As the so-called Ruixue Mega Year, this year there was a fluttering snow in the north, and there was a silver color between heaven and earth, and a group of officials who had been in office for more than half a month looked at the heavy snow and smiled.

These officials are all selected by Li Gang, Zhang Shuye, Zong Ze and others among the many officials in the Great Song Dynasty, not to mention that they are all capable officials, but at least they are not the kind of corrupt officials and incompetent people.

Besides, if he didn't have enough self-confidence, no one would dare to go to the land of Yanyun's sixteen states to be an official.

Who doesn't know that now the sixteen states of Yanyun are still under Chu Yi's control, for this existence, as long as they are not fools, they know how terrifying Chu Yi is.

Therefore, in this case, most of those who dare to come to the land of Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures as officials have at least some ability and self-confidence.

The phenomenon of redundant officials in the Great Song Dynasty is extremely serious, if you really want to say that there are no capable officials in the Great Song Dynasty, I am afraid that few people will agree, but those capable officials who can really do things are buried one by one and depressed.

Those officials above the court don't want to go to the land of Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures to be restrained, and even if they can't control themselves to do something, they are likely to even take their lives.

Therefore, Li Gang and Zong Ze were not disturbed by the ministers of the court and the central government when they were selecting officials, but those people were eager to hope that Li Gang and others could screen out the official candidates sent to the sixteen states of Yanyun.

Hundreds of officials, large and small, went north, representing the beginning of the Great Song Dynasty to take over the sixteen states of Yanyun from top to bottom, although it is very bad to say that these officials went down to the local government to be officials, but with Chu Yi's deterrence, those families and officials in the local area are more honest than one another.

They are not afraid of these officials sent by the Great Song Dynasty, but they are afraid of Chu Yi.

These people watched how Chu Yi wiped out the Wanyan Sect Wangbu with hundreds of thousands of troops, and even the most elite men and horses of Dajin were wiped out in Chu Yi's hands, so if they really dared to make a move, they would die very miserably.

Chu Yi was draped in a big hat, looking at the goose feathers and snow fluttering between heaven and earth from afar, his eyes fell on Yang Zhi's body on the side and said: "Lu Shisang, Zhu Wu, is the imperial court ready for the grain and straw needed for the Northern Expedition in the coming year?" ”

After glancing at each other, Zhu Wu arched his hand and said: "Back to the prince, the imperial court has already begun to raise the grain needed by the army, if there is no accident, there is no need to worry about affecting the Northern Expedition." ””

Chu Yi nodded slightly.

Although whether the Northern Expedition went smoothly or not mainly depended on whether the powerful men of heaven and man under him could suppress the great power of Dajin, as for those soldiers, their role was more to occupy cities and govern and restrain local order.

If we really let one by one the celestial powers go to the towns one by one, I am afraid that all the celestial powers in the current world will be increased tenfold, and a hundred times may not be able to be distributed to all the towns.

The Northern Expedition army must dispatch at least 100,000 horses, and this is still the case of removing the auxiliary troops that run the grain and straw, involving the grain and military supplies of more than 100,000 people, which is not a trivial matter.

Lu Shisang smiled at this time and said: "If the prince is not at ease, if he sends someone back to Beijing to personally supervise this matter, he will definitely be more attentive when he wants to come to the imperial court." ”

Chu Yi just smiled, Zhao Gou might have careful thoughts or even small actions, but Chu Yi didn't mind, as long as Zhao Gou didn't make any mess in the general direction, as for Zhao Gou's actions, Chu Yi didn't see it.

Obviously, for Chu Yi, the Northern Expedition is the most important thing at the moment, and more closely, it is directly related to how much luck Chu Yi can get.

On the one hand, Chu Yi's Northern Expedition was to subdue the homeland for the Han family, and on the other hand, it was to harvest a large amount of luck. The quickest way to harvest luck in this world is to destroy the state and destroy the country.

It can only be said that Dajin was too unlucky, and when Chu Yi had not yet decided who to attack first, Dajin himself sent troops south and sent them to the door.

