Fu Song

Chapter 367 The Price of Victory and Failure
There is a fine line between a genius and a madman.

Victory and defeat, sometimes the same.

Yeluxi felt that he had already seen the victory beckoning to him, and the Xingqing Mansion would soon fall into his hands.

Of course, I will not let my soldiers kill and loot like the places I conquered in the past, although this is the easiest way to satisfy the soldiers under my command.

If Xiao Ding was defeated by the Song army in the north of Hengshan, or had a mutual injury with the Song army, then he didn't mind doing this. A guy who has no strength is not worth spending too much thought on him.

But Yeluxi was a little shocked by the news that came back from there. The Song Dynasty was defeated very simply, and Xiao Ding's strength was basically not damaged.

Since Xiao Ding still has strong strength, he is still qualified to be his partner.

The Xingqing Mansion captured by him will become a bargaining chip in his negotiations with him.

A dilapidated and dead Xingqing Mansion is worthless.

The rebel army can be killed, but the common people, gentry, and family members of officials and generals inside must be well protected.

Thinking about it, Yelujun was looking at him in the Xijin mansion, and he really hoped that after he captured the Xingqing mansion, he would burn, kill and loot, and then fight again with Xiao Ding who returned to the teacher in despair, right?

With Xiao Ding's strength intact, even if he doesn't lose against him, the loss will be huge. In this case, how can he fight Yelujun?
If you want to stand on the same stage and dance, at least the strength of both parties must be equal!
A beggar can never compete with a squire who has more money.

Today, the brigade has already climbed the city wall, and they struggled with their opponents for a long time before being driven down. It was only a short loss. The city was at its wit's end, and all available methods were used.

Tomorrow, I will send half of the Pishi army mixed with the head-down army and Gongfen army to launch the final attack on Xingqing.

A hammer is fixed.

The military meeting at night has been arranged in the best way, and everyone knows what they will do tomorrow.

Yeluxi hoped that tomorrow he could spend the night in Xingqing Mansion, a mansion that is not inferior to the palace.

With good expectations, Yeluxi slept very soundly.

He is dreaming.

Dreamed that Xiao Ding returned with his troops, prostrated at his feet, begging him to be his subordinate, and those brave subordinates of his also knelt down behind him in a large black mass.

How refreshing!

Xiao Ding's surrender also meant that the entire Northwest land fell into his hands, even including the Song Dynasty's Shaanxi land that Xiao Ding had just conquered.

This credit will naturally fall on his own head.

Seventh, what do you compare with me?
How many years have you worked so hard to achieve this result, but I just fought a battle and achieved results that are not inferior to yours.

This is what a superior should do!
In the words of the Han people, this is called strategizing and winning a thousand miles.

Yeluxi laughed out loud.

The whole world shook with laughter.

He woke up from the dream.

The entire big bed was shaking, and even the ground was trembling.

The big bed was shaking desperately by the guards, and the shaking of the ground
Yeluxi jumped up from the bed.

Crazy roars, dense and messy hooves of horses came from my ears.

Raid the camp!
Are the enemies in Xingqing mansion attacking the camp?

But I clearly arranged for people to be vigilant.

"I'm going to kill Dasi!" Yeluxi roared.The answer is that he is the general on duty today, and he is responsible for all the vigilance.

"Your Highness, hurry up, hurry up, if you don't leave, it will be too late!"

The guards didn't even have time to talk nonsense with Yeluxi, they directly pulled him up from the bed, dragged him and ran outside.

The horse was just outside the tent, Yeluxi didn't see clearly until he got on the horse, there were no enemies, not a single enemy was seen, but his own camp stretching for more than ten miles was in chaos.

Under the moonlight, a shiny thing is rapidly approaching here.

"The embankment of the Yellow River has burst!" A guard yelled in tears, got on his horse, and at the same time gave Yeluxi's horse a heavy whip.

escape!

All those with horses got on their horses and started to run away, while those without horses spread their legs and ran wildly.

They have to compete with the speed of the raging flood.

This is the speed of life and death.

