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Song Xuanhe's three-year winter story begins

Looking at this pure and beautiful scenery, Zhao Xingde couldn't help but be fascinated for a while, and took a deep breath of pure air, "It's the third year of Xuanhe in the Great Song Dynasty. He muttered thoughtfully. In this year, Emperor Zhao Youen of the Song State allowed the descendants of the imprisoned Yuanyou Party to enter Taixue to study. The emperor's grace is vast, and there is no excuse to shirk, and Zhao Xingde, who has obtained the status of a lifter, had to give up his plan to take the right path to the imperial examination, bid farewell to his distant relatives in the township, and went to Bianliang Taixue. This year is also the twentieth year of the modern Zhao Xingde's reincarnation in this different time and space.

The exile of Huangzhoushan incident. The half-moon period is not long, but it is not short, and the students are running around to contact and send off Huang Zhoushan, the Taichang Shaoqing who was reprimanded out of Beijing. In addition to studying the scriptures hard, Zhao Xingde pulled Chen Dong around everywhere, occasionally had time, and even started to write the sequel to "The Wizard of Snow Shadow", and was very busy, and before he knew it, it was the day when Huang Zhoushan, who was belittled out of Beijing by Prime Minister Cai Jing, left Beijing.

Song Xuanhe four-year science society was established

Qingming outing than arrow incident. Zhao Xingde returned to the dormitory, and Chen Dong said with a smile: "Yuanzhi, during the Qingming Festival, the students of my dormitory gather for an outing, can you go together?" Zhao Xingde said: "I have promised my father's elders to go out of the city together, thank you Brother Shaoyang." Chen Dong smiled and said, "It's okay," Orr sighed again, "The annual Qingming outing is a major event among my Tai Bachelors, and it is indeed a great pity not to do the crying in the wind and the sad state of the moon, everyone plays the piano and writes poems, drinks and sings, and it is indeed a big pity not to participate." ”

The establishment of the Dragon Boat Festival Science Society. Time is like an arrow, in a blink of an eye, it is the Dragon Boat Festival, all the shops in Bianjing inside and outside, have long been filled with peach blossoms, willow branches, sunflowers and other seasonal flowers and trees, the wall is hung with pu leaves, the door is nailed with wormwood, and the counters and stalls are full of zongzi, water balls and other seasonal snacks. Although the gift of Wending has not yet been completely completed, the Li Mansion and the Chao Mansion both sent child servants to Zhao Xingde to send the seasonal things of the Dragon Boat Festival, and the mahogany box sent by the Chao Mansion contained fragrant candy seeds, zongzi, and papaya, while the peach box sent by the Li Mansion contained mugwort, calamus, perilla and other things, and the things sent by the two families were not the same, nor was it whether the two ladies had discussed it in advance. At this time, Chen Dong, Zhang Bing and others, who were familiar with Zhao Xingde in Guozi Prison, already knew that Zhao Xingde was about to marry Dr. Li's son-in-law, and they all congratulated him.

After Chen Dong, Deng Su and other Taixue supervisors and students ran and contacted in many ways, the inaugural meeting of the Science Society was held in Panlou, one of the seventy-two main stores in Bianjing, in the West Water Gate, because it is close to the West Water Gate and Jinmingchi, you can not only eat the best river fresh, but also go to Jinmingchi after the banquet to watch the dragon boat race and school review of the Su Guards and the forbidden army. Ninety-five people from Taixue Guozi were imprisoned, plus Meng Yuan, who was invited by Zhao Xingde, a total of ninety-six people attended the meeting.

On the third day of July in the fourth year of Song Xuanhe, Zhao Xingde went out to patrol Hebei with Tong Guan. On the sixth day of the first month of June, the official decree came, and Zhao Xingde, a Confucian scholar of Taixue, went to Hebei with the envoy Tong Guan to announce the decree, and the envoy and the prince Wei Wang went to Hebei to reward and comfort the three armies and set off together, and the strange thing is that he was not awarded an official position. This inexplicable dispatch, even Song An, who is familiar with the story of officialdom, can't guess the true meaning of the official.

On the third day of the seventh month, it is the day calculated by Guo Zhenren of Yuqing Shenxiao Palace, it is suitable to travel, build cars, migrate, sweep houses, avoid marriage, groundbreaking, and grave repair. Tong Guan selected 5,000 elites from the three yas of the Beijing Division, and was given the name Zhenbei Army today, so he left Bianjing today and escorted Zhao Ke, the prince of Wei, to Hebei to reward the three armies.

On the fifth day of the eighth month, the Zhenbei Army guarded the crown prince Zhao Ke and the envoy Tong Guan was about to arrive, and Liu Yanqing had already summoned the town guards and generals who were far away in Zhending, Hejian and other Liao and Song borders. The envoy in front reported that the Zhenbei army was only camped ten miles away from the camp in Hebei, and the prince and the envoy would officially come to the camp in the early morning to read the holy decree and summon the generals.

On the night of Chinese New Year's Eve, compared with the hustle and bustle of Hema Province, the Daimyo Mansion inevitably looks a little deserted. The whole army of Hebei Xingying moved to Hejian Mansion, leaving hundreds of thousands of military families, most of them were ready to move to Hejian after the spring was warm, and the family members were not allowed to reunite this year, and they had to sell their houses and land after the year, and there seemed to be a sense of sadness wafting from the smoke of every household.

Song Xuan and the Liao Song Dynasty fought in the first month of the fifth year.

