The more you want this cold winter to end soon, the more you will feel that this winter is very long, even to the point of despair.

The howling northwest wind raged on the three roads of Hetao for several days, and just when everyone thought they could finally take a breath, the temperature did not show the slightest sign of warming after the cold wind disappeared, and even the ghost weather was a little colder than when the cold wind was cold.

There has been no fighting on the front line in Yanzhou for nearly a month, although the Song army still does not dare to take it lightly, but the people and strong men who have been recruited are becoming more and more optimistic, in their eyes, the original war turned out to be like this, that is, the two armies are just scolding each other across a river, and it is not as scary and cruel as the storyteller said.

Ye Heng sent generals to drive out the women and children in the people's camp, but the effect was not very ideal, after severely reprimanding the people several times, the people who had been divided into different camps, but there were still many bold people who took advantage of the loopholes and secretly left some women and children in the people's camp.

And until the end of October, with the Jin people suddenly launched an attack without warning, although the scale was not large, but this battle was also particularly tragic, and the casualties on both sides were greater than any previous battle in less than half a day.

It was precisely because of this battle that the tens of thousands of people who had been recruited finally saw what a real war was like, and that night, the entire people's camp was a scene of rumors, panic, and danger.

With Ye Qing's acquiescence, not only the remnants of the women and children ran away that night, but even some people who were afraid of death were secretly left behind, and they had been carefully operating for nearly a month, and they planned to run the camp and fled from the front line.

The number of people who fled was not small, and they did not even ask for the wages for the last few days of the icebreaker mission, which was naturally a good thing for the whole army, and the people who remained were no longer as easy as usual.

In the following days, every time they went to the river with the army to break the ice, one by one they no longer talked and laughed like they did when they worked in the spring, but like frightened birds, the slightest big movement on the side of the golden people, the people here would instantly throw away the things in their hands and run away without a trace.

After Ye Qing worked hard for two nights, he finally wrote a notice to calm the people in person, the content of which was nothing more than hoping that everyone would unite and resist the Jin people crossing the river with the same hatred, but in terms of language and wording, he chose very demagogic and inflammatory words, and the passionate patriotism jumped on the paper, and under the impassioned heralds, the listeners all felt that they had a heavy burden and responsibility to protect their families and defend the country on their shoulders.

A sudden attack by the Jin people, if it weren't for the casualties of the army in the end, Ye Qing would have made a lot of money in this battle, not only made the people's camp nervous because of this, but it was no longer as loose as at the beginning, and even affected the morale of the army, but also made the people spare no effort when breaking the ice, no longer like before, they still need to be commanded and supervised by the generals of the army.

Today's Yellow River surface has never been able to form an ice layer that satisfies the gods and slaves of Qishilie, coupled with the people's spare efforts and the beginning of active investigation and filling, on the contrary, the surface of the Yellow River for nearly 100 miles, even in the early morning, is not even a little ice ballast, and all of them are smashed into the turbid river water.

With the arrival of the 3,000 battalions, the morale on Ye Qing's side has become more and more high, and the morale of the army has become more stable, but it is the Jin people who seem to be a little abnormal.

In the past few days, the Jin people didn't even bother to send scouts to inspect the frozen river, but instead started to adjust the army of each battalion and rest the messy camp with great fanfare.

Although there will still be Jin scouts every day, vigilant against the Song people on the other side

, but it is obvious that what the Jin people have done in the past few days is a little unreasonable, and what they are doing does not seem to be preparing for the next battle, but looks like it is the same as some time ago, the people's battalion on the Song people's side wanted to take charge of the front line.

At the same time that Xu Han, Sima Jian, Wang Chong, Xie Lun, Ye Heng and other generals were full of doubts, a huge camp tent was finally erected on a flat open space on the other side of the bank that had been rested by the Jin people in the past few days.

"Something big is coming? Or are there reinforcements again? Ye Heng's expression was solemn, and he looked at Xu Han on the left and right sides and muttered, "Immediately report to the adults, Xu Han." ”

"No need." Ye Qing's voice sounded not far behind Ye Heng, Ye Qing, who was wearing a black fur coat and a thick narrow-sleeved robe, walked over, glanced at the huge camp tent erected on the opposite bank, and the large open space that had been left vacant after the adjustment of the army, and said lightly: "Emperor Wanyan Jing of the Jin Dynasty will arrive on the other side of the bank with an army of 50,000 in a few days." ”

"What?" Ye Heng gasped at the cold air by the river and asked in shock.

And Xu Han and the others were also shocked, and the sky above their heads instantly seemed to be covered by a thick cloud, and the sense of oppression that the mountain rain was about to come became stronger and stronger.

"Isn't that ...... They have an army of almost 200,000 men? Xu Han folded his fingers with a solemn face and muttered.

"Yes, so they have an army of 200,000, and we ...... Since the last war, less than 35,000 remained. Ye Qing stood at the front of the shore, tightened the black fur coat on his body, looked at the opposite side and inhaled the cold air and said.

"In this way, Jin Ren has made up his mind to win this battle this year." Ye Heng frowned, looked at Ye Qing with a calm face for a while, and looked at the people who were still sparing no effort to inspect the ice on the river, and sighed a little weakly.