Now is the time for Chu Yi to destroy Dajin and harvest Dajin's majestic national fortunes in one fell swoop, it can be said that whoever dares to stop Chu Yi from destroying Dajin will inevitably be his enemy.

Under normal circumstances, Chu Yi should indeed send someone back to Beijing as Lu Shisang said, but Chu Yi did not do that.

Zhao Gou may have such and such shortcomings, but one thing is very obvious, that is, Zhao Gou is very knowledgeable about current affairs, what can be done and what cannot be done, he knows better than anyone else.

It was precisely because of Zhao Gou's temperament that Chu Yi was not worried about what Zhao Gou would do during his Northern Expedition.

Taking 10,000 steps back, even if Zhao Gou was blinded and did something like a salary draw from the bottom of the kettle, Chu Yi was sure enough to enter the heart of the Jin people and destroy Dajin, which was nothing more than a greater loss in the process.

Time is like water, fleeting.

It's like a blink of an eye, the cold winter has passed, and the spring is in full bloom, and the Beiping City in Youzhou is a vibrant scene.

In the fields outside the city, green crops are growing strongly, and in this ancient city, in a mansion, dozens of generals of all sizes are standing in the hall with solemn expressions.

Chu Yi's gaze swept over the crowd and said slowly: "Ladies and gentlemen, as the so-called raising troops for a thousand days and using soldiers for a while, this king is determined to send troops to the Northern Expedition tomorrow, not to destroy the Jin people, and swear not to return them, are you willing to help me?" ”

A group of people bowed down in unison and said: "I am willing to die for His Highness, not to destroy the Jinren, and swear not to return." ”

The momentum shook the sky, although there were only dozens of people, but there were no less than ten of them at the level of heaven and man alone, and when these people shouted in unison, the people of half of the city could hear the shouting.

Many of the children of the Han family heard the shout, and their faces showed excitement, and they looked in the direction of the prefect's yamen, and said with a little excitement: "The prince is finally going to send troops." ”

Chu Yi's thoughts on the Northern Expedition have never been hidden, so almost all the people in the city know that Chu Yi will go on the Northern Expedition sooner or later.

It's just that everyone didn't expect this day to come so soon, just when many people were cheering for it, many spies planted by the Jin people in Beiping City changed color one by one, and hurriedly tried every means to spread the news of Chu Yi's troops.

The army went out of Youzhou, there were many soldiers and horses along the way, and it was mighty, if you count the auxiliary soldiers who were recruited, it can be said that Chu Yi's Northern Expedition sent no less than 200,000 troops.

This is not an exaggerated number, but a real more than 200,000.

I have to say that the heritage of the Great Song Dynasty is still quite amazing, and the grain and ordnance needed by 200,000 horses were neatly purchased by the imperial court, and even a few points more.

Zhao Gou not only did not mean to hold Chu Yi back, but fully cooperated, and even suppressed the suggestion of a courtier with ulterior motives to take the opportunity to cut off Chu Yi's grain and grass and kill Chu Yi.

Zhao Gou knew very well in his heart that he was not in the right position, especially now that Huizong Zhao Ji and the former prince Zhao Huan were still alive, what he could rely on was Chu Yi.

Maybe in the face of power, he and Chu Yi can be regarded as enemies, but no matter what, the two of them are also grasshoppers on the same rope, once Chu Yi has any accidents, Zhao Gou dares to guarantee that he may not be able to sit firmly on the throne.

Moreover, Zhao Gou still has some ambition in his heart, the biggest dream of the emperors of the Great Song Dynasty is to one day succeed in the Northern Expedition and recover the land of Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures, but hundreds of years have passed, and the dreams of the emperors of the Great Song Dynasty can only be dreams.

However, in his generation, the sixteen states of Yanyun were subdued, even if he looked more like a puppet as an emperor, but Zhao Gou dared to say that according to the records of later generations, his name must be left.

