However, this does not seem to include the Zhao Guan family. Early the next morning, the Zhao Guan family put on light armor and cotton military uniforms, held their swords and came out, obviously in high spirits.

Lu Xianggong, President Wang and below, Fan Zongyin, Ren Baozhong, Yu Yunwen, Mei Qu, plus the hundred strong people from the southeast "for consultation", Yang Yizhong, Liu Yan plus the generals of the imperial camp and cavalry, and

It is surrounded by the Royal Guards.

However, this group of people was not in a hurry to get on the boat. Instead, they first came to the camp to ram the earth for generals, and asked Fan Xueshi to read out the proclamation. Lu Xianggong assisted, and the Zhao Guan family personally worshiped Zongze, Wang Boyan, and Zhang Shuye.

Zhang Suo, Liu Kai and other important officials were killed in the battle to make an announcement.

After that, Zhao Guanjia wanted to speak, but for some reason, he was extremely calm. He just grabbed the memorandum with his own hands, burned it in front of everyone, then turned around and went to board the ship in person.

Long Hu and the black and white yaks on the left and right immediately followed, swarming around.

Zhao Guan's family, Lu Yihao, and Wang Yan boarded three large ships separately. Zhao Guan's house was at home, and the dragon flag was erected on the ship. Lu Yihao was on the left, and the captured white ox flag was erected on the ship. Wang Yan was on the right, and the black ox flag was naturally on the ship.

All the ministers were asked to prepare for consultation, and Ban Zhi followed suit.

There were also Wang De's headquarters, Zhang Jing's headquarters, and Qiao Zhongfu's headquarters from the imperial camp surrounding them, either attacking first or following behind. On the contrary, it was Qu Duan who was most anxious before, and Xia Houyuan's group fell behind.

Speaking of which, there is of course a reason for this arrangement - the Mengzhou and Huaizhou areas opposite Luoyang are the southern gateway to Longde Mansion, the main garrison town of the Jin Army, and the eastern exit of Zhiguanxing.

Before, the Song Army once had the intention of landing directly here and attacking the Jin Army at Zhiguanxing. It was a pity that considering the number of Jin troops in Longde Mansion, in order to prevent being surrounded by counterattacks just after landing, the Zhao Guan family in Luoyang became conservative.

Naturally, this opinion was rejected.

However, now that the Zhao Guan family has crossed north, the Zhiguanxing Jin Army should be withdrawing from here immediately, so that the Eight-Character Army, which is familiar with the local terrain, can detach a part, advance along Zhiguanxing, and join forces with part of the Henan Song Army here. By then, it will be necessary to simultaneously block Zhiguanxing and further protect Luoyang in winter.

This task fell to Fu Qing, Fan Yihong, and Meng De, but Qu Duan and Liu Qi needed to lead the cavalry to stay, cover them, ensure that the three of them joined forces, and established a good defense line, so that they could go to Hedong to gather the main force. of.

Of course, now is not the time to talk about the scattered layout of these side roads. It is just that since the Zhao Guan family hurriedly boarded the boat and went up the river, they finally no longer had to pretend to be calm and composed before, and all kinds of thoughts suddenly came to their mind.

However, at that moment, he still had no intention of shouting to cross the river. Instead, he directly thought about all the things to the north.

For example, before the war, he was worried that Han Shizhong would lack fighting spirit and hoped that he could cheer up. As a result, although this guy cheered up, his attitude of charging directly to the front as a dignified prince and marshal actually made Zhao Jiu was a little scared.

When you get to the place, you must be strictly warned.

And Li Yanxian.

Before the war, Zhao Jiu undoubtedly had great expectations for this man who was one of the most respected commanders in the world. However, his aggressiveness directly caused his troops to suffer the heaviest losses since the war began, and there were still some good and bad in his troops. The people lost control in the north of Tieling Pass, and even committed plunder and a fight with the rebels.

This was especially unacceptable to Zhao Jiu.

Considering that Li Yanxian had been stationed in Shaanzhou for nine years, Zhao Jiu was not prepared to criticize the other party for his rash advance, but was prepared to severely deal with the military disciplinary incident in Guanbei... Qiu Wuwu committed a crime against the people. Is this what he did? ?

What was the Northern Expedition for?

Even Ma Kuo and Wu Jie, to be honest, both performed beyond Zhao Guan's expectations, but one was good and the other was bad.

Guo Zhen and Zhao Jiu, who had some impressions under Wu Jie, were of course ready to punish him, but he was a little hesitant about the reward for Ma Kuo... He was very similar to Wu Jie who gave Ma Kuo a large banner, but with a higher status and more military exploits. None. It would be a bit inappropriate to pass Wu Jie and give Ma Kuo permission at this time.

However, what is really important is not the specific thoughts on how to deal with these things, but these things make Zhao Jiu directly realize that these handsome ministers he relies on are by no means gods. They all have mood swings and may make mistakes. They must follow Lu Yi Hao and Wang Yan reminded them to use the authority of the emperor to integrate them and form a temple plan, and then use the temple plan to replace the individual battles of these handsome ministers.

Han Shizhong's personal super performance and Ma Kuo's diligent work should be guided into the decisive battle. Wu Jie's hiring mistakes and Li Yanxian's reckless greed for credit should be eliminated and covered up from the beginning.

Make use of strengths to offset weaknesses, that's about it.

And when he thought about it, Zhao Jiufu thought of those two people again... Brother Liang and Zhang Heng. He had known these two people for a long time, but he had an inexplicable liking for Brother Liang who dared to fight and charge, and he had some doubts about Zhang Heng.

But what's the result?

