Hengshanzhai is located at the westmost side of Guangnan West Road, and the distance to Shanchan Prefecture, Dali Military City, is about the same as that to Leizhou.

In other words, the Dali army should have only been sent to Dali for only a month.

And just a few months ago, what was the battle situation in Guangxi?

Zhao Dongting remembered that they had just set up soldiers and each army established a guerrilla formation.

If nothing unexpected happens, the king of Dali Duan Zhixing decided to send troops after learning that the Song army officer Dao won. From this point of view, he should indeed plan to help the Song army.

However, now that the Song army has laid a victory in Guangxi, the situation is subtle, will he change his mind?

As the emperor, Zhao Dongting had to think about this.

At present, the Song army is stationed in Xiujiang Town, Leizhou is empty, and Zhang Hongfan and Li Heng are not far away. Will Duan Zhixing change his mind?

Undoubtedly, these Dali troops could help the Song Dynasty to block Zhang Hongfan and Li Heng. However, they might also help Zhang Hongfan and Li Heng destroy the Song Dynasty.

With the current military strength of the Song Dynasty, it had just experienced Mi war. Even if there were firearms, it was almost impossible to block the Yuan Dynasty and Dali coalition forces.

"Damn it."

Zhao Dongting murmured softly, "If Duan Zhixing knew about this war, wouldn't he take advantage of the situation, right?"

"You go down and rest first!"

He waved away the message sender who had kneeled in front of him and immediately shouted to the outside of the hall: "Go to see Mr. Xuan Qin."

Qin Han came up with the idea of ​​letting someone join forces with Dali. At this time, Zhao Dongting naturally wanted to hear his opinions.

Soon, Qin Han rushed to the hall and bowed to Zhao Dongting, "Emperor."

Zhao Dongting handed him the letter in his hand and said, "What do you think about this?"

Qin Han read the letter, but said, "Emperor, Dali sends troops to provide assistance. Isn't this what you hope for?"

"Oh."

Zhao Dongting chuckled, "If the situation in Guangxi is still uncertain, I certainly hope that they can send troops to provide assistance. But now Boyan and Yesuer only have tens of thousands of troops left in Wuzhou, and they are powerless. What else do I want them to do?"

Qin Han said: "But there is in Leizhou..."

Zhao Dongting said: "I would rather lead my army back to Leizhou than they would go to Leizhou. Have you ever thought about it? If they took advantage of the situation to rob?"

Qin Han pondered and said for a long time: "What the emperor meant is to let them go back? Will that Duan Zhixing think we are teasing him?"

"Teaching?"

Zhao Dongting's face was a little cold, "He was unable to make up his mind and was reluctant to send troops. How could he say that I was teasing him?"

Qin Han nodded, "Then the emperor announced that I would come, is it that I will go to the Dali army and ask them to withdraw their troops?"

Zhao Dongting said, "The person was invited by the Zongheng family of your Guigu Academy. Now that I want to send him, of course you have to send him. If I send the ministers in the court, I am afraid it will be easier to invite the gods and it will be difficult to send him! Our army is definitely victorious here, but its military strength is far less than before. As long as Duan Zhixing is not a fool, he will probably have the intention to take advantage of the situation. At that time, whether he occupy Leizhou or Zhang Hongfan and Li Heng, he will work together to attack me, the Song Dynasty will be at risk of destruction."

Qin Han nodded in contemplation.

Perhaps no one would have thought that the war would develop to this current situation.

If Dali had sent troops to aid earlier, the battle in Guangxi might have ended long ago, and Zhang Hongfan and Li Heng would not have led their troops to invade Leizhou.

Besides, if Zhang Hongfan and Li Heng did not lead troops to invade Leizhou, Zhao Dongting would not have fought so eagerly with Boyan and Yesuer.

Various unexpected factors made this Dali Yuan army extremely important.

Although they only had 50,000 soldiers, they could win the battle wherever they turned.

However, Zhao Dongting couldn't believe Duan Zhixing. Instead of taking risks, it would be better to let them go back.

It was difficult to defeat Boyan and Yesuer, but he didn't want to capsize in the gutter.

On this day, more than ten Wuding Hall masters, led by Huang Liujia, escorted Qin Han to Yongzhou.

Yongzhou is located between Hengshanzhai and Leizhou. As the speed of the Dali army marching, they should be able to meet the Dali army there.

Soon, Zhang Jue led the generals to the main hall of the government office.

