On the south of Liyangjin Floating Bridge, the envoy stopped the frame and waited for the imperial guards to open the way. The local officials in Junzhou were waiting for Qin Hui in the south of the bridge. Zhang Shuye was in charge of the camp and could not leave without leaving. He also sent his deputy generals to welcome the imperial envoy. Meng Yuan sighed, rode his horse over, and pointed at the piers of the pontoon with several military academies. One of his responsibilities on this trip was to guide the Song army guarding the bridge how to destroy the big river pontoon built by his great-grandfather when the situation was critical.

The north wind blew from the river. The Li Bridge deck was filled with people fleeing to the south, villagers pushing carts with sad faces, old white-haired men carrying bags, and women holding children were mostly ragged clothes, trembling in the river breeze, and each one was frowning. There were too many people fleeing. The floating bridge was trembling and shaking constantly under the impact of the river water. The people's faces were even more frightened and surging to the south.

"In the past few months, more than 400,000 people have crossed the river and fled to Junzhou. The officials have tried their best to provide relief, and have also asked wealthy families in the prefectures and counties to set up porridge sheds to do good deeds. However, it is a drop in the bucket. Seeing that it is getting colder day by day, and a few more snows, the fleeing people may be even more unable to stand it." The magistrate Wang Shuyin replied with a worried look on his face. Qin Hui glanced at him and said slowly: "I should ask the court for relief. Before that, I would also ask Lord Wang to do his best." Every year, repairing river embankments, replenishing pontoon bridge piles and bridge ships, Junzhou has falsely reported the number, and the amount of embezzled money is unknown. If you don't take out more relief now, it will be unreasonable.

Under Qin Hui's gaze, Wang Shuyin seemed to have all his internal organs seen through and said repeatedly: "Yes, yes, I understand." The thought of seeking credit was gone at this moment, and he felt a little sweat on his back. He had prepared the excuse that "the cost of relief is not small, and the tax has been prepaid for five years." Qin Hui said "yes", and looked at Bai Xin who was rushing from the floating bridge to Henan, and couldn't help but frown and said secretly: "You must not let the Liao people cross the river."

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Three hundred miles upstream of Liyangjin, Tiemuge narrowed his eyes and saw dozens of wooden boats rising and falling in the waves of the river. Because Tiemuge once led his troops alone into the territory of Song State and raided a large area. Yelu Dashi appointed him as the general of the Northern Court and asked him to command 30,000 cavalry to cross the river first and harass Henan. Because the Liao army was not good at boating, Tiemuge ordered to continuously collect ships and boatmen along the coast to prepare to cross the river. Soon, the Liao army captured a hundred boatmen and found more than a dozen wooden boats. The large boats could only cross dozens of cavalry at a time, and the small boats could only cross three or five cavalry. More than a dozen boats could cross more than two hundred cavalry at a time. Hundreds of women, children, elderly and weak were escorted, kneeling in a row on the northern embankment of the Great River, and the scimitars were unsheathed behind them. If the boatmen dared to cheat, their parents, wives, children and even neighbors would instantly land.

But Brother Tiemu looked at the other side with a serious expression. Although he had not heard the words of attacking halfway through the cross, he knew that the most critical time was the most critical time. There were very few defenders crossing the south bank of the river. More than a hundred cavalry who had crossed the river first drove away, and the defenders threw away their weapons and fled. Although the Song army did not lit up smoke, they did not know when the reinforcements of the Song State on the south bank would arrive. Although Brother Tiemu's face was calm, his mood was more nervous than anyone else. He was just a barbarian in the north of the Mo River. Yelu Dashi handed over 30,000 cavalry to his command and entrusted him with important tasks. Thirty thousand warriors, just in terms of military strength, they could already run alongside Boshenghuo and Meerbo.

Half an hour later, hundreds of cavalry crossed the river, and there was no movement on the other side. The fleeing Song army was afraid of military law, so they scattered and did not care about returning the military information. One hour later, more than a thousand cavalry stepped on the south bank and did not see the Song army. By the afternoon of the next day, nearly 10,000 cavalry had crossed the river, and hundreds of Song infantry appeared. When they met a large group of Liao cavalry retreated in panic, the Liao cavalry took the opportunity to chase after him, surrounded the Song army from both wings, and killed or captured them. By the evening of the third day, 30,000 Liao cavalry had crossed the river, and Tiemuge finally crossed the Yellow River with his personal generals.

"Master General, do you want to leave people to guard the ship?" asked the general.

"It's all burned," Tiemuge said coldly, "In order to prevent the leak of the army's news, no one of the southern people who set up the ships left." He immediately stood on the Nan River embankment and looked down at the vast yellow-brown land. The Meerbo people were different from the Khitans who lived in the Han area for a long time. Even as the commander of ten thousand men, it was only since the southern expedition that Tiemuge believed that the Southern Dynasties were really rich, and an ordinary prosperous county, with population and wealth comparable to a large tribe. It was much easier to seize a county than to annex a tribe in the north of the Mo. He heard that Henan was the richest place in the Song State. Looking at the villages vaguely in the distance, Tiemuge's eyes showed a fanatical light. If it was really as Yelu Dashi wanted, conquering such a large area of ​​land and people, even if it was worth it.

With the screams, all the boatmen who ferry the Liao army across the river were killed under the river embankment. The Liao army burned down the ferry and lost their way out. They could only fight to the death, deal with the Song army in Henan to the end, and support the main force of the Liao army to cross the river to attack Bianliang.

