Yi Song

Chapter 243 Brother Richard is like a lost dog

Brother Richard fled westward in a hurry under the escort of more than 200 cavalry guards.

Li Gongren, the commander-in-chief of the Xiangyou Army, Wei Yiming, the commander of Xiangqing Army Zuo Ma, Shizhou Governor Yi Fuda, Yinzhou Governor Gong Fuliang, Yanzhou Governor Li Quanchi, and more than forty defense envoys, regiment training envoys, The coach was trapped in the rebellion together.

Some of them had lost their jobs, cities and subordinates early. After the defeat in Yanzhou, they no longer wanted to live in an ignoble existence, so they decided to fight to the death and seek mercy.

Some stick to their duties and fight until every soldier is killed.

Others died inexplicably at the hands of rebels. Song Jun's eyes turned red, staring straight at Xia Jun who was shaking in front of him, the head on his neck was shining with golden light.

If you cut them down, you can get military rewards. Even the officers and soldiers of the Xia Army believed Liu Erlang's promise.

Brother Richard believed that more generals and officials had surrendered to the Song army, including Liang Baichuan, whom he had always trusted.

The army was defeated like a mountain!

Ahead was Yaode City, but Brother Richard knew that that booger-sized city could not stop the mighty Song Army. You can take a breather there, replenish water and food, and change your mount and war horse.

Brother Richard nodded and waved his hand to him.

Yifuxiang said with a smile on his face: "Your Majesty is joking, you are His Majesty's younger brother, our Jin King of Great Xia, who dares not to trust you. Please, please come inside. The house under your command is crude and crude, so please, Your Majesty Don’t take it personally.”

"Replying to the king, I have more than 1,100 young and strong soldiers under my command. Seven hundred were taken away, and now there are less than five hundred left. There are seven hundred war horses, and three hundred have been transferred away, leaving only four. Hundreds of horses.

"Yifuxiang, how many horses are there in your city? How much food is there? How many people are there?"

Li Wanjuan thought for a while and said: "Your Majesty, let alone the west side of the Shangyuan Pass, the mountains are more dangerous and desolate and remote. Even if we break through, we will not be able to threaten Weizhou for a while. To the east are Zhejianghui Pass and Qingyuan Military City and Qinglan Gorge lead directly to Weizhou, but they are also naturally dangerous."

Yifuxiang was stunned for a moment and rolled his eyes more than a dozen times before he answered.

Now here comes Liu Erlang, who is so bold and bold as to be rare in the world. They have similar odors and reuse Liu Fa and other vicious and deceitful people. If Liu Fa and others let go, who knows what will happen? It is a natural hazard to enjoy the reward, but it is not necessarily the case in other places. "

"Is there any news from Weizhou?"

At least you have to escape to Lingzhou, where Xiping Mansion and Xiangqing Army are located, to have some sense of security.

Inviting Brother Richard into the main hall and sitting down, Yifuxiang bent down and said respectfully: "Young man, go down and arrange for them to kill cattle and sheep. Please wait a moment, your Majesty."

Arriving at the east gate of Yaode City, the coach Yifuxiang who was guarding the place and several hundred soldiers respectfully received Brother Richard and his party.

"Wanjuan," Brother Richard called the guard captain's name.

"If I get back to your Majesty, I've already sent someone to investigate. Logically speaking, there should have been a routine notification from Weizhou yesterday, but I didn't receive it."

"What a disaster! Opposite Weizhou is Liu Fa, who is also a difficult guy. When Liu Erlang fought with our army in Henan, he must have notified Liu Fa and Li Zhongxiao and asked them to mobilize and respond."

Brother Richard glanced at Yifu Xiang, not knowing whether he was really stupid or just pretending.

My whole group, like a bereaved dog, defeated the Song army and looted?
Brother Richard said calmly: "The war on the front line is tense. I want to go back to Lingzhou to continue to mobilize troops and raise food. Your horses, your food, cattle and sheep, I will have to borrow some more from you. Can you trust the Henan Transportation Department? , do you believe this king?"

There were several stones of grain and grass, and 60,000 cattle and sheep, more than half of which were taken away by the damn Henan Transportation Department. Half of them were transferred and the other half were borrowed. Your Majesty, when can I return it to my subordinates? Do we have to wait until the Song army is defeated and looted? "

If you want to gather the defeated troops there and organize resistance, forget it.

"Your Majesty, Weiming Adao, Zong Cunli, and Wodaochi have 30,000 soldiers and horses under their command, and they are guarding the natural danger at the reward port. No matter how good Liu Fa is at fighting, he may not be able to break through the natural danger."

"Your Majesty."

Brother Richard shook his head, "Most of the generals in the Song Army are veteran generals with many years of experience, and are both wise and brave. Especially Liu Fa, Yang Weizhong, Li Zhongjie, Zhe Yanzhi, Feng Guan, etc. are the most cunning and fierce. In the past, they were beaten by those who were self-proclaimed. The civil servants were restrained and unable to let go.

"Wanjuan, in the battle of Henan, the main force of our army has been mobilized, and the Jingsai Army Department is tense. There are not many troops stationed at these mountain passes, so we can take advantage of this opportunity.

