At night, the stars shine brightly, the heat of the day also recedes, and the cool cold wind blows at night, making people's heat recede in an instant.

The Song army walked from north to south from Yanmen Pass for a few days, and the hardships of the journey made them a little tired, so they stationed their barracks here and rested for a day before marching south.

Tonight they were on the banks of the Tuo River (hū), and by the light of the stars and the rising of the bonfire, the mountains in the distance could be clearly seen.

Zhao Kuangyin and Cao Bin walked along the river bank, at this moment Zhao Kuangyin picked up the clairvoyant mirror, but because of the limitations of the night, he couldn't see everything in the distance, the mountains were undulating, like waves, and the water of the Huhe (hū) Tuo River slapped on both sides of the mountain rocks, making a loud sound.

Now that the war is ahead, after crossing Daizhou, the Han army over there will find the Song army heading south, and after this mountain range, the Song army will begin to face the Han army.

At this moment, Zhao Kuangyin said to Cao Bin beside him: "We are going south all the way, where is my Song army in the east and west and south now?" ”

"The east road has reached Zhenzhou, the south road has reached Shizhou, Fenzhou, and Longzhou, and the west road has started from Fuzhou, and now the Caulan army has been broken." Cao Bin sorted out the notes of the past few days, and he briefly introduced the recent war situation in the north, that is to say, he directly attacked the capital of Jinyang of the Han State all the way, and took the Yunling Mountains all the way to the north, cutting off the connection between the Han State and the Liao State, and it was not the rear of Yanmen Pass. The third road army is stationed in the east of the Tongtian River, or to guard against the Liao army, the fourth road is the road to the south to drive the royal expedition, and now it has reached Daizhou, and in a few days, they can go to the south, so that they are getting closer and closer to Jinyang.

Zhao Kuangyin took off the clairvoyant mirror, he looked up at the south, where behind the mountain range is the capital of the Northern Han Kingdom, Taiyuan Mansion Jinyang City, he said: "Our road is the main force, I personally led the Great Song army to the south, tomorrow early in the morning, our army will immediately pull out the camp, I must cross the mountain as soon as possible, and then Chen soldiers under the city of Jinyang." ”

As soon as Zhao Kuangyin remembered that he and Zhou Shizong and others had conquered Jinyang of the Han State a few years ago, he had a burning feeling in his heart, in this world, Zhao Kuangyin's favorite thing to do was to challenge, the Battle of Jinyang that year, the Zhou army besieged Jinyang, and finally withdrew from the territory of the Han State, and the several states and counties controlled by the Zhou army before were all returned to the Han State.

So this matter is a shame for the Zhou army and the later Song army, and now they are going to be ashamed and swallow up the Han Kingdom, Zhao Kuangyin is full of emotion in his heart, the closer he is to Jinyang, the more excited he becomes.

This time, he drove the expedition in person, and had already taken into account the possibility of sending troops to the north, so he took a multi-way division of troops, besieged the city and blocked reinforcements, previously disabled a Liao army, and subdued Xiao Siwen and other important figures of the Liao State, he still has to guard against the enemy army in the north, but just in case, the north also needs generals to guard, as for Jinyang, he has to take it personally, and the new monarch Liu Jiyuan in this city will also prostrate at his feet like other emperors.

Not only Zhao Kuangyin, but also Cao Bin on the side also had such thoughts, they were bound to be ashamed and capture Jinyang City in one fell swoop, he also said: "Yes, the official family, this way, our Great Song Dynasty has expanded its territory under the leadership of the official family, this pseudo-Han is just a small place, and now the Liao army has been defeated by our army, and this Han country is just surviving." ”

Jinyang City, which was tall and straight, and seemed to be unstoppable, had now become the prey in their eyes, and they had planned many ways to capture this city in their hearts.

Zhao Kuangyin and Cao Bin have been standing beside this river, looking at the river rolling eastward, and they think more.

Daystar disappeared into the sky, and the night passed, and the Song army began to bury the pot and cook, and soon the Song army began to pull out the camp.

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In the north of Jinyang City, dozens of miles away, the sky has gradually brightened, and the mountains in the distance have begun to be revealed.

Guo Qiyun stood in the mountains and forests, he had reached the upper reaches of the Fenshui, he looked up, only to see that the flow of the Fen River was only a shallow stream of water, the summer had just come, there was no rain for a long time, and there was not much water in the river.

Guo Qiyun went to meet several important people according to Guo Wuwei's instructions, most of them were from the Privy Council, north of Jinyang City, the terrain was a little high, Fenshui flowed from the northern mountains, and then rushed to Jinyang City.

The high and low mountains encompass all the surroundings of Jinyang City, if the river is blocked in the upper reaches of Fenshui, and then wait for the order, and then dig a dam to release water, then Jinyang City is like an island in the sea.

There are a few thatched huts hidden in this mountain, which are very simple, and they are the resting places of the mountain villagers, and in this lush mountain forest, there are few people, and it is also a place to hide their traces.

The thatched eaves are low, the grass is green on the stream, and out of the thatched hut came two or three people dressed as village and wild mountain husbands, and their appearance was like that of woodcutters who have been in the mountains all year round, and their hands have accumulated thick calluses.

Guo Qiyun approached the thatched house, and the two or three people immediately said, "Brother Yun, why don't you see your father coming?" ”

Guo Qiyun arched his hand and said: "Liu Jun died, my father was busy with the national funeral, and he had no time to take care of it, so he specially asked me to tell the follow-up matters." ”

"I see, I've been in this mountain for a long time, and I don't know much about anything."

"In that case, let's go in and talk about it......" The four of them had already entered the hut and sat cross-legged on straw mats.

I don't know how long it took, but they kept talking about things.

