"Report!"

Song Jiu was also anxiously waiting for news from the front line in Xifu.

To be honest, even he made the Liao army feel a little disappointed, no wonder so many people want to seek peace.

Song Jiu quickly took the memorial from the postman and opened it to see.

After seeing it, he was overjoyed and almost had a warm hug with the officials of the Western Prefecture, and then shouted: "Xuhe victory!"

After saying that, without waiting for Zhang Qixian and the others to read the memorial, they hurriedly ran to the palace with the memorial.

Zhao Kuangyi was also overjoyed after seeing it, and then said, "What does Li Jilong want?"

"I don't know either."

"I am worried that he will be proud and complacent because of his two victories. After all, there are not many troops on the front line. If he goes deep into the enemy's territory, something unexpected may happen."

This is possible.

Song Jiu was meditating, and this was also undesirable. The memorial was delivered by fast feet. Its speed must be guaranteed to reach at least 500 miles a day. If you change people and ride, it may be faster, but it will not fly with wings. Therefore, it takes at least four days to go back and forth.

If we drag it out further, the Liao Kingdom will be prepared.

While thinking, he said, "Your Majesty, it's different from now on."

These two battles are of great significance. No matter what the final gain is, Yelu Xiu Ge completely pulled down the altar.

Not only did he pull down the altar, but he pulled it up quickly and neatly. Both defeats were defeated by the few and more, and defeated Yelu Xiuge. The first battle was a battle of hard regret, and the second battle was a strategy battle. Both were the best field battles of the Liao soldiers who defeated him.

Yelu Xiuge once became a nightmare for the Song Dynasty.

Without this person, the Liao Kingdom would never be so terrible again.

There is another man, Yelu Xizhen, but he is much inferior to Yelu Xiuge. Apart from them, who else can do it? If he had done it, he would have stood out until now.

After this battle, the casualties between the two sides gradually tied.

Everyone in Liao is a soldier, but when the draw reaches a certain point, can Liao bear it? Then another question follows, that is, can Liao compete with the population base and the recovery speed of the people?

Different since then!

If Song Jiu was not anxious and slowly merged the northwest so that it would no longer become a burden to the Song Dynasty and thus add more cavalry, then the Liao Kingdom would usher in a terrible nightmare.

Zhao Kuangyi also thought of this and asked Song Jiu: "What do you think?"

"In my opinion, it's better to be more sane. I won't regain Li Jilong's power for the time being, and let him concentrate his troops. Cross the Yishui River and recover Yizhou, but not to recover, but to continue to transfer the people of Yizhou to the rear. Then cross the Juma River and approach Qigou Pass or Zhuozhou. Where to arrive, let Li Jilong decide depending on the situation. The amount of troops will be decided by him. But it is not necessary to be all the cavalry. After attracting the remaining Liao army in Youzhou, the three troops of Cangzhou were sent together, and it happened that the north was short of food. The court used many ships to transport grain to the front line, so that they could use these grain transport boats to cross the Juma River. They advanced three to forty miles and were not allowed to go deeper. Whoever pursued the responsibility in depth. Then burned all the property of the people and forced them to move to our court. Then they were all withdrawn and did not stay for a long time."

Song Jiu's approach was similar to that of Liao.

But it cannot be said that the Song Dynasty was cruel. The captured soldiers and people of the Song Dynasty were taken to the rear, becoming slaves to various tribes, and living in severe cold areas, life was worse than death.

However, no matter what means the people who migrated by the Song Dynasty, even if they were all the people who rebelled with Li Jiqian, were arranged to the rear, as long as they were settled, they would be regarded as their own people. After they began to migrate to the place, they would even build houses for them, provide them with food and agricultural tools, and some cultivated animals.

It is much more benevolent and righteous.

In fact, the purpose is very simple, which is to weaken the other party's strength and reduce the number of people on the other party.

Song Jiu said angrily again: "The northern bank of the Hutuo River will make the Liao Kingdom a life-changing land, and I will also turn the southern part of Youzhou of Liao Kingdom into a life-changing land."

"You are obsessed with the prime minister." Zhao Kuangyi said with a smile.

However, this would be like putting a tight curse on Li Jilong, not afraid of his recklessness. So Zhao Kuang was right, but he wrote this edict himself and his words were harsh. After all, the troops were too few, which made people feel at a loss.

Back at the Privy Council, Song Jiu began to prepare.

What he was waiting for was this great victory that allowed him to do a lot of things.

The news of good news came out one after another, and Pan Lian'er was worried. She turned out to be afraid of something happening to her husband, but now she became afraid of something happening to her son-in-law. She went to Xiangguo Temple every day to burn incense and worship Buddha.

But this battle was extremely glorious.

From Xuhe to Jumahe, the Song army has been chasing him relentlessly.

More than 13,000 Liao soldiers were killed, several generals were killed, and more than 4,000 prisoners of war were captured. In fact, more prisoners of war were captured. However, because of the brutality of the Liao army, the soldiers on the front line were resentful. Some prisoners surrendered, but even though some of the prisoners surrendered, they were still killed by the soldiers of the Song army.

