Great Song Pirate

Chapter 448

(When you open this chapter, you will definitely find that you have already read this chapter. Let me explain the reason here. Recently, some things happened at home, and I was confused all day long, so that I made a major mistake when updating Chapter 465. Don’t worry. A chapter was updated. Fortunately, under the reminder of the readers, Pimple found this problem and replaced the content of Chapter 465. In addition, the content of chapters from Chapter 465 to this chapter has been adjusted accordingly. That’s why you have seen the situation in this chapter. Friends who find this problem, please go back and read the revised chapter 465. In this way, brothers will not suffer! Such mistakes should not have happened. Pidao is very ashamed and ashamed. This chapter should be updated in the VIP chapter, but in order to ensure that the subsequent readers do not seem to be out of chapters, so I revised it like this, no matter what, please forgive this mistake that should not be made!)
Xu Yi was fully prepared for what Zhanren agreed to so quickly, so the signing of the contract between the two parties went very smoothly. They had [-] war elephants and [-] war horses, and the rest of the difference was offset by other property. Xu Yi even asked for the Zhan Island outside the Dazhanhaikou. At this time, Tobkin didn't care about it There were too many, so he had no choice but to agree to his request, and then began to send a large amount of gold, silver and jewelry towards Dazhanhaikou, and Xu Yi immediately ordered the warships cruising the upper reaches of the river to withdraw from Dazhan. In Haikou, the upper reaches of the river have been opened.

As soon as the Fubo Army warships withdrew from the river, the Zhan people who had already prepared put a large number of bamboo rafts they had made in the river. For the bamboo rafts that came, the secret sentry that the Zhan people left on the river bank immediately returned the praise of the camp.

When the news came, all the Zhan soldiers in the Jiangbei camp were cheered up. They who had been in despair rekindled their hope, and rushed to the river bank one after another, cheering for the bamboo rafts still on the river. Few people feel that something is wrong, because Zhanren, who have always been known as having the best sailors, has returned to the primitive era and started to transport goods on bamboo rafts. They can understand how much sadness there is!

Li Yuanfeng, who also heard the news, was also shocked. At this time, why the Fubo army suddenly withdrew from the river and retreated to Dazhanhaikou made him a little puzzled, and it made him feel betrayed. He paid such a high price to continuously attack the Zhanren Jiangbei Camp, in order to wipe out this group of Zhanren troops here in one fell swoop, but before he could finish this matter, the Fubo Army withdrew from the blockade of the Zhanren first. Wouldn't it mean that all the hard work he had done before was in vain?
With a sound of "snap!", Li Yuanfeng slapped his hand heavily on the table, and said angrily, "Why did the skeleton army do this? Come!" He immediately summoned the guards, brought a pen and paper, and wrote quickly. I wrote a letter to Xu Yi of the Fubo Army, asking him why he acted like this, and at the same time asking him to immediately re-block the Hoi An River and cooperate with them in annihilating the Zhanren army on the north bank. After he took his autographed letter, he immediately rushed to Dazhanhaikou at high speed. Wu Yuanzhi didn't dare to neglect, so he got on his horse and left the camp and rushed to Dazhanhaikou.

After reading the letter written by Li Yuanfeng, Xu Yi casually threw the letter on the table and said to the messenger below with a sneer: "I think Marshal Li must have made a mistake! Could it be that our Fubo Army is Are you servants of the Annan Kingdom not successful? You even asked me why I withdrew my troops! Absurd! It is extremely absurd. I think we have done enough for you Annan people during this period of time. Come and blame me, it's too much!" When he said the last two words, he suddenly raised his voice, which startled Wu Yuanzhi who was standing below.

This Wu Yuanzhi hurriedly replied: "My lord! You must have misunderstood. Our marshal has mentioned your army many times these days and expressed his gratitude to your army for helping us. I think our marshal must be anxious about today's matter." I don't mean to blame your army, but the military situation is urgent now. Once the Zhanren army on the north bank gets supplies, we will pay a greater price. Our marshal just hopes that your army can block the Hoi An River again, and don't give the Zhanren any respite. Chance!"

