The Jin army on the opposite side was overjoyed. They didn't know what was going on, but it didn't prevent them from taking advantage of the situation...

More than 100,000 Jin troops approached the city wall and wanted to kill the Song army! At this time, the special abilities of the Song army came in handy. The Han people were all animals living in the city wall. The army of every dynasty was very proficient in defending and sieging the city, especially the Song army. Their skills of climbing the wall were definitely beyond the reach of the Liao, Jin, Xia, and even later Mongolian troops...

The Jin army had only had time to shoot arrows and shot some Song troops who were climbing the walls, and they watched the Song army climb up the Suzhou city walls collectively. Then when they started climbing up, the situation became dangerous...

A generation of famous generals was furious! The battle reached this point, which was simply a shame for him throughout his life! After entering the city, he immediately began to defend. At this time, his troops were less than before, but with this city wall, it was enough to equalize the disadvantages caused just now!

He was still on the front line, holding up a big knife in his hand and cutting off the Jin army's siege ladder. What his troops needed most at this time was inspiration! He must set an example. The braver the main generals will be, the calmer they will be!

As he expected, the Western Route Army gradually recovered. That night they repelled the Jin army's offensive like a tide. When the battle ended, the Jin army's corpses piled up under the city walls almost equal to the city walls in some areas...

Late at night, the Jin army temporarily retreated, and Li Xianzhong finally met Shao Hongyuan! This is a classic scene! The blood-stained battle robe was stained with blood. The exhausted man stood up straight and demanded a decisive battle with the enemy. The helmet was bright and the armor was bright. He waved his fan to cool off all day, but the one who was doing nothing was shivering and disagreed with nothing!

OK, so help you guard the city together?

Still not! The scum in the army reiterated that "Jin Tian has given birth to 00,000 soldiers. If our army does not return, it may change unexpectedly." This man must escape, and he is justified in running away! The 00,000 Jin Kingdom's new force, even if the emperor is in front of him, this reason is fair and authentic!

Li Xianzhong was furious. Is there anything more ugly than this? He could no longer control it and said the following words with ventilation, "If the troops were allowed to attack each other and attack from outside the city, the enemy soldiers could be exhausted, the Jin general could be captured, and the land of Henan could be restored soon." This is his complaint and also the controversial point of this Longxing Northern Expedition. Just outside Suzhou City, the Henan army that annihilated the Jin army was impossible to complete? In order to fight this war, everyone knows that a generation of famous generals can do it! As long as the troops are more powerful, it will be done!

The entire Eastern Army kept idling and watching. This was no longer a dereliction of duty, but a treason! As a senior officer, Shao Hongyuan would not have no idea, but he just did it! Oh, right! His son had done it before him!

What can Li Xianzhong do when facing such a father and son? Could it be that he can implement battlefield discipline, kill this scoundrel immediately, and seize the military power of the Eastern Route Army for himself? This kind of thing has never happened in the entire history of the Song Dynasty!

Li Xianzhong could only sigh to the sky, "Is the sky not trying to sank the Central Plains? Why not stop this?" All he could do was to let reason return quickly and take advantage of the gaps in the battlefield to immediately lead the army to retreat!

The Jin army outside Suzhou City had a population of 100,000, and the Song army in the city was at least 40,000 or 50,000. With such a large retreat, even if it is silent, it is impossible to prevent the enemy from noticed...

On the 19th, Li Xianzhong fought fiercely in Suzhou City for another day! He beheaded more than 2,000 Jin troops and then immediately arranged a night escape! Suzhou was immediately recovered by Heshilie Zhining!

The direction of the Northern Expedition Army retreat was Fuli, where there was a large amount of supplies. First, it had to be taken away, and second, it could be resisted by Ji's slightest resistance. This was theoretically the best choice at that time, but only during the execution did it find that this was a bigger mistake!

[31 Novel Network] The Western Route Army was exhausted and powerless when fighting for a long time; the Eastern Route Army was all weak and defeated thousands of miles away. If such an army wants to escape from danger, it will only have a glimmer of hope if it runs away at full speed for a moment! As for baggage and defense, is Fu Li more beneficial than Suzhou?

On the 4th, the Jin army and the Northern Expedition Army rushed to Fu Li. In a hurry, a generation of famous generals had only time to organize some weak defense lines. The Jin army took advantage of the situation to encircle Fu Li, which was blocked from being connected!

