In the middle of the night, Guo Qiyun had already arrived at the door of Tao Ranju, only to see that the gate of Tao Ranju was closed, and no one seemed to pass by the gate.

Guo Qiyun immediately knocked on the door, and then a young man in Tsing Yi poked his head out of the door, and after seeing that it was Guo Qiyun, Guo Wuwei's son, he immediately opened the door and let him in.

"Brother Yun, but there is something important?" This little guy is called Li Yaolin, and his real identity is also a secret agent of Changchun Hall, who is the same age as Guo Qiyun, and has also been trained in Kaifeng martial arts, and the two have also formed a deep friendship in the coming and going.

"This is a very important matter, and you should come with it." Guo Qiyun said in a low voice.

"Oh." Li Yaolin felt that this matter was mysterious, so he approached Guo Qiyun's ear, wanting to hear the purpose of his coming to Taoranju tonight.

Guo Qiyun whispered in Li Yaolin's ear: "Brother Lin, the Han lord Liu Jun has died tonight."

Guo Qiyun's eyes widened in just a few words, and he said suspiciously: "What, if this is the case, the Lord's great cause of attacking Han will be ready."

Guo Qiyun nodded, "That's true." ”

"I'll go tell the eighth master." Li Yaolin couldn't hold back his excitement, and then went upstairs and ran to ask the eighth master Hu Kangxi.

…… With a snap of his fingers, Hu Kangxi hurriedly ran down from the stairs, one of his shoes had fallen on the stairs when he ran down the stairs, and fell directly on the hall on the first floor with a plop, and the remaining shoe was worn on his feet, looking a little embarrassed.

He ran to Guo Qiyun, then held his breath and controlled his emotions, but he wondered: "Is this true?" ”

"Hmm." Guo Qi nodded and said, "This matter came out of the palace, and now my father is in the palace." ”

When Hu Kangxi heard this, he immediately laughed loudly: "Haha, Liu Jun is dead, this is the best news I have heard so far, it's good to be dead, it's good to be dead!"

Old Bahu Kangxi laughed for a while, and after a long time, he stopped laughing, and he said to Guo Qiyun: "The news brought by Brother Yun is too timely, when your father returns home, we will discuss what to do next?"

Guo Qiyun felt that it was better for his father Guo Wuwei to come forward, so he raised his hand and arched his hand: "Yes, Eighth Master, don't go first, and tell him when my father comes back."

"Hmm."

Guo Qiyun then left Tao Ranju in a hurry and returned to his mansion.

…… At this moment in the palace of the Han Kingdom, the ministers of civil and military affairs are kneeling in the hall, and Empress Guo is crying the most, she is wearing a plain dress, kneeling on the futon, her head is very low, and her hair has covered her entire face. Her expression turned a little pale with excessive mourning, and she was worried about her future fate.

Her husband died, she lost the most advantageous arm in the world, and she had no biological children of her own, Liu Jiyuan was just an adopted son. And Empress Guo also heard about the civil and military officials' support for Liu Jiyuan, as soon as she thought of Liu Jiyuan's virtue and her grievances with Liu Jiyuan's wife, Queen Guo felt like a stone was blocked in her heart, and she didn't know if Liu Jiyuan would take revenge on herself as soon as he ascended the throne.

Empress Guo wiped her tears, sobbed and cried for a while, and knelt on the bunk, but she was thinking about other things in her heart. She picked up her hand from her skirt, looking at the nail marks on her hand, she looked at Guo Wuwei's place, and she suddenly felt that maybe Guo Wuwei could do her a favor. Right now, she plans to rely on Guo Wuwei as her backer.

Guo Wuwei didn't know that the empress of the first emperor had taken herself as a lifesaver for her life at this moment, if this was the case, it might be a good thing for Guo Wuwei to do so.

Guo Wuwei and their major events such as mourning for the first emperor, national funeral and the new monarch's accession to the throne also need to be planned in detail.

The next step is for them to discuss the state funeral. First of all, they think that Emperor Daxing was very frugal during his lifetime, and he was simple in his national funeral, only three days, all officials and people had to wear mourning clothes, and folk ceremonies, banquets, songs and dances were still forbidden for a month, and the harem was to be mourned for a month, which was also in line with Liu Jun's style.

