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Tong Guan fell ill, and Cai You, deputy envoy of Xuanfu, personally investigated the cause of the defeat. The defeat of this war was too serious. Even if all the blame was turned on Liu Yanqing, Tong Guan and Cai You could not escape the emperor's severe punishment. So one of them lay on the sickbed and racked their brains to find a way to escape the crime, while the other had wide blood-red eyes roared desperately at Liu Yanqing, Yang Keshi and others.

Liu Yanqing and the generals of the Northwest Army realized that the problem was serious. This defeat was different from the last time. The last time he only fought a few small-scale battles in Baigou, and the losses were negligible. Although the personnel losses were not large, all the food, grass and supplies were discarded, and the Northern Expedition Army was no longer able to launch a third attack in the shortest time.

Cai You was furious and shouted and shouted at the military conference. The style of a famous scholar disappeared. He also wanted to sacrifice his merits and launched a third attack immediately, but in fact it was impossible.

This time, in order to raise military supplies, the imperial court has emptied all warehouses in the capital, Hebei, Shandong, Jianghuai and Jingxiang. The total value of military supplies such as silver, silk, food, grass, weapons, etc. is about 30 million guan. Now it is all lost. If you want to fight again, where will the military supplies come from? If you want to raise military supplies of 200,000 troops of the Northern Expedition again, how long will it take?

Since Emperor Shenzong, Xining and Yuanfeng, the imperial court has implemented new policies. One of the most important reforms is to modify the military system, rectify the army, and hoard military supplies. Over the past few decades, the accumulated military supplies filled the capital and warehouses in various places. However, after the Northern Expedition, the battles fought for four or five years in the northwest battlefield, and then mobilized more than 100,000 troops to wipe out Fang La and Song Jiang, which consumed an astonishing military supplies. Then there was this year's Northern Expedition. After the defeat of the first battle of the Northern Expedition, the emperor and the court made up their minds. Not only did they quickly increase their troops, but they also sent all the military supplies that could be mobilized to the Northern Expedition battlefield. Nearly one million people transported them day and night for more than three months, but in one day, they were all given to the Khitans.

Liu rushed to Xuanfusi at dusk.

Dong Yun received the news. The first thought was that Li Hu had captured Yanjing. Liu had been with Li Hu and was fighting Juyongguan. At this moment, he suddenly appeared. The only explanation was that Li Hu had conquered Juyongguan and entered Yanjing. Dong Yun felt that he was about to suffocate. He rushed out of the mansion like a flying person. Seeing Liu from afar, he shouted at the top of his voice: "Where is the King of Han?"

"The King of Han is in Yanjing." Liu waved at him and said with a smile.

Dong Yun was ecstatic. Within a few days, he almost collapsed under the pressure of the shadow of defeat. Suddenly, he could no longer control his emotions and rushed up to save Liu. Tears couldn't help but flow, "We have regained Yanjing? We have really regained Yanjing?"

Liu understood Dong Yun's current mood. If he had been alone, he would have been out of control.

The result of Liangxiang's defeat was terrible. Tong Guan had to bear all the blame for the failure of the Northern Expedition. Because the Northern Expedition was the defeat of the Northern Expedition. Tong Guan could blame the blame on the commander of the army, but if the Northern Expedition strategy failed, he could not escape. Tong Guan's big tree fell, and the fate of Dong Yun and a group of subordinates could be imagined.

"We recovered Yanjing. The plan of the Northern Expedition was finally successful." Liu patted Dong Yundi's back vigorously. "Let's go and tell the Grand Master this good news."

Tong Guan jumped up from the couch, jumped to the ground with barefoots, rushed to Liu a few steps, and grabbed his hand. "The King of Han took Yanjing? Is this true?"

"It's true." Liu patted Tong Guan's hand and said with a smile. "Tai Shi. The Northern Expedition was successful. We recaptured Yan Yun."