It only lasted for one day, and at night, the limit of the Northern Expedition Army came! In fact, as early as the Battle of Suzhou, the limit of the Northern Expedition Army had reached. It was entirely due to the personal appeal of a famous general Li Xianzhong! When it came to Fu Li, in a desperate situation, Shao Hongyuan's Eastern Route Army not only failed to put it to death and then survived, but instead burst out with resistance before death, but once again turbuled the Li Xianzhong's Western Route Army's position! These people continued to escape first!

The Northern Expedition Army was dispersed in the darkness, and the generals threw down their troops and escaped alone. The soldiers threw their armor and abandoned their armor. How to escape, they all "fighted in the air, swung their naked arms, scattered in scattered, and trampled on the hunger and trapped dead." After dawn, the battlefield was in a mess!

The Northern Expedition Army disappeared, and 10,000 people, including the military and civilians, were swept away by the Jin army and lost all! Fu Li's large number of war equipment and materials, including 10,000 pieces of silk, more than 60,000 stone of grain, 170,000 cloth bags, 50,000 cash, tens of thousands of taels of gold and silver, and tens of thousands of pairs of military uniforms and armor... All were seized by the Jin army! Li Xianzhong and Shao Hongyuan, the two main generals of the Northern Expedition Army, escaped safely and were not captured by the Jin army...

The Northern Expedition of Longxing ended here! The Southern Song Dynasty lost everything! This is different from the fall of Suzhou, the two Huai and Suzhou in the Jin Dynasty. At that time, the Jin army had huge depth space to retreat, and had a sound new force. The Northern Expedition of the Southern Song Dynasty lost everything at this point and had no chance to turn around! It is known in history as "The collapse of Fu Li"

At this time, only 7 days have passed since the Suzhou victory! Such a huge turn was unpredictable by the parties involved, and even more unbelievable by the people in the rear!

When the news reached Xuyi on the south bank of the Huai River, Zhang Jun, who was supervising the battle on the front line, confirmed immediately: This is a rumor! He unswervingly refused to believe it!

But that night, the defeated general fled back, especially Li Xianzhong appeared in front of him and explained the battle situation to him in person... Zhang Jun was confused! He experienced the miserable defeat in Fuping in his life, and the Huaixi Army had become more mentally enough to withstand any blow. But loss is inevitable! In his later years, he carefully planned the Northern Expedition plan, which he failed so hard in such a bloody and ridiculous failure?

Too surreal? It's too absurd, right? But the facts are right in front of him! He had no choice but to appoint Liu Bao as the commander of the Zhenjiang army and guard the Yangtze River defense line. After comforting the soldiers in Sizhou, he returned to Yangzhou, and then wrote a memorial to impeach himself and apologize to Lin'an. This is necessary. As the leader of the Longxing Northern Expedition, he must be responsible for his failure!

Zhang Jun clearly understood: At this time, the battlefield had been moved from the front line to the rear! Those damn lords and factions would spare no effort to destroy, liquidate their old grudges, sell off national interests, and continue to live like a maggot... When he thought of this, Zhang Jun couldn't help but beef up his fighting spirit. He really didn't want to stop there! Just imagine that he apologized for guilt and resigned on the one hand to be responsible for failure, but from another perspective, he was defeated and left a mess for the emperor to clean up... How could he be like this?

On May 5, the second day after Fu Li's collapse, there was no evidence to prove whether Song Xiaozong Zhao Xing knew the latest battle report on the front line. He issued an edict on this day to personally fight!

On the 7th, Emperor Xiaozong of Song Dynasty granted Fuchatmo, Dazhou Ren and Xiao Qi, the three surrendered Jin army generals, as the governor of the Datong Army, the governor of the Zhang**** Army, and the governor of the Weisse Army.

On June 4, Wang Dabao impeached Wang Che's commander Jing Xiang, but was unable to control himself and watched the failure of the Northern Expedition. So Wang Che was dismissed from serving as the governor.

As for Zhang Jun’s question, the emperor responded to the question of Zhang Jun, but instead tried his best to refute the rumors. It was clearly stated that Zhang Jun was still fully responsible for the border war. The emperor and Zhang Jun advanced and retreated together, and remained the same. "Today's border affairs are important. You should not be afraid of others' words and hesitate. At the beginning of the day before yesterday, I and you will be responsible for it, and today you must end it with you." Zhang Jun felt ashamed, so he had to fight to the death and go on the road of support!

