Reborn Yue Feizhi returns my rivers and mountains

Guo Yaoshi and Yang Keshi ran for dozens of miles and stopped only after seeing that there were no more pursuers behind them.The two were shocked and looked at each other with a bitter smile.Pharmacist Guo said: "This time the army broke the promise, but our great achievements were wasted. It's so sad!" After hearing this, Yang Keshi closed his eyes and said with tears: "It's a pity that General Gao died in the city, not even his body was found in the capital." recapture."

The two of them were relatively speechless and walked south in silence.After walking for another ten miles, I saw Liu Yanqing's army slowly coming in front.The two came to Liu Yanqing and were about to speak when they heard Liu Yanqing say with surprise: "Why are the two generals so embarrassed? That Xiao Qian was so cunning that when the army was about to rise, he actually set fire to the baggage in order to stop the attack. Our army pursued. I was worried that the soldiers were fighting hard in the city, so I ordered the army to put out the fire immediately and pursue. Even my beard was burned by the fire. Are the two generals here asking for help? Then General Gao is in Yanjing City. Hold on? I will pull out a team of men and horses and rush to rescue with the two generals."

Looking at Liu Yanqing's hypocritical face, Yang Keshi was tempted, but thought it would be unwise to rush into the general in front of the army, so he said "Huh!" and turned away.Pharmacist Guo sighed and said: "The last general was incompetent and failed to defend Yanjing. He waited for the army to come for reinforcements. All six thousand elite soldiers in the city were killed or injured. The last general and General Yang risked their lives and fell down the city. They escaped with their lives. The general was surrounded by heavy troops and died for his country. Now Yanjing has returned to the hands of the Liao army."

Liu Yanqing looked shocked when he heard this, and said: "Is this so? If the Liao army takes the opportunity to attack at this time, how can our army be a match for the Liao army's cavalry on this plain? It is better to retreat to the Lugou River and take advantage of the danger. Just wait and wait for a good opportunity." After saying this, he passed on the order and ordered the army to immediately withdraw to the south bank of the Marco Polo River and stick to it.

In the city of Yanjing, the general was defeated and fled, and all the generals accompanying him were killed in the battle. Only about [-] people took off their military uniforms and mingled with the people and fled out of the city.Xiao Qian, on the other hand, wiped out the remaining Song soldiers in the city within half a day. After resting in the city for a night, he regrouped and headed straight for the Lugou River.

When he came to the north bank, Xiao Qian ordered his soldiers to set up tents several times larger than his own, and ordered to build many stoves to confuse the Song army, and the number increased every day.Liu Yanqing saw the banners on the other side fluttering, Xiao Qian carrying the power of victory, and his army even more impressive. At this moment, the tents were stretched out in a row, and the smoke was covering the sky. He was already panicking, so he stayed at the camp without daring at all Explore each other.

Liu Yanqing returned to his tent, wrote a book, and ordered it to be sent back to Tong Guan in Xiongzhou. The book greatly exaggerated the combat power of the Liao army and shied away the blame for Yanjing's gains and losses.Then he wrote: "The Liao army is powerful, so beg Nahui (meaning to move back) troops and horses, stick to Xiongzhou, and look for good opportunities."

When Tong Guan received the letter, he didn't know what the fighting was like on the front line. He was frightened by the power of the Liao army written in Liu Yanqing's book, so he wrote back to comfort him, and finally wrote: "Look at the situation, if you can, then Come back, it’s worth it.”

When Liu Yanqing received the reply, he felt as if he had found a treasure, so he even wanted to retreat. He just let the Liao soldiers scold him every day, but could not get out.The Liao soldiers were wandering around, preventing the Song army from repeating its old plan and sneaking attacks on Yanjing, and at the same time harassing the Song army and making it uneasy.

On this day, a small group of Liao soldiers crossed the Lugou River dozens of miles downstream with the intention of harassing the Song army. When a Song army's grain escort team happened to pass by, they captured two grain escort officers and sent them to Xiao Qian's camp. All the food and fodder that accompanied him were burned.When the Song army arrived after hearing the news, only the corpses of Song soldiers and burned food and grass were left on the ground.

Xiao Qian heard in the camp that two Song Army grain custodians had been captured. He suddenly thought of the story of "Jiang Qian stealing books" during the Three Kingdoms period, so he came up with a plan and ordered the two grain custodians to be detained next door to the camp. , and he himself summoned the generals and pretended to discuss matters.