On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the colleagues of the Hebei camp held a banquet to entertain the newly appointed commander of the Zhenbei Fifth Army. Marcus, this is also a stereotype in the army, even if the generals have more dissatisfaction with Hu Qi forming an army alone, the secretary Zhou Dingchen also wants to Zhang Luo, and the generals must also come, and they have to drink when they come, so as not to make Tong Shuai look bad. Naturally, drinking will attract prostitutes from the women's camp to accompany them, but who knows that this companion will be in trouble.

The news of the Liao people's invasion of the Kou was first spread by the wolf smoke of the beacons, the rout army was scattered everywhere, spreading all kinds of news of defeat, the capital city of Junzhou County began to close the city gate during the day, and the Liao cavalry traces were found in Xiongzhou, Bazhou, Zhending and other important towns in Hebei successively. The overwhelming rumors spread throughout Bianjing almost one day and night, and the Privy Council waited anxiously for further conclusive news, and on the night of the 28th day of the first month, the military letter sent by the Hejian Mansion was delivered in a hurry by the gold plate of the daily journey of 500 miles, and the Privy Council did not dare to slack off, and reported to Ouchi overnight.

On the ninth day of February, the north wind blew strongly overnight, and the weather seemed to be suddenly a lot colder, and the water of the Yellow River, which had just thawed, seemed to be freezing again. On 13 February, except for the four that were blown up during the attack on Gaoyang Pass, all the 11,000-pound cannons of the Liao soldiers were moved into the fort and bombarded the city of Hejian almost day and night. On February 15, Han Shizhong led the second army in Zhenbei to attack the city and attack the Liao artillery fortress to the west, planning to destroy the Liao people's giant artillery with earth-shaking thunder.

In June, the heat was unbearable, after the flood, the civil army was full of epidemics, on this day, Wang Yan summoned Zhao Xingde to control the yamen, and showed him the documents of the Privy Council.

In August of the fifth year of Xuanhe, the Fang La Incident, the Qiu Fu unveiling incident, Zhao Xingde Ben Xia, Chen Dong fled, and Zhang Bing died. For Zhao Xingde, such an extravagant hope is indeed a living reality, he arrived in Bianjing on the fifth day of the seventh month, and moved into the Li Mansion on the sixth day of the seventh month because of the preparation for the exam.

In the Accord on the third floor of the Gong Building, the scholars of the Science Society are placing wine for Zhao Xingde to wash the dust. There is a splashed ink inscription on the shadow wall of the Accord: "The beauty sings and dances and the youth tour, and the drunken Gonglou is drunk in the middle of the night." The East has not been exhausted, and the wine is like a knife and sorrowful. It is said that forty-seven people of the former imperial examination feasted here, and there were eighteen high school jinshi, and the eighteen jinshi revisited the hometown, and happily wrote this poem, and the shop carefully framed it on the wall with embroidered yarn. The Science Society deliberately chose this attic as a place for banquets and drinks, and it was also to find a good fortune for the autumn season in August.

Cai Jing swept over with a glance and was suddenly shocked. No wonder Cao Yun was completely cut off, just the day before yesterday, Fang La, the demon of Mingjiao in Jiangnan, pretended to trust the mandate of heaven, proclaimed himself "Holy Father", changed the yuan to "Yongle", led the crowd to start an incident, and put the generals in charge. On the same day, Mingjiao members raised troops in more than 10 prefectures, including Su, Hu, Wu, Chu, Tai, Yue, Quzhou, Hu, Chang, and Xiu, and are now attacking prefectures and counties in all directions. Hangzhou, an important town in the southeast, has fallen into the hands of the thieves, Fu Bing and Huang Tan, who are the supervisors of the soldiers and horses of the two Zhejiang roads, and Huang Tan were killed by the thieves, Du Shouwen, the envoy of the two Zhejiang roads, and Qiu Jian, the envoy of Lian Wan, were assassinated, and Ouyang Tai, the governor of Hangzhou, fled, and many state and county officials have fled or even defected. It is said that the thief armies from all over the country are converging on Jinling, preparing to conquer Jinling and then divide the river and rule, and even take Bianliang in the north!

On the evening of August 15, there was a full moon in the sky, and a cloud of silver was seen in the distance, and there were faint phantoms of some fairy mountain Qionglou. The Li family feast eats the newly fattened autumn crabs. This crab is not bought in the bazaar, but is raised in a few water tanks in the house for many years, and in the autumn they scoop up the thick and fat meat to cook, the cook specially wrapped the crab claws in flour and fried a dish called "Domination", Zhao Xingde couldn't cry or laugh, only eat more and occupy more. The small cakes that accompany the meal are carved with various exquisite patterns, shaped like a full moon, and there is halva inside, which means that the family is reunited and sweet, which is the production method that has been passed down in the palace.

On August 18, the first session of the provincial examination of the Ministry of Rites, the examination strategy was unprecedented. In addition to the nearly 20,000 lifters who went to the examination from all over the country, Bianjing City was empty of thousands of people, outside the provincial examination room, and commented on the heads and feet of the lifters who entered one after another, which became an important triennial festival for the people of Bianjing.

Before leaving, Chen Dong and others had already informed the news that Kaifeng Prefecture would arrest people on the day of the provincial examination, and although most of the scholars of the Science Society were deeply frightened, they still believed in the ancestral family law of "not sinnering people with words", and in addition to more than 200 people who gave up the imperial examination and returned to their hometowns ahead of schedule, more than 1,900 people went to the examination as usual. Zhang Bing and Deng Su are also among them.

