On the 26th, He Song Zhengdan sent Zhao Zhijie to Lin'an. Prior to this, Han Yanxuan had deliberately made the Zanli official offend the name of the monarch of the Jin State, so as to provoke the Jin envoy. Now that Zhao Zhijie has visited Song Ningzong, his attitude is also very arrogant and rude. Han Yanxuan asked Song Ningzong to return to the palace on the spot, and ordered the golden envoy to meet him on the New Year's Day. Zhu Zhen wrote a request for the beheading of the golden envoy, but Han Yanxuan did not agree.

This year, Temujin continued to pursue the remnants of Naiman, and Yiluhei Khan was killed. However, the son of Sun Khan, Qu Chulu, this prince of Naiman, still rushed out of the Mongolian battle array, got rid of many pursuers, and even the Mongolian war horse, which has unparalleled long-distance running ability and is unmatched by mankind for 5,000 years, failed to capture him! The story of Qu Qu Lu lying down and tasting guts, with the Mongols is very long, and it will soon appear again...

The Mongol army of Temujin passed through the territory of the Western Xia Kingdom in pursuit of Qu Qulu. This is a new experience for both parties. The party members who were accustomed to a peaceful life and the sinicization of the whole nation were shocked by the sudden appearance of the Mobei nomadic warriors, and the strong and brave martial arts of the other party shocked their clan!

Strictly speaking, the party members have never been pure felt tent nomads. It is not so much that they relied on swords and guns to start out, but that they were deceitful and unprincipled. This doomed the party fighters to never reach the pinnacle in the long river of history. The Mongols are different! Their resourcefulness, management, culture, religion, etc., are not close to "strong", but as long as they draw their swords, the whole world will fall into darkness and silence!

This was the first time that Temujin's Mongol army had conquered Xia! It lasted for about a month, penetrating deep into the Hexi Corridor, plundering the Gua and Sha prefectures, like a raging wind blowing through the border cities of Western Xia, Lijisi Village was captured, followed by Luosi City, and the local residents and all livestock were swept away by the Mongol army! The Western Xia army was like a lamb that bowed its head and endured in a violent wind, overwhelmed and ravaged. The party members were completely panicked and frightened. So much so that after the Mongol army grabbed enough supplies and withdrew, they celebrated all over the country, and Li Chunyou, the capital of Xia Huanzong, was so happy that he renamed the capital Xingqing Mansion to Zhongxing Mansion... If you don't die, you will be prosperous? I was scared of cerebral palsy, and I was delirious and talking nonsense!

History proves that it is not only Xia Huanzong who is delirious, but the entire upper echelons of the party are upside down and do not know what to do. Let's go back to the story: it began when Ren Dejing perished. At that time, it was Li Renyou, the younger brother of Xia Renzong and Li Renxiao, who was really in charge. Of course, this is a great achievement in the world, for the country to calm the chaos! Li Renyou was named the king of Yue because of this merit, and future generations should be hereditary king of Yue, right? Not really!

In 1196, Li Renyou died, and Li Renxiao and Luo's son, Li Chunyou of Xia Huanzong, actually demoted Li Renyou's son Li An'an from the king of Yue to the king of Zhenyi County. As for the reason? It's a bad feeling for Lee's safety. Xia Huanzong believes that his people are "talented and ruthless." "Isn't that kind?" You can't be prejudiced against someone just because they're vicious, right? It's common sense. Especially in politics, we can only talk about things, reward good and punish evil. Before people made a mistake, they lowered their scores based on impressions alone? Li An'an was rightfully angry! You're pranking me... Watch me prank you!

But then again: the method used by Li An'an is indeed rare! He still uses the tradition of discord between mother and son! After careful consideration, Li An'an decided to curry favor with Xia Huanzong's biological mother, Empress Dowager Luo. Let Empress Dowager Luo take action to deal with her own son Xia Huanzong... I believe that everyone who sees this throughout the ages will be dismissive. How crazy does it take for a crazy brain to come up with such a bad trick? How weird does it have to be for a mother to listen to others and go for trouble with her own son?