But the actual number of deaths in the Liao army would be higher. Many people fell into the Xu River and drowned. This cannot be counted. Some people who escaped into the mountains or fell into swamps and lakes, but they cannot be counted. Perhaps nearly 60% of the troops brought by Yelu Xiu Ge were lost.

Because of the defeat, the cattle, sheep and armor brought by the Song army were captured again, and nearly 10,000 war horses were obtained again. Li Jilong ordered the three armies to rest for a while, and then rushed into Yizhou again with the Liao army's supplies, food and grass.

The Liao garrison in Yizhou was empty, and heard that the Song army came with great victory, and hurriedly fled to Youzhou with his subordinates, but asked Yin Jilun and Jing Si to catch up with him, leaving hundreds of bodies behind, and fled in panic. The Song army slowly crossed the Juma River, and Li Jilong, on the side of the Juma River, condolenced the officers and soldiers who died in the battle of Qigou Pass on behalf of Zhao Kuangyi. Then he slowly came to Zhuozhou.

Yelu Xiuge was in poverty and had to go out to war with his wounds. He had no soldiers in his hands, and it was not much fun, so he had to use his harassment tactics. However, on the eastern front, a group of Song troops also crossed the Juma River and began to forcibly migrate the people.

Yelu Xiuge sent his general Yelu Guli to Yongqing to snipe, but Yelu Guli encountered two other killing gods, Zhang Ning and Yang Si. The two attacked each other from east to west, and instantly defeated Yelu Guli, losing nearly a thousand corpses and fled to Youzhou.

However, Li Jilong was very sober and stopped when he was good. It lasted not long, only more than ten days. He migrated more than 6,000 households, but more than 1,000 households were the people of the Song Dynasty in the former Yizhou and the Song Dynasty. Then he retreated slowly. The people did not count as many. Compared with the millions of households in the Song Dynasty, this number was nothing. But as Song Jiu wished, the place near the Juma River in the south of Youzhou really became idle fields.

Then he continued to leave Yizhou. Even Zhao Kuangyi could immediately understand the truth that after this battle, Xiao Yanyan might go crazy again. Originally, the Song Dynasty had insufficient troops in the north, so it was impossible for every field to expect to win such a great victory. If the front line was extended, the troops would be more dispersed. At least the place in Guanbei might give the Liao Kingdom a snack. It would be better to continue to compress the troops in Guannan and maintain a greater advantage.

In fact, Song Jiu overestimated the Liao army's ability to withstand.

After the war, the troops in Youzhou, Liao Kingdom were temporarily empty, and their subordinates were defeated several times. Although it was only a minor defeat, Yelu Xiuge himself was seriously injured and could not lead the troops for a long time. As a result, some prisoners of war imprisoned in Youzhou were able to escape. The chief officer Sun Chongjian brought back a message from the Liao Kingdom, saying that the battle of Xuhe made the Liao Kingdom rob him of it. Even when he heard about Yin Jilun's name, he was in a hurry and was called the Black-faced King.

In this battle, the war god Yelu Xiuge finally returned to his original form, and he was also disappointed. He wrote to Xiao Yanyan that the people of Yan were exhausted and ill, and they saved taxes and service. They were caring for the orphans and widows, and they were wary of the army and did not violate the Song Dynasty. They could no longer attack the Song Dynasty. If they continued to fight, hundreds of thousands of soldiers in the Liao Kingdom would be completely destroyed.

This made Song Jiu very puzzled.

He has done so much, which is definitely much better than in history. However, seeing that the soldiers of the Song Dynasty are not afraid of death, they should have achieved some outstanding achievements in history. Why did they ugliness the Song Dynasty to what extent from experts' history books to textbooks?

This made him very confused. Moreover, the prosperity of the Song Dynasty's economy and culture were quite attractive to the surrounding areas, just like he heard some Japanese women deliberately borrowing seeds from the Song people, including the Fanzi in Qinzhou. It was also good for the Han people to raid.

Song Jiu just found it funny, that was 10,000 steps laughing fifty steps, not 50 steps laughing hundred steps. After thinking about it, he stopped thinking about it. This victory could make him do a lot of things. First, invite his in-laws Zhang Quhua and Xu Xuan and other good-written ministers to give them military newspapers for battles.

Zhang Quhua was puzzled, and Song Jiu said: "Everyone, I want to write the brave deeds of the soldiers of our dynasty in these battles into dew grass, Zhangbu and all prefectures and counties to inspire the hearts and morale of the people. Especially Li Jilong once said that the country was humiliating the king and the ministers should die, and Yin Jilun said that it would rather be a loyal and righteous ghost than a Hudi ghost. Yang Ye once said that the country was the most important, followed by the family. Hu Yanzan stabbed the red heart and killed the thief. Behind the ears of the four sons, he stabbed the family and forgot the country, and forgot the death to death at the time of battle. These touching deeds were very special."