"And that's not even the worst news." Ye Qing glanced at a few people around him, and said with a smile: "Shi Miyuan went to Jinan Mansion, Xin Qiji should have met with Shi Miyuan now, Han Yanxuan is also still in Lanzhou Mansion with Yu Yunwen, I don't need to tell me the purpose of the two, I think everyone knows it very well in their hearts." ”

"Damn, they're here at this time...... The weasel gave the chicken a New Year's greeting, and it was definitely not good. Ye Heng took a rare spit on the surface of the river and scolded: "This critical moment is simply a mess!" Why can't we unite with the enemy and fight for power and profit at this time? The other officials above the Lin'an court are all dead! ”

"The court is almost controlled by the two of them, the holy dragon is not safe, and what the queen can do is always limited, Shi Miyuan and Han Yanxuan are advancing into the north at this time, they don't want my Ye Qing's family to be dominant, this is to seize power in a separate way." Ye Qing looked up at the rare sunny day in winter and said.

"They're really going to pick the time." Wang Chong, who had never spoken, subconsciously shook his head, and continued with a hint of sarcasm at the corner of his mouth: "The Xia Kingdom has just died, and they will immediately go north to seize power, aren't they afraid that if the Xia Kingdom continues to revivenation, the Jin people will take the opportunity to attack the Yellow River?" ”

Ye Heng looked at Ye Qing silently, and then looked at Wang Chong, he now somewhat understands the pressure of Ye Qing's Northern Expedition, at that time he was just like Shi Miyuan and Han Yanxuan today, although he never wanted to seize power like them, but in Lin'an, he has been attacking Ye Qing's Northern Expedition and resisting the decree.

Of course, today's Ye Heng naturally admires Ye Qing's tenacity even more, and at the beginning of the Northern Expedition, he was able to withstand the huge pressure from all sides of Lin'an, unswervingly continue the Northern Expedition, and regain the lost territory, even if it was infamous for a lifetime.

What Ye Heng admired even more

Yes, Ye Qing's firmness for Yu Yunwen and Xin Qiji's stay in Lanzhou Mansion and Jinan Mansion at the beginning seemed so wise and correct at this moment.

It's hard to imagine that if it weren't Xin Qiji and Yu Yunwen who were guarding Jinan and Lanzhou at this moment, I am afraid that it would be difficult for any official in the north to resist the pressure from Han Yanxuan and Shi Miyuan.

After all, the two of them came to the two places on behalf of the imperial court, and it was difficult for other officials to firmly stand in favor of Ye Qing's position, so it was very likely that Shi Miyuan and Han Yanxuan would succeed in seizing power, so that Ye Qing was really making wedding dresses for these two people, and all the efforts of so many years were in vain.

"Since Jinan and Lanzhou have gone to Shi Miyuan and Han Yanxuan, it is difficult to guarantee that no one will come to Jingzhao Mansion, Lord Ye, Jingzhao Mansion has to make arrangements as soon as possible." Ye Heng frowned, now that a large area of territory is in Ye Qing's hands, then since Shi Miyuan and Han Yanxuan have intervened in two places, one east and one west, will they let go of Jingzhao Mansion?

"Yes, there will be people from Jingzhao Mansion too." Ye Qing sighed.

And Wang Chong said with some doubts: "My lord, if it is according to the geographical location, then if the imperial court wants to send others to continue north, it should also go to Kaifeng and Luoyang, after all, wouldn't it be more beneficial for the imperial court, or Shi Miyuan and Han Yanxuan?" Although Jingzhao Mansion is important, after all, it is under the nose of your lord, and with the Duke of Chongguo in charge, don't they know that it is very difficult to seize power? ”

"Are Luoyang Zhouzong and Kaifeng Zhang Kui credible?" Ye Heng heard Wang Chong ask, and couldn't help asking.

He didn't know the inside story of the officialdom of other roads in the Northland, all of this was an official who had been sent by Ye Qing during Ye Qing's first Northern Expedition, and Ye Heng didn't know anything about his background identity.

"The officials left behind by Jin, but before the Northern Expedition, they had secretly defected to us, which is completely credible." Ye Qing took a deep breath and continued: "The imperial court will not send people to Luoyang and Kaifeng, although the two places are more meaningful to the imperial court, but after all, they are not legitimate officials of the Great Song Dynasty, even if the imperial court goes to recruit people, there will be no breakthrough." ”

Ye Heng saw that Ye Qing was so sure, so he nodded silently and said, "Xin Qiji and Yu Yunwen should be able to deal with Shi Miyuan and Han Yanxuan for a while, so the top priority is all this in front of us, how should we deal with it." Since the Jin Emperor is coming here, it is enough to show that the Jin people are planning to fight us to the death here, and the next Jin people's attack will inevitably be more fierce, and it is difficult to deal with our current strength, and we need to make plans in advance. ”

Ye Heng's words were on the empty bank of the Yellow River, but they made everyone feel depressed, and now they are still suffering from internal and external troubles, and even if they don't get it right, everything will be wasted.

If the three roads of Hetao cannot be defended, it is very likely that Jingzhaofu Road will also be lost because of this, and if Jingzhaofu Road is lost, then the territory of the Xia Kingdom that has been fought hard will also be lost, and even if it will not be restored by the remnants of the Xia Kingdom, there is still Han Yanxuan eyeing Lanzhou now.

The current predicament makes everyone stand on the bank of the Yellow River at a loss, not only to deal with the Jin people, but also to deal with their own people behind them, and even Jingzhao Mansion will fall into an unstable situation in the future, and there must be one person in charge.

Ye Qing's gaze swept over Ye Heng and the others, but he couldn't find a suitable candidate, although Ye Heng was the most suitable, but Bai Chun didn't believe in Ye Heng very much, and the umbrella had intercepted the correspondence between Ye Heng and Zhao Shikui.

(ps: Zhengxia Kingdom is starting to pave a little big, so it's very difficult to write, and it's the same now, the plot has to continue to develop, but what is going on has to be fully explained, take your time.) ）