Chapter 564 Everyone Is Happy

Chang'an

Song Mo has been in a good mood recently.

This day, Donghai received a good news. The two armies led by Dong Guowei and Wei Kuang have taken Kuaiji. The speed was so fast that Song Mo felt that the suppression of the Donghai rebellion was just around the corner.

But he was not happy for long before bad news came from the north.

"Your Majesty, the 30,000 vanguards led by General Yang Yingqin were attacked by the Xianbei cavalry in Guangwu County. After the fierce battle between the two armies, General Yang was defeated and led his troops to retreat to Xinxing."

The whole hall was silent. The army heading north for support was attacked halfway, which was really a bad start.

"Since the two sides are facing each other, how much loss have they suffered?" Taiwei Xiao Qun would not allow anyone to be vague about this question. Now Xie Zhan, the military commander, has full authority to dispatch military affairs in Donghai and Bingzhou. Now that there is a problem, he will naturally not miss the opportunity to add insult to injury.

Other ministers echoed, "Yes, yes, if they all fight, there will be casualties."

The reporting official replied, "General Yang's troops lost about 20,000 people."

"So how many Xianbei cavalrymen were killed?"

"3,000."

The scene was quiet in an instant. The ministers were silent, but their hearts were boiling.

The Sun family army held Yanmen Daijun for so long, but only lost half of its troops.

Yang Yingqin just went north, and lost 20,000 troops in the first battle against the Xianbei.

In contrast, is Yang Yingqin a little weak?

Although this comparison is wrong, after all, the troops led by Yang Yingqin went north at full speed without stopping, and they were already exhausted. They encountered the Xianbei cavalry, the strongest branch of the Xianbei army, so it was not surprising that they lost. Well, it was a bit ugly.

And this battle also confirmed the strength of the Sun family army from the side.

"Wait, why did the Xianbei cavalry appear in Guangwu County? What is the Sun family army doing?" Song Mo finally realized that something was wrong.

"Your Majesty, Yanmen was lost!" The reporter shuddered and replied heavily.

"What?" Song Mo stood up involuntarily, "What about Dai County?"

"Dai County was also lost." The reporter quickly continued, "Yanmen was lost to the Xianbei, and Dai County was occupied by Pingzhou."

Song Mo gritted his teeth to prevent himself from shouting.

The ministers present, listening to the bad news, wished there was a hole in front of them so that they could bury their heads in it.

They didn't dare to look at the emperor's face, thinking in their hearts, why didn't they check the almanac when they went to court in the morning? It's not suitable to go out today, no, it's not suitable for everything, and they should ask for leave at home.

"What about Sun's army?" Song Mo only felt that his voice was very ethereal. He really wanted to ask if Sun's army was dead?

If Sun's army could hold on for another two days, it would be two days! Yanmen and Dai County would not be lost, and the 30,000 troops led by Yang Yingqin would not suffer heavy losses. Sun Ming is guilty!

"General Yang sent back news that on the night of the 26th, General Sun Ming led the Sun family army, which had run out of ammunition and food, and decided to fight a desperate battle with the Xianbei. Unexpectedly, on the night of the decisive battle, Yanmen was hit by an earthquake, and neither the Sun family army nor the Xianbei army escaped. Nearly 100,000 people were killed in total, and corpses were everywhere in the city. The Sun family army was completely wiped out."

"General Yang collected this information through the Yanmen people who escaped. Now Yanmen has been occupied by the Xianbei. General Yang said it is not easy to get news from Yanmen."

Song Mo's face turned black when he heard this, "Did the Sun family army in Yanmen really get wiped out?"

"General Yang said that the earthquake in Yanmen Pass was a fact. I don't know if there are any survivors in the Sun family army, but he didn't see a single Sun family soldier escape."

If the army was not completely wiped out, at least the remnants would have fled to Xinxing, Zhongshan and other places.

The situation is too abnormal. No matter what kind of earthquake it is, it shouldn't be impossible for no one to escape, right? Song Mo suppressed his emotions and continued to ask, "What about Dai County? How was it lost?"

General Yang sent someone to find out that on the evening of the 26th, the Xianbei launched the last wave of sieges against Yanmen and Dai County at the same time. The defenders of Dai County were weaker than those of Yanmen, and they were the first to fall, and the defenders of Dai County were basically killed in the battle.

Just as the Xianbei army had cleared out the Dai County defenders, the Pingzhou army arrived. Dai County had just fallen into the hands of the Xianbei, and before it was warm, it was taken away by Pingzhou.

The ministers present understood it, that is, the Xianbei fought hard to defeat the Dai County defenders, and finally Pingzhou took the peach.

Civil and military officials: ...How can there be such a coincidence in this world?

Long before, Pingzhou must have been watching covetously.

Otherwise, how could it be so coincidental that it became a fisherman and picked up the bargain?

The reason why Yang Yingqin passed this statement back as the fact of that night was mainly because when this rumor was passed back to the Xianbei side, no one from the Xianbei side came out to refute it, as if they had acquiesced.

Yang Yingqin had no idea that when the soldiers on the Xianbei side heard this rumor, they couldn't help but doubt that their memories were confused. Did they really capture Dai County?

Everyone unanimously did not correct this rumor. Why correct it?

At least in the rumor, they had captured Dai County, not in fact, they had not even touched the edge of Dai County.

Otherwise, do they have to admit that they are not as good as the Sun family army?

It is normal for them, the Xianbei, to not be able to beat Pingzhou, and it is not the first time they have lost to Pingzhou.

But losing to the Sun family army is fine, such a shameful fact is covered up.

In this mentality, the Xianbei acquiesced to this rumor.

So Pingzhou got the inside, successfully let the Sun family army escape, the Xianbei got the face, and Dali found out the "truth", and everyone was happy.

In the afternoon, Song Mo woke up from his nap. Before he had time to think carefully about the news he had received today, a minister came to report: the news of the annihilation of the Sun family army spread, and the old lady of the Sun family led two or three hundred families of the Sun family soldiers to kneel outside the palace, begging the emperor to send troops to recapture Yanmen and bring back the bodies of the soldiers.

Song Mo was annoyed, so he immediately sent someone to send them away.

However, these people did not listen to his advice.

Hearing this, Song Mo was angry. When did these families of the Sun family army talk about military affairs? Military affairs, how can they decide what to do?

At this time, Song Mo took into account public opinion and asked someone to ask the queen to persuade them.

However, these people still did not listen.

In a rage, Song Mo let them do whatever they wanted, and let them kneel if they wanted!

Outside the palace, Old Lady Sun knelt at the front, straightening her back. One hour passed, two hours passed, and although it was very hard, she still persisted, just like kneeling in the Buddhist temple.

Thinking about the truth that person told her, she told herself that since her son had made a choice, this trick of turning the tables must be carried out to the end. Only by doing so can they retreat unscathed.

This is a game!