On September 29, Fu Zhiren happily said that someone had finally talked to Zhao De about poetry and papers, and brought a few Kanto scholars to his home for dinner. It is also strange to say that in the past, the scholars in the Kanto region came from Hangu Pass with customs clearance documents, but this time, like Zhao Xingde, these people smuggled over from the Yellow River, but they did not use iron cables, but paid someone to use leather rafts to ferry.

Two days later, on the first day of the first month of October, it is the Winter Clothes Festival, and seeing that the cold winter is coming, every household sacrifices the dead on this day, in order to prevent them from being exposed to the cold and freezing in the underworld, they will burn the clothes made of five-colored paper, as if to send them warm clothes. In addition to paying tribute to his parents and relatives, Zhao Xingde also bought some for Zhang Bing, watched the curling green smoke rise into the sky, and said secretly: "Brother Minghuan, go all the way." ”

(Song Xuanhe in the fifth winter, Xia Yuande in the thirteenth year, Zhao Xingde arrived in Dunhuang) "The domestic order is in order, and the prosperity of the people and living and working in peace and contentment are not without a price." Liu Yi's light moved out of the window, and a line of geese glided lightly across the blue sky, flying south without hesitation.

In the fourteenth year of Xia Yuande, Song Xuanhe and in the sixth year, Zhao Xingde followed Chengyingying to the west

The three-month training went by in a hurry. Under the supervision of General Zhou Yuanzhong and the torture of Captain Duan Huaixian, the five hundred sergeants of the 7th Battalion of Chengying became more and more hateful, and their friendship between them became deeper and deeper. The final training was another long-distance march, returning to Puchangze against the end of the river, then turning north, crossing the great quicksand along the north-south trade route, marching to Yanqi Town, and then crossing the Tianshan Mountains to Gaochang.

It was May, the warm breeze was soft, and the catkins on both sides of the road were like snow. As soon as he left the city gate, he immediately urged his horse to move quickly. The bricks, tiles, plants and trees in front of me have indeed been seen countless times in dreams, but I don't see the scene of the Yiren leaning on the door. Feeling timid about his hometown, the more Zhao Xingde longed for it, the more apprehensive he became. As he approached the door, he jumped off his horse, patted the horse on the neck, signaled that it should not disturb the mistress with its neighing, and then carefully pushed open the door of his house.

Because of the smooth galloping road, the North Road of the Tianshan Mountains is far more prosperous than the South Road, along the way, as long as there is a place with abundant water, there are orchards and pastures everywhere, cattle and sheep are wild, and occasionally horses can be seen running. After Yizhou, Gaochang, Yanqi, Qiuzi, Dialing, Shule, and arrived in Kangguo. This continuous march lasted for nearly four months, from summer to autumn, and the soldiers' single clothes were replaced by thick white folded cloth robes.

The New Year is approaching, and there is occasionally a sound of ping-pong explosions outside the post house, and the guests and hosts enjoy themselves this night, adding a lot of joy.

There was crackling and crackling everywhere, and this was also the second Chinese New Year's Eve that Li Ruoxue spent alone in Dunhuang. She's been busy the other day. The bedding at home was tidied up, the courtyard was cleaned, the dust of the doors and windows was wiped off, the door god was replaced, the statue of Zhong Kui was hung, the new peach charm was nailed, and the Spring Festival couplets were pasted. Offerings such as incense flowers are also prepared to pray for the safety of the New Year.

On Chinese New Year's Eve, Chen Dong, who lived in seclusion in Quanzhou Forgetting Cliff, received a distant letter. He has long been removed from his father's genealogy, and no one bothers him during the Chinese New Year. Forget to return to the cliff is remote, there is an advantage, every day he has to receive many letters from all over the country, but it will not disturb the village.

During the New Year's season, Youzhou, Nanjing Road, Liaoguo, has a lively atmosphere. The Khitan people are rich and leisurely, and there are all kinds of food boxes in their homes at any time, which are full of cheese and dried fruits, and the diligent maidservants are ready to change the full wine jugs for the guests. The most important thing is the New Year's greetings between the Khitan people. Men and women wear the traditional clothes of the eight Khitan tribes, such as Diera, Yimu, Pin, Ut, Wukui, Tulubu, Nira, and Tuju, and congratulate each other according to their surnames and blood relations.

In the fifteenth year of Xia Yuande, Song Xuanhe had nothing to do in the seventh year, and Zhao Xingde fought in the country of Lumei

In the sixteenth year of Xia Yuande, Song Xuanhe and in the eighth year of Yajiaoxing, he established the Chengying Battalion and went to the Sultan of Roma to fight against Liao, and there was civil strife

Loaded with silk, tea, and spices from the East, the three alum ships had a very deep draft, and slowly left the port of Hercynian and headed for Lumei. Autumn is at its most beautiful in the Black Sea, with warm sunshine and a breezy seabird that flies up and down the shore, trying to catch fish and store fat for the harsh winter. At this time, too, piracy was at its most rampant, the Black Sea was densely packed with islands and bays, and the coast was entrenched by warring tribal forces and Turkic lords, who did not go to exterminate the pirates, but rather complied with them. Even if the merchant ships of Venice and Dashi encounter unsuspecting ships, sometimes they can easily get a ticket. The sea is a world where the jungle eats the strong. The merchant ships of the Xia Kingdom are the fattest sheep in the eyes of these pirates.

Over the past year or so, in addition to going out to fight, Zhao Xingde has been understanding the national conditions and folk customs of Lumei, and has a deeper understanding of the situation in Lumei.