After more than this day, many nearby villagers learned about the Liao army crossing the river and fled in panic. Although the Song army defending the south bank of the Yellow River was numerous, they were unable to concentrate their forces in a hurry. Not only could they not drive the Liao army down the Yellow River, but all nearby Song army units rushed to retreat towards Liyangjin Camp and Bianliang. Some Song generals retreated too quickly, and they had never seen the appearance of the Liao army cavalry. In order to avoid punishment, they randomly fabricated the lies of encountering the Liao army and retreating with force. The various units reported Zhang Shuye's number of Liao army crossing the river, ranging from tens of thousands to tens of thousands, and some even claimed that they had seen Yelu Dashi's Huangluo umbrella cap. Zhang Shuye, the chief manager of the Henan Cavalry and Infantry Army, could not judge the facts of the Liao army, so they could only concentrate their forces to prepare for the battle while calling Bianliang emergency.

The news that the Liao army crossed the river reached Bianliang as soon as possible. The court was shocked, and the people of Tokyo were even more frightened. Within a day, more than 100,000 people fled southward. All kinds of vehicles were crowded on the road to the south. The Privy Council was even more worried about the air defense of Bianliang. On the one hand, the officials asked the officials to issue another order to help the soldiers and horses around Bianliang to the capital. On the other hand, they also specially drafted edicts to the towns in Hebei, Xijing, Southeast, and Hedong. They attached gold-shaped cards and sent them out with 500 miles of quick foot. They wished they could concentrate 800,000 imperial guards to Bianliang to resist the Liao army. The news that the Liao army crossed the river, and Bianliang was shocked. With these tokens for the dispatch of troops spread to all directions. Since the founding of the Song Dynasty, the Liao army invaded and never crossed the Yellow River, and the world was in a hurry.

The Xijing camp was closest to Bianliang. After Cao Di received the gold medal, he ordered the Xijing deputy capital to deploy Cao Xixi's army to assist Bianliang in the east. However, after arriving at Hulao Pass, a 50,000 army was stationed, waiting for Yao Zhengping to come from Tianjing Pass to meet. The two teams combined 100,000 troops, and then made great efforts, claiming that the Xijing camp had 200,000 troops to assist Bianliang in the east.

"After joining forces with Yao Zhengping, do not advance rashly, so as not to accidentally enter the Liao army's ambush. First, send a team of elite soldiers to the vicinity of Bianliang to observe the military situation." Cao Di's eyes flashed a little, and he whispered, "Waiting for my news, the soldiers are in a hurry, and the troops are in chaos. If the capital is not guaranteed, Shu'er's family will save them. Be careful of this matter. It is better not to do it than let someone catch the handle." Cao Shu is Cao Di's eldest daughter, and the late emperor gave the marriage to King Jing Zhao Qi as the main concubine.

Cao Xi was Cao Di's younger brother. When he heard this, his face changed. He looked at his brother again. Cao Di also looked at him, nodded slightly, and said nothing again. Cao Xi was sure that he heard it correctly and said in a deep voice: "Yes, brother." He looked around and there was no one else, and said, "Brother, this matter is not small. Although we have more than 100,000 elite soldiers in our hands, the place in Xijing is narrow and the room for maneuver is too small." He looked up at Cao Di, and only his brother could say this, after all, he was doing the matter of scouting the family.

Cao Di slowly shook his head and said with a deep voice: "You are waiting for my news, there is no room for maneuver."

Cao Xi was enlightened and nodded, "I understand, brother." He stepped down. In addition to arranging 50,000 troops to go to war, he was more important to choose his confidant generals to lead troops to Bianliang to wait. He privately took King Jing and his wife out of Bianliang. The military is more important than elites. The Cao family's subordinates have many old friends, and they must be trusted with a trusted confidant.

Seeing Cao Xi gently closed the door, the light in the room became darker again, Cao Di's face turned solemn. He gently flipped out a piece of letter from under the desk and opened it. The sky outside was dark, and a cold wind blew a few dead grass into the charcoal stove from the window, which suddenly burned, making the room light up and then extinguished, leaving only the red light of the charcoal fire burning.

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In Xiangyang City, Liu Yanqing locked himself in his study for several days. In the early morning, he came out to receive the gold medal edict from the capital. Before he had gathered to discuss matters, he locked him up. Most of the generals in the southeast camp were from Hebei, Henan. After hearing the Liao army invaded, Bianliang was shocked, and they were a little uneasy. In the past few days, people came to the Du Departure Office to inquire about the news of sending troops, but Liu Yanqing disappeared.

It was not dawn yet, and the outside was pitch black, and there was no one in the room. There was a gold medal in the middle of the table. It was the one I received just now that the capital was urging reinforcements to urge reinforcements. Under the lights, the gilded medal reflected a dazzling light, and the four big words "Yuqian" and "Qinming" seemed to jump out of the sign, and the sky was so powerful.

"Oh--" Liu Yanqing sighed. Since Hebei was defeated ten years ago, he has been quite terrified of the cavalry of the Liao Kingdom. If he had any other thoughts, he did not immediately send troops north. According to his original intention, there is no danger to defend Henan and Hebei. It is best for the emperor to move to Xiangyang to make a plan. However, the gold medal was not delayed anymore.

After pondering for a long time, Liu Yanqing finally stood up and said to the personal soldiers standing outside the door: "The generals of the camp will be in the White Tiger Hall."
Chapter completed!