Cleaning up Shao Hongyuan and his henchmen is not a matter of effort at all.

The only thing that is slightly troublesome is to see when Shao Hongyuan shows his flaws.

So at the beginning, Feng Zhou used coercion to suppress it, depending on when Shao Hongyuan couldn't hold it.

It's just that I didn't expect that this Shao Hongyuan was so unstable that he dared to send someone to assassinate the commander of the army that night.

He didn't expect that Feng Zhou's counterattack would be so sharp.

Looking at Xin Qiji's tall and mighty body, his fierce eyes, and dozens of elite soldiers behind him, waiting for him, Shao Hongyuan's body was weak and he almost fell to the ground.

In May of the first year of Longxing, on the day when Feng Zhou, the commander of the Northern Expedition of the Great Song Dynasty, arrived at the front line, he killed the five major assassins from Taiyi in the north, and then sent people to arrest Shao Hongyuan, the mastermind behind the scenes, and arrested him and his gang, and killed them all.

When the news came out, the three armies were shocked!

However, Feng Zhou did a very beautiful job, he took this opportunity to clean up and down the army under Shao Hongyuan, empty all the family funds accumulated by those generals for so many years, and distribute them to the soldiers of the whole army, and the army's heart was suddenly shocked.

Feng Zhou immediately made Wang Chongyang the commander of the Huaidong Army, and sent a group of generals headed by Xin Qiji to take charge of the Huaidong Army, and soon completely mastered this army.

The army then went on a northern expedition.

On 18 May, Li Xianzhong's troops attacked for three days and captured Lingbi. Xin Qiji, on the other hand, traveled in a hurry for half a day and broke through Hongxian in only three hours.

After occupying the two county seats, after the rear officials were in place, the two armies joined forces and occupied Suzhou within three days.

On May 29, the headquarters of the Northern Expeditionary Army entered the city of Suzhou.

Two days later, Jin General Su Shi Lie Zhining took the lead in attacking Suzhou with more than 10,000 troops.

Li Xianzhong and Wang Chongyang competed for battle, Feng Zhou smiled, and said: "It is very easy for children outside the city to break, why do you need to be brave?"

Early the next morning, he climbed to the top of the city, looked at the more than 10,000 golden soldiers outside the city, and couldn't help but smile coldly.

This Shi Lie Zhining is also too arrogant, thinking that just 10,000 horses can repel the Song army?

Although the Song army still needs to be rectified, it is no longer the time when Jingkang is difficult, and the soft Song army under the rule of those soft bone civil officials.

It's a waste for me to drive you out with the army!

He took out the bronze sword, raised his hand to the sky, and suddenly shouted: "Heavenly punishment!"

"Boom!"

The head of Suzhou seemed to shake, but nothing seemed to have happened.

When everyone looked at each other, a wave of heat suddenly rushed over them, and many people shook their bodies and almost stopped breathing.

"On top of the Jin Army's camp?"

"In mid-air?"

"It's a raging fire!"

Many shouted in amazement.

Everyone was stunned and incredulous.

I saw that the camp of the Jin Army a few miles outside the city, about ten zhang high above the tent, was burning in the air!

It's mid-air, there's nothing, it's actually burning flames?

Moreover, it is a camp of 10,000 people.

What a realm it occupies.

With such a large realm and such a wide range of fires burning, how hot are the golden soldiers underneath?

I'm afraid it's not like staying in the steamer one by one.

......

On the outskirts of Suzhou, the camp of the Jin Army.

???? In the early morning, Jin Guoda's general Su Shi Lie Zhining woke up from his sleep, only to feel hot and dry, breathless, sweaty, and wet in every part of his body.

In the morning, the air in the tent was already hot and humid, and if you sat still, you would sweat outside, and even breathe stuffy. And the buzzing mosquitoes that came out of nowhere made him extremely irritable all night, and he couldn't sleep restlessly, and now he probably has dark circles under his eyes.

As a Jurchen warrior who has experienced a hundred battles, Su Shi Lie Zhining has led his army through Suzhou City many times, but he has never encountered such hot weather.

