The flowing south from the east side of Nanyang City, and then turning to the southeast of Yu Mountain, is likely to be the pure water from the previous Three Kingdoms period, at least with blood relationship.

Over the past thousands of years, this river and Nanyang City have seen too many rises and falls and wars.

Therefore, on this day, when an ordinary military activity revolves around the river again, it was too lazy to react and just welcomed everything in a silent posture.

When it was lightly dawn, the Song army began to cross the river in the three large floating bridge areas in the south.

By the way, the Baihe River surrounds Nanyang, which is a famous city in the world. It has a large population, has a developed handicrafts and agriculture, and is also the main channel from the Jingxiang area to the Central Plains. Therefore, the place is usually crowded with people, which can be called a rendezvous between business and travelers. From Nanyang to the south and east, there are traditions of seasonal and even permanent floating bridges.

This is also an important reliance for Zhao Jiu to leave the city tonight. He knew that crossing the river itself would not be a problem before the ice melted, whether it was the Jin army, Zhang Yu's troops, or Zhang Jing who came to assist, there was no reason to specifically demolish the floating bridge during the ice period. Instead, he would only use the ice layer to lay the floating bridge as soon as possible during the ice melting period.

Back in front of us, the Song army began to cross the river in an orderly manner, and Yang Yizhong led more than half of the imperial troupes to appear in the queue. Almost all the main forces of the Song army except Wang De and Zhang Jing firmly believed that Zhao Guanjia was with them.

Even some of the imperial troupes who were confused at night with Zhao Guan's family leaving the city firmly believed that the official family was in the army, but they were just chaotic and the sky was unclear and they didn't meet for a while.

This is what is called "If you want to deceive the enemy, you will first deceive yourself.

Sure enough, just after the Song army passed halfway in the south of the city, the east of Nanyang City, about twenty miles away, and after Yushan, in the dark shadows before the Yushan Camp in the old days, Zhao Guanjia, who was waiting here, heard a rumbling sound with a sound that was not very loud at first but had a wide range of shock, like a deliberate suppression of thunder.

Needless to say, the Zhao Guan family and most of the military elites in the city guessed correctly, and also bet correctly that the Jin army retreated to the north yesterday, and it was not to support Talai, but to use it to encircle!

However, in order to avoid alerting the enemy, these ten thousand cavalry chose to complete the encirclement from a slightly farther place.

As the muffled thunder composed of horse hooves sounds from far to near, the cold wind whistled, and the sound of horse sounds faintly brought the sound of horse sounds.

Let me say that even though I knew that the two sides were separated by a river and countless miles, and even though I knew that the sun was rising very late in the winter morning, the remaining night color was covering most people's figures, everyone still instinctively chose to shut up their breath, quit, and quietly waited for the large Jin army troops to rush through the east.

Among them, it is hard to say how nervous others are thinking about something, but if they change into armor and have a bow and arrow on their backs, they stand with their hands against a rock, just like the posture of standing under the city during that cannon war... but their mood is completely different.

Moreover, at this time, whether it was a big heart or a broken cane, Zhao Jiu continued to think about the problem that he had not finished thinking about before in the sound of horse hooves. He kept thinking about why the current situation was coming to this point?

The current actions of the Jin army did not exceed the imagination and expectations of the military elites of the Song Dynasty; although the Jin army's siege was strong, it was completely defeated under the skills of the higher-level cities in the Song Dynasty; even from the overall perspective, the overall strategic plan of the Jin army cannot be said to be as outstanding as the Song army's response was, and the Song army's response was so failed.

However, the situation finally came step by step to the current emperor, putting himself beside the enemy's cavalry and trying his best to find a glimmer of hope!

Is this reasonable?

Is this the same thing as the time when Ruyang left the city?

That time, he was condescending and went to see Zhai Chong with some sensible attitude. The ministers even despised him for losing his power. This time, he had to survive tens of thousands of iron cavalry of the Jin army in the field outside the city, and used the lives of tens of thousands of soldiers as bait.

Others don’t know how much he has, but Zhao Jiu doesn’t know yet? Neither Li Shimin nor Zhao Kuangyin, eight hundred cavalrymen hide here, and once they are discovered by the Jin people, they will be dead.

However, at this time, what can he do besides doing this?

Are you in a desperate situation now? Are you not sitting still and still moving, the tens of thousands of people between Han Shizhong and Wuhe have to finish the game? Even the Tokyo Left-behind Department is not going to collapse completely, and the military power of the entire country will disappear out of thin air!

He was simply forced to go to Liangshan!