The news of the defeat of the Jurchen tribe and the defeat of the Jurchen tribe was transmitted back to Nanjing again and again, and the dissatisfaction of the Khitans in various tribes was also rapidly spreading and fermenting. At the end of September, Xiao Fengxian was actually besieged by the Jurchens in Huanglong Mansion, and all the Khitan departments in Nanjing Province were cursed. The Great Khitan, which subdued the fifty-nine vassal states of the north, was defeated by the Jurchen tribe in succession. Whether it was the head of the tribe or the ordinary Khitan people, when they mentioned Emperor Yelu Yanxi and Xiao Fengxian, they all shook their heads and sighed. In order to relieve the siege of Huanglongfu, Yelu Yanxi prepared to drive a personal expedition, and the imperial court would send elites from Nanjing Road to aid the north. After the military letter asking each tribe to elect Ding to join the conquest was sent, there was an uproar in each tribe.

On October 15, after learning of the civil strife in Liao, the Dunhuang Protectorate summoned an envoy from the Han army in eastern Liao. Han Ningshuang got out of the carriage and looked up at the three-fold double-eaves circular dome of the Protector's Mansion Hall, which was two feet high, and the gold, blue and blue glazed tiles were shining in the morning sun, looking both brilliant and solemn.

On the seventh day of the first month of November, the day when the Lumei Janissaries officially set out on the expedition. The crowd of people saw off near the Golden City Gate, and the people of Lumei cheered hoarsely as if they were participating in grand ceremonies and competitions, and the avenue was sprinkled with perfume and flower petals, as if returning to the heyday of the era.

In the seventeenth year of Xia Yuande, Song Xuanhe returned to China in the ninth year of Song Xuanhe, Xia Varos killed Haidu Khan, Zheng Xiangtang was bloody, and Bo Shenghuo succeeded to the throne

In addition to the more than 60 people who participated in the coercion of the crown prince of Lumei, more than 30 family sergeants who returned to China in rotation according to the imperial decree were also rotated. Zhao Xingde and the others left the Golden Horn Bay by sea boat, sailed to Haixi Port, and stayed at Zhenxi Fort for several days, waiting for the Xia caravan to return to the river together. This time, there were many more sergeants stationed in the west fort than when the Chengying battalion came three years ago. Although he was a centurion, Zhao Xingde also had to share a room with Du Fujiao and Liu Zheng.

On August 15 of this year, Zhao Xingde and his entourage spent time in the countryside in the river. The big guy returned to his heart like an arrow, so he did not march according to the regular rule of sixty miles a day, but drew a line when passing the post station and continued to move forward, hurrying on horsepower, as long as he found a camping place around dark, sometimes marching more than 100 miles a day. This part of the river is full of agriculture and animal husbandry, and it is autumn, and outside the farmer's yard, hay stacks are piled high, and there is no shortage of grain and pasture. In order to reunite with his family as soon as possible, the sergeant of the Chengying Battalion, who paid for the money of grain and straw and had a large pocket, didn't care very much.

The middle-aged man was stopped by Zhao Xing, and his wife and children also looked back at this group of sergeants on horseback, and the middle-aged man caught a glimpse of Zhao Xingde's military robe with the emblems of centurion and concubine embroidered on the chest, and Wang Tongdeng next to him was also a concubine, and other sergeants, and the title was not under the rank of officer. The title of sergeant of Xia Guo was mostly piled up by military merits, and the middle-aged man was suddenly in awe, and first beckoned his wife and children to come over, so as not to be crowded by the crowd, and then he smiled and said: "This lord, this is a great victory." Anxi general Xu Wenhu led the army to attack the Rus' capital, captured all the Rus' royal family, Anbei general Lu Qingzong and the Rus' king Musti decisive battle, killed 20,000, captured the king, 30,000 Rus' troops surrendered. The state city lifted the curfew, and on the third day of Daqing, the wine and food were paid for by the Chamber of Commerce and the military government, and we all went to catch up with the excitement. ”

The snowflakes were flying and the cold wind was cold, but Zhao Xingde only felt that his blood was boiling. Wang Tongdeng said, "The light snow solar term, it really snows, it's really weird!" The gossip is all on deaf ears. The marching Sima of the Appropriate Military Division had a cold face, and he didn't take the words of "waiting for disposal and coming over every three days to report" to the two of them. He only felt that he hurriedly said goodbye to Wang Tongdeng, turned over the saddle and got on the horse, forcibly suppressed the surging mood, but beat the horse and galloped out of shape.

The north wind was blowing, snow covered the land, and a bleak stream of cooking smoke rose in the distance. The barracks were littered with filthy ice stains, and Tachi Murbo took a closer look with a clairvoyant mirror given to him by Jerodashi and saw that it was Yelu Yanxi's army barbecuing horse meat. Tachi spat out a mouthful of saliva contemptuously, these people who would rather eat war horses than dare not fight, are cowards. "After a while, these cowards will probably not even have horse meat to eat." He frowned and thought, "Are you willing to starve to death and freeze to death in the snow?"

The New Year is approaching day by day, and the world of the two is filled with a stronger and stronger taste of happiness. It's a pity that all women in this world are spoiled, even the virtuous Ruoxue is no exception, she has been a little lazy recently, and after Zhao Xingde asked Ying to cook several times, he let him go. I also ordered food to make a light taste. It's a pity that Xingde is good at either shabu or barbecue, and even vegetables and mushrooms are grilled and eaten during the march. Refusing to disappoint the beauty, I had to go to the bookstore and buy a few cooking tips to study secretly.