"Report the victory. Report the victory to Bianjing quickly." Tong Guan shouted excitedly at Dong Yun. "Tell the official family that we conquered Yanjing. We recovered Youyan. The Northern Expedition was successful."

Dong Yun nodded repeatedly and was about to turn around and leave. Liu Yi grabbed him. "Wait a minute." He took out a letter from his arms and handed it to Tong Guan. "This is the letter from the King of Han. Please read it before you talk about it."

Tong Guan and Dong Yun looked at the letter in Liu's hand and suddenly realized that Yanjing was captured by Li Hu. The Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun were recovered by Li Hu. The Song Dynasty was completely successful in the strategy of the Northern Expedition. However, the Northern Expedition was not completed by the Song Dynasty, but by Li Hu. The following matters were very, very complicated. It can be said that so far, the Song Dynasty did not actually obtain the fate of Yanyun and the Sixteen Song Dynasty was controlled by Li Hu. The Emperor of the Song Dynasty and the ministers he trusted were also controlled by Li Hu. Today, Li Hu turned into a dragon and had firmly grasped the lifeline of the Song Dynasty. The Song Dynasty was very passive and was in a very dangerous situation.

Tong Guan quickly calmed down and Dong Yun was no longer excited. After the two of them took turns reading the letter, their expressions on their faces became extremely solemn.

Pingzhou Road is still the issue of Pingzhou Road. This issue has always been the focus of debate between the two sides since the conclusion of the maritime alliance of Song and Jin two years ago to the conclusion of the alliance of Song and Jin again after the end of the Xijing War. Now, this focus issue has become a weapon used by Li Hu to threaten the Song Dynasty.

Li Hu's troops were limited. He had to deal with the Liao and Jin armies on the Youyan battlefield, and the Xixia, Khitan and Jurchens at the same time on the Daibei battlefield. He could not handle it, so he asked the Song army to cross Baigou immediately and go to Pingzhou Road. Of course, this was impossible. The Song army had just returned from a great defeat, and the morale of the army was extremely low. More importantly, there was no military supplies, so what was the war?

So Li Hu made a suggestion that he could surrender Zhang Jue from Pingzhou Road, but Zhang Jue's asking price must be very high, at least he must be a vassal state. Now the Jin army is coming quickly, and Xiao Gan may also lead the Jin army south at any time. The situation in Youyan is very tense, and it is too late to report to Bian Jing. For this reason, Li Hu asked Tong Guan to reply immediately. Do you agree? If he disagrees, he had to give up Pingzhou Road and hand over Pingzhou Road to the Jurchens.

Tong Guan had no choice but to agree with Hu's suggestion, but in this way, the Song Dynasty had two vassal states. Pingzhou Road was related to the overall defense and security of Youyan and its status was particularly important. Zhang Jue of Pingzhou Road immediately replaced Li Hu of Daibei and became the biggest confidant of the Song Dynasty.

Then what? When Zhang Jue became a vassal state of the Song Dynasty and Li Hu had a loyal ally, would he still give up Yanjing? What price would the Song Dynasty use to exchange for Yanjing next? Li Hu captured Yanjing and saved Pingzhou Road. He made great achievements and poses greater threat to the Song Dynasty. If the Song Dynasty kept tolerant and tolerant to him, the consequences would be unimaginable.

Another thing also made Tong Guan very troubled. Recovering Yan Yun (Li Hu snatched all the credits of this book from the reprint. The emperor wanted Prince Zhao Kai of Yun to inherit the throne with outstanding military achievements. The emperor must be very angry and hated Tong Guan and the generals on the front line. Therefore, the court dispute in Bianjing would be very unfavorable to Tong Guan and a group of leading war factions. Tong Guan might be driven away from the center and followed Cai Jing and Zhong Shidao and returned home to retire.

Tong Guan thought for a long time and decided to report the victory to Bianjing while concealing the defeat in Liangxiang. At the same time, he sent Liu and Dong Yun to Yanjing to meet Li Hu. The sea ship drove with the wind and quickly docked.