Xu Yi smiled slightly and said: "These words are different. We Han people have an old saying that peace is the most important thing in the relationship between the two countries. Your country and the Champo country have been fighting for days. What is the result of the fight? It's just Letting the soldiers of the two countries increase the casualties, and causing the army to pass by is just a waste of life. Has the problem been solved? No! Besides, we are not fully prepared for sending troops this time. The supplies needed for so many soldiers, horses and ships are very large. Although we have a little wealth, You can’t make such a fuss, don’t you? Besides, we sent troops only to punish Zhan people for offending us. There is no other deep hatred, so why should we kill them all? It was ceded to us as compensation for us. As the old Chinese saying goes, we must forgive others and forgive others. We can’t do things too badly! Hoi An River is not our jurisdiction anyway. How can we control it for a long time? It will cost us a lot to do so, and it will make our soldiers miserable, and it will only increase their danger. In my opinion, this time your two countries have fought so hard The situation is almost the same, and our Fubo army does not want to see this kind of killing continue. It is better for us to intervene for your two countries! General Wu will go back and tell Marshal Li what I mean. Said that I specially invited your country and the Champa country to send special envoys to me to mediate between you two, I don’t think this battle will be fought again!”

Listening to what he said, Wu Yuanzhi was stunned for a moment, when did the leader of the Fubo army become a bodhisattva?When you cleaned up our Annan country, you burned the city at every turn. Killing our people is easier than killing chickens. Now you are saying that peace is the most important thing, and you don’t want to see people burn. Why didn’t you show such kindness back then?But he dare not say this to Xu Yi even if he is killed now, he can only slander in his stomach. After Xu Yi finished speaking, he knew that it turned out that the Zhanren had reached an armistice agreement with the Fubo Army. No wonder they Will be so generous to let Zhanren's army on the north bank, withdraw from the Hoi An River, and then heard that Zhanren ceded the big Zhanhaikou to the Fubo army, so he said anxiously: "Big leader! Please listen to the next sentence, although There is nothing wrong with you doing this, but Zhan people are easy to meet! If you let Zhan people go, I am afraid that after they gain power, Zhan people will come to trouble your army again! Don’t Han people also say that? How can we miss such a good opportunity? Also, this big Zhanhaikou is our territory, but it was just captured by the occupied people. How can they cede this place to your army? This I'm afraid I can't justify it!"

Xu Yi's face immediately sank when he heard it: "Oh? General Wu is wrong to say that! If I'm not mistaken, since the founding of the Champa Kingdom, not only here, but also in Huazhou, has always been occupied by the Champa. The territory of the mother country, you Annan people just occupied this place for decades or even a few years, how did this place become your Annan people's territory? Besides, since it is not your territory, I never occupied it. I took this land from my hands, but I didn’t take this land from you. Is it wrong for Zhan to cede this land to me? If you follow your logic, you once captured Yongzhou in the Song Dynasty. Is Yongzhou also your territory? Ridiculous!"

After Wu Yuanzhi was robbed by Xu Yi, he didn't even dare to say a fart. Although Xu Yi's words were a little forceful, they seemed to have some truth. Wu Yuanzhi didn't dare to refute, so he repeatedly apologized: "Big boss Calm down, big boss, calm down! If you make a slip of the tongue in the next moment, I hope that the big boss will not argue with his subordinates. At this moment, Zhanren can’t let go! I also hope that the big boss can quickly send a fleet to block the river again, and cut off the back road. !" He is no longer entangled with Xu Yi on this issue. Anyway, this matter is handled by their lord, and it is not his turn to negotiate with the Fubo Army. Now he dare not anger the leader of the Fubo Army. Otherwise, the ghost knows what else he will do.

"Don't talk about it anymore. I've made this very clear. During this period of time, the war between your two countries has caused anger and resentment, and hungry people are everywhere. If this continues, it will only harm the peace of heaven. From what I can see, the two of you are still the best. If you can stop the war and stop fighting like this, please go back and tell Marshal Li, General Wu, and ask him to report to the lord of your country, and say that I invite both of you to come to me to discuss the truce. We are willing to act as an intermediary for you Kingdom and Champa Kingdom to mediate!" Xu Yi said impatiently.