In the eighteenth year of Xia Yuande, the tenth year of Song Xuanhe, the first year of Liao Yanqing, the first year of Yelu Dashi, the founding of the country, Chen Kangli was the son of Kangguo, Xia promulgated the law of self-discipline, and Zhao Xingde went out to Liaodong

This day is the day when Yelu Dashi enters the imperial capital, everything in the wilderness is depressed, and the southern city where the Han people live is also empty. In order to win the hearts of the army, Yelu Zhangnu, who responded to him, imitated Youzhou's actions and plundered the population and wealth of Nancheng. Beicheng was the place where the Khitan court and nobles lived, and it was also closed, and before the arrival of Yelu Dashi, Yelu Zhangnu willfully slaughtered a few households of Yelu Yanxi's dead friends, and the men were killed, and the women were distributed to their subordinates. There was an atmosphere of terror throughout the North City. Everyone was trembling and waiting for the arrival of Yelu Dashi, the new emperor of Khitan.

Ten days later, Yelu Dashi officially usurped the throne and changed the name of the year to Yanqing. When the news reached Bianliang, everyone gritted their teeth and scolded this chaotic minister and thief, as if he had usurped the throne of the Liao State instead of the Great Song Dynasty. In recent years, Emperor Zhao You has been addicted to taking pills, his energy has exhausted greatly, and he feels that his time is running out, and he intends to replace the eldest prince Zhao Ke with the third prince Zhao Qi into the East Palace. After the courtiers quarreled, they still sent an envoy from Cheng Qin Hui in the imperial history to send a letter of state to Da Liao.

In March, the warm wind blew for a few days, and it rained again, this morning, the begonia flowers bloomed, and the petals looked delicate in the misty rain. Li Ruoxue was so happy that she was like a child, picked up an oil-paper umbrella, and pulled Zhao Xingde to enjoy the flowers in the courtyard. Zhao Xingde was worried that she was drenched in the rain and cold, and after some persuasion, Li Ruoxue reluctantly returned to the house. Recently, her belly has been bulging, and it is inconvenient to get in and out, and it is indeed a little boring to stay at home.

In the past Qingming Dynasty, in the autonomous area of the Chamber of Commerce outside Chang'an City, the peonies transplanted from Luoyang, Kanto, competed for beauty. Taking advantage of the bright spring, the activities of walking, juju, swinging, and kite flying continue until the end of April, and the cockfighting has been fighting from Qingming to the summer solstice.

Entering May, the group of apprentices who arrived in Guanzhong five years ago will have their appointment period about to expire, and those who can boil it out will have a hundred wages to get. Today is the time for the shopkeeper Luo to settle accounts with the apprentices who are about to make an appointment, although there are always some deductions, but most of them still can't be wrong.

The sun and the moon are like shuttles, the summer is coming and the cold is coming, Li Ruoxue was pregnant for ten months and gave birth to twin babies, the male was named Zhao Yong, and the daughter was named Zhao Zhuo. The eighth battalion of Chengying, the commander of Zhao Xingde, has also been trained into the army, and the two children are just full-term, and Zhao Xingde received the military order issued by the General's Mansion to go to Liaodong. On the day of departure, Li Ruoxue was worried that the child would not be able to stand the cold wind, so she only sent it to her door. And Li Rui and Chen Youyi personally went to the camp of the Chengying Army to see off Xingde.

In the nineteenth year of Xia Yuande, in the eleventh year of Song Xuanhe, in the second year of Liao Yanqing, Zhao You died, Zhao Ke succeeded to the throne, and the Han army in Liaodong rose up

This is the eleventh year of Xuan, Zhao You is diligent and indulgent, and he takes Jindan, and his face is a little gray. However, his imperial mind has also become more and more sophisticated, not only is it becoming more and more difficult for Cai Gongxiang to guess His Majesty's thoughts, but the Qingliu officials in the court have gradually been tamed by His Majesty, and even acquiesced to the momentum of the third prince replacing the crown prince in the East Palace.

In spring, the fields are full of brilliant flowers, and after a spring rain, even clumps of tender grass emerge on the barren Gobi Desert. After a long journey, the sergeant of the eighth battalion of Chengying really had no leisure to linger to enjoy this rare beauty, and after crossing the uninhabited Gobi Desert in front, he entered the boundary of Xijing Road in Liaoguo. The carts of the march were left to the guides of the Military Intelligence Division, and whether they were cavalry or infantry, they were now one man and three horses. Later, the 8th Battalion of Chengying became a group of horse thieves of more than 700 people on the grassland, infiltrating through the gaps of the various nomadic tribes attached to the Liao State, marching in the grassland desert beyond the Great Wall, and under the guidance of the Military Intelligence Department, crossing the Xijing Road and the Zhongjing Road, until they reached the Huanglongfu of the Tokyo Province of the Liao State, where they were said to be met by Han troops.

"yes." Zhao Ke has never felt that the political system of the Xia State is more reasonable than now. He nodded, choked up, and said: "The Manchu Dynasty Qingliu Gaoshi, only Shaoyang is the real loyal minister, if there is a day, he must rely on the pillar of the country." A north wind blew through, and the sky was full of white paper.

It was freezing outside, but there was a red copper stove burning in this warm pavilion. The charcoal fire was very strong, and the two of them were thinly dressed, but they were a little sweaty. The master cut open a tribute orange kept in the ice cellar, broke it into several petals, and carefully picked the oranges one by one, before feeding them to Chen Dong's mouth one by one. If she looks like this, if she is seen by those guests who are willing to spend thousands of dollars to listen to a song and drink a cup of fragrant tea, she will definitely beat her chest.

Two months later, the letter was sent to Dunhuang, and Li Ruoxue bundled Chen Dong's letter into a letter to his family. The letter was mailed to Zhao Xingde through Lu Cao to the front, three months after he had traveled and arrived in Liaodong.

