"Zhang Qing, is there any news about Gao Qiu?"

"If you say to your Majesty, Ji Yi, who was the Hebei Xuanfu envoy yesterday (Xu General refused to take charge of Xuanfu after Gao Qiu came out of the battle, so he could only let Ji Yi Quan take charge of the transportation envoy Ji Yiquan) reported that the Liao army brigade had retreated from near Liyang and was heading north along the Yongji Canal. It seems that the defense of the Yellow River is no longer a big problem, please rest assured by Your Majesty..."

"I'm asking about Gao Qiu!" Zhao Ji interrupted Zhang Shuye's routine report.

He had heard the same report about an hour ago.

After learning that Wu Haogu had broken through Yanjing, he already knew that there would be no danger in the Yellow River defense line, at least the danger would not come from the Liao army! However, Gao Qiu's situation made him unable to sleep or eat.

Because Wu Haogu's transmission of Lubu Feijie, which broke through Yanjing, was too slow, he reported to Kaifeng Prefecture eight days later. Kaifeng Prefecture and Yanjing were only 1,500 miles apart, and the transportation routes were east of the Yellow River, so they would not be cut off by the Liao soldiers. At the speed of 600 miles of expedited, it should be arrived in three days. Even for the preparations, various parts of Hebei cut off the bridges on various rivers, making the expedited 600 miles of expedited 300 miles of expedited 5 days, and it should be arrived in five days. However, it took eight days to deliver the news to Kaifeng Prefecture!

For this reason, Zhao Ji personally asked the officials of the Zuoru Academy. The answer he received was that Wu Haogu did not send people to report the victory immediately after capturing Yanjing. Instead, he waited for three days. After Yang Jian, who was in charge of military affairs, went north to reach the Hejian camp, he jointly reported the victory to Kaifeng Prefecture, leaving only five days left for the post office. Moreover, the route from Yanjing City to Jiehe was very difficult to walk, and there were also a small group of Liao soldiers activities, which was delayed.

There are indeed some minor problems in the program, but these are not a problem to overcome Yanjing. The only problem is to put Gao Qiu in danger.

If Yelu Yanxi learned that Yanjing had failed, the peace agreement reached before would naturally be invalid. Yanjing was a treasure land that the Song Dynasty had thought about for more than a hundred years. Now it has finally been defeated. How could it be returned to the Khitans? And the Liao Kingdom also could not give up Yanjing easily, so the war between the two countries must continue.

Of course, Yelu Yanxi could not be stranded on the north bank of the Yellow River when its retreat was about to be cut off by Wu Haogu. The news of Yanjing being breached was too terrible. Once it spreads among Yelu Yanxi's army, people's hearts will disperse without being beaten!

Moreover, because Yan land was occupied by Wu Haogu, there would be problems with Yelu Yanxi's contact with the rear. Maybe another new king would happen.

So Yelu Yanxi will definitely leave!

However, before leaving, it is possible to fight to the death with Gao Qiu in the end. According to Zhao Ji's will, Gao Qiu wanted to lead his troops to "escort" Yelu Yanxi to the north.

After Yelu Yanxi learned that Yanjing was defeated and the Song-Liao War could not end, how could he tolerate Gao Qiu following behind him?

Therefore, after Zhao Ji got Wu Haogu's Lubu Feijie, he immediately began to worry about Gao Qiu's safety.

Moreover, the report on the withdrawal of Yelu Yanxi from Daming Prefecture has now reached Kaifeng Prefecture, while the report on Gao Qiu's troops, which should be closer to Kaifeng Prefecture, has not arrived for a long time.

This made Zhao Ji feel very ominous.

Zhang Shuye, who was called to meet the saint, left Chongzheng Hall, leaving only a restless Zhao Ji waiting anxiously in the empty hall.

Zhang Shuye also knew that Gao Qiu was in danger! Some time ago, there were letter exchanges between Gao Qiu’s Qihe Camp and the Dujunmaster of Kaifeng Prefecture every day.

However, three days ago, the messenger from Qihe Camp did not arrive on time. The day before yesterday, the messenger sent by the Du Military Command returned because of the Liao people's obstruction.

Today, even more ominous situations have occurred. The Liao army heads north, but Gao Qiu is still missing!

Gao Qiu must not let Yelu Yanxi defeat him! Zhang Shuye certainly knows how important the seven thousand Lingzhou elites in Gao Qiu's hands are to the Song Dynasty today.

Wu Haogu, who conquered Yanjing, was always a little disinterested with the imperial court. He might not necessarily rebel, but he could no longer regard it as the court's confidant force.

In this way, the elite troops that the court could truly hold were Tong Guan's Shuofang soldiers, Gao Qiu's Lingzhou soldiers and the model new army of the four generals. Among them, Shuofang soldiers were not in front of them, only Lingzhou soldiers and model soldiers were at hand, and the model new army had no cavalry. After all, it was not easy for Kaifeng Prefecture to gather some cavalry that would not fall when riding a horse and running. Without cavalry, you could not fight in the field. The model new army of Kaifeng, with four generals, could only become a force to defend the city and guard the house.

What if there is something wrong?

With a lot of thought, Zhang Shuye returned to the Dujun Jisi Office next to the Qionglin Palace. As soon as he entered the inner hall, he ran into someone head-on. It turned out that Wang Bing went out with his head covering.

"Zhengchen, you are..."

Zhang Shuye looked up and saw that from Wang Bing's dark face, he felt something was wrong.