Seeing such a situation, Wu Yuanzhi knew that it would be useless for him to say more. Xu Yi seemed to have made up his mind not to interfere in their affairs, so he could only bow and salute, bid farewell to Xu Yi, and returned to the Annan Camp .

"Betrayal! This is a blatant betrayal! At this time, they have withdrawn their troops brazenly, obviously because they have taken advantage of the Zhanren. We don't rely on them anymore. We will deal with the Zhanren by ourselves!" Wu Yuanzhi said. After finishing the situation, Li Yuanfeng couldn't hold back the anger in his heart any longer, and said angrily.

"Don't do it, Commander! Now we must not act impulsively. This matter has been supplemented by the rear, and the morale has been greatly boosted. After this period of fierce fighting, our soldiers are already exhausted physically and mentally, and their morale is low. If we If we send troops to attack the occupying people now, not only will it not be effective, on the contrary, we may be defeated by the occupying people. If we lose again at this time, the whole army will inevitably collapse. It will be in vain! Commander-in-chief, please think twice before acting!" A counselor immediately tried to persuade him.

At this time, some other generals also spoke out to persuade them, saying that it is definitely not the best policy to send troops now, and these generals really don't want to continue fighting now. Some people said: "Commander! Although the behavior of the Fubo army is really hateful, we are now The situation is really not optimistic. Our strength is not much higher than the opponent's, and the corpses of the soldiers in front of the two armies have already rotted away. If this continues, the plague will inevitably spread. If we continue to attack, we will not be able to defeat them with full confidence. Opponent, we have fought the battle like this, and we can already explain to our king. I think that it is really not suitable for us to fight anymore. Why don't we just follow what the leader of the Fubo army said, stop fighting here and wait until we rest , regroup the troops, and start the conquest of Zhanren!"

Li Yuanfeng saw that few people supported his idea of ​​sending troops, so he was completely depressed. The most important thing in war is not the strength of troops or equipment, but morale, and now the morale of his army is really worrying. If Ling made an attack, it might really cause a mutiny. If he was defeated again, the Zhan people would take the opportunity to wave their troops to cover up the killing, and they would be very likely to wipe out the entire army here, so he sat down on the big chair and sighed. One said: "The Skeleton Army mistook me! The Skeleton Army mistook me!"

Although he was furious in his heart, he didn't have the slightest thought of going to the Skeleton Army to settle accounts. In his eyes, the Skeleton Army has undoubtedly become a master who cannot be provoked. If he is not careful, he may get burned. Don't look There are not many people in this Fubo army, but he still feels that his tens of thousands of people are nothing more than a dish in front of others, and asking them to settle accounts is courting death!
So under the eyes of Annan's army, Zhanren spent three days re-building a crude pontoon bridge on the river, and then under the queen's highness led by Zanbu'e, the army of Zhanren stranded on the north bank began to slowly move forward. They withdrew from the pontoon bridge to the south bank of the Hoi An River. In order to speed up their retreat, they even cut down a lot of bamboo and tied them into bamboo rafts to cross the river. In this way, Li Yuanfeng watched helplessly as the army of occupying people slowly crossed the Hoi An River. An Jiang, but there is nothing to do!
When the Zhanren who returned to the south bank of the river stepped on the solid ground, many people immediately cried, knelt down on the ground, and kissed the earth. During the period of staying in the north of the river, the kind of people who have no way to go to heaven The feeling of having nowhere to go made them almost have a mental breakdown, and now they are well, they finally returned to the South Bank, and they no longer have to worry about precariousness!
Abu Alan looked at the returning soldiers and their agitated expressions on his giant elephant's elephant, and suddenly felt that the compensation to the Skeleton Army was worth it. As long as there are still these soldiers, he will be able to rise again. If you have an opportunity, just wait, Annan people, I will come back!Abu Alan secretly made up his mind and said in his heart.

