"Retract troops to defend! Escapers at the last battle, kill!" Li Changjie issued a defensive order while desperately restraining the soldiers to form a formation. But unfortunately, the Song army that suddenly rushed out was extremely combat-effective. He did not bring Jiaozhi's ace army elephant soldiers when he came out, so he had no resistance to the opponent's cavalry. He saw that the entire army was in a state of collapse.

"Taibao, let's run away quickly. These must be the imperial guards of the Song Dynasty. The combat power is too strong. I'm afraid that only our elephant soldiers can block the other side!" At this time, Nong Zongtan returned to Li Changjie with blood and shouted loudly. The army he led had been completely killed by the Song army, and even he himself was injured.

Although Li Changjie was very unwilling to give up, he saw that his army had been completely disbanded by the Song army, and it could even be said that he had no power to fight back. This huge gap also made him feel powerless. Finally, he had to sigh and said, "Retreat!"

As Li Changjie withdrew his troops, or when the escape began, the gate of Yongzhou City was also opened, and then the state soldiers led by Su Jian also broke out. Although the number of state soldiers in Yongzhou City was not large and the combat effectiveness was not strong, the Jiaozhi people outside had been completely disbanded, and they were just escaping like dogs of a family, and they did not dare to resist any more. As a result, this caused the state soldiers of Yongzhou to start a massacre and avenged the siege that had been siege for the past month.

In the end, the defeated soldiers of Jiaozhi died and fled, and the rest surrendered and became prisoners. Unfortunately, several major figures such as Li Changjie and Nong Zongtan escaped. Moreover, not far south of the battlefield was a dense tropical jungle. Not to mention cavalry, even infantry was very difficult to pass. So they couldn't chase after them, but Li Changjie and others escaped their lives.

Seeing that the situation of the war was settled, Su Jian informed the reinforcements of his name and position, hoping to meet the generals of this army, and also wanted to find out how many people they had come this time, what arrangements were there for the imperial court, etc.

"Last general Yang Huaiyu, please see Su Zhizhou!" After a while, a burly general came to Su Jian and bowed to him. It was Yang Huaiyu who had just left the military academy and entered the army. Speaking of which, he was originally transferred to the Western Army. This time, Jiaozhi sent troops to the Song Dynasty, which caused the Song Dynasty to be angry. It happened that Zhao Shu also wanted to see Yang Huaiyu's ability. So he arranged him to the army that conquered Jiaozhi this time, but he was just the vanguard of the army, and the general who was actually responsible for conquering Jiaozhi was someone else.

"It turned out to be General Yang. Thank you for coming to rescue, which allowed tens of thousands of people from Yongzhou to survive!" Su Jian said solemnly and bowed to Yang Huaiyu. Although the reinforcements came very late this time and almost allowed the other party to break through Yongzhou, no matter what, the other party saved the people in their entire city. Therefore, it is not impossible for Su Jian to express his gratitude to the other party on behalf of the people.

"Master Su is polite. The last general is just the vanguard of the conquest of Jiaozhi this time, and there is also an 80,000 army led by General Guo Kui and Guo. General Guo was worried that the last general would not be able to defend Yongzhou, so he sent the last general to rescue him. Fortunately, he arrived before the city was broken, otherwise the last general would be responsible for his death!" Yang Huaiyu saw the other person saluting him, and immediately hurriedly stepped forward to support the other person and said.

This time, the incident of Jiaozhi sent troops to resolve the crisis caused by Zhao Shu's refusal to reform, but also posed a problem for the Song Dynasty court. Fortunately, Zhao Yan proposed a way to use the soldiers who surrendered to Xixia and those Dangxiang people to waste. First, reduce the power of the old forces in Xixia, and second, it can also teach the Jiaozhi people a severe lesson.

So in this case, the Song Dynasty sent Zeng Gongliang to preside over the leadership, and finally mobilized 80,000 troops from Xixia. Among the troops, 70,000 were surrendered troops from Xixia or recruited Dangxiang people, and only 10,000 were the imperial guards of the Song Dynasty. Moreover, the main function of this 10,000 was not to fight a war, but to supervise the 70,000 surrendered troops from Xixia.

With these 80,000 people, the Song Dynasty also had the confidence to conquer Jiaozhi, and appointed Guo Kui as the general manager and recruitment of the cavalry and infantry army of Annan Road, as well as the Xuanfu envoy of Jinghu South and Guangnan East and West Roads, and led the 80,000 troops to Yongzhou, preparing to use Yongzhou as the rear to conquer Jiaozhi.

Speaking of which, Guo Kui is not simple. In the Song Dynasty, in addition to the veteran Yang Wenguang, Guo Kui has the highest prestige and once quelled the rebellion of Peng Shixi, a man from Xi, Hubei. It was precisely because of his experience in leading troops in the south that he was appointed as the commander of the conquest of Jiaozhi by the court. In fact, in the original history, Guo Kui led his troops to fight a battle with the Jiaozhi people a few years later, and defeated the Jiaozhi army led by Li Changjie in one fell swoop. It was precisely because of this that later generations even believed that Guo Kui could be compared with Di Qing.