Of course, you can't run, but you can find a high ground before the flood catches up with you. This is the only hope for survival.

When everything became clear, Yeluxi was in a daze immediately, his eyes were out of focus.Running forward is all relying on his loyal guards to lead his war horse. There are people in front of him opening the way, but those who stand in front of them will be chopped down by these leather warriors without hesitation.

The horses of the Pishi Army are naturally the best.

Similarly, under such circumstances, these personal guards still maintain the basic organizational system.

Someone is robbing the horse.

A person without a horse will not hesitate to attack those who have a horse who pass by him, and then turn himself on the horse. Four legs will always run faster than two legs.

There are so many such things, people with horses naturally have a heart, their knives are out of their sheaths, and their guns are flat. Whenever they see people with or without horses in their field of vision intending to approach them, they will immediately strike first.

trample on each other.

Cannibalism.

And amidst this chaos, raging floods rushed to the sky and covered the earth.The yellow waves seemed to be pressing down from the sky, with a crash, everything covered by him disappeared without a trace, and when they saw them, they had already become something floating in the water.

Where the water passes, no matter if you are riding a horse or running, whether you are a large tent nailed to the ground or a large siege machine, all of them are pulled away and turned into pieces.

The flood swept over everything.

On the top of the city of Xingqing Mansion, Zhang Yuan, Lei Dejin, Tuoba Yangwei and countless soldiers stood on the top of the brightly lit city. Above their heads, everyone couldn't help but gasped.

With a bang, the tide rushed over the city wall, and the shattered water splashed and splashed on everyone at the top of the city. Even the murderous generals couldn't help the rushing momentum. Take a few steps back.

In the tide, some people were rolled up by the waves, and then they hit the city wall heavily, making a crackling sound. Most of these people were dead, but some people were still screaming and roaring, and then they were killed. The tide hit the city wall, and there was no sound.If the head is in front, the people in the city can even see that their head is like a big melon, and it shatters in an instant.

The city was also flooded, but everything was under control, and someone had already arranged everything according to the predetermined plan.The strong city wall of Xingqing Mansion blocked the flood.

At the beginning, Xingqing Mansion withdrew all the surrounding villages into the city, which once made the Liao people think that this was the Western Army's fortification and clearing of the wilderness, but no one thought that when they were still thousands of miles away from Xingqing Mansion, here, already Prepare to use the water of the Yellow River to deal with them.

"This year's harvest is gone!" Zhang Yuan patted the wall and said with emotion: "Originally, it will take more than a month to harvest, but now, there is nothing."

"As long as people are still there, as long as they win, everything can be done again!" Tuoba Yangwei said indifferently: "The harvest is gone, it is okay to tighten your belt and eat less."

Zhang Yuan chuckled: "Food prices are going to skyrocket, and some people are going to get rich."

Tuoba Yangwei also laughed: "The loss is huge, and there is always a little bit to make up for. At this time, someone jumps out, that is the best."

Lei Dejin stood under the two of them, and said: "As soon as the day dawns, the general will organize his men to go out, and he can still find a lot of things. The wet grain is also edible. The drowned mules and horses should be dragged away quickly." I came back to pickle. This time the Liao people brought tens of thousands of mules and horses!"

"Can Yeluxi survive?" Zhang Yuan suddenly said to himself, "This guy better not die."

"It's not certain, under such heavenly power, whoever dies and who lives depends on the will of God." Tuoba said arrogantly: "But if he doesn't die, it's impossible to make another big wave when he returns to the Liao Kingdom. Alas, speaking of it , I really hope that this guy becomes the emperor of the Liao Kingdom, after all, he is much easier to deal with than Yelujun."

Zhang Yuan turned his head to look at Lei Dejin, and said: "Lei Dejin, after dawn, the army will go out of the city to mop up, order all the leading officers to find Yeluxi, do not harm him, let him go!"

"understand!"

The sky is gradually brightening, and a round of rising sun is the same as yesterday, jumping out from the horizon, generously pouring light on every inch of land, Yeluxi's face is ashen, sitting on a high hill, beside him , Surrounding him, but more than a thousand people.

