In early spring, the Yellow River begins to thaw, and ships of different shapes and functions are breaking the ice on the Yellow River.

In the sunlight, with the sound of giant ice breaking.

The whole Yellow River is gradually swelling, and those huge ships are slowly sailing along the spring course.

These ships were basically ships carrying grain north, and the ice began to break here since the Privy Council moved troops north.

Zhao Dezhao, the king of Wei, stood on a boat, looking at the busy icebreaker fleet with two eyes, and asked the people around him: "When will this ice be broken?" ”

A Kaifeng official beside him stood respectfully to one side, pointed to the front and said: "Chitose, it's almost there, now the weather is getting warmer, it's almost, and it will probably take another day." ”

"One day, a horse can run three hundred miles back and forth, inform the people below to speed up, and the battle can be completed in the night."

"Yes." The official had already gone down, and at this moment, Zhao Dezhao was the only one left on the ship.

A few days ago, he had just received a letter from the north, in which he specifically mentioned the situation in the five capitals of Liao.

This is similar to Zhao Dezhao's expectation, although the territory of the Liao State is huge, but in the past few years, with the rebellion of several tribes in the north and the rule of Yelujing of the Liao State, the camel-sized Liao State only controls the north of Yanshan, the east of the grassland, the east side of Yinshan Mountain, and the west side of Shangjing.

However, from the map, this area is also hundreds of thousands of square kilometers large.

As for the Xian Peninsula, which borders the territory of Liao, Zhao Dezhao is not worried, and that country is now in a state of mutual suspicion between monarchs and ministers.

Throughout the East Asian continent.

Wu Yue and Qingyuan Chen Hongjin in the south of the Great Song Dynasty are now orthodox in the Great Song Dynasty, paying tribute every year, although they are still a local separatist force, but there is no need to worry, the Great Song Dynasty also set up a city in the south, which played a good role in economic supervision.

On the whole, the south is very stable, and Zhao Dezhao believes that a few years later, with the annexation of the Liao State by the Great Song Dynasty, the southern separatist forces will eventually be included in the territory of the Great Song Dynasty.

As for the southwest, Duan Xiaolou has completely controlled the entire Dali, and I heard that now Dali is now under the governance of Duan Xiaolou.

And Dali does not seem to be too comfortable, under the suggestion of Zhao Dezhao, the land of Dali is in the battle of the southern expedition, presumably the road through Southeast Asia has been opened up at this moment.

On the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, at this moment, when a dynasty is in decline, Zhao Dezhao does not want to aim in that direction for the time being.

As for the northwest, at present, all ethnic groups in the northwest are subject to the Great Song Dynasty and pay tribute every year, but all this is still variable, Zhao Dezhao doesn't know if history will stage the same plot or an unexpected improved version, and the Liao region and the northwest are also bordering each other, and no one can guarantee that something will happen in the northwest.

No one knows this, every step of Da Song's attempt is crucial, and now it can only be prevented.

At this moment, in the middle reaches of the Yellow River, unlike the flat terrain of the Central Plains, there are ravines and mountains, and the line of sight is extremely not open, and the road is blocked by mountains on all sides.

Although it is the early spring season, the earth is still a withered and barren land at this moment, full of loess, and the air is very dry and cold. Luckily, the weather was nice today, with a blue sky and the sun to be seen, adding a vibrant color to the scene.

This is a military fort set up by the Song army on the edge of the Yellow River, and it is also a border town set up by the imperial court here.

In the border towns, the Song army was dispersed.

The Great Song Dynasty set up military towns to monitor the Dangxiang, Uighurs, and other regimes in the northwest.

On the other hand, it is possible to carry out transactions.

The so-called city horses also provided a lot of good horses for the imperial court.

The horses of the Western Army of the Great Song Dynasty all came from here.

And outside the border towns, hundreds of icebreakers are breaking through the winding waterways of the Yellow River.

The imperial court's Northern Expedition ordered, and it seemed to have become the western front line against the Liao army.

Across the Yellow River, north is the boundary of the Liao State, but the Liao army's battle positions are basically in the east of the river and Hebei, where they do not have much military strength, but because of this, the Song army set up a military town here, on the one hand, to contain the military strength of the northwest of the Liao army, on the other hand, the Great Song Dynasty can also tear a hole to the grassland from here.

The prairie is boundless, and the Liao people are born to be a nation of war on the grassland, if the Northern Expedition of the Great Song Dynasty can enter from here, directly control the main road to the northern grassland, and then control the grassland step by step, encroaching on the territory.

The eastern channel had been breached, and several ships carrying military rations had opened the water gate to the west.

The water gate was high enough to accommodate the passage of the tallest ships of the Great Song Dynasty.

The warships carried a lot of grain and grass, and also carried the determination of the Great Song Dynasty monarchs and ministers to go north to resist.

When the ships arrived at their destinations, the Song soldiers suddenly had a determination.

They knew that this was the Western Front, and that the Eastern Front was the main battlefield, and that this side, although not very important, might become the main battlefield in the future.

The grain has been piled up in the warehouses, and the marching Sima has also counted the rations for this trip north.

Early in the morning of the second day, there was a sudden commotion on the north side of the Yellow River.

Tens of thousands of ships are parked on the north bank of the Yellow River.

Dense groups of fighters have already fought their way into the city.

The tall walls were smashed open by the hard siege trees, and countless arrows shot directly into the city gates.

After only hearing the roar, the Song army had already taken control of the city.

The remaining 300 or so Liao soldiers were tied to a chariot.

"The Liao Kingdom is over." They all realized that this battle was extraordinary, and the fall of the city directly led to the opening of the western gateway of the Liao State, and if the Song army tore a hole from here, the control of the entire northwest steppe would fall into the hands of the Song army.

For several days in a row, good news came from the front.

On the large map of the march, the occupied areas have been marked with red dots.

"In another day and a half, our Song army will be able to enter the prairie." Then the soldier pointed to the grassland on the map.

"This place is really vast, but compared to the wealth of the Great Song Dynasty, this place is really too dilapidated."

"Why do we still occupy this place, didn't Chitose say that chicken ribs and chicken ribs are tasteless to eat, and it is a pity to abandon them?"

"Every inch of land is a battle, if it were you, when the house was taken away, would you continue to tolerate the person who took your house?"

"That's pretty straightforward."

"From here, we can strangle our lifeline, and then control the entire prairie, and at the same time contain the Liao army on the western route."

"Good—"