Zhang Jun ordered Wei Sheng to defend Haizhou, Chen Min to defend Sizhou, Qi Fang to defend Haozhou, and Guo Zhen to guard Liuhe in Zhenzhou. He arranged heavy troops in Gaoyou Army on Huainan East Road and Wuwei Army on Huainan West Road, and Qingliu Pass in Chuzhou must be defended. The navy gathered in Huainyin, the cavalry gathered in Shouchun, and all defenses from various parts of Huainan were mobilized!

If things really develop like this, it is pretty good. Even if the war is defeated, the king and his ministers can overcome the difficulties together. But Zhang Jun underestimated the lord and sected officials after Qin Hui's training. These people have long surpassed the predecessors of the Northern Song Dynasty. Compared with them, even Cai Jing's generation is outdated...

The rumor spreading in Song history has started since then! The previous rumors have also created some classic plots, such as the good and evil of Song Shenzong, Wang Anshi, Sima Guang, Empress Dowager Gao and others. But they all have a unified feature - rumors spreading afterwards! Even if you are ruthless, even if you are ignorant, you will be behind the scenes and make up lies later...

But what is popular in the officialdom of the Southern Song Dynasty is that rumors are now in progress! Rumors are spreading in person! Qin Hui’s careful transformation in the past 0 years is huge! Officials of the Southern Song Dynasty will definitely use all means when they want to achieve certain goals! History proves that rumors are light in person, and rumors about ministers are no problem at all. If necessary, even the emperor is a side dish!

This time Zhang Jun won the prize! A behind-the-scenes news came from the lords and sects in Lin'an City: After Fu Li collapsed, the two Huai Rivers were empty, and the Jin army rushed in, and Zhang Jun was about to be captured alive. So Zhang Jun, who was afraid of death, shamelessly forged the imperial edict, saying that he was willing to surrender to the Jin Kingdom and return to Shaoxing peace talks...

Zhang Jun will be pissed to death after more than 15 months! To be fair: Zhang Jun has countless shortcomings, but the hardness of this person cannot be questioned! From this perspective, Fuping's disastrous defeat did hurt the Song Dynasty, which directly led to the end of the Western Army and the fall of Shaanxi, but Zhang Jun at least tried his best to survive... The Huaixi Army was indeed too much, but the most heartbreaking crime was that Zhang Jun was too greedy and his desire to seize military power was higher than that of national interests. This was incompatible with the fact that he was surrendering to the enemy and selling the country!

After Qin Hui was tyrannical, Zhang Jun did not compromise at all. Even if he was exiled to Lingnan for 0 years, he would not change his ambitions a little! All this proved that even if he was really captured alive by the Jin army, he would die like a martyr... There is no doubt about this!

People in the Southern Song Dynasty believed this, and Zhang Jun himself was even more proud of it and was proud of it. He was the backbone of the Southern Song Dynasty! How could he tolerate such slander and rumors! Zhang Jun immediately questioned Lin'an fiercely and demanded his resignation...

This is impulsive and angry, but in the officialdom, everyone knows that this is a procedure. There are such rumors, he must voluntarily resign, express his feelings, and prove his character. What the emperor has to do is to continue to support and retain it with greater strength, so that he will prove it for Zhang Jun. The emperor believed it, but who still doesn't believe it? So the emperor said to Zhang Jun's son Zhang Jun, "I have to wait for Mr. Wei to give me some extra money, even if I beg you to leave, I will never allow it."

But in a few days, all of this changed!

On the 8th, the peacemakers quickly recovered. Tang Situi, the veteran prime minister of Qin Hui period (when I heard this name, I knew the nature of this person: Situi Situi...) was recalled to Lin'an after two years of unemployment. Then, a large number of peacemakers returned to power! On the 9th, the emperor summoned Yu Yunwen and promoted the peacemakers. Zhou Kui, the Minister of War, was appointed as the chief minister of the Ministry of War. On the 14th, Yin Wei immediately attached to Tang Situi and wrote a letter to impeach Zhang Jun! Strangely, this time, the emperor actually approved it!
Chapter completed!