In winter, the hungry Han army could hardly take down any Khitan camp, and the concentrated Han army was the best target for the Khitan cavalry. The Khitans hid in the strong camps, the hot kang was burning, and the large pieces of meat and large bowls of wine would not come out at all, while the Han army could only take a few women and children to boil in the deep mountains and old forests.

In the twentieth year of Xia Yuande, the first year of Song Jingkang, the third year of Liao Yanqing, the Han and Jin allied to resist Liao, Chengying Battalion attacked Baozhou, Han attacked Kaizhou, and Chen Dong belittled Guangzhou

"What's the festival today?" Li Ruobing whispered.

"No, today is the 25th day of February in the year of Jingkang, and it is not a festival." Xie Songshi has also made many trips to the sea, and he remembers the days very clearly, and he is grateful for the fat difference given by Li Ruobing, and he is busy talking.

Zhao Xingde's face was not very good-looking, and at dawn, he and Jin Changtai took a hundred horses out of the mountain, passing through a village inhabited by Han people twenty miles away, but found that it was already a scorched earth. The fire had only been extinguished by the spring rain, and the ruins were still filled with hissing white mist and green smoke.

Zhao Xingde nodded and asked, "In April, there is no green and yellow, I don't know if the brothers in the village can eat enough?" Du Fujiao understood Zhao Xingde's meaning a little at this time, and said loudly: "Last year's grain storage, plus the wild vegetables dug up, the Bodhisattva blesses, don't starve the old people and children." Hearing this question and answer, the anger on the faces of the leaders of the Han army, who were full of tents, gradually disappeared, many of them were ashamed, and only a few were still disdainful.

At this time, it was getting late, the wind was blowing outside, two muffled thunders sounded, and a heavy rain was coming. In the White Tiger Hall, pine resin torches are lit, and the light is as bright as day. It was quiet all around, and the sergeants all looked over to this side, and only one voice echoed in the hall: "The way of self-defense is the fundamental system of our dynasty." I am a self-defended people to all the people. In my Chaozhou county and township, they are all self-defended land. If the barbarians want to enter the Kou, it will be difficult to go step by step, and they will not be able to go deep. Why, because of the Jurchens and Khitan barbarians, they only know how to enslave the people. Once they are in the army, we will attack the people in groups. And if we serve the people at will, we will destroy their self-defense mentality, which is tantamount to preparing for the barbarians. If the people cannot defend themselves, neither will the kingdom be able to defend themselves. The so-called embankment of a thousand miles collapsed in the anthill, which is exactly what it means. ”

Zhao Xingde smiled, but said categorically: "No." He looked at the generals of the Han army around him and explained, "This passage of logging to the sea is extremely important to our army, it is already June now, and if it drags on, after autumn, the river will freeze, and a delay will be a year, I can't watch the people drink the northwest wind." He put his hands together and said with a smile, the look on his face was no different from those Hanzhai leaders who occupied the mountains as kings.

"There are still three months to harvest the wheat and four months to harvest the red beams." Kim Chang-tae spread his hands, "If you don't want to eat bark and grass roots, you have to buy grain from the Central Plains." This time, 3,000 stone of military rations were delivered, and the battle of Kaizhou will still cost in the future. At least 5,000 stone of grain should be bought. He laughed and said, "This money for buying grain?" ”

At the end of August, just under the city of Kaizhou, Zhao Xingde got the news that the fourth battalion of Chengying had successfully negotiated with Goryeo. Under the threat of Xia's demonstrative power, the Goryeo Kingdom agreed to come to Yuanxian County under the jurisdiction of the "Phoenix Mountain Han Army", and Xia Guoying promised not to support the Jurchen tribes east of the Yalu River. Li Sihai personally rushed to the city of Kaizhou, not only to explain the terms of the peace talks to Zhao Xingde in detail, but also to see the battle situation under the city of Kaizhou with his own eyes. Unlike the Han army's deliberate low-key operation of Suzhou Guannan, the Han army in Kaizhou is afraid that the momentum is not big enough, and now not only the Protectorate is asking about the situation here, but even the Bianjing court of the Great Song Dynasty and the Privy Council have also put forward a proposal to cross the sea to aid the Han army and the Liao State with grain and grass, but now the relationship between the Song and Liao countries is very good, and even the grain, grass and ordnance to aid the Jurchen Jin State have been compressed a lot, and the proposal to aid the Han army has also been suppressed.

The battle of Kaizhou shook Liaodong, Zhao Xingde not only made great achievements, but also had a wide financial route, and his reputation among the generals of the Han army gradually increased. The situation on this side of the Yalu River in Taibai Mountain soon spread to Guannan in Suzhou. In September, the weather is getting colder and colder, and in three months, the sea on both sides of the Suzhou Isthmus will freeze. On the Nanshan Mountain, which guards the Isthmus of Suzhou, the construction of the new city designed by Zhao De is progressing slowly, which also worries Han Ningshuang.

On November 18, dark clouds covered the entire sky, as if they were about to press down on the ground. The Han army in the fort was talking about the first snow of the winter with great interest. Two thousand cavalry escorted the field artillery battalion out of the city for training.

In the past two months, the Xia Guoying on the banks of the Yalu River in Taibai Mountain has not been idle, and before the Yalu River freezes, it has gone to sea the wood and charcoal that had been hoarded on the banks of the river, and bought a batch of grain and grass from Goryeo, Japan, and the Song Kingdom and hoarded them. Kim Chang-tae selected 500 garrison soldiers to form the Fifth Garrison Battalion, all equipped with muskets, and trained in accordance with the "Torch Battalion Drill Code" left by Zhao Xingde.