Su Jian also heard of Guo Kui's name, but when he heard that the court had mobilized 80,000 troops this time and wanted to conquer Jiaozhi, his face changed: "General Yang, my Song Dynasty has just destroyed Xixia, and it is time to cultivate and rest. If he rashly starts a war with Jiaozhi now, it would be a bit unwise. Why would Your Majesty and all the ministers in the court agree to send troops this time?"

"This..." Yang Huaiyu looked around with a strange look when he heard this, and then smiled, "Master Su asked the wrong person, and the general was just obeying the order. As for what the princes in the court thought, this is not something that the general could guess. However, since the court issued this order, there must be his own reasons!"

Yang Huaiyu is not an ordinary general. He naturally knew that the imperial court implemented the strategy of expelling tigers and swallowing wolves this time, but he knew about it himself and could not be told publicly, otherwise he might have committed a taboo, so he said this on purpose.

Su Jian didn't know Yang Huaiyu's identity, and he felt reasonable when he heard this, but he was still a little worried. After all, he knew that the climate in Jiaozhi was hot and humid, and most of the imperial guards were from the north. When he came here, he would definitely be unacceptable to the local conditions. Maybe after an epidemic, half of the soldiers in the army would fall, let alone conquer Jiaozhi.

Next, Su Jian led Tang Zizheng and other officials to welcome Yang Huaiyu and others into the city. Guo Kui had long expected that Yongzhou City would be besieged for so long, and there would be a shortage of food. So behind Yang Huaiyu and his vanguard army was the army that transported food, which would arrive in two days at the latest. Su Jian was very happy to learn the news. He took out all the remaining grain in the city, on the one hand, to entertain Yang Huaiyu and other vanguard army, and on the other hand, to distribute it to the people in the city, so that the people could also have a full meal.

A few days later, the army led by Guo Kui finally arrived in Yongzhou City, and also brought a large number of food, grass and weapons, making Yongzhou City the rear of the Song Dynasty's conquest of Jiaozhi. Su Jian temporarily became the logistics manager of the army, responsible for the dispatch of various military supplies. Thanks to his familiarity with military affairs, he did it with ease.

With Su Jian's contact with the generals such as Guo Kui, and his observation of the 80,000 army, Su Jian finally understood the court's plan to drive away tigers and swallow wolves, which made him secretly praise himself. He has always hated the Jiaozhi people and has no good feelings for the Xixia people. Now that he can see them fighting to the death, it will be very relieved for any Song people.

The mansion of the lord of Yongzhou City has now become a temporary tent. Su Yan finished his official duties today and was about to report to Guo Kui, but he didn't expect that the other party would call him here on his own initiative, which made him a little strange. As soon as he came in, Guo Kui said, "Master Su, how is the army's material dispatch?"

"Reported to General Guo, the dispatch of materials is a trivial matter, but if the army enters Jiaozhi, with the mountainous forests in Jiaozhi, it may be difficult for the materials to keep up!" Su Yan said truthfully. In fact, Jiaozhi's military strength is not strong. The key is the harsh natural environment in Jiaozhi, which is the main reason why the Song Dynasty was unwilling to conquer Jiaozhi before.

Guo Kui is a middle-aged man in his forties. At noon, he has ordinary figure and facial features. He doesn't look like a famous general, but his eyes are extremely bright, and he seems to be able to see through people's hearts at a glance. He was silent for a moment after hearing Su Yan's words, and then said with a very decisive saying: "Master Su, please try to arrange the transportation of armor and equipment as much as possible. As for the food, you can reduce it appropriately. I heard that rice is abundant in Jiaozhi. After the army enters the enemy's territory, it's impossible to eat the enemy!"

When Su Jian heard the four words "just eat from the enemy", he couldn't help but feel a chill. The so-called "just eat from the enemy" means raising food in the enemy territory, but the enemy will not kindly prepare food for them, and even deliberately burn the grain warehouse. Therefore, eating from the enemy is actually indulging the army to loot everywhere, so behind these simple four words, there is actually an incomparable blood.

Guo Kui also saw Su Jian’s thoughts, but he just smiled and did not explain. In his opinion, as long as he could defeat the enemy, it would be normal no matter what means he used. What's more, Guo Kui brought his troops to him this time, actually had two purposes. On the one hand, it was to consume the strength of the Western Xia soldiers in his hand, and on the other hand, it was to consume the national strength of the Jiaozhi people.

A small country like Jiaozhi has a population that is actually a very precious resource. This can be seen from the fact that Jiaozhi trades and loots the population every year, and they lack population in their country. Therefore, as long as they reduce the population in Jiaozhi, they will be unable to start a war in the future. Therefore, Guo Kui made a bloody and cruel decision to eat from the enemy. Although such a decision may add some unnecessary casualties to his army, it can just achieve the goal of consuming the Western Xia surrendered army.
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