Compared with the front route army, although the army led by Han Zhen had cavalry, the speed was slower.

There was no way, 5,000 cavalry came out, and there were more than 20,000 horses alone.

And there are hundreds of truckloads of hay fodder that these war horses need every day, and they can't be fast if they want to.

The reason for all this is because Hebei is not his territory, otherwise how can there be so many things, five thousand elite horsemen all the way north, and the counties along the way provide grain and grass, which can be reached in less than three days.

Han Zhen did not enter Hebei from Licheng, but directly entered Binzhou from Boxing County, Qingzhou.

The general strategic direction, they had set before.

Nie Dong led the front army straight to Xiongzhou to stop the main force of the Jin people, and Han Zhen led the cavalry to Cangzhou and stopped the Jin cavalry in Sannu Village.

The Tangluo defense line was built in the reign of Taizong, which took 30 years to connect many rivers and lakes.

But the foundation of this line of defense is based on the Yellow River.

In the reign of Renzong, the Yellow River was suddenly diverted and wanted to go to the territory of Liao.

The monarchs and ministers of the court were worried that the Liao people would go up the Yellow River and fight all the way to Kaifeng Prefecture, so the prime minister Wen Yanbo came up with a bold idea.

Cut off the Yellow River and divert it so that the Yellow River flows into a small river called the Liuta River, which shares the flow of the Yellow River, so as to not only protect the Tangluo defense line, but also prevent the Yellow River from flowing into the Liao State.

This idea is not just bold, but crazy.

Because the water flow of the Liuta River is less than one-fifth of the Yellow River, it is simply not enough to accommodate the entire Yellow River!

The key is that his mother's Song Renzong actually approved it, completely ignoring the opposition of Ouyang Xiu and others.

With the launch of this crazy project, the people of Hebei ushered in a nightmare.

The Liuta River was not enough to contain the Yellow River, causing it to overflow every year, bursting its banks and causing flooding.

Countless farmland villages and important military villages were submerged, and almost half of Hebei was washed into white land by water.

After Song Shenzong ascended the throne, he was obviously not convinced, and at the instigation of Wang Anshi, he continued to start the project of returning to the river.

As a result, halfway through the project, the Yellow River directly diverted the Huai River into the sea, causing 300,000 hectares of farmland in the two Huai rivers to be submerged.

Attention, it's 300,000 hectares, not acres!

300,000 hectares, almost equivalent to one-fifth of the cultivated land area of the entire Zhao and Song dynasties at that time.

More than 600,000 people died.

At that time, Su Shi happened to be working in Xuzhou, and he almost fed the fish, and after returning to Beijing, he pointed to the noses of Wang Anshi and others and scolded: "You have limited materials, and you will not be able to succeed; Drive out innocent people, and put them in a place of death. The wealth of the unwinding money can still be compensated, but the dead people cannot be resurrected. ”

At this point, the Divine Sect was completely cowardly.

But his son didn't coax him.

After Zhezong ascended the throne, he was even more courageous than the two old-timers, and tried in vain to change the Yellow River back to its old course, that is, the river channel where the riverbed was already very high before.

As a result, the once-in-a-century flood disaster was triggered, and the people of Hebei suffered again, and hundreds of people were displaced.

In the end, the Yellow River was diverted, and most of the Tangluo defense line was abandoned, leaving only a small section of Xiongzhou, and the people of Hebei suffered two disasters.

For Han Zhen, the most suitable place for the entire Northern Song Dynasty to rebel is not Shandong, nor Shuzhong, but Hebei.

It's so fucking miserable!

It is a place where soldiers must fight, and the Liao people invade and fight the grass valley every year, and every time there is a war, the people have to suffer.

finally survived until the Tanyuan Alliance was signed, but Zhao Song made up the Sanyi River and suffered floods every year.

In the Huizong period, I thought I could take a breath, but Yang Jian and Li Yan made a Xicheng office to make money in Hebei and Shandong......

April 19.

Like a crisp spring rain, it fills the sky.

On both sides of the official road, there are large areas of barren fields, overgrown with weeds, and the nearby villages are withered, and there is no human figure in sight.

Trickling raindrops fell on the dark armor, converging into a waterline and sliding down.