The truth is shocking! In January of the 2nd year of Kaixi (1206), Empress Dowager Luo personally appeared. abolished his own son, supported Li An'an to ascend the throne, and became the 7th emperor of Western Xia, Xia Xiangzong! This is really Tai Chi, too weird, too unreasonable! I don't know how many people doubt: Is Li An'an the biological son of Empress Dowager Luo...

Never mind the doubts, it's the truth! The Mongol army retreated less than half a year ago. The 30-year-old Xia Huanzong, who had just changed the name of the national capital to Zhongxingfu, lost his throne and became a prisoner. Soon after, he died violently in the abandoned house. However, Li An'an's life is not much stronger than that of the hard-working child Li Chunyou. It was even more miserable because Genghis Khan was worried about him...

Up to this point. Li Yuanhao and Wei Mushi, Li Liangzuo and Wuzang, Li Bingchang and Da Liang, Li Qianshun and Xiao Liang, Li Renxiao and Ren, Li Chunyou and Luo... The first 6 emperors of Western Xia had to stage a life-and-death duel with their mothers! The tradition of mother-child feud is finally over! However, the life span of the Western Xia Kingdom is also coming to an end, and there are still 21 and a half years...

On the 5th, He Kim Zhengdan sent Chen Jingjun to resign to Kim Zhangzong. Jin Zhangzong ordered Meng Zhu to go directly to Chen's pavilion to warn the other party not to sabotage the early years of Dading. Song Jin reached a peace agreement. After Chen Jingjun returned to China, he reported these situations to the right prime minister Chen Ziqiang, but was warned by Chen Ziqiang not to talk nonsense again!

On the 14th, Wu Xi attacked Moshu Dragon Fort and was defeated by the Jin general Fuxian Chang'an.

On the 28th, Lizhou Xiluxi and the state guard general made an appointment to fight against Wanyan Gula, the judge of the Shaanxi unified army of the Jin State, and the soldiers and horses of Gongzhou Wanyan Qijin, and attacked them with ambushes, killing Zhao Yanxiong and seven others. Wanyan Gulama fell into the quagmire and was eventually shot to death by a stray arrow. Wanyan Qijin was only spared.

This month, due to the many cheats in the imperial examination, Song Ningzong issued an edict: All the provinces, prefectures, governments, military, and prisons, all those who admit people and the names of the qualified test papers must be in the same format as the Ministry of Rites. If a person has a relationship with the examiner who is close to the family or the marriage family above the great merit, he must avoid it. There is only the palace examination, because the emperor personally presides over it, and everyone is a protégé of the Son of Heaven, and if the father and brother are the examiners, they will not avoid suspicion.

This month, Chengdu Luyazhou was barbarian and high in Koubian, and the officers and soldiers were ordered to conquest.

During the Northern Expedition, Han Yanxuan carefully reviewed the details of the gains and losses of the Northern Expedition of the Southern Song Dynasty before the war, and noticed the crux of the very depressive and incomprehensible - every time the Northern Expedition, Shuchuan was always in a situation, and he could not cooperate with the main force in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River!

You can say that it was all an accident, such as Wu Jue's violent illness, such as Wu Xuan's sudden plot by Shi Hao before the decisive battle, etc... But now this problem must be solved, and Han Yanxuan has been prepared!

On March 12, Cheng Song, the former secretary of the Privy Council, was appointed as the Sichuan Xuanfu envoy and led 30,000 troops to be stationed in Xingyuan Mansion on Lizhou East Road; Wu Xi is the deputy envoy of Sichuan Xuanfu. led an army of 60,000 troops to be stationed in Hechi in Fengzhou, Lizhou West Road.

But at this time, Wu Xi had already grown rapidly, and his tail was too big to fall. As the deputy envoy, he did not go to pay homage to the envoy at all, but sent someone over to collect Cheng Song's 1,800 guards!

It's too strong, but no one is nervous about it. The three generations and four members of the Wu family have been in charge of Shuchuan, and they have always been the three powers of the military, politics and finance, which is why they are in one. Only then can Wu Jiajun resist gold alone and ensure that the upper reaches of the Yangtze River are not lost! At this time, Wu Xi's domineering attitude was easily interpreted as heroic and resolute, which greatly increased his confidence in him...

In Han Yanxuan's view, Shuchuan was able to fight at the right time to solve the last hidden worry of the Kaixi Northern Expedition...