Although Brother Liang dared to fight and charge, and his headquarters was powerful, according to Ma Kuo's memorial, he was too brave to fight and charge. When he heard that the Northern Expedition was about to begin, Yue Fei worshiped him as the Marshal of Hebei Road, and actually abandoned Ma Kuo's restraint. I wanted to go to Daming Mansion to find my old master, but I met the ten thousand households of the Jin army general Zan Lubu on a narrow road, and was defeated miserably.

Zhang Heng, on the other hand, moved to Guji Mountain (Lüliang Mountain) before the war and provided the main force of the imperial camp with a large amount of intelligence in the direction of Taiyuan. He also did not pull his hips at the critical moment. Although his troops were weak, he still dared to cross the river and defend the road.

Really outstanding.

Coupled with this person's connections in Taiyuan, I am afraid that he will continue to make meritorious deeds in the upcoming Linfen and Taiyuan campaigns.

This is truly time and destiny.

"Official!"

Just as Zhao Jiu was standing on the ship wearing a light yellow cloak, his thoughts were beating. Suddenly, Ping Qingmori, Tuoli and others beside him spoke directly, then rushed forward and blocked the official's right side.

The side...that is, the north side.

Zhao Jiu frowned for a moment, but soon he realized the situation from the flag signals of other ships - there was a Jin army on the embankment in the Mengzhou area in the north of the Yellow River.

As I said before, the north of the Yellow River is an enemy-occupied area, and it is the southern gateway of the Jin Army in Longde Prefecture and the east gate of Zhiguanxing. It is unusual for the Jin Army to be there.

However, considering that there had been no signal from Mengjin Port with the hot air balloon behind them, the sudden appearance of these Jin troops seemed a bit strange.

But soon, as more and more Jin troops appeared on the river embankment, Yang Yizhong was the first to wake up and report: "It's Nian Lubu... it must be Nianlu Bu who withdrew from Zhiguanxing! It's a pity, I don't know him.

You retreated so slowly, otherwise what if you blocked him?!"

Everyone immediately looked again and realized that the Jin army on the opposite side was also in a panic and haste. Their appearance was also extremely disordered, and their direction was also from west to east.

I am afraid that he just emerged from Wangwu Mountain and Taihang Mountain, and then bumped into a large Song fleet. He was also caught off guard, so that after occupying the river embankment, he maintained a strange silence, and everyone stopped at this time.

On the river embankment, we watched the flags and ships of the Song Army facing the river.

After realizing that the Jin Army did not deliberately set up an ambush and that it was impossible to prepare lethal weapons such as artillery vehicles, everyone breathed a sigh of relief. In turn, just like the Jin Army, they looked at each other from a distance and looked at each other in surprise.

"So, we met on the road in a hurry?" Zhao Jiu noticed many people who looked like generals of the Jin Army climbing the river embankment to look at them from a distance. After a pause, they smiled half-smilingly. "

He is also an acquaintance of Tiao Lubu... He was on Huaishang, he was the one who massacred the city after breaking Nanjing (Shangqiu), forced Zhang Suo, and killed Xin Daozong. He should be counted as one of the people who forced Zong Xianggong into a state of exhaustion and dryness. Before the battle of Yaoshan

He was also the one who forced his way to Luoyang to force Xianggong Wang and killed Zhai to rule... right?"

"yes."

Yang Yizhong swallowed his saliva. It was obvious that crossing the river had some psychological impact on him. "It's this person."

"Since we are old friends, let's become close friends!"

Zhao Jiu responded with an even sneer. "He must be looking for me...get out of my way and let him see with his own eyes where I am and where I am going?!"

Yang Yizhong and others mentally estimated the distance between the center of the river and the embankment on the other side, and carefully avoided it. At the same time, they signaled to the ships on the north side on the right, asking them to speed up and slow down appropriately with the big ship at their feet.

, so as to provide some cover and precautions as much as possible.

Of course, the Jin army on the other side did not attempt to attack.

In fact, when the soldiers beside Zhao Jiu dispersed slightly, not only Zhen Lubu, but also almost all the Jin army quickly realized that on the big ship with the dragon embroidered on it, they were surrounded by people wearing cloaks.

Who is the person looking here?

Thousands of Jin troops, tired and confused, stared blankly at the dragon flag on the ship and the figures under the dragon flag without saying a word.

Of course, Zhen Lubu was among them. He once raised his hand and bent his bow, hoping to hit some luck, but in the end he laughed at himself and chose to give up. In the end, this Jin Army veteran just led the way like all his subordinates.

With a trace of exhaustion, he looked at the Jinwu Huan and the figures under the Jinwu Huan with an indescribable expression. Without saying a word, he watched this huge fleet go upstream and finally disappeared from sight.

In this way, in the evening of that day, Zhao Jiu was welcomed by Li Shifu at Yuanqu on the other side of Wangwu Mountain, and calmly climbed to the land east of the river.

This day was the 18th day of the 10th month in the winter of the ninth year of Jianyan year.

PS: Thanks to classmate hlatar1983, the new alliance leader, this is the 184th cuteness in the book. Thanks to classmate Le Nishang Yuyiqu, the King of Qin, for breaking the formation, this is the 185th cuteness in the book. Thanks to Mr. Stuka Ruifeng, this is the 186th cuteness in the book.

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Thanks also to classmate Xiahou for being the fourth cutest, and classmate Crow_13 for being the second cutest.

Finally, I would like to express my special thanks to Mr. Liuliqin for his fourth Silver Alliance... He has given a total of forty or fifty alliance leaders to this book, and I am extremely ashamed.

By the way, today is Zhao Jiu’s birthday event. In theory, there should be corresponding activities, but I’m still confused as to how to do it at Qidian.

But I hope everyone will actively participate!
Chapter completed!