As for the enthronement ceremony, whether it is simple or complex, it depends on Liu Jiyuan's meaning, as for Guo Wuwei's side, he doesn't care whether it is simple or luxurious, he remembers in his heart that he is the Song army in Yanmen Pass, and it is estimated that they will go south now.

Guo Wuwei was already ready on the Fenshui side, and he also talked to his son Guo Qiyun.

When Guo Wuwei was thinking about it, at this moment, Queen Guo suddenly arched her hand towards herself and said: "The surviving Guo family has a national funeral for the emperor Guo Xianggong." ”

When Queen Guo was talking, she suddenly stumbled and fell directly to Guo Wuwei's side, Guo Wuwei was quick with her eyes and hands, and suddenly supported Queen Guo who was about to fall to the ground.

Empress Guo did this on purpose, she planned to get close to Guo Wuwei, but Guo Wuwei didn't know what Queen Guo was thinking.

Empress Guo pretended to be embarrassed and shook her sleeves, and then said with a shy face: "There is Lao Guo Xianggong who has made a move." ”

Empress Guo threw a wink at Guo Wuwei, so affectionate, but Guo Wuwei was indifferent, he was frightened by Empress Guo's move, but Guo Wuwei is a person who has experienced strong winds and waves, and such a little thing is nothing to him.

He arched his hand and said, "Queen Mother, you are okay." ”

The corners of Queen Guo's mouth turned up slightly, she controlled her emotions very well, and now her lifesaver was Guo Wuwei.

Later, Guo Wuwei and other ministers moved to the side hall and took turns to mourn.

It wasn't until the dawn of the second day, when the morning sun rose from the east, that Guo Wuwei came out of the palace, ordering his house to stop all vocal music and not to do something irrelevant to the national funeral.

When Guo Wuwei heard this, he frowned, he paced around the hall, and suddenly he stopped, slowly raised his eyes and looked at Guo Qiyun and said: "Don't talk about my son, for my father, as the ruler, the head of a hundred officials, I have to go to the palace to mourn the emperor these days, I can't take time out these days, and the contact with Changchun Hall will be handed over to you."

Guo Qiyun nodded, he knew that Guo Wuwei would definitely be too busy to take a break, if Guo Wuwei had time, he would not entrust this matter to himself, at this moment Guo Qiyun felt that the burden on his body was very heavy, and he would make a mistake if he was not careful, so he had to go step by step, and every step had to be steady, at this time he also raised his eyes, looked at Guo Wuwei and said: "Daddy, don't worry, this matter will be left to the child."

"My son is older, and he knows how to share the burden for his father." Guo Wuwei looked at Guo Qiyun in front of him, nodded with satisfaction, and then he walked over and patted Guo Qiyun on the shoulder, "Liu Jiye is also in the capital now, don't talk to me, remember not to let Liu Jiye target you, otherwise things will become tricky, but the new emperor ascends the throne, and the border is in an emergency, Liu Jiye will soon be out of Beijing, and then it will be the time for us to plan our actions." ”

"Yes, Daddy, the name of this invincible general is not casually covered, Daddy's concern is justified." Guo Qiyun said again: "Daddy, don't worry, the child knows what to do, my classmates in martial arts are now in Yanmen Pass, the child is not alone, and the eighth master of Changchun Hall will also make a move, so there is no need to worry." And also...... Daddy, don't overwork these days. ”

"Well, I'll leave everything to me." Guo Wuwei immediately ordered the servants of the palace to change their clothes and change into plain clothes, just drank a glass of water, ate a few pieces of Hu cake quickly, and hurried back to the palace, he wanted to discuss the state funeral with other officials.

Guo Qiyun acted according to Guo Wuwei's instructions.

After it got dark, Guo Qiyun went to the north of the city according to Guo Wuwei's instructions.

……

In Yanmen Pass, after the attack on Yanmen Pass, on the one hand, the Song army built military facilities, trained soldiers, pacified the newly surrendered Liao soldiers, built weapons and siege equipment, transported grain and grass, and actively prepared for war.

The south of Yanmen is the territory of the Han Kingdom, and their purpose is in the south of the distant mountains, known as the Jiancheng Jinyang City.

Zhao Kuangyin and those generals had been to the outside of Jinyang City with Zhou Shizong, and they still remembered the first battle of the year.