Only An Bing, the disciple of Wu Ting, the Zhijun of Da'an Army on Lizhou East Road and Wu Xi's father, wrote "Ten Worries" to Cheng Song. Later, in a night conversation with Cheng Song, An Bing categorically said that "Xi will mislead the country", but unfortunately Cheng Song did not listen.

On the 24th, Qian Xiangzu, the governor of the council, was dismissed for opposing the Northern Expedition.

On the 28th, Xu Bangxian, the governor of Chuzhou, entered the court. put forward two points: 1. Ask Song Ning to establish the crown prince; 2Please abandon the Northern Expedition. was impeached and dismissed by Shi Xu Nan.

This month, Yazhou invaded the Diaomen Gate, about 25 kilometers northwest of Yazhou, and was cut off by Cao Qi, who knew it. The barbarian army's return route was cut off, so they plundered on a large scale. Sichuan ordered Lu Cao to be the acting governor and Zhang Shikui to be the governor of Yazhou, and led the army to quell the rebellion. Zhang Shikui's persuasion was thrown to the ground by the barbarian head chanter. So on April 1, Zhang Shikui led his troops to Shiyang between Yazhou and Diaomen, and the barbarian army was frightened and refused to surrender. So he angrily attacked the gate and plundered the water to cross the village. At this time, Qu Yan said to Lu Caojian, "The thieves are unprepared now, and we can take it by surprise." opened the gate of the village and rushed out, "but Lu Cao refused" Shangguan's order, as long as we hold the village and don't make trouble", and Zhang Shikui also withdrew the army to Yazhou, leaving only 300 soldiers to defend themselves. As a result, the Diaomen was burned down by the barbarian army, and the official army was defeated. Prepare to fight Zhang Qian to death.

In April, Han Yanxuan ordered: Kaixi's Northern Expedition officially began! The soldiers are divided into three routes: the battlefield of the East Road is in Lianghuai, the commander is Deng Youlong, the commander of the Imperial History, and the chief general is Guo Ni, the deputy commander of the front division of the palace; The middle road is in Hubei, and the commander is Xue Shuyi, the secretary of the military department, and the main generals are Zhao Chun and Huang Fubin; The west road is Sichuan. The main general Cheng Song and the deputy general Wu Xi.

The battle started first on the East Road! The terrain of the Lianghuai area is flat. It is conducive to long-term drive. Before the war, Lin'an also sent the Sanya forbidden army to support the line of fire, which shows the importance attached to it! On the 5th, the Song army on the left flank of the eastern front entered Shouzhou on the north bank of the Huai River and on the Nanjing Road of the Jin Kingdom.

Kim Kook reacted very quickly. The defense of Bozhou made Shengxian Nu lead an army of 600 to help. The Song army was a little tentative and quickly retreated.

The start looked unfavorable. It's not just a question of victory or defeat, but why is the Jin Army on guard? You must know that the Kaixi Northern Expedition did not have any official statement in advance, let alone the usual activities such as paying homage to the generals... Sneak attacks are king!

But now the sneak attack failed! On the 12th, the Henan unified army of the Jin State made the envoy of Fushi Lie Ziren play: Emperor Fubin of the Southern Song Dynasty sent 40,000 troops to attack Tangzhou and 30,000 to attack Dengzhou! Now I request that the various parts of the Nanjing Road be divided into jurisdictions: the troops of Zheng, Ru, and Junzhou will go to Changwu, led by the deputy guard of Nanjing and the deputy governor of the soldiers and horses, Su Shi Lieyi; The troops of Bo, Chen, and Xiangyi arrived at Guide Mansion and were led by Shan Di, the deputy commander of Henan Road; transferred 7,000 soldiers and horses on the Shanxi Road to the Daimyo Mansion in Hebei and returned to the unified army of Su Shilie; Transfer 17,000 soldiers and horses on Hebei Road to Henan and garrison Kaifeng with my subordinates!

On the 13th, Xue Shu, the coach of the middle lane, seemed to be appointed as the Xuanfu envoy of Hubei and Beijing; Deng Youlong, the coach of the East Road, was appointed as the envoy of the two Huai Xuan. Cheng Song, the coach of the West Road, attacked Tianshui County, Qinzhou, and was defeated by the Jin general Liu Di in Dongkegu.

