To the south of the Liyangjin pontoon bridge, the frame of the messenger stopped, waiting for the forbidden army to open the way. The magistrate of Junzhou was waiting for Qin Hui in the south of the bridge, and Uncle Zhang could not leave the camp at night, and he also sent his deputy general to greet Qincha. Meng Yuan sighed, rode over, and together with several military academies, pointed at the piers of the pontoon bridge. One of his errands on this trip was to instruct the Song army guarding the bridge how to destroy the pontoon bridge built by his great-grandfather when the situation was critical.

The north wind was blowing from the river, and the bridge was crowded with people fleeing to the south, villagers pushing carts with sad faces, white-haired old men with backpacks, and miserable women holding children, most of them were ragged and shivering in the river breeze, and they were all frowning. There were so many people fleeing that the pontoon bridge trembled and shook under the impact of the river, and the faces of the people were even more frightened, pushing and shoving southward.

"In the past month or so, more than 400,000 people have fled across the river to Junzhou, and the lower officials have tried their best to provide relief, and also let the rich households in the prefecture and county set up porridge sheds to do good, but it is just a drop in the bucket. Seeing that it is getting cold day by day, and a few more snowfalls, I am afraid that the people who fled will not be able to endure it even more. Zhizhou Wang Shu Yin said with a worried face. Qin Hui glanced at him and said slowly: "This official should ask the imperial court for relief, and before that, I also ask Lord Wang to do his best." "Every year, the river embankment is repaired, the pontoon bridge piles and bridge boats are replenished, and Junzhou falsely reports the number, and the amount of money embezzled is unknown. Now, if you don't give more to charity, you can't talk about it.

Under Qin Hui's gaze, Wang Shuyin seemed to have seen through all his internal organs, and said in a loud voice: "Yes, yes, I understand." Originally, there were still some eager thoughts to invite merit, but now they are gone, and there is a fine sweat on their backs, and they dare not export the prevarication that they were originally prepared to "the relief expenses are not small, and the taxes have been collected in advance for five years". Qin Hui let out a "hmm", looking at the endless stream of Baixin who were pouring from the pontoon bridge to Henan, he couldn't help frowning, and said secretly: "You can't let the Liao people cross the river." ”

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Three hundred miles upstream of Liyangjin, Brother Tiemu squinted his eyes and saw more than a dozen wooden boats undulating in the waves of the big river. Because Brother Temu once led a lone army into the territory of the Song Kingdom and attacked a large area. Yelu Dashi appointed him as the general of the Northern Courtyard and asked him to command 30,000 cavalry to cross the river first and attack Henan. Because the Liao army was not good at boating, Tiemuge ordered to constantly collect boats and boatmen along the coast, preparing to rush to cross the river. Soon, the Liao army captured 100 boatmen and found more than a dozen wooden boats. Large boats can only cross a few dozen horses at a time, small boats can only cross three or five horses, and a dozen boats can cross more than 200 horses at a time. Hundreds of women, children, old and weak, were escorted and knelt in a row on the north embankment of the river, their scimitars shining brightly behind their backs.

But Brother Temu looked at the other side with a solemn face, although he had not heard the phrase "half-crossing", but he knew that this time was the most critical. There were very few defenders crossing the south bank of the river, and the more than 100 cavalry who crossed the river first drove away slightly, and the defenders fled with their helmets and weapons. Although the Song army did not light the wolf smoke, they did not know when the Song reinforcements on the south bank would arrive. Although Temuge's face was calm, his mood was more nervous than anyone else's. He was just a Mobei barbarian, but Yelu Dashi handed over 30,000 cavalry to him and entrusted him with important tasks. Thirty thousand warriors, in terms of military strength alone, can already be on a par with Boshenghuo Murbo.

Half an hour later, hundreds of cavalry had crossed the river, and there was no movement on the other side. The fleeing Song army was afraid of military law, so they dispersed in a hurry, and they didn't care about reporting the military situation. An hour later, more than 1,000 cavalry stepped on the south bank, did not see the Song army, to the next afternoon, nearly 10,000 cavalry had crossed the river, only to appear hundreds of Song army foot soldiers, met the brigade of Liao cavalry panicked and retreated, the Liao cavalry took advantage of the situation to catch up, from both wings in this Song army, all of them were killed or captured. By the evening of the third day, the 30,000 Liao cavalry had crossed the river, and Tiemuge finally crossed the Yellow River with his personal generals.

"Lord Totong, do you want to leave men and horses to guard the ship?" The general asked.

"It's all burned," Brother Temu said coldly, "In order to prevent the news of the army from leaking, not a single southerner who got the ship will be left." He immediately climbed the embankment of the South River, looking down condescendingly at the vast yellow-brown land. The Murbo people are different from the Khitans who have lived in the Han land for a long time, even if they are the commanders of ten thousand people, it is only since the Southern Expedition that Tiemuge believes that the Southern Dynasty is really rich and prosperous, and the population and wealth are equivalent to a large tribe. And it is much easier to capture a county than to annex a tribe in Mobei. I heard that Henan was the richest place in the Song Kingdom. Looking at the looming village in the distance, Temuge's eyes shone with a feverish light, if it was really as Yelu Dashi hoped for, conquering such a large area of land and people, even if it was worth the risk.

With the screams, the boatmen who ferried the Liao army across the river were all killed under the river embankment, and the Liao army burned the ferry, so there was no way to retreat, and the only way to retreat was to fight desperately, and the Song army in Henan was rounded to the end, and the main force of the Liao army crossed the river to attack Bianliang.

