Chapter 240 Thousands of troops of more than a dozen people
The official ship arrived at Daming Mansion from Zhending Mansion. There was not much delay here. The people on the ship, from the soldiers to the head of the ship, all saw that Ye An was not interested. After replenishing the ship's expenses, they sailed all the way.
Tokyo city.
The official ship entering Tokyo City from Xishui Gate was originally supposed to enter Tokyo City from the more formal Cai River. After all, the Ministry of Rites sent officials to inform the city, but Ye An still chose Xishui Gate, where the disembarkation distance is further away from Xinlingfang.
Recently, it is more important to avoid being welcomed and sent away by the court...
The war in Yanzhou was over. Although the Song Dynasty resisted Li Yuanhao's army going south, it also suffered heavy losses. Tens of thousands of elites were lost. Even if the remaining ones escaped back to Yanzhou, they were seriously injured and disabled. There were also many missing people.
I don’t know how many, and the true losses of Li Yuanhao’s army cannot be verified at all. The statistics from the Song Dynasty are really unconvincing. Some say it was a few thousand, some said it was more than ten thousand, or even tens of thousands.
But Ye An knew that the real casualties of the Song Dynasty were no less than 30,000, while the damage of the Xixia army, excluding the Jieshan soldiers who were used as cannon fodder, was less than 2,000!
This battle loss ratio is already quite terrifying, and it is impossible for the imperial court not to know that even if Fan Yong wanted to conceal it, Li Kangbo would not exaggerate his military exploits due to his character. He was a direct general in the army, so he understood the consequences of concealing it.
It was the imperial court that paid less attention to Yanzhou's losses.
Not everyone would do anything complacent. From these battle reports and the court's attitude towards him, Ye An knew that Zhao Zhen was already riding a tiger at this time. The Song-Xia war had begun, and the people of Song Dynasty also knew that at this time, Song Dynasty
The defeat of the army at Sanchuankou was only the beginning of the war. It was impossible for Li Yuanhao to give up his intention to invade the south.
Although he has not returned to the capital yet, Ye An believes that Zhao Zhen's call to return to Beijing must be related to the situation in the northwest. Unfortunately, he does not intend to leave Tokyo this time, and it is not time for him to leave yet.
At present, the more the Song Dynasty needs him to go to the northwest, the more he wants to do the opposite. This is not a deliberate gesture, on the contrary, it is to prove that he has no selfish motives.
Yanzhou is already very close to Ganliang. Instead of going to Yanzhou and making Zhao Zhen worried, why not resolutely stay in Tokyo City and let Zhao Zhen completely dispel his doubts? Even if he is driven out this time, he cannot be driven away!
Ye An's attitude made the officials of the Ministry of Rites waiting at the waterway pier outside Xuanhuamen quite dissatisfied. They originally planned to impeach him, but when they thought that he came back from guarding the border in Zhending Mansion, they gave up.
Although the Liao people did not go south, Ye An played a role in intimidating the Liao people to some extent in Zhending Mansion. Impeaching Ye An for such a trivial matter during this trip will really make the people more dissatisfied.
When Ye An left, the overwhelming public opinion made both husbands and wives breathless. After realizing it later, they thought of making up for the etiquette after Ye An returned to Beijing, but Ye An would not let them.
After succeeding, he quietly returned to Xinlingfang with his people.
The purpose of returning home was to take a bath and change clothes, and take a look at his two wives and children. After packing everything, Qin Mumu and Xuan'er helped him return his court clothes. After guarding the border and returning to Beijing, he had to go to the palace to see him.
Since the army had not been conquered, there was no talk of generals disarming themselves. However, Tieniu and a group of soldiers carried the banners and handed them over in front of Xuande Tower. The banners were unlike anything else. They were the seat of imperial power and national prestige.
The symbol of the general.
But Ye An was probably the most shabby general who went on an expedition since ancient times. The iron ox was riding his own ox cart, and behind the cart were a dozen soldiers holding banners. Although there were government officials sent by Kaifeng Prefecture to clear the way, no one with a discerning eye could see it.
It can be seen that this team, which is only a few feet long, is really shabby.
When Cao Yi left Beijing for the northwest, the team was huge and well-prepared, and many generals went to see him off. Although he did not fight in the Zhenrong Army this time, he ordered the annexation and replaced Wang Zhongbao, the governor of the two states.