At this time, Han Zhen had already led the army to arrive in Wudi County, Cangzhou.

The journey was not hindered in the slightest, and the local officials were shocked and frightened.

It's not just Han Zhen who is afraid, but also the officials under his rule!

Since Han Zhen shouted the sentence of sharing the world with the officials, the officials in the world have been ready to move.

Now that he personally led a large army into the city, it is very likely that those officials will kill the officials to welcome him into the city.

As for the people......

How can there be any people, after all these years of tossing, the population of Hebei has withered, and in the past two years, Zhang Di and Gaotuoshan have been so troubled, and there is not one in the village in ten.

When the war was over, the rest of the people fled to Shandong.

Even the people of Lianghuai ran to Shandong, not to mention Binzhou and Dizhou, which are next to Qingzhou.

As soon as the people ran, no one cultivated their own land and farmed, and even many landlords ran away.

Some fled to Shandong, and more chose to go south to Kaifeng Province.

Han Zhen raised his eyes to look at the gloomy sky and asked, "What time is it?" ”

A personal guard replied: "Back to the county magistrate, it's close to the time of Shen." ”

Da-da-da-da!

Han Zhen was about to give the order to set up camp, but he heard the sound of horses' hooves coming from a hurry.

"Yanyun urgent!"

"Biography!"

Han Zhen's eyes froze.

Soon, a scout came on horseback, and reported quickly and clearly: "County magistrate, Yanjing was broken two days ago, and yesterday the Jin army divided into three routes and went straight to Yizhou, Zhuozhou, and Yongqing. ”

The Jin army sent troops to attack Yanjing on the 15th, which was broken two days earlier.

In other words, Yanjing didn't hold on for even a day.

Han Zhen knew that the Song army was wasted, but he didn't expect it to be wasted to such an extent, Yanjing City was high and thick, and the Jin people only had 60,000 troops, even if they counted the Changsheng army under Guo Yaoshi, it was only 100,000.

And it was a hasty dispatch of troops, food and grass were in short supply, and there were not many siege equipment.

100,000 people, in less than a day, to break through Yanjing, is outrageous.

Taking a deep breath, Han Zhen asked, "Where is Nie Dong?" ”

The scout replied, "Nie Dutong has arrived at Hejian Mansion yesterday. ”

Shucheng is only more than 100 miles away from Xiongzhou, and the rapid march can arrive at the latest tomorrow evening, and it is completely possible to deploy defenses before Yizhou and Zhuozhou are breached.

Nie Dong doesn't need to worry about it, it's Yongqing who is in trouble.

Yongqing is less than 100 miles away from Sannuzhai, once it is breached, this army of the Jin people will go straight to Cangzhou, not only can threaten Shandong, Nie Dong will also face the crisis of being surrounded by the front and back.

The reason for all this is that the Song army was defeated too quickly, incredibly fast.

And now, Han Zhen has just entered the territory of Cangzhou.

It is two or three hundred miles away from Sannu Village.

Han Zhen asked again: "Who is the commander of the Jin soldiers who went to Yongqing?" ”

"More than 30,000, the commander is a golden vulture!" The scout replied truthfully.

The golden vulture is brave, and Yongqing can't stop it for long.

Almost without the slightest hesitation, Han Zhen immediately ordered: "Abandon the baggage troops, the cavalry battalion will follow me day and night, and arrive at Sannuzhai before tomorrow evening!" ”

Lao Jiu immediately persuaded: "This ...... The county magistrate, abandon the baggage troops, the war horses have no food and grass supply, I am afraid that they will not be able to fight for a long time! ”

Although at the beginning of last year, Han Zhen also did the move of going deep alone and approaching Tokyo City, but it is completely different from now.

Galloping two or three hundred miles a day and night, the consumption of war horses is extremely great, if there is no grain and grass feed, even if they can rush to the three women's village, the war horses will not be able to fight.

Han Zhen said in a deep voice: "Along the way, you can find the county village to ask for grain and grass!" ”

With the sword in his hand, Han Zhen was not worried at all that the local officials would dare not give it.

If those Zhao Song officials don't want to be decent, Han Zhen will help them be decent!

Previously, he didn't move the counties and towns along the way, just for the sake of the overall situation, and now that the war is urgent, he can't take care of it so much.