This time, Chu Yi is even more prepared to go all the way north to completely destroy Dajin, not to mention how excited Zhao Gou is in his heart, if Chu Yi can really destroy Dajin, this also means that the Great Song Dynasty will completely eliminate the hidden dangers from the north, not to mention the others, at least it can ensure the peace of the border passes of the Great Song Dynasty for hundreds of years.

This is almost equivalent to continuing the war of national fortune for the Great Song Dynasty for hundreds of years, and Zhao Gou will not pull Chu Yi's hind legs unless his head is broken. Even those officials with bad intentions who instigated them to cut off Chu Yi's grain and grass were directly taken down by Zhao Gou and escorted to the army and handed over to Chu Yi for disposal.

In this way, Chu Yi didn't have to worry about the problems in the rear at all, and the morale of the army was even higher, and the marching speed couldn't help but be a little faster.

In this way, hundreds of thousands of troops marched for almost a month, and hundreds of thousands of troops trekked thousands of miles, and there was no resistance at all along the way, but all the cities under the rule of Dajin were all surrendered to the wind.

On a carriage, Chu Yi was playing chess with Lu Junyi, and a figure appeared on the spacious carriage and knelt aside.

Falling behind, Chu Yi glanced at the other party and said, "Lu Shinang, where is the forward of our army now?" ”

As the counselor of the army, Lu Shisang hurriedly said to Chu Yi: "Back to the prince, the vanguard army is led by Fang Jie and Yang Zaixing, and at this moment it has arrived a hundred miles away from Dajin Shangjing Huining Mansion. ”

If there is no Chu Yi to enter, Dajin has been in the country for more than 100 years, but the national capital has migrated several times, from the original Shangjing Huining Mansion to the central capital Beiping and then to Nanjing Kaifeng, symbolizing the road of Dajin from rise to destruction.

Now Dajin has not migrated from Shangjing Huining Mansion to Beiping, Youzhou, since the customs clearance, the land suddenly seems to be a lot more desolate, often dozens of miles without seeing a village, it can be seen that the desolation of Dajin ancestral land.

Lu Junyi smiled slightly and said, "Except for the spies sent by the Jin people along the way, there are no soldiers and horses to stop them at all, and even Fang Jie and Yang Zaixing have appeared in Huining Mansion Baili away, and now it seems that the Jin people really want to fight and settle the situation." ”

Lu Shinang's eyes flashed with essence and nodded again and again: "What Vice Marshal Lu said is that the Jin people gathered all kinds of soldiers and horses and gathered in Shangjing, and the idea was to fight with us in Shangjing City to divide the victory and defeat, and his subordinates suggested that the army should immediately set up camp, rest for a few days, and then send troops." ”

Needless to say, what Lu Shisang was worried about was the expedition of the army, but the Jin people were waiting for work, and if the Jin people suddenly launched an offensive while the army was exhausted, it would really crush the army.

Even Lu Junyi also looked at Chu Yi and said: "Counselor Lu's concern is not unreasonable, as long as the Jin people are not fools, they will definitely seize such an opportunity to launch an offensive, so the last general also implores His Highness to order the army to camp immediately." ”

Chu Yi didn't pay much attention to the worries of the two, with Yang Zaixing and Fang Jie being pioneers dozens of miles away, even if the Jin army came to kill, then the army would have enough time to react.

Unless they were caught off guard by being killed, otherwise, if the hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses who had been trained for a winter could not even stop the charge of the Jinren, then there would be no pity that these soldiers and horses collapsed.

However, Chu Yi did not refuse the suggestions of the two, it would be best if he could not take risks, so Chu Yi agreed to the suggestions of the two after just a little thought.

At the same time that the army was encamped, in the capital of Dajin, a group of high-level Jin people led by Dajin Emperor Wu Qimai were standing neatly in front of the army of more than 100,000 at this moment.

I saw Wu Qimai pull out his sword and shouted: "All the soldiers, follow me to meet the Song army, do not destroy the Song army, I swear not to give up, I am with all the soldiers!" ”

"Woooooo

The desolate horn sounded, and there were hundreds of thousands of troops, of which there were 100,000 cavalry alone, of which there were as many as 60,000 or 70,000 pure gold soldiers.