He led his troops into the Helan Valley, besieged Wei, rescued Zhao, and secured Yanzhou, so his reputation was at its peak in Tokyo.
In addition, Ye An has a very good relationship with the Cao family, but they are treated differently. The people can naturally see the reason. However, in the eyes of the people of Tokyo City, the Xixia established by the northwest party members cannot be compared with the Liao Dynasty at all.
The fear brought by the Liao troops to Chanyuan is still unforgettable to the people of Tokyo.
Ye An shocked the Liao people in Zhending Mansion. In the eyes of the people, this contribution was greater than anyone else. Moreover, tens of thousands of elite soldiers were lost in the northwest war, but the court did not mention Fan Yongzhi's fault at all. Who could not see it?
What's wrong with this?
Ye An was sitting upright on the oxcart. Documents from the northwest were being sent to Tokyo city. After arriving home, he also obtained the most detailed information. The full picture of the war was deduced by Pei Chengwen of Ganliang and other civil and military officials using sand tables and various information.
After coming out, Ye An knew that there were two culprits, one was Fan Yong and the other was Li Shibin.
The oxcart was heading towards Xuandemen, but it was stopped just after passing through Nanmen Street. He thought it was a palace order, but Tieniu saw that the person blocking the cart was not a palace eunuch but a little beggar.
He planned to drive away, but unexpectedly the child shouted at the bullock cart that he was wronged. However, his voice was quickly drowned out by Zhao Hu's scolding. He tried to beat him but was scolded by Ye An who stuck his head out of the car window.
: "You are just a child, don't use force!"
Unexpectedly, the child bit Zhao Hu's hand fiercely, and Zhao Hu's pain gave him the opportunity to rush to the cattle driveway: "Ye Hou Mingcha, I am Jun Yan, Liu Jisun, the son of Liu Ping, the deputy general manager of Huanqing Deputy Capital Deployment!"
Liu Ping’s youngest son?!
Ye An looked at him in surprise. After all, he was also the son of a great general. How could he end up like this? Then he asked: "What's the proof?"
Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be Liu Ping's private seal. Most people would not dare to engrave their lordship on the seal.
At present, Liu Ping has been captured by Li Yuanhao, and he may have died for his country. Ye An, the son of such a loyal and fierce general, did not dare to trust him, and quickly got out of the driveway: "Why are you so depressed? But something unexpected happened?"
When Liu Jisun saw that Ye An believed what he said, he immediately wailed: "Report to Yehou, Huang Dehe, the commander of the rear army, retreated first, causing my father's army to collapse. My eldest brother Liu Yisun tried to persuade him not to do it, but he managed to break out of the encirclement."
, who would have thought that the evil people would sue me first, and Huang Dehe falsely accused my father of rebelling against the Song Dynasty and surrendering to the enemy. The whole Liu family in Hezhong Prefecture was imprisoned. Fortunately, I escaped from the hands of my father's soldiers, and there were witnesses to testify, so I came all the way.
I want to file a complaint, but my eldest brother has told me to find someone with high authority and righteousness, otherwise it will be difficult to achieve results... But I don’t wait for you, I want to go to Taiwan today to remonstrate with you, but I met Yehou here by chance, and I asked Yehou to help!"
It was only then that Ye An knew what Huang Dehe had done. He looked at the uproaring people around him, and then at the ragged and skinny men in front of him, and felt that he was filled with anger.
He originally thought that Liu Ping's defeat was mainly due to his too hasty rescue of Yanzhou, but Huang Dehe's cowardly battle and retreat. If the rear army did not retreat, the Chinese army would not panic. If the Chinese army is stable, the front army will also be the same. Repeatedly
Ye An, who was on the battlefield, naturally knew how big a blow the defeat of the rear army had on the Song Dynasty's army.
For a moment, he ignored the principle of keeping a low profile and shouted "beat the drum and sound the gong" and carried Liu Jisun into the bullock cart. Zhao Hu and other soldiers were all out of the army. How could you hear Liu Ping being so angry?
Injustice, the sound of the general's drum suddenly sounded, and Tieniu even whipped the Kaifeng Mansion's Yamen servant and shouted: "You haven't eaten! I can't even hear the sound of the gong!"
As a result, this originally quite orderly convoy immediately transformed into the appearance of a large army heading out for an expedition. The people around them listened to the exciting sound of gongs and drums and looked at the murderous soldiers in front of them. For a moment, they were frightened and backed away.
The sight of thousands of troops and horses is really shocking...