These days, the Song Army's Investigation and Security Bureau is extremely active, more rampant and more powerful than our Tianyi Hall. As long as one of these mountain passes is bought, the world will collapse! "

Li Wanjuan said no more. He was silent for a while and said worriedly: "Your Majesty, there is still room for maneuver in retreating to Lingzhou. But will those Qingliu people in Xingqing Mansion add insult to injury?"

"It will definitely add insult to injury! But so what? Brother Huang knows very well that in this critical moment, you have to rely on me. Those Qingliu's words are unreliable. It's just that I'm worried."

"What are you worried about, Your Majesty?" "Those Qingliu are not good at doing practical things, but they are good at deceiving people." Brother Richard sighed and said no more.

After waiting for a long time, Li Wanjuan felt something was wrong.

"Your Majesty, this Yifu elephant has been down for so long, but why is there no movement at all? Go take a look."

"Ah."

After a while, Li Wanjuan came back in a hurry and said angrily: "Your Majesty, this straight mother-in-law Yifu Xiang has escaped!"

"Run away?" Brother Richard stood up suddenly, his face full of disbelief.

"Yes, Your Majesty, this guy ran away with his family and tribe. All the horses, cattle, sheep, grain and grass were swept away, leaving nothing behind."

Brother Richard was a little at a loss.

What is this called!
Sure enough, in troubled times, everyone is working hard to make a living. Big people have their own ways of thinking, and small people have their own ways of living.

Slowly, Brother Richard also felt relieved. More than 200,000 soldiers and horses were all defeated, and the land of Henan was completely lost. What else could not happen?
"Nine times out of ten, he defected to the Song army."

"Your Majesty, he just wanted to go, but the brothers are tired and hungry, and so are the mounts. They just want something to eat."

"Look around and do a good search. Yaode City will no longer be ours from now on, so there is no need to be polite. We are homeless dogs, and we can just wrap our bellies if we have a stutter. Let's escape to Lingzhou."

"Yes."

Finally, I collected some food and grass, cooked a few pots of porridge, and fed the soldiers to their stomachs. Then I randomly found some grass and fed it to the mounts.

After resting for a while, Brother Richard was about to give the order and the whole team continued on their way.

Li Wanjuan arrived.

"Your Majesty, there is news from Weizhou."

Seeing Li Wanjuan's extremely ugly expression, Brother Richard's heart skipped a beat, and he said with a trembling voice, "You tell me."

"The Song Army's Investigation and Security Bureau worked carefully and bribed a captured guard general in the Qingyuan Military City. They opened the gate of the village at night. The Song Army swarmed in and captured the Qingyuan Military City. The nearby Zhejianghui Mountain Pass surrendered without a fight. , Qinglan Gorge was defeated in a fierce battle, and they all fell into the hands of the Song army.

Liu Fa drummed his army forward and occupied Xiama Pass in one fell swoop. "

The flesh on Brother Richard's face was shaking.

Xiamaguan was occupied by the Song army, which meant that the connection between Lingzhou River and Hulu River was cut off. With more than 20,000 soldiers and horses, Shangyikou was isolated and helpless. The Song army could enter Hulu River from the flanks and surround Shangyikou from the back. of soldiers and horses.

"There was a dispute between Wangcunli and Ximuyou who were stationed at Shangyikou. Wangcunli wanted to lead his troops to retreat to Weizhou, but Ximuyou wanted to lead his troops to fight the Song army in a decisive battle to save the Hulu River."

Brother Richard's face turned even darker.

Zong Cunli was the defense envoy of Weizhou and was responsible for the military affairs of the state. During the war, his authority was still superior to Weizhou's governor Wodaochi. It stands to reason that the Weizhou coach should listen to him when he makes mistakes.

But the Hulu River is the territory of the Ximu clan. As the great chief of the Ximu clan, how could Ximuji abandon the foundation of the clan? Of course we have to argue with each other.

Most of the soldiers and horses stationed at the reward gate were from the Ximu clan, and Ximu was the son-in-law of Weiming Adao, the commander-in-chief of the Jingsai Army.

When a dispute breaks out, Xi Mu's blackmail can't be suppressed by being disrespectful and polite.

"In the end, the soldiers and horses of Hua Huankou were divided into two groups. Ximuhe led his troops to retreat to Shaquan City, and Zongcunli led his troops to retreat to Weizhou. As a result, Liu Fa led his troops to defeat them separately. Wangcunli died in battle, and Ximuyou surrendered. .

Liu Fa immediately moved his army northward and besieged Weizhou City. Lord Weiming Adao has less than four thousand soldiers and horses, and he is short of food and weapons. The morale in the city was even lower, and the city had just closed its doors. Several aristocratic families in the city, under the instigation of the Bureau of Investigation and Security, raised their troops to cause chaos and opened their doors to face the enemy. Lord Weiming Adao died for his country, and Ondaochi was captured.
The spies I sent out encountered fleeing Weizhou officials on the way. They said that Liu Fa's troops were heading towards Lingzhou River, and their next target might be Pule City."

"No matter where they are, we can't stop them. The 200,000 Song troops in the east are probably less than thirty miles away from here. The Lingzhou River cannot be defended. Wanjuan, send the order and set off immediately for Lingzhou City."

"Yes!"

(End of this chapter)