Song Ningzong issued an edict: Nasu replenishes officials and raises food and money for the front line! Jin Zhangzong convened the ministers to discuss. Prime Minister Zuo Wanyan Chonghao and Governor Jia Xuan both said that this was not the Northern Expedition of the regular army of the Southern Song Dynasty, but just that some small thieves on the border stepped across the border. Zuo Cheng Sanduan felt incredible: "The thieves are all day and night, how dare they attack the city in broad daylight?" This must be a trick of the Song people, and they should be prepared as soon as possible" So on the 15th, Pingzhang was ordered to come to Kaifeng to rebuild Henan Province, command all the armies to guard the key points, and be fully responsible for the war against the Song Dynasty, and have the right to engage in it cheaply.

On the 17th, Wu Xi, the deputy general of the West Road, concurrently served as the envoy of Shaanxi and Hedong Road. On the 18th, the Sanya Forbidden Army was ordered to go to Lianghuai East Road to take over the defense.

Li Bishang, the acting waiter of the Ministry of Rites: In order to inspire the hearts of the people of the Northern Expedition, the best way is to belittle Qin Hui! So on the 19th, the happy news came out! The Southern Song Dynasty officials pursued the prince of Qin Hui and demoted him to the Duke of Hengguo. The original name of the pursuit was changed to "Miao Chou". There is a classic sentence in the words of the seal system, which is praised by thousands of people: "One day of the enemy, then the worries of several generations." A hundred years is in ruins, who is responsible for everyone" "Soldiers are in the five materials, who can go to it!" The first gallop to the frontier. The minister has no two hearts, and the way of heaven is also, and he forgets the hatred of his father."

On the 24th, Guo Ni, the main general of the East Road, concurrently served as the envoy of Shandong, Beijing and Luo; Zhao Chun, the chief general of the middle road, and Huang Fubin concurrently served as the chief and deputy envoys of the North Jingxi Road.

The battle is stalemate, and it seems that the Eastern Front needs strong generals to open the situation! As a result, a generation of famous generals Bi Zaiyu staged his extremely short but dazzling glory!

Bi Zaiyu's father, Bi Jin, is Yue Fei's general. Family heirlooms, Bi Zaiyu not only has amazing combat power, but also achieves the rare combat skills of "holding the bow 2 stones and 7 buckets, holding 1 stone and 8 buckets on the back, shooting 2 stones on foot, and shooting 1 stone and 5 buckets on horses". Honest, ambitious, and intolerable to officialdom, he was 60 years old when the war began, but the official rank was still just a small martial artist... A sesame petty official!

But the prestige of a generation of famous generals in the army is in full swing! Bi Zai rode a black horse during the war, and the name "Black Big Worm" was not a horse, but a beast! He wears an iron hood, a ghost-covered mask, and is hideous and fierce, just like Di Qing of the Northern Song Dynasty was reborn!

Guo Ni ordered him and Chen Xiaoqing to fight. He demanded that the new assassins be hand-picked for the daredevils. The best of the best, there were only 87 people, including him, less than 100 horses. This is how a generation of famous generals Bi Zaiyu embarked on the battlefield of the Kaixi Northern Expedition!

The first battle of the Northern Expedition was fought in Sizhou, the southeasternmost part of Nanjing Road in the Jin Kingdom. "Fengyang Mansion Chronicles" "Sizhou overlooks the Huaishui in the south, controls the Bianliu in the north, although the land is flat, and the ridges are coiled, the mountains and rivers are arched, the wind is condensed, and the area of the shape is victorious" This is not nonsense, let alone an exaggeration. More than 120 years later, a strong man who reorganized China and re-established the world was born in this vicinity! After he became the emperor, he found his ancestral tomb here, so he built a large number of buildings and built the most prominent cemetery at that time - Ming Zu Mausoleum!

That's an afterword. At this time, Bi Zaiyu marched into the army, and faced two problems: 1. This was originally the field of the Song and Jin dynasties, and for decades merchants gathered, all kinds of characters and dragons and snakes were mixed, and there was uncertainty about everything; 2 The Jin army obviously got the news in advance, they decisively closed the field, and even the city gate was blocked with heavy objects, ready for war! (To be continued......)