Five days, ten days, a month passed, the expected bloody rain did not come, but several heavy snowfalls, the entire Liaodong covered into a white expanse, into December, the Jin army southward rumors also came out, the people everywhere were relieved, this is like Mount Tai overpowering the general disaster, so invisibly passed.

Zhao Xingde received Chen Dong's reply in December. He Xingde has not written for a long time, and Chen Dong's letter is very long. There was no real urgency, but the fastest post was used, and I don't know how much money it cost. Doing things like this is in line with his bold temperament. Li Yong doesn't care about these either. Thanks to Chen Dong's blessing, Zhao Xingde finally learned the latest situation in the Central Plains.

Emperor Zhao Ke has been on the throne for two years, and after initially mastering the government, he began to show his edge. Wang Yan was deployed in the southeast camp and Liu Yanqing was deployed in the Hebei camp. In order to avoid the suffering of the soldiers, the two commanders could only bring 50 of their own soldiers to their posts. Although the major generals are deeply entrenched, they are obviously quite moved. Cao Di was deployed in the Xijing camp, Yang Zhongsi was deployed in the Hedong camp, and the Hedong Road was slightly pacified and adapted, and the three side court pillars were on the table together. The official family issued an order to encourage him and retain him to continue to be loyal to the country, and also gave the three old ministers brocade robes, jade belts, flags and other things. In the end, the two veterans of Cao and Zhe remained in office, Yang Zhongsi was added as the general of the left guard, disarmed and returned to the field, and his son Yang Yanqing succeeded to the deployment of the Hedong Xing battalion. The Hedong Army withdrew from Hebei, and Wang Yanying immediately sent troops to take over Zhending Mansion. There was a faint discussion in the DPRK and China about making the eunuch supervision of the army a permanent system, and many scholars of the science society desperately opposed it, and there was even a proposal that the eunuchs should not be allowed to leave Beijing. None of the officials commentated on these discussions.

From Bianliang to Guangzhou, it was exactly 3,000 miles away. In the middle of winter, when the dripping water turned into ice, Chen Dong took his family and slaves all the way south, and everyone sighed bitterly. He searched all the way for the relics of the ancient sages on the way to exile, and when he stopped, he listened to Wu Song say some strange people and strange things in the rivers and lakes, and he was also happy. On this day, I came to Wuyang Pass, which is a key pass in the north and south, and it coincided with the heavy snow sealing the mountain, and the road ahead was difficult and dangerous, so I had to take refuge in the post station for a while.

In the twenty-first year of Xia Yuande, in the second year of Song Jingkang, in the fourth year of Liao Yanqing, the decisive battle of Liaojin was completed, Yan Agu was killed, and in the battle of Nanshan City in Suzhou, Xia attacked Xijing Dao, Liao, Song and Song Dynasty formed an alliance with Erbo, and attacked Beizhou

Xiao Suxian, who stayed in Tokyo, urged the soldiers to fight to the death and not surrender, and even openly dug out the hearts and stomachs of the Jin soldiers who were captured in the city, and distributed them to the soldiers defending the city, cutting off everyone's way of life. No matter how unbearable the Liao army defending the city is, there are always tens of thousands of horses, and there are many accumulations in Liaoyang City. Although the Jin soldiers were brave and artillery, the siege continued until March, when the news of the fall of Shenzhou and the martyrdom of the defender Yeludilie came.

After the news of Yelu Dashi's personal expedition came out, the morale of the Liao army was greatly boosted. It is now the end of April since the troops were dispatched in December last year. The two armies of Jin and Liao fought fiercely in Shenzhou and Liaoyang for nearly half a year, and the soldiers were all tired and could not tolerate the scorching heat, but at this time, no one dared to retreat lightly. Yelu Tiege was strictly ordered to make meritorious contributions, and also began to attack and defend each other with the Jin soldiers, and the infantry army camped for more than ten miles by virtue of the mountain situation, and each other was horns, and there were large groups of iron cavalry echoing back and forth between the camps. The Jin soldiers were repeatedly unable to attack. The two sides of Liaojin were at a stalemate. Under the attack of the Jin soldiers for several days, Liaoyang City was already crumbling. However, the fighting dragged on for months, but it was still unconquered. Seeing that the reinforcements of Yelu Dashi's personal expedition in Shangjing were about to arrive, the Jin Emperor Wanyan Aguta, who was stationed in Huanglong Mansion, finally couldn't bear it anymore and decided to lead 20,000 iron horsemen to the south and hunt under Liaoyang City with Yelu Dashi.

On the 23rd of July, dark clouds covered the sun, there was not a single wind, and it was as hot as a steamer. The Jin army once again came out of the camp and lined up, this time, according to Zhao Xingde's guidance, thousands of heavily armored Tiefutu dismounted as infantry troops, and together with more than 10,000 Han troops under Han Ningshuang, they guarded around the artillery camp position. Zhao Xingde kept the artillery position as close to the Liao army as possible. A total of more than 300 large and small artillery pieces were arranged on six artillery forts that covered each other, and 33 heavy artillery pieces were concentrated in the central artillery fort, aimed at the artillery positions of the Liao army, even if they could not be hit accurately, they would harass the artillery battalions of the Liao army, and the remaining hundreds of small artillery pieces were used to defend the fort itself and prevent the assault of the Liao cavalry.