Guo Qiyun looked in the direction to the west, and the officials of the Privy Council told him that there were already a lot of soldiers and horses from the Fuzhou Zhejia, Linzhou Yang family, and Xiazhou Li family, and they were mainly responsible for clearing the prefectures and counties on the periphery of Jinyang City, and they were also responsible for escorting the grain and straw materials transported by various routes.

Guo Qiyun kept the good news in his heart, and after walking around the mountains in the north of Jinyang City, he hurriedly returned to Jinyang City, and it was getting late at this moment.

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In the Jinyang Palace, Guo Wuwei has been busy with Liu Jun's state funeral this day, and Emperor Daxing has just been buried last night, but the court temporarily stopped going to the court because of the funeral, and all government affairs were handed over to the main ministers.

The military information of the Song army from the east, west, north and south was also sent to the Privy Council, the Privy Council has exploded at this moment, the first emperor died, and the new monarch has not ascended the throne, the border has been invaded by the Song State, the border is urgent, the Han army is also losing and retreating, if it goes on like this, the Han State will be destroyed.

Just as Liu Jiyuan was about to go back to the side hall to close his eyes and rest his mind, suddenly a sergeant from outside Jinyang City hurriedly played.

The western front of the Han Kingdom was in an emergency, Fuzhou, Linzhou and Xiazhou sent some soldiers, they had already invaded the outer states and counties of the Han State and the border towns, the Kelan army had been destroyed, the entire western front was crumbling, the Han army was defeated and retreated, and now the western front has been stalemate.

As for the south, the troops of Luzhou, Jinzhou, Xingzhou, Zhenzhou and other prefectures also began to move north, besieging the south side of the Han army, and captured several border towns of the Han army in a few days.

The border pass is urgent, the war ahead is in full swing, the Han army has countless casualties, which makes Liu Jiyuan sleep, he has not entered the water because he has to keep filial piety these days, and he also gives the minister an image of a Ming Jun, and he is not sleepy, sometimes sleepy, but now he can't sleep, he suddenly feels that the dragon chair under his seat is like a blazing on the fire, and since Liu Jun's death, he has only found that being the emperor is not so simple.

The bones of Emperor Daxing were not cold, and the temperature in the main hall was as cold as the temperature of the treasury used to hide the ice, so the Zigong Palace was placed alone in the main hall.

Liu Jiyuan's original irascible personality was also shown at this moment, he slapped the delicately carved dragon head on the seat, and roared: "Is my Han army so unbearable, how could it be defeated by the Song army in just a few days, and the Liao side is probably not able to count on it, now that the Song army is invading, what should we do?" ”

Liu Jiyuan didn't know why there was such a big problem suddenly at this juncture, and he didn't know what to do in desperation, and there were not many Han troops sent to the border, but he still lost the battle.

At this time, there was a general who came out, this person was Liu Jiye, who served as the envoy of the Jianxiong Army, after Liu Jiye came out, the ministers of civil and military affairs present were relieved a lot, Liu Jiye had a title called "invincible", fought bravely, made a lot of military achievements, and was a general of the Han State.

He arched his hand and said: "Now among the four road armies, Zhao Kuangyin has crossed the mountains and is coming towards Jinyang after passing through Daizhou. ”

"That's all there is to it now." Liu Jiyuan saw Liu Jiye asking Ying to fight, this person is known as invincible, and he is also brave in fighting with the Liao, Liu Jiyuan saw him ask for war like this, and he also hoped that Liu Jiye could give him a surprise in his heart.

Liu Jiye had just left the palace, and when he walked out, he suddenly saw Empress Guo who came to the palace, and he immediately arched his hand and said: "Liu Jiye has seen the queen Chitose." ”

Empress Guo is still the queen now, the court has not yet been officially canonized, she is wearing a plain silk robe, there is no pattern on the material, this is a mourning dress, very loose, obviously not fit, Queen Guo saw Liu Jiye to say goodbye to herself, she immediately raised her sleeves, and said: "Liu Jie's envoy is exempt, it seems that there is something important to look at the envoy?" ”

Liu Jiye sighed and said: "The border is urgent, the Song army is attacking Han in all directions, and now that Sheji is surviving, the last general has to go out in person and kill the Song army upside down." ”

Liu Jiye's just a few words made Queen Guo's heart feel like she was in the ice cellar, Liu Jiye had a sad look on her face, and Queen Guo was the same.

Just now, Queen Guo has just left the main hall, her body is a little tired, the pain of losing her husband makes her physically and mentally exhausted, and her mind to test Guo Wuwei did not give her a clear way, she doesn't know how to spend the future, and now she heard about the border from Liu Jiye, and her heart is becoming more and more sad, this Jiangshan Sheji is her own emperor after all, but now that the emperor's bones are not cold, the Song army began to be aggressive, and the foundation of the Northern Han Dynasty is going to die...... Empress Guo is a woman, military affairs have nothing to do with her, but survival is still the first, she is not a soldier, she does not understand politics, but in the autumn of critical survival, she always has to find a backer and find a straw rope to save her life.

However, Queen Guo didn't have a good impression of that Liu Jiyuan, she felt that like Liu Jiyuan's straw bag, the Jiangshan Sheji of the Han Kingdom would be cut off in his hands sooner or later, and Queen Guo was very resentful of this, but she couldn't help it.

Liu Jiye said a few words and walked towards the gate of the palace, while Empress Guo was standing in place, her almond phoenix eyes shooting angrily. With a hint of murder, after a while she turned around and walked towards her dormitory.

When she arrived at the dormitory, she immediately instructed her palace maid a few things.

"Mother, the medicine is ......."

Empress Guo's eyes widened angrily and said: "The dead maid has a lot of tongues, so I'll go and get it and talk about it......"

"Yes, yes!"

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