Chapter 1668 Raiders Are Initially Completed!

Three thousand skeleton soldiers, regardless of casualties, blocked the entrance of the Mongolian fine cavalry charge.

For the first time, Bai Xiaowen used the soul essence of the face of death to temporarily strengthen the servants of the dead.

Every skeleton soldier is covered with a layer of black energy. After being strengthened, each of their attacks is attached with energy similar to spiritual power, and both attack power and defense power are greatly improved.

In other words, these weak template skeleton soldiers, under the strengthening of the face of death, turned into ordinary template monsters with spiritual power.

Although they were still at a disadvantage one-on-one against the brave and skilled Mongolian soldiers, the 10,000 Song troops behind them were not vegetarians either.

The Song Army's crossbowmen who received supplies were supported by waves of arrows, and the elite Mongolian soldiers who shot them turned their backs.

What's more, there are four heavenly kings, as well as many elites and leader-level undead monsters to help out.

The battle lasted just over an hour before it was declared over.

Two thousand Mongolian elite cavalry were wiped out.

The Mongolian general Tachar was beheaded on the spot.

The Four Heavenly Kings stayed behind to "clean the battlefield", while Bai Xiaowen took Zicai and led his Song Army, and slowly entered Caizhou City to rest. better.

Caizhou City was the last place where Jin Aizong Wanyan Shouxu fled when the Kingdom of Jin fell. After more than half a month, the embers of the war and the bones that filled the river can still be seen.

And such cities abound in the Central Plains, and the Mongols' massacre policy is really too anti-human.

"Gu Dutong, for saving my life, I can't thank you enough, please accept a certain obeisance!"

Abaddon's aura was a bit sluggish, obviously because the "cleaning the battlefield" just now consumed a lot of spiritual energy. His burly body took a step forward and raised his son, "It's a small matter, no thanks."

Zicai sighed, "Shi Songzhi, the envoy of the Jinghu system, made excuses and refused to send reinforcements. If it weren't for the ancient capital, I and this Wanerlang would not know where we would be buried."

After sighing, the two sat down.

Abaddon respected Bai Xiaowen in the main position.

Zi just saw him, and secretly marveled, but he respected Abaddon, and knew that this young Taoist expert was a rare man in the world, so he was willing to sit under Bai Xiaowen's subordinate right now.

"Gudutong, since you have brought supplies and wiped out the Mongolian army in Henan, can you consider going north again and recovering the three capitals?"

Zicai said, "The Mongol army is gone, Tacha'er is dead, and no one can stop our army anymore. I would like to attach myself to help the ancient capital achieve this great achievement."

Abaddon looked at Bai Xiaowen.

Bai Xiaowen shook his head slightly.

Abaddon also shook his head and said, "No."

"Why?" Zicai didn't ask Abaddon this time, but Bai Xiaowen. He had seen that the Lord of Lymen could be the Lord of Abaddon.

"Now is not the time to restore the three capitals," Bai Xiaowen said, shaking his head. "What we annihilated today are only a small number of troops left by the Mongols in Henan. The main force of the Mongol army, after experiencing the gold war, withdrew to the north of the Yellow River to rest. If we continue to advance northward, we can of course regain Sanjing, but when the Mongols come south again next spring, how should we resist?"

Zicai said, "The soldiers come to block the water and cover it with earth. The court proposes a strategy of guarding the river by guarding the gate. We and the generals can only obey orders."

Bai Xiaowen said lightly, "General, you have already seen the dilapidated situation in the Central Plains. Do you really think that the strategy of guarding the river by guarding the gate is even feasible?"

The son was asked.

Bai Xiaowen continued, "I came to support with the army, and the cities I saw along the way were all deserted. There were hundreds of thousands of people in the big city, but now it has been reduced to only a hundred households. The bones are lying in the wild, and the corpses are filling the river...Thinking about Sanjing, it is also dilapidated. This kind of wasteland cannot be defended by danger at all, and the transportation of military rations alone is a big problem."

Zicai said, "But we have received the emperor's order after all."

Bai Xiaowen said coldly, "The emperor made a mistake, and a general cannot encourage his mistakes. Hasn't the general learned enough lessons?"

Only then did Zi realize that there were only 10,000 soldiers left in the 60,000 army, so he lowered his head sadly. He didn't even care about Bai Xiaowen's direct mention of the emperor's mistakes—of course, in the Song Dynasty, the emperor and the scholar-bureaucrats ruled the world together, and it was far from reaching the point where the Qing Dynasty dared not even say a bad word.

Bai Xiaowen said, "The current emperor is full of blood and acts without consideration. If we regain the three capitals, he will definitely send Jianghuai's armored soldiers to the north to guard these empty cities, transport Jianghuai's gold, silk, food, and population, and restore this wasteland. .In peacetime, this is of course good governance. Twenty years of education can bring the north back to its former prosperity. The question is, will the Mongols give him this chance?"

Zicai murmured, "No, Mongolia has an excuse for war and will definitely fight over."

Zicai is not mediocre, of course he knows that what Bai Xiaowen said is the truth.

At that time, the land of the Central Plains has not yet become prosperous, and the fundamental land of the Jianghuai River in the Southern Song Dynasty will become empty, and it will easily provoke civil uprisings, causing endless disasters.

Bai Xiaowen continued to refute, "It is completely nonsense to talk about guarding the river at the pass. The Kingdom of Jin was able to rely on the natural danger of the Yellow River to resist Mongolia for more than 20 years, relying on the 100,000 cavalry of the Jin soldiers. The bank of the Yellow River is long, and the Song Dynasty lacks enough cavalry. But come. According to my estimation, at least 200,000 elite soldiers are needed to defend the Yellow River moat. Does the Song Dynasty have such a force?"

Zi just shook his head.

Bai Xiaowen got up and said, "Let's go! General, return to Gwangju. The Northern Expedition of the Great Song Dynasty has ended. The Southern Expedition of the Mongols is just about to begin!"

...

In December, the remnants of the Song army returned to Song territory.

Song Lizong admitted his failure. He dealt with some officials of the main combat faction, including Zicai, who were all demoted by one rank, and some were even dismissed.

Later, Song Lizong issued the "Edict of Guilt", in order to calm the raging discussions in the court.

After doing these things, Song Lizong's spirit obviously declined. According to Shi Miyuan's report, Song Lizong no longer interfered with government affairs, big or small.

Shi Miyuan, Zheng Qingzhi and other officials controlled the court.

There are people in the court who like to be an official, and the same is true for being a general.

Abaddon has done something, and it will be concealed; he has merit, but he will never be vague.

The merits of sending troops to rescue Zicai and annihilating the Mongolian Tachaer tribe are all attributed to Abaddon. Soon, Abaddon's promotion order came down, and he was exceptionally promoted to Huaibei recruitment envoy. The imperial court increased the supply of money and food, allowed Abaddon to expand his army and recruit troops, and presided over the defense of Huaibei area.

Bai Xiaowen's goal was also achieved. Abaddon has finally become an important general in the Southern Song Dynasty military, and together with Shi Miyuan and other monsters controlling the court, the Longevity Gate has completely penetrated into the Southern Song Dynasty military and political system, and the strategy plan has been initially completed!