Chapter 708 Song Army Withdrew

The familiar road, the way home!

Luo Zhao, who was on the horseback, had a gloomy face and seemed unusually silent.

He came here in high spirits, with the lofty ambition to make an indelible contribution to the Song Dynasty, and with the spirit of asking who the heroes of the world belong to!

Successfully crossed the Dongyu River, all the way like a broken bamboo, everything was within my expectations. But since Meng Shanming formally commanded the army to march eastward, everything has changed, and his lofty ambitions have been frustrated again and again. Now not only has he returned without success, but even his future is full of haze.

He knows that someone is waiting for him, that person who has never confronted him is waiting for him, that Meng Shanming is waiting for him!

He withdrew, not because he had received Song's order to withdraw his troops.

He realized something was wrong when he suffered the setback in the first siege of the city. After the second strong attack still failed, he did not lose his mind. The human and material resistance cannot be conquered in a short period of time.

Two attacks, no, it should be three times, and there was a vanguard attack at the beginning!

After three strong attacks, 180,000 Song Guoerlangs were sacrificed back and forth.

While climbing the high city wall of Yanjing, 180,000 Song Guoerlang fell down, and blood stained every inch of land under the city wall of Yanjing red!

With the men and horses in his hands, if he keeps attacking, he will be able to defeat it sooner or later!

But he didn't dare to waste it anymore, firstly because he couldn't afford to waste time, and secondly because he couldn't afford to spend it on people and horses. If it was finally defeated, I don't know how many of the three million Song children would be left to go back. There are still people waiting for him on the way, Meng Shanming is waiting for him!

After hitting this point, he suddenly came to his senses, and seemed to understand the intention of Mengshan Mingkeng to kill 600,000 prisoners!

Excluding other reasons, Meng Shanming is deliberately provoking Song Jun and triggering Song Jun's revenge. On the other hand, he is intimidating Yanjing to resist desperately, forcing both sides to die, so as to consume a lot of Song Jun's strength!

Meng Shanming turned Yanjing into a bait with the lives of 600,000 people, so as to consume the time of the Song army, the food and grass of the Song army, and the troops of the Song army.

When a weak Song army appeared in front of Meng Shanming, Luo Zhao shuddered thinking about the consequences!

That old guy went crazy, he didn't care about his infamy, he didn't hesitate to kill 600,000 captives, he didn't care about the life and death of everyone in Yanjing, he just fought to defeat the Song army and to keep the country of Yan!

Suddenly understanding Meng Shanming's intentions, how could Luo Zhao dare to continue the fight, and decisively ordered the withdrawal of troops!

"Escorting" the Song army to leave, and the 100,000 cavalry of the Shang Dynasty Zong, everyone had several days of dry food on them, and they went back and forth to replenish the logistics.

Unlike before when "escorting" Song Jun to Yanjing, Qiu did nothing wrong, but now the Nanzhou iron cavalry has repeatedly taken the initiative to attack.

One hundred thousand iron cavalry have been coming and going like the wind around the Song army, and they will take the opportunity to attack when they seize the opportunity. If the situation is not right, they will withdraw immediately and will not be entangled.

As a result, Luo Zhao confirmed Meng Shanming's intentions more and more. The Nanzhou people were indeed preparing for his retreat, just to delay and consume him.

At the same time, on the way, Emperor Zong of the Shang Dynasty sent orders to various state capitals to once again prevent manpower from destroying the Song Army's retreat path, and try to delay consumption as much as possible.

When the terrain was favorable and the opportunity was right, the Nanzhou iron cavalry even launched a serious and swift attack to tell Song Jun, I am not just trying to harass you, I will play for real at any time!

Although he knew the intentions of the Nanzhou troops, the Song army had to guard against the withdrawal of the troops.

Facing this constant harassment is really a headache. The retreat of two or three million troops is like a long dragon. It is impossible to gather and retreat as a whole, and there is not such a wide road to walk. The Nanzhou iron cavalry just took a cold breath from time to time, crossed left and right, and ran away after hitting.

You don't know where and when the opponent will strike suddenly.

People are not greedy for too much, they will run away after killing hundreds or thousands of people at once, and only bite a few more when the time is right. Although the casualties caused each time were not large, the cumulative number of casualties during the long journey would definitely not be a small number, especially for those who made Song Jun panic, and no one even slept soundly.

Two legs can't beat four legs, especially with so many people, you still can't get rid of them.

The one who was harassed once couldn't bear it anymore. The Song Army organized cavalry to chase after it. As a result, after the chasing cavalry was lured away from the main force, the Nanzhou Iron Cavalry suddenly turned around and counterattacked, almost wiped out the Song Army cavalry. The remaining hundreds of cavalry fled back, and they were no match for the Nanzhou iron cavalry at all!

Moreover, Shang Chaozong often made plans to attack the grain transportation convoy, which caused a lot of monks to gather here to guard the food. In fact, Shang Chaozong had never touched the grain transportation team, but who knows if Shang Chaozong would come suddenly For a moment, he had to concentrate the monks' strength to strengthen protection.

In order to carry out this harassment mission, Dachan Mountain has suffered a lot.

The Song army was not made of mud, and it angered the monks who followed the army to chase after them. After the Dachan Mountain was broken, the price of death and injury was not light!

For the 100,000 iron cavalry in Nanzhou, people are not counted, and it is a huge test to maintain the physical strength of the horses for such a long-distance harassment!

