After paying homage to the fallen soldiers of the Song Army, Zhao Weiji also knew that he could not stay here any longer, so he immediately led the army back south and returned to Yanmen Pass.

After returning to Yanmen Pass, Zhao Weiji saw Yang Yanzhao, who had suffered a huge blow and was mentally depressed. After seeing Zhao Weiji, Yang Yanzhao could no longer bear the sadness and cried loudly while hugging his friend Zhao Weiji.

There is a saying that a man should not shed tears easily, but he has not yet reached the point of sadness. When the seventh son left and the sixth son came back, he was the only one left in the Yang family who returned safely to the pass. How could Yang Yanzhao not be heartbroken? In addition, he was

Because he was the first to leave the team while escorting the people back to the customs, Yang Yanzhao fell into endless self-blame.

Seeing that Yang Yanzhao was heartbroken, Zhao Weiji didn't know how to comfort his friend. In the end, he could only explain his ambition to his friend: "I will change everything. I want to stand at the top of this country and change everything."

I will definitely do it to prevent such a tragedy from happening again. Yanzhao, are you willing to help me?"

After hearing Zhao Weiji's ambition, Yang Yanzhao was stunned. He knew that the defeat of this war was actually caused by many factors, but he did not expect that someone actually wanted to fundamentally change the country to avoid a recurrence of the tragedy.

.So he couldn't help but ask: "Why? Why do we have to change everything from the root."

"Although the defeat of the West Route Army seems to be just a tactical failure, it was fundamentally caused by the military. Our army in the Song Dynasty has not been taken seriously since Taizu, which led to all the officers having only one thought in their minds once the war started.

Thinking about victory and military exploits, we have not considered the entire battle situation at all. Our three fronts are all out of touch.

Looking back at the Liao army, all links were carefully designed and coordinated. All Liao armies on the entire battlefield were basically coordinated. They had planned everything at the beginning of the war.

Moreover, although our soldiers are now professional military officers, their sources of soldiers come from all walks of life. Many people come to the army just to beg for food. As for protecting their families and the country, they do not consider it at all. This has caused

Once the war situation is unfavorable, it is easy to collapse and cause a rout.

All of this was caused by the Song Army, and I must stand at the top of this country to change everything."

After hearing Zhao Weiji's eloquent speech, Yang Yanzhao also regained some energy. Born in a family of military generals, he certainly knew what would happen if the status of soldiers was restored to that of the Han and Tang Dynasties. As for the pinnacle of the country mentioned by Zhao Weiji, Yang Yanzhao even more

I didn't expect that he was preparing to become emperor. I could only imagine that he would eventually climb to the position of prime minister and suggest that the emperor carry out reforms.

"Okay brother, since you have this ambition, I will support you to the end. When you need me in the future, I will go through fire and water without hesitation."

Zhao Weiji was also very happy after seeing Yang Yanzhao's restored spirit. Of course, he did not finish his words. The idea of ​​limiting imperial power was too advanced in this era, and Zhao Weiji did not expect anyone to accept it now.

Just as Zhao Weiji retreated to Yanmen Pass, Zhao Guangyi also knew that the war on the West Route was over. With the disastrous defeat of the East and West Route Army and the tragic victory of the Central Route Army, the Yongxi Northern Expedition could only be declared over.

Although the Song Dynasty took away Feihu, Lingqiu, Yuzhou, and Xincheng, the losses on the other two sides were really heavy, and the actual fruits of victory were basically negligible.

And because only the cities captured by the Central Route Army have been preserved, these cities were extremely difficult to defend. On the map, the victory of the Central Route Army was like a dagger inserted into the territory of Yanyun, the Liao Army.

It seemed to be alone, with the territory of the Liao Kingdom on three sides. How to defend these cities was already a headache for Zhao Guangyi.

In addition to the 300,000 troops that went out to attack, only less than 80,000 people actually returned. The loss of soldiers was close to 75%, and pensions would be a huge expense.

Although it was better than the historical situation where all three armies were defeated, generally speaking, the Song Dynasty still lost the ability to attack Liao again.

What Zhao Guangyi needs to do after that is reward and punishment.

On the seventh day after Zhao Weiji returned to Yanmen Pass, he received an imperial edict from the imperial court calling him back to the capital. He was the only general who survived the battle and had merit.

After Zhao Weiji returned to Beijing, all rewards and punishment measures for Zhao Guangyi were reduced.

Although Tian Chongjin died on the battlefield, the army was basically still victorious before his death. He was awarded a first-class title and was inherited by his eldest son.

Pan Mei and Yang Ye's West Route Army were completely defeated, but since the two men had sacrificed their lives for the country, there was no reward or punishment.

Cao Bin was greedy for merit and was demoted to three levels.

Mi Xin had meritorious service in capturing the new city, but he did not achieve anything greater, so he only received some material rewards.

Finally, there is Zhao Weiji. It can be said that the Central Route Army was able to retain the captured city and avoid the further defeat of the East Route Army. He took the greatest credit. Not to mention that he finally defeated Brother Yelu Xiu and achieved the greatest victory in the entire Northern Expedition.

.If he had not defeated Brother Yelvxiu, the Liao Kingdom might have started to counterattack at this time.

Therefore, after the whole war was won, the biggest winner among the generals was Zhao Weiji. Zhao Weiji was awarded the title of military commander of the German Army and the king of Nanyang County. His subordinate Li Jiguang was granted the title of Feiqi Lieutenant, and Hu Yanzan was granted the title of Deputy Capital Commander of the Horse Infantry Army.

