As soon as the Funing Hall gathered, Zhao Kuangyin also agreed to their marriage, and the next marriage was handed over to the Ministry of Rites and others to start preparations.

Counting the nine cold winter months, the weather is getting more and more cold, and the days have reached the first month of the sixth year of Qiande (968 AD).

During this period, the Privy Council was also mobilizing troops, and as soon as the cold winter passed and spring came, they began to plan to attack Han in the north.

In the north, snow and cold winter have lasted for a long time, and the temperature in the north has dropped to a minimum.

During this period, the Great Song Dynasty court began to receive disasters in various parts of northern Xinjiang one after another, especially this year, a huge cold wave hit, which overwhelmed the northern Han and Liao countries, and the domestic food supply could not be supplied, which aggravated the disaster situation in Han and Liao.

The situation in Han and Liao also made Zhao Kuangyin see an opportunity, and he planned to wait for the winter to pass.

On this day, the wind and snow on the streets of Kaifeng stopped suddenly, the torches on the city gate were extinguished one after another, and the cold air in the air made people shiver.

The soldiers of the Great Song Dynasty stood on the city gate to guard the Kaifeng Mansion in Tokyo, they prepared thick winter clothes early, due to the cold weather, the breath exhaled by the soldiers suddenly formed into crystals like broken snowflakes, and slid down on the cold armor.

At this moment, a large group of people and horses in the distance suddenly approached the Chen Qiao Gate, and in the cold air, the sound of horses' hooves could be heard more and more clearly from a distance.

The sky was getting brighter and brighter, and the soldiers at the head of the city looked down, and in the distance of the city gate, a group of soldiers rushed in, holding the fiery red Song army flag in their hands.

This is the team Song Army.

This team had already approached the Chenqiao Gate in Kaifeng, and the first person came on a black horse, he was Jing Si, an officer of the Crane Control Army.

"Pilot-" Jing Si rode his horse and galloped to the bottom of the city, and shouted to the defender at the head of the city in less time: The frontier is in an emergency, and the Khitans have gone south to fight the grass valley.

As soon as the guard on the gate of Chen Qiao saw that the other party was the banner of the Crane Army, he knew that the young man was Jing Hei, so he immediately ordered the soldiers to open the city gate.

The pontoon bridge on the moat slowly descended, parallel to the ground, and Wei Kang, who was behind him, saw that the pontoon bridge was lowered, and immediately drove his horse to it.

At that moment, Jing Si, Wei Kang and others stepped on the pontoon bridge without waiting for the pontoon bridge to be completely lowered, and immediately rode their horses into the city gate from the side of the female wall, heading in the direction of the palace.

The streets of Kaifeng were a little cold, and the early riser saw a group of Song soldiers galloping on the streets, so he stepped aside, and waited for the Song army to pass, and then he continued to fight.

……

At the end of the day, in the Changchun Palace, after receiving the report from Jing Hei's border pass, Zhao Kuangyin summoned a cadre of the Privy Council to enter the palace to discuss.

They just came out of the mansion, at this moment the sky is bright, and the pedestrians on the street are gradually increasing, and Yin Zhao Guangyi of Kaifeng Mansion also organized some people to remove snow on the street.

The chamberlain was summoned, and the privy councillor and the rest of the officials also heard the news of the Beiguan emergency.

This time, the Liao army went south to fight the grass valley, presumably because the north was affected by the disaster, and the Great Liao region could not supply the army's supplies, so it crossed the border between the Song and Liao Dynasty in the south, and brazenly plundered the grain, grass and property of the people in the military towns on the border of the Great Song Dynasty.

The Khitans openly went south, presumably their army was not enough to supply military rations, but now that the snow has melted and the weather is still cold, if the Great Song Dynasty plans to march north, it will take some time to prepare.

At this moment, on the border of Song and Liao, the Khitans have openly gone south, and the monarchs and ministers of the Great Song Dynasty unanimously agree in their hearts that this time they will suffer once. Instead, it destroyed the Liao State, and the Great Song Dynasty didn't think that he could do it now with his own strength.

