Three thousand skeleton soldiers, regardless of casualties, blocked the opening for the Mongolian elite cavalry to charge.
Bai Xiaowen used the soul essence of Death's Face for the first time to temporarily strengthen all undead slaves.
Each skeleton soldier is wrapped with a layer of black energy. After being strengthened, every attack they make is attached with energy similar to spiritual power. Both their attack power and defense power are greatly improved.
In other words, these weak template skeleton soldiers, strengthened by the appearance of the god of death, turned into ordinary template monsters with spiritual power.
Although they were still at a disadvantage against the brave and skilled Mongolian elite soldiers, the 10,000 Song troops behind them were no strangers either.
The crossbowmen of the Song Army who received supplies were supported by bursts of arrows, which shot down the elite Mongolian soldiers.
What's more, there are also four heavenly kings, as well as many elites and leader-level undead monsters to help out.
The battle lasted for just over an hour and came to an end.
Two thousand Mongolian elite cavalry were wiped out.
The Mongolian general Tachaer was beheaded on the spot.
Later, the Four Heavenly Kings stayed to "clean the battlefield", while Bai Xiaowen took Quan Zicai and led the Song Army under his command, and slowly entered Caizhou City to rest. After all, the scene of the Four Heavenly Kings cleaning the battlefield was a bit uncomfortable, and it was better not to let the Song Army see it.
wonderful.
Caizhou City was the place where Jin Aizong Wanyan Shouxu finally fled when the Jin Kingdom fell. More than half a month later, you can still see the embers of the war and the bones filling the river.
And such cities can be found everywhere in the Central Plains. The Mongols' massacre policy is really too anti-human.
"Gudu Tong, I have no words to express my gratitude for saving my life. Please accept my thanks!"
Abaddon's breath was a little sluggish. It was obvious that he had consumed a lot of spiritual energy by "cleaning the battlefield" just now. His tall body took a step forward, helped Quan Zi up and said, "It's a small matter, no thanks."
Quan Zicai sighed: "Shi Songzhi, the envoy appointed by Beijing Lake, made excuses and refused to send reinforcements. If it were not for the commander of the ancient capital, we and I would not know where to bury our bones."
After some emotion, the two sat down.
Abaddon respected Bai Xiaowen as the leader. Quanzi had just met him and was secretly surprised. However, he respected Abaddon and knew that this young Taoist master was a great man in the world, so he was willing to sit under Bai Xiaowen's command.
"Gudu Tong, since you have brought supplies and eliminated the Mongolian army in Henan, can you consider heading north again to regain the three capitals?"
Quan Zicai said, "The Mongolian army has been destroyed, Tacha'er is dead, and no one can stop our army anymore. Quan is willing to join Ji's feet and help the ancient capital achieve this great feat."
Abaddon looked at Bai Xiaowen.
Bai Xiaowen shook his head slightly.
Abaddon also shook his head and said, "No."
"Why?" Quan Zicai was not asking Abaddon this time, but Bai Xiaowen. He had already seen that this leader of the Lu clan could actually be Abaddon's master.
"Now is not the time to liberate the three capitals," Bai Xiaowen shook his head and said, "What we annihilated today are only a small number of Mongolian troops left in Henan. The main force of the Mongolian army, after experiencing the war to destroy the Jin Dynasty, all retreated to the north of the Yellow River to rest.
If we continue to advance north, of course we can recapture the three capitals, but when spring comes next year and the Mongols move south again, how can we resist them?"
Quanzi then said: "The soldiers came to cover up the water and the earth, and the court proposed a strategy of guarding the river by blocking the pass. We, the generals, can only obey orders."
Bai Xiaowen said lightly: "General Quan, you have seen the dilapidated situation of the Central Plains. Do you really think that the strategy of guarding the pass and guarding the river is even remotely feasible?"
Quanzi was stopped by the question.
Bai Xiaowen continued: "I came with the army to support, and the cities I saw along the way were all abandoned. The city that used to be hundreds of thousands of people has now been reduced to only a hundred households. Bones are everywhere, and corpses are filling the river...I think the three capitals are also in ruins.
.Such a wasteland cannot be defended by danger. The transportation of military rations alone is a big problem."
Quan Zicai said: "But after all, we have received the emperor's orders."
Bai Xiaowen said coldly: "The emperor was wrong, and a general cannot help his mistakes. Hasn't the generals learned enough lessons?"
Only then did Quanzi realize that there were only 10,000 soldiers left out of 60,000, and he lowered his head sadly. He didn't even care that Bai Xiaowen directly said that the emperor was wrong. Of course, in the Song Dynasty, the emperor and the scholar-bureaucrats ruled the world together, and they were far from the Qing Dynasty.
"Holy Lord", to the point where I don't even dare to say a bad word.
Bai Xiaowen said: "The current emperor is hot-blooded and acts without consideration. If we recapture the three capitals, he will definitely dispatch Jianghuai's armored soldiers to the north to guard these empty cities, transport Jianghuai's gold, silk, grain, and population to restore this wasteland.
Soil. If this is done 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 opportunity?"
Quan Zicai murmured: "No, Mongolia will definitely fight if they have an excuse for war."
Quan Zicai is not a mediocre person. Of course he knows that what Bai Xiaowen said is the truth.
By then, if the Central Plains has not yet become rich, the Yangtze and Huaihe River areas, the roots of the Southern Song Dynasty, will become empty and prone to civil unrest, causing endless disasters.
Bai Xiaowen continued to criticize: "It is completely nonsense to talk about guarding the river at the pass. The Jin State was able to rely on the natural dangers of the Yellow River to resist the Mongols for more than 20 years, relying on the Jin soldiers' 100,000 cavalry. The Yellow River has a long coastline, and the Song Dynasty lacked enough cavalry.
We can't defend it. According to my estimate, at least 200,000 elite troops are needed to defend the Yellow River Gorge. Does the Song Dynasty have such troops?"
Quanzi shook his head.
Bai Xiaowen stood up and said: "Let's go! General Quan, return to Guangzhou. The Song Dynasty's Northern Expedition has ended. The Mongols' Southern Expedition has just begun!"
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In December, the remaining soldiers of the Song Army returned to the Song Dynasty.
Song Lizong admitted defeat. He dealt with some of the warring officials, including Quan Zicai, and demoted them one rank, and some were even dismissed.
Later, Emperor Lizong of the Song Dynasty issued the "Edict of Sin" to quell the raging discussion in the court.
After doing these things, Song Lizong's morale declined obviously. According to Shi Miyuan's report, Song Lizong no longer interfered with government affairs, big or small.
Shi Miyuan, Zheng Qingzhi and other officials took control of the court.
There are people in the court who like to be officials, and the same goes for being a general.
If Abaddon has a fault, it will be concealed; if he has merit, it will never be obscured.
The achievements of sending troops to rescue Quan Zicai and annihilating the Mongolian Tachaer tribe were all attributed to Abaddon. Soon, Abaddon was promoted to the Huaibei Recruiting Envoy, and the imperial court increased the supply of money and food.
, allowing Abaddon to expand his army and recruit troops, and take charge of the defense of the Huaibei region.
Bai Xiaowen's goal was also achieved. Abaddon finally became an important general in the Southern Song Dynasty military. Coupled with Shi Miyuan and other demons controlling the court, the Eternal Life Sect has completely penetrated into the Southern Song Dynasty's military and political system, and the strategy plan has been initially completed!