Zanbu'e was the last one to retreat to the south bank, and immediately ordered someone to demolish the pontoon bridge behind him, completely cutting off the connection with the north bank, and then rode his horse to the front of Abu Alan, jumped off his horse and knelt down to Abu Alan, saying: "Mo Thank you, Your Majesty, for your assistance, and thank you, Your Majesty, on behalf of these soldiers for your kindness in rebuilding!"

Abu Alan got down from the elephant, clapped his hands in praise, looked up and down his haggard face, patted his shoulder vigorously, and said only one sentence: "Just come back!..."

Li Yuanfeng sat in the big tent, and after hearing the news that Zhanren had been evacuated to the other side, he sighed again in his heart, and ordered: "Send people quickly to collect the remains of soldiers on the battlefield, cremate or bury them deeply. , Let their heroic spirits return to the kingdom of heaven early, so as to avoid the plague!"

The Annan army began to collect the remains left on the battlefield according to his instructions. At this time, the battlefield was full of stench, and the corpses had already rotted into disgrace. There were maggots everywhere, and only some crows were still hovering here. The wild dogs seemed to be unable to stand the smell, and disappeared into the distance.

Li Yuanfeng wrote the battle situation as a memorial. After thinking about it carefully, he did not intentionally describe the treachery of the skeleton army, but very tactfully told the Li Dynasty Lord that he was no longer able to fight anymore. He didn't want to anger the king now. , otherwise, if the king orders him to send troops to attack the skeleton army, it will be very bad. He has no interest in finding death. Now that the truce is really over, there is a kind of relaxed feeling in his heart. It feels like I can finally take a break!

But at this time, Xu Yi was busy ordering people to open the border, spread the news everywhere, let those Li people who fled everywhere take refuge in Dazhanhaikou, and ensured their safety and provided them with food. He didn't want to treat these Zhan people He showed great kindness to the Annan people, but occupied Haikou. After several wars, it has already become a barren land. Even if he occupies this place now, no one comes to build it. He can't run back and head here in large numbers. Transport immigrants!So he had no choice but to attract those people who were homeless due to the war to settle here, otherwise, even if he got this place, it would be just a piece of waste land with no effect.

When the refugees heard the news, they were scared to death at first, because they heard that it was the skeleton army that razed Dazhanhaikou to the ground. At first, no one dared to go there, but later Some people really can’t bear the hunger, so they are so heartbroken that it’s better to have a good time than to be starved to death, to see if going there is like what the skeleton army said, to give them food and land, let them live in peace, the big deal is death , is better than starving to death, so tremblingly entered the Dazhanhaikou area controlled by the Skeleton Army, and found that there was indeed a porridge shed here to provide them with food, and there were people who allocated land for them to cultivate, so this The news quickly spread, and after the news spread, more refugees began to pour into Dazhanhaikou and Toulon, and gradually Dazhanhaikou regained some popularity. Finally, there are people!

Xu Yi is not in a hurry to revitalize Dazhanhaikou. Anyway, he has decided to operate Toulon Port as a commercial port to replace Dazhanhaikou. He is determined to abandon this Dazhanhaikou, so he has no plan to continue to restore the dock here. As well as Hoi An Town, but to operate it as a grain production area, which can be used by the Port of Toulon, so he did not invest too much energy here. When the land here was roughly distributed, he ordered people to close it. Borders, no longer accepting refugees.

And Li Yuanfeng's memorial was quickly delivered by the messenger to Shenglong City, the capital of the Li Dynasty, and placed on the table of King Li Chao. After reading the memorial, King Li Chao was deeply moved. Sighed, anyway, Annan did not suffer any big losses in this battle, and basically maintained the original situation, but lost part of the area south of the Hoi An River, and did not cause major losses, which is considered unfortunate. Fortunately, Li Yuanfeng also expressed his understanding of the situation facing Li Yuanfeng. After all, he had tried his best. Although he had not completely wiped out the Zhanren army, at least it had consumed a large amount of the opponent's strength, making Zhanren powerless in a short time. Launched a new offensive against Annan, at least it gave Annan a chance to breathe. During this period of time, they were under the scourge of Zhanren and Skeleton Army, and their national power was consumed a lot. If they continue to fight, even he himself feels that there is nothing wrong with it. meaning.

(End of this chapter)