Zhao Dezhao on the side stood silently beside him, he felt very puzzled, it seems that some history has been changed by himself, and the battle between Song and Liao in history may be advanced, but looking at the reaction on the faces of the officials of the Great Song Dynasty now, they are not afraid of the harm of the Khitans, but if they wait for the winter to pass before sending troops, the chances of victory are even greater.

However, at present, the Khitans openly went south to fight the grass valley, which also gave the Song army a famous excuse to go north.

At that time, if it weren't for the soldiers of the Liao army who plundered the millet army, the people of the Central Plains could not bear it and rose up to resist, making it difficult for the Liao army to gain a foothold in the Central Plains. Otherwise, the Liao army would have moved into the Central Plains long ago.

Twenty years ago, under the influence of the grass valley, the people of the older generation and the previous generation in Kaifeng still remember that situation from time to time.

Now that the Khitan is plundering the army, and they are going to repeat the mistakes of 20 years ago, the Manchu Dynasty civil and military people also feel a little incredible when they think about it.

And the situation today is not the same as it was twenty years ago (the tenth year of the same year, 947), when the Khitans brazenly raised their own food and grass to raise and plunder the people.

This time, let them go and never return.

This is a battle, a battle to defend the national sovereignty of the territory of the Great Song Dynasty.

……

On the eighth day of the first month, the weather was much warmer than the previous days, and the city of Kaifeng was also a wind.

Tokyo's preliminary preparations have almost been completed, and this time they only asked to repel the invasion of the Khitans, so that the Khitans thought that the Song army was just trying to maintain peace between Song and Liao, and the first priority of the Great Song Dynasty at the moment was to attack the Han State, mainly to destroy the Han State.

On this day, Emperor Zhao Kuangyin officially drove the expedition in person, and the accompanying army was mainly the forbidden army, Cao Bin and Pan Mei were the main and deputy supervisors of the march, Shi Shouxin stayed in Luoyang Mansion in Xijing, and the post of staying in Kaifeng Mansion in Tokyo was handed over to Zhao Dezhao, King of Wei.

The forbidden army, the divisions in front of the palace, the Hujie army, the Longxiang army and the martial arts special forces were also sent to the battlefield, accompanied by some medical officers from the medical officer hospital as military doctors who went out on the expedition.

The forbidden army came out of the Chen Bridge Gate, and the people of the Great Song Dynasty on both sides waited with a pot of pulp, they looked at the Great Song Forbidden Army, and how proud they were.

When some people heard about this time to fight the Khitan, they shouted on the side of the road: "The Great Song Dynasty is mighty, kill the Khitan dog." ”

The people are looking forward to it, and some people's thoughts are still floating in the moment when the Khitans invaded Kaifeng twenty years ago, the Khitans burned, killed and looted, and did everything, which aroused their resistance.

In front of him, the soldiers of the Great Song Dynasty Forbidden Army have distinct clothes and armor, the team is very neat, and the pace is also the same, such an army is a strong army and an iron army from the bones.

At the same time, these young scholars and the people who had witnessed the killing of the Khitans, they also wanted to join the Great Song Forbidden Army and go into battle to kill the Khitan dogs.

After a few women and female dependents saw the special forces of martial arts in the queue, they shouted, among these people were their relatives, but now they were going into battle to kill the enemy, and the female dependents naturally expected them to return with meritorious deeds.

"Wei Lang, don't rush to the front, hide behind it" A little lady rushed out from the side of the road, and then took Wei Kang's hand.

"I'm not a bad breed in the Crane Army, and I'm not a bad breed either, don't worry, Yin Niang, I'll protect myself." Wei Kang patted his chest, and the little lady named Nie Yinniang on the side hugged Wei Kang tighter, and a trace of tears crossed her eyelashes.

"Wei Lang."

Jing Si behind him rushed up, saw a little lady hugging Wei Kang's neck, and then said: "Brother and sister, don't worry, with me Jing here, Wei Ping'an will not die easily." ”

Nie Yinniang let go of Wei Kang's neck, a flush flashed across her face, and then said, "Wei Lang, take care." ”

After speaking, Nie Yinniang trotted back to the ranks of the people, and her two eyes kept looking at the Great Song Forbidden Army that slowly came out of the Chen Bridge Gate, especially the young man in the forbidden army.