All of them were covered in blood, and some of their faces had become lumps.

Zhao Dongting stopped them from saluting, and said first: "How are our army's casualties?"

Zhang Jue looked a little ashamed, "Report to the emperor, our army...were nearly 50,000 killed in battle."

Zhao Dongting was silent.

It was beyond his expectations that he had suffered such a huge loss by using nearly 100,000 troops to deal with the Yuan army of about 120,000 troops.

In his mind, he originally estimated that the loss would be about 30,000 to 40,000.

Unexpectedly, the Yuan army would fight to the death, which ultimately made them a little hasty and inadequately prepared.

Moreover, after it rained, the hot air balloon could no longer fight, so the Flying Army returned to Xiujiang. This also gave the Yuan army a chance to breathe.

At night, you can't even see it in a rainy night, which undoubtedly greatly reduces the role that the Shenlong Gun soldiers can play.

Grenade launchers and thunderbolts were not very useful.

The various factors combined have caused the Song army to suffer so much damage than expected.

While this made Zhao Dongting feel sad, he felt that the Dali army must be allowed to go back. If they took the opportunity to join forces with Zhang Hongfan and Li Heng, not to mention that there were only Shenlong guns, grenade launchers, or mortars, they would probably lose their power completely.

After the silence, Zhao Dongting asked again: "How about our generals?"

Zhang Jue said: "The commander of Dongheli, commander of Ge Xiuhong, and commander of Lu Yu were killed."

Zhao Dongting raised his hand and twisted his nose bridge, closed his eyes slightly, "Well...you guys go down first..."

He felt sad.

If so, he hoped that no one in his army would lose. Now that he heard this, he felt really uncomfortable.

A heavy breath pressed against his heart, making his breathing uneven.

After Zhang Jue and the others retreated, Zhao Dongting asked Hong Wutian and Le Wuchen and others to leave the hall, closed the door of the hall, and remained silent alone in the dark hall.

If a general succeeds and still has thousands of bones, what about becoming a country?

Witnessing the deaths of too many people, Zhao Dongting felt more stressed than anyone else.

He kept working hard for the ideal country in his heart. And he was pressing his heart to his heart's death.

Zhao Dongting had woken up from his sleep many times. In the dream, the soldiers who fell into battle stared at him covered in blood.

They didn't say anything, but the scrutiny of Zhao Dongting made him feel anxious.

They seemed to be questioning him, why was it them who died?

It seemed to be questioning why Zhao Dongting's ideal country had not yet arrived.

Those familiar or unfamiliar faces, their eyes were as cold, angry, and resentful as they were.

Not everyone can afford hundreds of thousands of ghosts.

Zhao Dongting could only keep strengthening his heart, but he didn't even know when he could bear it.

"Squeak..."

Suddenly, the door of the hall was pushed open in a gap, and a beautiful figure walked in.

It's Lechan.

She saw Zhao Dongting huddled in the corner of the hall and buried her head in her knees. She bit her lips and almost burst into tears.

She didn't know what happened to Zhao Dongting, but just looking at Zhao Dongting who looked like this, she knew that Zhao Dongting must have a lot of things in his heart.

What kind of pressure can make the young and wise emperor like this?

She felt her heart was like a knife in an instant.

"emperor."

He hurriedly ran to Zhao Dongting, Le Chan abandoned the shyness in her heart and hugged Zhao Dongting.

She has never been like this before.

At this moment, Zhao Dongting choked up. Le Chan's arms made him feel warm, and the emotions in his heart could no longer collapse.

Le Chan choked and felt Zhao Dongting's trembling, but just hugged Zhao Dongting even tighter.

She was just an ordinary woman and didn't know how to comfort Zhao Dongting, so she could only use her own arms to warm him.

a long time.

Zhao Dongting's trembling gradually weakened.

Le Chan lowered her head, and with the vague light coming in from outside the hall door, she saw Zhao Dongting's face and realized that he was already asleep.

She bit her lip and gently fiddled with Zhao Dongting's hair, "If you are not the emperor and I am not the saint, how great it would be..."

She was a little envious of her sister's music and dance.

Xiao Yulin rushed to Xiujiang and as long as he went to Leizhou again, his sister and Xiao Yulin should get married soon, right?

Le Chan also hopes that her relationship with Zhao Dongting will not have so many ups and downs.

Zhao Dongting was still frowning in her sleep, which made her heart seem to be held in her hands, and she was always tightly held.
Chapter completed!