Yang Yanzhao also named Chongyi Deputy Envoy for his meritorious service in protecting the people of the three prefectures and retreating to the pass.

In this way, with veteran generals being demoted one after another, Zhao Weiji, a rookie who had joined the army for less than three years, seemed to be on the verge of becoming the number one general in the Song Dynasty.

…

The Liao Kingdom also began to summarize after the war.

Since Brother Yelv Xiu was defeated and Yelv Xiezhen also suffered considerable losses, the Liao Kingdom also had no intention of fighting again for the time being.

The biggest winner on the Liao side was Yelu Mo. The entire war was basically staged according to the script he drew. Although in the end Zhao Weiji intervened and defeated Yelu Xiu, which led to the collapse of Yuzhou and other places to this day.

It was still in the hands of the Song Dynasty, but from the perspective of destroying the effective power of the Song Dynasty, the Liao Kingdom still won the war in the end.

As for places like Yuzhou, surrounded by the Liao Kingdom on three sides, it would be much easier for the Liao army to retake it than it would be for the Song army to defend it.

In the end, Yelu Mo was named Lin Ya. Although his official position was not too high, he actually became the sixth most powerful figure in the Liao Kingdom.

Because Brother Yelvxiu won first and then lost, his merits and demerits were balanced, so he could not be promoted or demoted.

Because of his outstanding performance on the West Road, Yelu Xiezhen was envoyed by the Northern Privy Council and became the fifth-ranking figure in the Liao Dynasty.

Yelu Mo, who was born under Handerang's account, suddenly became the sixth most powerful figure in the Liao Kingdom, which further stabilized Handerang's position. The Liao Kingdom thus began to enter a period of long-term prosperity and stability.

…

In the morning, Chai Yu was sitting in front of the dressing table washing himself, while Zhao Weiji was still sleeping soundly in bed.

Thinking of Zhao Weiji's performance the night before, Chai Yu couldn't help but his face was still a little red and his lower body still hurt. Zhao Weiji was like a ferocious beast last night.

You can't blame him for this. Zhao Weiji, who has been away from home for a year, has been staying in the military camp where even flies are male. When he came home and saw his wife, his eyes turned green.

This time Zhao Weiji came back, Chai Yu really hoped that he could stay in the capital for a longer time. It has been almost a year since they got married. Due to the lack of gatherings and frequent separation, Chai Yu has not been able to give birth to a son and a half daughters for Zhao Weiji so far.

It was a thorn in Chai Yu's heart. She also knew that this kind of thing couldn't be rushed, not to mention that Zhao Weiji always spent very little time with him.

While she was still thinking about this, Zhao Weiji quietly climbed up from the bed, walked around behind Chai Yu, protected Chai Yu from the back of his neck, and then put his face against Chai Yu's hair and smelled greedily.

"You scared me to death, when did you get up?" Chai Yu, who was suddenly hugged by Zhao Weiji, was indeed jumped at first, but after feeling the familiar body temperature, she quickly relaxed.

"What were you thinking about just now, so focused?"

"I was wondering when we can have a child." Chai Yu, who was speaking, stretched out his right hand and stroked Zhao Weiji's face backwards.

Hearing Chai Yu say that he wanted to have a child, Zhao Weiji had a strange smile on his face, then he stood up and directly picked up Chai Yu and walked to the bed.

"Ah, what are you going to do? It's still daytime." Chai Yu, who was picked up by Zhao Weiji, naturally realized what he was going to do, but she was still a little embarrassed to do such a thing in the daytime.

But at this time, she couldn't think about it anymore, because Zhao Weiji had already pounced on him.

Soon a shameless voice could be heard in the room.

About half an hour after arriving, there was finally no sound inside.

On the bed, Zhao Weiji held Chai Yu in his arms and said, "I want to be the emperor."

Chai Yu, who had not yet recovered from the afterglow just now, was shocked by Zhao Weiji's sudden words. It took her a while to realize: "Why did you suddenly have such an idea?"

In Chai Yu's impression, although her husband was talented, he had never had such ambitions. Even if he joined the army, he would passively accumulate military merit and seek a certain status in order to ensure the safety of his family.

Unexpectedly, after fighting such a battle, Zhao Weiji would actually develop such an ambition to defy heaven.

"I want to change everything. You know I was in a coma for a while, right."

Chai Yu nodded.

"While I was in coma, I met an immortal in my dream. He showed me the future. All my novel ideas were taught to me by the immortal. In my dream, the Song Dynasty finally died at the hands of foreigners, and the Han people in the Central Plains finally died.

They are all oppressed by foreigners. People are divided into four classes, with the Han people having the lowest status. I want to change all this."

Naturally, Zhao Weiji couldn't directly tell his wife the secret that he had traveled from later generations. It was hard to say whether his wife would accept it. So he made up a story that could be accepted by people of this era. As for the oppression of the Han people, it was natural that the Yuan Dynasty

The situation is summarized.

Zhao Weiji's words made it difficult for Chai Yu to digest for a while. Although she could accept that Zhao Weiji's fantastic ideas might indeed come from gods, but who would dare to say that he knows about such things in the future.

"I know you didn't believe it for a moment, but I knew it would fail when this war started. The result of this war verified that the future that the gods told me existed."

Seeing Zhao Weiji's confident look, Chai Yu chose to believe her husband's words: "Then how do you need me to support you?"

"Of course there are many places where Madam's support is needed. I will first prepare..."
Chapter completed!