Yeluxi, who was barefoot, disheveled, and only wore underwear, fully explained what it meant to be embarrassed.

The tide that surged in last night has long since disappeared, leaving only lakes in some low-lying places. It won't take long for these lakes to disappear.

However, those who died will never come back.

An army of one hundred thousand was lost in one day.

What Yeluxi lost was not only these confidant troops, but also his coveted throne of the Daliao Emperor.

Looking at the corpses of those dead soldiers and horses stretching from the front to the distance, and seeing the discarded weapons all over the place, Yeluxi grabbed the ground with his head and cried bitterly.

The [-] troops came in a mighty manner, all the way to the old nest of the Western Army, but when they saw the victory was in front of them, they were completely defeated.

There were hundreds of thousands of people when they came, but when they went back, there were only more than ten thousand people left.This is because the Western Army did not send anyone to pursue it at all, otherwise, this army with nothing would be completely disintegrated as long as it faced a large-scale attack.

The Western Army just sent thousands of rangers to follow them from a distance, following them all the way until sending these losers out of the country.

Strictly speaking, this is a lose-lose battle.

The Western Army seemed to have won the victory, but the price they paid was no less than Yeluxi.

When the flood burst, regardless of friend or foe, everything that stood in his way would be crushed mercilessly by him.

Countless houses collapsed.

Numerous good fields and crops were destroyed.

Numerous water conservancy facilities and road traffic were destroyed.

And these will all affect the Western Army one by one in the coming years.

Life is going to be tough for them.

But in any case, in this battle, they are the victors.

Zhang Yuan, who was walking on this wasteland, and all the senior officials of the Western Army, at this moment, deeply realized why Xiao Erlang said that even if the Western Army continued to win battles, the final result would be perish.

Because of such victories, the Western Army really didn't come a few times.

The wild boar watched the Liao army cross the creek, and spit out a mouthful of thick phlegm, "You son of a bitch, the superiors don't know what to think. If they didn't take the opportunity to do it, they would let them go back. We have already made a grudge. How can there be no reason not to kill him!"

"You know what a fart!" The turtledove next to him said disdainfully. "At war between the two countries, is it the same thing to be enmity with two people? If you really want to kill, there will be no respite. You killed the boss, the second, the third, and the fourth. The endless, That's not even a safe life, our poor family can't compare with their rich families, so we have to leave room."

The wild boar looked at the turtledove suspiciously: "That's not what you told me three days ago."

Turtle Dove blushed, "A military discussion two days ago, I heard from the general above. Next, we must negotiate peace with the Liao people, wild boar, we can go home."

Wild Boar's face was full of sadness: "When I came out, there were three hundred brothers, but now there are less than one hundred left. It's hard to go back to this family!"

Turtledove turned around and glanced behind him.

The three hundred riders are neat and tidy, which is newly added on this road.These people are the elite who survived the war and reorganized again, and they are the real masters of tigers and wolves.

Turtledove also heard that they will be merged into Iron Harrier as a whole, which is what he and the wild boar have always wanted.

"I heard that the manager has gained a lot in the south, and the next negotiation with the Liao people should also yield some gains. The brothers who died in the battle will be generously compensated!"

The wild boar did not speak.

Turtledove also fell silent.

Compensation is of course good, but people are gone after all.

If people can come back, they would rather not make compensation.

The whimper of the horn sounded in the ear, and the turtledove pulled the horse and walked back: "Retreat!"

As the last rangers of the Western Army following the Liao Army, they have completed their mission.

Now, it's time to go home.

"Wild boar, do you really not think about Erya?"

"No, Liao San died in my arms to save me. When he died, he asked me to take care of his mother-in-law and his two babies."

"Liao San's wife is much older than you! Do you want to marry her?"

"Yes, I'm going to marry her."

"You have taken advantage, not only do you have a wife, you even have a doll, and I don't even have anyone to call me Father!"

"Their father is Liao San!"

"Wild Boar, you don't look like a Uighur!"

(End of this chapter)