Lin Chong is the temple of Fengxue Mountain, and he is the bank of Kuhan Baihe River, but it is nothing more than thinking about murderous intent when he is invading people and cold, and the lectures are sad and windy and bone-bone cold.

I don’t know if Song Jiang’s thirty-six Kouzhong has Lin Chong, or is he really an imperial guard?

Thinking of this, I couldn't imagine it.

After half an hour, the muffled thunder continued, but it had moved from the northeast to the southeast, and the sky was already clear. It is conceivable that after dawn, the Jin army would have fought fiercely with the Song army that had crossed the river as planned... At this moment, the Zhao Guan family suddenly stood up, stepped forward and took their own war horses, turned around and headed towards the Baihe floating bridge, regardless of the fact that the Jin army brigade had not yet left.

The people around him suddenly fell into panic. Some people instinctively followed him, while others rushed to stop him. Some people tried to give advice, but they did not dare to speak out.

"After crossing the river," Zhao Jiu did not care about these commotions, but looked at Liu Yan's serious advice. "The Jin army's front army must have already taken the battle. At that time, the entire Chixin team's entire army did not have to cover it up too much, and went straight to the east away from the battlefield. When encountering a small group of Jin army, they would take the initiative to scold them and let them make way."

When the few people behind him heard this, they woke up instantly, but did not persuade him again. Instead, they admired the fact that Zhao Guan family had some careful thoughts in the hasty period. They should know that Liu Yan and Chi Xin team were both from Liaodong, and their accents were exactly the same as those of the cavalry in the Jin army. This is probably why Yang Yizhong, who has a higher status and a more reliable identity, lured the enemy, and only let Liu Yan follow him.

In this way, the eight hundred cavalry carefully crossed the Baihe River, then turned over to their horses, protected the Zhao Guan family and several ministers in the center, and then released the horses to the east.

The facts also proved that Zhao Jiu had no problem with the decision to cross the river after the Jin army without waiting for the Jin army to completely pass, because all the minds of the Jin army were in the south. Although they bumped into several cavalry units along the way, they were all just rushing to the road, and did not notice the Chixin team cavalry with some different outfits under the light morning light.

In the morning, the entire army arrived at Qingtai Town, dozens of miles east of Nanyang, and crossed the Bishui River through a stone bridge here.

At this point, the entire army took a break, drank water and food, unloaded armor and fed horses, and then did not mean to be stingy with the precious war horses, so they set off in a hurry again, because the reason why they regard war horses as treasures on weekdays is for the current situation!

But the problem is that the Zhao official family took the lead and actually rushed eastward instead of going south along the Bishui!

At this time, let alone the soldiers below, the second-ranked Censor Hu Yin, who was following in a mess, finally reacted with a trembling reaction. The Zhao Guan family was not going to Xiangyang! Instead, they were going to the east... to the east, and most of them were going to Yanling!

Of course, by this time, among the few people accompanying him, Hu Zhongcheng, who is definitely a very waste, has just reacted!

But on the other hand, once military issues are not considered, Hu Mingzhong is immediately the most intelligent person who used to control Han Shizhong as if he was a child!

Therefore, once he woke up, Hu Yin followed Zhao Guan’s family in a daze, and he couldn’t help but feel happy and worried.

What is happy is that the official family has not lost their temper and has not chosen to give up taking the initiative to avoid Xiangyang. It is still the Zhao official family who crossed the river on the snowy night in the Huai River to meet Zhang Jun. What is worrying is that, combined with his previous disputes with Liu Ziyu, Li Guang and others, Hu Yin began to doubt that the official family must bring his own reasons for this trip... Isn't it because he was worried that Hu Mingzhong would ruin the military situation when he stayed in Nanyang?

In the eyes of the officials, Hu Mingzhong is just a person who will ruin the situation?

As soon as he thought of this, the Censor General was both ashamed and angry, but he could only grit his teeth and say nothing, because nothing is meaningless to say at this time.

In the afternoon, 800 cavalry arrived in the old Tangzhou, and now the westernmost end of Nanyang Prefecture. The entire army slowed down through the mountainous area. Then, Zhao Guanjia ordered the second time to divert water and use grain. After getting up again, he ordered half of the soldiers to abandon their horses and go to Biyang. The remaining four hundred people, one person and two horses continued to march!

Let’s talk about it, just when the Zhao Guan family rushed to Yanling regardless of their own efforts, Nanyang had already decided to win. The facts proved that the Song army basically had no power to fight back against the large group of Jin cavalry in the wilderness.