In this day, many nearby villagers learned the news of the Liao army crossing the river and fled in panic. Although the Song army defending the south bank of the Yellow River was numerous, it was difficult to concentrate its forces in a hurry, not only could it not drive the Liao army down the Yellow River, but all the nearby Song army troops rushed to retreat in the direction of Liyangjin Daying and Bianliang. In order to avoid punishment, they made up lies that they encountered the Liao army and retreated in battle, and the various departments reported the number of Liao troops crossing the river at night, ranging from tens of thousands to tens of thousands, and some even claimed to have seen the Huangluo umbrella cover of Yelu Dashi. Zhang Shuye, the commander of the Henan Mabu Army, could not judge the reality of the Liao army, so he could only concentrate his forces and wait for the battle, and at the same time complain to Bianliang.

The news of the Liao army's crossing of the river reached Bianliang in the fastest time, the imperial court was shaken, and the people of Tokyo were even more frightened, and within a day, more than 100,000 people fled out of the city to the south, and all kinds of vehicles were crowded on the road to the south. The Privy Council was even more worried about the lack of air defense in Bianliang City, and on the one hand, asked the official family to issue another order to let the soldiers and horses of the world Qin Wang, and on the other hand, the soldiers and horses near Bianliang were shrunk to the capital. The official family also specially drafted an edict to the towns of Hebei, Xijing, Southeast and Hedong Xingying, attached a gold plate, and sent it out in a hurry of 500 miles, eager to concentrate 800,000 forbidden troops in Bianliang to resist the Liao army. The news that the Liao army crossed the river and Bianliang shook spread in all directions with the tokens of these troop transfers. Since the founding of the Song Dynasty, the Liao army has never crossed the Yellow River, and the world has been in an uproar for a while.

Xijing camp is the closest to Bianliang, the camp is deployed Cao Di after receiving the gold medal, ordered Xijing deputy capital to deploy Cao Xishuai's army of 50,000 east to aid Bianliang, but after arriving at the Tiger Prison Pass, 50,000 troops were stationed, waiting for Yao Zhengping to come from Tianjing Pass to join the division, the two groups of 100,000 troops combined, and then made a big fanfare, known as the Xijing camp 200,000 troops to aid Bianliang in the east.

"After joining forces with Yao Zhengping, don't rush in, so as not to stray into the ambush of the Liao army, first send a team of elite soldiers to the vicinity of Bianliang to inspect the military situation." Cao Di's eyes flickered a little, and he said in a low voice, "Waiting for my news, the soldiers are pressing, the soldiers are in chaos, in case the Jingshi is not guaranteed, Shu'er's family, if they can be saved, they will be saved." You must be careful in this matter, and you would rather not do it than let people seize the handle. "Cao Shunai is Cao Di's eldest daughter, and was given by the emperor to marry King Jing Zhao Qi as a concubine.

Cao Xi is Cao Di's own brother, his face changed when he heard this, and he looked at his brother again, Cao Di also looked at him, nodded slightly, and didn't speak again. Cao Xi was sure that he had heard correctly, and said in a deep voice: "Yes, big brother." He looked left and right, and there was no one else, and said, "Brother, this matter is not trivial, although we have more than 100,000 elite soldiers in hand, but the place in Xijing is narrow, and the room for maneuver is too small. He looked up at Cao Di, and only his own brother could say this, after all, he was doing a raid on his family.

Cao Di shook his head slowly, and said with deep meaning: "You are waiting for my news, it's not that there is no room for maneuver. ”

Cao Xi realized, nodded and said, "I understand, big brother." He retired. In addition to arranging for 50,000 soldiers and horses to go on the expedition, it is more important to select henchmen to lead the troops to Bianliang to wait. Privately taking King Jing and his wife out of Bianliang, the soldiers are not expensive, and the subordinates of the Cao family are old, and they must be trusted by their confidants.

Seeing Cao Xi gently close the door, the light in the room dimmed again, Cao Di's face was solemn, he gently took out a letterhead from under the desk, opened it and took a look. The sky outside was dark, and a cold wind blew a few dead grasses from the window into the charcoal stove in the house, burning suddenly, making the room light up, and then extinguished, leaving only the red light of the charcoal fire.

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In Xiangyang City, in the southeast camp Marshal's Mansion, Liu Yanqing has locked himself in his study for several days. In the early hours of the morning, he came out to receive the gold medal edict from the Beijing Division, and before he gathered to discuss the matter, he locked himself up again. Most of the generals in the southeast camp are from Henan and Hebei, and when they heard that the Liao army had entered the Kou, Bianliang was shaken, and they were all a little disturbed.

The sky has not yet dawned, the outside is pitch black, there is no one in the room, and there is a gold medal in the middle of the table, which is exactly the side that was received just now, and the Beijing division urged reinforcements. Under the illumination of the lights, the gilt gold surface reflected a dazzling light, and the four big characters of "Imperial Front" and "Qin Order" seemed to jump out of the brand.

"Alas-" Liu Yanqing sighed, since the defeat of Hebei ten years ago, he has been quite frightened by the strength of the Liao cavalry, and if he has some other thoughts, he did not immediately send troops north. According to his original intention, Henan and Hebei have no danger to defend, and it is best for the saint to move to Xiangyang in order to be safe. However, the gold medal royal order came down, but it could not be delayed any longer.

After pondering for a long time, Liu Yanqing finally stood up and said to the soldiers standing outside the door: "The generals of the transmission camp, the White Tiger Hall is pointed." ”

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