"The last general commands!"

Liu Qi replied loudly.

After a short time, after feeding more than 20,000 war horses, Han Zhen led the soldiers of the cavalry battalion to carry three days of dry food and went straight to the Sannu Village.

……

Thundered!

The galloping power of more than 20,000 war horses is extremely terrifying.

The Hanzi flag on the big silk is spread in the wind, and the hunting sounds.

The spring rain didn't last long, stopping at midnight.

Five thousand cavalry walked and stopped, took turns to change, and rushed to Yanshan County at dawn.

Yanshan County is located in the central hinterland of Cangzhou, and arriving here means that the journey is halfway.

Knowing that there were tens of thousands of cavalry soldiers coming to the city, Cheng Yuxi, the magistrate of Yanshan, was about to pee.

In a hurry, he put on his official uniform, and under the escort of a group of officials and archers, he came all the way to the top of the city tower.

Looking at the black cavalry below, he couldn't help but turn pale.

Han Zhen immediately stepped forward and said loudly: "I am Han Zhen of Qingzhou!" ”

As soon as these words came out, the soldiers defending the city were frightened one by one, and their hands holding their weapons were trembling.

Now, rumors of Han Zhen are circulating in Zhao Song's army.

And the more it spreads, the more evil it becomes, first of all, it is said that he is born with divine power and has the courage of ten thousand people.

He also said that his punch has the power of ten thousand jun, which can burst the galloping war horse.

And the eyes of the officials shone brightly, as if they saw the Lord.

Cheng Yuxi smiled and said tremblingly: "I don't know what happened to County Magistrate Han?" ”

Han Zhen didn't talk nonsense, and ordered: "I'm going north to fight Jin, now people are tired and tired, and they need food and grass to satisfy their hunger." ”

"This ......"

Cheng Yuxi couldn't help but be stunned.

He knew about Han Zhen's going north to resist Jin, and the imperial court had already issued a decree to Hebei officials, so that they could not be stopped.

But I didn't say that I wanted to supply food and grass.

Besides, as soon as the gate of this city is opened, the consequences are unpredictable.

Seeing that he didn't speak for a long time, Han Zhen narrowed his eyes slightly, and said coldly: "My patience is limited, did you send this grain and grass yourself, or did I personally go into the city to get it?" ”

Gollum!

Cheng Yuxi swallowed his saliva, hesitating in his heart.

Just as he hesitated, he suddenly found that the officials around him were all fierce and ready to move.

This discovery made his whole person instantly startled with a layer of white sweat, and hurriedly said in a loud voice: "Don't Lao Han County Magistrate, this official will open the city gate." ”

Hearing this, a hint of disappointment flashed in the eyes of those officials.

"Hurry up, open the city gate and the granary, and send the grain and grass to the outer city gate."

After Cheng Yuxi gave an order, he lifted his wide sleeved robe and wiped the cold sweat on his forehead.

If it weren't for Fang Cai's quick response, I was afraid that he would have been poisoned.

After a short time, the city gate was opened from the inside, and a cart of grain, grass, fodder and salt was transported out of the city by the people.

Han Zhen immediately ordered the soldiers to rest in place and feed the war horses.

"I have admired the name of Han County for a long time, and I can see it today, and it is indeed worthy of its name."

Cheng Yuxi went out of the city under the support of a group of officials, and invited with a smile on his face: "The lower officials have a little thin wine, and I hope that the county magistrate Han will appreciate his face." ”

"The war is urgent, save the wine for the next time."

Han Zhen decisively refused, and immediately looked at the officials behind Cheng Yuxi, and said, "You wait and do a good job, don't let me down!" ”

The officials were overjoyed at once, and said in an excited tone: "Humble province! ”

Cheng Yuxi on the side was shocked and frightened, but he didn't dare to show it on his face, but he had to force a smile.

In front of him, an official of the Zhao and Song Dynasty, a thief asked his subordinates to do a good job, and the key officials were still excited......

This official can't be a man, so it's better to go.

At this moment, Cheng Yuxi had already made up his mind in his heart, and when he sent this master away, he would run away quickly.

Otherwise, sooner or later he will die at the hands of these officials.

(End of chapter)