Even Wang De, Yang Yizhong, and Zhang Jingsan had already given instructions that once the enemy was successfully lured, they could immediately return to the city. So they immediately turned north after they noticed the Jin army brigade attack at dawn; even if the three generals consciously slowly crossed the river and deliberately left the heavy baggage inside the Baihe River, and moved lightly; even if they arranged defense lines against the cavalry on the east side of the outside of the Baihe River early... But facing the large side attack carried out by Wanyan Balisu personally led 10,000 cavalry, the Song army still seemed so vulnerable!

In just half an hour, the entire Song army had already entered a defeated mode. The three generals had no choice but to lead some troops to return north with the troops they could control.

But the bad luck of the Song army has not yet come to an end. After the Song army crossed the river in the early morning, except for the Wanyan Balisu, who had been prepared outside the Baihe River, who was coming at an extremely fast speed, Wanyan Wushu did not give up blocking and encirclement on the inside of the Baihe River after learning the news. In the morning, Han Chang led the same large number of cavalry and flocked to attack, trying to attack across the river with Wanyan Balisu!

At this time, the battle was meaningless, and the entire army could basically walk one by one.

On the top of Nanyang City, countless officials who were in chaos and disputes because the officials suddenly went south to Xiangyang. Looking at such a tragic image, they basically lost the desire to argue. This scene was too similar to the defeated soldiers outside the Tokyo City in Jingkang that day.

Moreover, most of them, including the important officials who knew that the officials left the city, were also in despair, because no one knew the safety of the Zhao official family in such a crushing defeat.

Fortunately, the two Lu Xianggongs showed great calmness and execution at this time. Under the disposal of two people, one lenient and one strict, the city maintained a certain order, the artillery chariot positions were also activated in time, and the inside of the city immediately left the city and arranged along the sheep and horse wall, effectively curbing the actions of the Jin cavalry outside the city, and also allowed a large number of defeated Song troops to escape.

However, this large number is just compared to the tragic scene of the daytime. Only when the defeated soldiers were checked at night were discovered that Wang De's troops, Yang Yi's central troops, and Zhang Jing's troops had a total of 10,000 people, and only 4,000 people entered the city. The big village in the east of the city was also recaptured by the Jin army. The three generals still came back alive, but except for Wang De's bloodstains, the rest of the two were injured.

But at this time, these really don’t matter. It’s a blessing to be able to come back alive.

Of course, after learning that the officials' "taken by thousands of troops as bait to Xiangyang", the city was shocked and felt more and more that someone was feeling cold and cold. At least, it realized that the Song Dynasty had not yet perished, and the city could still be guarded, and the order in the city gradually calmed down... But it was impossible for morale to restore to the previous prosperous state.

In fact, something happened that night. The officers of Fu Qing's army thought that the Zhao family was frivolous and asked tens of thousands of people to escape for it. They wanted to take advantage of the chaos and lead the army to abandon the city and surrender to the Jin people.

Yang Yizhong, who was injured and insisted on working, found out that he directly captured these people in the military yard. For this reason, Fu Qing went to find Lu Yihao to apologize and plead for mercy.

In response, the Prime Minister Lu Yihao not only promised to plead, but also publicly blamed Yang Yizhong for ignoring the overall situation and convicting innocent soldiers for rumors.

There is a follow-up to this matter. On the second day, these people really escaped when they were in the rotation to the city. Fu Qing came to stop him personally, but only killed half of them. In the end, let the few people escape. After Fu Qing came to apologize again, Lu Yihao praised Fu Qing and added Fu Qing and Zhang Jing, who had previously escaped into the city and was the deputy defensive envoy of Nanyang Prefecture. As for the few rebels who escaped, there was no good end... Without finding the figure of Zhao Song's official family, the Jin army learned from the escaped people that the Zhao Guan family secretly traveled to Chen Cang and might have fled to Xiangyang, but they were very angry!

Wanyan Wushu personally ordered the people to be cut alive in front of the tent, but then he was in a dilemma again... He didn't know whether he should immediately split a group of troops and go south to surround Xiangyang!

And two days passed by in such a mess.

I must say one more thing here. The Yanling-Changshe battlefield is in the northeast of Nanyang, just outside the northeast exit of the Nanyang Basin. The straight-line distance from Nanyang to Yanling is about 300 miles. It is extremely flat along the way. When the elite cavalry is a messenger, one person and two horses will be there. If you don’t fight and get in conflict, you will be able to change horses and speed around for a day and a half.

But that road is too dangerous. Once the 800 cavalry hit the Jin army, it would be a dead end. Therefore, the road Zhao Jiu chose was the road from Du Yan, that is, first pass through Zhongyang Mountain to the east, walk out of the Nanyang Basin, and then use the western level as the axis to bypass the battlefield where the Jin army might exist, and then head north to Yanling.

After walking like this, the actual distance expanded to more than 400 miles.