Yang Hua hurriedly got off the boat with a group of entourages. Chai Yun and Wu Chutian came quickly. Chai Yun was anxious and asked without waiting for Yang Hua to speak, "How about Jinzhou?" Yang Hua said nervously, "The Jin army is coming quickly."

"No one was rescued?" Chai Yun asked.

Yang Hua shook his head, "I have sent someone to come to the state to tell Tian Jie. Please ask him to withdraw to Pingzhou Road immediately."

"Where are we? Do we retreat too?" Wu Chitian turned his head and asked Chai Yun. Last time he refused to go north to Xijing, he regretted it soon.

After Li Hu retreated, the Song Dynasty immediately cut off Huiyi's contact with western Liaoning, and the navy also blocked the sea transportation route. In a short time, the prosperous sea transportation route fell sharply. The reason why Wu Chitian stayed in western Liaoning was to make money and make a fortune. Now that his wealth was gone, there was no hope for him to follow Yanjing, so he had to join the Jurchens. But a large part of Wu Chitian's subordinates were from Bohai people, and they were unwilling to join the Jurchens. So in the end, there was only one way left and continued to live a difficult life as pirates. Just when he was wandering, Chai Yun came. Chai Yun brought him a letter from Li Hu, and Li Hu kindly invited Wu Chitian and Yang Hua to Daibei. Don't be pirates, just follow me in the northwest. Brothers are together, so there is a way to take care of them.

Wu Chitian and Yang Hua no longer hesitated this time. They decided to go to Daibei immediately, but there were still a group of pirates who were unwilling to leave the sea. Wu Chitian and Yang Hua were not forced. They were all brothers and they were together and dispersed. The sea ships were given to them, but after Chai Yun and Tian Hao met, Tian Hao also went to Daibei. The current situation was exactly the same as the speculation made by Li Hu when he left western Liaoning. The Jin army was indeed killed. The Liaoxi was no longer safe. Tian Hao and the governor of Xizhou, Du Shi, returned, Qianzhou governor Gao Yongfu, and Runzhou governor Zhang Cheng and others regretted it. Chai Yun was just here, and Tian Hao and others immediately decided to continue to follow Li Hu in Daibei. In this way, a situation of overall retreat in western Liaoning was formed, which required time to coordinate. However, the attack speed of the Jin army was too fast, and they could retreat, and those who could retreat would be even greater.

"Retreat." Chai Yun said, "Retreat to Pingzhou Road first and meet with Zhang Jue."

"I don't know if Zhang Jue controls Pingzhou Road." Yang Hua said worriedly, "If Pingzhou Road is still Shi Liai, we may have to fight a war with Liao Xingjun."

"Who is Zhang Jue? He has been on Pingzhou Road for more than ten years, Shi Liai is nothing." Wu Chitian sneered, "It is easier for Zhang Jue to kill him than to kill an ant."

Chai Yun smiled, "Shi Liai was originally a decoration on Pingzhou Road. At first, I thought Yanjing could control Pingzhou Road with the huge strength of the Youyan Han people. Who knew that after I met Zhang Jue on Pingzhou Road, I realized that Liao Xingjun had been firmly controlled by Zhang Jue. Zhang Jue has had a hard time over the past year, especially since Yelu Chun's death, Xiao Gan did not believe him and deliberately attacked him. Then Li Chuwen died again. The Youyan Han people suspected that he had always had contact with the Tiger King and wanted to drive him out of Pingzhou Road. Zhang Jue was very smart, took the initiative to give in, kept his strength hidden, and just waited for a day to turn over.

Chai Yun looked up at the sky, thinking of Li Hu who was fighting fiercely in Juyongguan, and secretly prayed that God would bless Li Hu would successfully take Yanjing. Otherwise, even if Zhang Jue blocked the Jin army on Pingzhou Road, it would be meaningless. The future of Hulie Mansion was very bleak.
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