"It seems that they went to Suzhou to deal with Li Ruyi, and sent a lot of troops to encircle Guo Jing's department." Dai Qisi replied.
"Looks like?" Song Qingshu was a little dissatisfied. Dai Qisi is now staying here as Tang Kuobian. As the supreme commander of the army, she doesn't know the movements of the people below. It's really absurd.
Dai Qisi hurriedly replied: "It's not like, it's sure..." Then unfolded a military map, and described the current movements of each army one by one.
Song Qingshu gradually became puzzled: "Such an arrangement... Li Ruyi brought the main force of the Southern Song Dynasty after all, so is Pu San Zhongyi so confident that he can quickly get rid of him?"
Dai Qisi explained: "I was worried about leaking secrets, so Bo San Zhongyi never revealed his plan, but I asked him privately, and he didn't hide it. There was a lot of rain in Suzhou a while ago, and he had already built a building nearby. Temporary embankment, planned to attack with water."
"Water attack?" Song Qingshu took a map to look at the terrain of Suzhou, and couldn't help but gasp, "If the Song army is not familiar with the terrain and is not prepared, the entire army may indeed be wiped out."
Dai Qisi sneered: "When Shang Shuling was handling political affairs, I read Li Ruyi's information. He is a mediocre person. He will definitely be recruited." Dai Qisi came from the Western Regions and had no feelings for Song. Chiba also died indirectly because of the Northern Expedition of the Southern Song Dynasty, so it is natural for him to gloat when he hears that the people of the Song Dynasty have suffered.
"It's no wonder Pu San Zhongyi is so confident." Song Qingshu sighed in his heart, as the saying goes, one general will be successful, and this time, I don't know how many soldiers will die.
Of course, he is not the Holy Mother, he can only try his best to ensure the safety of those around him, and he cannot take everyone's life into consideration.
"Has the notice from Guo Jing arrived?" Dai Qisi asked cautiously, noticing that his face was a little gloomy.
Song Qingshu nodded: "The notification has arrived, but he doesn't want to give up the mission, so he can only resign himself to fate..." He roughly described the situation when he met Guo Jing.
Dai Qisi came to him and comforted him: "You have tried your best, no matter what happens next, you don't need to blame yourself."
Song Qingshu smiled wryly: "This dilemma is really painful, forget it, wait for the news of the follow-up development." He decided to rest and recharge his energy so that he could respond in time, because he had something on his mind, and for the first time, he didn't talk to Dai What Qisi did was simply laying down together, with various thoughts coming and going in her mind.
Just before dawn, a scout came to report in a hurry: "Report to Marshal, great victory in Suzhou! Great victory in Suzhou!"
Song Qingshu was sleeping with his clothes on. Hearing the sound, he jumped up from the bed and went directly to the tent and asked, "What's going on?"
The scout still couldn't hide the excitement on his face: "General Pu San first defeated the Song army with a water attack, and then led the army to fight out. Li Ruyi's army was almost wiped out."
The corners of Song Qingshu's eyes twitched: "This Li Ruyi is really useless." Although he knew that Pu San Zhong Yi would win this war, he didn't expect to win so quickly!
"Where is General Pu San now?" Song Qingshu asked suddenly.
The scout replied: "Reporting to Marshal, after General Pu San defeated Li Ruyi's main force, he sent his subordinates to lead the army to pursue, while he himself led the troops to encircle and suppress Guo Jing who was pretending to attack Xuzhou."
"Guo Jing is in Xuzhou?" Song Qingshu remembered all the nearby terrain in his heart during this time. Xuzhou is in the northeast of Suzhou. In fact, the mud couldn't support the wall, and the entire army was wiped out in less than a day, which made his feint attack completely meaningless, and at the same time fell into the great danger of being encircled and suppressed instantly.