At this time, whether it is Shangjing or Tokyo, this time is a day of beautiful wind and flowers, and when the army comes, the weather is not so hot, and even a warm day, it is the time for men to fight.

But now?

The clear sky is cloudless, the scorching sun hangs overhead, there is not a trace of wind, the sky and the earth are like a huge steamer, the damp air makes it impossible to sweat, and there is a poisonous fire burning in the internal organs...... Of course, they couldn't see the flames burning in mid-air, otherwise they would be scared to death directly, how could they still be used by the sealing boat.

Many Jurchen warriors who were still alive yesterday immediately rushed into the street today, unable to even climb up, and some even vomited and diarrhea, convulsing all over their bodies.

The Jin people have occupied the Central Plains for decades, and they understand that this is called heat stroke.

In fact, those who can't get up are only lucky, and the unlucky ones who died directly from heat stroke and dehydration are even more numerous among the Jin Army.

Trying to make these men who live in bitter cold places can adapt to the scorching heat of the direct sun is as difficult as letting penguins migrate to the tropics.

Needless to say, the original plan for today's siege was completely over, and not only that, but they also had to guard against the attack of the Song army, and God knows why the Invalids were able to gain a foothold in this hot weather.

???????? After waking up, Su Shi Lie Zhining simply washed up, and then looked at a table of sumptuous breakfast, but he had no appetite, and he felt so hot that he could barely put on clothes, so he had to pour a few large bowls of water bare-chested, and only then did he feel better.

However, his mood only lasted for a moment.

???? It's a pity that Su Shi Lie Zhining's good mood only lasted until the next moment, and someone made him uncomfortable with new bad news.

"General, four or five hundred horses in the army are sick...... There is nothing the veterinarians can do with the army......"

"Hey!" Hearing the report of his subordinates, Su Shi Lie Zhining couldn't even express the slightest anger - it was too hot.

This sudden terrifying heat wave not only made the Jurchen warriors in the Jin army confused and uncomfortable to death, but even the sturdy war horses that accompanied them all over the Central Plains also fell ill in large numbers due to the sudden high temperature.

Even on the Mongolian steppe, the Mongolian horses used by Genghis Khan to perform Mangu tactics, no matter how hard they can endure hardships and stand hard work, when they come to this place where there is fire above their heads, they will not fall down much slower than the Jurchen war horses.

"In one morning, four or five hundred horses fell, and if they were brought with them for a few more days, the warriors who were afraid of Dajin would have no horses to ride. ”

Fu Shi Lie Zhining lamented in his heart.

Waving his hand to rebuke the attendants who came to report the war horse epidemic, looking up and squinting at the bright sunlight outside the tent, Su Shi Lie Zhining couldn't help but sigh faintly, and his face gradually showed a thoughtful look.

"It's really not good, while the two armies haven't fought yet, I'll lead the army away!"

As soon as this thought appeared, he suppressed it.

"We are hot, and the Song people in Suzhou City must also be very hot, fighting for the country, how can we be mistaken by this weather?"

......

At the head of Suzhou City, everyone was shocked by the fire above the head of the Jin army camp, and at the same time looked at the Jin camp in confusion.

There's a raging fire overhead, isn't that just under the stove?

Why don't you know how to run out?

Just staying under the fire so stupidly?

"Great marshal, this golden general is famous all over the world, and he must not be a reckless man, how could they stay under the blazing fire and be indifferent?" asked Li Xianzhong.

His question actually represents the confusion of most people.

Feng Zhou smiled: "This fire, called the fire in the air, is just for what you see, and the Jin people can't see it, and they can only feel the unparalleled heat." ”

He paused, and then said: "I plan to let them enjoy three days of scorching heat, followed by three days of thunderstorms, after six days, this army will be completely incapacitated, and the goal of our army is to fight against the hundreds of thousands of Jin troops who are loyal to the soldiers." As long as this army is wiped out under the city of Suzhou, then south of the Yellow River, the Jin people will have no soldiers to fight!"

"Handsome and wise!" everyone was so impressed with admiration that they couldn't help but shout in unison.