After everything was arranged, Xiao Qian said loudly in the camp: "General Yelu Dashi defeated the Jin army in the east. Hearing that Yanjing was lost, he sent all 30 troops to come back to help. Now only 3 troops are left to guard Yanjing. , leave the rest of the troops under my control. I heard that the Han army on the other side came to harass our border with a hundred thousand troops. In the past few days, we were short of troops and horses, and it was difficult to destroy their army. Now our division is three times the number of the Han army, and the enemy's We have more than enough. Tomorrow we should divide our troops into the left and right wings and rush into them with elite troops. With the left and right wings positioned accordingly, we will be able to defeat the Han army and annihilate them completely." After Xiao Qian finished speaking, the generals below had already accepted his instructions and naturally responded loudly.

The two grain security officers next door heard clearly and were shocked. One of them suddenly found that the rope around his wrist was slightly loose, so he struggled and took his hand off, and then released the other person.The two quietly went to the tent door, knocked down the two Liao soldiers guarding the door from behind, and dragged them into the tent. They quietly changed into the Liao soldiers' clothes, took advantage of the night, quietly walked out of the camp, and went straight to the Song Army headquarters. Camp, with the intention of spreading news.

Looking at the two people's retreating figures, Xiao Qian showed a satisfied smile at the gate of the camp, and then returned to the camp to arrange matters for the generals and prepare for the decisive battle tomorrow morning.

The Liao army left without mentioning the preparations. The two grain guards escaped all the way back to the Song camp and were brought to Liu Yanqing. After they were captured, they told how they heard the Liao army secretly discussing the attack. .After Liu Yanqing heard the news that the Liao army was three times more numerous than his own, he immediately thought that in the past few days, the Liao army had increased their camps and the smoke was getting thicker. He had already believed this statement seven or eight times. In addition, with this troop dispatch, he was Xiao Qian had been defeated several times in a row and was already frightened. He had no time to think about whether this military intelligence was true or false. He was just thinking about how to escape.

Before dawn the next day, Xiao Qian ordered people to set fires everywhere and beat war drums, making it look like the army was about to charge.Liu Yanqing, who was on the other side of the river, saw fires and drums blaring all over the north bank, thinking that the Liao army was coming to attack. He panicked and quickly ordered the troops to burn the camp and retreat, while he took the lead in fleeing under the protection of his personal guards.

Liu Yanqing's escape didn't matter, because all the soldiers below thought that the Liao army was coming to attack, and saw their commander fleeing, so they got into chaos.In the dark night, it was impossible to distinguish between ourselves and the enemy. They could only collide with each other. Suddenly, the entire Song Army camp was on fire, and the soldiers fled in all directions, leaving a mess all over the ground.

Seeing the chaos of the Song army on the other side, Xiao Qian immediately mobilized all his troops, took advantage of the chaos to capture Marco Polo Bridge, and pursued them one after another.

At this time, the Song army's morale was extremely low due to the escape of its generals and successive defeats. Seeing the wolf-like Liao soldiers, they still had no fighting spirit. They only regretted that their parents had lost two legs, and they were all over the mountains and plains. Running around.While running away, they trampled on each other, and countless people fell into cliffs and streams.However, countless grain and grass baggage were scattered along the way without anyone transporting them, and they stretched for more than a hundred miles.

When Liu Guangshi saw the Chinese army on fire and the soldiers fleeing like an avalanche in the camp, he panicked. He quickly ordered his troops to retreat with the army, while he fled backwards under the protection of Yue Fei's brothers and the thousand-man team.

In this way, the Song army fled all the way. When they arrived at Baigou River, it was already dawn and everyone was rushing to jump into the river to escape. At this time, Liu Yanqing was frightened, gathered his troops, and stood firm on Baigou Bridge.

Xiao Qian looked at the dawn and knew that if he continued to pursue, the Song army would inevitably find out that he was in vain and be restrained, so he stopped pursuing, withdrew his troops and returned to camp, taking back the two states of Zhuo and Yi along the way. countless.

At this point, Tong Guan's second Northern Expedition completely failed. Yanjing, Zhuozhou, and Yizhou were gained and lost, but they lost countless soldiers, horses and military resources, which made the already weak treasury even worse.