Wei Kang followed the ranks of the forbidden army, slowly moving forward, he looked at Jing Si at the moment and said: "Hmph, Jing Datou, who wants you to protect, my Wei Ping'an is also trained in martial arts special forces." ”

Jing Si was unconvinced and said: "Since Grandpa's death, I have been practicing martial arts hard, and I have killed more people than you have learned. ”

"Hmph, we'll see." The two were angry.

In front of the forbidden army, their emperor Zhao Kuangyin sat on a yellow dragon high horse, holding an iron long stick, full of energy, a pair of thick eyebrows and dragon eyes looked at the people in the capital, he said highly: "I, the Great Song Dynasty soldiers, the people, this time the Khitan goes south, my Great Song Dynasty soldiers will defend your homeland, you can rest assured." ”

Cao Bin, Pan Mei and the rest of the generals on the side also said: "We will die to serve the Great Song Dynasty and serve Your Majesty." ”

Zhao Kuangyin listened, and Long Yan was happy.

Zhao Dezhao also went to say goodbye today, originally he also wanted to go, but Zhao Kuangyin handed over the post of staying in to Zhao Dezhao, but staying in Tokyo is ruling on behalf of the Son of Heaven, and it is a symbol of imperial power.

Zhao Pu turned his head and glanced at Zhao Dezhao.

Zhao Guangyi, the king of Jin on the side, is in charge of the affairs of Kaifeng Mansion, and he is just a prince with the title of subordinate to Yipin, which means that he is still below his nephew, and when the time comes, he will also report the affairs of Kaifeng Mansion to Zhao Dezhao.

Zhao Guangyi's face was a little ugly, but now that the imperial court sent troops to the north, he could only temporarily suppress the jealousy and disobedience in his heart.

Zhao Pu saw Zhao Guangyi like this, and he was a little complacent in his heart, and the two of them were not up or down in the secret contest at the beginning.

The forbidden army has left, and the hundred officials are still in the same place, Zhao Dezhao saw that the hundred officials were all in the same place, and he said: "Zhuqing, Your Majesty has been on the expedition for this period of time, and it is all up to you." ”

……

In the city of Jinyang, the cold wind is blowing, although there are mountains in the north of Jinyang, but in this fortified city in the north, people will still feel very cold.

The palace is prostrate, and in the Yangchun Palace, the charcoal fire has been burning uninterruptedly.

Liu Jun's condition has stabilized a lot during these days, which is also due to the fact that he heard that Xiao Siwen of the Youdu Mansion sent people south to the Song Realm to fight the Grass Valley.

The Khitan people hit the grass valley, which is every year, but this year's disaster in the north is too serious, and there are many people who freeze to death and starve to death in Jinyang City because of the heavy snowfall, Liu Jun is also worried about this, so he has slightly reduced some taxes for some people near Jinyang, but he has nothing to do in other Han countries.

Liu Jun now only asks the Khitans to delay the Song Kingdom for a while, and it is best for them to lose both sides, so that the Han can slowly try to become stronger from the cracks, but his body is a little weak, and he also knows that his body may not be able to drag on for a year and a half.

What worries him the most is the heir to the throne after his death, Liu Jien has no ability to govern, and Liu Jiyuan is simply a gentleman, although the rest of them are his adopted sons, they have no blood relationship with themselves at all, how can the throne be passed on to them.

Wei Degui, the head of the inner chamberlain on the side, gently patted Liu Jun's back with his hand to make him a little more comfortable.

Liu Jun asked Wei Degui on the side: "Senior Officer Wei, who do you say is more suitable among the two people, Taiyuan Yin and the inspector Taiwei?" ”

Wei Degui lowered his eyebrows and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, this old slave doesn't know, the old slave serves Your Majesty wholeheartedly, this government and Your Majesty's private affairs, the old slave really doesn't know." ”

When Liu Jun heard this, his face was a little unnatural, he didn't speak, Wei Degui's body on the side was a little trembling, he didn't know whether he was satisfied with Liu Jun's answer, but he had a good impression of Liu Jiyuan in his heart. As for that Liu Jien, he is completely an elm head, no wonder he is completely ignorant of the affairs of the government.

Liu Jun was a little upset, "Senior Officer Wei, you go down and let me be quiet." ”

As soon as Wei Degui heard this, he closed the door and exited the Yangchun Palace.