With such an army alone, it can almost run amok.

Wu Qimai is worthy of being the emperor who has followed Wanyan Aguda to fight together since he was a child, and this time he did not hesitate to choose the royal expedition in person.

Wu Qimai knew very well that even if he didn't drive the expedition in person, once the army was defeated, he, the Dajin Emperor, would definitely not end well. In that case, why not take the expedition in person, at least it can improve the morale of the army by a few points, isn't it?

Of course, there is another reason that these hundreds of thousands of troops are already Dajin's last family fund, no matter who it is handed over, Wu Qimai is actually not at ease in his heart.

In the event of this great victory, if the person who commands the army is ambitious, with the momentum of a great victory, even he, the Dajin Emperor, is afraid that it will be difficult to regain military power.

"Let's go!"

With a broken drink, 10,000 horses galloped, and a full 100,000 cavalry roared out, the scene was so shocking that the heavens and people were shocked when they saw it.

Fang Jie and Yang Zaixing had 10,000 cavalry under their command, accounting for almost half of the cavalry of the Northern Expeditionary Army.

After recovering the sixteen states of Yanyun and capturing more than 100,000 horses of the Jin people, it is said that if Chu Yi is willing, there is no problem in forming tens of thousands of cavalry.

It's just that cavalry is different from infantry, infantry soldiers are the easiest to train, as long as you dare to carry swords and guns to fight hard, but cavalry is not good, at least there is a premise, you have to be able to ride a horse.

The Great Song Dynasty lacked horses, so it is said that the Great Song Dynasty has been the first foot soldier in the past hundred years, but there are very few soldiers in the army who can fight on horseback, even Chu Yi cannot conjure up tens of thousands of cavalry soldiers who are proficient in riding skills at once.

Among the vanguard army that was slowing down and vigilantly patrolling the Quartet, many soldiers were suddenly slightly stunned, and then their faces showed a little doubt.

Fang Jie and Yang Zaixing glanced at each other, and saw Yang Zaixing rising into the sky, and appeared above the high sky in the blink of an eye.

When he saw the black pressure of the cavalry team, which was no less than tens of thousands, Yang Zaixing couldn't help but be startled, his expression was shocked, and his body turned into a streamer and fell.

Seeing that Yang Zaixing's expression was wrong, Fang Jie couldn't help but look at Yang Zaixing and said, "Yang Zaixing, what's going on?" ”

Taking a deep breath, Yang Zaixing suppressed the turmoil in his heart, and said in a deep voice: "The big thing is not good, tens of thousands of golden cavalry troops are sweeping towards us, the momentum is huge, and it is extremely amazing. ”

Fang Jie was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then his figure rose to the sky, looking around, even if he was mentally prepared, Fang Jie's face couldn't help but become extremely difficult to look at.

"Withdraw!"

Even if he was as proud as Fang Jie, when he saw the tens of thousands of cavalry of the Jin people sweeping in overwhelming force, he clearly realized that if the vanguard army wanted to be tough and fierce the cavalry of the Jin Ren Brigade, I am afraid that only he and Yang Zaixing would survive in the end.

Yang Zaixing let out a long roar, and suddenly the army turned around, although it was a little chaotic, but at least there was no chaos.

Seeing the army leaving, Yang Zaixing looked at Fang Jie, who was carrying Fang Tian's halberd on the side, and said with a smile: "You and I will stop this Jin man today, otherwise, once we are caught up by the Jin people, even if the chief manager sends people to help, I am afraid that the vanguard army will not be able to escape." ”

The two of them knew very well that once the Jin people really caught up with the vanguard army, when Chu Yi always sent a few strong men of heaven and man, they might not be able to stop the tens of thousands of Jin people cavalry who came like a torrent, and it was impossible for the Jin people to be without the power of heaven and man to accompany the army.

The speed of the cavalry was extremely fast, it was just a cup of tea, and in the sight of Yang Zaixing and Fang Jie, a black torrent appeared above the horizon, sweeping towards it with a overwhelming momentum.