Originally, Cai You also planned to hold a banquet to entertain the generals of the imperial army, but Li Nan, who was eager to go north, rejected his kindness, and the whole army continued to march quickly towards Hangzhou City.

On the way of the army, he saw many people of the Song Kingdom dragging their families to the south, Li Nan did not dismount and ask, but it is estimated that these people should be fugitives who are preparing to enter the empire.

Since the news of the Jin and Bing armies going south, many people in the Song State who were frightened by the military disaster began to migrate south, and the Chinese Empire, which was strong and had a good reputation, became the best place for these people.

In order to attract more Song people, the Propaganda Department of the empire also distributed various leaflets to the neighboring Song state capital, and all the people who were willing to join the empire would have their own land and housing, and there were also preferential policies such as exemption from some taxes.

Although most of the Song people were skeptical, there were also many people who could no longer live and were willing to try, and when they did get these preferential treatments, some people sent letters to their relatives and friends, so that a wave of fugitives from the south of the Song state was formed.

The officials of the Song State naturally knew this, but except for a few upright and honest officials who blocked them and played the imperial court, most of the corrupt officials also wanted to go more to the poor and disaster victims under their rule, so that their political performance would be better.

The cavalry was always faster than the infantry, and Li Nan led 10,000 cavalry to Hangzhou City first, while Cai You, who was sitting in the carriage, and other Song envoys and infantry remained behind.

Li Nan has come to Hangzhou City for the third time, this important town in the south has many disasters, first was burned twice by Fang La, and experienced several offensive and defensive battles, innocent people suffered heavy casualties, it is estimated that the residents of the city have changed now.

This time it was the cavalry corps of the Jin State that had to deal with it, and whether it was Li Nan or others, they had to admit that neither the Song army nor the imperial army could compare with those nomads in horsemanship, so if they wanted to fight the cavalry of the Jin State, they had to be able to be beaten before they could kill the enemy.

According to this line of thinking, these 10,000 cavalry elites are equipped with powerful equipment.

Each knight was armed with a spear, a saber and two muskets, and most importantly, they were dressed in armor that had been carefully forged by the Qiyuan Prefecture Arsenal and had a high defensive force of plates and scales.

In the Chinese dynasties, it seems that there was no plate armor with the strongest defensive power at all, and most of the armies used were armor and scale armor.

In terms of defense, plate armor is the highest, and for long-range weapons such as bows and crossbow arrows, even if they are hit at a very close distance, they can almost be undamaged.

Due to the manufacturing process, plate armor only appeared after the 15th century, but Li Nan's Chinese empire obtained knowledge from various worlds ahead of its time, both in steelmaking and hydraulic forging, far surpassing other countries.

The Empire's plate-scale hybrid armor is superior to all other forms in terms of flexibility, mobility, comfort, and defense. Because there is a lot of overlap between the armor pieces like the armor and the scale armor, the weight increases a lot at the same thickness as the plate armor, and the flexibility naturally decreases.

In the test, knights wearing new armor must be able to wear plate armor, do somersaults, climb walls, etc.

Moreover, these plate-scale mixed armor are made according to the popular body type, which is ergonomic, the most comfortable to wear, and the joint joint is very flexible, and of course, the weakness of the joint is unavoidable.

Ten thousand horsemen galloped wildly, several knights led by the front army on their backs, all planted on behalf of the Chinese Empire of the double dragon play pearl flag, when the cavalry troops came to the south gate of Hangzhou, the tens of thousands of cavalry with silver armor and silver spears stopped abruptly, neatly stopped in place.

Since the Song Kingdom lost Guangnan East Road and Fujian Road, Hangzhou City became a new seaport trading city, where the Great Song Dynasty maritime merchants gathered, bringing prosperity and liveliness to this city that has been repeatedly swordsmen.