Kim Chang-tae also sent an unsigned private message. After Zhao Xingde opened it, it was written by Chen Dong, and he had arrived in Guangzhou a few months ago. There is no decadence of being degraded and barbaric, but the excitement of doing a big job. Hundreds of thousands of prisoners were escorted to Guangzhou and Qiongzhou from various prefectures and counties, and Chen Dong had already begun to select exiled officers from among the exiled scholars, and at the same time recruited the children of the scholars to train the officers in the army. However, the Central Plains people have relocated to the land, and the children of scholars are willing to serve in the army.

He looked up and saw that there was already a bright moon hanging in the sky, and then he remembered that before he knew it, it was almost the Mid-Autumn Festival, "The white head is famous." The old mountain pine and bamboo are old, blocking the return journey. I want to put my heart into Yaoqin. There are few bosom friends, who listens to broken strings? "Most of the soldiers wear summer uniforms, and at this time, the cold wind is gusting, and many people light bonfires to keep warm.

Yelu Yanshan poured himself a cup, took a big sip, felt a warm current rising from his stomach, and felt his spirit lifted, he stood up and looked at the low southern city outside the tent, the winter sky was full of haze, and the dark clouds overlapped, as if they were thousands of zhang high. The small, lonely city in the wilderness ice field seemed extremely small. This city stopped the Liao army for a month, and the city of Liaoyang fell, but it still stands.

The night was falling, and the north wind was bleak, like a ghost crying. In the distance, there were flashes of fire, and the trajectory of the stone bullets was even more difficult to see in the darkness, sometimes falling outside the city, and sometimes smashing into the city unexpectedly. The artillery bombardment of the Liao army was non-stop, and during the day thousands of tens of thousands of ants attached to the city were attached to the siege, and at night they were not at ease, often sending dozens of people, more than 100 people, hundreds of people to touch the city, sometimes releasing cold arrows, sometimes trying to steal the city at night. During the day and night, the Han army's precautions were not relaxed at all. The cold night is getting longer and longer, and the defending army is divided into five classes, Zhao Xingde, Du Fujiao, Liu Zhijian, Jian Cheng, and Ma Rui each bring a class, and each shift is on duty for an hour.

The north wind blew violently, and although it was not covered with snow and ice, it cut people's faces like knives. The world is full of ice and snow, and the snow is so white that there is not even a trace of wrinkles, which shows that this place is not only uninhabited, but also rare for birds and beasts. However, such pure beauty is accompanied by the most cruel cold.

In the twenty-second year of Xia Yuande, the third year of Song Jingkang, the fifth year of Liao Yanqing, the end of the battle of Nanshan, the retreat of Yelu Dashi, the outbreak of the battle of Song Liao Hedong, and the return of Zhao Xingde to Xia State

In the flank and rear of Nanshan City, the Han army that had landed was rushing to repair various fortifications, although the melting sea ice made it difficult for the Liao army to gain a foothold in Suzhou Guannan, but it was still necessary to guard against the surprise attack of the Liao army's light cavalry. Gao Bolong led more than 2,000 horsemen to stand guard next to the fort. When the Han troops in each camp saw the cyan unicorn banner, they all burst into huge cheers.

The sea breeze blew into the cabin with a hint of warmth, and Chen Kang's guest room was next to the captain's room. There were two sergeants guarding outside, and he didn't bother to get out of the cabin, so he simply found a map and a fine ruler on the ship, and marked the movements of the Liao and Song armies in the near future, and if he was Yelu Dashi, how would he deal with the current situation. Thinking about coming and going, they all feel that the current situation in Liao is not optimistic. The 100,000 troops of the Song Dynasty approached Yunzhou, and it would be better if the Xia State responded to the battle. However, the Protectorate retreated under the pressure of Guanzhong. The Anton Military Division did not want to fight this battle in the first place. The idea of the generals, captains, Shangzhu and protectors who led Guanzhong was that it was better not to fight with Song Guoxiao. Either you will fight to destroy the country and completely swallow up the Kanto, or you will do business honestly and maintain the prosperity of the market.

In March, the weather is warm, the trees on both sides of the road are dense, the shade is thick, the canopy is full, because the leaves are in different shades of green, and in the woods and grasses, sometimes there are chickadees, squirrels and other animals, which appear vibrant. The Xia Kingdom gave up attacking Datong Mansion, and the envoy Xiao He ran up and down Bianliang again, and the cloud of war that once shrouded the two countries temporarily dissipated. Zhao Xingde took more than 50 sergeants and returned to Dunhuang in disguised caravans via the Song Realm, and after going ashore in Fuzhou, he went to visit Zhu Sen's lecture in Jielu.

Liu Yi's mood was quite relaxed and happy. This time, the Military Intelligence Department deliberately arranged for Zhao De to return to the Xia Kingdom through the Song Realm, three or four months before and after, traveling thousands of miles, and it did not mean to test his loyalty. The Dragon Tooth Army is the pride of the soldiers of the Xia Kingdom, not a place for scheming and half-hearted people. If Zhao Xingde had any act of leaking military planes or privately serving the Song court, then what was waiting for him opposite Hangu Pass would not be the post station of the Baggage Division, but the jailer of the Military Justice Division.

In June, Yang Yanqing was deployed in the camp to the east of the river, wearing a military robe, standing on a boulder at the head of the city, looking into the distance, the north and south are reckless grasslands, and the Liao army attacked, but this city has no shelter. However, the city of Yunzhou was besieged by the Xia and Song kingdoms, and each section of the city wall was covered with chisel marks and arrow marks, and the walls were soaked in blood, and occasionally loose clods of earth fell. If you don't repair it well, I'm afraid it won't be able to withstand another attack.