At that time, they besieged Jinyang for a long time and could not be attacked, and later the grain and grass were exhausted, and it was the summer rainy season, and the soldiers in the Zhou army also had a complaining mood, and a series of situations caught the Zhou soldiers off guard, so Zhou Shizong weighed the pros and cons, and then the class returned to the court.

It's just that the situation now is much better than the situation back then, now the Great Song Dynasty has sufficient military rations, and the siege ordnance is also a lot ready, and Zhao Kuangyin has also arranged his own men and horses in Jinyang City, and they are in contact with him at any time, so it is also much better than back then.

All the soldiers in the military tent have arrived, and they are preparing to discuss the next battle strategy with Zhao Kuangyin. After about an hour, the emperor and the generals discussed countermeasures.

After Zhao Kuangyin discussed, he immediately ordered Pan Mei, the envoy of the Xuanhui Southern Court, to recruit envoys for the North Road, and led Cui Yanjin, Li Hanqiong, Cao Han, Liu Yu and other armies to attack Jinyang in the south; Ordered Yunzhou to observe the envoy Guo Jin to deploy for the northern Shiling Pass of Taiyuan to block the Liao army that might go south from the north, and the rest were to obey orders.

On the South Road, Zhao Kuangyin also instructed officials to go to Lu, Jin, Xing, Zhen, and Hebei Prefectures to build weapons and siege equipment, transport grain and grass, and actively prepare for attack. Let Huaizhou defense envoy Kang Yanzhao, Jianwu Jiedu envoy Zhao Zan and others lead their troops to attack Jinyang;

ordered Meng Xuanpu to be under the jurisdiction of the soldiers and horses, stationed in Zhenzhou, and blocked the Liao army reinforced from the east; ordered the Hebei transfer envoy Hou Steep and the North Shaanxi Road transfer envoy Lei Dexiang to take charge of the transfer of Jinyang East and West Roads, and ordered Liu Baoxun to concurrently serve as the transfer envoy to the north;

However, this time the vitality of the Liao State was greatly damaged, and there was no preparation for the south for the time being, which was the strategy of clearing the periphery, blocking Liao aid first, and then taking Jinyang.

Cao Bin and others were temporarily on standby, and they had to fight several hard battles when they entered the hinterland of the Northern Han Kingdom, and they were temporarily responsible for the supply of grain and grass in the rear to fight against the Liao army in the rear, mainly defending and counterattacking the Liao army on the eastern and northern fronts.

Zhao Kuangyin left 15,000 Song troops to guard Yanmen Pass to prevent the Han State from asking for help from the Northern Liao State.

After the rear was stabilized, Zhao Kuangyin personally sent troops south, and left Yanmen Pass at the beginning of the next day, he wanted to complete the unfinished great cause of Zhou Shizong, and the shame of besieging Jinyang in the year, and at the same time he was also looking forward to Guo Wuwei in Jinyang City.

What Zhao Kuangyin didn't know was that Liu Jun, the lord of the Han State, had died at this moment, and it was only three days later that the Staff Hall of the Privy Council in the south of Jinyang City passed the news to Zhao Kuangyin's army. Zhao Kuangyin learned the news of the death of Liu Jun, the lord of the Northern Han Dynasty, he was very excited, and now the Northern Han court has lost its backbone, and judging from the military report from Jinyang, Liu Jiyuan is just a person who is keen on power and pretends to be a clever erector.

The news of the Northern Han Dynasty reached the army, and Zhao Kuangyin ordered the whole army to speed up their foot strength and be sure to reach Daizhou before dark.

That night, Zhao Kuangyin and the others had already arrived in Daizhou.

At the end of the five dynasties, Daizhou belonged to the Northern Han Dynasty, and at the beginning of Zhou Xiande, Zhou Shizong marched northward, invaded the Northern Han Dynasty to gain its land, put the Cypriot army quietly, and recovered it. In this part of Daizhou, its terrain is slightly rectangular, and it is formed by mountains, hills and river valley basins, which is much easier to walk than the Flying Fox.

The Song army marched along the Huhu (hū) Tuo River and began to camp along the high ground along the riverbank. In the dark night, there were 10,000 bonfires in the military tent of the Song army, and the soldiers of the Song army were gathering here.

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