More than 400 miles, the Hanli was about 500 miles. Xiahou Yuan said that it was 500 in three days, but that refers to the extreme raid under the situation of maintaining the organization and combat effectiveness of the army. In fact, Du Yan, a civil servant, came on horseback regardless of everything, and his consciousness was blurred, but he completed this road in just two and a half days.

Zhao Jiu walked along this road. On the afternoon of the first day, he drove away half of the soldiers and changed to one person and two horses. In the morning of the next day, he bypassed Xiping and walked on the main road, he left some soldiers again and selected horses, but he was a little faster than Xiahou Yuan and Du Yan.

Of course, it's not much faster.

On the morning of the 12th day of the first lunar month, the Zhao Guanjia, who was reborn with a pair of thighs, led a few confused entourages, and less than 200 knights to the front of the Song army camp under Yanling City, and it was already two and a half days.

Moreover, Zhao Jiu was not in a hurry to go to the camp, but instead ordered the entire army to get off the horse and rest in the open space south of the camp, using the last bit of dry food and the stream water directly loaded on the road.

This action made some of the accompanying knights a little puzzled. They were clearly in front of them with their own camp, but why didn’t they enter the camp and enjoy hot water and hot rice?

Not only that, this strange action also attracted the attention of scattered troops around and some officers in the camp. Soon, a mixed cavalry and infantry of four or five hundred people took the initiative to come out of the southernmost camp of the camp to investigate.

More than a hundred cavalrymen rushed far to the west, and the infantry was scattered in front of them, and then they pulled their horses forward to observe, obviously in a defensive posture.

In the past, the soldiers of Chixin team who were included in the imperial front-line system must be unbearable, but now they are tired and have no strength to scold.

After a while, the white-faced general in the lead probably noticed the fatigue of the red-hearted cavalry of this man and horse. He felt a little relieved and immediately rushed forward to ask:

"Which army are you from? Where did you come from afar?"

"We are from Nanyang City, the emperor, who is from the emperor."

Zhao Jiu swallowed a sip of water and sent away the dry fried noodles in his throat. However, he tried hard to speak to each other under the look of Liu Yan and others... He ran for two consecutive days and nights. Even though he had already tried very hard to cover up his fatigue, it was difficult for Zhao Jiu to cover up the fact that his voice was a little hoarse. "I am Fan Zongyin, the son of the imperial secretary, and beside him is Feng Daguan, the minister of the rank of the eunuch, and came to Yanling to announce the orders."

Hearing the words, he noticed Lan Gui next to Zhao Jiu, and then saw the treatment of this army with more than one horse, the excellent armor and weapons on the war horses, and the scribes who were exhausted but could not hide their aura, so he immediately believed 60%.

However, this person has always been meticulous, but he can't help asking again: "Since he is an angel of the court, why don't he directly declare his seal and enter the camp, and then cultivate himself and enter Yanling City, and instead eat dry food here?"

In response to this, Zhao Jiu was half true and half false, and answered simply: "I rushed on the road for days and nights, and I was covered in dust. I wanted to rest, change into the official robe, and then go inside, so as not to lose the prestige of the Tian family."

Hearing this, he had already believed it in his heart, so he dismounted and bowed, first called Zhao Jiu a servant, and then called Lan Gui a high-ranking official. Just as he was about to continue talking, Zhao Jiu interrupted and asked:

"Who are you, what is your position in the bureau? Who is your subordinate?"

The white-faced general did not dare to neglect, so he immediately bowed his head and answered: "Li Kui from Jingdong, is now the commander of Yue Zhenfu."

Zhao Jiu was slightly stunned: "I remember your name... I vaguely remember that he must be from Yishui and a military thief in Mizhou? Are you now under Yue Fei's command?"

"That's right." When this man heard this, he had no doubts and immediately bowed his head to face him. "Mizhou was taken away by Li Cheng, and I lost my foundation and was unwilling to vote for the Jin people, so I went to Zhang to pay tribute..."

"I won't say this anymore." When he heard that he was a subordinate of Yue Fei and was the person he had noticed because of his name, Zhao Jiu no longer hesitated, but immediately stood up and interrupted the other party. "I'll go to your camp to rest, and you go to find Yue Fei immediately, and there is a decree for him!"

Li Kui was so eager to do this after hearing this... It must be known that if it was a real angel in Nanyang and his name, it would be better to be sold out in vain when he entered his camp; but even if there was something wrong, two hundred cavalrymen could not make any waves when they entered his camp... But he could not agree immediately, and he didn't even need to investigate the documents and seals, and directly escorted Zhao Jiu and his group into the southernmost camp.
To be continued...