the generals and sects in the past lifetimes were broken up. The Western Army naturally divided and its combat effectiveness was greatly reduced. It is no surprise that the Northern Expedition has reached this point today.

Of course, there is a great chance of victory in a decisive battle with Xiao Gan. How could the young general like Yao Gu, not be able to see that Xiao Gan is already at the end of his strength? But they just can't bear the possibility of a stalemate with Xiao Gan. Once the stalemate is in a stalemate, the old generation will not have any doubts. Liu Yanqing and Tong Guan will definitely attack each other and drag their three armies of Qin Fengxihe in Jingyuan into a situation of as disastrous defeat as he did!

As long as the troops are there, even if they retreat when they see the enemy, they will have room for maneuver with the court. When they fight against Liu Yanqing and Tong Guan, they will still have a little advantage. As for when the great cause of the Northern Expedition is delayed, whether Xiao Yan can be the Jurchens and let the Jurchens take advantage of the opportunity to enter the key points of the Youyan Land, it doesn't matter.

As long as these Western Army generals and soldiers have always had their own interests!

I am old, and the one who takes my position is Xiaozhong. I can talk about the young man and want to fight a decisive battle regardless of it. In the future, Xiaozhong, who is a huge combination of interests in the Western Army, cannot... If I insist on fighting, Xiaozhong and Yao Gu will definitely take Qin Fengjun and Xihe Army and leave with me. It is unknown how much Jingyuan Army can still stay in Hebei to follow him to fight to the death...

The old man showed a sarcastic smile on his lips, not knowing whether he was laughing at himself or others.

………I didn’t expect that my old man still had such a trace of blood. He actually disobeyed the public opinion and said something that I wanted to fight?

However, the old man was from the Western Army after all, and he could not jump out of the Western Army...

If we want to save such an end of the world, we will not be able to do so. Then can Xiao Yan take on this heavy burden?

He is still too weak, too weak...... The deep waters of the Song Dynasty court were even unable to bear the burden. How would Xiao Yan break through? Until his strength is enough to save the collapsed sky?

Thinking that the old bird was in a daze later, he recovered after a while. After Xiaozeng surrendered, all the generals in the tent stood up and made a deep gesture of politeness towards him, and no one moved.

Lao Zong laughed: "I was born in the Western Army. Can you still violate the Western Army? Okay, don't fight, retreat, retreat! Go back to Gaoliang Henan, and wait to sue Liu Taiwei and Tong Xuanshuai!"

Heavy snow also fell on the Gaoliang River.

The turbulent river water has not yet frozen because of this cold weather.
To be continued...