Sun Pu, Liu Zheng, and Qu Zhen, the three defeated generals, knelt in Yelumin's tent and bowed their heads in apology.

Three consecutive defeats.

First, Liu Zheng was completely defeated by the Wujiang Navy on the Han River. Hundreds of warships were sunk or captured. In this single battle, the strength of the two navies had been reversed. From now on, the Han River will be the Wujiang Navy.

The world is over.

Compared with the other two defeats on land, this battle was a real blow to the Liao army.

"Get up!" Yelumin didn't look that angry. Instead, he stepped down from the bed himself and helped Liu Zheng up first. "Is Liu Zhizhi not injured? Victory or defeat is a common thing for military officers. What's the point of asking for forgiveness?"

?If we lose this battle, let’s just make it back in the next battle!”

Liu Zheng burst into tears with gratitude, cupped his hands and said: "Thank you for your generosity, Commander-in-Chief, I will definitely reorganize the navy in the future, and I will definitely avoid today's shame!"

"That's it!" Yelumin laughed: "In this world, there are no generals who are always victorious. I think back then, I was driven away like a dog in the water. But in the end, I fought back and even I and myself were defeated.

Did you get back the profit together? Liu Zhizhi, I won't keep you anymore. You have to go back quickly to gather the troops. Now the enemy's morale is strong, you have to avoid the limelight. At this time, it is not the best way to fight with the enemy head-on.

!”

"Thank you, Commander-in-Chief, for your understanding!" Liu Zheng's thanks came from the bottom of his heart. He was worried that Yelumin would force him to fight the enemy again immediately.

"The battle between us and our opponents cannot be decided in one or two days or even one or two years. The days to come will be long!" Yelumin smiled and said, "Of course we have to take a long-term view."

"Commander, if I leave, the Han River will be their world. With the convenience of the waterway, they may come ashore at any time to attack our army!"

"I'm afraid they won't come!" Yelu Min said calmly: "You left and created opportunities for them, but you didn't give us opportunities too!"

"Understood." Liu Zheng cupped his hands and said, "Then I will leave first, general."

After Liu Zheng left, the smile on Yelumin's face did not diminish. He turned around and sat back, looked at the two people still kneeling on the ground and said with a smile: "Why, if I don't help you, why can't you get up?"

Qu Zhen raised her head and looked at Yelumin to make sure that the other party was not being sarcastic. Then she stood up with some shame and said, "Commander, you have fallen short of success. You have fallen short of success!"

"It's not a big thank you!" Yelumin disagreed: "After Liu Zheng's defeat, the Han River became the property of his opponent. Even if you take Fan Zai today, you will still lose it to the enemy in the future. If you want to take Xiangyang, the first thing is

, it’s about controlling the waterway. If we lose on the waterway, we won’t have to do anything about the Spring and Autumn Dream of conquering Xiangyang.”

"Commander, what should we do next?"

"General Qu, you have a lot to do next!" Yelumin said: "For you, this is an excellent opportunity. If you don't take advantage of this moment to firmly hold this army in your hands, what's the point?

Really? Those who should be cleaned should be cleaned, and those who should be promoted should be promoted! After passing this village, there is no such store!"

"Is the commander ready to retreat?" Qu Zhen asked in a trembling voice.

"Since we can't defeat them, why are we staying here?" Yelumin smiled and said, "Of course we are going back to recharge our batteries."

"Retreat to where?"

"Nanyang!" Yelumin looked at Qu Zhen, "I will ask His Majesty the Emperor of the Liao Dynasty to station you in Nanyang, establish a Nanyang camp, and prepare for the next southern expedition. I will also stay in Nanyang for a while until you truly

Stand firm. Qu Zhen, this is what I can help you with. Controlling Nanyang means holding the key to the Nanyang Basin and controlling the overall situation of the Southern Expedition. If you still can't do it well, it's a matter of your own ability.

Got it!"

"The final general will definitely live up to the cultivation of the great commander!" Qu Zhen nodded repeatedly.

"Go on, go on! There are a lot of things to do next, and you are still busy!" Yelumin waved his hand to Qu Zhen to step back.

Only Sun Pu and Yelumin were left in the big tent.

Sun Pu is completely different from the two people above.

They are the real hardcore and core figures of the Queen Group.

"Xiao Cheng, Xiao Chongwen!" Yelumin leaned back and put his long legs on the table. "Did you know, this guy is the Queen's second brother!"

Sun Pu raised his eyebrows, pulled up a chair and sat down: "Brother Min, these two armies coming to help are really quite powerful! Even if I am not hindered by the servant army, I can face them head-on.

And the war probably won’t bring any benefits. Isn’t it said that the southern army is very weak?”

"Is the southern army weak?" Yelumin chuckled: "You northerners always think so. In fact, whether the army is weak depends on who leads it? When I was in Hebei, where was our Guangxin Army weak? And Xiao

Where is Ding's Guangrui Army weak? Where is the current Xiao Chongwen's subordinate weak? Even in Daliao, doesn't there be a weak army?"

Sun Pu chuckled: "That's true. In the past two years, we took down many troops, but they were all defeated in one blow."

"There are not many southern armies who can fight like Xiao Erlang's men!" Yelumin laughed and said: "So, our failure here may not necessarily affect the overall situation. When the Queen asked us to come over, wasn't she just following the trend?

Can His Majesty the Emperor die with peace of mind as soon as possible? Otherwise, the way he is holding on makes me feel uncomfortable."