"Ji Zhong, I just received an urgent report from the General Army of the General Office of the Xuanfusi, Hebei. Gao... Gao Taiwei was defeated in Qihe and lost thousands of elite troops in Lingzhou. His whereabouts were unknown!"

"You, what did you say!" Uncle Zhang also saw the stars in front of him, as if he had a slap in his eyes.

Wang Bing said anxiously and quickly: "Taiwei Gao was defeated in Qihe, losing more than 10,000 elite troops in Lingzhou, and his whereabouts were unknown! The Xiangzhou regiment training army led by Han Sifu was also defeated at the same time, losing thousands of people, and has now returned to its original territory!"

"How is it possible..."

"Brother Ji Zhong, you can see it yourself! This is a joint document by Ji Yizhi and Gao Shixuan (Hebei Road General Military Aircraft)!"

As Wang Bing spoke, he handed the document he had just received to Zhang Shuye. When Wu Haogu was in charge of the Du Junmaster, he established his own military order transmission system. Although it was also to some extent attached to the post station system, it was more efficient.

Generally speaking, the military intelligence officers received by the Dujun Magistrates must be one or two days a morning before the guards reported through the official report. Of course, there are exceptions, such as the news that Wu Haogu broke through Yanjing was obtained first by the Jinzuyuan.

Zhang Shuye opened the document and read it carefully. That's right! Gao Qiu was indeed defeated. After Yelu Yanxi retreated, the Xuanfu Department of Hebei immediately sent cavalry to search the battlefield between the Yongji Canal of Qihe River. Not only did they find a large number of corpses, but they also gathered many officers and soldiers from Gao Qiu's troops who were broken. They roughly understood the whole story of the matter.

It turned out that the Liao people were "bent on their faith". After collecting compensation and making a guarantee to withdraw their troops, they suddenly launched an extremely crazy attack. They also made a roundabout way to encircle the Qihe camp. Because they didn't know that Yanjing had been broken by Wu Haogu, Gao Qiu was afraid that the troops would be besieged for a long time, so they led their troops to attack. As a result, they launched a decisive battle with the army led by the Liao master Yelu Yanxi on the bank of the Qihe River. Because Gao Qiu had few soldiers and did not have enough cavalry, the contact with the Qihe camp was blocked by the Liao soldiers. The next morning, they found that the Qihe camp was on fire. Gao Qiu had no choice but to lead his troops to break west. As a result, because the morale of the army had been dispersed, they rushed to escape on the way to break through and were scattered by the Liao army!

Zhang Shuye stomped his feet, "Gao Shiyan, the world's number one coach, is also confused. How can he train and divide troops with the Xiangzhou regiment? Otherwise, the entire army would have nearly 40,000, and he could go to Liyang Supervisor step by step."

Wang Bing smiled bitterly and said, "Which famous coach is he... In the battle against Qingtang, Tong Guan was in charge of the division of houses! In the battle against Pingxia, there were a bunch of military opportunities, and Gao Shiyan nodded. However, most of the military opportunities have been promoted and left office, and only one Li Yongqi is still there to make suggestions. The people who added the money in the back were mostly students sent from the infantry school, which is a lot less than that!"

One important reason why Gao Qiu did not fight well this time was of course that the level of military assistance to assist him had declined. The initial group of men trained by Murong Wangyou are now senior officers. Those who replace them as military aircraft are all high-quality Knight Academy students in Wuhaogu's system. In Gao Qiu's team, there are students of the infantry school with low quality. Originally, the two schools used the same courses, but after Zhang Shuye and Wang Bing presided over the military aircraft, they adopted the "simplified and quick" method to train officers. As a result, the quality of officers was not as good as before, and they basically could not master and use cavalry tactics, so the cooperation between infantry and cavalry was not mentioned.

Zhang Shuye sighed, "The great situation is half broken... Alas, let's go and meet the official family! See if 2,000 cavalry can be transferred from Wu Chongdao?"

Wang Bing just shook his head and followed Zhang Shuye to the Qionglin Palace. Both of them were qualified to enter Chongzheng Hall, and the journey was naturally unobstructed. When he arrived outside Chongzheng Hall and was waiting for Xuanzan to report to the gate, he heard Zhao Ji's scolding sounds coming out!

"What a ulterior motive Wu Lushan! Fortunately, I treated him like this, he actually wanted to be the governor of Youzhou Town and wanted to take Tianjin Prefecture for himself! I, I... When Gao Qiu comes back, I will order him to attack the rebels!"

Gao Qiu is back?

Can Gao Qiu come back?

The two outside Chongzheng Hall sighed at the same time. What was the official inside scolding? They could think of it with their heels. It must be that Wu Haogu had made some unjust actions... Most of them were sent to Tianjin to bear it back.

After a while, Xuanzan from the gate came out of the hall and brought Zhang Shuye and Wang Bing into the empty Chongzheng Hall. A person was kneeling in the center of the hall. When he approached, he found that it was the big diaper, Yang Jian and Yang Du.

"You two are here just in time!" Zhao Ji seemed to be angry, "Wu Haogu wants to be the governor of Youzhou! Tell me how the court should deal with it?"

"Your Majesty... Wu Haogu was originally the governor of Youzhou?" Zhang Shuye whispered.

Zhao Ji waved his hand, "He is going to be the real governor now!"

"Then, let him be a little bitch for a while..."

"What!?" Zhao Ji was so angry that he was so angry that he was told by Zhang Shuye. "Zhang Shuye, are you from Wu Haogu the same party?"
Chapter completed!