Back in the tent, Song Qingshu looked solemn, and said to Dai Qisi: "Let's go, let's go to Xuzhou!" He hated himself a little, obviously he was not a good person, but he had to adhere to some ridiculous principles, and he couldn't be a bad person completely , neither can get rid of Guo Jing, nor can it stand idly by.
Because he was planning to rescue Guo Jing secretly later, Song Qingshu let Dai Qisi pretend to be Tang Kuobian as before, but he changed his appearance a bit, and stayed by his side as her own soldiers, and went to the servants to spread loyalty The army rushed to.
At this moment, where Lingbi City was located, looking at the soldiers under Li Ruyi's command who had returned from the front line, the guard Chen Xiaoqing's face was very gloomy, especially when he learned that there was a Jin Kingdom army chasing after him, his face twitched a few times, I want to turn around, but I have some scruples in my heart.
Suddenly a soldier ran over: "The Commander-in-Chief sent an order!" After speaking, he handed him a secret letter, Chen Xiaoqing opened it hastily for a look, gradually loosened his frown, and then said to the messenger: "Send the order, The whole army set off and retreated back to Xuyi."
Several lieutenants around were surprised: "Didn't we stay here to end the rear? How could we withdraw suddenly?"
"That's right, Guo Dutong is still in Xuzhou. If we withdraw, won't we kill him?"
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Listening to the chatter of several people, Chen Xiaoqing's face flashed a trace of grief: "The defeat in Suzhou was unprecedentedly tragic. It is doomed that this Northern Expedition has failed. Only by withdrawing to Xuyi as soon as possible can we preserve the vitality of the court as much as possible. For the sake of Guo Jing, we have exhausted the power of the imperial court here, and we are the villains of all ages."
"But..." Although the Southern Song Dynasty was weak, there were still many upright men in the army. Some people still raised objections, but Chen Xiaoqing interrupted him as soon as he opened his mouth.
"This is the order of the commander in chief, the so-called military order is like a mountain!" Chen Xiaoqing took out the military order he had just received and handed it to several lieutenants around him.
"This..." Several generals looked at each other in blank dismay. This time, Wang Ziteng, the commander in front of the palace, is the commander of the Northern Expedition. Who would dare not listen to his military orders.
"Hey, I hope no one will say that we are Pan Mei in the future." Someone murmured, casting a haze over everyone's hearts. During Taizong's Northern Expedition to Khitan, Yang Ye was besieged, and Pan Mei refused to save him. Not only did he lose his prestige in the army, but he also left him with a bad reputation for thousands of years.
"What nonsense, we are just following orders." Chen Xiaoqing snorted sullenly, turned around and left, and began to organize the evacuation of the soldiers under his command. He had been immersed in officialdom for a long time, and he knew that behind Wang Ziteng was the Wang family, as well as Jia, Shi, How could something happen with the help of several big families of Xue? What's more, Wang Ziteng can use the reason of preserving the vitality of the country as an excuse, leaving many impeachers with nothing to say.
At this time, Jia Sidao was playing chess with Liao Yingzhong in Jia's Mansion in Lin'an City thousands of miles away, with an inscrutable smile on the corner of his mouth.
"My lord has a smile on his face. I must have won the victory." Liao Yingzhong asked tentatively.
Jia Sidao put down a chess piece: "Han Jiefu has been proud of his success in the past two years, and he has been invincible. It's time to pay off his debts."
Liao Yingzhong smiled slightly: "How can Han Jiefu be the lord's opponent? My lord is strategizing and winning thousands of miles away. Now it's time to close the net."
Jia Sidao smiled without saying a word, and directly put down a chess piece: "Yingzhong, playing chess with distracted attention will lead to complete failure."
"Yingzhong's chess skills are far inferior to the master's." Liao Yingzhong didn't care, and suddenly thought of something and asked, "By the way, how will we deal with Guo Jing then?"
"You don't have to worry about this, I have already made arrangements," Jia Sidao said lightly, "Those who betray me will not end well."
Liao Yingzhong felt a chill in her heart, and silently put a red cross on Guo Jing.