Speaking of the situation in the entire Liao Kingdom, Sun Puke was a little worried.

Yelumin is now full and the whole family is not hungry.

His whole family, Sun Pu, is in Beijing!

Lu Hesheng was in charge of gathering wealth for his descendants, and his eldest brother Sun Chun was the empress’s secretariat and first staff member. This time the empress helped her spirit back to the capital, and it was bound to be a battle of swords and swords, but Shan, the zodiac sign that the empress relied on the most,

The army is still far away in Xiangfan. If the queen loses...

That would really be like a tree falling and the hozen scattering, and everyone would be taken care of.

"When did your Majesty let you worry about things like this?" Yelumin gave Sun Pu a hard look with his eyes, "Compared with your elder brother, you are really not on the same level."

"Of course, my eldest brother is a Jinshi!" Sun Pu chuckled. "Brother Min, what did the letter brought back to you by the camp general who was released by Wang Zhu say? Isn't it that Wang Zhu was so crazy that he actually wanted to persuade you to surrender?

Bar?"

When Wang Zhu was mentioned, Yelumin was silent for a long time. Then he took out an envelope from under a stack of papers on the big eucalyptus and handed it to Sun Pu.

"Wang Zhu was once my subordinate. To be precise, his family is considered a family friend of my Qin family! His eldest brother fought with my father and died on the border of Song and Liao. He joined the army at the age of sixteen. That

At that time, he was under my command. Later, after the battle of Baigouyi, our Guangxin Army was dispersed. Wang Zhu and his group were reorganized into Tao Dayong's Dingwu Army. He was young at that time, and Cui Ang and others

I didn’t notice him at all.”

Sun Pu understood: "Later, when you entered Tokyo, Wang Zhu defected to you again."

"Even Tao Dayong joined us at that time. It's just a pity that we lost in the end. After that, you generally know what happened. I was rescued by the empress, and then went all the way to the Liao Kingdom, but Wang Zhu

I haven’t heard from him since. It’s been almost ten years now! I didn’t expect that he is now under Xiao Erlang’s command.”

"This man's battlefield skills are quite good. I am no match for him. I have exchanged swords with him several times. If it weren't for the personal guards fighting to protect him, I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to come back to see you!" Thinking of the constant whistling sound circling above my head.

Sun Pu could not help but shudder.

"The ancestral sword skills of the Wang family are indeed born for the battlefield." Yelumin sighed: "The Qin family spear and the Wang family sword were the two major weapons of the Guangxin Army at the beginning. When the Guangxin Army was in Hebei, its combat effectiveness was as high as

Our military exploits are no worse than Xiao Ding's Guangrui Army, but we don't have a family background like the Xiao family, so if anything happens, we can only let others bully us."

"Actually, the Xiao family did not end well in the end. Xiao Yu and his wife both died unexpectedly!" Sun Pu said.

"Zhao Song is innocent, what can they do!" Yelumin sneered: "They all deserve to die!"

Sun Pu opened the envelope, took out the letter paper inside, took a look at the contents, and felt goosebumps all over his body.

There were only three words on the letter, which were purple in color. You could tell at a glance that they were originally written in blood.

"Why?"

Just these three words contain too much content that outsiders cannot understand.

Sun Pu looked up at Yelumin, only to find that Yelumin was looking up at the roof.

Yes, why?

Of course Wang Zhu couldn't understand.

At that time, he was probably not yet twenty years old, and he was still a childish little guy.

But that guy is indeed talented in swordsmanship.

Stronger than his brother.

At a young age, he has already mastered the essence of the Wang family's sword skills.

Over the years, he must have been highly regarded by Erlang of the Xiao family. With experience, he has naturally become more mellow and satisfactory. It is reasonable that Sun Pu was almost killed by him.

"Let's meet him. After all, we were brothers once!" Yelumin suddenly said something like he was dreaming, but Sun Pu was stunned when he heard it.

"How did you see this?" he asked.

Yelumin is the commander-in-chief of the army, and Wang Zhu is now a general of the Song army. The two sides have long become incompatible enemies. When they meet, they will fight to the death!

Not to mention myself, even the other party would not allow Wang Zhu and Yelumin to meet alone!

Yelumin said nothing.

After a long while, he said: "Give me the order and prepare to retreat! If we didn't capture Xiao Fan immediately, we have lost the opportunity. If we want to attack here in the future, we must make careful plans. In my opinion, that is

One, relying on superior forces to besiege them for a long time, and at the same time cutting off their water supply lines. But right now, we definitely don’t have the strength. Lu Wenhuan and Fan Wenshun are powerful figures!"

"That's all we can do. Wait until the incident in Shangjing is over and the queen is free. Let's slowly compete with them again!" Sun Pu nodded. "I hope Liu Zheng will not let down Brother Min.

I hope to train a navy again."

"Don't be too discouraged. The southern expedition is not limited to the Xiangyang route. This way is unworkable. The same goes for taking the eastern route." Yelumin chuckled: "The Jianghuai side is not necessarily so difficult to fight.

Right? Let’s see if Liu Yu can accomplish this great feat first!”

"The Jianghuai water network is densely covered. Although Liu Yu holds Xuzhou, it is not so easy to gain the upper hand in the Huaihe River Basin!" Sun Pu said: "The boat is in the south and the horse is in the north. This time I really realized that Liu Zheng's
To be continued...