"Governor, Your Majesty's order has arrived, order to stop attacking Yanjing immediately, and the army to retreat immediately!" After receiving the order from the young general and checking it, Wen You galloped to Luo Zhao to deliver the message.

Luo Zhao received the order to check and confirm, silent and thoughtful.

He didn't know what His Majesty's sudden decree meant, and whether he had also seen through Meng Shanming's attempt.

He has already sent a message to Song Jing, and he has been informed that the troops are also withdrawing here. It is estimated that Song Jing has received the news shortly after the decree was spread.

The decree was thrown to Su Yuanbai and others to check, but he still didn't say a word, looking around, the morale of the Song army was also a little low.

After such a long journey back and forth, it cost a lot of money and returned with nothing. It's no wonder that morale is good.

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"Your Majesty, the Song army has withdrawn, it has really withdrawn."

In the imperial study room, Tian Yu walked in quickly and reported the news with joy.

"Really withdrawn?" After the case, Shang Jianxiong remained skeptical. His eyes were already red, his eye circles were black, and he was very haggard.

These days, it's called a day that feels like a year.

Tong Mo, Shang Yongzhong, and Gao Jiancheng were not much better, and they all looked haggard. The imperial study room specially prepared chairs for the three of them to sit in. Now the three of them are sitting in the imperial study room and "chatting" with Shang Jianxiong ", there was no such treatment as being able to sit and chat with the emperor at any time before.

Next to the imperial study room, sleeping rooms were prepared for the three of them, and the eunuchs in the palace waited on them.

Tian Yu nodded excitedly and said: "Confirmed, confirmed repeatedly, the soldiers and horses of Song Dynasty are already 800 miles away from Beijing, so far away, it should not be cheating, it should not be easy to turn back, it should be withdrawing Already!"

"Huh!" Shang Jianxiong, who stood up slowly, let out a long breath, sat down again as if he was relieved, and said excitedly: "It's really withdrawn. I finally guarded the ancestral foundation with my life. What face do you go to see your ancestors?"

The three ministers also breathed a sigh of relief, but Shang Yongzhong said a little strangely: "Luo Zhao still has enough strength in his hands, came so far, attacked so many times and then retreated, why do I feel something is wrong? "

Gao Jiancheng hesitated and said: "Meng Shanming led our army to burn, kill, loot, and even massacre the city one after another. Did it cause too much pressure on Luo Zhao, forcing Luo Zhao to retreat?"

Several people looked at me and I looked at you, and they all thought it was possible.

Tong Mo suddenly asked, "Where is Shang Chaozong? Are you still leading people to follow the Song army?"

Tian Yu bowed slightly, "Yes, according to the spy report, Prince Yong is not polite this time, he repeatedly harassed and attacked the Song Army along the way, and even fucked the Song Army hard once!"

Tong Mo snorted coldly, "When defending the city and fighting hard, they didn't respond when it was time to attack, and when the Song army no longer wanted to fight, they pretended to be there, their hearts would be punishable!"

Gao Jiancheng and Shang Yongzhong looked at each other subconsciously, and they both felt that these words were a bit irrelevant. Luo Zhao's three million troops gathered outside Yanjing City, and he had constructed an array of siege equipment. Even if you fight, you don't dare to force it. When the Song Army's vanguard attacked the city, the Shang Dynasty Zong still had an impact and made great efforts.

But when the two looked up at Shang Jianxiong's deeply resentful expression, they knew that they would not argue with Tong Mo, and they both knew that Tong Mo hated Ning Wang's family to the bone.

"Anyway, Yanjing was finally held, thanks to the soldiers' lives!" Shang Jianxiong stood up again as he spoke, the anxiety on his face was swept away, "The soldiers and the common people use their lives, and the widows also You will not be treated badly! You draft a reward charter for the soldiers. The common people... send money and food, one gold coin per person, ten days of rations per person, and the people in the city are counted by the head. The number of people who participated in the defense of the city doubled , Those who have meritorious service in defending the city will be rewarded separately..."

Listening to his eloquence, Gao Jiancheng made some calculations in his mind, besides the food looted this time, the imperial court also hid a huge amount of money before, which is more than enough for His Majesty's reward for winning people's hearts this time.

There is one thing that he has to admire Tong Mo, whenever the court is tense, Tong Mo can always solve the court's worries, and can always make money and food, he thinks he is not as good as this.

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Sitting in the palace, Meng Xuan, who was meditating cross-legged on the high pavilion, opened his eyes, and also received similar news to Shang Jianxiong.

"It was said that he was allowed to guard for seven or eight days, but now he has only guarded for a long time, and the Song army has withdrawn. That Meng Shuai is really good at predicting the outcome of the battle. The strategy of not rushing to help Yanjing is correct." Meng Xuan stood up, walked to the railing and sighed with his hands behind his hands.

The elder of the same side said: "Yes! I am more and more confident in the continuation of his grand strategy."

Meng Xuan nodded, "Shang Chaozong has also started to toss the Song army all the way. According to Meng Shanming's intention, he wants to disable the main force of the Song army. It seems that this team will never return to the Song country smoothly. There is no supply from the court. , it is really difficult for them to fight the battle like this."

The elder standing next to him nodded slightly.

Regarding Meng Shanming's grand strategy, the top three factions are aware of it, but this is highly confidential. They have been hiding it from Shang Jianxiong and others, and there is no way to tell it. The three major factions can never say that they are sacrificing Shang Jianxiong and others Fortunately, Yanjing kept it!

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