Now it is the middle of summer, many wealthy businessmen and scholars in Hangzhou City go to the West Lake to enjoy the scenery, noble ladies and ladies also take a light car to the Lingyin Temple outside the city to burn incense and worship the Buddha, plus the vegetable farmers who carry the burden, the businessmen who drive the ox carts, and some blonde and blue-eyed Hu people from overseas, forming a peaceful and prosperous scene.

However, this warm and beautiful scene was destroyed by Li Nan and the 10,000 iron cavalry led by him.

When the thunderous horses' hooves stopped and the smoke and dust raised by the army fell, the people of Hangzhou City saw the countless armored war horses, majestic and powerful, and murderous silver-armored imperial cavalry, they immediately cried in panic and turned around and fled into the city.

Li Nan was stunned to see the Song army guarding the city, and ran away without even closing the city gate, and couldn't help but shake his head helplessly, the Song army is really rotten to the end.

Looking at the vegetables, fruits, shoes, folding fans sprinkled all over the city gate, and a few women who jumped out of the light car but twisted their feet, Li Nan sighed and said, "Go and help those little ladies up." ”

Seeing four or five tall armor soldiers walking towards him, the girls in colorful skirts looked at them in horror, and finally all fainted, and there were large suspicious water stains on their skirts.

Looking at the empty city gate, Li Nan looked back and asked, "Where is the Song envoy Cai You?" ”

Wa Er, whose eyes were white, searched with the flying eagle in the sky, and replied, "There are still about fifteen miles from here." ”

Li Nan estimated that the defenders of Hangzhou City did not have the courage to come out and attack, and immediately sighed: "Alas! Don't enter the city just yet, and the whole army will dismount and rest for a while. ”

An hour later, the carriage that Cai You was riding came to the city gate leisurely.

Seeing this strange scene in front of him, Cai You hurriedly got out of the car and came to Li Nan, and asked with a surprised face, "General Huo, why is this?" ”

"Huh." Li Nan pointed to the messy city gate and said with a smile: "Isn't this the welcome ceremony prepared by your country for our army?" ”

"This ......"

Cai You was also confused at this time, before he left, he did instruct the officials in Hangzhou to prepare for the ceremony, prepare a wine banquet and a prostitute to entertain the generals of the imperial army, but now he doesn't know which one to play.

The city of Hangzhou was not inferior to these soldiers, so Li Nan ordered them to camp outside the city, and he brought a hundred soldiers and a few generals to follow Cai You into the city.

Soon after entering the city, a chaotic scene appeared in front of everyone's eyes, only to see that every household in Hangzhou City began to load things into the car in large bags.

Cai You also guessed at this time that it was estimated that the imperial army was coming, which frightened these people, so he hurriedly came to the Zhizhou Mansion, but unexpectedly saw that the family members and servants of the Zhizhou family on Liangzhejiang Road were also packing up their things and preparing to escape.

"Call Zhizhou Tan Yuan to me!" Cai You said angrily.

Several guards rushed into the palace at the order, and after a while, Tan Yuan, the governor of Liangzhejiang Road, who was wearing a people's cloth robe, rushed out, and after seeing Cai You, he shouted loudly: "Young Master Cai, the big thing is not good, the southern army has been killed in Hangzhou City, my lord, leave this place with me!" ”

In front of Li Nan and the others, hearing a dignified Zhizhou say such words, Cai You promised that if there was a crack in the ground now, he would definitely jump in.

"Smack!" Cai You slapped Tan Yuan hard and roared angrily: "Didn't this official tell you to wait for the imperial army to aid the Song army at the gate of the city?" What are you bastards running for? ”

"Huh?" Zhizhou Tan Yuan covered his painful face and asked in confusion: "The soldiers defending the city have sent a warning signal that countless imperial troops have attacked the city, isn't that the case?" ”

"Alas!" Cai Yu sighed heavily.

Even a person like Cai You, who only values power and money, is now cold in his heart, and he is really disappointed in these officials and soldiers of the Song State.