Zhang Quhua and others understood. This was Song Jiu's use of the great victory to inspire the people. Otherwise, the morale of the people across the country would be depressed, and some even felt ashamed of joining the army. When they mentioned the Liao Kingdom, they were trembling.

It is also a good opportunity to promote everyone's patriotism and loyalty to the emperor.

If you have to do more of this kind, the emperor will like it.

So these literary masters took their writing and pondered, and began to write for a while.

None of them is bad. According to the military newspapers given to them by Song Jiu, each article describes the battles vividly, heart-wrenching and tear-jerking.

Song Jiu found official craftsmen to print them again, and then opened cloth at the gates of various prefectures and counties.

However, it was not enough. Song Jiu found some storytellers, sealed some confidential information, and then made materials for them, let them write stories and sang in the city.

Zhao Kuangyi was curious at first, then looked at the dew grass, smiled and said nothing, and let Song Jiu toss it. It was a good thing, making the people and soldiers loyal to themselves and love the country. If it weren't for some of the words inside that made him feel embarrassed, he could even take the initiative to commend Song Jiu for his good work.

This is the first step.

The effect was significant. As articles on the dew grass were circulated and novels were sung everywhere, many ordinary people signed up enthusiastically and asked to join the army. Some ordinary people took the initiative to take out their wealth, cattle and sheep and went to the military camp to reward the soldiers.

Song Jiu struck by the iron heat and also wrote a post about dew grass. Who is the cutest person? They are the soldiers of the Song Dynasty. They used their blood to forge the safety of the Song Dynasty, protect the people of the Song Dynasty from being violated, and safeguard the dignity of His Majesty. However, they did not write it well, and finally, they had no choice but to find his in-law Zhang Luhua to help, which made Pan Lian'er funny. What kind of civil servant are you?

But don’t underestimate Song Jiu’s seemingly nonsense this time. The people’s hearts of the whole country were suddenly highly condensed, and the soldiers on the front line felt proud. In Cui Han’s words, the soldiers of the Song Dynasty never lived so well and had dignity. Fortunately, this was the case, otherwise if the soldiers of the three armies would have no temper, would they still fight?

Song Jiu did the second thing, first invited Zhao Kuangyi to Hezhou Arena to watch Cuju.

Zhao Kuangyi was incomprehensible.

Song Jiu said solemnly: "Your Majesty, after watching a Cuju, I will talk about something very important."

Cuju is also a good thing, bringing joy to the people and income to the country, and it is also teaching everyone to learn to cooperate with each other in disguise.

Zhao Kuangyi brought some important officials to the arena.

If it were not for the defeat, it should be said that Zhao Kuangyi had done a good job in the past few years. For example, a dou of beans is only worth ten cents. If the price comparison of later generations cannot be compared with grain prices, it would be very unfair, including cloth prices, silk prices, gold and silver prices, salt prices, tea prices, livestock prices, meat prices, and vegetable prices. At this time, a penny would be equivalent to 50 cents later, or even a little more. Dou is a unit of volume, but the density of beans and rice is similar, that is, a pound of beans is only 40 cents now. Regardless of whether farmers are suffering due to the low price of grain, at least everyone will have no problem with food and clothing. In fact, if Song Jiu had not regulated it at one time in the Sansi, Jiangnan Lingnan and Jinghu Jianghuai are now engaged in water conservancy development, and many polder fields are staged in advance, then the price of grain would be even cheaper.

There is only one place that is exceptional. Bashu, that is, Song Jiu is the prime minister of the country. If the country does not need peace, Song Jiu would have thought about the actions of the powerful and powerful families in Bashu, and would have wished that Wang Shun and Li Xiaobo would appear earlier.

It was the extremely dark Bashu.

Except for the place where the sun is blocked by a greedy and terrible blood-sucking worm, internal treatment in other areas can be considered acceptable. From Jiangnan to Jianghuai, from Jinghu to Guangnan, from Guanzhong to Jingdong and west of Jingdong, and even the Lingwu Dingnan area gradually returned to peace. Only the people of Hedong and Hebei suffered from war trauma.

However, due to the great defeat, the people finally complained.

Now that he wins, and he wins so gloriously, he knows that there are so many tragic stories behind him. Not only is the prime minister afraid of his life, but the emperor even stands under the arrow and commands himself, so what else can he complain about?

Therefore, when he saw Yulu coming out, rows of people lie down the mountain and shouted long live. Suddenly, a huge shout came from the crowd: "I would rather be a loyal ghost than a Hudi ghost!"

"The country is humiliating the king and the ministers are dead and the people are dead!"

Zhao Kuangyi was very proud and asked, "Song Qing, did you arrange this?"

Song Jiu shook his head and said, "No, it has nothing to do with me."

Kou Zhun happened to stand behind him and thought to himself, it really doesn't matter? This made him think the same as Lu Mengzheng. Mr. Song, the emperor values ​​you so much, you should dare to speak, so that you can do more things for the country. You are still less backbone.
Chapter completed!